storage capacity reports issue
Hello, In our environment we intentionally leave 20% free space on all datastores to prevent any issues. All the VM’s are thick provisioned, but this 20% intentional overhead is causing our ‘time...
View ArticleWhere to add Win Server 2012 Datacenter Key in VMware
Hi All, We have 1 ESXi 5 server with 2 CPU's, we have purchased Windows Server 2012 data center edition 2CPU license. As per the page no 7 of below article in you can use Windows Server 2012 data...
View Articlestandalone ESXi 5.x host and update manager.
It is understood that update manager, operating as a VM, cannot be used to patch a standalone host - must shut down the update manager VM and enter maintenance mode, and then update manager is no...
View ArticlevExpert: Kannan Mani
This document is a detail page for the VMware vExpert Directory.Expert InformationNameKannan ManiLocationSan Ramon, CAUnited StatesShort DescriptionSenior Technical Solutions Architect – Databases, DB...
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Using Vi Java API tutorial
Hello everyone, I'am very enthousiast to write this first blog post and share what I've learned about programing with VMware sdk in Java.In this tutorial, I am going to talk about a project that i...
View ArticleHow do you properly configure persistent disk permissions?
I ran into an issue today with one of our newly created Dev Pool VMs. Essentially, the persistent disk isn't available to the developer. When an Admin logs onto the machine, they can access the drive...
View ArticleFirst New-VM : An item with the same key has already been added.
I'm getting a strange error that I've seen a few other posts about, but with no resolution (or at least one that I can find). When attempting to create a new VM using the New-VM cmdlet, I receive the...
View ArticleSMTP username and password on Vcenter
Want to configure SMTP and using a hosted exchange which requires SSL and port 587 to be used. Updated the port on the Vcenter advanced setting and want to know what will be the key parameter to add...
View Articlevm shutdown during suspend operation
Running the July preview. Is there a way to securely upload a log file?
View Articleattachment lun physical machine in virtual machine
Hi, I'm planning to migrate a machine physically with red hat and she has a lun that foreign direct wanted appends the vm. The question is, will lose data?
View ArticleNoisy neighbor with RDMs
We've got SQL server VM which puts a huge load on storage: 1,5k average commands per second, with 3,5k spikes (as reported by vCenter). It negatively impacts all datastores latency as a result. We are...
View ArticleProject and Visio 2013 ThinApp
I've ThinApp'd (separately) Microsoft Project 2013 and Visio 2013 with a Windows 7 32bit clean image with ThinApp 4.7.3. I used MAK licenses for now, just because I didn't want to deal with the KMS...
View ArticleCalling Oracle Aces, Oracle Certified Master....
One of the best kept Secrets at VMware os the Vmware Guru Program...VMware Guru Program OverviewIn this Program, VMware will provide evaluation licenses on selected VMware fully functional products at...
View ArticleHow force a vm to use a static ip
HIi'm using esxi 5.1 and vsphere client 5.1i wana foce every vm use one static ip and can't change or add another one....because every vm can find out another ip in their ip range easily and add it....
View ArticleWindows LSI_SAS Driver, Storport hotfix and performance
While investigating a Windows 2008 R2 VM disk performance problem, I recently came across the following article about an updated Storport driver for Windows 2008 R2 that indicates it could...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 - Can't log in vSphere client and SSO can't register vCenter server
I have created an LDAP connection to AD, and the "Test Connection" comes back successfully. I have it set for LDAPS, and imported the cert from the CA, and the connection points to the same DC which...
View ArticleTemplate and cloning options not available in vSpere client
Hello. I'm relatively new to the virtual environment, just under a year, and I'm having trouble with templates and cloning. Here's the story. ESXi 5.1.0, build 799733vSphere Client 5.1.0, build...
View ArticleP2V Cluster
Good Afternoon All, I have a question in regards to clustering of a Physical server with a Virtual one using ESXi VMFS RDM. I have a 3 node Veritas cluster with 3 SQL instances running on Windows 2008...
View ArticleVirtual Machine moved or copied message after ESXi 5.1 upgrade
I upgraded a ESXi5.0 host to 5.1 and when I rebooted the VMs the all gave me a message about asking if they were moved or copied. I didn't see this on the 4.1 to 4.1U2 upgrade I did last time. Why does...
View ArticleVCP5 certification requirements
I have been reading up on getting the VCP but cannot get over the class requirements. This would be fine for a single class, but what happens when ESXi 6 comes out? Do I have to take another 3K course,...
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