Moving VM from one local datastore to the other...
What is the easiest way of moving existing VM from one local datastore to the other one? I thought about backing up VM (i.e. with ghettoVCB), deleting VM, restoring VM on new datastore and creating new...
View ArticleP2V of local machine - Error unable to obtain hardware information
Hi I'm getting an error using vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1.0. I'm trying to convert a local machine to an image on an external hard drive. The local machine is Windows 7.The error I'm getting is...
View ArticleChanging ESXi Syslog from verbose
Hi all Gurus, I have tring to change the default log level in ESXi 4.1.0 version 348481. I already read a lot off stuff about the subject, but unfortunately I cannot get this accomplished. Steps: -...
View Articleerror 29114 cannot connect to db during VCenter 5.1 SSO install
I'm attempting to install VCenter 5.1 (build 947939) and I've selected the simple install and told the installer to use SQL 2008 express. So, the install gets to a point where it generates the above...
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Vcenter server installation
During the installation asks for Vcenter Single Sign On the default user admin@System-Domainorlocal machine user with the respective passwordorDomain User with the respective password does not...
View ArticleV center - linked mode or new datacenter
We have 3 sites. Each site has esxi 5.0 servers and a san for virtual machines. The 2 original sites are managed by 1 vcenter. Our new site has it's own vcenter. Should i put them in linked mode or...
View ArticleDisks need consolidation and active snapshot?
hi guys I have a virtual machine that is telling in a warning that "Virtual Machine Disks consolidation is needed" but also VM has an active snapshot a prettu old one by the way. so what should I do...
View ArticleUsing 5.x license on 4.1
HI, We are currently in process of migrating all our server from 4.1 free version to 5.x essentials version. I would really like to take backup of my VMs before initiating the upgrade process but...
View ArticleVM with "Unknown" status
After an sudden power outage we were able to recover our vcloud director cell, but all VMs show the "unknown" status and all operations are disabled from the GUI. I'm able to poweron vms with the...
View ArticleHP DL server compatibility check.
Currently we have two clusterCluster1HP DL580 G5, X7460,processor Cluster2HP DL580 G7, X7550 processor We are planning to add two servers with HP DL380 G7. Let us know in which cluster will it be...
View ArticleDeploy OVF - Cannot choose disk size?
Hey, when I'm deploying an OVF file in ESXI, it doesn't allow me to choose how much of my datastore disk I want to use up. If I allow it to just install on the whole disk, then that'll lock up the disk...
View Articledownload link for vCenter Server Appliance (Linux)
Hi, I have the following situation: we bought this week VMware for our internal servers and would like to administer the VMs with Linux (and only with Linux). I downloaded...
View ArticleHow to set a syslog for vCenter Chargeback?
Hi, I need to know if its possible to configure a syslog for chargeback, at our architecture now we have this: 1 Chargeback Load Balancer server 2 Chargeback Manager On each CBM we have configured: 1...
View Articlehelp with vco db connection on new install
Setting up a new vCenter server. Per the docs, it seems I should install vCO on a separate machine (but the DB will be on the same DB server as the vCenter DB) I'm following the instructions and I'm...
View ArticleNVIDIA GRID K1 and K2 GPU and View 5.2
Hi, Anyone used NVIDIA GRID K1 or K2 GPU for a heavy CAD workloads? Any suggestions for a Heavy CAD deployment of View 5.2. Thanks for all your help. Thanks,Raj
View Article64 bit guest on nested ESXi 5 not supported
I get a error about "Longmode is unsupported" when trying to install windows 2012 server on a guest vm on a nested ESXi 5 instance. I've tried all the proposed resolutions I could find on the forums....
View ArticleLong Running Workflows Fail with Authentication Errors After the Executing...
I have been encountering an issue for some time now where long running workflows (2+ weeks) will fail after the executing user changes their Active Directory account password and we either reboot the...
View ArticleESXi network config on server with 4 GbE ports, link...
Hi everyone I've only ever experimented with ESXi on servers with single NICs so this has never been a problem or question before but I'd like to know what the best way is when setting up an ESXi...
View ArticleCan't Virtualize BackTrack Partition!!!
Using this command in terminal I do receive an output: /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-rawdiskCreator create /dev/diskX fullDevice ./Desktop/NameOfVMDK ideI then try to connect...
View ArticleAutomatically shut down virtual machine
Hi All, I have just set up vshield and have the vshield apps on each of the 5 hosts in our cluster which are each on the local storage of each host, is there a way to set these machines to...
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