Can/Should you store old snapshots in a different location or at all?
My question is whether I can or should store old snapshots? And if so do I have to keep them with the latest snapshot or can they be stored in a different location?
View ArticleUpgrade to 5.1 Web Client loose vCenter Server
Hi, I have to upgrade vCenter from 5.0 to 5.1. Before upgrade the production enroment we decide to make a test.here the scenario:vCenter 5.0.0 455964 with Update Manager and Web Client installed2 ESXi...
View ArticleNexus 1000v iscsi multipath not working for two hosts.
It seems only one host can connect to my iscsi storage when using iscsi port binding (multipath). When I don't use port bindings, both hosts can see the storage. ie right click iscsi initiator...
View Articlewhat's the command to conduct an upgrade from esx4.1 to esxi5.1?
Basically, I copied 5.1 U1 ISO file to the host's /tmp folder, and renamed it to v51.iso. the host is running ESX4.1. I then mounted the ISO file to /mnt/cdrom successfully. I can go...
View ArticleGenerating certificates for use with the VMware SSL Certificate Automation Tool
Hi,I am trying to use SSL certificate automation tool. Our vCenter Server is configured in Heartbeat mode. When I am trying to generate certificate signing request (CSR) for Single sing-on (SSO), 1st...
View ArticlevCloud to vCloud Migration
I think I know the default answer to this, but I am looking/hopeful for a "none-traditional" method of migration roughly 100 VMs from one running vCD instance to another. Is there a better way to do...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 STIG (Security hardening)
I performed security hardening on an ESXi 5 host (test area), and I cannot figure out what portion of it is completing stopping the ESXi shell service to keep stopping. Lockdown mode is not enabled,...
View ArticleSet LVM/EnableResignature = 1 with PowerCLI on ESX 4.1
Hello, because the way the handling of Snapshot LUNs has changed dramatically in ESX/ESXi 4.x we are looking in a way to set the LVM/EnableResignature parameter to 1 on our hosts through a script. We...
View ArticleCannot add VMFS datastore to ESXi host
Hello all, I have an issue with 1 FC LUN that can be seen as a device through multiple paths on all 10 hosts in a cluster but it only appear as a VMFS datastore on 6 of the hosts. Other LUNs from the...
View ArticleSerious USB 3.0 Issue on VMware Fusion 5
Hi Guys! I'm new here & below are my problem. USB 3.0 external hard drive is not able to discover on 64 bit window 7 Ultimate Edition.However the same device can be found easily without struggling...
View ArticleAll users disconnect simultaneously
We are setting up our View 5.2 system this week. We are using windows 7 x64 Enterprise. We only have about people on the system right now, but all are experiencing the same issue. Randomly all will...
View ArticleImport Log Files?
I saw in the Log Insight user guide that it was possible to manually import log files for analysis. I can not find this in the UI. Anybody find a way to do this?
View ArticleMinor install issue
HiWhen downloading the beta, there is a reference to an ova file, but the downloaded file has an ovf extension. After renaming to ova I was able to import into vCenter through the web client
View ArticleError 1920.Service VMware vCenter Converter Server....
Hola, Durante la instalación de VMware Converter en 2 servidores con Windows Server 2003, recibo el siguiente error: "Error 1920.Service VMware vCenter Converter Server (vmware-converter-server)...
View ArticleInstallation VMwareplayer impossible
Hello everyone, I uninstalled vmwareplayer some days ago. Last week, I tried to install vmwareplayer 5.0.2 but the installation failed with this message:"The MSI...
View ArticleInitial login configuration prevented by browser incompatibility
Hi Guys, can I first say I'm really excited about Log Insight - I'm sure a lot of people will have tried to do what you're doing now with the likes of Splunk; attempting to fully understand what...
View ArticleCompliance Checker Host Limit
I have 7 ESXi 5.0 host. How do I get all 7 hosts to display on a scan report? Or, how do I select a specific Host for scanning?
View ArticleHow to change disk VML id
I have two vmware hosts with esxi5.1. The same lun presented to these hosts but it is seen with different "vml.id" on these hosts.How can i change vml.id in order to make it equal on both esxi5.1...
View ArticleSlow NFS DataStore Performance
With ESX 5.1U1, I’m observing slow I/O performance from VMs on NFS database exported from NAS Storage system. With 512KB Sequential Write workload within the VM on a NFS Datastore provides...
View ArticleSRM datastore extend
SRM datastore extend : we are planning to extend the protected datastore on SRM 5 as it is 2 way replication , i want to know do we need to pause the replication and extend the datastore or how. please...
View Article