Re: Alert Center shows frequent Platform Availability alarms every 2 mins
Hi, After investigating, it looks like ntp was not setup on my Hyperic Server and so the date/times were not synchronized across Hyperic Server and Hyperic Client agents. I have configured NTP on the...
View ArticleRe: How to utilize 6 NIC Port on a VMware Host?
Hi, Absolutely no need for port channels, just use the default 'route by originating port id'. You can never use more bandwidth than 1GbE NIC will provide however. The switch ports will be 802.1q trunk...
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Re: Hyperic Availabillity metric alert
Timezones dont matter here.I believe internally, Hyperic stores all timestamps in UTC format. In that offset column, if you see values greater than 1 min (60000 ms), then you should be worried.I try to...
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Re: Hyperic Availabillity metric alert
Thank you Amurty, my hyperic clients/servers were not in sync. I've fixed the problem by configuring ntp on the servers/clients. My time offsets are much more reasonable now
View ArticleRe: How to get vCenter 5.0?
I went through authorized 5.0 training class and am preparing for 5.0 cert exam.You can use vcenter 5.1 to prepare for the exam. As the VCP-DV is exam covers the topics which are similiar to vCenter...
View ArticleRe: My Guest OS slide local time every days
thank you for your answer hmm.. i installed vmtools so when i saw a "summary tab" on my vmware host trought vshpere client. i can see a least version vmware install. i will wait your another response...
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Create a new VM
HiDoes anyone have a script to create VMs? The datails of the VMs are specified in a csv file. The script looks into the csv file to build the VM(without OS installed).
View ArticleRoles in vFabric Hyperic EE - Alert Windows and Holidays
Hello, I use different roles with different alert windows to send alerts (e-mail or sms) to the service desk or engineers. If I want to alert the server team, I send an alert to both the...
View ArticleVcenter Login Error
hi, I am getting the following error when trying to connetct to the vcenter server using vsphere client. see the attachment for more details. I can log in to the vcenter server using the vsphere web...
View ArticleSpecs for Exchange 2010
Hey Everyone, I would like to ask what size cpu, vmdk sizes and memory people are sizing (Multiple server roles combinations of Hub Transport, Client Access, and Mailbox server roles) with 600 users on...
View ArticleRe: Writing a file gives a permissions problem
Update I have found that there was a file in the app install directory that needed to be modified to allow Javascript (vco) to read the local file system. What now happens is that the workflow now just...
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Re: How to change the IP for vmk ports on vDS?
This is done from the host configuration. From the vSphere Client: Choose Host and Clusters inventoryClick on the host with the IP you wish to changeGo to Configuration tabSelect Networking in the left...
View ArticleRe: Managing IPs for VMware networking in non-routed subnets
You can use anything that supports Netflow version 10 (IPFIX) in vSphere 5.1 to pull in data on your VDS port groups. Examples being Xangati and Solarwinds. But yeah, I typically match the final octet...
View ArticlePerformance Thresholds : Verification Required
I have gone through couple of forums and articles to identify these thresholds, could someone please advise if this can be used as a general best practice, leaving out the business requirement whether...
View ArticleRe: How does Fusion 5 with a Win 7 client handle insertion of CDs?
Actually, if the CD/DVD is able to auto-run in a physical Windows 7 OS, then same thing happens in you win 7 VM.I think the auto-run mechnism is disabled by Windows 7, because it is very dangerous...
View ArticleRe: HOL-INF-04 - Deliver Optimal Performance with VMware vSphere 5.1 - Lab...
Nishant, This was a little gremlin that snuck back into the code,,, the guys fixed it today. Issue was that if lab did not start and user leaves lab the clean up script would not kick in.. Test it out...
View ArticleRe: HOL-EUC-04 Links broken
tgerber, thanks for reporting this, will have our guys take a peek.... -Pablo
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How to change the IP for vmknic?
Hi all, After preparing VXLAN transport, I found there is a new vmknic was created with IP address assigned by DHCP,I have the following questions: 1. What is this vmknic used for?2. how to change the...
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