vCenter Server 5.1 still using Default VMWare Certificate after using VMWare...
Hello,Like the title says, I am still receiving the Security Warning when starting vSphere Client after successfully running the Certificate Automation Tool.If I look at the certificate through the...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 services distribution
I am currently performing an upgrade from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1. I"ve decided to use split the services across 2 vCenters. I am wondering, wich services should go where, is there any recommandations...
View ArticleThunderbolt storage support (ESXi)
I think this may have been answered, but is there any way to support thunderbolt drives (or thunderbolt raid) ? I'm thinking about the mac mini as a home lab box, but would want DAS rather than iscsi...
View ArticlevSphere Update Manager 5.1
We have installed vCenter 5.1 with multisite SSO and very thing is good. I do have one question that we have run when starting the Update Manger 5.1 install into hence posting to the community. Our SAN...
View ArticlevCenter permissions - local group doesn't seem to work
I've created a local group on my vCenter server and placed the local administrator account inside this group.I've then assigned this local group to the administrator role within vCenter at the highest...
View ArticleSDRS invalid - Esxi host removed
Hi All, If I remove ESXi host from my cluster, will SDRS become invalid? Vmware docs state that SDRS is invalid only when vCenter is unavailable or vm is started by vc connected to esxi host. Could...
View ArticleCan I assume that flat.vmdks always start at the beginning of a 1 mb block ?
I have a question about reading raw VMFS-volumes.Lets assume I found the start of the VMFS-partition.Can I assume that if there are flat.vmdks on that volume - that those flat.vmdks will always start...
View ArticleVirtual Machine List Report
Hi all, I'm new to vCenter Operations Manager and trying to comprehend those standard reports it provides.In the "Virtual Machine List Report" there're columns with headings like "CPU Limited Demand",...
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How many IOPS can a HDD, HHDD or SSD do?
How many IOPS can a HDD, HHDD or SSD do? A common question I run across is how many IOPS (IO Operations Per Second) can a storage device or system do or give. The answer is or should be it depends....
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Part II: How many IOPS can a HDD, HHDD or SSD do with VMware?
How many IOPS can a HDD, HHDD or SSD do?This is the second post of a two-part series looking at storage performance, specifically in the context of drive or device (e.g. mediums) characteristics across...
View ArticleRecommendations for VCP-IaaS study material?
already passed vcp510-dv.. so now i need to knock out IaaS to be cloud certified..DV wasnt bad because i have years of experience with esxi/vcenter... took install/configure course... and read bill...
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IBM buys Softlayer, for software defined infrastructures and clouds?
IBM today announced that they are acquiring privately held Dallas Texas-based Softlayer and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider.IBM is referring to this as Cloud without Compromise (read more...
View ArticlePersistent Issues with QLogic 10GbE nic - Appears and Disappears in vCenter
Please Help! We had a 10GbE card fail in a vitural host, 5.1 U1. We replaced the card with an identical card, but the nics never showed up in vCenter. After hours of fiddling with it, we installed...
View ArticleUsing more than 8GB of ram for ESXi
I am using a Mac Mini with 16GB ram. When I installed ESXi, the most ram it will allow me to assign to the VM that ESXi is running in is 8GB. Is there a way that I can assign it at least 12GB of...
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P2V Dynamic Disks
Dear all, We have an organisation who desperately want to convert a Server into VMware, however the disks are dynamic, please see image. Can anyone suggest the best route to achieve this? Many thanks
View ArticleUnknown command or Namespace error.
Hello team, We have an ESXi version 5.0 server . There are few vm's running on it. I want to configure snmp on this ESXi.But the problem is when i execute the below command : # esxcli system snmp set...
View ArticleAssign multiple users to one linked clone?
Hello, I recently created a media pool for my manufacturing departments. I set it up as a dedicated pull with an 8 gig persistent disk to support the users desktop and lotus notes information....
View Articlemanually installing patches working but not showing up in patches repository
Dear community , I am trying to update my ESX1 5.1.0 build 799733 hosts with the list of patches below that I have freshly downloaded :...
View ArticlevCOPs Alerting not working ?
Hi, I have added my VCOPS server and I can from vCOPS Click on "actions-> search in vlog insight"..that is working well so I think the adaptor is configured correctly. Now the issues is when I setup...
View ArticleHow to add non vSphere source?
I've got it installed and it's monitoring 2 vCenters and 6 ESXi, and it's connected to VC Ops 5.7.1 also. LogInsight is working fine :-)I'm not able to find the way to add non VMware, such as physical...
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