Re: Can't start master VM after linked clone pool is created
What is the .vmdk file the hard disk is pointing to? I had this same issue and I believe by removing the hard disk and adding a new hard disk and pointing that disk to an existing disk (.vmdk...
View ArticleRe: ESXi Dump Collector with no firewall rule?
Interesting, I don't see a firewall rule either on our ESXi 5.1 hosts either, but I've tested the netdump successfully when I test crash a host. I'm guessing the KB is more applicable to ESXi 5.0. We...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5 and MS RDS (remote desktop services) best practices?
Vermontdreams - I know it's been a while since anyone has posted in this thread, but I was wondering if you ever found a solution to the issue you were seeing? I'm trying to troubleshoot what seems...
View ArticleRe: ESXi Dump Collector with no firewall rule?
I've checked there as well as on the host directly via the command line. On the host when I enter this command I get that it's enabled and it shows the correct destination address and port.# esxcli...
View ArticleRe: ESXi Dump Collector with no firewall rule?
I haven't upgraded to 5.1 yet, but the rule is definitely there in 5.0
View ArticleRe: Host Network Usage
Lets say if I want to configure everything you mentioned:Management TrafficVM TrafficStorage TrafficFT and vMotion TrafficWhat should be good parameter for these? and What are the default parameters...
View ArticleRe: Player == Workstation ?
Should I have updated Workstation when prompted following installation? Assuming that I will be asked in the future, when asked, should I download and update Workstation?
View ArticleRe: Player == Workstation ?
markfilipak wrote: Should I have updated Workstation when prompted following installation? Assuming that I will be asked in the future, when asked, should I download and update Workstation? What part...
View ArticleRe: Some host's crashing since upgrade to vCenter 5.0
Just in case you are not aware of this. Always check the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix before you upgrade vCenter Server or the hosts to ensure a supported configuration. André
View ArticleUsing SearchDatastore_Task
I am having an issue setting up this method.... I believe I have the HostDatstoreBrowserSpec figured out just by $spec=New-Object VMware.Vim.HostDatastoreBrowserSearchSpec$spec.matchpattern= vmname.vmx...
View ArticleUnable to add additional VDMKs for Storage
I'm attempting to add additional VMDKs for storage. Per the guide, added disks to the data-va vm. From the console for data-va, logged in with root. The command...
View ArticleCopyed Windows Server 2008 R2 no admin privileges ?
I'm setting up a home test environment and had problems with admin rights to created users, everything I tryed doing ended up with a message of not enough permissions I setup a blank server 2008 and...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5 and MS RDS (remote desktop services) best practices?
Dragon3303, Yes it has been a while. Unfortunately we were new to VMware and have a seasonal environment where the peak use of our RDS servers does not last very long. By the time I got deep into...
View ArticleRe: Nvidia Quadro
For me it seems that starting the XORG service did it. I kept my VM (v9) that I had used and it cut the available pool by 256Mb. Odd thing is I set the pool to use 512Mb. I did see my Windows...
View ArticleRe: VM Last Poweron
Luc How can I take your script: $vms = Get-VM | where {$_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOff"} $vmPoweredOff = $vms | %{$_.Name} $events = Get-VIEvent -Start (Get-Date).AddDays(-31) -Entity $vms -MaxSamples...
View ArticlevMotion
Have a really generic question, but I couldn't find an answer to it. Do you want to enable vMotion on the ESXi hosts in a Director 5 setup, or does storage vMotion take over or does Director do all of...
View ArticleRe: Problem with Default Applications? Accessing internet cause VM to start.
Thats a valid work around to get wireshark installed. But it doesn't solve the problem as to why certain internet links cause my Fusion VM to load/start and try to use IE instead of safari. The...
View ArticleRe: Cannot Consume AMQP Messages with VCO
A-hem....Yeah, that was all user error.Once I grabbed the correct Queue from the correct Broker, things started working a LOT better.
View ArticleRe: VC's inventory using powercli
how do i modify this script to list the following hierarchily vcenterdatacenterclusterhost nameesx versionvm namevm ipvm tools versionvm hardware versionvm disk sizememorycpu THX
View ArticleRe: Host Network Usage
That is a loaded question and one that will not be easily to answer here but I will try to give you an overview and then point you to some documentation that will fill in the holes - The networking is...
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