vCenter 5.1 Update1a cloning error
Environment consists of vCenter 5.1 Update 1a, ESXi 5.1 Update 1, there seperate are 2-sites in linked mode. I was cloning a powered off VM for testing and received the attached error just after...
View ArticleError on vCenter com.vmware.sps.fault.qsconnectionexception
Hi all;I get an error such as the appendix on vSphere Server. I ran into this error expanding the datastore. But on the virtual machines running normally comes at a time of error. Do not have a...
View ArticleVMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V5.1]
Hi Everyone i have a question is the VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage V5.0 Training a Valid Pre-requisite for The VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V5.1] Training Appreciate your Responses...
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Customizing a Windows virtual machine fails - Crush Down vSphere Client
Hi guys, I encountered a very tricky problem. I was trying to customize the windows VM I cloned from the template (win2008R2), and I simply run the 'customize vm' workflow in vCO, I think all the...
View ArticleEverytime AV Server Push Out Updates, VMs Network Connectivity Gets Spotty
We're currently running two ESXi 5.1 hosts both of which use teamed 1 GB connections for the VM network. We have about 60 VMs across the two servers and every time the Vipre AV server pushes out...
View ArticleBiggest upgrade fear with 5.1
I'm on the verge of upgrading my vCenter Server to 5.1. My biggest fear is losing connectivity to my hosts, but I am assuming even if the Host Agent on a host fails to upgrade, that I can still access...
View ArticleFusion 5.0.3 and Ubuntu 13.04
I have the VM running but I cannot seem to get the VMWare Tools installed. I installed the build tools and the kernel source files. I have tried to point it to...
View ArticleHow to un-flatten a -flat
For some unknown reason, the LSI RAID controller in my server won't let me mirror an existing drive without blowing it up. Very annoying. So I'm stuck trying to back up my vmware situation and...
View Articlemenu dropdown makes remote desktops difficult
Usage scenario is using windows VMs in Full screen and accessing remote desktop from the Virtual Machines, again in full screen. I'm not 100% sure if something has changed in the timing (will verify...
View ArticleCan i apply my esxi 4.0 license to esxi 5?
bought a esxi 4.0 licenses a while ago and jut got them.. but now i want to install esxi 5 instead. can i apply my 4.0 license to version 5? will that work?
View ArticleHow to switch storage profiles?
HiThe vCloud environment that I've been building only had vSphere Enterprise licenses and therefore NO storage profiles. In vCloud in the Provider VDC I used the *(any) profile. With the great offer...
View ArticleGuest OSes Reported Incorrectly
I have recently upgraded everything from 4.0 to 4.1 and I noticed that some guest OSes are being reported incorrectly. Specifically some Server 2008 R2 servers are being reported as Server 2008 - many...
View ArticleShared datastore vs multiple local datastores and DNS in 5.1
I'm reading page 56 of the the vSphere ESXi vCenter Server 5.1 Upgrade Guide It discusses the issue of DNS load balancing and vCenter Server Datastore Naming. I believe it is discussing the issue of...
View Articlevmfs3 to vmfs5 datastore
Is there a way to tell of a vmfs5 datastore was simply upgraded from vmfs3(which lacks some vmfs5 features) or if it was created as a vmfs5 datastore without any upgrade used?
View ArticleFusion 4.1.4 Causes Rainbow Wheel and Takes Forever to Load
Hi, I posted back in January about my VMware Fusion causing my Mac to idle with the Rainbow wheel for some time at random. I thought by making some settings changes it would work, but alas, the...
View ArticleCall "HostDatastoreSystem.QueryVmfsDatastoreCreateOptions" for object...
folks new server. esxi5.1 installed on ssd card. boots okay. vsphere client connects fine. can't create datastore. researched on the web. partition looks good. get following error + vsphere...
View ArticleEMC Grap issue
Dears Hi I having five ESXi host (two of them esxi5.1 and the remain are 5.0) trying use EMC Grap 1.3.1. I successfully did it on only one host. the others show errors note: I try to run grap from...
View ArticleLinkedIn Group for CloudCred
Has anyone found or created a LinkedIn Group for VMware CloudCred?
View ArticleVMware network segregation
Hi We have a load of VM's that have multiple network cards each on it own VLAN. How can I restrict the traffic on the virtualisation layer to a single purpose. For example, I dont want to allow ssh or...
View ArticleConsolidating BladeCenter blades to ONE x3755 (7163)
I have one setup which is a 8776 BladeCenter running seven LS20 blades and external fibre channel storage connected directly via FC pass-through module.Each of the blades has between 8GB and 16GB...
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