I've installed ESXi 4 on a 40gb ATA drive. I've also added two 1tb Hitachi SATA drives using the controller on an ASUS M4A785-M motherboard. How do I format those two drive to make them available as datastores for virtual machines? Software/Hardware used: ESXi 4 , ASUS M4A785-M motherboard....
Hi, Are there any comprehensive reports/reviews/articles about the advantages and disadvantages of virtualisation? I need the reports/reviews/articles to be objective.
I have a ESXI 4.0 host with 4 nics setup for teaming (fault tolerance and load balancing). I have 2 vms setup on the host, when I setup bridging using 2 or more nics on the vm, the bridge nic shows bytes sent but 0 bytes received and the physical nics show sent bytes 0 and bytes being received. I...
Should I use nic bridging on the vm guest that is on a single vlan if the esxi 4.0 host nics configured for teaming? Why or Why not?
what is the difference between esx , esx server , esxi
The NIC teaming (Load Balancing) is setup on the ESXI 4.0 host, and when I attempt to setup bridging on the Windows 2003 Server VM guest, the VM stops communicating.
Hello, I have a little quuestion. I have got 2 servers ESXi, and I want to do a backup from Server1/datastore1 to Server2/datastore2. It's possible to do this backup with ghettoVCB. Very thanks for all
I am planning to get VMWare ESXi 3.5 on an New Server hardware ( that possibly does not figure in the HCL list of VMWare / Communicty HCL list / WhiteBox HCL). So if I do run into issues ( which i think I will) , how do I get resolved. Should I approach the Vendor / VMWare for Resolution ?
Can i use Hyper-V and Vmware esxi on the same machine? This question is from the 5/14 Microsoft Virtualization Chat on ITKnowledgeExchange.com
Please note: The following question was recently submitted via e-mail by a user. I've heard that virtual machines created with VMware Server can run on VMware ESXi, but they have to be converted using the tool provided by VMware. Is there anything I need to do to prep my VM for this transition?...
Please note: The following question was recently submitted via e-mail by a user. Does R1Soft support VMware ESXi backup? Do I need to install it within the VM for it to work? Any tips?
I have been told that when examing a floppy dik the metadata showed no inconsistencies and that the dates are taken from the system clock and GMT. Is it therefore possible to manipulate the dates so they are both consistant with each other and what would have been tested on a disk to show GMT.
Is there any way to find out the list of defects raised during the execution of a particular lab?
The following question was recently submitted via e-mail by a user: Using ESXi 3.5. I've seen tests done that usually put the cost of virtualization at 25% when VMs don't share the same kernel, and 10% when they do. I've noticed as you drop cores, the cost of virtualization as a percent of the...
HP supplies VMWare ESXi pre-integrated with HP utilities for a few HP servers. Does anybody know if that is available as a free download anywhere, or how to create you own? Cheers James
I've recently been getting the following error message in VMware ESXi: Error A General System Error occured: Internal Error I get it when I try to start up VM's, and after that, the machine won't start. Is there any good way to troubleshoot this?
Is anyone using Double Take to replicate their VC Server for ESXi? If so, how well does it work?
Does VMware ESXi allow you to virtualize a server that is already running on another box? Moderator Note: This is a user submitted question
Can I install a virtual machine in Windows Server 2008 Ent x64 Edition which is a VM in VM Ware ESXi server?
I have a Dell Power Edge 600SC server with a RAID card. At the install screen, I press ALT-F1 and I see that the megaraid2 drivers load, but the installation still cannot find a supported device to install too. user submitted question


