Question about kickstart script for ESXi 5.1 installation
Hi, I want to install ESXi and to do so I am using a kickstart script. Everything goes well until the booting tries to read the variable: install --firstdisk=vmhba1:C0:T0:L0 --overwritevmfs I want to...
View ArticlevApp Script on vApp creation
Hi Community,Does anyone know if it is somehow possible to run a script within vCD (5.1.2) which will add certain firewall rules to the vApp Edge Gateway once it is created (Event Based script...
View ArticleMegaRAID storage manager Не видит сервер esxi 5.1
Всем привет, меня зовут Александр.Собран тестовый сервер для "посмотреть и изучить основные рюшечки ESXi". Сервер находится в условиях "домашней сети" на основе Mikrotik RB751G Конфиг сети стандартный...
View ArticleSNMP Configurations require vCenter?
I'm currently running vCenter on top of a Clustered pair of 2 ESXi 4.1.0u3 hosts. I configured the SNMP configurations is vCenter to point to our appropriate receiver.A couple of questions come to...
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ESXi 5.1 799733 PSOD sadface
So we have been running along just fine for months, then all of a sudden 2 of the hosts went PSOD yesterday. We restarted the hosts, and another PSOD happened today on one of them. Its been very...
View ArticleUnable to connect to ESX 4.1 Host
Bare with me. I have some experience using VMWARE but less on the hardware side of things. Someone else setup our environment so I am learning as I go here. I have a Dell blade chassis with 4...
View ArticleSend commands to a cisco switch using Powershell
Hello, I want to create VLANs on a Cisco switch using Powershell. What would be the best way? Thank you.
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Host Raid Controller Memory Cache Module Failed - HA Failed to Restart VMs...
ESXi 5.0u2The host p410i Raid controller memory cache module had failed. The host console became unresponsive(could not enable ssh or restart mgmt agents), turned (disconnected) state in vCenter, the...
View ArticleDisable DirectPath I/O SATA AHCI Controller
Good day, I have an issue with disabling the DirectPath I/O for my SATA AHCI Controller.On this forum I found an older post (http://communities.vmware.com/message/2012833) but unfortunately the steps I...
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Multi-display reverts to single after unlocking Win7 client
Had an issue today. Left Workstation running in multi-monitor mode across 3 displays. Came back after the client (Windows 7 64-bit) had locked the screen due to inactivity. When I entered my...
View Articlevsphere 5.1 jumbo frame with xp/windows 7
hi all, i'm testing jumbo frame with vsphere 5.1, on the red hat 5/6 and windows 2008 server, all good after turning on the jumbo frame from vmxnet3 driver (can ping each other with ping -s 9000...
View ArticleVM Workstation 9 Networking & Late Model Windows OSes (7, 2008 R2, 2012)
Hi all, New to posting here. Having a real issue with Late Model Windows OSes (like 7, 2008 R2, 2012) where I can NOT have more than two VM's with network connectivity. Meaning if I have two guests...
View ArticleESXi RDM and sata card
Hello ! two simple questions. I already have an esxi server at home that works well. I have another computer which is my NAS. I want to combine them, so I'm in the process of moving my NAS server to a...
View ArticleDeleting snapshots from all VM
Hi,I recently upgraded my vSphere 4.1 to 5.1 and used Update Manager to upgrade all VM to version9 and update the vmtools.I choose to perform a snapshot of the VMs before the updates and also choose a...
View ArticleStorage Cluster Question
Hi all, This might be a simple one... I have a SDRS cluster configured for vCloud and it's working well. I also have a group of non-clustered datastores also in use by the same vCloud instance. The...
View ArticleVM's resolving incorrect IP Address
Hello all, The issue I am having is this. I am running 2 windows7 VMs called Win732-Package & Win732-Capture, they are both linked clones and are using NAT(192.168.10.X) for the network...
View ArticleQuery vm name in vCenter
Hi, Does anybody know a faster way of querying the vCenter name of a vCloud vm than below? This works, however takes aprox 5 seconds. There must be a faster way..... vms = new Array(); MoRefs =...
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VMware Player 5.0.2 Does Not See Wireless Adapter
Hello guys, I am having a problem with VMware Player 5.0.2 build-1031769 (the same existed with older versions of VMware Player 5 but this is the one I currently have). The Player does not recognize my...
View ArticleOne VM how many slots?
Slots are calculated according to VM's Highest CPU and Memory Reservation not according to the allocated RAM and CPU. So if after the slots calculation a VM needs more resources then can HA assign more...
View ArticleWhy no USB 3 HDD win 8 Player 5
Successfuly installed Player 5 on win 7 x64 host. I then created a win 8 guest vm with latest tools added. OS seems to work ok, but... It gives me a message upon load that my LaCie 2TB Minimus USB 3...
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