vExpert: Dennis Zimmer
This document is a detail page for the VMware vExpert Directory.Expert InformationNameDennis ZimmerLocationWienAustriaShort Description15+ year IT professional, specializing in automation,...
View ArticleSAN Information Needed
Hey everyone, I need help outputting the following information in a csv. Hostname,Datastore NameLUN/Canonical NamePath State (Active/Dead)
View ArticleSCSI Unmap Tool to reclaim Thin provision space
Hi Community,I just wanted to share a powercli tool I wrote to reclaim space on thin provisioned luns. You can get it and read about it here: DaWolf VCP: SCSI Unmap Tool for ESXi5.0 / ESXi5.1 .
View ArticleBest Practice to troubleshoot if facing problem with Single VM.
Dear Team, On one ESX host If i m facing problem with one VM other VMs are running VM, what will be troubleshooting steps regardsMr VMware
View ArticlevCloud Director - Web console is blank without any content
Installed vCloud Director on a physical machine (CentOS 6.3 x64 bit). Installation went smooth without any error and vmware-vcd service is up and running. we used 2 separate NIC cards, one for HTTP and...
View ArticleTech preview module configuration fails on Fedora 19 host /...
I have an Asus laptop (Intel Sandy Bridge i5 CPU) running Fedora 19. The tech preview installed successfully, but the module configuration step fails. I ran "vmware-modconfig --console --install-all"...
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New Open Source Download: Browser-based Schema Management for Pivotal SQLFire
Pivotal SQLFire now have an open source schema management tool which runs from a browser as detailed below. Would like feedback on those that wish to test it out. Will only work with SQLFire 1.1...
View Articlevcenter license query
Dear team, wqe are planning to install new vcenter server software just want to know we have vcenter server 4 standard license , will this license wil work on new vcenter server 5.. plz help regardsMr...
View Articlehow to fetch FRU details ?
Hi, Is there any way to get the FRU details using CIM SDK or any other ways ? tried OMC_FRU but looks like that class is not implemented. Any help would be appreciated. thanks,Aravinda
View ArticleVDP Now uses constant bandwidth even during blackout period
The initial issues I've had with VDP forced me to start fresh and make a completely new guest. I deployed an ova for the .5TB VM. I installed it to an NFS datastore. It all installed fine and is...
View ArticleVMTools issue with ESXi5.0 upgrade 2
I have an issue that I can't figure out. I have installed the VMtools onto Windows 7 computers and when I connect with RDP they seem to eventually lose their connection. Upon looking at the status of...
View ArticleHorizon 1.5 change FQDN
When going through the initial setup wizard and entering the FQDN I am getting "Invalid IDP host/port". When I click on detail message says "Error when updating Connector with Federation IDP URL". I...
View ArticleWeird Networking problem with Windows 2008 R2 VMs
I am not 100% sure this is VMware related, but I am having this weird networking problem with my 2008 R2 VMs. On VMs with a static IP, about every 2nd or 3rd time I reboot them, they come up with no...
View ArticleIMPORTANT - Hands-on Labs Life Cycle / Content Strategy
Folks, Just wanted to make sure everyone is aware of our content strategy and how we plan on handling labs that are nearing end of cycle - we are doing this to keep our catalog fresh and tidy - if you...
View ArticleHow to script changing IP and hostname on 600 Windows 2008 R2 (64bit) VM's
I have 600 VM's that I am currently cloning. Once the clone process is completed I need to assign each server a unique IP and Hostname. What is the best way to do this? Server names are like,...
View ArticleEOALPHABETICARABICARABICABJADARABICALPHABAHTTEXTCAPSCARDTEXTCHARFORMATCHI
Hi GuysWe have two sites now that have recently converted to ESXi 5.0. Everything appears to be running sweet as apart from one annoying intermittent niggle. When the users go to save or print a...
View Articleadding 100GD D drive to 50vms
How do I add a second Disk (100GB) to 50VMs and change the cdrom letter from D to E and set the new drive letter to D? Can this be done with one script?
View ArticleCouldn't deploy vSphere Replication OVF
Hi,I'm trying to deploy VMware-vSphere_Replication-5.1.0.1-885064.ova. I can select local file source and I can review details and accept EULAs. I can select name and folder. But after selecting...
View ArticleImprovement Suggestion: Suspend VMs Automatically On Host Log-off/Shut-down
When logging of or shutting down the host OS (Windows), VMware Workstation should automatically suspend all running VMs (incl. VMs running in the background) immediately. Currently on Windows 7...
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