MAC address conflict for the VM which is configure as new VM within vCloud...
I do see a MAC address conflict for the VM which is configure as new VM within vCloud director. We are running on the following:vCenter Server : 5.5.0 Build 3142196ESXi Server : 5.5.0...
View ArticleGRE tunnels on ESXi?
Basically, let's say I have a /24, and these IPs are accessible from a specific server. I'd like to run a GRE tunnel from that server to the ESXi host and then allow VMs to be made using...
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Workstation 12 Player - Trouble Enabling Bridged Virtual Connection
While trying to setup Kali-Linux-2016-vm-amd64 via Workstation 12 Player on a Windows 7 host PC, I was unable to get a workable connection using the Bridged(Automatic) setting for the Network Adapter....
View ArticleMade my VM partition too big, please help
Hello Everybody, I am running Windows 7 on VMWare Fusion and apparently I have made my vmdk to big. The VM frequently locks up and I have to reclaim space to make the VM work again. I have shrunk...
View ArticleAdvice on changing SAN setup after upgrade to ESXi 5.5
I have inherited an older VmWare system that I want to look at changing the setup.We have a HP MSA 2040 SAN that has been setup as below12 x 4Tb SAS drives setup into 2 x Disk Pools of 16Tb each, RAID...
View ArticleNBD_ERR_NETWORK_CONNECT' (error code:2338)
Hi everybody, I am trying to V2V a Windows Server 2003 machine.I've been trying for hours, but it keeps failing. Error in the logfile; NBD_ERR_NETWORK_CONNECT' (error code:2338) I already tried;-...
View Articlevmware.vumautomation compare baseline
I got 2 baselines that I need to compare and show me what the different patches are what cmdlet will do this?
View ArticleMake ESXi keep SSH keys after reboot
I'm trying to get ESXi to keep SSH keys after reboot. Is there any way to do a stateful/diskful install of ESXi or some way to tell it to hold on to particular files? This whole "load everything into...
View ArticleStorage DRS Anti-Affinity Rules by set Orchestrator workflow/action
Hi All, Has anyone of you ever checked the vCenter SDK for how to create a Storage DRS Anti-Affinity Rule for a specific VM? Below is the code for how to add VM's to a VcCluster compute Anti Affinity...
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Upgrading Mirage questions?
Hi folks, We will be upgrading from 5.0 to 5.8 soon. I am still confused by how to backup our two Mirage storage volumes.One is a secondary virtual hard disk on the VM. 650GB in use by CVDs.Second is...
View ArticleVmWare horizon7 session logout issue
Hi, I am using Horizon client 7 (software version 4.5) with my MAC and I have a weird problem. When I am connected to my Linux VM and if my local machine where my Horizon client is running goes to...
View ArticleRebooting Mirage Storage Volume?
Hi Folks, We need to apply a Windows patch to a file server that our Mirage server uses as its storage Volume. Is stopping the Mirage services all we need to do before rebooting it?
View ArticleWhy DRS disables POOLS
Hi folks, I have a question I know what is DRS and Resource POOL, wondering why when we disable DRS it removes the resource Pools
View ArticleCannot upgrade from vCenter 6.0 to 6.5. I can't figure out how to fix the...
Hello, I have recently upgraded our vCenter server from 5.5 to 6.0. This upgrade went really well and without issues. Now I am trying to upgrade from version 6.0 to 6.5. It get about 1/3 of the way...
View ArticleVCSA 6.5 Web GUI Error
I have successfully upgraded my VCSA 6 to 6.5 - after the upgrade I was able to login and use the vsphere web client without issue. I then upgraded my single ESXi 6 host to 6.5, which was successful....
View ArticleCannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password
Hello everyone, Not sure where to post this issue I am unable to log into my VMware Vsphere client I keep getting the following message "Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or...
View ArticleVsphere ESXi 6.5 external network connectivity lost on DL380Gen8
Dear, Strange issue on my system DL380Gen8 (not on VMHCL). It looses all external connectivity. When I logon through the out of band interface (ILO) ; I can still ping all VM's and they are...
View ArticleHA/Replication or Stretched Cluster
Need your guys' guidance on a DA/DR project I'm working on. From what I understand, there are 3 possible ways to create an offsite backup for VMware: Replication/HA, Stretched Cluster, and Site...
View Articlenew-vm menu option
trying to create a new-vm menu it will create a VM based on which folder I choose from the menu [int]$RemoteOffice= 0while ( $RemoteOffice-lt 1 -or $RemoteOffice -gt 4 ){ Write-host "1. SF"...
View ArticleAfter RDM resize script shows old disk size instead of new
Hi All, After RDM resize, below script still shows the old size but in the guest, I can see the new size capacity. RDM is presented as Physical currently Get-VM db1 | Get-HardDisk | where...
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