NFS Datastore unavailable
Hey all, I'm trying to find out why when the server running our NFS data store goes through a reboot or goes unavailable for any reason our ESX host data store disconnect and will never reconnect. The...
View ArticleHow to access VM disk
I have created a snapshot and its name is in the form of RHEL6x64bit-000009.vmdk. I am able to access the disk when it is powered off. But i am not able to access the snapshot file when the VM is...
View ArticleHow is the 'LowFreeThreshold' counter calculated?
Hi I assume that the LowFreeThreshold value is determined by using the 'MemMinFreePct' setting, because both values are about the threshold at which memory reclamation techniques as ballooning,...
View ArticleADM V7 Oracle
Can you use Oracle 11g Express addition for the external database or does it have to be the full Oracle 11g R2 version?
View ArticleConsulta sobre Virtual Socket y Cores per Socket
Estoy instalando DOS VM en un server Proliant DL320e y al momento de ir al sector de las CPU me da la opciones de elegir la cantidad de Virtual Socket y de Cores per Socket pero no tengo claro como...
View Articleupdate manager plugin hangs vcenter on VMs and Templates view
We are running the latest vcenter and update manager (5.1). Any time I try to go to the VMs and Templates view in vcenter, my viclient hangs. But ONLY if I have the update manager plugin installed....
View ArticleHP Offline Bundle on U3?
I am running ESXi 4.1 U3. I want to install ESXi Offline Bundle for VMware ESXi 4.1 U2 (American, International) as there does not seem to be a version for U3. The instructions say to install it on...
View ArticleService syslog
How do you restart the service syslog thru a putty session or threw other means.
View ArticleVM Stops Communicating on Network after Snapshot
Hello All, I am hoping you can shed some light on an issue we encountered today. We run on a NetApp SAN and use a NetApp backup application called Virtual Storage Console for backups. This tool...
View ArticlePowercli find phatom snapshots
Hi We are running into an issue with phantom snapshots on are data stores. I can search for delta files in the vmfs\volumes directory and find numerous delta files but it is not reflected if I do a...
View ArticleGet-NicTeamingPolicy not working
When I attempt to use either of the following commands I get an error. What am I missing? Get-VirtualPortGroup -name PGNAME | Get-NicTeamingPolicy Get-NicTeamingPolicy : The input object cannot be...
View ArticleSwitch statement and hash table
All,I had a question in regards to the switch statement and hash tables. I know with a switch statement you can do an array like so$a = 21, 38, 6switch ($a){ 1 {"The color is red."}2 {"The color is...
View ArticleFails at 1% with error "FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion:...
I'm trying to convert a physical Windows Server 2003 SP2 Web Edition with the converter (v 5.1) and every time it fails with the error " FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion:...
View Articleshow process id for UDP socket in esxi 4.1
How do you find out which process is using a UDP port in ESXI 4.1 ? 3 of my ESXi 4.1.0 (260247) servers are sending UDP traffic to 50.17.133.11 (ec2-50-17-133-11.compute-1.amazonaws.com), destination...
View ArticleRemove an adapter from a vSwitch via PowerCLI
Hello community! I've been working on a script to remove an adapter from a vSwitch, but Remove-NetworkAdapter, Remove-VDSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter and Remove-VMHostNetworkAdapterdon't seem to work...
View ArticleAnother licensing question
Currently running vSphere 5.0 with Enterprise licenses on my ESXi hosts. To take advantage of the licensing changes with regard to max vCPU per VM going from a limit of 8 to 32 w/ Enterprise am I...
View ArticleHP Offline Bundle on U3?
I am running ESXi 4.1 U3. I want to install ESXi Offline Bundle for VMware ESXi 4.1 U2 (American, International) as there does not seem to be a version for U3. The instructions say to install it on...
View ArticleWhere is upgrade ISO for vSphere Data Protection 5.1.11?
This URL says that a new version was released:vSphere Data Protection 5.1.11 Release Notes I went to downloads and the only upgrade I see says this: VMwareVDPUpgradeFrom61To-6.1.82-57.iso File size:...
View Articlecannot connect to profile-driven storage service
Hello, I want to test the profile-driven storage features, but I'm stuck in the beginning... I was able to enable VM storage profiles for my cluster. Ever since then, when I open the vi client and log...
View ArticleVM presence on multiple vlan question
I am trying to have a VM with a presence on multiple vlans. This is a temporary situation that will be resolved once the needed switch actually arrives. Unfortunately that will be several weeks. I...
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