Cisco VSG vs vShield App?
What are the benfits of using the Cisco VSG over vShield App? I know that with the VSG you do not need a service VM on each ESXi host, a single VSG can handle the rules for all of your servers. Aside...
View ArticleSRM - Remove Synchronization when performing Disaster Recovery Production Test
Consider the following scenario:Production Site contains the following:HP SAN P4500G2 for Storage System (v9.5)A couple of ESX v5.1VM's acting as several mission critical servers.Colo Site contains the...
View Articlehow to find the list of ideal vms
Hi experts, we've persistent pools for desktops. its found there are ideal desktops of the user who had left the company or transferred to a different region. Is there is a way in view management...
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vCenter Appliance joined to domain, but no domain available
I´ve setup vCenter Appliance 5.1 and I joined it to my AD domain, but when I try to create permissions and and link them to AD group, I can´t see my domain: Any idea, why this is happening?
View ArticleNIC layout
Hello, We have two esxi5 servers (Dell R710s) in a cluster. We use all seperate physical switches, no trunks/vlans. We have redundant switches for all networks. Today we have one management...
View ArticlevCenter Server 5 Role Permissions Required to Apply Host Recommendations?
I have a subset of admins to take care of specific VMs. The role created to give them access to the VM allows them to power off and power on the VMs. However, if we are doing some maintenance in the...
View ArticleUnable to accessing VMDK files of Windows 2012 Guest os with VixMntApi. (VMDK...
Hi, I have mounted the the VMDK file with the following API and got a handle to it. I have opened the disk using VixDiskLib_Open( vixDiskLibCon, fileName,...
View ArticlePersistent Issues with QLogic 10GbE nic - Appears and Disappears in vCenter
Please Help! We had a 10GbE card fail in a vitural host, 5.1 U1. We replaced the card with an identical card, but the nics never showed up in vCenter. After hours of fiddling with it, we installed...
View ArticlevCenter Server Service Won't Start
Our vCenter server service won't start. The vpxd log contains the following info; 2013-04-23T09:25:46.263-04:00 [03640 info '[SSO][SsoFactory_CreateFacade]'] Solution user set to:...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 services distribution
I am currently performing an upgrade from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1. I"ve decided to use split the services across 2 vCenters. I am wondering, wich services should go where, is there any recommandations...
View Articleclient closed, idle vcenter session remains
In vcenter I see idle sessions that I don’t believe should be there and I don't understand why. I’ve had users put in <inactivitytimeout>120</inactivitytimeout> in their...
View Article2013-06-19T30:03:41.626Z cpu3:86207)WARNING: UserLinux: 1331: unsupported:...
All, I am receiving this error in the vmkwarning.log. Can someone tell me what it means please 2013-06-19T30:03:41.626Z cpu3:86207)WARNING: UserLinux: 1331: unsupported: (void)
View ArticleESXi could not reach isolation address
Hi, I'm experiencing a strange behavior of one of my ESXi (7 total in my cluster) every single night.I don't have this problem during the day but (coincidence ?) when my Veeam backups start and after a...
View ArticlevCenter permissions - local group doesn't seem to work
I've created a local group on my vCenter server and placed the local administrator account inside this group.I've then assigned this local group to the administrator role within vCenter at the highest...
View ArticleSDRS invalid - Esxi host removed
Hi All, If I remove ESXi host from my cluster, will SDRS become invalid? Vmware docs state that SDRS is invalid only when vCenter is unavailable or vm is started by vc connected to esxi host. Could...
View ArticleHDS HUS-VM vs. NetApp 6220
Hi all, We are in the process of upgrading our current NetApp 3140 MetroCluster solution. We are out of I/O and diskspace also controllers are running out of both CPU and RAM. Currently we are looking...
View ArticlePerformance Problems with Multiple Cells (5.1.2)?
Whenever I'm using a single cell, I get great performance. But when I fire up my secondary cells, my performance falls off terribly (15 minutes to create a new vApp "shell" or to mount an ISO...Not...
View ArticleInstall a Custom SSL Certificate for Log Insight
Hello, I would like to change the SSL by an internal one. I found in the install and admin doc the entry to "Install a Custom SSL Certificate for Log Insight" Page 23. one point, but crucial though is...
View ArticleCan we assign IPv6 ips to VMs using power CLi commandlet...
I'm able to assign ipv4 ips to all VMs using "Set-VMGuestNetworkInterface -VMGuestNetworkInterface $GuestInterface -HostCredential $HostCred -GuestCredential $GuestCred -IP $ipaddr -Netmask $subnet...
View ArticleManual or documentation
I am doing the evaluation for Horizon Workspace focusing on Data function. We need to have an company-wide cloud storage solution. It is not easy to make the vApp works. I am looking for more manual or...
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