qemu/kvm inside ESXi - virtual lab networking
Hi all, I'm working on a virtual networking lab leveraging ESXi nested virtualization technology. Host is a Cisco UCS server based on dual socket Intel Xeon E5-2690 equipped with 128 GB RAM and running...
View ArticleGetting error while pairing v replication appliance site (PSC is not available)
getting an error whenever trying to pair replication appliances that PSC is not available
View ArticleOracle 11g data guard on vmware
Hello, I'm not all that familiar with Oracle databases. My DBA team is currently planning on configuring data guard for our 11g environment. Currently it is a single VM using VMDKs stored on iSCSI...
View ArticleFreesco NAT Router not detecting VM NIC's
I'm having trouble setting up a Linux router using the Freesco software on a floppy image. When I boot up Freesco after configuring it, it does not detect any network cards. In the VM's BIOS I see...
View Articledifference between vmx swap file and vswp file
Hi Guys, Just want to know the difference between vmx swap file and vswp file. are these same files or different. regardsVINAY
View ArticleCrashes on ESXi6.0 nested on to of ESXi5.5 after migration
We are seeing a number of crashes, either "#PF Exception 14" or "Recursive Panics w/ VSCSI timeouts" on the ESXi 6.0 hosts running in VMs in on 5.5 VMs (VM Version 9). In 5 out of 5 cases I looked...
View ArticleHow many VMs can be created 12 CPUs X 2.299 Ghz processor socket 2, core per...
Hi Community, Primarily, we want to know how many Windows and Ubuntu VM's can be created in this configuration assuming each Ubuntu has 512 MB ram and 20 GB HD? We are planning to create one Windows...
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Does EVC support VT-x
Hello All, I am not an expert in Vmware, kindly bear with me.The customer is trying to deploy OVA of our application which is packaged into Ubuntu 14.04. Our application requires VT-X and EPT...
View ArticleNested Hyper-V VM can't ping default gateway
Hi,In the beginning I must say that I don't consider myself a VMware's product expert.I've been struggling with my test nested environment for quite a while and finally decided to (hopefully) get some...
View ArticleRunning nested Esxi under Esxi-- ubuntu(qemu)
Hi All Just learning Virtual world and trying install nested esxi. here is my setup. I have ESXi 6.0 running Under ESXI i have Debian as VM. Under Debian iam running qemu. Install Esxi inside Esxi...
View ArticleUpgrading from vCenter 5.1 to 5.5 or 6.0
We have vcenter 5.1 we need to upgrade to 5.5 or 6.0 depending on the version attributes.First what are the differences between 5.5 and 6.0?Our HQ wants to upgrade to 6.0, so they could implement the...
View ArticleOracle on vSphere6
Hi everyone, I was wondering if the new vsphere vmotion functionality (I mean, cross-vcenter-vmotion) could be a problem when I need to license an oracle virtual machine. Could someone help me to...
View ArticleRunning ESXi under Ubuntu
Hi guys, could you help me please run ESXi 6 under Ubuntu 14.04.04 with kvm-qemu. I have Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS ESX 6.0 vmware-201601001-3380124-iso Running hypervisor:...
View Articlenot able to add domain users in vcenter5.1 permissions
I have installed vCenter5.1 recently and added AD identities sucessfully.but when i tried to add domain users in permissions, I am getting error like" Call "UserDirectory.RetrieveUserGroups" for object...
View Articlecpu guest differs from cpu host
What may be the reasons for which the CPU shown in the guest is different from that of the host machine?ie: I see an intel xeon X5550@2.67GHz (Guest SO is WinServer2008r2 std 64bit) but the provider...
View ArticleTesting Container technologies in a virtual Fedora VM: systemd-nspawn
I need to test a Linux Fedora (and maybe other Linux distros) feature, Container Technologies (systemd-nspawn).I want to test it using a VM hosted by a VMware Workstation host.Have anybody made the...
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Nested ESXi Network Issue
I have two nested ESXi 6 machines running in a vCenter 5.5 Environment. They are on and Isolated Standard vSwitch with a Windows 7 machine. The Windows 7 machine can ping both of the ESXi 6 machines,...
View ArticleInstall ESXi 6.0U2 in VMware Workstation Pro 12 (12.1.1) VM with SATA virtual...
These two days I'm install ESXi in Workstation Pro 12. (1) create VM in workstation, 4x cpu, 16GB member, create 100GB SATA harddrive, select OS ESXi 6.0, connect virtual CD to ESXi 6.0U2 iso file.(2)...
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