Benefits of setting memory reservations in a View environment?
I'm running low on disk space and the questions came up about adding memory reservations to help. What are the pros and cons of setting reservations other than disk space savings? If I configure a...
View ArticleRe: ctrl-c in ESXi 5.1 ESXi Shell?
Okay, and the iLO 3 firmware in the SPP 2012.10 release is still 1.5, so you're pretty current there. Don't know what's in SPP 2012.12 though. What ProLiant server model? Guess only thing I can think...
View ArticleRe: Benefits of setting memory reservations in a View environment?
I think the biggest thing is the disk space savings. The only con is if you set reservations @ 100% you lose your memory overcomittment. I've seen the 50% number floated around the forums a...
View ArticleRe: Lessons on looping and global variables in functions
I have a general question on the functions he wrote. In order to accept the object from the pipeline do you have to have the begin, process, end?
View ArticleVM hostname not populating in vCops 5.6 - only shows vCD VM-GUID
All Apparently, we were able to get the VM host name from vCops on version 5.x. But on 5.6, vCops doesn't show the host name but rather the vCD GUID. Has anyone dealt with this issue - and how did...
View ArticleOne to Many SRM Scenario
Any update on when One to Many SRM scenario will be supported?
View ArticleRe: Updatemanger unable to update the host patches in ESXI 5.1
Have you tried a rescan of the host in VUM?
View ArticleMonitoring a condition with alarms...
I have a dilemma that I am hoping to monitor within vSphere alarms: I have a VM that is running an application that seem to loose connectivity every Monday morning. My questions is what kind and how...
View ArticleRe: ThinApp Suite (“EOA”)
Not EOL, right...But how much MORE does VMware Horizon Workspace or VMware Horizon View costs?! Not everyone can affort or need the added functionality.Some just want App virtualization. Now what?! For...
View ArticleRe: Windows 8 isn't recognizing extra space in resized hard drive
Thanks, Andre. I knew there was something basic I was leaving out. That did the trick.
View ArticleRe: Updatemanger unable to update the host patches in ESXI 5.1
Yes,but still i am getting same error. I have used the HP customized ESXI image. Is there e any problem with thirdparty image
View ArticleNeed NFS Server for Windows 7/8 so that I can access it from ESXi
Need NFS Server for Windows 7/8 so that I can access it from ESXi that I have running on VMware Workstation. I've tried FreeNFS, but it doesn't seem to work right. I can get ESXi to take it, and I...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.1 Web Client Access
That is wierd. Give a try to login with the different formats (domain\user or user@domain). If it doesn't work, something is wrong with the user account in AD.
View ArticleRe: VM hostname not populating in vCops 5.6 - only shows vCD VM-GUID
You will want to install and configure the vCD adapter - that will map vCD entities to vCenter and you can then use the custom UI for presentation....
View ArticleRe: Monitoring a condition with alarms...
LBI, If it is an issue with an application within the VM itself I am not sure what you could do with a vcenter alarm. Do you have any idea what is causing it? Have you looked at windows event logs...
View ArticleEoA: No "subscription" in SnS?!
Hi there, So it looks like VMware just dropped the Horizon Application Manager software, and asks their paying SnS customers to spend some more money on the alternative. Something that costs... 4x...
View ArticleRe: Server did not provide session cookie
Also how can I find out, what is going wrong? I have looked all logs in /var/log no errors about my case. Maybe there is any debug mode to get more logs or information, or any site that describes what...
View ArticleRecommend Configuration for vmkernel and VM Networks to Communicate
Hi all, first time poster.We have 3 hosts and the vCenter 5.0 app running about 20 virtual servers and all has been well over the last 3 years (had 4.0 before) in our Essentials Plus world. We have...
View ArticleRe: One to Many SRM Scenario
VMware doesn't discuss these kinds of plans publicly, and privately anyone with said information would be bound by NDA. Your best bet is to ask your VMware SE.
View ArticleRe: stopping iscsi i/o
I think you'd be fine to put the hosts in maintenance mode and then rescan your storage after the SAN is back up. You'll generate a bunch of alerts when the SAN goes down, but it's probably easier...
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