Reset NTP Service on all hosts
Hi all. I've been in IT for almost thirty years, and people are always telling me I should learn "language X." They tell me it will save me time and aggrivation. Of course, the latest is Powershell,...
View ArticleCreation of Edge gateway failed in VCD 5.1
Hello,I have the following configuration:VCD 5.1.1VSM 5.1.1Vcenter 5.0 update 1ESXi 5.0 update1 When trying to create an Edge gateway in the VCD GUI, I got the following error: Deployment of edge...
View ArticleWindows License Query
What are steps to licensed an ESXi 5 Host with Windows Server Enterprise edition or Datacenter Edition. Like where we have to put that license key so that i can create unlimited windows vm if i have...
View ArticleSRM 5.1 configuration
Hi all, I am currently trying to upgrade my SRM 4.1 environment to SRM 5.1. My question is the following. Can SRM 5.1 work on a mix environment? I was able to work with a mix environment of ESX 3.5 and...
View ArticleSeparate vCenter for vCloud director infrastructure?
My vCloud Director experience is limited to labs and sessions at VMworld. In of the sessions, a VMworld employee stated that you need at least two vCenters. One vCenter would contain all the hosts...
View ArticleHardware Compatiblity Guide for Workstations?
I have a client who needs a server operating system for an application. I don't think he needs an $1,800 server. A high quality workstation that supports ESXi will do fine.Can someone tell me where the...
View ArticlevCentre Hosts events every few seconds - user root@127.0.0.1 logged in as
hi - i have recently upgraded my DL360 Gen8 hardware to ESXi 5.1. Update 1. Every 60 seconds i now get the following Events logged in vCentre ... user root@127.0.01 logged in asuser root@ logged out I...
View ArticleMulti-Sites VMs backup solutions ?
Hello i am currently running 7 ESXi host 4.1 -5.1 servers in 7 diffenrent cities. Each host contain 4-5 VM. They are connected togheter in vCenter appliance 5.1 in one of the location using NAT with...
View ArticleTerminate Idle VI Client Sessions with PowerCLI Script
Hello PowerCLI gurus I've been looking on the net for a PowerCLI script that would terminate all VI client sessions that have been idle for x period of time. I've found a post on VMware forums...
View Articlecannot connect to vcenter
When I open up powercli, I cannot connect to the vcenter. It keeps coming back with a login box and when i enter my domain credentials, it says invalid username or password. username is valis and not...
View ArticleCloned DNS server issues
First let me preface this by saying I cloned our production DNS servers via clonezilla and restored that clone to a VM on our private network. Here's what I have and what I'm trying to accomplish.What...
View ArticleLinux Kernel 3.9-4 Guest-VMware Tools fails to install
Host Windows 8Guest Debian Sid VMware Tools fails (as it does in VMWare 9) with following error message: Creating a new initrd boot image for the kernel.update-initramfs: Generating...
View ArticleRHEL 8.0 kernel 2.4.18-14smp 3gb ram issue
Hi Everyone, A bit stumped here. We have a 32 bit OS, RHEL 8.0 kernel 2.4.18-14smp, stuck on 3gb total memory when I have allocated 5gb to the VM.Hearing that it's a VMware issue, then another guy says...
View ArticleDatastore size is smaller than virtual disk
Just deployed a fresh installation of ESXI 4.1 rev3 on a new Dell PE R520 server with 4 1gb disks configured in a single RAID5 array. When I log in with vSphere and go to Configuration>Storage it...
View ArticleData-va backup
Is there an easy way to backup the data from the data-va VM so we can take it offsite. We use IBMs TSM for our other backups and that goes to tape and then offsite. I don't suppose a TSM Linux client...
View ArticleVM autostartup with vsphere HA 5.1
Hi, My site have 2 ESXi5.1 host configured with HA cluster. The host and Virtual Machine shutdown is control by UPS when ever there is a power failure. The Auto startup / shutdown was disable when HA...
View Articletransport vmdb error 44
transport vmdb error 44 vmware authorisation service is not running
View ArticleVMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
I am using VMware ESXi and I am trying to setup a guest that is Windows 7 that will have an ATI Radeon video card passed through to it. I actually had this working on a previous system but I had to...
View ArticleNetworking best practice for 2 hosts with 4 nics
Whats the best practice for networking configuration with two Esxi 5 hosts, each with 4 nics.? Our storage will be SAS connected. We will need to have about 10-12 VMs. Our network is a flat network...
View ArticleIssues with Deploying a VM from template
I am having some issue deploying a VM from template with guest customization. I have not been able to find any answers on the web.Here is my setup: vSphere 5.1.0Build 1064983 1) Create a VM (WIN2K8R2)...
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