Re: vSphere upgrade: VM tools/hw and VMFS
Just a quick hint - ALWAYS update your management servers first (not the other way around). VMtools and VMFS are totally indepednent. You can do them in any order, and they actually aren't required at...
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Re: vCenter SQL DB - Query VM allocated resources
Looks like there is already a SQL view setup to pull the data I need. Here's the Query... Select * From VPXV_VMS It holds all the data I need..........for now.
View ArticleRe: Cannot Change RAM and Other Settings on Shutdown Guests
I suspect its permission related issue.Try repairing your Mac HD using disk utility.Once complete, restart Mac .Launch Fusion and try editing the memory settings for VMs. This suggestion may or may not...
View ArticleRe: Training Options: VSphere
I have taken a few through Global Knowledge and have been happy with the trainers.
View ArticleRe: VMDK vs RDM
1) The reasons are as described above - usually clustering, snapshots or replication reasons.2) No different than VMFS - all IOs are issued in the order received (in other words, its a NOOP queing)3)...
View ArticleRe: Question: How can my guest RHEL guest O/S access a RMP file on the host...
Interaction between VMs and the host system directly like you try it is not intended and not possible by design. Do not handle ESXi like a hosted virtualization solution like Player or Workstation. The...
View ArticleRe: Fresh install of vCloud Director 1.5 fails to set up ESXi 5.1.0 hosts
vCloud Director 1.5 doesn't support ESXi 5.1 hosts.
View ArticleInstalling SSO with Multisite confgiruration hangs
Hopefully someone can provide some insight. I have a new VC (5.01b) vcenter setup with signed certificates. I have a separate SSO server, a separate SQL server 2008r2, and then the VC server with...
View ArticleRe: Fresh install of vCloud Director 1.5 fails to set up ESXi 5.1.0 hosts
you should upgrade for 2 reasons: 1. it'll fix the SEQ_OS error (you need to go to at least 1.5.1 or higher)2. go to at least 5.1.x to support vCenter 5.1/ESXi 5.1
View ArticleServer 2012 NIC
Hope someone will be able to help. Recently installed a DL370 with esxi 5.1 and two instances of Windows server 2012. I may be getting something really basic wrong, but I've tried all three NIC driver...
View ArticleRe: can't shrink vmdk with vMotion
First i'd like to thank you again for your ideas and suggestions, i do appreciate them! 1. I'm checking through the VM Summary screen and by checking the VMDK size in browse datastore (like your...
View ArticleRe: ESXI install hung
By me installing the ESXi, did it remove the windows operating system?I'm afraid you did. ESXi is a bare metal Hypervisor, installed directly on the hardware. To manage it you nee to install the...
View ArticleRe: System network resource pools & NIOC
See that's why I wasn't sure, because I am able to assign user-defined resource pools to vm portgroups, iscsi, vmotion etc. That made me wonder if there were conflicts that could arise, or if the...
View ArticleRe: ESXI install hung
I see... So can I re-install windows server 2012 without affecting the current install of ESXi?
View ArticleRe: Cannot find ace.dat
HiI have been able reproduce the error in the following scenario:* A virtual machine on vmware player 5.0.1.* I shut the machine by a kill signal* Reboot the host* When you open it again, load the file...
View ArticleLosing proxy setting continuosly
Hi- We use VMware protect 8.02. We have a proxy so I set the proxy in Internet Explorer and check the box in Protect optionsto use the Internet Explorer proxy. Seems every time I need to use Protect I...
View ArticleRe: ESXI install hung
Unfortunately not, at least not on the physical machine. The VMKernel (the ESXi operating system) runs natively on the host and installing it overwrites the complete installation disk. André
View ArticleDell Wyse P25 Zero client
Does anyone know if I can run Redhat 5 on a Dell Wyse Zero client? Assuming vmware view is the software managing the redhat image. This is not a thin client and I do not believe the view client gets...
View ArticleRe: Question: How can my guest RHEL guest O/S access a RMP file on the host...
MKGuy, that sounds like a good suggestion. I'll give it a try and let you know how it goes.
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