ESXi 5.1: cannot bring up ethernet for guest system
Hello, I have tried a very simple configuration: just one VM with CentOS 6.4 (64bit). My problem is that the ethernet will not get a link. There is only one NIC on my system. vmware.log shows this when...
View ArticleESXi 5 shows a datastore with no free space but it's empty
Hi all, We have a HP P2000 FC storage and I did set up a new 2.4 Tb LUN and presented it to the ESXi cluster.All the hosts can see it fine ( Capacity 2.18 Tb and Free Space 2.18 Tb ). See highlighted...
View ArticleFailed to create DataStore
Hello I want to create datastore by using the SDK CreateVmfsDatastore, But when I run it I got the soap error :<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:ns0="urn:vim25"...
View ArticleCan not logon to vCenter Webservice
ESXi 5.1.0, 1117900vCenter Server 5.1.0, 1123961 I installed vCenter Server with Single Server Sign-on and all went well until I tried to logon to the Web Service. No matter what I tried I could not...
View ArticleSLES SP1 VM performance issue.
Dear Team, I have three SLES SP1 VM on ESX4.1 800830 esx host, facing performance issue on the same. Once i take a console of this VM and run top command in that load avaerage is 25.3 25.6 25.7...
View ArticleDHCP/DNS/Network issues with testlab - Virtual Network Editor is killing me!
Hey all - kinda new with Workstation and have been messing around trying to get this to work for so long, I just want to set up my lab already but am unable to find the snag here. So here's what I've...
View ArticleOpensource VM performance and compliance tool
Hi All, From long time i was in search for a opensource tool for my VMware Infra. the tool should monitor the VM performance and provide VM, OS compliance reports , Compliance means type of OS...
View ArticlevSphere Data Protection stucks at 92% on Windows 2008 R2 VMs
I'm having issues with backing up Windows 2008 R2 VM using data protection... it stucks at 92 % and lasts like forever, unless I cancel the job. Does anyone have solution to this already? I've seen a...
View ArticleHmsGroup.OnlineSync Fail - unknown error occurred
Has anyone else seen this error with VRMS? I have two sites setup in SRM5. Each site has a VRM server deployed, configured, and connected.Each site has a single vSphere Replication server deployed and...
View ArticleHost Based replication issue with VR servers.
I have an issue in my Host Based replication setup. Since it’s a host based setup I have to use VR servers for the replications. My issue is that these VR servers will throw alarms as being...
View ArticleFedora 18 desktop half mess in virtual machine
Hi, I installed virtual machine - Fedora 18 by all default configuration , in my ESX server 4.0. After install success, I login and found that desktop is half mess. This mess never happened in previous...
View ArticleVirtualize RSA Server. RSA Authetication Managers autoshut down unable to...
Hi,Lately I have successfully virtualizes my RSA server. During the conversion was successful from a physical to VM. However went I fire up my RSA VM, all the RSA Authentication Managers services was...
View ArticleHow do I change the default directory into which VM files are created/stored?
Hello VMware community. I apologize in advance, if this is a really easy question that I should have been about to figure out for myself.I am a complete noob with ESXi and apparently I also couldn't...
View ArticleHow to keep recent-task information
Hi AllI know recent task is vCenters property and i also know how we can increase that limit by following way5.6.2 Task LifetimeOnce a task is complete in vCenter Server, the task shows up in the...
View ArticleOracle Enterprise Linux - Guest Support in vCloud Director
based on the followinghttp://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2034491 Oracle Linux is not supported. Can this be confirmed?
View ArticleSnapshot backup failed due to VM quiescing
Hi All,When we take snapshot through NetApp VSC plugin most of the VMs not backed up due to the below error. Is there any other method available? How can i fix this? Please suggest me on this.Date-WARN...
View ArticleRename VM via PowerCLI
hi all,I tryed to rename a VM (the host name of the VM) via PowerCLI with this code:New-VM -Name $name -Template $template -VMHost $vmhost Set-VM -VM $name -OSCustomizationSpec &Spec1...
View ArticleVM shutdown on APD possible?
Is it possible to shut down VMs on a host in an APD situation as well as PDL? Out customer wants the system configured that way if possible rather then having the VMs sat with no I/O if the SAN fails....
View Articlevsphere linked mode and update manager
I have 2 vcenters. one is on a primary site and the other is on a dr site. I have added the secondary site as linkd mode and now I can log into one vcenter and ee the other. On the primary site, I hav...
View ArticleSSL VUM
Hello, help please. I tried to change VUM (4.1) SSL certificate. Was guided by Replacing SSL certificates for VMware vCenter Update Manager by using the Update Manager Utility (1023011). But the...
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