Re: Usage meter not recording after vCentre upgrade to 5.1
Tried various syntax's with the username. Domain\User was the one that finally worked. The existing credentials that were working previously just didn't work anymore. Neither did the User@Domain...
View ArticlevMotion stalls at 83% then times out
Two strange occurrences on a Sunday evening...I am never doing maintenance on a Sunday evening again...We have a cluster of 4 - HP BL 680c G7 blades. I am attempting to put hosts in maintenance mode...
View ArticleRe: Exporting VMWare Fusion Guest for Upload to Amazon EC2
If you need to export to OVF then in a Terminal use the following command: /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/VMware\ OVF\ Tool/ovftool --help
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ESXi 5.1 and Importing a Fusion VM
I am in the process of moving several VMs created in VMWare Fusion 5 into ESXi 5.1, which I just installed on a Mac Mini Server. I am able to connect just fine via the Windows application installed on...
View Articlevmware player dependency on hal, policykit, consolekit
Is there going to be a new version of vmware player which does not have dependencies on these deprecated or dropped packages? It seems that vmware player will not run on some modern linux...
View ArticleAdd/update a license key with powercli script - standalone host
Does anyone know how to add/update a license key with powercli script. I can do it OK with LicenseAssignmentManager when connected to vcenter server, but i can't do it when assigning a free license...
View ArticleRe: esxcli - module parameters in kickstart script do not apply
Slim likely-hood, but nevertheless:VMware KB: When running the ESXi 5.0 kickstart script, commands in %firstboot do not get executed
View Articlerunning web access service in vCLI
HiI need to run web access service for my ESXi 5.1 . I have downloaded and installed the VCLI as instructed in the link.now I have vCLI installed and I can access its command interface from start menu....
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Re: vmware player dependency on hal, policykit, consolekit
VMware tends to stay a bit behind the curve so to speak with the latest modern linux distributions/kernels however they do eventually include support as time goes by. For the officially supported ones...
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Looking for a best practices guide: complete cluster replacement
Hi, I've been tasked with commencing the complete replacement of our current ESXi 5.0 U2 hardware environment with a new cluster of servers running 5.1. Here are the basics: Currently HP Blade Server...
View ArticleSetup Windows 2008 R2 DHCP on virtual Network
Hello everyone, here is my question: I have a laptop with Windows 7 installed. Inside the laptop, I installed VMWare Workstation 6.5. Inside the VMWare, I installed 2 client PCs, Windows XP and Windows...
View ArticleKernel mode debugging using TCP?
Is it possible to debug ESX driver using TCP via workbench? If so, then how?
View ArticleRe: Moving Inventory Service to Another Server
You can remove Inventory service from vCenter server.Steps -1. prepare Temporary SSO server for Inventory service upgrade on current vcenter 5.0 server.2. Upgrade Inventory service (vCenter 5.0) to...
View ArticleRe: SLA Agreement Selection Priority: Is there any way of adding to the list...
A bit off topic but I just want to thank Pong's team for implementing rules builder into IPK Workflow and Workflow CBT rules. This isindeeda veryuseful feature.
View ArticleRe: Strange problems with one my ESXi 4.1 U1 servers
Looks like you are having storage issues, this will cause host to disconnect. Also note that what you see in DCUI need not necessarily mean that it is hung at that particular process, in my experience...
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Port forwarding inside of virtual network.
Hi to everyone! I'm glad to be in here - join to the most advanced communities - because, as I think virtual technologies are those technologies on which all other technologies will be based in the...
View ArticleRe: Upgrade vCenter Server 5.1
before upgrading vCenter 4.1 to 5.1, install VMware Single Sign On then Install/Upgrade vCenter Inventory service and then you can upgrade vCenter service and other services like update manager, web...
View ArticleRe: report for multiple vms that are created
Try something along these lines Function Create-HTMLTable { param([array]$Array) $arrHTML = $Array | ConvertTo-Html $arrHTML[-1] =...
View ArticleShortcut for Use All Displays
I'm working on dual screens, and I'd love to have a shortcut key or some easy way to turn one fullscreen display into two without having to hover the mouse over the top to show the menu bar and have to...
View ArticleRe: Frequent shutting down of VM in Windows.
I think I found the answer.1.Set the "Run this virtual machine as" option to as Local system account2. Set-up the start-up/ shutdown optionOn host startup:Power on virtual machineOn host shutdown:Power...
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