IP Hash and standby NICs
Just upgraded to vCenter 4.1 and for the first time am seeing a warning in our ESX network config: "The IP hash based load balancing does not support Standby uplink physical adapters. Change all...
View ArticleInstall vCloud director
hii want to deploy vCloud Director but i need VMware Distrubed Switch and DRS licences avalaible by vSphere Entreprise Plus , there is a verssion of vSphere Entreprise Plus licence freeThanks
View ArticleSystem.isHostReachable not always returning true when hosts are pingable
I am trying to use the System.isHostReachable method and it seems to be working for some ip addreses and hostnames but others it is failing. I have connected to the vco host and I am able to ping the...
View ArticleCreating Templates, do I use sysprep.
I use ESXi5 and Vcenter5. I have a few questions about templates. Do I need to use sysprep? On the vSphere 5 Documentation Center page I can either convert or clone a VM to a template no mention of...
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Application Restore Failure VDP Advanced
Hello, i have small Testenviroment (4 Hosts with SAN) vSphere 5.1 (Host and vCenter). The Version from VDP Advanced is 5.1.20.24. I tested the Application Funktion SQL Backup and Restore ... i have...
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Strange iSCSI port binding issue
I'm having a very strange problem with my iSCSI SAN that I can't work out.Previously, I was running ESX 4.0 with multipath iSCSI working just fine. I did an upgrade to ESX 5.1U1 and now I can't get...
View ArticleZ600 vs Dell T3500 for Home-LAB
Hi All,Which one is better for a good esx lab :T3500 = ONE x W3520 with 24GB RAM - ONE NICz600 = TWO x E5530 (QuadCore-HT), 24GB ECC RAM - Dual NicsZ600 can go upto 48GB RAM (Which I will upgrade to in...
View ArticleUnable to migrate VM from ESXi 4.1 cluster???
Afternoon all, I'm trying to migrate some VM's from an existing ESXi 4.1 cluster to a new ESXi 5.1 cluster. I've installed VMWare Converter 5.1 on the management server at the destination end, and have...
View ArticleHow to determine the driver of a VNIC
Hi Everyone, I just want to ask, how can we determine the driver of an assigned virtual NIC or what is the initial driver of a Virtual NIC assigned to a Virtual Machine. What im trying to say here is...
View ArticleKernel mode debugging through workbench using TCP
I have developed a driver using workbench 3.0 and installed driver to ESX host using workbench. I want to debug my driver using the TCP protocol. However, I havn't found any solution for this. Is it...
View Articlesmartcard authentication to host takes ages
Hi all, I'm facing a strange issue with view clients authenticating to the server. Situation: View Connection server 5.1 in domain, smartcard authentication enabled. Forest has multiple...
View ArticleWhat are vmservice-vshield-pg and vmservice-vmknic-pg used for?
Hi, I installed vShield App, and find that a standard virtual switch is created, with portgroup vmservice-vshield-pg and vmservice-vmknic-pg, and with no uplink. I don't understand why created these...
View ArticleHow to install on debian
Hi, I'm trying to install Hyperic open source on debian and this message is shown: =========================================================================Installer StartedCurrent Date/Time: Thu May...
View ArticleUnable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine
I'm trying to convert a VM from VMwareServer2 to ESXi using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Client V5.0.0.The VM is a WinNT OS called client1.vmx I have copied locally in the computer where the...
View ArticleNot able to clone from PowerCLI
Hi All , I have a Vcenter Setup and having one ESXi host . When i am trying to clone a VM residing in the ESXi via Powercli , its giving error not able to find storage datastore1 . Below is the command...
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Pearson Vue issue
Hello all, I had a problem with Pearson Vue testing center and i want to give you some info about that problem because someone may have same problem with Pearson Vue. First of all, i am from Turkey....
View ArticleDiscover USB Devices available for passthru
So here's a challenge that I seem to be needing a little bit of help with. Basically I what I'm trying to do is trigger an alarm in vCenter when the Host USB Configuration has changed, once that alarm...
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High ready time & i/o Latency after upgrading to Vsphere 5.0 U2
Hello gurusWe have an infrastructure based on a ibm blade center h with a mix of 7 blade servers (Hs22 hs23, hs23p) Since the upgrade from vsphere 4.1 to 5.0U2 we have noticed a slowdown with a few...
View ArticleOrchestrator with Nexus 1000v
Has anyone leveraged Orchestrator with Nexus 1000v. I was researching workflow integrations and it appears that nexus 1000v has REST capabilities now. I was wondering if it is possible to hook the APIs...
View ArticleRemote Console (VMRC) Issue
In "My Cloud," all of the "live thumbnails" of the vApps are visible. When I open a Console, I get "Connecting..." then "Disconnected" and a black screen. Our cells are in a DMZ with two logical...
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