vifptarget: command not found since upgrading
I upgraded my vma appliance from 5.1.0.0 build 782391 to 5.1.0.1 build 1062361 this morning and now when I try to issue the vifptarget command to specify one of the hosts in my list as the target I...
View ArticlevSphere 5.1 VCDB performance tuning...max degree of parallelism
Hi All, In the document "VMware® vCenter Server™ 5.1 Database Performance Improvements and Best Practices for Large-Scale Environments" located here...
View ArticleHow to use vmrun against Virtual Machine folders (groups) in VMWare...
I am using VMWare Workstation v9 and establishing library folders to group my guest VM's. I would like to use the vmrun utility to power on / off these guests by simply referring to the library folder...
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"Apply Template" in VSM
In Infra8 when you viewed “Requests Outstanding”, or did a “Request Search”, there was an icon called “Apply Template” - this button enabled you to apply a different workflow template to the selected...
View ArticleVCAP5-DCA tests on vSphere 5 or 5.1?
Hi folks, Quick question, as the title suggests, can someone tell me if the VCAP5-DCA tests you on 5 or 5.1? I just had a look at the exam blueprint and it's got vSphere 5 all over it, but I need to be...
View ArticleHow do I expand virtual C drive on Fusion 5 W7 VM
My C drive on my virtualized W7 PC running under Fusion 5.0.3 is full and I need to expand it. Do I just load a disk utility onto the virtual machine and expand it that way?Thanks.Ray
View Articlevmware-tools and openindiana - broken in 5.0u2 and 5.1 ?
Hi, I have several ESXi 5.0 boxes. I use virtualized openindiana on them. I always install vmware-tools.When ESXi 5.1 came out, I upgraded one of my boxes with 5.1 and vmware-tools inside it (from 8.5...
View ArticlevCenter upgrade 4.1 to 5.1 - disconnected hosts
Hi AllAfter an upgrade of vcenter server from 4.1 to 5.1.0b, my 4.1 hosts are now disconnected in vcenter server.When I click on the summary tab on one of the hosts I get, "Cannot synchronize host ...,...
View ArticleCan't restore backup VM, created with ghettoVCB, named with "-"
Hi. I use ghettoVCB with LAST_MODIFIED_DATE= 2013-01-11 Machine named 'EMPTY_M1' and successfully backed up to NFS.NFS DataStore mapped permanently in GUI and named "NAS1".Backup saved to...
View ArticleNew Browse Control in Request Screen
Hi there, I'd like to add a new browse control to the request details screen that has editable fields and that allows the user to add/remove rows (like some Admin screens do). The editable fields would...
View ArticleHA with Fault Tolerance Design
Can someone post their network design with hardware and software along with how they have vmware HA with FT implemented? I'm looking to consolidate our servers and want to also implement ha and ft...
View ArticleHaving issues adding ESXi host to vCenter Server Appliance
I've been spending lots of time working on the new vCenter 5.1.0A. I have two vCenter environments in my test and dev. vCenter1 = Windows 2008 R2 vCenter server. It has local domain Microsoft CA self...
View ArticleKeyboard shortcut import
I'm running Windows on VMWare fusion, and I would like to have a keyboard shortcut import and export. The keyboard shortcut maps could be shared between users. Two big ones I would use right now are:...
View ArticleConnecting USB drives to vsphere 5 using vcenter
instead of uploading info across the network to datastore in vsphere 5.1 i want to upload it from a usb drive but i cant get vcenter/vsphere to see no drive i put in none of my usb slots. Can someone...
View ArticleHow to understand the scalable capablity of Hyperic ? [New bie]
[1] - Is there any body have any available matrix/data which can clearly explain about the scalablity (e.g. monitoring across thousands of server or monitoring objects)[2]. May you suggest any...
View Articlehow to use vSphere Client script plug-ins with the vSphere Web Client
Hi, all how to use vSphere Client script plug-ins with the vSphere Web Client. I found...
View ArticleWhat will happen if I want to install the linux PREEMPT_RT patch on a VM...
Dear all, I want my real-time application to run in a linux VM, but I have no idea about how to achieve this. As you may know, there is a real-time patch named 'PREEMPT_RT' and released by the linux...
View ArticleMoving 2008 R2 Standard Domain Controller to ESXI 5.1
I have read multiple times and even seen from the official support that migrating domain controllers into vmware isn't supported. Is this still the case in 5.1 or can this successfully be done with...
View ArticleVMWARE View administration Level Of Effort LOE ratio
Greetings, Currently working on trying to define a team structure that would be required to manage VIEW intitially with 200 desktops and growing from there. Does anyone have any kind of LOE or...
View ArticleDoes Ether Channel = LACP?
I'd like to use "Route based on IP hash". I have switches that support LACP but do not specifically say "ether channel" anywhere. I did some Googling and it says that ether channel can be configured...
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