Scheduled Task - Connect-VIServer
Hi all. I wrote a script to do some work but I am having trouble with authentication. Each time it runs it is running under my accout rather than the one specidied in the script. I have followed this...
View ArticleUpdate frequency of Hardware Status
Dear All, when I look at the Hardware Status of the vCenter I always see that the last update is some days ago. I guess it shows the day I last clicked on Update. I've setup some alarms e.g. to check...
View ArticleCan an iSCSI SAN coexist with an FC SAN on the same host?
Our production enviroment currently consists of 4 esxi 5.1 hosts connected to an expensive FibreChannel SAN. We would like to purchase a more cost effective iSCSI SAN and use is mostly for low...
View ArticleCluster of vCD Cells
Hi, How to configure cluster between 2 vCD 5.1.2 Cells installed on RHEL 6.3 x64Is there any document available for the same (can someone please share the link or steps to configure it) Thanks,
View Articlechange disk space settings within vmware
Hi, I have done a fair bit of research but haven't been able to find a concise answer. The VM guest OS is RHEL and has disk space of 40GB (checked this via the OS using df -h). Within vSphere when...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 - Is the 2TB limit passed yet?
So I didn't see it in the "waht's new" section on the product page, because it should be obvious that every OS in the world can access and use volumes that are larger than 2TB. Regardless of my...
View ArticleMirage 4.2 Help Desk Admin Portal Authentication
I upgraded my Mirage 4.0 cluster to Mirage 4.2 today and installed the new Web Management package on both Mirage servers. I can access the File Portal and the Admin File Portal just fine. However, no...
View ArticleUpgrade from 4.1 to 4.1u3
Hi there, I'm looking to upgrade my esxi hosts from 4.1 to 4.1us before I then upgrade to 5.1 I tried installing VMware-VMvisor-Installer-4.1.0.update03-800380.x86_64.iso by booting the ISO, but it...
View Article[Script / Code sample Request] Get Total Network throughput for given set of...
Hi all, I posed this question to Luc Dekens (@LucD22) via twitter earlier and he suggested posting it up here... good suggestion. Scenario:We have a set of ESX hosts running on blade hardware,...
View ArticleCalculation basis of CPU usage?
Hey guys,on my usage report I can see the usage of CPU, based on a one day period. I'm a little bit confused.VM X has a consumption of 8.26. What does the 8.26 stand for? 1. An average value of one...
View ArticleProgram that require .net framework?
My question is about the program Just Gesture which require net framework 3.5 to run. How to package the program so it will run on my OS, which is Windows xp, without installing net framework 3.5?...
View ArticleProgram not working properly after virtualization
I am trying to make portable version of this program - http://www.pssoftlab.com/pshl_info.phtml It is program launcher and it is freeware. After building process is done everything seems ok but the...
View ArticleAdding EdgeGateway and OrgVdcNetwork
What is the proper way you should add these? Seems like the EdgeGateway requires a OrgVdcNetwork reference and the OrgVdcNetwork requires an EdgeGateway reference. So how can you create these if they...
View ArticleHow to obtain ESXi 5.1 Update 1 Offline Bundle with free esxi 5.x account
Hi,I have successfully installed Esxi 5.1 on a whitebox computer with a Silicon Image controller.I now wish to wipe that install (never activated it) and create a new install using the Adaptec 6805e...
View ArticleVmware Home Lab
Hi, I would like to set up a home lab that can be used to learn and explore the features of ESXi 5.1. I am planning to install Workstation 9 and then install ESXi 5.1 in one of the VMs within the...
View ArticleHelp not working in vCOPs UI
Not a huge problem, but I get the following when selecting the question mark icon on any page; HTTP Status 404 - /vcops-vsphere/vcops/help/en/type Status reportmessage...
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No folder "hgfs" in "mnt", WindowsXP (host)/Fedora18(guest)
Hello, Another issue I didn't succeed to solve (even by doing research on Google this time ):I'm trying to share a folder between Windows XP (Host) and Fedora 18 (Guest). I'm using VMWare Player 5.0.2...
View ArticleVM to VM communication
Hi, Is VM to VM communication possible on two different hosts?If yes, then how is this possible?If no, then why? Thanks in advance!
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MacMini 5,1 NIC intermittently stops responding
Hi all, I know this setup is unsupported technically but I thought I would ask the question anyway seeing as there seem to be quite a few helpful Mac folks on here Basically at random the NIC seems to...
View ArticleUpdate VMware Tools?
Last night I ran the following powercli command with the hopes of updating the VMware Tools on some of my VM's without the VM rebooting. The script seemed to run fine in that the tools did get updated...
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