View Desktop Printer is mapped (redirected) but not printing
Dear Community, We have created an automatic pool with dedicated allocation / linked clone with a Windows 7 gold image.So far everything is working fine....almost... USB redirection works and also both...
View ArticleCould not power on VM : Invalid metadata - storage
Hi, I am new at this forum and I have problems starting VM. My configuration of esx 4.1 is :- two host in cluster ( esx1 and esx2 ) HA- datastore is on DELL MD storage conected via ISCSII When I try to...
View ArticleIs it possible to install ESXi,Vcenter etc in a normal windows system?
Hi friends, Recently I started my VMware course.I need to practice from home.Is it possible to install ESXi,Vcenter etc in a normal windows system?I have Dell inspiron laptop.If I can install,whats the...
View ArticleESXi boot env check
Hi expert I want to know how to check boot device and Stateless, Stateless Cache, Statefull Install, normal USB boot? In USB Bootesxcli system boot device get command show "Boot Filesystem...
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VDS import to new vCenter fails
In the process of migrating to a new 5.1 vCenter we upgraded our old vCenter from 5.0 U1 to 5.1 since we rely heavily on vds. This would make it possible to export current VDS configurations and import...
View Articleset switch tag vlan
Hi,I'am installing esx 5.1.I have 3 vlan (prod, vmotion, vmkernel). I look that when on dcui (yellow screen) I put vlan correct, I cannot ping esx host. If Iremove vlan tag I can ping esx host.I...
View ArticleFujitsu TX140 S1p Logical volume
Hi All, I've got a Fujitsu TX140 S1p server. I have created a logical volume (RAID 1). The controller is onboard LSI MegaRAID. When I run the ESXi 5.1 installer it detects the two physical drives (2 x...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 / ESXi's user login/logout logs
Hi, we're monitoring our vSphere 5.1 environment with Nagios. Most of the checks (cpu, memory, hardware, etc.) are performed against the hosts and not through the vCenter. The checks use a local user...
View ArticleSSO - Moving user to another OU breaks SSO
Hey all, Have been using vCenter 5.1 with SSO for about 6 months now without issues. Today though I have been testing some new GPO changes I need to make and realized my users were still in the...
View ArticleAutospegnimento ESXi 5.1
Ciao a tutti! ho un piccolo problema con ESXi 5.1 upd. 1Ho seguito diverse guide in rete, con parziale successo:Sono riuscito facilmente a creare lo script di spegnimento per ESXi e a renderlo...
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Cloning to NFS share
Hi,I'm using ESXi5.0 build 1117897.I've got a Synology Diskstation connected that provides an NFS share.Cloning a VM to DAS or LUN works.Accessing the NFS share via Vcenter and copying large files...
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Safe to delete snapshot from failed vdp backup
Hi I had some backups fail last night and on 4 VMs I can see a snapshot that the VDP appliance made during the backup but was unable to remove automatically. (I assume)Since these are some pretty...
View ArticleConverting Hyper-v to Vmware using the vmware converter
Hi, I am looking for some support wrt using the converter for converting VM's created in Hyper-V to VMware. What happens to the Hyper-V tools? Will the Data be secure? Will the drives be the same? Can...
View ArticleThin Provisioned VMDKs consume all available space
Hi, Server: Win 2008 R2 with SP1 (file server)Storage: VMDKs on VMFS5 datastore (thin provisioned), underlying Fibre SAN storagevSphere: vCenter Server 5 Standard, ESXi 5.0 Patch 2 (build 515841) ......
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Need help creating a dashboard to count a total.
I have a dashboard that shows the top 20 highest VM's that are about ready to run out of disk space. Would there be any way to create another dashboard that would give a count of this just to display...
View ArticleCan't obtain an Internet connection using workstation 6.5.5
I have just purchased a laptop that uses Windows 8 (64-bit). I have installed Workstation 6.5.5, and I have installed XP (32-bit) as the guest system. The host connects to the Internet via a wireless...
View ArticleVM converter error while moving a virtual machine to another esxi 5.1 server
Hello,I trying to copy a vm that's on an old amd processor to another system with a newer socket amd processor using the latest vm converter standalone. I get the following error "Unable to validate...
View ArticleHow to get VirtualMachine storage info
Hello,i can not collect storage performance data for a virtual machine and specific datastore.the performances merics are the follow:disk.provisioned.LATEST disk.unshared.LATESTdisk.used.LATEST in...
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