Listing configured Alarm & Notification email recipients
Hi, We've had a couple of guys leave our team and I'm going through all of our services and replacing individual email accounts with distribution groups. This will make life easier for us in the long...
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VMWare not responding to ping after management network problems
Hi everyone Last week a strange thing happened.We have a 3Node ESXi cluster, with a lot of virtual machine on itFor an uknown reason, one of the node had a problem on the management network (suddenly...
View ArticleVDP Upgrade: connect iso on power on?
I was wondering if the vdp upgrade iso needs to be configured in vm settings to connect on power on or just connected. The upgrade guide mentioned it could take a few hours to upgrade but I'm assuming...
View ArticlevCO Appliance 5.1.1 Cannot Import Configuration Element from 5.1.0
Hi all, Trying to do an upgrade on my appliance from 5.1.0 to 5.1.1, I have taken backups of the appliance configuration, all workflows and configuration elements. I shut down the 5.1.0 appliance and...
View ArticleChange Reason
In v8 when doing any kind of changes it asks for a "Change Reason".Where do I find the values that people have typed in this free text field. Trying to see what the reasons are for people suspending...
View ArticleSVMotion Failing
I am trying to svmotion just one disk and am getting "A general system error occurred: Failed to start disk migrations." It's not for all VM's though. Any thoughts on why this would be?
View ArticleIntermitent network disconnect in VM using E1000E NIC
Hi, We just installed three new Windows Server 2012 and one new Windows 8 VMs on ESXi 5.1. On those VMs, we get a lot of errors in the System Event log about network disconnects. According to the logs,...
View ArticleHypervisor上の書き込みキャッシュの有無について
お世話になります。 ESX/ESXiのHypervisor上には書き込みキャッシュのようなものは存在するのでしょうか？ 例えば、ゲストOSからディスクへ書き込み要求があった場合、ハードウェア上のコントローラーに書き込みが完了した時点でゲストOSに完了通知をするのか、それともHypervisor上にキャッシュのようなものがあり、キャッシュに書き終わった時点で完了としているのでしょうか。...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Hardware Version
I have upgraded all of my ESXI hosts and vCenter from 5.0u1 to 5.1.0. When I create a new VM, the most recent virtual machine hardware version that I can select from is 8. What am I missing?
View ArticleBug: VMware Workstation hangs indefinitely if imported VM has more network...
Hi! I've found that importing a virtual machine with more network adapters than defined networks on VMware Workstation, VMware Workstation will hang indefinitely. You may even add more network cards to...
View Articlevmware tools heartbeat failure: guest reset but should it have?
I have a linux guest vm that was reset early 1 morning because of the above HA message after coming out of a VDP backup snapshot but I was wondering if it should have been and what if anything I should...
View ArticleHow to start machine after OVF export?
I'm running OVF tool to export a running virtual machine (ESXi 5.0) from a command line. One of the options is shutting down the virtual machine before the export that works fine. Is there an option to...
View ArticleHow to generate alarms or events using any scripts?
Hi I want to test a network management application which also manages the VMs and hosts in the device. It also displays the alarms and events generated by the vCenter.Is it possible to generate the vm...
View ArticleHQ 5.0.0 (OpenSource) users can only see their own resources
Hi, since upgrading to HQ Server 5.0.0 users can only see their own resources, platforms etc.. (Only hqadmin is able to see everything)In Version 4.6 every user had access to any resource. What can we...
View ArticleHOWTO+Run local bash script from WITHIN the vCenter Orchestrator Workflows
Hello, I just started learning vCO workflow development. I'm stuck on how to Run my local bash script from within the Orchestrator Workflows. My bash script is located in the vCO server (e.g....
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How to get the list of RDM's ??
Hi All, In our environment so many RDM's are presented to differant VM's in physical compatibility mode . it got very difficult for me to keep track Could any one please let me know , how to get...
View ArticleСоздать ВМ скриптом
Всем доброго времени суток.Возникла необходимость немного автоматизировать клонирование виртуалок на ESXi 5.Собственно вопрос - а можно клонировать скриптом? Из командной строки?
View ArticleUnable to add 5.1 essentials hosts to vcenter standard installation
I need some clarification on a licencing issue as the Vmware support department are somewhat lacking and they are just saying there has been a change in the licencing. We are upgrading our solution...
View ArticleВопрос по кластеру vmware
Всем доброго времени суток.Очень нужна консультация по вот какому вопросу.Есть кластер из двух серверов.Можно ли сделать так, чтобы на этом кластере была запущена всего одна виртуальная машина, но чтоб...
View ArticleRoot Password Change Script
I discovered this fine script that bradley4681 posted over at http://communities.vmware.com/thread/172220?start=15&tstart=0. For some reason I am unable to reply to that thread, so I thought I...
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