vSphere 5.1 HA / FT technical difference
Hello guys, I am new in 5.1 HA/FT and I am trying to understand more about this technologies.Neverthless I have surfed the internet and VmWare site for more details, I still need more information and...
View Articlesso configuration issue
Hi everyone! I got problem with sso configuration after adding vCenter to domain "vclass.local" i got problem in vSphere client - it's not showing domain when i'm trying to add permissions for my test...
View ArticleMax# of nics supported by esxi 5.1
What is the max number of physical nics supported by the esxi 5.1 ?If this is mentioned in the vmware doc somewhere, would someone point me to the link ? thanks
View ArticleBest practice deployment with 4 10gb nic per host
Hi, we play to deploy new VMware esxi 5 server. i want to know what are the best practice and recommendation for the network configuration.We are using 2x dual port 10gb fcoe adapter. our backbone is 2...
View ArticleWindows7 VMs hang in "Shutting Down"
Hi, Since 1 month I am having troubles with all my Windows7 VMs. When I try to reboot them they hang on "shutting down" and they never restart. The problem happens on all my servers (ESXi 5.1-914609)...
View ArticleUpgrading to ESXi 5.1
Hi. Thanks in advance to all the helpful people out here. I'm running ESXi 4.0. In order to run Windows 8 I apparently need ESXi 5.1 (I'm reading 5.0 isn't enough). I just downloaded...
View ArticlevCloud director "Enable VXLAN" option of Provider vDC is always disabled
I am beginner to VXLAN configuration. I have created Distributed Switch on the VC and also the VXLAN Network Pool created by my Provider VDC on vCD is enabled. Still if we right click on provider vDC,...
View ArticleAre my various vCenter/View components compatable?
The most recent vCenter approved to be installed on our network is 4.1 U3a, while the most recent View approved is 5.1.2. I've looked at the compatibility matrix and couldn't find an answer to my...
View ArticleMachine already powered on... so how do I open it?
Hello,I've just installed VMware Player on my PC, that runs on Debian Wheezy (kernel 3.2.0-4-amd64).I have a WindowsXP virtual machine that works fine, but sometimes the VMplayer window closes by...
View ArticleWhat permission is needed for renew leasetime?
hi Community I tried to renew leasetime of a vApp in vCloud Director 5.1, I am not the owner but the vApp is shared to me with Full Control. When I try to renew error "This operation is denied". what...
View Articleactive directory configuration
Hello, I'm inside the CONNECTOR web wizard and I'm triyng to configure the active directory connection but I always obtain Unable to bind to the directory: The specified Bind DN and password could not...
View ArticleNIC Teaming with physical stacked switches
I'm a bit confused with NIC teaming configuration. I have a vSwitch (vSwitch0) that will have an untagged port group and about 3 other port groups that will have Vlan tagged traffic coming/going...
View ArticleNew VMWare Desktop
Hi all, I am currently in school getting a networking degree and would like to start experimenting with VMWare. Will this build be sufficient. - Corsair 16 GB DDR3 1600- AMD FX-8350 8-core processor-...
View ArticleSecureString from webservices to workflow in PHP
Hi, i need to pass a data type SecureString from PHP to execute a workflow, but the workflow receive as null, see the example below: $i = 0; $this->inParamsWorkFlow[$i]['name'] = 'user';...
View ArticleRegional template distribution and deployment
Running vCenter v5.1 based in California with vSphere 5.1 servers in California, New York, London and Amsterdam. We have been creating templates more and more to distribute new operating systems around...
View ArticlevCD and LDAP Groups in v5.1.1
I have a customer who wants to use AD groups for vCloud Director authentication, as in their private cloud they have specific OUs for Organisational LDAP lookups. Obviously, users cannot be members of...
View ArticleThinApp Citrix Receiver 3.2
Hi Guys, I am trying to create a ThinApp package of Citrix Receiver 3.2 for Windows. Capture Machines:- Windows 7 x86 SP1 with VMware ThinApp 4.7.1 installed;- Full administrator rights;- Nothing...
View ArticleView 5.0 Guest Customizaton for AD OU
I am trying to have a view pool go to a specific OU container in AD and the vms will provision but in an OU one container up from the one I want it in. Is there a caracter limit AD container area in...
View ArticleFoundations only on trial version?
Hello all, We are trying to evaluate vCenter Operations Manager for our environment. I have installed the OVA package, setup the servers, no real issues. However I can't seem to get any mode of...
View ArticleESX3.5 undelete and update "flat"
hello friendsI have 5 servers in HA cluster ESX3.5 U5 with HP storage and VMotion and for the 8 datastore. They have been creating the VM delta files and the file "flat" apparently was located at 2...
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