Re: Set-NetworkAdapter to standard switch from DVS
Hello, markdjones82- Typically, I would say that this would involve setting up a new VM configuration specification and using the ReconfigVM() method of a VirtualMachine object. But, it looks like in...
View ArticleRe: EMC VNXe vs Equallogic vs Compellent
I work for an EMC reseller and have deployed several VNXe arrays. The devices have been nice upgrades for many of our clients. There are a bunch of great documents you should check out should you...
View ArticleRe: Datastore Naming Convention
can use something like TYPE DATASTORE# LUN# ie. Prod_01_001 Dev_05_005
View ArticleRe: Clarification please ISCSI Targets single or multiple subnets
So after further investigation, I believe the answer is from a VMware perspective that a single subnet is just fine, best practice says it should be isolated, but connectivity via single subnet back to...
View ArticlevCO server not appearing under managed vcenter instances
Hi all, I want to have a look at vCO. I have done a quick and dirty install on some development infrastructure.I am using vcenter5.1. Installed vCO on same box.In my vCO config all seems fine and with...
View ArticleRe: ESX 4.1 to ESXi 5.1 migration or upgrade
Hi, Please go through the below mentioned articles/docs...
View ArticleRe: Monitor packet drops across all ESXi hosts
Sure, something like this should do the trick $esxName="esx1.local.test"$start=...
View ArticleRe: Clarification please ISCSI Targets single or multiple subnets
Hi, Please have a look at KB:http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2038869
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Multipathing & Migration Question (NMP, Powerpath)
Situation:1. Currentesxi 4 hosts connected via nmp through Falconstor to Hitachi backend 2. Migrationesxi 5 boot from san hosts connected via powerpath to emc vmax Question: Best Practice to migrate...
View ArticleRe: Monitor packet drops across all ESXi hosts
Hi Luc, Thanks for sharing the script here, how can this be changed to search through the multiple ESXi hosts from Get-VMHost instead of hard code it manually one by one ?
View ArticleDay 1 comments on Horizon Mail
I downloaded Horizon Mail this afternoon and here's my take on is after about 4 hours of use with my Exchange 2010 mailbox account. Like: Layout: overall the use of space and colors are much better...
View ArticleRe: possible disk perf - how to diagnose?
If your disks are sub 8ms latencies, you don't have a disk performance issue.
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Re: Issue with datastore creation
Hey All Sorry for the late reply. I kept this task on hold for sometime as I had to do something else. When I switched back to the issue again, the datastore creation is being done successfully without...
View ArticleRe: Set-VMHostSysLogServer for more than one log server
To be honest, I never got that cmdlet to work correctly.As an alternative, you can try the Get-EsxCli cmdlet.Something like this...
View ArticleRe: Monitor packet drops across all ESXi hosts
That is quite easy actually, just add the hostname as an extra property on the Grou-Object cmdlet.Something like this $start=...
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Re: Sharing a .vmdk between two VMs
It does On the 2nd VM, is that a typo in the thread or in the script $hd1=New-HardDisk-VM$VM2-DiskPath"[Datastore]...
View ArticleRe: VMware Tools Impact on dvSwitch
The condition of VMware tools will not affect the migration to a VDS. The migration feature basically just changes the vNIC's port group assignment. There may be a slight loss of network connectivity...
View ArticleRe: Extending VMWare disk corrupted it.
Problem was an incomplete ISO. Downloaded it again & it runs. I added another (known good) virtual disk to the VM with the defective disk (as a comparison). Device Information: No outstanding...
View ArticleRe: Running SQL queries against the vCenter database
It's ok with power cli But i don't how to generate reports with it : (. Do you have à guide or something like that?/T
View ArticleRe: View Client IP
I haven't done this before, but my first thought would be to keep it simple and to set a scheduled task for the currently logged on user at logon or unlock of a computer to echo...
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