Guest issue on ESXi 4
Hey all.. looking for some assistance. Client has a physical server with just one SBS 2008 VM. We replaced a failed drive in a local RAID5 (the only storage) which went fine. About two hours later we...
View ArticlevmWare 4.1.0 doesn't see Intel ET2 Quad Nic
I have an Essentials 4.1.0 ESXi installation runing on an Intel S5500BC server. I installed an Intel ET2 quad Gig nic and it is not showing up. I initially tested the nic in a similar chassie and it...
View ArticleIs anyone satisfied with Fusion 5 and their Retina screen
Bought a 15" MBPro Retina and Fusion 5 last autumn and I've never been happy with the rendering in Fusion 5. Does it work for you and what settings do you have? - Mac is OS X 10.8.4, running Fusion...
View ArticleEsxi 5.1 - Exchange 2007 - Memory Page File and CPU allocation
I am currently migrating a current Exchange 2007 SCC Cluster running on 2003 over to vmware running windows 2008. It is also a SCC Cluster. I have followed all the vmware and MS best practices, but...
View ArticleVMWare Fusion Tech Preview 2013 - VM's don't switch to full screen mode when...
Hi guys, I understand the tech preview of VMWare Fusion 6 was released prior to Mavericks being announced, but thought I'd post about this issue I'm experiencing with the preview (as well as Fusion...
View ArticleSRM and SDRS - initial placement only
Hi all, I am well aware that SRM does not support SDRS as it makes use of svmotion. I was wondering if any of you actually use SRM and datastore clusters but only enable initial placement on the...
View ArticleVMware vSphere 5.5
こんばんは。 標記の件ですが、VMware vSphere 5.5。 もう、２日前ですが、以下に発表ありましたね。 https://www.vmware.com/jp/company/news/releases/vmw-sddc-082613.htmlリリースは、第３四半期らしい。何で、VMware vSphere 6.0 とかではないのでしょう？？ VMware NSX...
View ArticleConstantly having to consolidate virtual machine disk?
I am having an issue whereby multiple vm's across several ESXi 5.1 hosts are requiring virtual machine disk consolidation. I perform 'snapshot consolidation' and it completes after a few seconds, then...
View ArticleRegarding max hosts supported on Vcenter Virtual Appliance 5.0
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r50/vsphere-50-configuration-maximums.pdfThe config maximum guide states that vsphere 5.0 supports 1000 hosts per VC. Is the same applicable for the virtual appliance...
View ArticlevCenter Orchestrator & PowerCLI
Hi, Many at my company are very enthusiastic about vCO. The hope is we can avoid using PowerCLI and just use vCO. I do not think that is realistic. Am I wrong? Is vCO meant to do everything one can...
View ArticleWhere is document how to make Vmware HA environment ?
Where is document how to make Vmware HA environment ?
View ArticleSRM Query
We have SRM configured in our vSphere 5 enviorment. ABC is primary site and XYZ is recovery site. There is one VM named "sap11" which is created in ABC site and replication is configured. Now, I can...
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Help with install ESXi 5.1 with SSO
So I am setting up a testlab and have used a combination of the guides in the links below. Installing ESXi seems very simple and it goes through without a hitch. I have successfully logged into...
View ArticleSuccess With Cloning Win2k8r2 With Oracle Installed?
Hi, I'm trying to clone some windows boxes that have Oracle 11g pre-installed on them. Has anyone had any problems doing that? My scripts work fine for guests that are plain win2k8r2. Dunno what...
View ArticleUnable to view VCenter
Hi All, I have successfully upgraded the VCenter 4.1 into 5.1 Update 1b by using Simple install, however according to this KB Article: VMware vSphere 5.1I need to test the access into the Inventory...
View ArticleIssues with VMware VMIA after upgrading Vcentre from 5.0 to 5.1
After a upgrade from Vcentre 5.0 to 5.1 we are now unable to get the VMIA server to talk to the management server. I get the error message below. Any Assistance in this issue would be greatly...
View Articleadd action to the root node of the object collection in vcenter web client sdk
Hi ,I referred to the sample Chassis-ui plugin of vCenter web client SDK 5.1 .I want to add actions like 'create chassis' on the root of the object Collection,not on the object 'chassis ' itself.My...
View ArticlePort forwarding in vmware workstation 9 (how to forward all traffic to one VM)
Looking here: Advanced NAT Configuration I can see how to forward ports through vmware's NAT service to a particular host, but my question is how can I forward ALL traffic to a host? I haven't found...
View ArticleVCP Certification Email Confirmation Not Received
Hi, I have wrote the VCP5-DCV exam on July 20th 2013 and score 460/500 but still haven't received the confirmation email.If i ask them they say have some problem in uploading the certificate,...
View ArticleHow to disable IPMI
Hi all. Still very new with esxi. tryng to figure out what I'm doing but I'm liking what I'm seeing so far except one. Apparently my SuperMicro Mobo can't run ESXI if my IPMI is enabled. So I have...
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