Error Deploying Orchestrator ovf
When I go to deploy the ovf I downloaded from vmware for Orchestrator I get the following error: Unable to access file: C:\orchestrator\vCO_VA-5.1.1.0-1070383-system.vmdk. Could not find the fie;...
View ArticleHost Based replication issue with VR servers.
I have an issue in my Host Based replication setup. Since it’s a host based setup I have to use VR servers for the replications. My issue is that these VR servers will throw alarms as being...
View ArticleVCP-Cloud or IaaS exam voucher for sale
I have an exam voucher that is good for VCP-Cloud or IaaS exam. The test must be taken by July 1, 2013. I will not be ready to take the exam by then so I am selling it at a low cost. Please let me know...
View ArticleList number of vm's created and deleted - past month
Hi Guys I've found several article about this but i seem to end up with one of 2 results. 1. All of the queries return no results - just end up at the next prompt with no errors....
View ArticlePowerCLI for VMKPing
Hey Gang, With 5.1 removing the ping response for any vmk outside the Management vmk vlan, I'm looking for a way to run VMKPing w/o SSHing into a host. Is there a PowerCLI one-line I can use for this?...
View ArticleSetting pathing policy
Is there a faster method than the command below to set the pathing policy for a specific naa id? For whatever reason this command is taking a good 1-2 minutes per lun per host to run and I'm looking...
View ArticleBest practices for scratchconfig location in ESXi 5.x
What is the best practice for locating the scratchconfig location in ESXi 5.1? Is there a lot of traffic that goes from the ESXi host to the scratchconfig location so that you would want it on fast...
View ArticleHow to hide/disable side search bar?
Does anyone know how to hide or disable the side search bar for the latest View Android App? Whenever I click on the start button on my VDI it always seems as if my screen slides to the right a bit...
View ArticleGenerating Alerts in vCenter
Hello, I am looking for a way to get alerted if a host is experiencing high Storage Adapter latency. I can't seem to find the alert for it, although I can see this latency in the performance view...
View ArticleDoes anyone alert into Smarts... the alert event text is backwards
Anyone use Smarts as the MOM for events from vcops? Everyone I see shows the event text backward and that makes it confusing. Most recent example is Noise above 81.0 > 68.8. Shouldnt that read Noise...
View ArticleLACP or no LACP, that is the question
So I am a network guy, trying to find what, from a physical network to ESXi host perspective is the "best practice" design... With a physical topology of a ESXi server uplinking, via 2 NIC's, to 2...
View ArticleHOL-INF-07 Issue
Today in HOL-INF-07 on slide 23, "Add network scope" did not work. After hit OK, lab stuck on "Please Wait". Once I cancel task, navigation works ok. Just cant complete slide 23.
View ArticleForce MTU for VMs vNic from Esxi
Hi AllMight be a stupid question but is there any way that we can force the MTU value of 9000 to be used for VMs from the ESXi layer, rather than setting up in the guest os level. I would like to check...
View ArticleAdd Description from CSV w/ Multiple Lines
Hi guys/gals, Currently, I have a CSV that looks something like this: VMName,Note VM1, Owner: John Description: File/PrintVM2, Owner: Bill Description: DatabaseUsing the following command works, but...
View ArticleIssue with retrieveProperties
Hi, I am using VMWare SDK Web Service API to monitor and collect the performance statistics. I am trying to retrieve performance statistics (Historical Intervals) from vCenter. Here is the piece of...
View ArticleIn OS X guest, entering >console in login window results in grey screen
In Fusion 5.0.3 Professional with OS X 10.8.4 guest os, entering the "special" login name >console at the login window results in a grey screen. Entering other "special" names results in expected...
View ArticleAttempting to add second server to Multi-Node vCO
I'm running into issues adding in my next server (Orch2) into my multi-node master vCO (Orch Master). Specifically, I'm getting the following error: Unable to create/update proxy workflows. 401 The...
View ArticlevSphere plugin to modify existing behavior
Hi, I'm recently got introduced to the concept of vSphere Plugins for vCenter and vSphere Client, it appears to be a well defined, layered and extensible architecture. I'm wondering if I can get some...
View ArticleVMFS datastore visible on 3 of 6 hosts. Remaining 3 hosts see the LUN, status...
As the title suggests, all hosts see the LUNs... can't figure out the issue. Below is a capture of the vmkernel.log captured from the server as it was doing a Rescan (which results in a loop of...
View ArticleVMware Tools Install Prebuilt Module Selection
The VMware tools installation decides if there are prebuild modules available in a executable called vmware-modconfig-console that's actually a symbolic link to appLoader. How does appLoader...
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