Workstation 6 Linux - bridge vmnet interfaces to VLANs?
Hi all, First post here so please be gentle We have a number of technical workstations running RedHat Enterprise 4. These users also have their everyday XP desktop machines on their desks. We'd...
View ArticleHyperic & weblogic 10.3.1
I am trying to monitor weblogic 10.3.1 resources using Hyperic 4.2. Apart from the admin server auto-discover issue, things are ok. However, in the metrics , I am seeing only 5Server Availability...
View Articleseems likes the delta disk is corrupt
Hello All, I have a VM which had to be hard reset because the storage (FC SAN) hosting the VM became unavailable for a few seconds. In fact I had to hard reset all VMs hosted on that shared storage....
View ArticleMigration to host x.x.x.x failed with error Already disconnected (195887150).
I am getting this timeout error in vcenter when doing a vmotion of a vm. any idea what this is? this is on esxi 5.1 914609 Migration to host x.x.x.x failed with error Already disconnected (195887150)....
View ArticleVMware Workstation 9 collides with Intel Parallel Studio XE 2013
After a lot of testing (restore from backups, clean install, e.t.c) i found that the cause of all crashes and problems is a conflict between Intel Parallel Studio XE 2013 and Vmware Workstation 9, it...
View ArticleHostSystemTraversal in Vsphere 4.0
I am browsing through the inventory to get all the HostSystem objects. The traversal is working fine in Vsphere 4.1, 5.0 and 5.1. But when I try the same with Vcenter 4.0, I am not getting any...
View ArticleOracle RAC on vSphere4.1 - Performance Problem
Dear Mates, We are seeing performance issues for the Oracle RAC VM's. Oracle Support say that queries are waiting for IO. Below is the environment. 2 node (VM) Oracle RAC setup.1 VM in each ESXi...
View Articlenetwork poor performance on guest esxi 5
Hi All,Iam creating a lab environment with nest esxi serversI have installed a esxi 5 on a physical machine and two VMs esxi 5.0.Everything installed correctly, but Iam having poor performance on the...
View ArticleHP Flex10 and recommended vDS config for HA and failover?
Over the last couple of days, I've been experiencing connectivity issues with my VMs and I think I've narrowed it down to when beacon probing is used as the failover mechanism in my port groups /...
View ArticleHow to automate ESX and ESXi installations
HI , How to automate ESX and ESXi installations for standalone machines whcih will not be added to vcenter. Thanks
View ArticleBlack screen at windows 7 startup
Hi, I have created an infrastructure with about 20 virtual machines with windows 7 on two servers ESXi 4.1.0. I have installed a server view 4.6.1. Users connect to virtual machines with thin clients....
View ArticleProvisioning vcpu's question
I have a cluster of 12 host. Each host has 2 proc. sockets, 6 cores per socket, 24 Logical procs. I am running ESXi 5.0. This cluster is currently housing 225 VM's (vdi desktops presented by...
View ArticleHow do I export my self signed certificate from keystore?
Hi,I've created a pair of self-signed certificates using the keytool provided with vCloud Director and I now need to export these for use with an F5 load balancer. Can anyone provide a command to me...
View ArticleIncreased RAM doesnot reftect inGuest OS
Hi , I have increased RAM to 8GB to a VM, But the same doesnt reflect when i login to the Linux OS and check .Inside the OS it still shows total memory as 3GB, where as the total memopry should be 8GB...
View ArticlevCD 1.5 and Console Proxy
I am attempting to get the console proxy setup working correctly but can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong. The end result is that the client is unable to open the console of a VM in their vDC....
View ArticleNo Backup possible with existing snapshots
Hi, i wanted to backup a VM on my esxi-server. For testing purposes I first backed up the VM without any existing snapshots - everything worked fine. Then I created a snapshot with the vsphere client...
View ArticleHaving issues with VDP & HP Data Protector Backups
Hello I recently upgraded one of our vSphere environments to vSphere 5.1. Everything worked fine until I noticed that my VDR wasn't working. So I found its successor VDP and installed it. After a few...
View ArticleHardware Optimization for my VMWARE
Hi, I'm currently running a very resource consuming Oracle product on my vmware. Luckily, I have a very geared PC for the job. However, I require the wisdom of seasoned VMware users in the following...
View ArticleHost disconnesso inaspettatamente: suggerimenti per le indagini...
ciao a tutti, stamattina ho trovato un host membro di un cluster di 3 (tutti ESXi5.1) che appariva disconnesso dal vCenter, infatti era attivato il trigger "host connection and power state". Le VM...
View ArticleWhy Windows 2003 Server cannot see all 4 cpu's??
We have installed VMware Sphere 4.1 and a virtual server was running Windows 2003 Server with only one cpu assigned in the installation.After a while we have decided to assign more cpu's in the...
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