VMware ESXi on Hs23 blade server IBM
Hello all Im facing some issues while installing ESXi on my HS23E blade servers, it gets stuck in the middle of the installation, mostly on TG3 modules, is there any way i can get this sorted out, is...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 4.1 U3 causes error in Performance Overview and Storage Views
UPDATE: I have confirmed that Cumulative Update 6 for SQL 2008 R2 SP1 resolves this issue. While there is no public documentation to support this, I've been told by VMware support that CU6 is...
View ArticleRe: VMware ESXi on Hs23 blade server IBM
The HCL lists BIOS UEFI AHE112C for 5.1. Are you on that BIOS? What about other firmware in those?
View ArticleRe: Flashdrive will not redirect
Sure. USB Printers redirect, USB CD Drives, Webcams, etc. USB Flash drives do not redirect, they do redirect when using RDP but, it seems to redirect as a disk not a USB device. What I mean by that is...
View ArticlevCenter 4.1 U3 causes error in Performance Overview and Storage Views
I wanted to share this issue and workaround for the good of the order. Please be aware that VMware has been notified of this issue and the workaround described below may not be supported by VMware....
View ArticleRe: deleting virtual machine snapshot large size , esxi 4.0.0 (208167)
The GUI seems to check the .vmdk file of the last snapshot in the chain to see whether it contains a "ddb.thinProvisioned" entry. Since this entry is only present in the base disk's .vmdk file the GUI...
View ArticlePerformance Chart - Memory - Consumed vs Active
Basically can someone link or tell me what the difference is between the Consumed and Active memory in the performance chart.
View ArticleActive Monitoring VMWare ESXi Host
Hi all, I want to monitor a VMWare ESXi Host in a active manner. In other words, I want that this host send performance informations to my monitor machine instead of my monitor machine ask for these...
View ArticleRe: /bootbank/boot.cfg question(s)
Thx. No problem. Just wanted to be certain. In UNIX, wht space is (usually) no big deal in config files, but I'm learning that it can sometimes be an issue w/other OSs like ESXi. Thx, again.
View ArticleRe: restarting services.sh using VMware vSphere CLI for windows
Have you considered using plink + powercli? http://www.virtu-al.net/2013/01/07/ssh-powershell-tricks-with-plink-exe/#
View ArticleRe: /dev/sda sdb disk to vm disk mapping
Not sure if I understand your question correctly, but you may want to take a look at RVTools (http://www.robware.net/) which offers an overview of the datastores/disks as well as the VM's/vmdk's on the...
View ArticleRe: Performance Chart - Memory - Consumed vs Active
"Consumed Memory usage is defined as the amount of host memory that is allocated to the virtual machine, Active Memory is defined as the amount of guest memory that is currently being used by the guest...
View ArticleLooking for SDK/API for mounting guest's vmdk file
Hello, I am looking for the vmware api/sdk which supports the ability to mount the guest's vmdk file while the guest is OFF. The guest OS we are targetting is windows os so it has NTFS file system over...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.1 performance tab "no data available"
This worked for me as well!!! Great Find! Thank You!
View ArticleRe: Looking for SDK/API for mounting guest's vmdk file
Forgot to mention that in our scenario, we are using ESXi 5.1 hypervisor with vSphere license.We are not using other additional vmware servers (like vCenter server etc) currently.
View ArticleRe: VCenter -I did something stupid and need help
Hi , Here is problem 2013-01-14T18:28:31.898Z [04052 error 'Default'] [VpxKey::Decrypt] crypto failure: error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0)2013-01-14T18:28:31.898Z [04052 error 'Default']...
View ArticleRe: Workstation 8 and Windows 7 Host Network Question
In case this helps anyone in the future, this ended up being related to the NAT setting on the primary NIC. I changed it to NAT, and problem fixed!
View ArticleRe: restarting services.sh using VMware vSphere CLI for windows
I don't think this is a PowerCLI question, so I moved the thread to the vSphere Command-Line Interface community.
View ArticleRe: VCenter -I did something stupid and need help
Hi Mohammed, Thanks again for a response. Its VCenter 5.1 in a VM Windows 2008 R2. I did replace the SSL certificate. If I do change the database password by doing that command, do I not have to...
View ArticleRe: ESX5.0 Windows 2008R2 VM Hangs
Thanks for the welcome! - We have 6 production 2008 R2 VM's in this cluster - none of the other 5 display this symptom- No backups running when this issue occurs- No errors of any significance in the...
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