How to backup b4 moving from ESXi4.1 to vSphere essentials 5.1
Just bought vSphere essentials. But I have a VM running under ESXi 4.1 free that I cannot lose. How can I backup the old host installation with it's VM before upgrading the host to ESXi 5.1 and...
View ArticleWhy does VM Guest Memory Utilisation Differs Memory utilisation report in...
Hi All, I am tricked with the results seen from the Memory performance report in VM Guest Server (Windows 2008 R2); taken with the Perfmon Counters are no way related with the performance reports I got...
View Articlepptx problem
hello, in our vdi (windows 7 SP1 on vmview 5.1) powerpoint (2013) do not play video in presentations. we checked with MS that problem is with .mp4 objects (wmv is paying). mp4 is working normally in...
View ArticleCan I Clone a Running Production Server Win2k8 R2 and Produce it as Secondary...
Hi all, My question is: Can I clone a running Production Server based on Windows 2008 R2 and produce this Cloned VM as secondary Windows 2008 R2 Server with just renaming HOST name and joining this...
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Queries on Production and UAT segregation
hi all, sorry if i am asking a repeated question i have tried searching around in the forums but can't find what i am looking for. need advise with the following: I have 3 x ESXi serverswhich is...
View ArticleUnable to deploy a Org isolated network on my UAT test environment
I am setting up a test vCloud enviroment and am trying to deploy a simple org isolated backend network but everytime I try to deploy it I get an error Cannot deploy organization VDC network...
View ArticleWorkspace client in a non-persistent desktop pool?
Can the Workspace client be used in a non-persistent desktop pool? A couple of concerns I have with this:- the location of the data cache. I don't want to sync every time I log on to a fresh desktop. I...
View ArticleConnecting to a cd drive or usb drive problems
I keep getting issues when I select the CD drive or usb to connect to I get an error remote device connectioncould not open the client device it is being used by another virtual machine or some other...
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PCoIP and Windows 7: Screen lock and unlock questions
We have a Windows 7 Pro 64-bit VM, running over PCoIP to a zero client. Everything works great (except for no Aero ). The VM is on a domain. One thing I noticed is when I lock my screen, there is...
View ArticleHardware Spec
got a 3 Dell Servers available but have a few questions on CPUs Have a Dell 1950 (version 3) running 2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5450 @ 3.00GHz, 16GB Ram and Dell T110 (Version 2) Intel Xeon E3-1270...
View ArticleNew VM on a Datastore Cluster
Hi all, I'm fighting with the orchestrator to build up a new VM on a Datastore Cluster. Can someone help me perhaps with a example. Thanks to all
View Articleextraction of request attachments
Hi, Is there a way to extract the attachment(s) of requests? Currently, only file names are included in the report that we have, but the need is for the actual files --for auditing purposes. Also,...
View ArticleUnable to use FCoE on Intel X540 cards
Hello.I have a ESXi host (5.1.0 build 1021289, latest) with intel 82599EB-based cards (3.14.3 ixgbe driver, latest).The cards are working fine, but... the "Add software FCoE adapter" option is greyed...
View ArticleESXTOP: % run 800.00 for idle row.
Hi,Have installed ESXi 5.1 and noticed the the ESXTOP command is producing a large % run for the idle (GUID 1) row.% Run for the idle row is 800.00 and the % used is 391.41.Can someone please explain...
View Articleupdating hp (proliant) custom image
Hello, i would need a quick help which download sources i have to select in VUM when i'm using the hp custom image (ESXi 5.0) on hp proliant ML350. i already read the HP update document:...
View ArticleVEM install issue- URGENT
Help please... Scenario is we have a ESX5 U1 cluster with couple of hosts, trying to add couple of more with the same ESXi build number, then trying to add host to VSM. First I tried to install VEM to...
View ArticleSnapshot hanging
Hi all, i have created one job in VDP (8 vm), it starts as scheduled but the day after this is the situation:- all vm have snapshot attached- no one ended successfully- i have to shutdown vdp, remove...
View ArticleVCP Cloud Certification
Hello Experts, I am new to VMware and planning to perceive the VCP Cloud Certification, hence wants to get some information with regards to that. I dont have any VMware Certification currently, Can i...
View ArticlevCO Presentation/User Interaction Resources
I am having problems determining what the proper syntax is to format text within the presentation/user interaction modules of vco. For example, told tags (<b></b>) seem to work in the vco...
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Setting the boot order does not work
Hi all, I'm trying to set the boot order of a VM with the help of a perl script. (VSphere 5.0.0) What I would like to achive is, that the VM tries to boot from network first and then from the first...
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