Get-NicTeamingPolicy not working
When I attempt to use either of the following commands I get an error. What am I missing? Get-VirtualPortGroup -name PGNAME | Get-NicTeamingPolicy Get-NicTeamingPolicy : The input object cannot be...
View ArticleSwitch statement and hash table
All,I had a question in regards to the switch statement and hash tables. I know with a switch statement you can do an array like so$a = 21, 38, 6switch ($a){ 1 {"The color is red."}2 {"The color is...
View ArticleFails at 1% with error "FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion:...
I'm trying to convert a physical Windows Server 2003 SP2 Web Edition with the converter (v 5.1) and every time it fails with the error " FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion:...
View Articleshow process id for UDP socket in esxi 4.1
How do you find out which process is using a UDP port in ESXI 4.1 ? 3 of my ESXi 4.1.0 (260247) servers are sending UDP traffic to 50.17.133.11 (ec2-50-17-133-11.compute-1.amazonaws.com), destination...
View ArticleRemove an adapter from a vSwitch via PowerCLI
Hello community! I've been working on a script to remove an adapter from a vSwitch, but Remove-NetworkAdapter, Remove-VDSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter and Remove-VMHostNetworkAdapterdon't seem to work...
View ArticleAnother licensing question
Currently running vSphere 5.0 with Enterprise licenses on my ESXi hosts. To take advantage of the licensing changes with regard to max vCPU per VM going from a limit of 8 to 32 w/ Enterprise am I...
View ArticleHP Offline Bundle on U3?
I am running ESXi 4.1 U3. I want to install ESXi Offline Bundle for VMware ESXi 4.1 U2 (American, International) as there does not seem to be a version for U3. The instructions say to install it on...
View ArticleQuestion - XP Microsoft Application Crash Report- How to grab?
I just installed 'Miasmata' purchased from GOG.com in an XP vm guest under a Windows 8 host. It apparently installed and configured without a hitch but immediately crashed on launching. It is a...
View ArticleWhere is upgrade ISO for vSphere Data Protection 5.1.11?
This URL says that a new version was released:vSphere Data Protection 5.1.11 Release Notes I went to downloads and the only upgrade I see says this: VMwareVDPUpgradeFrom61To-6.1.82-57.iso File size:...
View Articlecannot connect to profile-driven storage service
Hello, I want to test the profile-driven storage features, but I'm stuck in the beginning... I was able to enable VM storage profiles for my cluster. Ever since then, when I open the vi client and log...
View ArticleVirtual Network Editor not saving added networks
I have VMware workstation 9 running on Windows 8.I add an additional network (VMnet2) for host-only and untick "Connect a host virtual adapter to this network" and "use local DHCP service to distribute...
View ArticleVM presence on multiple vlan question
I am trying to have a VM with a presence on multiple vlans. This is a temporary situation that will be resolved once the needed switch actually arrives. Unfortunately that will be several weeks. I...
View ArticleClone: Fails with Error caused by file...
Really stumped on this one. When I deploy this template from one host, it deploys totally fine. When I deploy it to a cluster, with multiple hosts, it invariably fails with message: Error caused by...
View ArticleNew !! Open unofficial storage performance thread
Hello everybody, the old thread seems to be sooooo looooong - therefore I decided (after a discussion with our moderator oreeh - thanks Oliver -) to start a new thread here. Oliver will make a few...
View ArticleUpgrade vCenter 4.1 to vCenter 5.1
Hi everyone.... I have 5 ESX 4.1 server with vCEnter 4.1 and i want to migrate to ESXi 5.1. I have approximatively 100 virtual machines. For the Esx 4.1 server, i will probably reinstall from scratch...
View ArticleEvent Logs vs. Syslogs
Under Event Configuration, there is a spot to setup an event database and a spot to setup syslogging.What is the difference? I am thinking that having the syslog server setup would be better?
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pagefile... ou pas ?
Bonjour a tous, Je viens fraîchement de monter une infrastructure dans un environnement Vsphere 5.0. Les serveurs tournent tous sur du 2008 R2 edition Entreprise.J'y ai monté une ferme citrix au...
View ArticleSite Recovery Manager - unable to pair vcenters
I have 2 vcenters which I am trying to pair using Site Recovery Manager. On the primary when I click the configure link and enter the ip address of the recovery vcenter i keep getting an error message:...
View ArticleGuest/Host Copy/Paste unreliable if full screen guest is minimized
I have multiples VMs running full screen on primary monitor. Inside a guest I copy a file to the clipboard. I then minimize the whole VM window from the top flydown bar. I then browse to a host...
View ArticleIssues After Upgrade
Not exactly sure what went wrong but I recently upgraded my VM environment from ESXi 5.0 - 5.1.1 along with vcenter. Now I'm getting an error in View "Cannot connect to vcenter server because the...
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