OrgNetwork creation looking for wrong vdnscope
I have all basic setup done on vShield Manager and vSphere. We are using Nexus 1Kv. When I try to create a new Org Network, it always looks for vddnscope-1. But, vdnscope-1 doesn't exist and...
View ArticleVM loses connectivity when copying files to it
Hello, I'm trying to troubleshoot an issue were having with our VMs, and I'm looking for some guidance on how to even start with it. Physical Host: HP DL360e Gen8Version: ESXi 5.1We only have 5 VMs on...
View ArticleLimitation of vCenter 5.1 with ESXi 4.1 hosts
We upgrade our cluster's vCenter from 4.1 to 5.1 standard recently. But all the hosts are still in ESXi 4.1U1. Everything works so far. The hosts are still using the vSphere 4.1 Enterprise Plus license...
View ArticleTurn Auto Login Off
Greetings, During an install of Windows Server 2008 R2, I set VMware to auto login. Now that everything is installed, I wish to turn that off; no more auto login.How do I do this? Thank you,Bob
View ArticleResizing a Windows Server guest
I need to implement a Windiws Server 2008 R2 guest VM acting as a Remote Desktop Server.At the moment I can't predict how much the VM will be used, including the number of users and the way they will...
View ArticleLync 2013 VDI plugin only works with RDP protocol
Hi,we have tried all day making the VDI plugin for Lync 2013 work with PCoIP protocol, but we only get it working with RDP.We cannot find any information if there are any firewall ports that needs to...
View ArticleSATA DLT Tape drive i/o errors
Hi all! I'm running VMWare 5.1 on a Intel Server and everything seems to work fine exept that I can't get my SATA Quantum DLT tape drive to work! The Intel serverboard (DBS2600CP2) contains a (onboard)...
View ArticleTesting VSA failure
Hi guys what is the best way to test or simulate a failed host to see if VSA and HA actually work? My current setup is with 3 hosts. Thank you
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Host local datastore freezes
Hi I have a very frustrating problem in that I have to keep hard rebooting a newly built ESXi 5.1.0 (Kernel build 799733) host machine. The machine is a 2 x Dual Core AMD Opteron x64 based server with...
View ArticleFile Sync vmtools driver for linux gone in 5.1U1?
Is the File Sync driver for linux gone in the new 5.1U1 tools? It is no longer an option when installing---and I dont see it running(in case it was defaulted or embedded somewhere).
View ArticleUsing VMware Standalone Converter with NAT
Hi all, I have been searching the interwebs but haven't been able to find much regarding this issue... We are currently in the process of setting up a VMware environment to be able to sell IaaS...
View ArticledvSwitch + PVLAN трафик невиден на аплинке dvSwitch
Доброго времени суток! Задача: Изолировать трафик ВМ друг от друга внутри LAN, сохранив возможность выхода в WAN Предпологаемое решение: Используя технологию PVLAN создать интернал портгруппе dvSwitch...
View Article"vSphere Distributed Switch teaming matched status" red alert flag help needed
Since migrating from standard switching to distributed switching, I've seen these alerts appear sporadically. They appear, and then they clear seconds later. They only mention the affected host, not...
View ArticleAdd new storage to VCD
Greeting, Newbie in VCD I did created new ORG and it works, just the space not enough, I did add new storage in the vcenter. I can use the new storage in the vcenter, but for some reason in vcd just...
View Articlevmware auto deployment issue
I have vmware auto-deploy implemented using vcenter installed in WS2008. However I needed to change the software depot image which is currently Esxi5.0.0-469512. I needed upgrading to...
View ArticleErratic Mouse Behaviour
Running within workstation both Linux and Windows guests display erratic mouse behaviour, with the mouse wandering off into the header area contrary to the direction I am trying to move. Both a windows...
View ArticleHost going inaccessible while provisioning from View
Hi, I am trying to provision 45 vm's on host using View5.2 . Eventually after provisioning 15 vm's , the host goes into inaccessible state.Not really sure how to go about fixing this issue -Ramya
View ArticleAutomate scheduling hardware upgrade on 5.1U1
I saw that someone posted how to set the properties on a vm to schedule the the hardware upgrade when there has been a clean os shutdown. I am a novice at powershell, but threw this script together...
View ArticleMessage of the Day Pop-Up in vSphere-Web Client
I am trying to find out a way to have a logon banner pop up when you log into the vsphere web client. I am accomplishing this in vSphere Client by utilizing the Message of the day, but it doesn't pop...
View ArticleHarware Compatability upgrade
Hi All, does anyone know how i can set this tick box in the picture below with a powershell / powercli script? I do not need it to update there and then just so when the machine next gets restarted it...
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