Re: vCenter 5 installation error
I came across the error - The Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition installer returned error code '2226847745'.In this instance it was all my fault ; I was setting up a lab in VMware Workstation and...
View ArticleRe: Major performance issue on SAN.
Ohh wait! how things have changed during the weekend! so now I'm really confused. My write still sucks regardless but read is now worse than write! my write (Random) is at 50-70MB a sec and read is at...
View ArticleRe: Automatically pause all VMs when host goes to sleep?
Are the guests local or shared?
View ArticleSeparating VMDKs what are the draw backs?
We are redesiging our vSphere environment, there's disgussion about splitting VMDKs onto different LUNs of different tiers. I've been reading this is not a recommended practice. I've attempted to...
View Articledatabase connection has failed vm-sso-javalib.log
Trying to upgrade vcenter 4.0 to 5.1, trying to intsall signle sign on , created db and users using script, but getting error: database connection has failed vm-sso-javalib.log log have following...
View ArticleRe: Auto Deploy - Unable to properly boot ESXi 5.1 properly on HP Blade Servers
I was trying to solve the problem all week long (different profile options, image profiles, hosts and so on) - no results there. Ended up with writing PowerCLI script that fully automates host...
View ArticleRe: VCAP5-DCA test available in Costa Rica?
This link is on the VCAP5-DCA page: http://www.pearsonvue.com/vmware/locate/ The cost varies depending on country/currency, but it's $400 as a base in the US.
View ArticleKeyboard not working properly - Wrong Characters & Caps Lock REVERSED
I have found some weird behavior of the keyboard (Spanish ISO) on Mac OS X Server 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard Server) on VMware Fusion 5.0.3 on OS X 10.8.3 (Mountain Lion): 1. In all cases on Snow Leopard...
View ArticleNetwork cable unplugged problem when running multiple machines
When number of simultanious running machines exceed ~30, newly started machines report "Network cable unplugged" and when I try to connect it manually, it fails, saying "Could not connect Ethernet0 to...
View ArticleCreate and mount virtual USB flash drive
Hello, I use VMware Workstation 9 for a lab environment on my laptop. As an IT engineer who builds and manages operating system deployment (OSD) processes, I need the ability to test out certain...
View ArticlePower cli stats
Hey Guys, I am trying to write a script where I take a datacenter in vcenter - check if its a cluster and then depending on the reply (if stand alone hosts or if a cluster) pull last months avg cpu,...
View ArticleRe: vCD 5.1 networking deployment errors
Kia Ora. Yea it was one of the two passwords, either vShield to vCenter or vCloud to vShield. Changed both and waited. Thanks for the assistance. Off to resolve the next problem =) have a great day.
View ArticleRe: Power cli stats
To read the Excel file you can use the Import-Csv cmdlet, provided the file is in CSV format.Otherwise you might want to take a look at Gilbert's Import-Xlsx function. What filetype is the file and...
View ArticleRe: Power cli stats
Thanks Luc, Its a excel file with datacenter names and customer names. I just got done reading your part-1 thanks its awesome. In that - Get-Stat-Entity(Get-VMHost$esxName) -Statcpu.usage.average...
View ArticleRe: Odd link aggregation problem
hypercat wrote: Perhaps you can explain in more detail what you mean by it being a "small advantage." It is a quite small advantage over the default policy called Port Id. With the Port Id NIC teaming...
View ArticleWhy Failed to clone disk: There is not enough space on the file system for...
The Situation:1. We have two SuperMicro servers running ESXi 5.1, and do cross-backups each night between the servers using vkmfstools. Each server has Windows 2003 Server VM running Windows...
View ArticleNo option to upgrade esxi 4.1 to 5.1 after fixing state.#### issue.
I am updating from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1 using a local CD. In the first attempt I got the option to upgrade, but at 24% got: [Error 39] Directory not empty ....state.12992. follow these instructions...
View ArticleVMware View Powercli Get-EventReport return no data
Hello here, I try to make an error reported script from the event of a Horizon VMware VIew.So, first i tried to retrieve the event log with this PowerCli commandGet-EventReport -ViewName user_events...
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