VMAP Eliminates ESXi and VCenter Lab Installs, Thanks to Greedy Pirates.
I run a class in Virtualization Technologies. My college acquired a VMAP subscription primarily to use to set up our training lab. We run 18 Dell T110 servers with 16GB of memory.We also run 18 Dell...
View ArticleMultiple Hosts, Multiple Datastores
Hello,I've got 3 hosts all connected to 3 shared 2TB datastores via iSCSI. If I want to verify the performance of each datastore, as well as the storage performance of each host, would it make sense to...
View ArticleState error (9): Failed to relocate disposable (waited 0 seconds)
I am getting this error on several Vm's in the VIEW 5 environment. I read the following KB from VMware and did exactly what it says and it seemed to help for a while but the error is back. Weird...
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Shared vmdk or RDM for nested esxi VM's in Workstation 9
OK, my attempt to use nested esxi VM's and the vmxnet3 vNIC for them connected to a 10GBe QLogic/HP NIC failed repeatedly in a PSOD.I was just trying to get a fast datastore backbone from an iSCSI...
View ArticleFusion "mini bar" minimize option grayed out -- how to enable?
For the life of me I cannot figure out what I have done to make the "mini bar" minimize button work. Sometimes it is functional and sometimes it is grayed out. When it is working, it works great. It...
View ArticleSetting up server
Hi VMware family, I'm having some problems. I'm trying to set up a Windows Server 2003 (yes I know it's old, outdated and blah, but it's all my company will allow me to have so I have to work with it,...
View ArticleStart up Error
I have VM Fusion 3.1.4 . I cannot start virtual machine and get the following error: File "/Users/Morgan/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7 x64.vmwarevm/Windows 7 x64.vmx" line 1: Syntax...
View ArticlevmPlayer の汎用SCSIデバイスの認識エラー
お世話になります。以下の内容にてエラーが発生していますが、対応方法が分からず困っています。【環境】VmWarePlayer5.0.1にて、以下のような環境を構築。ホストOS：Windows7 ProゲストOS：Win2kPro SP4 (VmWare Player5.0.1)...
View Articleesx server "freezes"
I have an esx 4.0 server that "freezes" randomly.When I look at performance I can see blank gaps in all the "switch to" areas. Don't see any errors or warnings. Server Hp dl 380 g62 5520 procs 48gb ram...
View ArticleMounting NAS device onto ESXi 5.1 host/copy VMs
Hi, I want to do two general things: 1. NFS-mount a newly purchased (and formatted) NAS backup device (ex. IP 192.168.1.10) onto an ESXi 5.1 host (ex IP 192.168.1.5).2. Copy powered-down VMs (by host...
View ArticlevCO Presentation/User Interaction Resources
I am having problems determining what the proper syntax is to format text within the presentation/user interaction modules of vco. For example, told tags (<b></b>) seem to work in the vco...
View ArticleEmulex - Multichannel NIC question.
Hi All I'm in the process of setting up new ESXi blade servers with a dual port 10Gb Emulex card capable of multichannel (effectively making 8 virtual NICS). Now when I enable multi-channel 8 vNICS...
View ArticleMigration to host x.x.x.x failed with error Already disconnected (195887150).
I am getting this timeout error in vcenter when doing a vmotion of a vm. any idea what this is? this is on esxi 5.1 914609 Migration to host x.x.x.x failed with error Already disconnected (195887150)....
View Articlecan not to connect to horizon desktop on ipad
I'm intresting for the Horizon View project, and want to import to our company to used, but now I'm faced some problem in testing phase.it will be show an error message "untrust view connection" when I...
View ArticlevPC with nexus 5k and without 1000v?
We are using ESXi 5.0 WITHOUT a nexus 1000v going to 2 nexus 5k's over 10 gige. We are trying to setup a portchannel / vPC between the 2 nexus switches without LACP using channel-group mode on . We...
View ArticleMixed Cluster 4.1/5.1 & Cisco Nexus 5020 in the mix; strange vmotion failures
I'm an independent consultant, working with one of my clients. We are in the process of upgrading our farm from 4.1 to 5.1 and ran into a performance problem as follows: Servers are Dell R710 with...
View ArticleUpgrading vCenter 5.0 to 5.1 with vCenter Server Heartbeat
Hi all, I need some help from all of you. I have this environment: 2 vCenter Server version 5.0 : Physical and Virtual protecting by vCenter Server Heartbeat 6.4. The Physical is Primary node and...
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2 different sets of network in 1 vCentre
hi all, sorry if i am asking a repeated question i have tried searching around in the forums but can't find what i am looking for. need advise with the following: I have 3 x ESXi serverswhich is...
View ArticleVCM Compliance Toolkit - ESX hardening guides
I want check configuration drift on my hosts in VCM based on the ESX Hardening Guides. Where do I find that or how do I deploy it? I've heard something about a 'Compliance Toolkit'? Very hard...
View ArticleCan vCenter Servers from Multiple AD Forests point to one single SSO Server
We have multiple AD Forests with multiple instances of vCenter Servers. We are looking at having a single sign one experience where in we can use single set of credentials to manage all these Virtual...
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