Patch ESXi
Hi Guys, I have an ESXi 5 servers and I wan start patching them, I am new to patching esxi. Is there any best practise out there? Thx
View ArticleRAID (AMD SP5100) on supermicro H8SGL for ESXi 5
Hello all, I have a machine based on a Supermicro H8SGL -F motherboard. It has an Adaptec RAID chipset, identified as an AMD part.. AMD...
View ArticleHow to run DiskWarrior to repair the directory of a virtual machine?
Is it possible to run DiskWarrior... http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11707/diskwarrior...to repair the directory of a VMware Fusion Virtual Machine of Mac OS X Server 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard Server) in...
View ArticleHow to extend/optimize this multi vc datastore inventory script
Hi, Trying to setup a script for datastore inventory. This is what i have so far.I would like to extend this datastore inventory script. 1.) How to add additional properties to this script?...
View ArticleUse of VMWare Workstation 8 to replace VMWare Server ?
It would seem like VMWare Server is a dead product. Shame. I've been using VMWare Server 1.0 for several years very effectively. Looking at the new features of VMWare Workstation 8 it would seem like...
View ArticleHost not responding when IO load is high
HI everyone,I have a few ESXi 5.0 connecting to a NAS iSCSI.The server is sure to have sufficient for ALL VM to use all allocated memory. When the load is a bit high (around 100 ms latency) and if the...
View Articleпри подключении 3g modem Huawei e173 выдает ошибку
Добрый день.Суть проблемы в следующем.при подключении 3g modem Huawei e173 выдает ошибку "the connection for the usb device huawei mobile was unsuccessful, the device huawei is currently in use"при...
View ArticleImplementing Shared Recovery Sites in an existing SRM environment
I have an existing SRM 5.1 environment comprised of a single protected site and a single recovery/DR site. A third site has just been brought online and I would like to implement Shared Recovery Sites...
View ArticleIf you have multiple ESXi farms at one site - how do you setup SRM on them...
Question: We currently have two ESXi farms - one in our central data center and one in our remote data center.We have SRM installed at both locations and paired up with the two vCenters. I am in the...
View ArticleSRM 5.1: Add Command with PowerCLI script, logging does not work
Hey everyone, I implemented SRM 5.1 and have been successful so far. I'm now in the phase of making all the really nice extras that makes SRM worth the extra money. However, as base of my...
View Articlevsphere replication questions!!
I have few questions regarding the SRM replication. 1. First I will replicate the machine from Protected to Recovery, then can I have both machines to be up and running at the same time? 2. What will...
View ArticleSSO 5.1 and SRM Disaster Recovery
Working that has a massive VM Project. They are upgrading to vSphere 5.1 across the board while creating a brand new DR Site. My question is on SSO with SRM. Then goal is to have two environments...
View ArticleConfiguring Network Mapping from RS back to PS
Hi folks, I'm starting the implementation of SRM 5.02 in my environment, and I have a few questions about networking that I hopoe someone can answer. I have gone through the whole process of pairing...
View ArticleFailback Operation
I just failed back from a recovery we were running on some test systems. I noticed that the original failover to our DR site unmounted all LUNs from our hosts and removed the LUNs from the storage...
View ArticleSRM & Managed Object References Between vCenter Server Instances
Does the Managed Object Reference for objects migrated via SRM remain the same from vCenter Server to vCenter Server instance? If the MOR changes, how is SRM maintaining which object relates to which...
View ArticleAlarm 'Network uplink redundancy lost': an SNMP trap for entity "ESXI Server...
Hello Everybody, I have 8 server cluster (esxi 5.1) which I manage by vcenter 5.1. If I click on any esxi host in vcenter and go to Tasks & Events Tab, I can see the following 2 alerts continously...
View ArticleVMware vCloud Director 5.1.2 has been released + New KB
Download Page: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vcloud_director/5_1 Release...
View ArticleSRM Database Location
Hello, I have attached a diagram of my SRM setup in VMware. I have read the best practice guides which said its ok to be on a physical or virtual, but I'm concerned that this would prevent SRM from...
View ArticleMonitor/alerts from ESXI 5.1 of local storage
Hello,i am using a HP-branded installation on my ESXI 5.1 host.I am looking for a option to monitor local raidsets and alers of my Host.I have tried this by HP SIM, but can not find the configuration...
View ArticleCondition Length for Events
Hi, Here is my configuration: I have hosts with two alimentations, one directly on sector, and the other on a UPS.I would like to use the default "Host hardware power status" Alarm to put my host in...
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