Profile driven storage - usefulness ?
i am trying to understand the usefulness of profile ( or policy) driven storage. In our situation we use vsphere 5, and we have virtual machines, whereby the OS is installed on hard disk 1, page file...
View ArticleGuest USB device not getting enough power
Hey all,We just put in a shiny new server for a client, but I am having an issue with one part - the payclock software. They use Lathem time and have a usb powered fingerprint scanner (a TS100 if...
View ArticleStep 2a: Database Connection Setup with External DB and Load Balancer
I know that several others have had issues at this step, but I can't seem to piece everything together in order to get past this step in our installation. Here's the setup we have so far. (Generalized)...
View Articledefault root password
Hi all -- I've successfully deployed Log Insight 1.0 and I can get into the GUI web page as "admin" just fine. However -- I coulcn't get into the root Linux console as "root" or "admin" with those same...
View ArticleVCenter Upgrade 5.1 .0 - Consolidation
Hi, I am wondering if someone can guide me in the right direction: Currently this is my enviroment: I have 2 different offices/Sites connected via the WAN. There is also small remote site with one...
View ArticleHow to change default location of Virtual Machines ?
I thought this was possible, but I can't find out any information on how to do it. Is this possible ? Default locations are: Nornaml VM's: "/Users/yourusername/Documents/Virtual Machines/"BootCamp...
View ArticlevimService(Vim::load_session):The session is not authenticated
Hi All, I was trying to create a sample vSphere plugin using Perl SDK. I was able to successfully print the “Hello” statement in vSphere client after registering the plugin. Now I am trying to parse...
View ArticleUpgrade to 5.1 U1A Fails
Upgraded SSO Successfully (dedicated server)Upgraded Inventory Service Successfully (dedicated server)Upgrading vCenter Server fails. As per the logs, error indicates "SSO Registration tool failed...
View Articlehelp need to upgrade esx3.5 GA release to 3.5 U5 207095
Dear Team, Planning to upgrade my esx3.5GA release to Update 5 207095, planning to follow below steps, please correct me if i am wrong. 1) download "upgrade-from-esx3.5-3.5.0_update05-207095.zip" 2)...
View ArticleVCAP5-DCA exam issue
Hi, I had appeared for VDCA510 exam yesterday in India. During the exam i faced some technical issues so I had informed test center administrator. He called VSS support from PearsonVUE, who took remote...
View ArticleMoving View 5.1.1 Infrastructure to new Datacentre
Hi all, I'm planning a move of our View Infrastructure from one datacentre to another, and am looking for some assistance. At the moment we have a vCenter/ vComposer and 4x View Brokers in the old...
View ArticlevCloud Log Files
Hey Guy's, Its probably just me but when tasks fail in vCloud the error messages are somewhat vague and cryptic. I'm trying to add a vApp to a catalog and I get an error message saying "Cannot...
View ArticleDoes Vcenter VUM downgrade new drivers on Host update?
Hello, I know when deploying Update 1 or Update 2, etc via the command line with VIB installs, you can control whether Update 1 will downgrade or keep newer drivers, such as Nic,HBA, etc. I am...
View ArticleHow to build a firewall VM for ESXi 5
Hi everybody! Long time to see, now i have to return back the virtual project with VMWare ESXi in that i'm just newbie and i need you help.I'm struggling not know how to create a security layer for all...
View ArticleXenApp 6.5 on VSphere 5->Vm performance issue
Hi all,I am having some perfs issues with Vm (Win 2008 R2, 4 GB Ram, 1 vcpu and XenApp 6.5) and I am wondering if that could be a datastore issue because we are using datastore clusters.Has someone set...
View ArticleTrying to go as simple as possible: One floating VM from vCenter / ESXi....
Okay: So far, I've .. : 1. Failed at creating a pool of automatic linked clones with Quickprep: I need a KMS for that. Don't want to do that.2. Failed at creating a pool of automatic lined clones with...
View ArticleVM's lag on one host vs the other identical host.
Greetings!I have two (old) ESX 4.0 hosts, running Enterprise, with Vmotion etc. They are identical Dell 2950 machines.I have a total of 15 machines running on them.I can move all the machines to Host...
View ArticleReplication more than 500 VM's
Hi,based on the vSphere Replication FAQ, there is a limit of 500 protected vm's per an appliance.my question:can i use multiple vSRA Appliances registered against the same vCenter and by doing so,...
View ArticleDefault or All attributes for adapters?
My vmware adapters are set to default, yet my other adapters - like smarts, hyperic, oem and msft all use the ALL attrib value. Should I change those adapters to use default?
View ArticleVmotion Nic Teaming esxi 5.1
We do not have shared storage so we do vmotion and storage motion simultaneous with live virtual machines to other hosts. I have 3 1gbit nics dedicated to vmotion and I wonder what's the best way to...
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