Boot failure with 2 SATA disks on 5.1
I have a stable 5.1 installation on an Ivy Bridge based laptop. I have 1 SATA SSD and everything works fine. If I add a second SATA disk (in the DVD-ROM bay via a 2.5inch HDD bay converter) the system...
View ArticleHome Lab - Done research need some guideance
Hi everyone, I am new to this community and just completed my week long training for VP5. I am looking to build a home lab to gain further understanding for passing the VCP 5 exam. I have built a new...
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 ArticleOVF deplyment - cancled by user
HiI have export a ESXi 5.1 server and tried to Deploy this to a new server. The ny server is upgraded fra ESXi 4.0xxx to ESXi 5.1 - after upgrade serveres on this server runs fine.I try to make a OVF...
View ArticlevSphere SDK for .NET Questions?
Do I post questions about the vSphere SDK for .NET in here? It doesn't seem to have a forum of its own, and it's kind of a halfway house between PowerCLI and the web services SDK. I don't have any...
View ArticleLogin with LDAP users
HI all,I tried login to the cloud org with a local user and that works normally, but I see no vApps if I login with a LDAP users. Actually, I see no vApps even though I login with a user that does not...
View ArticlevCenter Server 5.1.0, 947672 A general system error occurred: Cannot get user...
I have three VMware ESXi 5.1 hosts that are being managed by one VMware vCenter Server 5.1.0. I am continuing to fight a probelm related to Active Directory Authentication with vSphere Client to the...
View ArticleError 29119 when installing vCenter
I created a database in SQL 2008 (not R2) and then tried to install vCenter from he disk to connect to it (Simple Install). Ater entering credentials in the installer and proceding with the install, I...
View ArticleExtremely high virtual disk latency on only 1 guest
Forgive me - I'm a n00b. Not much experience with VMware, but we're having a dickens of a problem and I'm looking for suggestions. One VM guest is having major virtual disk read/write latency. It's...
View ArticlevCloud Director plug-in feedback
Hi,VMware is looking for feedback to improve the vCloud Director plug-in. While I have some ideas I thought it would be a good thing to ask here. Please list actions, building block workflows that...
View ArticleHow do i create a private network in ESXI 5.1 using virtual switches?
I'm currently a rookie in VMware and was wondering how would i setup a virtual test lab on my dell workstation running ESXI 5.1. My aim is to have a virtual network with the IP addressing of 10.171.0.0...
View ArticleRename a virtual switch in ESXi 5.1
I've built two ESXi 5.1 servers that I am managing through vSphere. I have been doing network testing to set up 10GB communication for vMotion. I need to know how to change the virtual switch name...
View Articlevmwaretool state off/on
Is there a way to query if vmwaretools is running? I was hoping I could get it from:get-VM | Select Name ToolsVersionStatus but it does not give me what I need. I need to know when it is "not...
View ArticleConfiguration Manager installation with External DB
Looking into the requirements for installing Configuration Manager. Typically we like to have a DB configured on an external SQL Server beforehand. Has anyone tried to install VCM with this method?...
View ArticleI have a server that is using up 200GB more than what is actually on the...
I have a server that is using up 200GB more than what is actually on the server. It is a OES11 NSS volume and stored on a nimble box.
View ArticleGet Guest OS Family and OS Full Name from PowerCLI when VM Tools not installed?
Ok, been looking for this one, but need some help... If a VM is powered off, or does not have the VMware tools installed you can not get the OS Family or OS Full Name? That can just not be right......
View ArticleKeeping the Unity Taskbar in only one Mac OSX Desktop
I use multiple desktops in Mac OS X (10.8)On one of these desktops I run VMware Fusion (4.1.3). I tie it to the one desktop by right-clicking on the VMware Fusion icon choosing 'Options' and 'Assign...
View ArticleFresh install: Invalid MPN range .. and VMserver crashed 2 times already
Hello, We've just bought 2x HP DL380 Gen8 servers with MSA p2000 storage. We want to run ESX5i on both servers for redundancy and we've installed the HP ISO for VMware ESX 5i Both servers ran fine for...
View ArticleHP c3000 configuration for VMware
I am planning to create a small VI for about 20VM Windows Servers and 200 users using a c3000 in a configuration similar with the one below: 1xc3000 enclosure 3x BL460c /BL465 - for ESX hosts2x SB40c -...
View ArticlevC0 5.1 enable hotplug cpu with workflow
Is it possible to enable the hotadd cpu capability to a vm using vCO workflow thats shown in vm settings -> options "Memory/CPU Hoplug" setting using the vSphere client ?I found the changeVMvCPU...
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