Virtual machine can't ping host on fresh vSphere5.1 install
Hi, I've done a fresh install to vSphere 5.1 (previously 4.1 installed which works well). No vCenter for the moment. One virtual machine on LAN is running Paessler PRTG under Win 2k3 x64.This virtual...
View ArticleBeware the free VCAP voucher promotion
Saw it, and followed the link to the VCAP classes in my area. Employer paid $4k for the class. Come back, denied voucher because it was not an "authorized" Vmware training center. Even though the...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 won't boot on ESXi 5.0.0 build 821926
I am trying to create a VM of Windows Server 2012 Standard. I am running ESXi 5.0.0 build 821926 (vCenter 5.0.0 build 804277). I create a new VM, attach the ISO (I have tried both the Eval version, and...
View ArticleVeeam and NFS
Hello, Trying to get some more understanding of the architecture. I did some reading on the Veeam site but still a little vague. I have used NFS years ago with a linux machine attached to the share....
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vCOPS login headache
hi I am using domain account to log in to my 3 vCenters.Now vCOPS was installed and I am using my same AD account to login to VCOPS for instance charlie.richard but when I login to my...
View ArticleSupermicro X9SBAA-F with a Atom S1260
Has anyone tried getting ESXi 5.1 working on a Supermicro X9SBAA-F Atom S1260 using an internal SATA drive for storage?
View ArticleDisplay ESX host short name in vCenter instead of FQDN
I don't have any issues, but I would like to have the vSphere Client to display only the short name of the host instead of the FQDN. Just extra clutter in the mgmt gui that I would like to get rid of...
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 ArticlevCD query service "Unmatched opening and closing brackets" error if the...
I have hit a snag or bug in the query service or vCO's implementation where if I pass in a string that has the open paren character "(" without also a closing ")" I get the error: Bad request:...
View Article%CSTP goes above 300% during snapshot delete
Hi all, I am working with this huge, problematic VM:12 GB RAM12 CPU2 disks (600 GB & 900 GB)2 VMware Paravirtual SCSI controllers (0:0 & 0:1)No VSSThe problem is that after a backup which takes...
View ArticleHosts with different NICs and vDS
Hello Gentlemen, I'm currently migrating an ESXi environment from 4.1 to 5.1. The migration involves upgrading all existing servers to vsphere 5.1 and also migrate all VM's from an IBM SAN to a Nimble...
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imac 10.7.5 Fusion 4.1.4 problems
About 18months ago I transferred XP that I was running in Bootcamp into a VM on 4.01. No problems at all and was working well.I decided to put W8 on as a VM and my problems started . I updated tto...
View ArticleTotal Storage amount in datacenter
I'm trying to get a script that will give me the total amount of space used in an entire data center. I will like to run it against the data center from the virtual centers. There are a total of about...
View ArticleExcessive load balancing requests
We have 4 esxi 5.0 hosts connected to an EQ ps6000 array. Today, we've seen numerous load balancing messages anywhere from 2 to 10 minutes apart. We usually go for days without these messages. I didn't...
View ArticleБезопасность - Шифрование VMFS томов.
Господа, нужна помощь в вопросе.Некоторое оборудование компании переезжает в ЦОД- сервера, свитчи, СХД.Руководство озадачило вопросом, каким образом защитить СХД, если их украдут воры\изымут органы.Как...
View ArticleAdd Disk Scsi in vSphere 5.1
friends,I mounted the environment with vSphere 5.1, however I am having problems of space, insert a new disc but ESXi does not automatically detected, I think miss hypervisor to present the same, as I...
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vRAM licensing capacity alert
Hi I'm having this alert in vCenter saying "License capacity monitoring" that won't go away. When I check the Licensing report it shows that my Purchased capacity is 0.02GB vRAM?We are running both...
View ArticleFind boot partition local Disk/SAN
hi guys I am managing an environment that I did not deploy... so in the ESXis I see volumes from SAN that are supposed to boot from SAN but at the same time they have local disks.The thing these ESXi...
View ArticleHow to get provisioned memory in host's view
From the vSphere Client (v5.0.0) "Resource Allocation" tab for a VM, I can see there are two setsof utilization data for memory: Host Memory (host's view) and Guest Memory (OS' view). How do I...
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