Programmatically assigning IP information to VMs using vSphere APIs??
I see that this can be done with a customization spec. However, this means adding a good deal of other information about the system using Sysprep. I do not want to change the VMs added by other people...
View ArticlePlayer, win8 and Truecrypt questions?
Hi All,I am trying the win8 eval copy and am waiting fro Truecrypt to finish encrypting the win8 System partition, which popped the thought to mind. Truecrypt will encrypt all sectors of a drive...
View Articlesyslogs and logs in vsphere 5.1
We configured and set up syslogs to a remote linux box but we don't see too much information in it. How many logs in vsphere such as syslogs, logs for vcenter server. What other logs are out there?
View ArticleScript to export Alarms from VCenter to analyze.
Does anyone know of a script, or how to script an exportable report of your alarms that are being used in your Vcenter? Need to know what thresholds are being set.Is it emailed or SMNP as an example....
View ArticleSRM Customise IP is Broken/Useless
Has anybody else experienced issues with SRM and customising IPs? I have 24 VMs which I recover using SRM. When I'm not using the customise IP option, they recover fine besides manually entering their...
View ArticleHelp creating partition via CLI
We recently upgraded our environment from 4 to 5Since then I have been frustrated and not having success creating new VMFS 5 datastores via CLI I am absolutely pulling out my hair trying to use the...
View ArticleLocation based printing; occasionally a printer is not assigned
We have 50 new HP T310 zero clients running the newest version of the Teradici firmware located in a library. When first deployed about a month ago we were running View 5.1.1 and using location based...
View ArticleLarge number of luns in a growing ESX environment - when to abort the mesh
I have a growing ESX environment. We started with about beefy 3 ESX hosts, 150 VMs and 10 volumes. Each ESX host sees all 10 volumes. No big deal, makes it easy to move vms and not be concerned...
View ArticleNetwork connection drops for 30 seconds occassionally
I've recently installed VMWare Player 5.0.2, to run a Windows 7 x64 Pro virtual machine. I did this because I've upgraded to Windows 8.1, and my citrix receiver no longer works, meaning I can't...
View ArticleProblems virtualizing Windows 8 OEM using VMware Converter 5.1 and Player 5.02
G'day, I recently purchased a Dell XPS8700 workstation which came with Windows 8 installed. I want to install Ubuntu (not dual-boot) on it but before doing so I wanted to virtualize Windows 8. So, I...
View ArticleCreate vCAC entity using vCAC plugin? Issue with LocalDateTime?
I need some help creating a vCAC entity using the vCAC plugin. Here is the code snippet that I use: // Inputs: host, entitySetName, propertyNames[], propertyValues[] var modelName =...
View Articlesuccessful upgrade instructions for vCenter 4.1 to vCenter 5.0 using sql express
i hope this helps anyone needing to do the same upgrade i just completed - i saw quite a few people posting questions about it, and not a lot of solid answers (and *definitely* not simple processes in...
View ArticleBackup tools for VMware ESXi 5
Hi Techies, Kindly let me know the Backup softwares being used in Large Scale Production environments and if any documentations available. Kindly update
View Articleupgrading VCenter 4.1u3 with builtin SQL 2005 Express to v5.1 ?
Hi People, Can anyone please clarify me if the upgrade path is supported with no possible issue for my scenario below: Existing: VCenter 4.1u3 installed as Windows Server 2008 64 bit standard VM with...
View ArticleESX 5.1 config changes do not save
I have two identical servers. http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX39068Both servers have 32GB RAM.Both servers have 3xIntel PRO 1000 NICs, with an on board realtrek NIC.I have identical USB...
View ArticleghettoVcb proble snapshot missing
good morning i have a problem wnen i try backup a virtual machine in esxi 5.1i use ghettoVcb script report this problem .Snapshot found for Windows-2008, backup will not take placei habe delete all...
View ArticleScenarios to configure and deploy with AutoDeploy
What is the best scenario to deploy Auto Deploy and requiere services? I'll be using autodeploy for the first time in the lab, where I hope to mirror one of my production environments. In the past, I...
View ArticleWhere do you download the dell-configuration-vib package?
When upgrading a Dell ESXi 5.1 Customized installation ( VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.1.0.update01-1065491.x86_64-Dell_Customized_RecoveryCD_A00 ) with an up-to-date VMware build you have to remove the...
View ArticleFailed SSH Check
Greeting, Got error ` Failed SSH Check`` I did the steps which followed vmmark 2.5 manual page 108 for esxi 5.xPlease help me take a look what is wrong, online waiting... result file attached Thanksnewbie
View ArticleChanging length of custom string
Hi.I need to change the length o a custom_string field in the call logging screen.Default value was varchar(30)I also verified the change by editing a call record column value to a string > 30...
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