Initial network setup for ESXi
Hi all, New VMware user here, setting up my first environment. I have an ESXi host that has four physical NiCs (NiC0, NiC1, NiC2, NiC3). I have installed ESXi, the VCVA appliance, and several VMs...
View ArticleSetting preferred DomainControllers on ESXi5
Hi all, in our Firewalls we can see, that the ESX-Hosts, which are configured to use AD-Authentication are using any DomainController which is avaible on the network, depending on the DNS-Answer ( DNS...
View ArticleVCAP-DCD Подготовка к вопросам
Добрый день.В данном экзамене как мне известно присутствуют около 6 вопросов, где нужно составить логический дизайн архитектуры на Visio (поправьте плиз, если что-то понял не так), скажите, есть...
View Articlevm query script help
I've learned enough around here to compose the below scriptlet that will find VMs on specific datastores and attached to specific port groups but have been failing for hours trying to add another...
View ArticleWorkstation 7 graphics works with team fortress, but not newer versions.
Source thread: Screen turning white when launching Team Fortress 2 Still wondering, what did you people do to your graphics engine to wreck the graphics engine? Attempted to use with 8, and 9.02 and...
View ArticleVM sluggish performance
Hi All, Has any one seen VM Sluggish performance and it got resolved by vMotion?.Recently i got a call for sluggish performance on a VM, its a RedHat Linux VM i used top and all other tools to identify...
View Articleunable to connect to the MKS: internal error
Hi - can anyone help with this please I've been using Vsphere 4 for a couple of years at my last company - no problems, bullet proof reliaility Recently changed jobs and my current company is now...
View ArticleChanges not requiring a recompose
Can anyone tell me which changes to a pool, if any do not require a recompose? Thx in advance.
View ArticleNexus 1000v and Dell m1000e, m610 blades, 2 cisco switch blades in A1 and A2
Hello, This is probably a question for cisco, but I find lots of answers to these types of questions here so I thought I'd start here first. I have recently installed the nexus 1000v in a lab, in a...
View ArticleSystem Log error messages the Developers should look into.
Just wanted to bring this to the Developers attention. When using the "VMware Fusion Technology Preview 2013 May" I'm getting the following two messages that you might want to look into. This first...
View ArticleRunning workflow not getting updated configuration element attribute value
I have added an attribute called "maintenanceMode" . At the beginning of a workflow launch I look up the value of this (it is a boolean) and if it is set to true the workflow sleeps for 5 minutes then...
View ArticleRename cluster in N1KV Enviroment
We have 3 clusters and they have dedicated N1KV switch for the VM traffic with 2 uplinks, both Management and vMotion is on vSS. Now we have to rename the cluster ‘ABC’ to ‘ABC-XYX’. Will there be any...
View Articleimproving iSCSI performance: Delayed ACK, IOs per path, Large Receive Offload
I've raised a ticket with VMware for these 3 settings and I'll post the response, but I'd also appreciate any comments anyone makes. We have two Dell R620 servers with ESXi 5.0 U1, directly connected...
View ArticleDirect Connection to Storage area?
I would like to house my Mirage server in one of our remote (very remote) datacenters. To keep traffic down i would like to use storage local to the PC. My question is - when backups/updates of...
View ArticleiSCSI, jumbo frames, and vMotion question
Hello, I have an ESXi 4.1 cluster using vCenter and a MD3200i SAN. I am going to be doing an upgrade to optimise the setup, which includes the installation of quad-port NICs in the hosts which will be...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 and Web Client
I saw the great video from Chris Wahl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6E_-4dSlLY&feature=relmfu Looks though like it's only on vCenter Server? Not on the standalone free version of ESXi 5.1?
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Exception 0xc0000005 (access violation) has occurred
I keep encountering the error "Exception 0xc0000005 (access violation) has occurred." and then my VM crashes. I moved the VM to two different hard drives (one SSD and one hard drive) and the error...
View ArticleInstall Fails - Error UI Timed out ...
hye there.. why i can't install VMware-player-3.0.1-227600 on my laptop? here the image link http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab86/ijalij0l/untitled2.jpg is there any solution for this? Currently...
View ArticleSymlink bug in shared folders with Linux guest
I have a Linux x86_64 guest running on an OS X Lion host. I am experiencing strange behavior with symbolic links accessed from the Linux guest in a shared folder. The guest is unable to follow some...
View ArticleESXi Hypervisor 5.1 (Free edition) installation on dell Poweredge c6100 XS23-TY3
Hi , I am planning for the installation of Hypervisor U1 Free edition on dell Poweredge c6100 XS23-TY3 . I have following questions : 1. This server has four nodes : each node contains 12 GB RAM and 2...
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