vSphere Replication Manager Appliance will not deploy
Dear People From The Future: Here's what we've figured out so far: (http://xkcd.com/979/) We are installing a vCenter Site Recovery Manager system, and having a deuce of a time on one vCenter deploying...
View ArticleChecking VM Guests for AV
Hi,Is there a script that I can run that can check all VM guests for Forefront Antivirus. (Want to know if installed or not)ThanksDeon
View ArticleStrange Console Window Behaviour
Hi The issue i am going to outline is probably a pure networking issue, however on the off chance someone has an idea on what might be happening, i continue... OK vCD web access works as does the...
View ArticleTransferring files to and from VMs
I have been playing around with the following sample workflows:vCenter/Guest operations/Files/Copy file from guest to vCOvCenter/Guest operations/Files/Copy file from vCO to guest I cannot seem to get...
View ArticleProblems with audio CD burning on Windows 7 with VMWorkstation 9
I can’t burn audio files with my current configuration using VMWare 9.0.2 The Host operating system is Windows 7 (x64) and the Guest operating system is also Windows 7 (x64). On the Host I can create...
View ArticleNeed assistance in choosing between Vsphere ICM 5.1 and Vsphere FT
The company i work for is in the process of implementing a total VM solution (additional 15k netapp shelf, possible FC switches and 3-4 HOSTS IBM or Cisco Host solution. With this new project i have...
View Articlehow to define disk size with clone vm
Any one know how to define disk size when clone one vm ? following code doesn't work : my $disk = VirtualDisk->new (capacityInKB => $size); my $devspec =...
View ArticleUpgrading from ESXi 5.0 to ESXi 5.0 Update 2
Hi everyone! I have a doubt regarding an upgrade of ESXi 5.0 to ESXi 5.0U2. It is necessary to update vCenter Server when update ESXi 5.0 to ESXiU2? If you want to know. I have 3 host with ESXi 5.0...
View ArticleI'm seeing cpu freezes at random in most of my VMs ESX4.0.0
I'm seeing CPU soft lockups in most of my VMs. Some of them freeze completely, some of them require rebooting after a freeze, some of them shake it off and keep running. I'd really like to understand...
View ArticleFailing to navigate to plugin registration page after deploying vApp
Hi, we’ve been using Serengeti .8 for a bit and today found and wanted to talk a look at the new Big Data Extensions Beta package. After I deploy the OVA, the management server starts up and I can...
View ArticleConstant NetBIOS Name Service query/refresh for Windows 7 VM
Resuming a Windows 7 VM that uses NAT sometimes triggers an endless loop of NBNS queries/refreshes for the VM's name. From a Wireshark trace it looks like this happens two or three times a second...
View ArticleProblems after installing vCenter 5.1a - No vCenter Server found
Sorry, I'm new at this and I'm having a problem installing vCenter 5.1a on Windows Server 2008 R2 using the simple install. After completing the install without any errors, I start up the vSphere Web...
View ArticleVCenter Service Failing.
My vcenter service is failing to start. Any one have any idea why? windows logs attached.
View ArticleFalse Capacity/IO Alerts?
Hello all, I've recently started managing vCOPS (currently 5.6, moving to 5.7 soon) for a client. I have plenty of experience with installing it but not so much in the day to day maintenance and usage....
View ArticleVM Wasted Disk Space Analysis?
Can someone explain the following analysis query: "For each datastore, which VMs have the most wasted disk space?" It is showing a value of "0" in the "Waste | Disk Space | Total" column. I know we...
View ArticleSSL VUM
Hello, help please. I tried to change VUM (4.1) SSL certificate. Was guided by Replacing SSL certificates for VMware vCenter Update Manager by using the Update Manager Utility (1023011). But the...
View Articlebridged vs. NAT?
I am running some vms with vmware workstation and while I am getting my job done, I know there are some things I am just screwing up. I have two "setups" - one is a hadoop cluster, 3 VMs working...
View ArticleBest Windows XP Optimization Guide
Can someone tell me what is the best XP Image optimization guide to follow out there?
View ArticleAdding VMWare tools and enabling copy/paste to a VM already running?
Hi: I have an Ubuntu VM that is currently running and it seems non-trivial at this point to add VMWare tools and enable copy/paste between the host computer and the VM. For copy/paste, I go to...
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