Need assistance in choosing between Vsphere ICM 5.1 and Vsphere FT
The company i work for is in the process of implementing a total VM solution (additional 15k netapp shelf, possible FC switches and 3-4 HOSTS IBM or Cisco Host solution. With this new project i have...
View ArticleRe: vSphere Replication Manager Appliance will not deploy
Solved it. When I went to run updates on the vCenter Server, it said it was waiting for a reboot due to previous updates. Bounced and everyone is happy! Thanks for helping me talk it through!
View ArticleChecking VM Guests for AV
Hi,Is there a script that I can run that can check all VM guests for Forefront Antivirus. (Want to know if installed or not)ThanksDeon
View ArticleRe: Strange Console Window Behaviour
Apologies, i normally add this, v5.12 NB: Network traces show the packets being sent to the console IP but no response.This either the system does not know how to get to the port, or the reply does not...
View ArticleTransferring files to and from VMs
I have been playing around with the following sample workflows:vCenter/Guest operations/Files/Copy file from guest to vCOvCenter/Guest operations/Files/Copy file from vCO to guest I cannot seem to get...
View ArticleRe: Problems with audio CD burning on Windows 7 with VMWorkstation 9
In this case using the host to burn data defeats the purpose of having a VM in the first place. The only reason that the host and the guest are currently the same OS is for testing purposes. I wanted...
View ArticleRe: Need assistance in choosing between Vsphere ICM 5.1 and Vsphere FT
The Fast Track isn't watered down, it's just way more info than what the ICM is (and includes Enterprise Plus info). The question is more a question of how well do you learn when you get a glut of info...
View ArticleRe: I'm seeing cpu freezes at random in most of my VMs ESX4.0.0
No. Any particular strings I should look for? I get these: /var/log/vmware/esxcfg-boot.log:2013-07-02 09:01:06 (19348) INFO : loading...
View ArticleRe: I'm seeing cpu freezes at random in most of my VMs ESX4.0.0
goto var/log and open vmkernel log when the issue is encountered. This is esxcfg-boot.log you are looking at
View ArticleJoin Physical Server To Virtual Machine Port Group
Just like the topic says I'm trying to make a physical server talk to a network on a Virtual Machine Port Group. Here's the setup: My internet connection comes into my Cisco RV082 router. From there...
View Articlehow to define disk size with clone vm
Any one know how to define disk size when clone one vm ?
View ArticleWorkaround for Cisco Nexus 1000v for vEthernet Interface limit
Hi All Actually we have a cisco nexus 1000v Release 4.2(1)SV1(5.1) with VMware ESXi 4.1 and we are reaching the max number for vnics or vEthernet Interface for this version. Do you know if...
View ArticleRe: HA Cluster Shutdown Issue
i just found that my Host Isolation Response setting for my cluster was set to shut down. This may be my culprit. What i don't understand is that the host should have never become isolated because we...
View ArticleRe: unable to share files betw host & guest in Wsta 9.0.2 wth guest Ubuntu 13.04
We at VMware are already aware of this issue about Shared Folders not working for Workstation 9.0.2 in a Ubuntu 13.04 Guest. The engineering team is working on fixing this issue for future maintenance...
View ArticleRe: I need a script to log into guest OS desktop, similar to option in guest...
Ok, I hope I understood the question correctly. I would try it like this1) Configure autologon (see here for example)That is in fact adding/changing some registry keys in the guest OS.You can do that...
View ArticleRe: Set Memory Reservation & Limit For List Of VMs
That is a known issue with passing strings through the pipeline and OBN. Try like thisGet-VM -Name (Get-Content C:\tmp\VMList.txt) | Get-VMResourceConfiguration | Set-VMResourceConfiguration...
View ArticleRe: Can't see shared folders in Linux Guest (Windows Host)
Thanks WoodyZ. Before I try that, would you know if the attached files in that link will work the current VMWare Tools version? It seems to have updated since that post was written. Many Thanks
View ArticleRe: Get-Stat & weighted mean
Just to avoid all misunderstandings, the weighted average is not done by the Get-Stat cmdlet.But that is done by the PerformanceManager.The Get-Stat cmdlet obtains the statistical data by calling a...
View ArticleRe: I need a script to log into guest OS desktop, similar to option in guest...
Thanks LucD - given these are live production systems running critical data where we aren't allowed to make anything but the required changes, I'm not certain I will be able to use this method of...
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