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VMware ESX is an enterprise-level computer virtualization product offered by VMware, Inc.

VMware ESX is an enterprise-level computer virtualization product offered by VMware, Inc. ESX is a component of VMware's larger offering, VMware Infrastructure, and adds management and reliability services to the core server product. VMware is replacing the original ESX with ESXi.

VMware states that the ESX product runs on bare metal. In contrast to other VMware products, it does not run atop a third-party operating system, but instead includes its own kernel. Up through the current ESX version 5.0, a Linux kernel is started first, and is used to load a variety of specialized virtualization components, including VMware's vmkernel component. This previously-booted Linux kernel then becomes the first running virtual machine and is called the service console. Thus, at normal run-time, the vmkernel is running on the bare computer and the Linux-based service console runs as the first virtual machine.

Source: wikipedia

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vmware ESX memory usage pattern

We have several ESX 3.5 clusters but are experiencing performance issues with one cluster in particular. Memory consumption http://molcat.bl.uk/gwicks/esxmemory20100216.png Why does the cluster memory dip by 50% every hour at 10 minutes and 25…
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Problem with QLogic 4062c HBAs on ESXi 4.0 U1

I have 2 x3650M2 servers with qLogic QLE 4062c iscsi hba (1 adapter per server). I'm performing initial setup on them. When I use the ESXi interface to set the IPs, it sets the IP, and 'Recent Tasks' shows that it's completed successfully. However a…
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Citrix on ESX 4 U1 - Slow login times

I'm sure they'd be just as slow if not slower using ESX 3 but I'm looking for some assistance. On a physical Citrix server, logins are 1 - 4 seconds. The virtual - 16 - 23 seconds. I'm looking for performance enhancements that I can make to me VMs…
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vSphere client can not be started

I have been using ESXi4 with windows (Windows7) management software of vSphere client for long. When trying booting vSphere client for some reason, the system said something like "vpxClient stopped running. Trying to find a measure to treat against…
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MSCS in vSphere, HP EVA 4400 --> RDM, RAID, PRIVATE NETWORK

I'm in the move to set up an MS Cluster in vSphere and there's a few I havent yet understand. * When I create my RDM disk in HP EVA they automatically get an RAID level, of course. But when I assign my RDM disk in vCenter to an storage (e.g. where…
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Why does VMware count memory as storage and how can I disable this behavior?

Coming from a Proxmox environment to VMware I'm puzzled by this behavior: It's a rented environment and I was asked how much memory/disk storage/CPU do I need. I didn't account for memory randomly counting as "storage", so I'm now having issues…
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ESXi with 1 vSwitch using multiple teamed NICs each connected on a seperate physical switch for resilience/redundancy

I've read many posts (even from vmware) saying that in ESXi, NICs teamed in a vSwitch should all be connected to the same physical switch. I found nothing about what I am describing below and in my opinion, this infringes the resilience/redundancy…
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LUNS access issue in ESX4 Cluster server

HI, I've created volumes in equallogic in PS 6000 XV(having 2 member which is in 1 pool), checked & those volumes can be easily detected my ISCSI software in windows. But the problem with ESX , not able to see the assigned disk on ESX server, I can…
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Red Hat Clustering Fencing fails

I'm trying to demo (and learn) a Red Hat Cluster on ESXi 3.5 update2.I've set a shared fencing device with the info for my ESXi server. I try fencing a node from Luci, but it only tells me that fencing failed. Messages log has following agent…
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Mounting NAS Storage on ESX

I am trying to add NAS Storage to my ESX4i but didn't get any option from the VIM Client. It seems that there are less options in the ESX4i than in ESX3.5 so I tried to mount the File system. I ran the following command mount -t smbfs -o…
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Qemu - Cannot connect to Guest

I'm running Qemu on Windows and I can't connect to the ESXi guest and can't ping the host network gateway from the ESXi guest. I disabled all other network interface on Host machine except the internet connecting Ethernet interface. I've spent like…
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ESX hosts crash within same vcenter cluster

I have a vcenter cluster of 12 ESX hosts (ClusterA) and another cluster of 3 ESX hosts (ClusterB). All of these are a mix of poweredge r620s and r630s. Some of the hosts have hardware errors that can be seen in the iDRAC logs and front LCD screen…
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How to Assign datastorage Limit to the datastore from LM?

We have a Data Storeage XYZ with 1TB HDD and 32 GB ram. - We want to assign this to 2 different groups 500GB HDD, 16GB RAM to Group - A and 500GB HDD and 16GB RAM to another group. We want to set this limit from LM, can you please comments if this…
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vmxnet NIC not usable

I have a Dell Edge 860 Xeon server running ESXi40 hyperV. Ive created a linux VM with VMXNET adaptor. I'm able to bring the interface up but it is not able to ping default gw or any machine on the subnet for that matter. Its pinging only itself.…
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Can't ping guest OS from Windows XP SP3 host running VIC

I am running VMware ESX Server 3i Version 3.5.0 and accessing this server using VMware Infrastructure Client Version 2.5.0 on a Windows XP SP3 machine. I have enabled the Microsoft TCP/IP version 6 stack and assigned an IPv6 address (using the netsh…
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