ESX/ESXi licensing information using Power CLI
Hello Experts, I have several standalone ESX/ESXi hosts, most of them running on 4.1. I need their licensing information with below details, for the accounting purpose. Output in excel with below...
View ArticleCannot compile Workstation 9.0.2 modules on kernel 3.9.2
Hi, just updated to kernel 3.9.2 (from 3.8.9) and fail to compile vmci and vmblock modules, getting the following messages:...
View ArticleRed Hat 6.4 for vCD?
I was just wondering if there are any issues at all with using vCD on Red Hat 6.4, as that's the latest version, however the documentation mentions version 6.2. It doesn't rely on much, but has anyone...
View ArticleWindows 7 VDI deploy issue
Can you advise please on a windows 7 pool i am trying to deploy. I ma using view 4.6 and am using vcentre 4.1 and esxi4.1. I have dedicated and floating pools. I use a customization spec, where i...
View ArticleJava 7 crashes on OS X Lion (10.7) guest
Hi all, Not so new VMware Fusion user but new to the community. My setup:HostOS X 10.7.5 on MacBook ProVMware Fusion 5.0.1GuestOS X 10.7.5VMware Tools 9.2.1.16070 (build-818201)Java 7 Update 9 I...
View Articleautomatic vm migration on vswitch fail
Hi, I have 4 nics in the LAN network. I successfully tested the failure of one or more of them (by shutting down the ports on the physical switch). since the nic teaming is set, no lost of even a ping...
View ArticleReducing ESxi vDS MTU to 1460
Hi, We're looking at a network team request to reduce the MTU on our ESXi Servers from 1500 to 1460. We've a single Distributed vSwitch (2 x 10Gb Uplinks & NetIOC) with all the Management, FT,...
View Articleallow users to manage own servers
Hi,we would like users to be able to access serves for their respective depts. this would allow them to snapshot, reboot etc their own machines. I am aware that you are able to set permissions with...
View ArticleVlan Traffic through aggregation links
HI, Can i send multiple vlan traffic through an aggregation link? because i have 2 uplinks to the firewall from my datacenter switch, and i want to group those two ports using link aggregation. but i...
View Articlecan´t vcac roll out vapps with vshield ?
hey guys, i am just wondering if vcac can´t handle vapps with vshields !? Tried to configure everything to handle it, but without success. The vapps are being rolled out, but only the vapps without the...
View ArticleDisk Latency ESXi 5.1.0 799733 HP-ML350 G6
Hello, We Deployed an HP ML350 G6 Server with ESXi 5.1.0 799733 and a P410i Raid Controller. The media I used was the Official Media from VMware and not a "Customised" HP Image.Since this server has...
View ArticleVsphere 5.0, Windows 2012 & RemoteFX/PCoIP
I'm trying to find out whether I can incorporate RemoteFX/PCoIP on a high-latency WAN configuration in our company. We have 2 * VSphere 5.1 physical hosts, with a Windows 2012 RDS server providing...
View ArticleERROR on VMware Vcenter converter standalone
Hello world, I try to convert a machin (Win2008) to an other with VMware Vcenter and i have this error on log: "Key was not found: TimeZoneList"I checked the sharing configuration, if ports are...
View ArticleWhy does Primary server (public) IP get disabled when WAN failover is...
Hi, I'm still testing an eval of HB, and now that I've got everything setup, I tried to manually failover to the secondary server. Everything went pretty smooth, after I tweaked a few logon accounts...
View ArticleNo VMRC-plugin for Workstation use?
Hi, I am using Thinapp Factory locally with VMware Workstation. When I try to do a manual capture i get the message that is don't have the VMRC-plugin installed.But in the installation guide for...
View ArticleStorage Question
Hello, My test environment (home lab rather) conists of the following:1 x Synology DS1812+ Diskstation2 x Whitebox ESXi 5.0 systems (5.0.0, 469512)3 x network interfaces (1 x onboard Realtek 8111E, and...
View ArticleIssues with snapshots during storage vmotion / storage drs
Hello all, we ran into an issue with our backup software (EMC Avamar) recently. A backup was performed (or at least it was tried) while storage drs was migrating the vm that was backed up between...
View ArticleInvoke-VMscript crashes PowerShell
Hello everyone, I am using Invoke-VMScript to run ls command on VM. This is invoked from PowerCLI: The result is that PowerShell crashes: VIX 1.6.2.2190 (from VixCOM.dll file)PowerCLI: 4.0 U1 build...
View ArticleRunning "Get-VMGuestNetworkIn terface -VM vmname" gives error info as "Unable...
Hi, When i run "Get-VMGuestNetworkInterface -VM kumar" command, getting the below mentioned error info message.Can anyone help in resolving this problem. PS C:\Program...
View ArticleVCAP5 DCA Exam Experience and Study Tips
Hi All, I passed my VCAP5 DCA exam today , thought of sharing my experience with the wider community. Please refer to my blog post for same....
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