Rename a VM within a vAPP from the vCloud API
Hello all,This one is killing me, i have a need to rename a VM within a vAPP but the issue i've found is that i can only do this from the GUI.Has anyone else run up against this issue? We are using HP...
View ArticleCreate a constrained CI QD field
I want to be able to create a QD field that is constrained by CI Type (or Service Type). When it goes to do a search for a CI it always searches based on CMDB Item Type >= "server" or CMDB Item...
View ArticleHost Profiles - adding user to 'Root' group on host
Can anyone advise if there is a way to add a user to the ESXi host 'root' group via Host Profiles? It seems more geared towards configuring 'new' groups and permissions rather than adding users to the...
View ArticleLoad Balancer and Disabled server
Hi, I've a question that about how to check for View Connection Server/Security Gateway availability in regards of the use of a load balancer.How configuration is something like this:1) Internal users:...
View ArticleUpdating Vcentre Protect Essentials in an offline Windows environment
Hi, Can anyone help me with a problem I have every month when I try to update Vcentre Protect essentials 8.0.0 (Shavlik) with the latest patches? I have 2 domains that are totaly air gapped from...
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Restore Thin Provisioned VM - 20 - Allocate blocks events a second
Hello when restoring av VM, Allocate blocks is logged 20 times a second, this will put extra stress on both vcenter/db has anyone had this issue? when restoring a VM with TSM for VE (i don't think...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 vCPU consolidation and scheduling
Hi there..... This has probably been discussed before but were looking into buying 4 servers for our ESXi 5.1 Ent. Plus Cluster but can't deceide on server model - were looking at the HP DL580 G7 4CPU...
View ArticleHP Smart Array P420i warning
Hi, I got a brand new DL380p gen8 Server with 8 300GB SAS disks in 2 raid 5, and installed esxi from the branded image: VMware-ESXi-5.1.0-799733-HP-5.34.23.iso on the first raid.Everything seems to be...
View ArticleRunning vSphere on host machine?
Is it possible to run vSphere on my host machine to log into itself? I have VMware ESXi 5.0.0 Release Build 469512
View ArticlevCenter Infrastructure Navigator con esxi 4.0 504850
Hola a todos. Quiero probar els software vCenter Infrastructure Navigator. Se puede instalar en un Esxi 4.0 504850??. Es necesario tener instalado un vcenter server que hay que pagar licencia??.
View Articleinstall XenServer on ESXI as a VM
Hi guys,i have need to install Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 on ESXi 5 as a VM. With this link https://ip-address/mob/?moid=ha-host&doPath=capability i have seen that my HD support "nestedHVSupported"....
View ArticleESXi hangs on VMkernel initialization after RAM upgrade
Dear VMware users, During the memory upgrade, from 16 to 32GB, ESXI refuses to boot up. The OS hangs on the message; "Starting VMkernel Initialization". The problem is easy to solve (the system starts...
View ArticlePlanning vCPU per core
I'm doing some planning around vCPU contention ratios, and I'm curious as to whether there is anything actually published by VMware. I've variously heard that the planning range should be 5 - 8, or 5 -...
View ArticleChanging vCenter Servers & Replication
Hello - looking for comments on changing the configuration of a vCenter Server 5.1 and Replication environment. Have a small vSphere 5.1 environment (3 hosts, 50 VMs) that has Replication configured....
View Articlehow to deploy ovf file in vcenter esxi server using ovftool ??
Trying to deploy ovf file using ovftool.exe from the commandline and facing the below mentioned problem. C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool>.\ovftool.exe --diskMode=thin --datastore=datastore1...
View ArticlevSphere Standard Licence 5.0
Hi, We are running vSphere 5.0 with a standard licence - to enable Storage vMotion that is included with 5.1 do I have to upgrade the environment to 5.1 or can I just apply a 5.1 licence to my...
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Recovering accidental deleted VM's in ESX4.0
Hi, I accidently deleted a VM (centos) in ESX-4.0 and was not able to recover the data on the same. Could any one please help on this. ESX server was configured with RAID-1 (DISK MIRRORING) which is a...
View Articleesx server "freezes"
I have an esx 4.0 server that "freezes" randomly.When I look at performance I can see blank gaps in all the "switch to" areas. Don't see any errors or warnings. Server Hp dl 380 g62 5520 procs 48gb ram...
View ArticleMounting NAS device onto ESXi 5.1 host/copy VMs
Hi, I want to do two general things: 1. NFS-mount a newly purchased (and formatted) NAS backup device (ex. IP 192.168.1.10) onto an ESXi 5.1 host (ex IP 192.168.1.5).2. Copy powered-down VMs (by host...
View ArticleEmulex - Multichannel NIC question.
Hi All I'm in the process of setting up new ESXi blade servers with a dual port 10Gb Emulex card capable of multichannel (effectively making 8 virtual NICS). Now when I enable multi-channel 8 vNICS...
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