Re: Querying CIM installations in ESXi
I am looking for the existence of CIMs not VIBsMy bad, I did look at my server and I am able to locate these files which generate some information about the CIMs. Can you let me know, if these address...
View ArticleRe: Vmware ESxi passthrough problem
after the reboot same old same old.So you are saying that the device is NOT listed as the passthrough device in the VI? sorry for asking again, I wanted to double confirm on the issue before...
View ArticleRe: Vmware ESxi passthrough problem
hi and thx for your answer. vmware listed the device. i checked with lspci and the usb device at list but i m setting up the device over the vsphere client under advanced settings it s adding the...
View ArticleRe: Vmware ESxi passthrough problem
np my mistake... i m connecting the host over ssh and the device at list but when i was try and over vsphere client under configuration>advancedsettings it s adding the device and want reboot. after...
View ArticleRe: Esx not able to connect
Can you confirm if the vswitch is set to promiscous mode? Also, if you are using Windows 2008+ as a VM, you need to enable the firewall to allow ICMPs Take a look at here
View ArticleRe: Vmware ESxi passthrough problem
after the reboot device not recognized. i tried the issue with other devices results is same...The device might not be listed under lspci since the vmkernel does not have its boundary on the device...
View Articleapplication server and SQL server on same box fails
Hi, I have a IIS application with SQL backend on ESXi5.1. When I run them on the same host it fails after about 5 to 10 minutes. I can still ping between them, but can't make an ODBC connection. If...
View ArticleRe: DPM Behaviour
Curious Ranjna,Did you get to try and tweak them settings ? i assumed they worked ok - looking to implement DPM in our environment shortly so just wanted to check if you had amended yours.Many tx
View ArticleRe: VMFS Datastore Defragmentation
Hi Ranjna,Probably have seen this - http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1006810 Unlike NTFS or other similar file systems the nature of...
View ArticleRe: Vmware ESxi passthrough problem
I am finding that you are trying to give passthrough the ONboard USB controller itself instead of the device followed by one of the bus. This will not be working, since ESX needs the onboard...
View ArticleRe: SNMP.XML
Thanks for the information. Since SNMP Trap ip port 162 is a well know port, why was it necessary to specify it in the settings. Should just the host name an community be fine, unless you wanted to use...
View ArticleRe: Vmware ESxi passthrough problem
it s a pci x usb card. i installed it on hp dl 380 g7. i m trying to understand passthrough meaning. because passthrough mean is simple : please pass 2 through the device to my virtualmachine (: or...
View ArticleRe: Vmware ESxi passthrough problem
Thank you for your reply, which helps to narrow down the issue.pci x usb cardThis must have been my first question "What device you are trying to PT?" Anyways, it would be good to check if ESX is...
View ArticleRe: Vmware ESxi passthrough problem
here is the result : /var/log # chkconfig --list | grep -i usbusbarbitrator on
View ArticleRe: Vmware ESxi passthrough problem
Well, then there are three things to check out. 1. Check if the device is having SBIOS requirement to limit MMIO addresses to 42-bits. This can be confirmed by checking the vmkernel logs for messages...
View ArticleCPU Ready Time Issues
Hi All I am currently having issue with 8+ of our esxi hosts in relation to CPU Ready Time. I know this is because a lot of the VMs have had vCPUs over subscribed and I am getting a plan together to...
View ArticleRe: Vmware ESxi passthrough problem
observing the vmkernel log 5 mins and the results at bellow : tail -f vmkernel.log2013-01-25T13:12:45.282Z cpu0:4104)WARNING: NFS: 221: Got error 13 from mount call2013-01-25T13:13:15.284Z...
View ArticleSymantec Backup Exec with ESXi Free Version
Hi All, I using ESXi 5.1 Free version one host and 3 windows server 2008 R2 guest OS.I need to backup and plan to purchase Symantec Backup Exec 2012 on next month but vendor said "all backup software...
View ArticleRe: Lost access to volume due to connectivity issues.
Gushtera wrote: I change the RAID controller and will see what will happen. But no i don`t have any havy machines there i have around 35 Windows XP there on 4 WD Green 2TB in RAID 10 and the access...
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