PowerCLI in a Linux world
I have a need to be able to run a script in linux to power on/off and check the power state of virtual machines. These could be windows or linux VMs. Since I have a dozen esx hosts 4.1 at present...
View ArticleConnecting a DVD-Rom to XP VM?
Hello All, I'm having a bit of trouble connecting/accessing my DVD-Rom within my Windows XP VM... Host: OpenSuSE 11.4Guest: Windows XP Professional My DVD-Rom is located at "/dev/sr0" on my host, so...
View ArticleConverting Server 2 machines to ESXI - without ESXI
The time has come to take my atrociously slow RAID5 array and turn it into a RAID10, change the controller options, etc. I'm currently running Window 2003 R2 Server X64 as a host with 4 Guest OS. (SBS...
View ArticlevDP - Sick of being a beta tester
I am really tired of VMWare releasing half-finished software and expecting end users to be beta testers. First it was SSO (what a disaster that was/is), and now vDP - what is going on with this...
View ArticlePrinting with local Printer on Mac Os
Hi, Does anyone know how to set View up to map local attached printers on a Mac Os Client? Regards
View ArticleDetermining the database size for SRM
Is there a good way I can estimate the size of the database that will be needed for SRM? For example, I know I want a SQL Server database that will handle an SRM deployment backing up 3000 VMs on 100...
View ArticleDetermining database size for VMware Update Manager
Is there a good way to esimate the size of the SQL server database that will be needed for VMWare update manager assuming I have 3000 vms and 1000 physical hosts? Thanks
View ArticleMost used PowerCLI commands
Hi Guys, Just want to know the mostly used PowerCLI commands in Production environment to resolve the issues in day to day activities. regardsVINAY
View ArticleVMWare View Client and Jellybean 4.2
Trying to access my VMWare virtual desktop from my (lovely) Google Nexus 10 running JellyBean 4.2 using the VMWare view client for Android. All goes sweetly through login until connection to desktop...
View ArticleRestart management agents
I have a clutster with two hosts and one I can't to access it by Vsphere client. I don't know what have happened but the second hosts go out of the cluster and I can't add it again. I'm able run ping...
View ArticleVCP 510 fail =(
Hello Unfortunately, I failed my VCP-510 today. I used the study material and labs provided by the training centre, completed all theory and ensured that all theory and practical was remembered. I also...
View ArticleHow to carve up 10 GbE?
I see a lot of marketing jibber jabber about doing more with less network cabling on 10 GbE but I've been unsuccessful finding an entry "how to" take my 10 GbE port and isolate (for example) 2 GbE for...
View Articledifference between vmx swap file and vswp file
Hi Guys, Just want to know the difference between vmx swap file and vswp file. are these same files or different. regardsVINAY
View ArticleReg hands on lab Login credentials
Hi Admin, Its been quite good time I have registered, however haven't received the login credentails to access vmware lab, could you please send it,as I exited and eagerly to test/hands on....
View ArticleMultipathing policies in ESX/ESXi 4.x
Whilst migrating a Windows SQL 2008 MSCS Cluster from 3.5 to 4.1 the Disk Queue Lengths for the RDM's went through the roof. One of our processes was to change the Multipathing policies to Round Robin...
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vSphere 5 - Host Hardware Voltage IBM Blades
Good morning, I just wanted to share information on how I resolved an issue with "Host Hardware Voltage" errors across several of my blades in case anyone else comes across the same issue. One of my...
View ArticleNL-SAS for replication, low duty VM's
Small company, small budget! I am looking at a used Dell PowerEdge R710 to be used for a Veeam replication partner and a few Windows desktop VM's. I have never run ESXi off SATA but to maximize...
View ArticlePainful VMware Workstation 9 Installation... now VS Pro 2012 Won't Install
I was able to install VMware Workstation 9, .net framework 4.5 plus all other sharepoint prerequisites, and sharepoint 2010 ent sp1. I am running Windows 7. When I try to install VS from within the...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome browser
Google's Chrome browse using a sandboxing technology which is not currently compatible with ThinApp (which also provides sandboxing)http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/sandbox I found...
View ArticleDúvida sobre Vram do 5.0 para o 5.1
Olá pessoal, Hoje possuo um servidor com 96 Gb de memória RAM. Tenho nele atualmente instalado a versão free5.0 do ESXi. Pretendo atualizar para a versão free5.1 do ESXi. Se entendi...
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