ESXi install on 8GB Sandisk Cruzer Fit USB killing network connectivity
Hello, Have a PC that I've installed ESXi 5.1 on a few times and it has worked perfectly. I've installed it on said USB flash drive and the installation worked fine and everything works well until I...
View ArticleHOL-OPS-07 - VMware vCenter Orchestrator - "The Undiscovered Country"
This lab introduces the little known yet powerful automation solution, VMware vCenter Orchestrator. You will play the role if an IT administrator that is responsible for delivering IT services to an...
View Articlecustomization steps in vpshere 5
Does anyone know how is customization setup on vpshere virtual centre 5. Is sysprep already setup on vsphere 5. I want to setup customization for our w2008 VM's but is there any steps i need to...
View ArticleSSO Design Question
Hi guys, Our large enterprise needs to upgrade to 5.1 asap. The only thing that holds us back is this SSO piece of the puzzle. We cuuently have multiple vcenters around 20 across the globe in America,...
View ArticleHow to re-point the VM Folder in View console manager
Within the VSphere console I'd like to move the logical folder where VM's are placed after they are composed. This is in an attempt to clean up our logical folder structure under VMs and Templates in...
View ArticleClone process interrupted when ESXi lost communication with vCenter
I am in the process of designing an vSphere 5.1 environment with a bunch of non-clustered hosts in branch office environments around the world. As part of a DR strategy, I am using PowerCLI to create a...
View ArticlevCenter Appliance 5 vs 5.1?
One of the biggest challenges I find in supporting customers is the constant changes, updates and lack of clear summarized documentation, especially on vCenter appliance. I am working with a vCenter...
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Increase RAM for Fusion on OS X?
I am running VMWare Fusion Professional 5.0.1 on a Mac Mini OS X 10.6.8 with 4 GB of RAM. Fusion is using 512 MB of RAM. However, I have just upgraded Quicken to the 2013 version, and that requires 1...
View ArticleVcenter Client 5.1 on Win7 needs full admin rights?
I couldn't find a forum for the Vsphere Vcenter Client (only one for iPad, not one for Windows). It seems that for Windows 7 workstations, if you want to install the Vsphere Client that you need full...
View Articlehow many VMs per CPU?
Is there a rule of thumb or formula for figuring out how many VMs you can run per CPU in a given host?
View ArticlePowerCLI script for NFS Datastores
HiI have the following powershell script and this is new to me. What do I need to add to it in order to retrive a weeks worth of IO stats and also have it exported to a csv file.Thanks.$metrics =...
View ArticlevCD and LDAP Groups in v5.1.1
I have a customer who wants to use AD groups for vCloud Director authentication, as in their private cloud they have specific OUs for Organisational LDAP lookups. Obviously, users cannot be members of...
View ArticlevCD: Network connection to vShield Manager failed.
Hi, I'm setting up my vCD-Environment. Except for the following stumbling blocks everything went fine, until now...- You can skip this part - I set up my RHEL 6.3 and checked the prereq libs as stated...
View ArticleVIEW session appears to freeze but actually disconnects
I have several users that are telling me that their VM is freezing on them. They tell me that the fix is to shutdown the thin client and turn it back on and everything is ok. I look in VIEW admin at...
View ArticleMouse problems w/fusion 5?
I upgraded to Mountain Lion. I upgraded to the trail of Fusion 5 professional (standard trial version not available). Running Windows Vista. Now my mouse, as the cursor runs over any line that...
View ArticleMHM manager credential
Hi, Installer prompts you to enter crendential for MHM, when i do that I've local user whcih has permission to run service but we need to enter in domain\user format. So how do i enter local user in...
View ArticleP2V Conversion Error
P2V Conversion Error My Environment esx 5 - 192.168.100.1 vcentre 5 - 192.168.100.2 and 10.229.210.1 Vmware converter = 10.229.210.40 Able to reach vcentre from physical system, and we are only able...
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Liberar espacio en datastore (Eliminar disco) ESX 4.1.0
Hola a todos, Mi datastore está por llegar al tope, día a día disminuye el espacio disponible y ahora sólo le quedan 2.88 Gb disponilbes y ahí tengo 3 Servidores virtualizados. Quiero evitar que se...
View Articleibm power pc
ciao a tutti,qualcuno sa se è possibile virtualizzare su di un server intel/vmware 5 una macchina fisica ibm powerpc 6 con installato la red hat ? grazie.
View ArticleUser Roles to Create Virtual Desktops only
I would like to know the minimun roles neccess to allow a user to just be able to create virtual machines and not have access to do no harm. I have looked at the different roles but each one has sever...
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