VMWare Fusion Tech Preview 2013 - VM's don't switch to full screen mode when...
Hi guys, I understand the tech preview of VMWare Fusion 6 was released prior to Mavericks being announced, but thought I'd post about this issue I'm experiencing with the preview (as well as Fusion...
View ArticleSRM and SDRS - initial placement only
Hi all, I am well aware that SRM does not support SDRS as it makes use of svmotion. I was wondering if any of you actually use SRM and datastore clusters but only enable initial placement on the...
View ArticleConstantly having to consolidate virtual machine disk?
I am having an issue whereby multiple vm's across several ESXi 5.1 hosts are requiring virtual machine disk consolidation. I perform 'snapshot consolidation' and it completes after a few seconds, then...
View ArticlevCenter Orchestrator & PowerCLI
Hi, Many at my company are very enthusiastic about vCO. The hope is we can avoid using PowerCLI and just use vCO. I do not think that is realistic. Am I wrong? Is vCO meant to do everything one can...
View ArticleWhere is document how to make Vmware HA environment ?
Where is document how to make Vmware HA environment ?
View ArticleSRM Query
We have SRM configured in our vSphere 5 enviorment. ABC is primary site and XYZ is recovery site. There is one VM named "sap11" which is created in ABC site and replication is configured. Now, I can...
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Help with install ESXi 5.1 with SSO
So I am setting up a testlab and have used a combination of the guides in the links below. Installing ESXi seems very simple and it goes through without a hitch. I have successfully logged into...
View ArticleESX5.0 Host Not Responding
HI All, One of my ESXI Host complain about one of the 10Gig Nic connectivity. But from VSphere Client all connected and no x. I got following events. Host connectivity failure27/08/2013 9:21:17...
View ArticleUnable to view VCenter
Hi All, I have successfully upgraded the VCenter 4.1 into 5.1 Update 1b by using Simple install, however according to this KB Article: VMware vSphere 5.1I need to test the access into the Inventory...
View ArticleIssues with VMware VMIA after upgrading Vcentre from 5.0 to 5.1
After a upgrade from Vcentre 5.0 to 5.1 we are now unable to get the VMIA server to talk to the management server. I get the error message below. Any Assistance in this issue would be greatly...
View Articleadd action to the root node of the object collection in vcenter web client sdk
Hi ,I referred to the sample Chassis-ui plugin of vCenter web client SDK 5.1 .I want to add actions like 'create chassis' on the root of the object Collection,not on the object 'chassis ' itself.My...
View ArticlePort forwarding in vmware workstation 9 (how to forward all traffic to one VM)
Looking here: Advanced NAT Configuration I can see how to forward ports through vmware's NAT service to a particular host, but my question is how can I forward ALL traffic to a host? I haven't found...
View ArticleVCP Certification Email Confirmation Not Received
Hi, I have wrote the VCP5-DCV exam on July 20th 2013 and score 460/500 but still haven't received the confirmation email.If i ask them they say have some problem in uploading the certificate,...
View ArticleHow to disable IPMI
Hi all. Still very new with esxi. tryng to figure out what I'm doing but I'm liking what I'm seeing so far except one. Apparently my SuperMicro Mobo can't run ESXI if my IPMI is enabled. So I have...
View ArticleSlow performance and speed in VMware ESXi 5
Dear all,I have a VMware ESXi 5 server with nine VPS in my office. I don't have any problem with this server since this week. All virtual machines which is installed on it become slow in performance...
View ArticlePowerCLI to extract all vSwitch network info to CSV
Hi People, Can anyone please assist me with the PowerCLi script to be executed against one VCenter server to gather each VMHost (ESX & ESXi) Networking configuration as in Configuration tab |...
View ArticleVMDirectPath I/O GPU Pass-through
Here is my setup and scenario I am facing: I am running ESXI 5.0 on a single host with a single Win7 64bit VM (Testing/POC). We are trying to prove that it is possible to virtualize engineering...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 Preview boot extremely slowly
Host: Ubuntu 13.10Guest: Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview Memory 8 GB 1 CPU The Windows 81. guest boots extremely slowly. The circular boot icon stops and starts many times. Boot takes well over 5...
View ArticleVMRun, unable to connect to host 1 out of 3 times
Hi, I am using vmrun.exe to interact with VMWare Workstation 7.1.4 build-385536 via some windows batch files. I am randomly getting this error message: "Unable to connect to host. Error: Unrecognized...
View ArticleVMware Workstation e.x.p build-1245816: This beta has expired …
VMware Workstation e.x.p build-1245816 tells me that "this beta has expired. You need a newer version to power on virtual machines".But:There is only a new license key available, announced to expire by...
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