shrinking virtual harddisk
Hi all I got a VM with suse11.1 installed on it. I have vmware tools on it as well. I was successfully able to run the command to shrink the disk. But when I did the df -h, it still showed the same...
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IIRC, shrinking is not directly supported on ESXi with thin-vmdk. Try How to shrink a vmdk with ext4 or other unsupported filesystems. Instead of "vmkfstools -i old.vmdk new.vmdk -d thin"you can use...
View ArticleRe: How can I manage the free hypervisor 5.5 without the use of paid vCenter?
Just leave it at Version 8/9. In ESX5.5 while creating the machines you can select which version to make the hardware. Simply don't select V10...and you're fine. But if you need to manage your Version...
View ArticleRe: Free ESXi memory limitation
Is there any documents for this ? please point me release note or KB article.This hard limit memory has been removed from 5.5 .
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Hi Friend, From below VMware page: Limitation of 32GB RAM limit per server/host has been removed from the free Hypervisor. - See more at: Free Virtualization with VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) |...
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The vSphere Client Add Storage Wizard Error: A specified parameter was not...
I'm trying to create a LOCAL datastore on a Hitachi 500GB HD wit vSphere 5.5. I keep getting the error: A specified parameter was not correct Vim.Host.Disk.PartitionInfo.specError StackCall...
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Hi, Please see if this Discussion helps you in some way. Error attempting to create a Datastore PS: Please like if this was helpful.
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I think the problem has something to do with: VMware KB: Multipathing policies in ESXi 5.x and ESXi/ESX 4.x and/or Configuring the Storage adapter...
View ArticleUse case of RDM in VIrtual compatibility mode.
Hi All,Can anyone tell me please what is the use case of Virtual Compatibility Mode RDM?I know, it support vsphere snapshot. any other use case? Thanks n regards
View ArticleVMWare 5.5.0 on HP Proliant ML310 Memory size error
Hello, I installed VMware ESXi Images for HP ProLiant Servers 5.5.0 in a HP Proliant server ML310G8 V2, I got problems earlier because I used ESXi without HP support.Today I Installed VMWare with HP...
View ArticleRe: VMWare 5.5.0 on HP Proliant ML310 Memory size error
Unless you have memory to add to the system, search the Internet for esxi precheck.py for hints on how to start ESXi with less memory.André
View ArticleRe: Use case of RDM in VIrtual compatibility mode.
One of the use case could be to use Clustering in a box (host). If you need to create clusters between multiple boxes you can use physical mode RDM.
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Re: Use case of RDM in VIrtual compatibility mode.
Hi Friend, Microsoft cluster service (MSCS) on the top of vSphere is the best use case:Plz...
View ArticleIncreasing vCPU reservation on a VM
Hi Guys, Quick one: I believe we can safely increase the vCPU reservation on the fly without turning off VMand without any impact to any service- right? Is there any best practice around this? Terry
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Hi Tez14, Yes you can change the vCPU reservation on individual VMs on fly without any downtime. Have a look at the link to the VMware Documentation : VMware vSphere 5.1 Cheers Adz
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Hi Adz, Thanks for confirmation. But it doesn't say anywhere on the link if we can do it without any downtime. Does it hold good for 4.1 as well? Terry
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Hi Terry, This does apply to 4.1, although I can't find a specific document which states this can be done without downtime I did try this via the GUI in my dev environment and no downtime was needed...
View ArticleRe: Use case of RDM in VIrtual compatibility mode.
Not even, if your setting up MSCS cluster with RDMs in virtual compatibility means all nodes are on a single host. and in anything out side of a test lab really shouldn't be done as it defeats one of...
View ArticleRe: Use case of RDM in VIrtual compatibility mode.
Hi Welcome to communities. Virtual mode specifies full visualization of the mapped device. Physical mode specifies minimal SCSI visualization of the mapped device, allowing the greatest flexibility...
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