Connect an usb disk to an esxi and present the disk as datastore
I would like to connect an usb harddisk to an esxi host. It is possible to present the usb disk to a guest with the usb device. But I would like to present the usb disk to the host and use it as a...
View ArticleHow to export/import a VM with ESXi 5
I'm running the free version of ESXi 5 and have created an VM that is configured with software for our project. I want to share this VM with other team members, some of whom are at other locations and...
View ArticlevCenter Statistics Interval and Logging Options
I haven't looked at these settings in a while but we have recently built a new vSphere 5.1 environment so I thought I'd revisit and review . I have generally stuck with defaults modifying the 5 minutes...
View ArticleBest way to get the highest id in a region
I'm wondering what is the best way to know the highest id (or next available id) of a region. My region has objects with an id that is equal to the key for the region. Thanks a lot.D.
View ArticleFind Host from VM
Seems I have several lost sheep. Is there a way with PowerCLI (or any other way) to get host information from a VM? I found out my client has several independent VM Hosts not in vCenter. They also...
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Making iso file permanent in Guest
hi friends whenever i am mounting my RHEL6.2 iso file from my datastore to a VM (RHEL6.2) & trying to make a copy of that, the moment i am clicking right click on it & clicking on "copy disc"...
View ArticleOVF Tool HELP!!!!!!
i installed the OVF tool yesterday, i followed every step in the "OVF Tool User Guide" and when i open the comman prompt and typed "ovftool" its work but when i retype again i get an error saying "no...
View ArticleHow to restrict access to desktops over security server
Hello, i am wondering if it is possible to restrict the access to View Desktops to certain groups, if the connection comes from a security server. To explain it a little further * We have users who...
View ArticleVUM 5.0 vSphere Update Manager Utility Broken?
I am trying to update the SSL certificates in VUM 5.0, however it seems the VMware vSphere Update Manager Utility is broken. This worked fine in 4.1. The error I get when launching the utility is:...
View ArticleAll Full Copy VAAI tests fail with the following error ....
[Oct 25 2012 08:31:34 : VAAIFULLCO] [0] DEBUG: Running the following workloads: [Oct 25 2012 08:31:34 : WLMANAGER ] [0] FRAMEWORK: No workloads Found.[Oct 25 2012 08:31:34 : TRANSPORT ] [0] FRAMEWORK:...
View ArticleA question about MyVMware
Hi everyone,I want to download Workstation 9 and when i click the link to get the license keys I get this message: We're sorry. This Account does not have valid EA. You cannot perform any more...
View ArticleGaps_In_LUN_Sequence
Hi,How to execute Gaps_In_LUN_Sequence test for iSCSI and ESXi5.0 and Workbench 2.1.In iSCSI all LUNS have ID as 0. Thanks,Prashant
View Articlevifs --get internal error
Hi, I'm getting an internal error 500 from # vifs --server srv2 --username root --password *** -g "[SATA-RAID5] ISO/CentOS-6.2-x86_64-minimal.iso" ./xGET...
View Articlestart menu and task bar missing when RDP into win vm in unity mode
This is not specific to the preview version of fusion but maybe it can be addressed by the release... I use unity mode 99% of the time on my main work system with a win7 vm. Sometimes I need to RDP...
View ArticleUSB pen drive not detected
I am running VMWare Player 5,0,2 on a Windows 7 OS with Ubuntu Linux as the guest OS. When I put in a USB pen drive the guest OS does not seem to detect it. I can access it on the host OS and have...
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Host Profiles playing up in vSphere 5
Hi all, Ive recently upgraded about 200 hosts to ESXi 5 from ESX 4.1 and 2 vcenters 5 also.Ive noticed a problem with host profiles when it comes to storage, and wanted to see if anyone else has come...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 - netwrk shows as up but no traffic seen
Hi I have installed ESXi 5.1 on a laptop in my lab. it was previously running 5.0 without issue. IP address could be recieved from a DHCP server or via static. Installed ESXi 5.1 and no communication...
View ArticleListing the virtual center for a given host
Ok, I am sure I am missing something very easy here so I will throw it out and see if any one can help. I am trying to do a report on my hosts listing number of processor sockets, cores, virtual...
View ArticleESXi 5 - IBM HS22V - V7000 - High Latency / Multipath Issue ?
Hi everyone, in a customer site a fresh new install: 3 HS22V in BladeCenter Heach with Qlogic 8 GB Mezzanine (QMI 2582 in driver detail /proc/scsi/qla2xxx),Installed ESXi 5 U1 on USB Key ,driver...
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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