Update VMware Tools?
Last night I ran the following powercli command with the hopes of updating the VMware Tools on some of my VM's without the VM rebooting. The script seemed to run fine in that the tools did get updated...
View ArticleVM loses connectivity after vMotion to another host in cluster
Hello all, This is my first time posting so forgive me if the question was posted to an incorrect forum. I have been trying to manually balance the loads of my VMs between my 2 hosts (for example host1...
View ArticleESX and VMs on the same datastore - pros and cons?
Hi all, Planning to migrate from ESX 4.1.0 (348481) to ESXi 5.1. Currently the server (PE2950) is configured with 2 mirrored drives where ESX is, and RAID 10 as the second datastore.I feel like we are...
View Articlevcenter risk assessment/tools
Can anyone provide details of some useful tools that would assist in conducting a risk assessment/compliance audit of vcenter and 8x vsphere (v5) hosts? Similar to Microsofts best practice analyzers....
View ArticleSRM 5.1.1 with Windows 2012
I am installing SRM 5.1.1 on Windows 2012.UAC is off, I am a local Administrator and I still run the .exe as Administrator.I get through the install wizard and right at the end, I get the Error Message...
View ArticlevCenter, SSO e inventory service insieme o separati?
Ciao ragazzi, secondo la vostra esperienza entro quali limiti è consigliabile mantenere i tre componenti sulla stessa macchina? Vmware parla di "piccole architetture" ma quelle che loro considerano...
View ArticleTrying to install evaluation vCenter Operations vApp
Hi. I'm trying to test and learn about vCenter Operations Suite so i downloaded the free evaluation version that is in the OVF package form. After downloading and attempting to import it via vSphere...
View ArticleVMware doesn't recognize host ram drives
I have a 2 gb ram drive in the host OS (Windows 7 x64), which I would like to share with a Windows XP x32 running in VMware, but it is not recognized as a physical hard drive, although is set as one in...
View ArticleUnity mode causing "Failed to initialize MKS drag and drop"
Workstation 9 install. I have a simple windows 7 vm set up to run a monitoring utility. Everything runs fine until I go into unity mode. When I'm clicking around in unity mode, I often get the error...
View ArticlevCenter 5.0 to vCenter 5.1
Hiwe are planning to upgrade vcenter from 5.0 to 5.1 in our production environment.i am worried about how to start what are the steps need to follow ,pre check ,after check ,what are the data base...
View ArticleAccessing Hands-on Labs
How long does it usually take to get access after you have signed up for the Hands-On Labs ?
View ArticleMass vApp Deployment
I have a customer that needs to deploy somewhere between 600-800 VMs from the same template. I know there was a post about this in the past, but I can't seem to find it. Can someone point me to a...
View ArticlevLAN not showing in ESXi CDP output
I have a vLAN that I am using in my environment and that is working fine between the ESXi host and the physical network. However, when I run the command to show CDP information from the ESXi host, I...
View ArticleUnable to get traffic on VLan
Hi There,I'm having some issues configuring the networking in one of our customers. We need to deploy a virtual Panda Gatefender.Attached is a schema of the configuration and VLans created. The issue...
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VMKNIC_Failover naming
Hi Guys! I know this has already been covered in this thread:VMKNIC_Failover However I’m unsure if this correct? Can anyone confirm the correct syntax for "Enter 2 vmkernel NIC's for vmkernel Virtual...
View ArticlevApp Template loses vShield FW rules when deployed...
Hi All,Has anyone encountered the following behavior: I create a vApp Template with 3 VMs and a vShield router configured with FW rules and NAT port forwarding with "Make identical copy". When I...
View ArticleOLA goes missing when closing a call
We have OLA's for different groups on our system.On one of the groups the OLA does not display after the call has been Closed. We would like to report on the OLA that was last attached to the incident...
View ArticleCould Thinapp ..
Could Thinapp perform migration from previous versions of Windows to Windows 8?
View ArticleConnect Linux VM to an existing iSCSI LUN
We have a physical server that is running Oracle Enterprise Linux that connects to some LUN's via iSCSI that are running on SSD. We'd like to virtualize this server and reconnect to the same LUN's if...
View ArticleNeed to start VMware vCloud as Provider
I have a task to built Public vCloud for a company, I have the Hardware and Storage, I need some more details on which Product to use, I need to know is "VMware vCloud Director 1.5" and "VMware vCloud...
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