XP VM does not completely shutdown
Hi, I have never come across this in any project that I've worked on, so I really hope someone in the community has and has a solution. The platform is ESXI 5.0 (623860). The servers are Dell R620's....
View ArticleVMware ESXi 5.1.0 Install Error iSCSI boot
Hello all, I am currently trying to install ESXI 5.1.0 U1 onto our Dell PowerEdge R620 diskless configuration. I have a Dell EqualLogic PS6100x SAN and we are doing iSCSI boot. The bios version is...
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com.vmware.vcIntegrity.CheckNotificationTask.label not found XXX
I have been receiving this messages in my vsphere client. They appear in the task panel but only in my laptop client, in the server the messages are ok. Please, how can I configure my laptop vsphere...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 not showing any VMs
We upgraded vCenter server to 5.1. Now, all I see is the DataCenters and ESXi hosts. No VMs. What happened?
View ArticleTake long time for a management task to finish in vCD 1.5
We are still using vCloud Director 1.5. Recently we start to notice, through vDC, when we try to carry out a management task on a VM, e.g. Power on/off a VM, Change OS customization, the task takes...
View ArticleDoes 5.1 have new license keys??
Or do we use our 5.0 license keys?? Thank you, Tom 5.0 not 6.0
View ArticleHi, trying to do PXE Boot of ESXi 5.5 new build, but it crashes. Can anyone...
The PXE boot of ESXi 5.5 new build fails, and the machine is in a crashed state. Need help with accessing the log files to ascertain the reason for the crash. The IP of the target machine doesn't ping...
View ArticleESXi scratch location and syslog
Hi, we got some IBM blades runing ESXi 4.1 and 5 through Embedded USB. In the past we had some issues to provide VMware support with valid ESXi logs from the blades. We end up to configure syslog to...
View ArticleVXLAN VIB- not able to download vxlan.zip
Hi, I´m trying to get vxlan working within a vcloud director 5.1 environment. Within vShield manager I tried creating the vxlan under connectivity, by following the procedure provided...
View Articleduplicate TraversalSpec name (get MORef of host by its name)
Hi all,I am new to VMware and I was trying to understand and play with the Java SDK . th eSDK has getVMByVMname(string vmName) method that includes getVMTraversalSpec() method and...
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Is PCI passthough all or nothing?
I'm coming back to vmWare ESXi after some time away on Citrix XenServer. The reason I'm coming back is because XenServer has poor PCI passthrough support. I want to passthrough two Conexant DVB-T cards...
View Articleusing powercli to collect logs on esxi hosts
wondering what the best solution is.. We are currently having what I think is storage issues that is really affecting us.. So I want to try to capture in segments at a time is the ESXi nodes logs. I...
View ArticleDCUI.Access change via powercli
Hi All, Anyone is aware on how to modify or add account to DCUI.Access using powercli?
View ArticleESXi 5.1 - Health Status Unknown
Upgraded an Intel S5520HC Serverboard based system from ESXi 5.0 U1 to 5.1. Configuration; Hardware; Health Status from vSphere Client in 5.0 U1 always showed data - typically "Normal". Using vSphere...
View ArticleVCP510 Exam preparation
Hi,I am preparing for VCP510 exam. I just complete VMware official training few days ago and have almost 4 years hands on experience with ESXI.My question Is the books provided on training cover as...
View ArticleInstall program failure : currently doesn't recognize your graphics card... ??
Hi, I am trying to install a Phone emulator on a ESXI5.1.x VM Winodws 7 32B O/S, however, it cannot be installed and display the error message as xxx currently doesn't recognize your graphics card.It...
View ArticleDoes View Agent Keep Track of Security ID of Guest OS?
Dear all, I am a little inexperienced in vSphere and Horizon View.I want to set up a Terminal Service Pool which contains several virtual machines running Windows Server 2008 R2,and use Horizon View...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client occasional "For input string" error
I'm occasionally getting errors like these while using the vSphere Web Client. I can pretty much always reproduce the error when viewing advanced performance charts of VMs or hosts, but only with the...
View ArticleAn Item with the same key has already been added
Hello All, I'm seeing a strange issue when trying to add a new-disk to a VM through powershellI use the following commands: Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Coreconnect-viserver -server...
View Article101 Free Tools for VMware Administrators
101 free tools which are absolutely free. This tools helps VMware administrators to manage the virtual environment efficiently and intelligently. You will be able to complete your assigned tasks in a...
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