ApplyStorageDrsRecommendation_Task crashes vCente
Folks, I am trying to write a script to create VM's in my cluster. Right now, I have a script, but it is crashing my vCenter server completely. I posted the script and asked question to vSphere...
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What to do when Virtual Machine (Windows 7) does not start?
I started a discussion last night in which I mentioned that "VMWare Fusion quit unexpectedly". However, on a second thought, the problem I am facing might occur to anyone and trying to understand if...
View Articleexport-VApp : dVs issue in OVF descriptor ??
Hi, Trying to export a VMware vCenter Operations Manager (v5.6) from a vCenter v5.0.0 to a folder, to import later in a new vCenter environment (v5.1). Just played with the export-VApp cmdlet but got...
View ArticleUncertainty with licensing
Hi, I'm hoping someone familiar with vSphere 5.1 licensing can help me. I'm looking to license 3 servers that I've virtualised with ESXi 5.1. Each server has 4 processors so need a total of 12...
View ArticleSSO Info needed
Hi All, on my home lab I have installed SSO (as if now only). I choose local Database during the setup.Now I have installed MS SQL 2008 R2 Management Studio. I am trying to open the MS SQL database and...
View ArticleView Disposable Disks, Needed in a floating environment?
Is there any advantage to having the disposable disks in a floating environment that rebuilds after every user logs off? Simply having the floating disks adds significant overhead to my storage needs.
View Articlestorage vmotion - vaii integration?
I find myself being unclear about what VAII integration means, and how to enable it, and I'm just not sure when/if and under what circumstances an array will perform the heavy lifting of a storage...
View ArticleCan't join domain
hi..i am using workstation 9.0 trying to add xp machine to my domain on server 2003 all attempts were to no avail,using static or dhcp doesn't matter always prompting domain could not be contacted, i...
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Our Setup
Dear all, After seeing the great support being offered on these community forums I just wanted to see if anyone would help in confirming our current setup and whether or not I have done everything to...
View ArticleDowngrade to 5.0 after period on 5.1
Back in February I upgraded a cluster of my servers to v5.1. Before doing so I checked the VMWare HCL and everything checked out fine so I went ahead with the upgrade. We were running fine until this...
View ArticleCopy .iso file to ESXi server datastore
I have a fresh install of ESXi 3.5U2. I need to copy a windows install cd image (.iso) to the server now in order to create a new VM and boot from it. I use winscp in ESX 3.0.2 but I understand ssh...
View ArticleCannot Install Ubuntu under ESXi
I cannot figure out how to actually install the guest OS, in this case Ubuntu 12.4. from an ISO image on a DVD, or from a USB drive. For that matter, I can't figure out how to make the USB drive even...
View Articleadmin password is not set automatically when launching vapp with composeVApp api
The AdminPasswordAuto is not working properly in vCloud 5.1 when launching vapp from a vapp temlate via compose api. vcloud.txt is the shell script i am using to compose a vapp from a vapp template....
View ArticleUnity Touch
I must be missing something...I cannot get the Unity Touch menu to show up on my iPad when I access my virtual desktop. It did work before. I have reinstalled the Remote Experience Agent and made sure...
View ArticleGet-VM foreach loop slow?
All, I have a list of VM names I am trying to get name and hardware, but this command runs really slow. Why? $vmlist get-content list.txt $vmlist | % { get-vm -name $_ |select Name,Version | where...
View ArticleCDS internal client error
About 9 out 10 times when I try to use the 'Check for Updates...' menu item in Fusion 4 I get a pop-up telling me "VMware Fusion was unable to check for updates. CDS internal client error (3015)....
View ArticlePlanning vCPU per core
I'm doing some planning around vCPU contention ratios, and I'm curious as to whether there is anything actually published by VMware. I've variously heard that the planning range should be 5 - 8, or 5 -...
View ArticleRemove and install vCenter
Dear users We are experiencing to many errors in our environment that it has come to a point I want to reinstall our vCenter by first removing the vCenter from our server and then do a fresh new...
View ArticleV4V - vCenter Operations for Horizon View Dashboards disappearing
Hi guys, we are having some strange issues with a V4V installation. Everything has been up and running for nearly exactly 2 days (minus 4 minutes) after the V4V adapter has been installed onto vCOps...
View ArticleProblems downloading Windows updates through update manager
Recently we've had an issue when tryong to download Windows updates through update manager, I've gone through the logs and dug out the line which is showing the error, but I don't know a lot about SQL...
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