ESXi Crash - No PSOD
Hi All I am looking for some suggestions on what may be the cause of a crash that has happen several times now. All guests go unresponsive at the same time. The ESXi console it’s self functions...
View ArticleThe description of the GatewayNatRuleType is not returned
Hi If a new NAT rule is added to the NAT service of the edge gateway and the description for the rule is set. GatewayNatRuleType rIn = OBJECT_FACTORY.createGatewayNatRuleType(); NatRuleType...
View ArticleCan't Delete from Disk or Remove from Inventory
I'm testing vRanger and Veeam as an option to backup our VMs. I've done a backup and restore using vRanger and now I'm attempting it with Veeam. I've done the backup of my test machine and I was going...
View ArticleHow to backup and reinstall ESXi 4.1 host?
Hi, I'm reinstalling one of hosts (Essentails Plus) on completely new hardware. The question is, how can I backup and restore configuration of ESXi host including VLAN settings and so on. Thanks.
View Articlenumber of datastores?
Hi We are using vsphere 5 and a dell equallogic san with raid 50. Could is be a performance issue if we create one bigDatastore (24TB) insted of more and smaller datastores?
View Articlevmware ubuntu server help
so ive created my server correctly but im trying to build and test mysql , php website and i want to access it from my windows side not from inside my vmware server. i also want to be able to allow...
View Articleget-vmhost error "Client found response content type of '', but expected...
Getting below error while running get-vmhost. any idea? PowerCLI C:\Windows\system32> Get-VMHost |flGet-VMHost : 1/30/2013 2:10:35 PM Get-VMHost Client found response content type of '',...
View ArticlevCenter Server 5.1.0 VA NTP
Hello, I just deployed a vanilla instance of vCenter Server 5.1.0 VA using an embedded DB. I am unable to enable NTP on the vCenter VA by following the instructions here:...
View ArticleHA Communication difference
Hi All - I have small clarifications in HA topic, In the vSphere 4.1 , If HA(aam) agent wants to talk to hostd using a translator via VPXA in earlier version. In the vSphere 5.1, FDM agent will talk...
View ArticleVMplayer on Lubuntu 12.10 won't recognize kernel headers 3.5.0-23
I have the kernel headers installed on my device but it refuses to recognize that they are there Does any one have any solutions? (this is the screen i get)
View ArticleProduct Knowledge
AM New to VMWare , Can anyone explain the products of VMWare in simple way so that to understand clearly about VMWare products. If Possible explain with Scenarios to understand. for eg: ESX,ESXi...
View ArticleDatastore 20% free
Hi, i need to know if there is any way to diable a new deployment/clone/add new disk to a datastore if there is 20%. we are using SDRS in most of our Clusters. thanks, Itay
View Articleguest VM to vxlan vtep traffic
HiI have 2 servers, server-1, server-2.I have 2 VTEP end points vtep-1 on server-1 and vtep-2 on server2. I have done all the vxlan configuration. Added the guest VM vnics to the virtualwire...
View ArticleHost shutdown delay
Hi all, I'm just trying to write a VMWare shutdown script that is executed when a HP UPS detects that power has been out for a period of time. The script takes the datacentre out of HA fine, and shuts...
View ArticleJoining VM to Domain
I'm attempting to join VMs to a domain using the guest customization settings when deploying from a template. After the VM finishes, it is not joined to the domain as specified, and when I look at the...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 and QLogic 81xx CNA - ql2xenablemxmsix setting
We had the problem noted in this VMware Knowledge Base article: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2014323Per the article, we had to disable MSI-X on our QLogic 8142 CNA cards when we were on ESXi 5.0. We are...
View ArticleVM startup priority in Cluster?
I know how to set the automatic / manual starup order for VMs on a single ESXi host. Suppose you have a fully virtualized VMware infrastructure: ESXi, vCenter, vMotion, HA, DRS, the whole package. How...
View Articleespandere dimensione datastore in esxi 5.1
Buongiorno a tutti,ho cercato una soluzione al mio problema e ho trovato qualche info a riguardo, ma non sono comunque ancora riuscito a risolvere, quindi vedo di esporlo qui.Ho un server IBM con un...
View ArticleHow to query id-s of a vapp though the query service
Hi I would like to retrieve the id-s of the vapps (based on a filter), but i get "Property id is invalid for query vApp." Set<QueryVAppField> fields =...
View ArticleConverting XP Box issue: Unable to find System Volume
Hi there, I've found a number of previous threads on this forum regarding this issue, but none of the solutions presented have helped me. I'm trying to convert a Windows XP box and it's failing around...
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