near-continuous data protection (near CDP) vs True CDP
The term evolved from a need to differentiate those vendor products that take snapshots on a pre-determined schedule from ones that take snapshots whenever new data is written (true CDP). This is what...
View ArticleESXi5 and HPDL580 G5
Hi, Am I correct in saying that the HP DL580 G5 server is compatible with ESXi 5.0 update1, but will not be compatible for ESXi 5.1 Thanks
View ArticlePrevent Entries Being Displayed in Recent Tasks
Hello All. I have a rather unusal situation. Normally IT staff we are constantly looking to extract more information from our technolgy. However, in this case, I'm tried to hide or remove it. I'm...
View ArticlevSphere Replication 5.1 issue
Hi, We have installed vSphere Replication 5.1 on the primary & DR sites. While adding target replication site, it's getting error "unexpected status code: 400" (means adding DR replication...
View ArticleMount Windows shared volume via ESXCLI?
Is there a way of mounting a remote Windows shared volume using ESXCLI? (ESXi 5.1) I tried this (the volume is shared as "swlib" on the Windows server): esxcli storage nfs add --host=192.168.123.12...
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Error 1075 when trying to start vmware host agent on windows-8 64 bit
I am getting Error 1075 when trying to start vmware host agent on windows-8 64 bit. after installing vmware-server 2.0.2 successfully. Please find the abve images
View ArticlePEM pass Phrase SSL issue
Hey Guys, So I was trying to build my own self signed ssl cert using openssl-win32 and upload it to a esxi 5.1 box. I created the cert according to...
View ArticleUnable to find the VM in the search
Hi, When we tried to search the VM, it throws the error as "Login to the query service failed" (Search in top right corner) Eventhough restarting the Webservices resolve the issue. But when we tried to...
View ArticleHow to convert an existing WinXP boot disk?
I have a disk containing the WinXP system I wish to run under VMPlayer on my Win7 system. Converter will not accept the physical disk.I tried downloading a trial version of Acronis to create a backup...
View ArticleUSB disk drives not seen by host with VMware Workstation 9 installed
I have VMware Workstation 9 installed on my Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit). With no virtual machines running, I cannot see a USB disk drive on the host. I do see a Vmware USB device show up on the device...
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HOL-INF-01: 300+ slides
Just finished this lab, squeaking by with 14min remaining. Wanted to give a heads up to the HOL admins to maybe pare down the slides, as many sections seemed to repeat and/or overlap numerous times,...
View ArticlevMotion and realtime applications
I am looking for information regarding tweaks to the vMotion process that may help with realtime applications requiring very low network latency.I am also looking for any alternative ideas from anyone...
View Articlewhat is in each of the 6 Player versions?
Looking at the VMWare Player download page, there are 6 versiob og Player 5 whcih can be downloaded. What is the difference in the 6 versions? from page (...
View ArticleUnable to view VMs in WSX - Vmware 9
Dear All,I have installed below on my Win 7 64 Bit Laptop.- VMware Workstation 9.0.1 build-894247- VMware-WSX-Server-1.0.2-928297.msiI am able to login to http://127.0.0.1:8888/ through my...
View ArticleStill having problems connecting to the internet through VMware player for my...
I can't connect to the internet with my XP VM. The vm is set to NAT and both adapters for vmware show DHCP is enabled but my network connections show them as "unidenitfied network" with no internet...
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Auto Deploy - Unable to properly boot ESXi 5.1 properly on HP Blade Servers
We have recently upgraded our vCenter to 5.1.0b, and ofcourse I wanted to update our running (stateless) ESXi blades right away. It appeared this is a little harder then I expected it to be. The image...
View ArticlePostscan window is not responding.
Hi All, I am trying to prepare BOBJ (Business Objects) latest application Thinapp along with couple of patches. But Postscan window is becoming "not reponding". I tried capturing the Thinapp on Win XP...
View ArticleRelocateVM_Task fails with "A specified parameter was not correct"
I have vCenter 5.1 and two ESXi 5.1 nodes attached to it. I am trying to perform relocation (changin host and datastore). I can do it without any issues via Web Client, but I always have an error using...
View ArticleDoes win 7 support for increase of their OS drive space.
Hi All, is there any way to increase WIN 7 based OS Drive( C Drive) space,i am using view 4.6 Environment,ESXi 5.1
View ArticleESXi Managment
I've been given the go-ahead to install ESXi on a couple of new DL 360 G5's. Initially the servers will be used to create a test environment. The test environment will host three virtual hosts per...
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