Vcenter 6 "upgrade" path
I've got a Windows/SQL vCenter 5.5.0c server that was upgraded multiple times from very old versions, and even P2V'ed at one point. I had tried to do an in place upgrade to v6 over the weekend and I...
View ArticleWhich AD account for VCSA?
When deploying the VCSA it asks for an Administrator account to link up with Windows Active Directory. Which account do I use? Is this a one time use of the account, like when you join a windows...
View ArticleConsole of vCloud Director 8.0 is not working
Hi, I am not able to get console of my VM on my vCloud Director 8.0. I am getting the following error message on my console debug logs, [root@xxx-vcd opt]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise...
View ArticlevRealize Orchestrator 7 WebService EndPoint
Hi, I was using orchestrator 6. I was using the webservice from the orchestrator to call the workflows. The endpoint of the webservice was...
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VSAN Observer reports DupAckRx Errors
Hello, we have now successful started with VSAN.After resolving some problems like phantom "host cannot communicate with all other nodes in the vsan enabled cluster" messages,we get green "Health...
View ArticleIs it safe to test VMWare Fusion 8 while version 6 is still installed?
The 'prefs' won't get clobbered, right? I figure I need to make a copy of my VM (in case it gets updated), then run the v8 installer. Hopefully it puts itself as a separate app in Applications. I...
View ArticlePowerCli script to generate report for VM and ESXi Model
Hi, I'm trying generate a report for VMs for a DC which includes the OS, Cluster and the Make and Model of ESXi host but for some reason the ESXi info isn't coming through. Any help is greatly...
View ArticleWindows Server W2K8R2 VM restart hangs after applying Win updates
This may come in handy if you don't really want to hard power reset a W2k8R2 VM. I haven't noticed this issue with W2k12. After applying Windows updates to a W2k8 R2 server, system hangs at "Preparing...
View ArticleDynamically-created form values
This may not be possible at all, but thought I'd ask. I'm creating a workflow that will allow the user to change the memory and/or CPU count for a VM. The VM can reside on one of two vCenters under...
View ArticleImport of vSphere Distributed Switch with "Preserve original distributed...
Hello, I have run into a problem with the export/import routine for vSphere Distributed Switches. The export works great, but the import with "Preserve original distributed switch and port group...
View ArticleCan't expand hard disk of a VM that is a linked clone.
I have a VM that is a linked clone of another.I have done a lot of development and modifications to the linked clone, and now I have run out of disc space. Now I wish to expand the disc, but I get this...
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Is it safe to test VMWare Fusion 8 while version 6 is still installed?
The 'prefs' won't get clobbered, right? I figure I need to make a copy of my VM (in case it gets updated), then run the v8 installer. Hopefully it puts itself as a separate app in Applications. I...
View Articlememory
hi, i have cluster and there is one host ( esxi 5.5). in cluster hosts memory Resource Assignment are the same . host have physical 65 gb memory. but 11 virtuals machine's memory total 108 gb . memory...
View ArticleCollet hardware infos on esxi
Hello, I have some dell servers which I manage remotely. There is ESX 5.1 installed on these servers. I need to upgrade them to include new network card. However, I need to know :1. How many PCI...
View ArticleMissing partition from local machine
Hey guys,So an old Windows XP machine of mine recently died, but the hard drive is still intact. I wanted to take the hard drive and create a VM from it on my computer as it has some old games that I...
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Incorrect Server memory amount displayed in VMWare
Hi, I just installed ESXi 6.0 on my server but it is displaying 8 GB rather than 16 GB. The BIOS displays 16GB. Anyone came across a similar issue? Regards, Umar
View ArticleFusion 8.1.0 virtual machine package confusion
Long story.... I had a virtual machine containing Windows 7 I wanted to upgrade to Windows 10 (lets call it Windows 7). I copied the virtual machine and renamed it (Windows 7 to Windows 10). When I...
View ArticleESX Crash with error: PCPU 30: no heartbeat (2/2 IPIs received)
Hello, My ESX Server crashed with PDS. I cannot find anything for this error. Could you please help me? In vmkernel-zdump.1 01:02:54.807Z cpu26:2118715)WARNING: Heartbeat: 781: PCPU 30 didn't have a...
View ArticleDRS monitoring automation level.
Hi all, It happens that for some maintenance reason we, the vmware admin team, set the DRS automation to "manual".As we are humain, we may forget to set it back to "fully automated". I know how to...
View ArticleUnable to login: "Error: Your user account is disabled"
Hello community, since a couple of days (maybe since the update from 6.1.1 to 6.2?) i cannot login user a user account from Domain B. If i log in with a user from Domain A everything is fine.Logging in...
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