Storage Question
Hello, My test environment (home lab rather) conists of the following:1 x Synology DS1812+ Diskstation2 x Whitebox ESXi 5.0 systems (5.0.0, 469512)3 x network interfaces (1 x onboard Realtek 8111E, and...
View ArticleIssues with snapshots during storage vmotion / storage drs
Hello all, we ran into an issue with our backup software (EMC Avamar) recently. A backup was performed (or at least it was tried) while storage drs was migrating the vm that was backed up between...
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Invoke-VMscript crashes PowerShell
Hello everyone, I am using Invoke-VMScript to run ls command on VM. This is invoked from PowerCLI: The result is that PowerShell crashes: VIX 1.6.2.2190 (from VixCOM.dll file)PowerCLI: 4.0 U1 build...
View ArticleRunning "Get-VMGuestNetworkIn terface -VM vmname" gives error info as "Unable...
Hi, When i run "Get-VMGuestNetworkInterface -VM kumar" command, getting the below mentioned error info message.Can anyone help in resolving this problem. PS C:\Program...
View ArticleVCAP5 DCA Exam Experience and Study Tips
Hi All, I passed my VCAP5 DCA exam today , thought of sharing my experience with the wider community. Please refer to my blog post for same....
View ArticleCDP Information is not available
Hi , I was wondering if someone can help? Today one of the NICs failed to connect and gave the statis CDP information is not availableVMware KB: Broadcom 5719/5720 NICs using tg3 driver become...
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ESXi 5.0 crashing weekly
Hi, i have a problem with esxi 5.0, it keeps crashing weekly and it's getting worser. Picture of console:
View ArticleThe type initializer for threw an exception for...
When running VI Client 4 or 4 U1, on Vista SP1 x64, I get the following error message. The type initializer for threw an exception for 'VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.ClientsXml' threw an exception. and...
View ArticleRemove Domain entry
Hello, I am using ESXi 5.0.If i go to "Configuration -> DNS and Routing -> Properties" and remove the Domain Entry the OK Button is disable.But how can i remove this Entry? BTW.: The Server is...
View ArticlevOrchestrator won't start scheduled workflow
Hi, We've been running into issues where our vOrchestrator appliance will not execute workflows that are recurrently scheduled at later times. Manually executing the workflow works, even the initial...
View Articlevcenter server unable to find a master VSphere HA agent in cluster...
Last night I tried upgrading to VCenter 5.1 and had problems after the install where I could not log in. Being late, I failed back to a snapshot version of my VCenter server taken just prior to the...
View ArticleESXi 5 - IBM HS22V - V7000 - High Latency / Multipath Issue ?
Hi everyone, in a customer site a fresh new install: 3 HS22V in BladeCenter Heach with Qlogic 8 GB Mezzanine (QMI 2582 in driver detail /proc/scsi/qla2xxx),Installed ESXi 5 U1 on USB Key ,driver...
View ArticleList of Drives Blank During Windows Installation under VMWare Player under...
I'm trying to install Windows 7 in a VM under VMWare Player under Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS 64 Bit. However, when I get to the portion of the screen to select the drive to install Windows on, the list of...
View ArticleMKS: A general system error occurred: Inernal error
Столкнулся с проблемой описанной в теме.Все крутится на системе ESXi 5.1 +vCenter 5.1Избороздив дебри интернета были сделаны некоторые...
View ArticleSplitting up a nVidia GRID K2's GPUs?
What I'm talking about is designating one GPU for vSGA and pass-through the second GPU to a VM for high performance 3D work. In theory this should work, but I'm curious to know if anyone has actually...
View ArticleCreating a Custom Template for ESXi Hardening
I'd like to run a compliance check on our virtual environment. But I'd like to run it against our own internal hardening guidelines. How can I make a custom template based on the ESXi hardening...
View ArticleSpanning media with chunked OVF
Not sure if this is possible but is there a way if I were to chunk an OVF export into 2GB chunks so I can burn the files to a DVD, I can then import the OVF from the dvd's withouth having to copy all...
View ArticleScripting ovftool
I need to write a script to remotely shotdown a guest VM, export it to .ova format an restart it.Is there any sample I can start from?Regardsmarius
View ArticleZero Clients Won't Set Correct Primary Display
When setting up new Zero clients, it has been noticed that when you change the primary display in the zero client user settings under display topology, it changes the primary display for the menus...
View ArticleFully connecting directly attached datastores in an ESXi cluster?
I have deployed two identical ESXi 5.1 hosts (Dell PowerEdge r720xd servers) each possessing 5.46 TB of direct-attached storage. They are both currently registered to our vCenter 5.1 Server and...
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