What are vmservice-vshield-pg and vmservice-vmknic-pg used for?
Hi, I installed vShield App, and find that a standard virtual switch is created, with portgroup vmservice-vshield-pg and vmservice-vmknic-pg, and with no uplink. I don't understand why created these...
View ArticleCreating Templates, do I use sysprep.
I use ESXi5 and Vcenter5. I have a few questions about templates. Do I need to use sysprep? On the vSphere 5 Documentation Center page I can either convert or clone a VM to a template no mention of...
View ArticleMigrate vCenter Server 5.1 U1 from Windows 2008 to Windows 2012
Hi,my vCenter server 5.1 U1 is installed on a Windows 2008 and I want to migrate on a Windows 2012 server, is there a documented procedure to do that? I've got the Single Sign On server on a different...
View Article"User root@127.0.0.1 logged in" every minute ?
Hi, We observe that 2 ESXi 5 Hosts in the same cluster (We only have 2 ESXi Hosts in that Cluster) get the following message every minute:User root@127.0.0.1 logged inUser root logged out Both ESXi...
View ArticlevCenter Service Status and Hardware Status plugin errors in vSphere 5.1 -...
When I tried to enable the VUM for vSphere 5.1 (another issue I'll address in a different thread but if anyone has information on that, by all means chime in here), I also noticed there were 2 other...
View ArticlevShield Networking for Multi-tenant vCloud Deployment
Hello Everyone,I've read through a lot of documentation and white papers but I cant seem to find out exactly how this works. At our datacenter we've been hosting a multi-tenant system separated by...
View ArticleUpgrading from 7 to 8/9 causes colors to be all washed out.
I've been using VMware Workstation 7 (since i had access to it) to run a few games through, some cause they don't allow miltiple clients localy, and some coz they wont run on my current OS. A year ago...
View ArticleAll VMs disconnected on the vCenter between 2:30 am and 3:00 am
Hello, Everyday all VMs appear disconnected in the vCenter console between 2:30 am and 3:00 am.SCOM is reporting them as not connected, heartbeat failing etc.. Application users are calling as they...
View Articleone LUN for one RAID array, or break it up?
We are just starting a modest virtualization project. We are an 11-person company with 8 real servers, most of which are old, none of which are very busy, although the one that is our Active Directory...
View ArticleUpgrade vCenter Server 5.1
Dear, In upgrade process vCenter Server 5.1 from vCenter Server 4.1. When register vCenter Server with Single Sign On, at Lookup Service URL, in SSO_host_FQDN_or_IP, I type the localhost that I...
View Articlebrowsing a map drive inside a vm issue lost connectivity
Hi all i have a map drive open in a vm and i browse some folders insideand if i try to browse the same path in my prosuction pc at some point i lost the connection with the map drive inside the vm...
View ArticleUpgrading from ESX 4.0
Thanks in advance for any advice. I’m the IT Manager at a school district and I am preparing to upgrade to Vmware 5.1. I currently have three ESX 4.0 servers and one Vcenter 32bit server on a...
View ArticlevCenter Protect Update Catalog (Previously SCUPdates) - List of Supported...
Updated: 5/3/2013 7zipQ7ZIP920 - 7-Zip 9.20Q7ZIP920 - 7-Zip 9.20 x64 Adobe Acrobat 8QAA0831 - Adobe Acrobat 8.3.1QAA0811 - Adobe Acrobat 8.1.1QAA0812 - Adobe Acrobat 8.1.2QAA0813 - Adobe Acrobat...
View ArticleHow to install windows 8 on esxi 4.1 ?
Hi I would like to install windows 8 on my current esxi 4.1 environment, of course without success. I receive the error about thatHAL_Initialization_Failed I've found serveral forums that only...
View ArticleDisks need consolidation and active snapshot?
hi guys I have a virtual machine that is telling in a warning that "Virtual Machine Disks consolidation is needed" but also VM has an active snapshot a prettu old one by the way. so what should I do...
View ArticleScheduled backup of ESXI-configuration and Vcenter
Hello,i am trying to find a scheduled procedure to Backup the ESXI-configuration of the ESXI-servers and also for Vcenter (5.1). What to do to achieve this? Thx
View ArticleHow to delete a vmware account?
I would like to delete my vmware account. Can someone please tell me how to do that? Thanks!
View ArticleVMware View 5.2 PCoIP Poor Performance
Hi, We're running view 5.2 via PCoIP, everything with the virtual desktops runs great, however when we start viewing the internet or watching anything on YouTube even @ 380p it's very slow and all...
View ArticleLarge File Server options
I need to host about 10TB of contiguous Windows File Server space. We all know about the 2TB VMDK limitation. So I guess I have several options: Make several 2TB VMDKs and use Windows software...
View ArticlePost Base layer script
Hello, I'm trying to use this features that execute a script named post_bi_update.bat right next a base layer deployement but I have the following error in the event log:"Error in Base Layer...
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