Automatically pause all VMs when host goes to sleep?
Whenever I forget to pause my VMs before going out for lunch or closing the laptop lid, I find that more often than not when I come back the VMs will either be frozen or just show a black screen,...
View ArticleSeparating VMDKs what are the draw backs?
We are redesiging our vSphere environment, there's disgussion about splitting VMDKs onto different LUNs of different tiers. I've been reading this is not a recommended practice. I've attempted to...
View Articledatabase connection has failed vm-sso-javalib.log
Trying to upgrade vcenter 4.0 to 5.1, trying to intsall signle sign on , created db and users using script, but getting error: database connection has failed vm-sso-javalib.log log have following...
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Auto Deploy - Unable to properly boot ESXi 5.1 properly on HP Blade Servers
We have recently upgraded our vCenter to 5.1.0b, and ofcourse I wanted to update our running (stateless) ESXi blades right away. It appeared this is a little harder then I expected it to be. The image...
View ArticleVCAP5-DCA test available in Costa Rica?
hi guys is there a way to find out if VCAP5-DCA is available in Costa Rica? I mean I've heard in some countries the electronic test is not available? and BTW how much does it cost? thanks a lot
View ArticleKeyboard not working properly - Wrong Characters & Caps Lock REVERSED
I have found some weird behavior of the keyboard (Spanish ISO) on Mac OS X Server 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard Server) on VMware Fusion 5.0.3 on OS X 10.8.3 (Mountain Lion): 1. In all cases on Snow Leopard...
View ArticleNetwork cable unplugged problem when running multiple machines
When number of simultanious running machines exceed ~30, newly started machines report "Network cable unplugged" and when I try to connect it manually, it fails, saying "Could not connect Ethernet0 to...
View ArticleCreate and mount virtual USB flash drive
Hello, I use VMware Workstation 9 for a lab environment on my laptop. As an IT engineer who builds and manages operating system deployment (OSD) processes, I need the ability to test out certain...
View ArticlevCD 5.1 networking deployment errors
Kia Ora. Nicely utilising vCD 5.1 on vSphere 5.1 private cloud lab. Next minute, i attempt to provision a vApp network and have it fail with error such as Unable to deploy network...
View ArticlePower cli stats
Hey Guys, I am trying to write a script where I take a datacenter in vcenter - check if its a cluster and then depending on the reply (if stand alone hosts or if a cluster) pull last months avg cpu,...
View ArticleOdd link aggregation problem
I'm having an odd problem with link aggregation between an ESXi 5 host and a 3COM Baseline 2924-SFP Plus switch. This is a standalone ESXi host with a dual-port NIC card. The networking is set up with...
View ArticleWhy Failed to clone disk: There is not enough space on the file system for...
The Situation:1. We have two SuperMicro servers running ESXi 5.1, and do cross-backups each night between the servers using vkmfstools. Each server has Windows 2003 Server VM running Windows...
View ArticleNo option to upgrade esxi 4.1 to 5.1 after fixing state.#### issue.
I am updating from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1 using a local CD. In the first attempt I got the option to upgrade, but at 24% got: [Error 39] Directory not empty ....state.12992. follow these instructions...
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ESXi + Snapshot + Raid
Hello, I've an ESXi 5 setup running in a non raid configuration so ESXi and all the VM's are stored on one and the same disk.My question is if it is possible to snapshot all VM's or even the whole...
View ArticleConverting P2V - No Scheduled Sync option?
Hi everyone, I am using VMWare vCentre Convertor Standalone v5 and trying to go P2V on a SBS 2008 Server. It allows me to make the clone, and the Virtual Server work perfect. The problem is I have to...
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ESXi 5.1 - PSOD LINT1 motherboard interrupt
Upgraded a server from ESXi 5.0 to ESXi 5.1, but now when I power on a VM that is passing a device through PCI Passthrough, I get this immediate LINT1 PSOD on the server. Anyone else experiencing...
View Articlevmware tools for linux - There was a problem updating a software component
Update: I tried reinstalling VMware Workstation and am now getting this error which seems very relevant:"linux.iso.sig" not valid short file name...
View Articlevmware workstation using win7 image
so, host is basicallly netbook. not any issues so far, except, now, seems like everytime i open the win7 image, it boots up to desktop ok. then as soon as i launch application, i lose the screen. it...
View Articlewin7 image size optimization
any suggestions to decrease actual size of vm image? win7 is at about 14gb space and wanted to make as small file as possible. any thoughts on how to strip win7 image to make a smaller image file size?...
View ArticleHost State (red,yellow)?
Hello. A simple question, I think... It's possible to know the host status? aka: in Red State, Yellow State or Ok... I can see that Get-VMHost shows State and ConnectionState attributes. Maybe State?...
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