server-flat.vmdk file
I have guest DC that crashed sometime in March, but I recovered the guest OS using backup. However, huge VMDK files(RAID 5 of which 2 of 4 drives failed) were not being backup. We sent all 4 drives to...
View Articleoptimization guide script
In the script on page 35 from the optimization guide found here www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-View-OptimizationGuideWindows7-EN.pdf I saw this line of script rem Disable Machine Account Password...
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Converter 5.1 crashes after vCenter Login
Hi guys, if I try to initialize a Convertion from physical machine or an image file the Converter crashes after the vCenter Server Login and the Loading Screen for the available Hosts and...
View ArticleFirst New-VM : An item with the same key has already been added.
I'm getting a strange error that I've seen a few other posts about, but with no resolution (or at least one that I can find). When attempting to create a new VM using the New-VM cmdlet, I receive the...
View Articlediscrepancy in disk size
et al, Host: Windows 8 Pro x64Guest: Windows 7 Ultimate x86 {30GB used HD space, 200GB maximum. 8GB ram} Issue:on the host, the vmdk is reporting a size of 101GB. Despite the fact that in the VM, the...
View ArticlevMotion validation fails due to RDM mapping
Another weird problem here, just looking for some places to start / where to look to troubleshoot further, or just open a ticket. I have two exchange mailbox servers, with RDM's hosted on a netapp,...
View ArticleHypervisor Recovery - data?
I was going to revert back ab ESXi 5.1 version of the hypervisor by using SHIFT R question: will reverting back to a previous version cause me to lose the VMs thanks
View ArticleExplanation of error log entries
I've been seeing the following lines in our ESXi 5 deployment and cannot find information on what this error means. 2013-05-31T13:40:05.294Z| vcpu-0| W110: DMA port 0: bad 4 byte access (1):...
View ArticleNDG claims schools with VMWare VMAP subscription may use those licenses to...
My school is currently a subscriber of VMWare VMAP that allows me to teach VSphere. That is great and the classes are a huge success.Another instructor has contracted with NDG to install their NETLAB+...
View ArticleVMware Fusion / Windows 8 / Shared Folders / System Hang
Running Fusion 5.0.3 with a Windows 8 Pro -64 bit guest VM. When shared folders are enabled, and ONLY when shared folders are enabled, the system periodically hangs/freezes/beachballs whatever you...
View ArticleBroadcom 57712 2x10GbE n'apparait pas en HBA iSCSI
Bonjour, Je viens d'installer dans un IBM x3650 m3 VMWare vSphere 5.1 (ISO d'origine VMWare, avec les dernières mises à jour et tutti quanti) équipé de deux Broadcom 57712 double port 10GbE, d'origine...
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How to troubleshoot intermittent network problems with guest in ESXi 5?
We are having a problem with a guest dropping network connection intermittently, an i was wondering how to troubleshoot the network issues with the virtual network cards. Our system is a PowerEdge 2950...
View ArticleRe: vC Ops 5.7 Performance Issue
Hello Guys, We are having the performance issues with vC Ops after upgrade from 5.6 to 5.7. Ours is huge environment and we are monitoring 3000 vm's with one instance of vC Ops. The problem is when we...
View ArticleCan not register VDP to vcenter
Hallo, i try to register the vdp to vcenter 5.1. I use the embedde SSO. The settings seems to be OK. But after the connection test, i get an error message box without text. If i change the settings to...
View ArticleUpgrading local hard disks in ESXi
Hi, I have a DL380 I am about to install ESXi 5 (with no VCentre) on and I am planning to install to USB flash drive and use the local disks for the VMFS store. One of the main reasons for this is that...
View ArticlePDX serialization and BigDecimal types
How do I deal with PDX and BigDecimal types? I have a class called "Product" with a "price" value in BigDecimal. But PDX doesn't have a "writeBigDecimal" method (And I can't find examples on...
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...
View Articlevc 5.1 thin migrate uses thick!
I've stood up a new 5.1 ua1 VC VM on windows for our dev VI. The VI has some local storage along with an NFS datastore. I have stood up a new 5.1 Data Protection Appliance using thin provisioned disks...
View ArticleEvent: Device Performance has deteriorated. I/O Latency increased
Hi, Since upgrading to vSphere 5 I have noticed the following errore in our Events: Device naa.60a980004335434f4334583057375634 performance has deteriorated. I/O latency increased from average value of...
View ArticleError in Deploying VMs : Run failed due to failure of task (test_1.0,...
I've installed right version of java and agent boostrap. Anyone has idea?? Please help Logs are saying : May 31 2013 18:16:01.095 INFO [main] []...
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