Desktops keeping name and ip address
Didn't know were to place this question, but figured it has something to do with the network.I Have a request for a pool to be floating and the program they use will need to keep the same desktop name...
View ArticleHow to install windows 8 on esxi 4.1 ?
Hi I would like to install windows 8 on my current esxi 4.1 environment, of course without success. I receive the error about thatHAL_Initialization_Failed I've found serveral forums that only...
View ArticleESXi 5 - HP Smart Array Alert
I have ESXi 5 running on an HP DL380 G7 server. What does the HP Smart Array Alert mean? Does it mean firmware upgrade? How does the server know that there is a newer firmware available? I didn't have...
View ArticleConfiguring iSCSI storage with 4MB block size.
Hi friendsI have a requirement of changing the iSCSI storage to 4 MB block size. I searched all over the ESXi5.1 for the block size changing. but i found nowhere. the default is 1MB block size i...
View Articlestorage capacity reports issue
Hello, In our environment we intentionally leave 20% free space on all datastores to prevent any issues. All the VM’s are thick provisioned, but this 20% intentional overhead is causing our ‘time...
View ArticleWhere to add Win Server 2012 Datacenter Key in VMware
Hi All, We have 1 ESXi 5 server with 2 CPU's, we have purchased Windows Server 2012 data center edition 2CPU license. As per the page no 7 of below article in you can use Windows Server 2012 data...
View ArticleGUI crashed after resuming macbook from sleep
Hi, After I got back to my macbook and woke up the machine, the Fusion GUI application crashed on me and wanted to send a problem report to Apple.(See attached)At the time I had 4 virtual machines...
View Articlestandalone ESXi 5.x host and update manager.
It is understood that update manager, operating as a VM, cannot be used to patch a standalone host - must shut down the update manager VM and enter maintenance mode, and then update manager is no...
View ArticleHow do you properly configure persistent disk permissions?
I ran into an issue today with one of our newly created Dev Pool VMs. Essentially, the persistent disk isn't available to the developer. When an Admin logs onto the machine, they can access the drive...
View ArticleFirst New-VM : An item with the same key has already been added.
I'm getting a strange error that I've seen a few other posts about, but with no resolution (or at least one that I can find). When attempting to create a new VM using the New-VM cmdlet, I receive the...
View ArticleSMTP username and password on Vcenter
Want to configure SMTP and using a hosted exchange which requires SSL and port 587 to be used. Updated the port on the Vcenter advanced setting and want to know what will be the key parameter to add...
View Articlevm shutdown during suspend operation
Running the July preview. Is there a way to securely upload a log file?
View Articleattachment lun physical machine in virtual machine
Hi, I'm planning to migrate a machine physically with red hat and she has a lun that foreign direct wanted appends the vm. The question is, will lose data?
View ArticleNoisy neighbor with RDMs
We've got SQL server VM which puts a huge load on storage: 1,5k average commands per second, with 3,5k spikes (as reported by vCenter). It negatively impacts all datastores latency as a result. We are...
View ArticleProject and Visio 2013 ThinApp
I've ThinApp'd (separately) Microsoft Project 2013 and Visio 2013 with a Windows 7 32bit clean image with ThinApp 4.7.3. I used MAK licenses for now, just because I didn't want to deal with the KMS...
View ArticleCalling Oracle Aces, Oracle Certified Master....
One of the best kept Secrets at VMware os the Vmware Guru Program...VMware Guru Program OverviewIn this Program, VMware will provide evaluation licenses on selected VMware fully functional products at...
View ArticleHow force a vm to use a static ip
HIi'm using esxi 5.1 and vsphere client 5.1i wana foce every vm use one static ip and can't change or add another one....because every vm can find out another ip in their ip range easily and add it....
View ArticleWindows LSI_SAS Driver, Storport hotfix and performance
While investigating a Windows 2008 R2 VM disk performance problem, I recently came across the following article about an updated Storport driver for Windows 2008 R2 that indicates it could...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 - Can't log in vSphere client and SSO can't register vCenter server
I have created an LDAP connection to AD, and the "Test Connection" comes back successfully. I have it set for LDAPS, and imported the cert from the CA, and the connection points to the same DC which...
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