Re: PowerEdge 2900 w/ Perc6i @ESXI 5.1
7.1-0000 2012-05-21 is only compatible with ESXi 5.http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/DriverDetails/Product/poweredge-2900?driverId=Y0WHR&fileId=3105465437 Try the latest release:...
View ArticleRe: Vmware ESxi passthrough problem
@ZXi_Gamer- If I am seeing #1 - what does that mean?
View ArticleESXi gives CPU_CORES error on a Q9550
I'm trying to install ESXi, but am getting a CPU_CORES error on install. The box has a Q9550 cpu, where AFAIK the Q stands for Quad core, which makes this a pretty strange error.I've got what I think...
View ArticleRe: ESXi gives CPU_CORES error on a Q9550
Well, that'll teach me to speed-read in the BIOS. Enabling "Max CPUID Value Limit" is the cause of the install failure, and me looking like a chump.
View ArticleRe: Yet another question about CPU Scheduling
No, and this is one of the main reasons a CPU scheduler is necessary. They have to be divvied out as timeslices. Assume in your example we're looking more closely at a 1 second sample with 10 VMs...
View ArticleRe: Console logging with vSphere Client 5.0.0
Unfortunately no. The remote console is more along the lines of a KVM broker than a remote session manager.
View ArticleRe: Yet another question about CPU Scheduling
Hi Andy! Thank you very much for your answer! It makes complete sense but some documentation talk about things like "if xxxMhz are available" which makes me think that maybe the kernel IS able to...
View ArticleRe: Yet another question about CPU Scheduling
LOL!!! I just saw your "EDIT" So funny we both mark "bold" the same phrase! Do you have any document that supports your statment of "regardless of whether or not they're sibling vCPUs"? Thanks again...
View ArticleRe: Esxi 5.1 pci passthrough broken
Has anyone in this thread with a support contract opened a ticket about the USB controller pass through problem? I have the essentials bundle and you don't get any access to technical support with it...
View ArticleRe: Esxi 5.1 pci passthrough broken
Vielen Dank für Ihre E-mail. Bis einschließlich Sonntag, den 3. Februar, bin ich nicht im Büro und auch nicht per E-mail oder Telefon erreichbar.Ab dem 4. Februar bin ich wieder im Büro erreichbar. Mit...
View ArticleRe: Converting a Cent OS xen vm to esxi
I've converted a RHEL5 vm to VMware but can't configure network to install non-xen kernel. At Step 4: boot the newly created VMWare guest off a Linux live CD; configure network1. boot from cd, linux...
View ArticleRe: Yet another question about CPU Scheduling
Ah, I think I see the confusion. There's no such thing as using a fraction of a core within a single cycle. You CAN use all of a core for a fraction of the total cycles over a period of time, but a...
View ArticleRe: Console logging with vSphere Client 5.0.0
Ug, not the answer I was hoping for. I was thinking there was some cool plugin or alternative client that can connect and do the capture.Are you 100% sure of this or just "not that you know of"? Sorry...
View ArticleMixed Cluster 4.1/5.1 & Cisco Nexus 5020 in the mix; strange vmotion failures
I'm an independent consultant, working with one of my clients. We are in the process of upgrading our farm from 4.1 to 5.1 and ran into a performance problem as follows: Servers are Dell R710 with...
View ArticleRe: Mixed Cluster 4.1/5.1 & Cisco Nexus 5020 in the mix; strange vmotion...
Interesting, if possible try with v6 of NX-OS? v4 is too old may be. Regards. Sent from my iPhone.
View ArticleRe: Console logging with vSphere Client 5.0.0
Well, nothing out of the box (at least in the C# client) supports it. You might be able to leverage the console plugin with the vSphere web client... I'm less familiar with that, so I won't say 100%...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.x on new Apple Mac Mini 6,2 Late 2012 *NOT* working
i've installed a SSD on my 2012 macmini but now the two MacOS 10.8.2 VMs have some memory swap problem (boot and thne unresponsive at login screen) i've tried to disable host memory swap and allocating...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.x on new Apple Mac Mini 6,2 Late 2012 *NOT* working
for power failure i've found this solution:install MacOS on USB key (or external HD) and configure the power options to reboot after power failure, shutdown, install your ESXi USB and now try to unplug...
View ArticleRe: Update to 5.1 from 5.0 Failed - Could not obtain module order...
Hi,Take a look at http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2036167and see if that assists.Many tx!
View ArticleRe: Yet another question about CPU Scheduling
Sebastián Greco wrote: LOL!!! I just saw your "EDIT" So funny we both mark "bold" the same phrase! Do you have any document that supports your statment of "regardless of whether or not they're sibling...
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