Vmware Autodeploy with host profile not work
HI All, Im preparing VDCA 510 and I'd like to ask about the Auto Deploy with host profile. My lab consist of two ESXi servers version 5.0 and vCenter x 1. The syslog server, network core dump service...
View ArticleVmtools and ThinPrint
We are experiencing issues with ThinPrint on VM s. Whenever VMTools is updated, ThinPrint fails. Anyone seen ths?
View ArticleSQL Server 22001 error
Good evening,We are seeing the following message in the server.log, using VCO 5.1.1 : 2013-07-02 18:10:21.508-0400 DEBUG [ServerObject] --Generating Event in Database !2013-07-02 18:10:21.512-0400 WARN...
View ArticleFailed VCP5 exam today :(
Hello VMware Community So I came back from taking the test today depressed as I failed miserably 223 points out of 500,which obviously 300 is passing. Here is my background. I took the ICM course, i...
View Articlevmrun quits after logout even when run as root
I'm trying to have a headless VM always running. Right now I run the following command as root using launchd: /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmrun -T fusion start vmname nogui This...
View ArticleSlow Network throughput with Guest windows OS
hello i want to start off and say i am new to esxi enviroment and built a white box at home to get some experience virtulazition. everything works flawlessly but the only problem is when i do network...
View ArticleVMWare 5.0.3 build 1040386 with Windows 8.1 Preview
HiAnyone have try windows 8.1 preview on Fusion 5.0.3, I have display issue after install windows 8.1 preview, it does not utilize the whole screen, not matter what resolution I set on the window. Any...
View ArticleDragon Naturally Speaking with View 4.5 Win7 desktop?
Has anyone tried this? even in XP or Vista? I've had a request to try this and my experimenting time is limited
View ArticleHow to find the storage of a VM in Cloud director
Hi All, When I use the below command Get-CIVM -OrgVdc "MyOrgVDC1", it lists all the VMs under the Organization VDC. And for each VM it gives the vCPU and Memory details. I also want the storage of the...
View ArticleESX Hosts PSOD (Unable to find correlating events via Log Insight)
We have several ESXi 5.0 Hosts that are unexpectedly rebooting (PSOD) and would like to use Log Insight to quickly gauge how rampant this is across the fleet and frequency of occurence. Unfortunately...
View ArticleMigrating vCenter Server 5.1 database - Oracle to SQL
Our vCenter server's Oracle database was growing at an alarming rate, and it was causing vSphere connections to crash intermittently. I found this to be very annoying and since I'm more of a SQL guy...
View ArticleWhat is the problem with CA Applogic?
We have discussions about the CA Applogic solution.This supports the vmware and xen hypervisor.CA Applogic Cloud Platform - YouTube From my perspective this is an old fashion solution!It uses...
View ArticleAssigning IPs to each VM Ubuntu using VMWare EXSi 5, with vSphere Client.
Have a dedicated server running EXSi5 and 10 VM Ubuntu 12.04 LTS systems. I'm having trouble however attaching each one's specific IP. I want to use each one, some for family, work etc with remote...
View ArticleMoving VM from ESXi to ESX
We are looking at moving a VM machine from ESXi to ESX is there any problems with copying & pasting the VM folder over to ESX? (Eg. Are the vm images from ESXi compatible with ESX)
View ArticleRecovering a lost partition on VMFS-5 volume with GPT
I have unmounted and deleted partition from ESXi 5 and tried every recovery option. I am referring these few similar articles and would like to know if Recovering a lost partition table on a VMFS-5...
View ArticleHA Cluster Shutdown Issue
Ran into a new issue today. Was trying to make some wiring changes to our network cards on our VSphere servers. We have two VSphere 4.1 servers, each have 6 NICs, with 3 virtual Switches, with 2 NICs...
View ArticleVCP Certification without vmware background
Dear all, I have no vmware background, but I have been told many times that this is the field to get into. I feel like getting a certification will be the best start point. Could any one suggest the...
View Articleesxi 5.1 stops with purple screen
host works for 6 month without any errors, but a week ago there was purple screen, and it repeats for some times, any ideas ?
View ArticleAlerts not auto clearing
To the best of my knowledge, you can acknowledge faults but alerts should auto clear when the pertaining alert has been resolved. I'm trying to go through and clear out old alerts in my environment so...
View Articleesxi 5.1 nested configuration.
Hello guys, I'm planning on buying the following server for self home lab : HP 380 G6 with 72 gb of ram x2 X5570 and a P410i 512MB controller. 1) Will I be able to run multiple nested virtual ESXi's...
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