Re: Ghost boot/recovery CD
Hello -- Thanks for the reply ... I did set the BIOS to boot from the cd -- the cd is found and start to boot from the cd. The issue is that once the boot process starts, it just seems to be...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5 critical Issue
Hi, Can you get me esxtop output from esxi host using this command Using SSH to ESXi host esxtop then hit key 'd' . note down DAVG value , KAVG, and GAVG. , if this value is high, then storage...
View ArticleOS corruption fixed after vmotion to another ESX host
Hello, Not sure if i have the right section or discussion board here but this is what we ran into just yesterday... We have a server 2008 R2 vm that was experiencing NTFS corruption and blue screens....
View ArticleRe: P2V vCenter 4.1 Server
I am using VMWare vCenter Standalone converter 5.1 from another physical box.
View ArticleRe: Export DRS rules including DRS groups
Have a look at Matt's Backup/Export Full DRS Rule Info via PowerShell
View ArticleRe: Unable to get 10GB speeds between VM's
I've been able to get it as high as 8.5 Mbps by playing around with the iperf settings. I think I'm satisfied with this result from inside windows. Thanks for the feedback.
View ArticleSudo Self Service
I am pretty new to VMware and all the cool stuff you can do with it and am curious if my scenario makes sense to try and accomplish and how I could go about doing it. I do NOT want a step by step,...
View ArticleRe: Sudo Self Service
The easiest way would be to invest in vCenter - the permissions in vCenter are much more granular and will alow to assign the appropriaye permission using the users AD accounts -
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VDP...why oh why or what am I doing wrong?
So I'm testing VDP as a backup solution for two VMs. The backups look like they are successful from the recent tasks pane in vCenter, however on mounting the backups in the FLR I see 0 files 0 folders...
View ArticleRe: P2V vCenter 4.1 Server
Hi, As you all have under VSS, then it is good. No problem. HA will keep running, even the VC is down. RegardsMohammed
View ArticleRe: OS corruption fixed after vmotion to another ESX host
Welcome to the Community - since you vmotioned and did not move the VMDK I would say not it is not a problem with the virtual disk. It is sounding like an issue with original ESXi host - to confirm do...
View ArticleRe: Urgent - VM Will not power on
tomtom901 wrote: The VM currently has no snapshots. Does it have 2 disks? If so, the two vmdks in your screenshot would correspondend to those.It does not have 2 disks, but as you can see the...
View ArticleRe: Trying to install VMware-Workstation-Full-e.x.p-1245816.x86_64.bundle hangs
OK - no probblem. . Just suggesting what has worked for me in a smiliar situation. Rebooting often fixes many problems and even suggested during insall of VMware Tools for example. Personally I...
View ArticleCloning technology used in P2P
Hi, In P2V, vmware converter is used to clone the secondary server from the primary server. In V2V, vCenter native cloning is used to do the same. However, in P2P, what cloning technology is used to...
View ArticleRe: IPMI Requirements in vCenter 5.0
Thank you JD for the feedback. I am still looking around but don't see anywhere that IPMI is enabled by default in vCenter - that is the security concern.
View ArticleThinApp via Workspace = 40-80 second launch delay.
I found this thread which echos my exact issue: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/438192 I have a fully offline, isolated Horizon test lab. I am also having the 40-80 second delay in launching...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5 critical Issue
It sounds to me like your VM's could be generating enough disk activity to cause the hypervisor console, which is using the same disks, to become unresponsive. It is possible that the kernel just...
View ArticleRe: "Partially Powered Off" state VM in vCD 5.1.2
Just from personal experience, this typically means that someone shut off the VM from inside the Guest OS instead of from the vCloud Power commands (right click menu). That's probably the easiest way...
View ArticleRe: e.x.p build-1245816 - Tools Still buggy for latest Linux Kernels
I'm pleased to be able to report that a fresh Ubuntu Raring Ringtail also now upgrades to the 3.8.0-19.30 version (although it doesn't alter the previous finding that the script apparently fails on...
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