Upgrading to Essentials Plus
So we got the money to do the upgrade. The new keys were sent and I assigned them to the hosts and the Vcenter server. I was under the impression that there was no upgrade to the software as it just...
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View Planner 2.1 Local Desktop Workload does not run
Been testing with View Planner 2.1 and have an issue that I am wondering if anyone has seen. I am trying to figure out where to look next as I am seeing no errors. I am running a simple local test with...
View Articleshared folders backing up using other computer - Workstation 9
If I have a set as the following: HostHost Windows Server 2008 r22 external usb drives attached to Host GuestWindows Server 2008 r2Webserver IISsharedfolders enabledWeb applications save files to one...
View ArticleApache 2.2 and httpd monitoring
I am new to hyperic and a little confused on how to setup apache 2.2 and httpd montoring. It lookes like they each require a plugin.I looked at the apache 2.2 plugin installation...
View ArticleConnecting host and client over bridged network when host is offline
I'm setting up a test-system using a laptop with VMWare Workstation.The host is a regular Win7 x64, and clients a mix of different machines - Win2k3, win2k8R2, Win7, WinXP and Linux.I wish the clients...
View ArticleHigh CPU usage
Hi,I'm new in this vmware world. We are using vSphere Client 4 We have a host machine (2 chips with 6 CPUs (2.4 mhz) and hyperthreading=>24 rcpu ) with 2 vm running asterisk where CentOS is th OS....
View ArticleCorrect use of snapshots
I need to understand and to explain to (technical) users the correct use of snapshots.I see some users creating lots of snapshots to save VM images at different stages and going back and forward among...
View ArticleDatastore cluster with storage DRS + vcloud director?
Hi all The feature we are after is to be able to set a volume in maintenace mode.Is it best practice to use datastore cluster with storage DRS in vcenter together with vcloud director 5.1? Br/Tony
View ArticleTimeout Error While Creating Provider vDC on new vCloud Director Install
I created my vCloud environment, following the "evaluation cloud" directions as outlined in the "VMW-cCloud-Director1_5-EvalGuide.pdf" doc. Everything seemed to have been moving smoothly until I...
View ArticleESXi 5.1.0 Fresh Install - logs are stored on non-persistent storage
I just did a fresh install of ESXi 5.1.0 on a new dell server and I get the following error message prior to seeing 'Welcome to VMware ESi 5.1.0 Installation' message:'Logs are stored on non-persistent...
View ArticlePatch ESXi
Hi Guys, I have an ESXi 5 servers and I wan start patching them, I am new to patching esxi. Is there any best practise out there? Thx
View ArticleFailed insertion of statistics - vSphere 4.1.0
Hello,I have a problem, when viewing the "events" shown in my vCenter I get the following error "Stats insertion failed for entity XXXX due to ODBC error".I get this error for a bunch of my ESX's. I...
View Article/var/log/boot.gz
I'm assuming that this file is created at bootup and then gzip'd for archival purposes. So, question: - Is this file overwritten at every boot or does it get archived/moved/saved for historical...
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2 different sets of network in 1 vCentre
hi all, sorry if i am asking a repeated question i have tried searching around in the forums but can't find what i am looking for. need advise with the following: I have 3 x ESXi serverswhich is...
View ArticleBoth Network labels showup in summary tab of VM
I changed the port group of a vm from XYZ to ABC. Everything is working fine, server is pingable. But in the summary tab I see both XYZ portgroup and ABC port group. Network port group in...
View ArticleVMDK vs RDM
Hi All, I was just going through with VMFS & RDM storage setup but stuck with certain doubts as below 1. Would there be any additional advantage using RDM over VMFS ?2. How does the storage...
View ArticleDisadvantage of using two datastore on single VM
Hi, I wnat to create VM with two datastore , vdisk1 in datstore01 and vdisk2 in datatstore02. I know i can specify a different datastore for vdisks, but is it recommended to place different vdisks in...
View ArticleQuestion: How can my guest RHEL guest O/S access a RMP file on the host...
I need to install Java 7 on my RHEL guest O/S. This VM is behind a firewall and does not have access to the internet. So I have to download the file from the Java site to my workstation. I then...
View ArticleIOMeter VMFS and Alignment
I’m doing some tests with IO meter in a vsphere 5 environment. If using IO meter in a Windows VM against a non-formatted disk (raw format in windows but as an vmdk on a vmfs volume), will there be...
View ArticleChecking /etc for files that have been modified
In a typical 'NIX environment, if I wanted to find any file modified in the last 3 days, I'd use: find /etc -mtime 3 Does anyone know if the find command on ESXi5.0 supports this find "option"? Thx in...
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