Upgrading a Server running 4.1.0
I have a Dell Power Edge R2970 that had one CPU and four GB RAM installed and was running ESXi 4.1.0 build 502767. It was used for some older archived VM guest the we need to maintain for historical...
View ArticleRDX tape drive not passing through
Hi We are using ESX1 5.5.0 and have recently installed a USB 3 card with a Fujitsu RDX tape drive. In the BIOS this is all find, the drive is listed under USB devices, however the Windows 2012...
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Mixed units in vrops reporting
I vrealize that vrops is a new un-patched product (maybe the best brand new release that vmware has dropped in a long time!). One thing I found today is that at least datastore reporting values for...
View ArticleVMs whose ram/cpu/disk modified in last 7 days
Can we get a script which can , VMs whose ram/cpu/disk modified in last 7 days I checked get-vievent but the below only is seen for the memory upgrade task i did FullFormattedMessageChanged resource...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 black screen
There I was.. working with a few VMs and while in a Windows 8.1 VM answering some questions here the screen turned black and stayed black. * Suspend/resume did not help.* Selecting unity would throw up...
View ArticleESXi (5.5) with iSCSI target on QNAP - poor write, dial-up read speeds
Hi and Happy New Year everyone, I have a problem with read/writes to/from drive connected as iSCSI. Setup: - host: HP Proliant DL360e Gen8; hypervisor on SD card- 4x SSD as internal datastore. VM files...
View ArticleFix for "could not connect using the requested protocol" not working
After experiencing this while trying to connect to my vcenter I used the following KB article to try and resolve with no luck: Connecting to the AutoDeploy server fails with the error: Could not...
View ArticleCan't logon to Horizon View Desktop with Persistent Disk User Profile
I setup a new desktop pool in Horizon 6. This will be used for supervisor level staff that need their same desktops each time they login. The pool is set for linked-clones, but with persistent disks...
View ArticleFree iNodes on ESXi filesystem
What is the impact of not having enough free inodes on my esxi filesystem?How is this problem corrected?How often should I check for this condition?
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How to kill stuck vmware tools install from the command line esxi
I've looked and looked (googled) for help on ending "VMware Tools Install" and noting seems to work. I can't be the only one seeing this. Please help. I was able to find the following but it did not...
View ArticleMoving to vROPS 6.0 - ESXi 5.1
Ok. I am getting conflicting information. The release notes for vROPS 6.0 say it should support monitoring ESXi 5.1 hosts, but the Product Intercompatiblity matrix says otherwise that only 5.5 is...
View ArticleFusion Migration Agent fails - Unknown apiVersion
I'm trying to migrate a Win7x64 PC to Fusion 7.1.0 on my Mac (Yosemite 10.10.1) using Fusion PC Migration Agent 5.1.1. After struggling with user account access, I had to create an new admin user with...
View ArticleRetina display in Windows 8.1
HiApologies if this has been answered before , simple question , I have Windows 8.1 installed on a new iMac 27" with 5K retina display , the display is stunning using the Mac OS X yosemite software ,...
View ArticleVMWARE on Mac OS
HI all,I'm running VMware workstation on windows and I have created some Virtual machine.Do you know if there is a possibility to run those virtual machine on Mac??Many thanks
View ArticleExpected Netapp IOP Performance from a Cache only run
Dear All I am looking for some feedback regarding benchmark testing on our new Netapp FAS2552 running 8.2RC17 Mode 7 with Vmware using Iscsi I have connected the Netapp to Vmware ESXi 5.5 with a 10gb...
View ArticleCan restricted/encrypted VMs be exported from Workstation 11 to vSphere...
I'd like to run an encrypted virtual machine that has an expiration date using restricted vm expiration. Can I create a restricted vm using Workstation 11 and then export it to run on vSphere...
View ArticleOrchestrator and integration
I need to make orchestrator talk to a number of third party products such as a CMDB, IPAM, DCHP and backup product during the provisioning process. What is the best programming language to use?...
View ArticleOrchestrator and Plug-In development
I need orchestrator to talk to a number of third party systems for which no plug-in has been developed yet. This is all part of a single Vm provisioning process. Should I create a separate plug-in...
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Mounting Storage Snapshot Using Powercli
I need help to mount storage snapshots on an esxi host via powercli replicating the steps in the attached images. I'm new the the powercli game so be gentle tks
View ArticleNew to Virtualization - Need Product info
Navigating this forum is quite interesting. I am trying to find out the following 1. Which free VMWare product to use to supoort my need. 2. Where to find how tos specific to the suggested VMWare...
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