ESXi Losing NFS connection to Synology
I'm using VMWare ESXi with a datastore on a Synology NAS (via NFS), and occasionally the ESXi box disconnects from the NAS for a couple of minutes, and the virtual machines are unresponsive. Looking at...
View ArticleRe: Software RAID 5 on vSphere 5.1
Dear, I think that your focus is "test Vsphere", so try virtulize VMware ESXi using Worksation 8 / 9. http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/networking/installing-esxi-5-on-vmware-workstation-8/4810...
View ArticleRe: windows 8+ vmware view video driver problem
You should upgrade to Server 2008 R2 first. Mark
View ArticleRe: VMWare Fusion 5 and Windows 8 Product Key will not work
OEM licenses are only intended to be sold with a physical piece of hardware, and the license is locked to that particular computer. OEM licenses have a long history of challenges being installed as a...
View ArticleRe: Activating Windows 8 Pro on VMWare Fusion 5 - Product Key does not work
As I mentioned in the other thread, OEM licenses are intended to only be sold with a physical computer, and the license is tied to that particular piece of hardware. Many OEM licenses being sold are...
View ArticleRe: New-Cluster command
Hi LucDPlease see attached screenshots.....all I want to do is to create a new cluster under the datacenter >.<
View ArticleRe: Fusion 5.02 on MBP 16GB / Windows 8 - micro freezing
Ahh, ok, that's the problem. Converted VM's often are bloated, buggy and unstable. Since OEM licenses that come with a computer can't be legally virtualized, I presume you have a retail copy as well....
View ArticleRe: Fusion & MCE Optibay / "vmware-vmx" process pegging CPU at 100%
I think I mentioned earlier in the thread that some MBP models won't take a SATA III device in the optibay. SATA II devices work just fine (and there are a handful of SATA II SSD's out there). Some...
View ArticleRe: Server 2008 Network issues: Assumed Routing Issue
0x4C wrote: Here's a copy of the ping FROM the server trying to ping itself via shortname: Dave This is the magical screen shot The ping command is interpreting your hostname, 0x3c, as a hexadecimal...
View ArticleRe: ESXi Losing NFS connection to Synology
This has been a problem with some versions of DSM from Synology, please upgrade to the latest version your NAS supports. // Linjo
View ArticleRe: Server 2008 Network issues: Assumed Routing Issue
Hmmm... I'll do a reinstall and try a different name (Trust me to find the ONE obscure bug!) This however doesn't explain the issue with my clients server which is named oz-dc-01 and is exhibiting the...
View ArticleRe: Fusion 5.02 on MBP 16GB / Windows 8 - micro freezing
Is the best practice to rebuild a VM from scratch? I even increased the RAM of the VM to 8GB with 2 procs and it still freezes. -Shah
View ArticleRe: Server 2008 Network issues: Assumed Routing Issue
0x4C wrote: Hmmm... I'll do a reinstall and try a different name (Trust me to find the ONE obscure bug!) This however doesn't explain the issue with my clients server which is named oz-dc-01 and is...
View ArticleRe: ESXi Losing NFS connection to Synology
Hi, Thanks for the response. I upgraded to the very latest version last night after the last incident, but before the 9:40 am incident. I'm on the newly released 4.2 released the other day :/ Is there...
View ArticleScript to output all DRS rules within a vCenter
I am looking for a script that will look at each cluster in a vCenter (automagically, not having to input cluster names) and report on all of the DRS rules enabled within that vCenter. Does anyone out...
View ArticleFusion 5: Windows VM won't join to the Domain or received DHCP
To all experts there I need your help its been a week now scratching my head on why it doesn't work then I gave up. My Lab setup was shown above or attached they are all in my MacBook VM Machines:...
View ArticleRe: Create new alarms
Here is the script. Its the same script you provided. Thanks. Connect-VIServer -server 'slwsavcvcn01' -username ' ' -password ' '$esxName = "slexavchyp001.mvs.hosting.telstra.com"$dsName =...
View ArticleRe: Activating Windows 8 Pro on VMWare Fusion 5 - Product Key does not work
dlhotka wrote: As I mentioned in the other thread, OEM licenses are intended to only be sold with a physical computer, and the license is tied to that particular piece of hardware. That is not totaly...
View ArticleRe: VMWare Fusion 5 and Windows 8 Product Key will not work
dlhotka wrote: OEM licenses are only intended to be sold with a physical piece of hardware That is not totaly true anymore! Have a look at: Windows 8 OEM System Builder Personal Use License
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