Sysprep via OSCustomisation
this should be easy............but is driving me mad Using vCenter 5.1 and ESXi 5.1Windows 2008R2 SP1 absolute basic install, next next etcVM Shell is all correct as per Windows 2008R2 etcInstall...
View ArticleRemoving SSL requirement for vCenter 5.1
We recently had a certificate expire on us which left us without the ability to use our domain logins to get into our VMware environment. I'd like to remove the SSL requirement so that we don't run...
View ArticleHow to make an HP EVA controller visible to a VM?
Folks - I'm trying to figure out how to get a Virtual Machine to "see" an HP EVA storage controller. I am not trying to do an RDM or even "VM Direct Path/PCI passthrough" (though the latter would be...
View ArticlevSphere 5.1 SSO with Site DR with SRM 5.1
helloI have a doubt in an environment of mounting main site to site DR I have 2 sites: matrix:2 esxi hosts 5.1 vcenter1 AD DR Site;2 esxi hosts 5.1 vcenter1 AD I have no license vcenter heartbeat to...
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Transferring Files From Windows Server to ESXi Host(s)
I'm trying to following the instructions HERE so that I can install the HP ESXi Utilities Offline Bundle for ESXi 5.0 and (hopefully) fix an iLO issue I'm having. Upfront, no I can not go to the host,...
View ArticleMulti-Hypervisor Manager with Hyper-V Pros and Cons
What are the pros and cons of using multi-hypervisor manager to manage hyper-v hosts at remote sites? If you have a small number of servers at remote sites, and you want to limit costs, what are the...
View ArticleESXi could not reach isolation address
Hi, I'm experiencing a strange behavior of one of my ESXi (7 total in my cluster) every single night.I don't have this problem during the day but (coincidence ?) when my Veeam backups start and after a...
View Articleclient closed, idle vcenter session remains
In vcenter I see idle sessions that I don’t believe should be there and I don't understand why. I’ve had users put in <inactivitytimeout>120</inactivitytimeout> in their...
View ArticleWindows scripting commands not executing in guest customization's "Run Once"...
I’m executing a couple Windows scripting commands in the Run Once section of guest customization for a WIN2K8 VM, but it appears vSphere is not parsing it correctly, because there’s no sign of the...
View Articleif vcenter server is down what will be the overall impact???
Dear Team, if vcenter server is down what will be the overall impact??? request you to share your views on the same. regardsMr VMware
View ArticleMove vCSA to new host using vMotion?
I am in the process of upgrading 2 ESX 4.0 hosts to ESXi 5.1. Both hosts are part of a cluster running under a vCenter Appliance that is on one of the hosts that needs to be upgraded. At this point I...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 not showing any VMs
We upgraded vCenter server to 5.1. Now, all I see is the DataCenters and ESXi hosts. No VMs. What happened?
View ArticleService Bootrun doesn´t start
Hi everybody, the service bootrun wants to start the following .exe C:\Users\ADMINI~1.GLA\AppData\Local\Temp\2\vmware_guestcust\bootrun.exe that location does not exist... But why is this location...
View ArticleHow to report percentage of completion of File Replication From one File...
Hi I want to write File Replication API and i want to know how can i report percentage of completion of File Replication Process. Thanks in advance
View ArticleCannot ping VCenter Server and Security issues
Hi, I am testing a lab (Windows) in which I do push installation of an antivirus which requires communication between server and remote machines. As part of the pre-requisites a ping from server to...
View ArticleADD A HOST WIZARD NOT RESOLVING SHORT HOSTNAME ONLY IP & FQDN (ESXi5.1)
I was able to complete a successful install of VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5.1.0.10100-1123965_OVF10.ova. I was able to login into VMware vCenter Server Appliance web page port 5480 and VMware web...
View ArticlevCenter Alarm - Extend Virtual Disk
Does anyone know of a way to trigger a vCenter alarm when a VM's virtual disk is extended? I'm wanting to give this privilege to our 24x7 first line support team but I would like to know when any...
View ArticleESXi Gateway for iSCSI/vMotion on diff subnets?
Going from ESX4 to ESXi 5.1. We have 2 vswitches. 1. vswitch0 is connected via 4 physical NIC's to 1 physical switch. vswitch0 has a VM port group, a service console and a vmkernel port for vMotion....
View Article256 kb partition created in VM when taking a snapshot with Option "quiesce...
Hi all I have the following problem: When I take a snapshot (via VCenter) of a vm and choose the option "quiesce guest file system", then under certain circumstances there is a small partition created...
View ArticlevCenter install requirement
I read vCenter4.1 and 5 install requirement document and it says it needs 2 core CPU and those clock should be more than 2.0 GHz.If this requirement is not met, installation will fail ?
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