Running power cli script non interactively
I have the attached PowerCLI script which I want to run on a regular basis to backup ESXi host configs as they may change over time and we can't rely on people remembering to take a backup of them when...
View ArticleAssign more than 128MB vram to a VM ?
Good day everyone. I am running Ubuntu 12.04 as a VM, with VMWare Workstation 9. I have tried specifying a larger vramsize than 128 MB in the .vmx file for the VM. This does not seem to work. I specify...
View ArticleVMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
I am using VMware ESXi and I am trying to setup a guest that is Windows 7 that will have an ATI Radeon video card passed through to it. I actually had this working on a previous system but I had to...
View ArticleReclaiming disk space on thin disks
A customer needs to reclaim unused disk space on thin vdisks belonging to VMs hosted by ESXi hosts.I read many posts suggesting to use Storage vMotion.If a customer uses vSphere Standard and Storage...
View ArticleHow to rename VMs in ESXi5.1
Hi all, I want to rename a VM ... I have esxi 5.1.I renamed it from console and then did a SVMotion it did not work and all the files from putty are still referring to the old nameHow can I accomplish...
View ArticleDebian Squeeze guest idenfication
I've imported a Debian Squeeze 32-bit guest to ESXI 5.1. Using vSphere Client 5.1 Build 941893, I do not have Debian 6 (squeeze) as an available guest OS. (For the mean time I've used Linux Other...
View ArticleSSL Certificate Upgrade Gone Wrong
A bit ago I upgraded to vCenter 5.1 with two servers. The SSO and web client on one server and the vcenter service and the inventory service on the other. Had everything running great, no...
View ArticleRecovering from lost vCenter Server
I am working on my Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity plan and need some information. I need to know how to recover from a complete loss of our vCenter Server. This would assume I don't have a...
View ArticleIssue with Powercli Get-Datastore when passing a string
So I am writing a powercli scrip that will take a cluster name and with a filter enumerate all the datastores on the cluster that are on our SAN. It will then snap the VMs so that I can issue a SAN...
View ArticleIssues migrating Management VSS to VDS
So I am trying to migrate my management VSS to my management VDS. Below is the code I am using. Get-VDSwitch -Name "LVA-Management" | Add-VDSwitchVMHost -VMHost $vmh -Confirm:$false$dvSw = Get-VDSwitch...
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No LUN available when trying to increase datastore size
I am trying to increase the size of my datastore. When looking at the properties of the datastore I can see that the current capacity is 738.29 GB and the local device has a 2.73TB capacity.(see image...
View Article"SNMP Get" Support with VIMA?
Does VIMA enable the SNMP GET command? (esxi doesnt support GET natively. It only support TRAPs) Thanks in ADVANCE Barry Weinstein
View ArticleCheck ESX Hosts via SNMP
Hi @ all i want to check my esx hosts systems via snmp. (snapshots/drive usage, etc...)In our environment i use snmpget to fill my "checkssystem" nagios. So i search for some doc´s to configure it,...
View ArticleProcess (ifrun60.exe) remains active (Taskmanager) after closing thinapp...
Hi, I have installed "oracle forms6 runtime + reports" as a Thinapp. The Thinapp works fine. I can also open the thinapp a second or third time.But when I close the Programm the process "ifrun60.exe"...
View ArticleExamples of 3rd monitoring tools being integrated into vCops
I am trying to understand how to integrate the various monitoring tools that organizations may into vCops. SCOM is pretty straightforward, buy the license and implement the adapter, but what type...
View ArticleTrigger VMHA to failover by script
Hi, Does anyone know if there is some command (or way) on VSphere CLI (or VCenter) or another CLI to trigger the VMware High Availability to failover a VM to another host ? I need to failover a VM in a...
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Not able to install vSphere Web client 5.1
we are in the process of building new environment for vSphere 5.1, i installed SSO and inventory service but when am trying to install web client am getting the following error,OS am using is windows...
View ArticleUpgrading vCO 5.1 to 5.1.2
Hi, Has anybody upgraded the vCO 5.1 appliance to the new 5.1.2 version?. I don't see any patching file on the downloads section so I am assuming the upgrade is basically a new installation of the...
View ArticleSearching VMs in multiple VCs
Hi, I always connect with multiple VCs at a time to search VMs (4 to 5 VCs). Eventhough I found a VM, i need to re search using the cluster name or host name to find the VC name again. So is there any...
View ArticleTo resource pool or Not to resource pool
I have two esx host, clusted and setup for drs. There is an existing Resource pool that all vm's are included in. So I have 20 vms in this one resource pool, with mostly default settings. Would I...
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