script to check a setting in a vmx file for specific entry
HI Friends, I am wondering if it is possible to check the specific entry in VMX file through powercli script. Actually i wanted to search set of VMs which has "scsi0:1.writeThrough = "true" in VMX...
View ArticleLinux kernel panic after moving Datastore Location
Hello, We have a single ESXi 5.1 host with several VM's running. One of these is a Linux RHEL 5 64-bit VM (PeopleSoft 9.2 Demo Server).We are in the process of moving all the datastores from our EMC...
View ArticlevMotion between 2 hosts
Hi I have 2 hosts in my vmware farm has the same hardware as followHP Proliant DL 585 G5Model: 16 CPUs x2.31 GHzProcessor Type: Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 8356====for example host01 and...
View ArticleMore IDE Drives than standard bios has (0:0 0:1 - 1:0 1:1) ?
Needing More IDE Drives than standard bios (0:0 0:1 - 1:0 1:1) has. Though I guess won't be able to add any since what the has bios has is what we get. Though post this in case there is a way or if...
View ArticleAutocad 2008 and Fusion 5
I am getting some bad behaviors in Autocad 2008 with the mouse and windows 7. It will jump a huge distance while in a command. Also the mouse will vanish and I have to minimize the program then...
View ArticleLDAP Import in vApp Custom-UI
We are having major issues get ldap with ssl to work with the 5.7 vApp. It appears we're importing the root CA successfully, but we're still getting handshake error when we try to import users with...
View ArticleBest Configuration for 4 x 1Gb Physical NICs
I have some servers with 4 physical NICs (can't add any unfortunately). This is ESXi 5.1 with Enterprise Plus. Tr affic load is very light with less than 20 servers on two hosts. Storage is...
View ArticleRaw to VMDK
I need to move my data from Raw mapped (LUN) volumes to VMDK. My backup software does block level changes. If I power down the server and convert the volumes would the back system see the data as...
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Advice on Nic Configuration
Hi, We are currently in the process of installing 3 new ESXi 5.1 hosts. I was looking to see if anyone had any thoughts on the cabling and configuring to ensure redundancy and also maximum...
View ArticleFocus Not Going to New Window in Unity
VMWare Fusion 5.0.1Windows 7 Guest (though I think this is not a guest issue and would occur with other OS - haven't tested it though)OSX 10.8.2 Whenever a new window is opened in a guest while in...
View ArticleEsxi5 Free version install Nic Issues?
I have 2 dell t420 that match vmware specs for free version but one thing the dell driver is not included in the iso download for the broadcom gb ethernet bcm5720 nics? If I get it from dell how do I...
View ArticleCreating vCloud Director Lab
I just bought a Dell Server, only one! Is it enough to start architecting the lab?Would two nested ESX architecture work?So the nested steps would be:1. Install ESX5.1 on physical server2. Make two VMs...
View ArticleError: Server version unavailable at 'https://1.1.1.1/sdk/vimService.wsdl'...
Hi, I have a strange problem, I have 3 RHEL 5.4 servers that are clones of each other, I have install the SDK on all 3 of them, version: I have installed VMware-vSphere-SDK-for-Perl-4.0.0-161974...
View Articlecan not update vm's setting
Greeting, Vmware vcloud director V5.1 I have a vm already in a vapp. for some reason the cpu and RAM settings missing, I did check the "Enable guest customization" then in "Hardware" tab change the CPU...
View ArticlevDS multiple default gateway
Can vDS have multiple default gateway assign to different port group? I have Management port group and vMotion port group on same vDS but cannot assign different default gateway to each port group and...
View ArticleMove into resource pool Cannot complete operation due to concurrent...
Hi Everyone I have three hosts on my vcenter, however I can't seem to move any VMs into a resource pool as I get the following error(for example): Move into resource pool SALES Cannot complete...
View ArticleBest Practise for 25 drives Raid in a HP ProLiant DL385 Gen8
Hello,I have a HP DL385 Gen8 Server with 2 CPU and 16 Cores per Socket and 192 GB RAM.We use VMware vSphere 5.1 Enterprise Plus. As Hardware we use the internal HP P420i SAS Controller and we have 25...
View ArticleEsxi 5.0 Nexus 1000v Upgrade
Greetings.We are currently running ESXI 4.0 Update 1. Nexus1000v 4.2(1)SV1(4b) We are trying to update our hosts to ESXi 5.0. We are trying to use the image builder to create a bundled iso for the...
View Articlevmware vsphere ICM v5.1 beginners
Hello All.Nice to see you all, I am new and decided to prepare myself for vcp5.dcv certification (v5.1)I am looking to busy books and helping materials and start preparation before I start my course.is...
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Solaris 10 installation failed in VMware 9.
Hi guys, I am using VMware 9 on Windows 7 x64 bit.After configuring Solris 10 installation, when it boots first time to install the OS, it throws some error: PXE-E53: no boot filename received vmware...
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