Update manger IP address issue
Hi all, I really hope someone can help here. We have 3 ESXi 5.1 hypervisor boxes. They are all external to our office location. They are located in 3 DC's.We run vcenter server on a box within our...
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Just an FYI... The .vmwarevm extension is by default hidden and from my experience most Users do not select the "Show all filename extensions" under Advanced Finder Preferences. So suggesting to look...
View ArticleRe: My win 7 directory suddenly lost.
To help figure out what is what, the best way to provide comprehensive diagnostic information is to use the "Collect Support Information" command from the VMware Fusion (menu bar)> Help > Collect...
View ArticleRe: how do i use the UM across more than one vlan/network?
thanks. I think that is where i was confused. I have dedicated management interfaces on my vswitches with no vm access. Looks like ill have to add in a vm port group to this switch to talk to our...
View ArticleRe: vCenter appliance 5.0 to 5.1 upgrade
vcenter appliance version 5.0.0 - 455964 to both 5.1.0.5200-880472 and 5.1.0.10100-1123965 Fails to migrate to either version, with the above error.
View ArticleRe: PSOD Error
This is fixed in a patch. Here is the KB explaining it. VMware KB: ESX/ESXi hosts fail with a purple diagnostic screen and report the error: #PF Exception(14)
View ArticleRe: Changing length of custom string
It's not necessary to restart the server in your case.I believe all you need is to parse query files (within VSM Server Console) and recycle VSM IIS application pool.
View ArticleRe: Reducing the amount of cores per VM
Check these blog which can help you. Too many vCPUs – a simple demonstration | Steve's Home LabAvoiding the Virtual CPU Dilemma – Overprovisioning vCPU to pCPU...
View ArticleRe: Need guidance on preparing for DCD5
How much overlap is Scott's book vs Trainsignal design training course? If they are different and you were to choose one, which would you choose and why?
View ArticleRe: how do i use the UM across more than one vlan/network?
That sounds about right. If vCenter is a virtual machine, I tend to find that most customers deploy usage meter very close it it (same management cluster). Not saying that it's a requirement, just a...
View ArticleRe: Windows View Client -nonInteractive flag doesn't work
The official word from VMWare: "The -nonInteractive option suppresses error message boxes when starting the View Client and would not suppress an error during a view session like a session time out...
View ArticleHow to transfer ESX 4.1 configuration into ESXi 5.1u1 ?
Hi people, How can you transfer the current production ESX 4.1u1 setting (Network, available datastore LUN, VLAN /VM label, Alarms and Folder permission) into the newly build ESXi 5.1u1 host ? because...
View ArticleRe: Building a Thin Client using Windows Thin PC
OK, give me a little time to strip out some of the site specific things and I'll throw up a link. Now that there is an official Linux client, my long term goal is to do something like the folks at...
View ArticleScript to Import VMs from Datastores
Is there a quick way to import all the VMs on a datastore into a vCenter? Some sort of browse for VMX files and import? Thanks,Boston Tech Guy
View ArticleRe: VSLATempyyyymmdd_xyzxyz is filling up C disk, possible to remove/delete?
It's the supportlink backup system. The backups took too long. When they task fails, Lab Manager doesn't clean them up very well (or at all). Use Management studio express to delete them. Then please...
View ArticleHow to maintain datastore availability after upgrading to ESXi 5.1 with new...
How can we maintain the access to the presented LUNs and the VMFS datastore after we upgrade the ESX into ESXi with new naming convention and new IP addressing scheme ? My back end SAN is EMC Clariion...
View ArticleLicensing Upgrade VMware vCenter Server 5 Foundation to vCenter Server 5...
I currently own "VMware vCenter Server 5 Foundation", matter of fact, renewed my license 6 months ago for a 3 year period. I am now very interested in upgrading to vCenter Server 5 Standard so that I...
View ArticleRe: vCenter Web Service Authentication Fails
Also, when I take a look at the logs in vCenter here is what I see: 2013-08-13T10:15:00.658-04:00 [03496 info 'Default' opID=8532b999] [Auth]: User INSEQ-LAB\svcESAM2013-08-13T10:15:00.658-04:00 [03496...
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