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We came across very strange PSOD Issue where 9 out of 10 ESXi host kept crashing with PSOD and strange thing was every time it was random 9 servers One of the toughest weekend ever to detect this root cause. 72 hours only J Setup VMware vCenter 5.1 VMware ESXi…Continue readingESXi PSOD Issue

Setup     VMware vCenter 5.1     ESXi 5.1 GA build (799733) Purpose of Heap Size The main consumer of VMFS heap are the pointer blocks which are used to address file blocks in very large files/VMDKs on a VMFS filesystem. Therefore, the larger your VMDKs, the more VMFS…Continue readingESXi Host reports VMFS heap warnings

Setup VMware vCenter 5.1 ESXi 5.1  Discoveries When the VMDK is created as Think provisioned disk it doesn’t allow to extend the size of vmdk in VM Edit Settings and it displays greyed out Additionally if you have taken snapshot of the Thin provisioned disk. The option will be greyed…Continue readingUnable to Extend C Drive for Thin Provisioned Disk

We were facing issues with Use Windows Credentials option in vSphere Client while accessing vCenter via domain credentials Following troubleshooting performed along with resolution Error Cannot Complete login due to an incorrect username or password Setup VMware vCenter 5.1 Update b Troubleshooting Steps Ensured the Identity Source configuration is correct…Continue readingCannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password