Should you still really only have (1)vCPUs in 2012R2 templates?
I know this has probably been discussed a lot, but I have been browsing and having trouble getting a clear answer. It sounds like with CPU scheduling that it is fine to go ahead and make your base VM...
View ArticleMultiple vsan datastores in a single datacenter?
I currently have 7 esxi 6.0u3 hosts (HCI) running vsan 6.2 in a vspehre 6.7 (with external PSCs) datacenter cluster. I have built 6 new hosts with esxi 6.7, and plan to migrate all our VMs from the...
View ArticleTwo wifi cards on PC. How to use both?
Hi! I have bought another USB wifi card, so that I could use both wifi card in my labs. The idea is to use one wifi card for the host and another for the virtual machines.But now I see that we can use...
View ArticleCan't edit VM settings in ESXi 6.5 web client
It throws this javascript error in my browser.I tried firefox, chrome, and IE; both Win 7 and Server 2012R2. No luck! Haven't tried using VM Workstation to edit VM settings (if that is even possible,...
View ArticleShould you really use MSCS for clustering 2 VMs for a file server?
I am running VSphere 6.5 and need to setup a new critical file server on 2012R2 VMs. I will probably need 5TB of storage across 3 disks. All storage is solidstate on a FC SAN and performs...
View ArticleWorkstation 12.5.2 Fails to Start on Fedora 25 (Kernel 4.9.5)
Using a clean install/update of Fedora 25 (kernel 4.9.5) as the host, and a clean install of Workstation 12.5.2, I had no problem modifying the vmmon and vmnet modules to correct the calls to...
View ArticleTimezone
Hi I have 8 ESXi host. 4 on 6.5u1 and 4 on 5.5u3 (about to be upgraded). I have them configured to syslog to my syslog server. what I have noticed is 2 of my servers are syslogging at UTC and the other...
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Problems when starting virtual machine
I am moving a virtual machine to a new pc, which is win 10 64 bits. and when I open it, it generates this error message. can you help me? Tanks.
View ArticleHow to correctly delete old VM with Replication Appliance?
Hello, I recently updated the vSphere Replication Appliance from version 6.5 to version 8.1 How to correctly delete an old virtual machine with Replication Appliance 6.5? When i try "Delete from disk",...
View ArticleSizing a VM window running 10.13.x, with Fusion 10.1.2
I posted about this early in the release of 10.13.0. Most of my VM's are OS X, or macOS. Up through 10.12.6, after installing VMWare tools, I was able to resize the VM window by simply dragging one...
View ArticleOpening an existing Virtual Machine in vmplayer GUI doesn't work if "remember...
In reference to another thread (https://communities.vmware.com/thread/573225), I've created this one with a clearer title as well as a better description of the issue use case so that it gets the...
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How to add the number of vSphere HA heartbeat datastores for the ESXi host
I have a cluster and enabled vSphere HA.After enabled vSphere HA, have a warning:The number of vSphere HA heartbeat datastores for this host is 0, which is less then required:2 I have a iSCSI...
View ArticlePost Install script
Im looking for a script to set all the post settings on a host. Would like to run it and build out the hosts network settings, local accounts, set mob and other settings. Any help would be greatly...
View ArticleDistored resizing window resolution in OS X Guest
In Fusion 10.1.2, when resizing guest OS X running Sierra, there's an odd resizing of the window in one direction, then back again. Almost like its trying to resize to display smaller icon, but Fusion...
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NSX DFW Exclusion List
I am using NSX 6.3.2 & I was trying to export the list of VMs under the NSX Exclusion list.There is option to export the VMs under the exclusion list. Whenever i try this option, the outout csv...
View ArticleI have two ESXI servers, I use FC shared storage, and the linked clone...
I have two ESXI servers, I use FC shared storage, and the linked clone desktop pool should have only one replica disk, but now there are two replica disk.My vmware view version is 7.2
View Article6.5 U2 upgrade to 6.7 - will there ever be a supported upgrade path
6.5 U2 upgrade to 6.7 - will there ever be a supported upgrade path? I think the answer will be yes, in due time. But I just wanted to hear what you guys had to say about this.
View ArticleVM Guest unresponsive
I often get offline alerts for a ESXi guest. When I login to vSphere, I see the VM is on and can open the console. After opening the console, I'll find the VM not not responding to any commands such as...
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