Does anyone alert into Smarts... the alert event text is backwards
Anyone use Smarts as the MOM for events from vcops? Everyone I see shows the event text backward and that makes it confusing. Most recent example is Noise above 81.0 > 68.8. Shouldnt that read Noise...
View ArticleLACP or no LACP, that is the question
So I am a network guy, trying to find what, from a physical network to ESXi host perspective is the "best practice" design... With a physical topology of a ESXi server uplinking, via 2 NIC's, to 2...
View ArticleHOL-INF-07 Issue
Today in HOL-INF-07 on slide 23, "Add network scope" did not work. After hit OK, lab stuck on "Please Wait". Once I cancel task, navigation works ok. Just cant complete slide 23.
View ArticleForce MTU for VMs vNic from Esxi
Hi AllMight be a stupid question but is there any way that we can force the MTU value of 9000 to be used for VMs from the ESXi layer, rather than setting up in the guest os level. I would like to check...
View ArticleAdd Description from CSV w/ Multiple Lines
Hi guys/gals, Currently, I have a CSV that looks something like this: VMName,Note VM1, Owner: John Description: File/PrintVM2, Owner: Bill Description: DatabaseUsing the following command works, but...
View ArticleIssue with retrieveProperties
Hi, I am using VMWare SDK Web Service API to monitor and collect the performance statistics. I am trying to retrieve performance statistics (Historical Intervals) from vCenter. Here is the piece of...
View ArticleIn OS X guest, entering >console in login window results in grey screen
In Fusion 5.0.3 Professional with OS X 10.8.4 guest os, entering the "special" login name >console at the login window results in a grey screen. Entering other "special" names results in expected...
View ArticleAttempting to add second server to Multi-Node vCO
I'm running into issues adding in my next server (Orch2) into my multi-node master vCO (Orch Master). Specifically, I'm getting the following error: Unable to create/update proxy workflows. 401 The...
View ArticlevSphere plugin to modify existing behavior
Hi, I'm recently got introduced to the concept of vSphere Plugins for vCenter and vSphere Client, it appears to be a well defined, layered and extensible architecture. I'm wondering if I can get some...
View ArticleVMFS datastore visible on 3 of 6 hosts. Remaining 3 hosts see the LUN, status...
As the title suggests, all hosts see the LUNs... can't figure out the issue. Below is a capture of the vmkernel.log captured from the server as it was doing a Rescan (which results in a loop of...
View ArticleVMware Tools Install Prebuilt Module Selection
The VMware tools installation decides if there are prebuild modules available in a executable called vmware-modconfig-console that's actually a symbolic link to appLoader. How does appLoader...
View ArticlePurple screen error
Hi, I have a random purple screen problem on a server. I tested memory and CPU stability with memtest86 and prime without errors. I also changed the power supply and disabled the passthroughts. The...
View ArticleMartian Source Messages - Guest OS
Hi All, I have deployed OVF ( CentOS VM image) on ESXi 4.1 server host but found the following martian source messages on CentOS guest OS console after booting completed. Following messeges keep...
View ArticleConfiguring a VM with OS and Apps
Hi to everyone I've read hundreds of pages in many documents and books about virtualizing Exchange 2010 They all discuss sizing for Exchange but there is no mention of the fact that it will sit on an...
View ArticleVMware ESXi 5 Free - Memory limitation - boot up
I'm looking at the Dell R320 server and the recommended memory install is to install the memory in groups of 3. If I have 48GB of memory (3 x 16GB), will the esxi 5 free work or will it complain and...
View ArticleAnother VCO bug?
We recently discovered something involving AD group placement that caused an issue. The AD groups that were assigned VCO permissions were moved to a different OU. We modified the base DN location in...
View ArticleHow to remove missing vShield-FW
Hello,ESXi host was brutally removed from vCenter, but vShield Manager is still displaying missing host, vShield-FW, IP address.Is there any way to remove this broken host from vShield Manager?We...
View ArticleDumb question: Why can't the Transfer server be physical?
It took me a while to figure out today that the Transfer server needs to live as a guest in ESXi. I had built a box just for this. Why can't the transfer server be physical, and why must it reside...
View ArticleVMware Virtual Disk Manager - [NFC ERROR] NfcNetTcpRead: bRead: -1
Getting NFC error when trying to download VMDK using VMware Virtual Disk Manager. VDDK version: 5.1.0-774844 Error detail: Creating disk 'C:\BACKUP\VM01_2.vmdk'SSL_VerifyCbHelper: Certificate...
View ArticleVMware Virtual Disk Manager - Received signal 11
Getting error message "Received signal 11" when trying to download VMDK using VMware Virtual Disk Manager (VDDK 5.1.1-1042608). Tried with multiple versions of ESXi (4.1.0-260247, 5.1.0-1065491,...
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