My options for fault tolerance, nic teaming, and link aggregation
Hey Guys, We are moving to a new datacenter and we have a chance to reconfigure 4 esxi hosts with efficiency in mind. Right now we aren't nic teaming and do not have redundancy. I came into this...
View ArticleVCP 5 course credit - how to apply course credit for Install, Configure,...
I took a class for VCP 5 that was on VMware's approved course list. How do I apply that to the Plan Title: VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualizationsection online to fulfill all the...
View ArticleConverting Debian poweredOn mystical fail.
Hi Forum! I have a old Bladechassi with Dell-servers that i am going to convert to our companycloud.Hardware is Dell Poweredge 1955 servers withProcessor, 80556K, Xeon Clovertown, E5335, LGA771, Burn...
View Articlebug: dhcpd on vmnet1 not saving info
TP, OS: multiple Ubuntu (Raring and Saucy) 64-bit Any line I add ANYWHERE in the /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf is removed upon any networking restart / etc. actions. Lines preceded by # are...
View ArticleCurrent datacenter setup and capacity + best practices towards near future
All, I currently manage 2 datacenters running Esxi5.0 on 2 Dell PowerEdge R810 setup as VMware vSphere ESX hosts with following specs:4 Intel E5740 Processors96 GB RAMDVD-ROM2 Redundant Power...
View ArticleView 5.2 Automated Full Clone - ComputerName=VM name vs. sysprep.xml
Hi' We have been using View since 4.x and have always been using linked clones. Linked clones are easy,but has some disadvantages which makes managing them, take up more time. Also, with the devlopment...
View ArticleDatastore degradato, vm non partono
Buonasera,ho un bellissimo (si fa per dire) hp proliant ml350g6 con a bordo il controller p410i e 8 hd da 600gb sas 10k in raid 5.Mi si sono rotti (il sistema mi diceva proprio failure) 2 hd.Ho...
View ArticlevCSA 5.1 миграция со встроенной базы на Oracle
Есть развернутый vCSA 5.1, который рулит 15-ю хостами и 62-мя VM. Сейчас все это добро работает на embedded базе. VMware рекомендует при таком количестве переходить на внешнюю БД (oracle). Есть ли...
View ArticleVirtualCenter Management Webservices won't start after vSphere 5.1 simple...
I have the following event being output to the Windows event log 4 or 5 times a minute. Event ID: 7031Task Category: NoneLevel: ErrorDescription:The VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices...
View ArticleAbout Vmware Storage
Hi All, I am a little confused about this SAN technology. I see NetApp , EMC and Brocade. But I don’t understand the role they play in Storage. Are they Hardware? Storage devices? Or software’s? I...
View ArticlePowershell Jobs not finishing when using Move-VM
This is a script block from a larger script I am using to feed it parameters. The background job never finishes if I leave off the -runasync flag. The task completes fine in VC, but I don't see any of...
View Articlemount the replicated volumes
Hi there, Need your help to refine the below script please. The requirement is to mount the replicated volumes on multiple ESXi host the DR site: Not sure what does point# 2 and #3 does and also,...
View ArticleWhat is the best hardware equipment for the HP ProLinat DL380 G6 with vShpere...
Hi! I am planning to install an HP ProLinat DL380 G6 with the newest VMware vSphere Hypervisor. There should be 3 virtual machines: 2x Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 1x Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS. 1...
View ArticleIometer - access specifications to reflect VDI workload
Hi, what should I set for access specifications to properly simulate my storage performance for VDI workload ? Curentlly I have- 100% random- 80% write, 20% read- run time 3 minutes- 32 of outstanding...
View ArticlevDS - Dropped Egress packets
Hello everyone!I need a bit of help with packet drops and vDS port statistics. The problem is:I observe millions of Exception Ingress packets on all 4 up-links of my single vDS switch and probably...
View ArticleCertificate issues with VMware View 5.1 and Igel ThinClient
Hi, currently we have a little issue with the configuration of View 5.1 and our Igel Linux ThinClients. We did base installation of VMware View with 2 connection server. Both were installed with their...
View ArticleThinapp again.. Cant seem to remove
How can i clean up the admin GUI from Thinapp no longer in use? We tried to remove them from the shared folder and then cleared the repodb according to...
View ArticleDPM with VM-host affinity
Hi Community,We want to run DPM in combination with VMs which are assigned to one specific host. Normally DPM/DRS tries to evacuate the host before it is shut down. However, the assigned VM cannot be...
View ArticleVideo Capture
Hi, I've been a veteran user of VMware (Workstation, Player, Server, etc.) for many years, even before 1.0 (yes, I used the Beta about 13 years ago...).I'm using it as a developer to run different...
View ArticleAdd VMDK to VM using SDRS recommendation
Hi guys, I am trying to add a disk to a VM following SDRS recommendation based on William Lam work. Here is my code: my $storagePod = Vim::find_entity_view(view_type => 'StoragePod', filter =>...
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