Restored vm boot problem
Hi, I upgraded our Esxi 4.1 hosts to 5.1. First I backed up virtual machines using ghettovcb script, then installed esxi 5.1 and then restored virtual machines. Problem is that I cannot boot few of...
View ArticlevCD IMPORT Guidance - OVF
Hi >> Does anyone know if there is a KB or whitepaper on IMPORT guidance with respect to the the content of the .vmx => OVF parameters ?i.e. either an edit of the .vmx file or some options in...
View ArticleWin 8: Automatic repair couldn't repair your PC - What to do?
I have VMWare Fusion running on a Mac Book Air. Installed Win8 fine. An install of Visual Studio hanged and I had to reboot Win 8, After the reboot, I can't get Win 8 to start, it says that the...
View ArticleWhat features lost in View 5.2 if your don't have vSphere 5.2
Hello, We currently have View 5.0 running on vcenter/vSphere 4.1. We were looking to upgrade to View 5.2. In the View 5.2 reviewers document it recommends you have the latest vSphere 5.1 Update 1 to...
View ArticleWill upgrading vsphere 4.1 to 5.1 cause any View headaches?
Hello, I have vSphere 4.1 and VM View 5.0 I wanted to upgrade to vSphere 5.1 and at some later date upgrade to View 5.2.If I upgrade to vSphere 5.1 from 4.1 will VM View stop working in any way or any...
View ArticleInternal Error?
Hi, I can't complete any tasks now. Keep getting this error. Anyone else having this issue?elgreco81
View Articlevcp5-cloud or desktop?
i passed the vcp5-dcv last year.do you think it is easier to add vcp5-cloud or desktop to my certifications?thanks.
View ArticleDeleting consolidated snapshots, running out of space on host
I am currently deleting consolidate snapshots on a host, however as time goes on, and its been going on almost 2hrs now, free space is dropping on my host. I a currently just at over 68GB of free space...
View ArticleTime synchronization issue vCenter
hi guys vCenter Appliance 5.1 build 880146the thing is I was having issues among two vmware apps, Vmware Data protection was not able to log in since time sync issues. After checking I found my vCenter...
View ArticleTime Sync Issue with Data Protection Appliance
Hello, I installed vDP in lab environment to test the product. Everything was working well for few days. Since Saturday, I am facing with this error “the most common cause for this error is that the...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 - Health Status Unknown
Upgraded an Intel S5520HC Serverboard based system from ESXi 5.0 U1 to 5.1. Configuration; Hardware; Health Status from vSphere Client in 5.0 U1 always showed data - typically "Normal". Using vSphere...
View ArticleERROR: Failed to execute processSetup for the Setup : Failed to execute...
I got following error while running tests on Workbench 2.1 with 5.0 SAS Certificaiton: 2.0.0-810278. The tests are running OK on Workbench 2.1 with 5.0 SAS Certificaiton: 2.0.0-470301. Any idea why it...
View Articlewhat is the difference between web client and web access
Hi every onecan anyone tell about what is the difference between web client and web access. I am using ESXi 5.1 and ran web client on my vcenter but still thinking of difference between web client and...
View ArticleVirtual to Physical migration of a VM
Hi , I have a scenario where i want to migrate a mount point on the virtual machine which is carved out from a Data store and data store is created from storage LUN.Please suggest me which API do i...
View ArticleNeed a script for audit purpose
1) here are some of the events for user account created,deleted or updated. Need a script for the below.AccountCreatedEventAccountRemovedEventAccountUpdatedEvent
View ArticleAlarm action keeps repeating even when the alarm is no longer triggered
Hello,We have an alarm action set to "send a notification trap" and it is set to repeat every five minutes. I am wondering why it continues to be sent even after the condition triggering the alarm has...
View Articlechanging vm storage drs automation level
As per http://communities.vmware.com/message/2172311#2172311 I'm using LucD's method, to extract a list of vm's that have vm's turned on function Get-StoragePod{<#.SYNOPSIS Find a...
View ArticleStorage Report Help
Hello all, I am fairly new to using PowerCLI and I am attempting to make a report that would show a datastore and all the VMs on it, the host they are on and the space used in GB and percent. Maybe in...
View Articlesvmotion script wait-task error
I'm trying to get a script to work that will svmotion all machines listed in folder to a new datastore cluster and new host (which are in a separate cluster) once the migration is completed, power on...
View Article5.1 Upgrade Before VM Hardware 8?
Hi All, I have a customer on vSphere 5.0 Update 1. The tools have been updated to the latest version in 5.0 update 1, but 95% of the VMs are on hardware version 7. I would like to upgrade them to...
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