Re: IBM X3650M4 ESXi5.1 cannot boot
Almero, Good you have troubleshoot the issue... one way you can help other, if you have time.... create a document and share in VMTN. -A
View ArticleUpgrade from 5.5.0 to 5.5.0b
Upgraded everything successfully but now vCenter is using 100% CPU on the box and everything is hanging up. I am about to try to uninstall and reinstall vCenter component, but have others had this...
View ArticleRe: Upgrade from 5.5.0 to 5.5.0b
To clarify , the java.exe process using up 60-70% of CPU with vpxd using up the remainder
View ArticleRe: Migrating Hosts with dvSwitches
Thank you for the reply Gav0. We will be testing this shortly.. hoping for the best!
View ArticleRe: Upgrade from 5.5.0 to 5.5.0b
Was everything fine before the upgrade? Are all vsphere components on the same box? RegardsGirish
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1u1 + 3ware 9650SE on Haswell
Don't know if this will help but I downloaded the latest aacraid driver (VMware ESXi 5.5 Driver for PMC-Sierra scsi-aacraid SAS RAID Controller) from the vmware download area and loading that along...
View Articleupgrade vSphere 4.1 to 5.5 with HW refresh
Hello,I'm planning to upgrade vSphere farm 4.1 to 5.5. and, at the same time, replacing the HW used in vSphere 4.1.The approach, we are evaluating, is to perform a fresh installation of the vSphere 5.5...
View ArticleRe: upgrade vSphere 4.1 to 5.5 with HW refresh
Welcome to the Community - That is a very common approach in doing an upgrade - in the simplest steps your build your new environment with a new vCenter making sure the new ESXi hosts can see the...
View ArticleUnable to run Vapp on Windows 7
I've recently downloaded and installed ESXi 5.5 onto a dell server for evaluation and would like to start managing it. Thus, I downloaded the vSphere Open management file and cannot run it. Anyway,...
View ArticleRe: Unable to run Vapp on Windows 7
You need the vSphere Client, not vCenter Operations.... // Linjo
View ArticleRe: Unable to run Vapp on Windows 7
But the Vsphere Client doesn't appear with ESXi 5.5 - when put in Http://x.x.x.x for my IP just get page cannot load. Read on these forums that with 5.5 client no longer supported and must have...
View ArticleRe: Unable to run Vapp on Windows 7
Vsphere client was correct solution - given issues raised in other forums about vShere client ESXi 5.5 limitations - I instead loaded ESXi 5.1 onto the server. It still wouldn't respond to http:...
View ArticleRe: Upgrade from 5.5.0 to 5.5.0b
I havent seen this myself.. however i have seen people posting on the forums on upgrades to 5.1 having this problem.. found a blog post that should helpmy techdirt: vCenter is slow and sluggish after...
View ArticleRe: auto deploy host profiles distributed virtual switch problems
well, still not got this working... there was an NTP problem, fixed that. Looking through syslog I see this: 2014-01-23T16:57:18Z 2014-01-23 16: 57:18,754 Host Profiles[35750]: INFO:...
View ArticleHaving issues setting up a 5.5 vCenter Server VM in a non-domain...
I'm trying to set up a vCenter Server VM (fresh install, not upgrade) without an Active Directory domain available. I have been able to do this successfully in the past with 5.0 and 5.1, but now with...
View ArticleRe: Having issues setting up a 5.5 vCenter Server VM in a non-domain...
I didn't try this myself yet, so this is more a pointer. For the vCenter Server appliance it seems that adding an entry for vCenter Server itself to the /etc/hosts file allows to install SSO properly....
View ArticleNo Network Adapters During ESX 5.5 Installation
Hopefully someone can give me an answer that I can use to try and get this working. I am attempting to install ESX 5.5 onto an extra PC I have laying around my house and I have been experiencing...
View ArticleRe: No Network Adapters During ESX 5.5 Installation
Create a customized iso and include your NIC driver. An easy to use customizer I've used is from this blog VMware Front Experience: ESXi-Customizer
View ArticleRe: No Network Adapters During ESX 5.5 Installation
Welcome to the Community - Specifically, which network card did you purchase? Also which NIC is embedded on the MB?
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