Re: ESXi 5.0 hosts all say "not responding" after short time
I just looked at the firewall rules on the servers (VC put a ton of them in there). There's a port 902 rule in there but it's UDP - telnet won't work. I did try 'netcat' from a Linux server but that...
View ArticleRe: Migrating iSCSI VMK from vss to vds
Just ran through this in my lab/test environment. I went about the cutover slightly differently from what is already posted and was able to make the change without causing an iSCSI outage. Also I'm...
View ArticleRe: Disposable Disks
Thanks SKG I understand your points. So you mittims point, do you see disposable disks as a best practice for view? I started using them from the start because my initial thoughts were to shut the...
View ArticleI/O latency increased from average, once per day, at random?
Hi guys, So I have a nice VMWare ESXI server running 4 guest OS. I have two datastores, one is a 500GB mirror on a LSI SAS/SATA PCI-E 4x card which is running in a 16x slot (mobo does not have 4x...
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I have a post install script to install the esxi patches i defined tmphost = hostname | cut -d . -f 1cd /vmfs/volumes/tmphost-vmfs but this is not working i am trying to cd into this vmfs volume which...
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Re: Where does VMWare Fusion keep all its files on Mac? I'm doing a clean...
Even when using the Migration Assistant you need to reinstall VMware Fusion for it to work properly and don't make a big deal of it as it only takes 5 minutes. Also you will no need to reinstall...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.0 hosts all say "not responding" after short time
I think you're right (UDP only)... but docs tell TCP/UDP. Can you try to test with some ESX on the same subnet as VC and on the same physical switch if possible? (trying to avoid any middle piece of...
View ArticleBacking up View
Just got finished reading VMware View Backup Best practices guide, trying to come up with a backup plan for my View environment. I have mostly a linked-clone environment with a few virtual desktops. I...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.0 hosts all say "not responding" after short time
It's probably worth mentioning at this point that the VC is virtual and running on the ESXi host that I'm trying to add to the cluster. Unfortunately, in this demo lab I don't have a spare server to...
View ArticleRe: Problem install windows 2008 64 on ESXi 5 on Virtual Box
HI You can also use Vmware Workstation 8 to run ESXi5.0 It works on my laptop. Regards,KB
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.0 hosts all say "not responding" after short time
If VC is virtual and the problem is happening on the same ESXi it resides, and all on the same subnet, i'm almost sure something on your windows is blocking it. Check steps on KB...
View ArticleRe: Virtual machine performance too slow in SQL server?
When you created the vmdk did you eagerzerothick it or did you set it to thin?
View ArticleReadyNAS NFS Datastore slow
Desperately seeking any suggestions? I have just created a new isolated NFS datastore and added it to my vSphere ESX server 4.1 Build 582267. The NFS datastore is freshly built on a ReadyNAS NVX...
View ArticleVR Replication Protection Group not seeing VM's
Ok, I have set up all of my inventory and resource mappings and placeholder datastores with no problems. I have 4 VM's successfully protected with replication enabled for all disks but when I create a...
View ArticleRe: VR Replication Protection Group not seeing VM's
If this is the same issue I had thenLog off the vSphere clientRestart the SRM server service on both vCentersand try again. Let me know how you go.
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Re: ESXi 5.0 hosts all say "not responding" after short time
After the VC was joined to our lab domain, the VC firewall rules weren't being applied. I'd turned off the firewall before joining the domain but joining the domain re-enabled it for the domain...
View ArticleRe: Issues with vCenter 5
This error has been reported in the past and it's been related to not having the latest vSphere SDK for Perl 5.0 when trying to run the script against a vSphere 5 environment. Though I can see from the...
View ArticleCannot Copy from VMFS 3 to VMFS 5 ?
Greetings, Using Fast SCP or any other method I can copy from VMFS 3 to VMFS 3 datatstores. I have vCenter 5, 1 host ESXi 4 and 1 Host ESXi 5. The ESXi 4 has a local Datastore @ VMFS 3. It also has...
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