ESXi 5.1 hosts randomly disconnects from vCenter
Hi.After installing vSphere vCenter and ESXi 5.1 (with latest patches), we are starting to see hosts disconnecting randomly from vCenter.We have different server models but so far, we have only seeing...
View ArticlePlanning a Fileserver
Hi guys, I am planning on building a Fileserver on my ESXi 5.1 and just want to make sure I am going the right route. Hope you can give me an advise here. ESXi:5.1 (Build 799733)2x Intel Xeon...
View ArticleVDP vs VDR
Hi everybody, i couldnt help myself starting this conversation. i was very suprised for VDR being shutdown.i knew VDR would be updated, but was not expectng so soon, since the latest 2.01 was released...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 and Single Sign-on migration
Hi Guys, I have the follow infrastructure:Server_1:vCenter Server 5.1vCenter Single Sign-onvCenter Inventory ServiceSQL Server Express 2008vCenter Database(VIM_VCDB)Server_2:SQL Express 2008vCenter...
View ArticleRepairing vmdk with snapshots
Short story: I shut down gracefully ESXi 5.0 to change some disks (move 4 and and 3).When I power on again, no boot. (possibly a battery failure on my PERC 5/i as it appears to be weak now or a PSU...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 Installation local or domain user?
Hello all, in the past I've installed the vcenter 4 and 5.0 with a local administrator on a windows 2008R2 server.The server is member server of a domain and has a fully qualified domain name. The User...
View ArticleError exception encountered in parsing the OVF file being uploaded
Can anybody please advice what are the possible causes of this error
View ArticleScreenshots on Retina display
What tools are you using to create screenshots of a VMware Fusion window? (Of course I want be able to annotate easily, arrows, text, etc, not just a raw file that I could get from the guest OS). I...
View ArticleBackup - Consigli
Buongiorno a tutti, Sto valutando una soluzione dinamico/definitiva per il backup di un cluster di 6 Host ESXi versione 5.1.Attualmente disponiamo di due EMC VNXe 3100 in replica, e a breve disporremo...
View ArticleLöschen einer virtuellen VCenter Server Maschine
Hallo, wir setzen einen VCenter Server ESX4 ein welcher virtuell läuft. Zusätzlich sind drei ESX4 mit jeweils einem virtuellen Server installiert Das VCenter ist fertig konfiguriert und die ESX sind...
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Workstation 9 - ESXi 5.1 guest and 10GBe NIC
OK, I have a beefy machine running Windows 2012 Server and VMW Workstation 9. The machine has a dual port 1GB NIC and a dual port 10GBe NIC.All CPU features are enabled in the i7 3820 CPU, so all is...
View ArticleHow to boot into a Windows 7 install disc running in Fusion 5?
The BIOS screen suggests F2 but this doesn't seem to work on my MacBook Pro, whether hekld down single, several times or continually as the SETUP screen appears.
View ArticleRunning External Procedure With Other Credentials
Afternoon All, Has anyone found a way to execute a command in a workflow using the "Run External Procedure" task and run it using credentials other than those which VMSM is using - without specifying...
View Articleesxcli via powercli
I'm trying to write a script that will list all storage, naa identifier, SCSI Lun Id, this bit I have done, but also then check against the host if the IsPereniallyReserved set to true or false I can...
View ArticleRename a VM within a vAPP from the vCloud API
Hello all,This one is killing me, i have a need to rename a VM within a vAPP but the issue i've found is that i can only do this from the GUI.Has anyone else run up against this issue? We are using HP...
View ArticlePersona Manager - Multiple repo locations
Hi folks! We normally have roaming profiles for users who log into physical machines.The profile path is set within the users' AD account under the profile tab. There is a slight difference for each...
View ArticleUnable to deploy a Org isolated network on my UAT test environment
I am setting up a test vCloud enviroment and am trying to deploy a simple org isolated backend network but everytime I try to deploy it I get an error Cannot deploy organization VDC network...
View ArticlePromiscuous mode in VMware Fusion / Workstation
I am currently running ESXi as a guest in VMware Fusion. It runs great surprisingly! Every time the guest (ESXi) is started a message pops up asking for my user password, saying that a guest is trying...
View ArticleThinapp sync failing with errors
Trying to sync thinapps and they are not showing up. I see no Sync alerts but in the Windows apps alerts I get the following errors. All domain users have access to the thinapps file location on the...
View ArticleVMwareHOL
Hi, VMwareHOL registration is closed or not? How to register? can i register using my personal mail id?
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