SRM Authentication
Hi All, I am planning for implementation of SRM 5.1 in vShere 5.1 and have little doubt about authentication of all the components involved here, i have AD in the environment already. We need...
View ArticleVCDX Defense/Design Question
I am planning a VCDX defense based on a partially fictious defense. I am wondering if all of the products in the design have to be made by VMWare. I was planning on doing a large desktop deployment...
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Windows 7 Quick Launch Error WEIRD
Hi guys, has anyone run into this when they loggin in? the quick launch can't seems to find the path? the os is configured with persona running local group policy.
View Article5.1 web client insall error
I am attempting to load the 5.1 web-client onto Windows 2008 Server x64 VM. I downloaded the 5.1b ISO and extracted the files. I am getting the attached errors,,trying it via the installer and from...
View Articlemigration of VM causes VM reload, but subsequent migration to the same host...
Hi experts So we have this VM, that is running in this linux cluster. And when we migrate this from one host to another, it causes a reload. But that's only if the VM has never been on this host...
View ArticleNeed script to find failed logins in vCenter
Need a script to find the failed login in vCenter from the vpxlog files. This is the error code for the failed logins. "Error 1326"
View Articlesoftware installations going to other users as well
Some strange behavior I'm wondering of anybody else has seen... I wouk for a large company that has a web application for installing desktop applications (an app store). I manage a vCloud Director 1.5...
View ArticleWindows server reboots after P2V
After completeing a p2v of a Windows 2003 Enterprise server if you do not logon to the server it will reboot after about 30 seconds, If you logon to the server it does not reboot as long as you stay...
View ArticleLoad balancer with View 5.1
Hey all, I've got a question about getting our load balancer up and running in our View 5.1 environment. I've followed KB article 2020913 to get our view servers up and running with SSL certificates....
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ESXi 5.1 – MegaRAID SAS Alert
Last week I replaced a HBA in a Dell PowerEdge R710. After the card was replaced I opened a KVM session and watched the successful boot process. All good.My colleague began flipping through the various...
View Articlecant copy/paste from guest to host
i was searching trying to solve this problem but nothing, the problem is that i cant copy any file from the guest and paste in the host. I try to uninstall the vmware tools and install it again and...
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Practice iSCSI by Building a Nested vSphere Lab.
Note: This post attempts to provide information to those looking to build a simple, nested vSphere lab who may require some basic examples of iSCSI configuration. The examples are intended to be as...
View ArticleSystem Settings in Base Layer
Hello, I'm trying to create a Base Layer which- has Mozilla Firefox and IE with a proxy configured in it.- open the .zip files with 7-zip by default. The default policies (Upload policy, Base Layer...
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vSphere Private VLANs - Dev Environment Use Case
In a previous post on my blog I wrote about the experience of cloning an entire virtual infrastructure by leveraging NetApp FlexClone. Once that was complete I began planning the design of the new...
View ArticleJNLP loads Sigar native libs via file: but not http:
I have an app that is using jnlp as the launcher. It uses the Sigar libraries which require dynamically loaded native libraries for platform specific code.For purposes of debugging this I have two JNLP...
View Articleverification of vShield Manager to vCenter registration
I'm installing the vShield Manager appliance into my "evaluation" vSphere/vCloud environment. Working from the vShield Quickstart document [1], the vCenter configuration section says to verify the...
View Articleunderstanding capacity remaining for disk space
Hi all,I am wondering how disk space capacity is calcultated in vC OPS5.7. I have a cluster with 4 datastores on a SAN / 40 VMs :4.2 To disk space available (Capacity Risk Details view)3.2 To disk...
View ArticleEdit OOTB workflows in Designer
Hello, vCAC provides a few OOTB workflows when we choose the 'create' option while building a blueprint. Ex: WIM Image workflow, Basic VM workflow, External provisioning workflow, Linux kickstart...
View ArticleWindows Endless Reboot Loop
Got a Macbook Pro. Loaded VM, Windows 7 Hm Ed upgrade and MS Office 2010 no prob. Windows wants to install an upgrade. I approve. Takes so long in "logging off" screen that I fall asleep. Laptop...
View Articleaccess is denied
Hi, I have installed and granted "domain admin" inside administrator role in mirage.example: "domain admins" include 'administrator' and "myadmin" accounts.I rdp into the mirage server using...
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