VCP Book: Kindle or Hardcover?
Hello everyone, I am finally going for my VCP. I have been working in VMware since GSX days, time to just bite the bullet and get the cert. Question on the books. I am most likely going to get the...
View ArticleNew !! Open unofficial storage performance thread
Hello everybody, the old thread seems to be sooooo looooong - therefore I decided (after a discussion with our moderator oreeh - thanks Oliver -) to start a new thread here. Oliver will make a few...
View ArticleUpgrade vCenter 4.1 to vCenter 5.1
Hi everyone.... I have 5 ESX 4.1 server with vCEnter 4.1 and i want to migrate to ESXi 5.1. I have approximatively 100 virtual machines. For the Esx 4.1 server, i will probably reinstall from scratch...
View ArticleEvent Logs vs. Syslogs
Under Event Configuration, there is a spot to setup an event database and a spot to setup syslogging.What is the difference? I am thinking that having the syslog server setup would be better?
View ArticleAdding VMHostAccount to built-in Administrator role
I need to create a service account at the ESXi host level and assign it permissions with the built-in Administrator role. Creating the accounts was a breeze. Assigning it to the role is proving to be...
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pagefile... ou pas ?
Bonjour a tous, Je viens fraîchement de monter une infrastructure dans un environnement Vsphere 5.0. Les serveurs tournent tous sur du 2008 R2 edition Entreprise.J'y ai monté une ferme citrix au...
View ArticleSite Recovery Manager - unable to pair vcenters
I have 2 vcenters which I am trying to pair using Site Recovery Manager. On the primary when I click the configure link and enter the ip address of the recovery vcenter i keep getting an error message:...
View ArticleGuest/Host Copy/Paste unreliable if full screen guest is minimized
I have multiples VMs running full screen on primary monitor. Inside a guest I copy a file to the clipboard. I then minimize the whole VM window from the top flydown bar. I then browse to a host...
View ArticleIssues After Upgrade
Not exactly sure what went wrong but I recently upgraded my VM environment from ESXi 5.0 - 5.1.1 along with vcenter. Now I'm getting an error in View "Cannot connect to vcenter server because the...
View ArticleHierarchy of native clones of file name.vmdk is too deep
I am just kicking the tires on this new 5.1.2 environment and doing some testing to get it up and running, but I am seeing some really odd storage related issues while trying to do some basic tasks in...
View ArticleTrying to Login into vCD 5.1 through SSO
Hi,I am trying to login into vCD 5.1 through SSO programatically, by SSOLogin.java sample code provided in vCloud API samples SDK. But, I am getting a "500 - No Error Report" exception on the...
View ArticleError 29126. Second install in multisite SSO install
I'm trying to install SSO in a second site after successfully installing in a new site. After selecting the multi-site option and following all the normal options it error's right at the end with...
View ArticleTarget VM shuts down after successful P2V
I am having a problem with a Windows 2000 sp4 machine which has been P2V. The process seemed to go fine and boots up, the problem is it only stays on for about 15 seconds before it does a self...
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Beginner setup
Hi I am fairly new to configuring ESX from the bottom - I have worked with preconfigured ESX-hosts for a couple of years. I have a few questions about configuring the network-cards.I think its best if...
View ArticleGetting this error during the build step: Failed to communicate with VI server
Hopefully someone has some insight as to what may be causing this. Our VMware Administrator has given my Windows domain account the permissions listed in the Developer's Guide. However I've been unable...
View ArticleVSphere Client Install Issues
Hi appologies if this is not in the correct forum. I am trying to install VSphere Client 4.1 on my machine which is running Windows 7 Pro 32bit, it gets part way through the installation process and...
View ArticleSRM & Managed Object References Between vCenter Server Instances
Does the Managed Object Reference for objects migrated via SRM remain the same from vCenter Server to vCenter Server instance? If the MOR changes, how is SRM maintaining which object relates to which...
View ArticleVMWare Tools devices tab gone?
I upgraded from Workstation 7 to 9. I've noticed the new VMWare Tools in the guest windows vm no longer have a devices tab. Is it still possible to list or see available usb host devices in the guest,...
View ArticleHow to configure Dell Cachecade for ESXi
What's the procedure to configure Dell Cachecade for use with ESXi 5.1? (assuming its supported) I have a Dell 620 with 6 SAS drives and a 200Gb SSD - how can I configure it to boost IO of the VMs...
View ArticleVMware Factory Hosing up one of my hosts
Anyone having an issue loading this on 5.1? As soon as I try to load this up and try a workload to create a windows 7 vm, I get and error message within vcenter saying "Database temporarily unavailable...
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