vCenter Server 5.1 Essentials Downgrade License Error - Linked Mode
I'm working on getting a couple vCenter Servers connected via Linked Mode. I deployed 3 vCenter Servers in Evaluation Mode to be shipped to remote sites. The main site has a vCenter Standard license....
View ArticleCan I do a P2V on a LIVE file server, and delay the switchover?
Hi,May sound like a really simple question, but I can't afford to get it wrong.We have Windows 2003 R2 servers, which are file servers, with 100 users connected, who rely on these servers to be up...
View ArticleHOL-INF-04-M2 Missing JConsole
I have completed the first Module of HOL-INF-04. I went back today and re enrolled in the lab to complete the second module. The instructions say just to launch JConsole from the desktop of the VM....
View ArticleFusion Mountain Lion bridging leads to kernel crash. How to submit bug report ?
Hello Folks, I've tried use bridging capability that comes in Mountain Lion kernel. It works fine with other virtual interfaces like tap but it trigger kernel crash if you bridge vmnet interface....
View ArticleAnother SSL Weak Cipher Strength Finding Question
I know this has been addressed on previous threads however I still cannot remediate the CAT findings in Retina stating SSL Weak Cipher Strength is supported. This finding has been found on our vCenter...
View ArticleProtection Group hung in "Reprotecting..." state
SRM 5.0 GA on vSphere 5.0 GAAfter a Planned Migration of a Protection Group completed successfully, the follow up Reprotect operation failed. Repeated Reprotect operations with the "Force Cleanup"...
View ArticleDriver para Qlogic QLA2340
Hola a todos, Acabo de instalar la version 5.1 de ESXi. Mi carta FC no funciona porque segun vmware no la soporta. Verdaderamente no creo o no es posible que vmware deje el soporte de algunos drivers,...
View ArticleAsus motherboard for virtualization
Hi, I have a choice of two motherboards - Asus Z9PE-D8 WS (workstation motherboard) and Asus Z9PE-D16 (server motherboard).Will there be any difference in performance between the two and which one...
View Articleno NAS datastore found
hello everyone. i'm still new with vmware. ESXi 4.1 with same vSphere Client and datastore residing on an iSCSI SAN.Installed the vCLI 4.1 successfully on Win7 workstation.Open up a command...
View ArticleCannot Backup Virtual Machine using VDP
I had deployed VDP, but i could not back up a Windows Server 2008 64 bit virtual machine using vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 5.1, i get the following error: Execution Error: E10055: Failed to attach...
View ArticleConnect 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 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 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:...
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