Removing SAN Connection
We have an older HP EVA powered off but still cabled to several ESX 4.0 hosts. We will not be using the EVA at this point and want to disconnect and remove the hardware.The hosts have been rebooted...
View ArticleI need to move a iSCSI volume
I need to move a iSCSI volume that is currently attached to a stand alone windows box to a virtual windows box? Can this be done without formatting? When I attach a new volume I get a format warning...
View ArticleLSI 9260 w Supermicro X9SCM
I recently rebuilt my ESXi 5 box with a new motherboard & cpu (Supermicro X9SCM). I moved my RAID card (LSI 9260-8i) from my old system, with virtual drives intact, directly to the new system. I'm...
View ArticleTaskFilterSpecRecursionOption self doesn't seem to work
I'm trying to run a TaskHistoryCollector and in the TaskFilterSpec I want to use the Entity property.I specify a MoRef to an entity and define the recursion as "self".This doesn't return any TaskInfo...
View ArticleHOL keeps sending me back to login screen
I can login and start a lab, the timer starts while it builds the environment then it sends me back to the login page. Anyone seen this? It just started happening this week.
View ArticleExperiencing Issues /w multiple vCO's accessing 1 vCD
Are there any intrinsic issues /w doing so? While there is usually no reason to have more than 1 vCO, we are trying to test a newer version of vCO while working on an older version... will this be an...
View ArticleVMWARE VIEW CLIENT 2.0 LINUX video performance on youtube
Hi, I was working with the vmware view client 1.7 for ubuntu linux very well. But when I updated to the last version 2.0 the video performance on youtube degraded a lot.I am using a hp t5565z thin...
View ArticleVcenter vs SAN metrics
First off, I am not having any problems right now, just deploying a new SAN and taking baselines. I'm noticing a bit of a discrepancy between what my SAN says and what Vmware says, primarily around...
View ArticleNew to VMware need help following CBT Nugget videos
I am trying to follow along with these videos to create a test environment in which to learn about and study for the VCP5 exam. I have installed the vcenter server on a Windows 2008 server as well as...
View ArticleMoving guest level spanned volumes to a different VM
In order to work around the 2TB virtual disk limitation, we have a 4.37 TB RAID array that's divided into 3 virtual disks and connected to a VM. Then at the OS level, we created a spanned volume across...
View ArticleHardware for small vmware view enterprise project 10 vDesktops
Good day everyone.I'm about to setup a small vmware view ENTERPRISE implementation for testing purposes.From what I´ve been reading this is what I think will work:One 2U Rack server (DELL, HP) 96 GB...
View ArticleHow to programmatically get the custom https port of vcenter server. This...
Hello My windows server has a vcenter server installation that does not use default https port (443). The https port is customized to 1443. So I believe I will need to specify 1443 as port in my...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client and Mac OS X
Hmm... with the release of 5.1, they seem to be encouraging everybody to move to the web client. But it seems that Mac OS X is still not supported. What's the plan to support Mac OS X? I really...
View ArticleMicrosoft 2012 Clustering Setup
Hi Everyone, We're working with a NetApp Filer and 10 ESXi Hosts (FlexPod). We wanted to know the best way to configure a cluster using Microsoft Server 2012.We have access to the OnCommand Management...
View ArticleDeployment of edge gateway failed in vcd5.1.2a
Deployment of edge gateway gedgegw failed.com.vmware.vcloud.fabric.nsm.error.VsmException: VSM response error (10105): Failed to publish configuration on vShield Edge. The requested object :...
View ArticlevExpert: Alastair Cooke
This document is a detail page for the VMware vExpert Directory.Expert InformationNameAlastair CookeLocationTaurangaNew ZealandShort DescriptionTrainer, Consultant and host of the APAC vBrownBag...
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how to enable predictive disk failure alerts
Hi, I have been using ESX servers with no internal storage.However, now I am trying to reuse an unused server with internal disk as extra host. The machine I am trying to use in a Dell R810 with PERC...
View Articleuninstall fusion problem
I am trying to install Fusion but I continue to get the error message 'VMware Fusion can't be installed on this disk. A newer version of the software is already installed on this disk.' I have...
View ArticleTrouble with populating the Get-VIEventPlus function into html code
Hi I'm using Luc's Get-VIEventPlus function but having trouble populating my html code: The function works great but what am I doing wrong that the data is not being populated into the html file? Code:...
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