Re: CPU usage and VM Performance
So basically we have oversubscribed? Some more information, anything with a - in it is a linked clone so artisan-, life-, ams-, mas- are linked clone pools so it makes it a bit tougher doesn't it? Jim
View ArticleRe: Vsphere 5.5 and Emulex OneConnect 10Gb NIC trouble
Dear Collegues, up and down of 10Gb network port experienced by our customer was solved using STP (shielded) Cat.7 cables instead of UTP (unshielded) Cat.6e.The issue was caused by cross-talking (see...
View ArticleRe: Vsphere 5.5 and Emulex OneConnect 10Gb NIC trouble
Our customer experienced that cross-talking was the issue.Cross-talking cause issue when multiple UTP (Unshielded) cables at 10Gbits cause interference each others.Using Cat.7 STP (Shielded) solved the...
View ArticleRe: esxi 5.5 cant recognize pci lan-pci slots
I believe, if a software is not user friendly, then it is useless in IT profession.And also first impression is the last impression.If you can not install a simple application as bare metal hypervisor...
View ArticleRe: esxi 5.5 cant recognize pci lan-pci slots
Hi FUR786, Without the Hardware on the HCL, you shouldn't run this in production. The HCL is the supported hardware from VMware, from what I saw there is no D-Link whatsoever on the HCL. Unfortunately...
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Re: CPU usage and VM Performance
Thanks for all the input so far it has really helped in some cases. Adjusting the environment has always been more of an art than science. So I decided to jump in a take a look over the systems when...
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Hi there, I'm glad that you are getting the environment slowly optimized up to boot. The thing that should be done next is actually pinpointing all the orange VMs and getting us their:process explorer...
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Working the dedicated desktops is very easy and we have been having a lot of success with them. Linked clones are proving much more difficult. Is there a way to use esxtop to look at a specific...
View ArticleCisco Layer 3, Voice, & VLAN
I have a vSphere 5.5 install and I'm in the process of a network upgrade in preparation for a VOIP implementation. The Switch hardware I'm using is a stack of Cisco 3850 Layer 3 switches and I've been...
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Re: CPU usage and VM Performance
Wanted to send another update. we have been slowly making changes to our CPU and Memory assignments to try and get most if not all systems below 5 %RDY and so far so good. Dedicated systems are...
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Have in mind that when counting capacity in cpu cores, you must always count pCPU and not the logical CPUs. So for you this means 8 Cores available pr server x 4 (best practice should be around 4:1) =...
View ArticleRe: Vsphere 5.5 and Emulex OneConnect 10Gb NIC trouble
I can't agree, because we are using 10Gb twinax, no UTP, and we have a lot of problems with emulex in esxi5.5
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Re: Vsphere 5.5 and Emulex OneConnect 10Gb NIC trouble
The latest reliable combination in our environment (with vmware vDS) seems to be (for 554FLB):# esxcli network nic get -n vmnic0 Driver Info: Bus Info: 0000:04:00:0 Driver: elxnet...
View ArticleVMs losing network connectivity when rebooted
I have several Windows 2008 R2 VMs that are losing network connectivity when they are rebooted. This has led to issues when VMs reboot after installing Windows Updates. The VMs are using the E1000...
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This seems like ESXi networking unstable.Can you please upgrade ESXi 5.5 latest Update release. Hope it will resolve issue, its been discuss in the KB VMware KB: The virtual machine loses network...
View ArticleRe: VMs losing network connectivity when rebooted
Hello, Thank you for the suggestion, however I am not able to upgrade ESX at this time (would need to properly plan and schedule the upgrade). Additionally, I saw the issue you linked in the KB,...
View ArticleNo network support after virtualisation
Hi all, I converted via VMWare vCenter Converter a physical Windows Server 2008 server system (it was DELL PE T620) to a VM within ESXi 5.5.0.I noticed after this virtualisiation process that virtual...
View ArticleRe: No network support after virtualisation
Hello Mariusz, Windows 2008 should contain the basic the Intel E1000(e) NIC drivers. However it is possible that there is now some conflict between the driver version that was installed and the one...
View ArticleRe: No network support after virtualisation
Hi, indeed I found Intel Utility which has been seemingly installed on the physical host.I removed this software, but the NIC issue could not be resolved.I'm getting the same drive error (Code 39)...
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Hi there, can you please try removing all available NIC drivers again, this time with "remove drivers" checkbox checked as well? Also check for any hidden NIC drivers that might be present in the...
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