How many VM's can a vswitch handle?
Hi everyone, I'm currently studying for the VCP. I've come across a question that I can't find the answer to. What is the maximum number of VM's you can place on a vswitch? All VM's require...
View Articleneed training / exam advice
I have 30 credits towards training. I've noticed there are many courses, where only one is needed to write the exam. By looking at the course descriptions they look like some are more for new users...
View ArticleVMWare 5.0.3 not working on CLEAN install of OS X Mavericks DP1...
Hi Team, I have installed a clean (non upgrade) version of OS X 10.9 DP1 and for me VMWare is not working, I receive the following error.. "VMware Fusion cannot connect to the virtual machine.""Make...
View ArticleVMware Newsletter 5.20
From the editors Virtual DeskHi everyone, this week we have a really interesting featured article on security which is something I think that has been at the top of many CEO and corporations minds...
View ArticleDataBrowser in 7.0.1 on Mac - can it be done?
Is there anyway of running DataBrowser on Mac OSX 10.7, even if unofficial? If not, why not?
View Articleafter upgrading view to 5.2 , linked clones pool fail to provision desktops
Hi allI hope someone has an idea,i was running 5.1.1 environment including composer, and deployment was working with no issues.After upgrading to 5.2 (including composer) and the agents on the parent...
View ArticleCan/Should you store old snapshots in a different location or at all?
My question is whether I can or should store old snapshots? And if so do I have to keep them with the latest snapshot or can they be stored in a different location?
View ArticleUpgrade to 5.1 Web Client loose vCenter Server
Hi, I have to upgrade vCenter from 5.0 to 5.1. Before upgrade the production enroment we decide to make a test.here the scenario:vCenter 5.0.0 455964 with Update Manager and Web Client installed2 ESXi...
View ArticleHost nicht verbunden
Hallo Zusammen, in unregelmäßigen Abständen, erhalte ich eine Meldung ( über vCenter ) "Host nicht verbunden". Die Maschinen auf diesen Host laufen aber weiter. Erst bei Neustart kommen sie nicht hoch...
View ArticleNexus 1000v iscsi multipath not working for two hosts.
It seems only one host can connect to my iscsi storage when using iscsi port binding (multipath). When I don't use port bindings, both hosts can see the storage. ie right click iscsi initiator...
View Articlewhat's the command to conduct an upgrade from esx4.1 to esxi5.1?
Basically, I copied 5.1 U1 ISO file to the host's /tmp folder, and renamed it to v51.iso. the host is running ESX4.1. I then mounted the ISO file to /mnt/cdrom successfully. I can go...
View ArticleGenerating certificates for use with the VMware SSL Certificate Automation Tool
Hi,I am trying to use SSL certificate automation tool. Our vCenter Server is configured in Heartbeat mode. When I am trying to generate certificate signing request (CSR) for Single sing-on (SSO), 1st...
View ArticlevCloud to vCloud Migration
I think I know the default answer to this, but I am looking/hopeful for a "none-traditional" method of migration roughly 100 VMs from one running vCD instance to another. Is there a better way to do...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 STIG (Security hardening)
I performed security hardening on an ESXi 5 host (test area), and I cannot figure out what portion of it is completing stopping the ESXi shell service to keep stopping. Lockdown mode is not enabled,...
View ArticleSet LVM/EnableResignature = 1 with PowerCLI on ESX 4.1
Hello, because the way the handling of Snapshot LUNs has changed dramatically in ESX/ESXi 4.x we are looking in a way to set the LVM/EnableResignature parameter to 1 on our hosts through a script. We...
View ArticleCannot add VMFS datastore to ESXi host
Hello all, I have an issue with 1 FC LUN that can be seen as a device through multiple paths on all 10 hosts in a cluster but it only appear as a VMFS datastore on 6 of the hosts. Other LUNs from the...
View ArticleSerious USB 3.0 Issue on VMware Fusion 5
Hi Guys! I'm new here & below are my problem. USB 3.0 external hard drive is not able to discover on 64 bit window 7 Ultimate Edition.However the same device can be found easily without struggling...
View ArticleAll users disconnect simultaneously
We are setting up our View 5.2 system this week. We are using windows 7 x64 Enterprise. We only have about people on the system right now, but all are experiencing the same issue. Randomly all will...
View ArticleImport Log Files?
I saw in the Log Insight user guide that it was possible to manually import log files for analysis. I can not find this in the UI. Anybody find a way to do this?
View ArticleDownload VMware vCenter Log Insight 1.0 Beta (v0.9.1)
Download the Log Insight 1.0 Beta (v0.9.1) Virtual ApplianceRequires a "My VMware" accountNote: some browsers will change the extension of the downloaded file from .ova to .ovf, please change it back...
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