vCenter Versions
I am going through and building vCenter in a sandbox. I am following Derek Seaman's excellent blog to assist me. His blog was written in September '12 and at that time he recomended vCenter 5.1.0b....
View ArticleError message when running script Undefined subroutine &DVPortSetting
Getting the following error message when running the script from:vMA version 5.1.0.0 build 782391Environment is mixed, vCenter 5.0 (on Windows 2008), EXS 4.1, ESXi...
View ArticleChargeback Api - Add Computing Resource?
I want to add a resource so that it counts the number of firewalls used.I see in the Chargeback Api that you can add computing Resources, but how does it know which resource to base the calculaton.I...
View ArticleRedundancy Lost Alert in ESXi 5.1
I have an alert in Health status tab in ESXi 5.1. What the error is that and should I ignore it?
View ArticleLimites de Disco e Memória vSphere
Olá.Meu ambiente possui as seguintes configurações:6 discos de 3TB e 64GB de memória RAM. Na versão 4.1 Hypervisor não estava reconhecendo discos acima de 3TB. Em um disco de 3TB, reconheceu 700GB. Já...
View ArticlePoor network performance between VMs
Hi,i'm experience poor network performance and i wonder if anyone got any ideas how to solve this problem. When running iperf (no customization without changing running time to 60 seconds) internally...
View ArticleUnable to login to VDP restore client
Hi I've just recently started to use the VDP and am trying to test the file level restore functionality.I'm unable to login to the restore client however. On a VM I have a backup of, I open IE and type...
View ArticleIssues getting VIM 2.0 working
So I have deployed out the VIM twice now and still am having no luck in getting it to actually work. both times now i have gotten erros that the new virtual appliance could not be discovered. If I...
View ArticleInstalling Antivirus in the Guest OS
I just did a virus scan and found four Viruses that are all related to Java Virtual Machines. This tells me I need to add an antivirus program to my VMware Player Virtual Machine. I feel like a...
View ArticlePassthrough (Direct Access) not working under Linux
I have a vsphere 5.1.0 U1 server running on a Supermicro X9DRE-TF+ with an LSI Megaraid SAS 9271-81 HBA. All firmware is the lastest current I setup the Megaraid HBA for passthrough in vsphere. I...
View ArticleEkkk! I have 2 months to study and pass the VCP5-DCV
Apologies if I am posting this in the wrong section I currently have 2 months before my VCP5-DCV exam so I have to cram. Can someone recommend a good study resource preferably video that’s how I like...
View ArticleShared storage recommendations for 3xESXi 5.1 host cluster
Hey all I was hoping for some opinions on the various shared storage options using real world (you guys) performance experience. I have a 3 x ESXi cluster (VMware Standard) and a storage requirement of...
View ArticleFLR doesn't expand file tree on 1 of 2 VDP appliances
Advanced Login, 2 tabs open in same browser, each connected to an appliance. Happen to have older and more recent backups from same VM on either appliance. Backups mount in both but the file tree - for...
View ArticleThinapp Internet Explorer 10
Hi Everyone, Has any one successfully thinapped Internet Explorer 10? I have attempeted it on a win 7 32-bit VM with Thinapp 4.7.3 and was able to capture it. But when i launch the package, Local IE 8...
View ArticlevCenter Server 5.1.0, 947672 A general system error occurred: Cannot get user...
I have three VMware ESXi 5.1 hosts that are being managed by one VMware vCenter Server 5.1.0. I am continuing to fight a probelm related to Active Directory Authentication with vSphere Client to the...
View ArticleDiscover USB Devices available for passthru
So here's a challenge that I seem to be needing a little bit of help with. Basically I what I'm trying to do is trigger an alarm in vCenter when the Host USB Configuration has changed, once that alarm...
View ArticleAbysmal Upload Speed in ESXi 5.1
I have been reading thread all over the Internet for two days and every discussion of this gets into the weeds and goes nowhere... and usually ends with "use Veeam", which doesn't seem to really work...
View Articlecontrol-click (right-click) not working
Hi, I've been using v1.3 for a number of months without any real issues, Vsphere5 and windows XP,7 desktops. I upgraded yesterday to v1.5 and noticed that the Mac Control-click which produces a right...
View ArticleStorage Profiles not retained
I'm having a issue where a vApp with two VM's one VM configured with a storage profile of "fast" and one VM configured with a storage profile of "slow" when saved to the catalog defaults to only a...
View ArticleHow to ensure enough resources for site redundancy?
Just wondering how to make sure there's enough resources between 2 sites to cover a site failure. With 2 active/active sites with their own 5.0 vCenters, there's SAN replication between the 2 sites for...
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