Probs moving VM's to new ESXi (new hardware)
I have an older ESXi 4.1 U2 box with 5 VM's (4 server 2008 R2's and 1 WIN 7). I want to migrate the VM's to a new physical box with ESXi 5 U1. The new box has a different CPU (AMD instead of Intel)....
View ArticleSCSI Sense errors 0xb 0x47 0x0
Hello, We have recently upgraded an ESXi 4.0 machine running on HP ProLiant DL360 G5 to ESXi 5.0 Update 1. We did not have any problem with any of the hardware on 4.0.The HCL included the SCSI card we...
View ArticlePotential memory leak with vami-sfcbd service
We are seeing a potential memory leak with vmai-sfcbd service on appliances built with VMS 2.1. While it was not recommended to use the CIM mom server for update, we chose to use it anyway as it...
View ArticleAlign partitions at 64, 128, or 1024?
I've been reading about the whole partition alignment topic, and I understand WHY, but I've seen several different references that recommend aligning at 64, some say 128 (like for SSDs), and some say...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client and Mac OS X
Hmm... with the release of 5.1, they seem to be encouraging everybody to move to the web client. But it seems that Mac OS X is still not supported. What's the plan to support Mac OS X? I really...
View Articleesxi dropping and reconnecting to local datastore
It seems this is happening randomly. Typical durations for the outage are 2 - 10 seconds. It always reconnects. Many of the drops show 0 seconds duration, the longest I see is about 35 seconds. I was...
View Articleovftool frequently encounters Unexpected end of stream
HelloI've looked around in the forums, but couldn't find a resolution to this problem. I'm using ovftool (the latest version - 2.1.0) to deploy an ova consisting of 3 VMs to an ESXi 4.1 server, via a...
View Articletasks and events for virtual machine
quick question, Where is the best spot to grab detailed information for tasks and events of any virtual machine. I.e., If i were to add additional RAM to a server, in vCenter it will show up as...
View ArticleDebug Console Messages / Error Messages Help
Hi, I dont remember if I posted this already or not, as I have had so much going on at work. Please forgive me as I am also 6 months in to using VMware so Im kind of new at this. Anyways we are...
View ArticleDifferences between ISCSI connections to storage in vSphere 4.1 and 5.0.
I am running into trouble configuring the storage connections in a new VSphere 5.0 test environment. In our VSphere 4.1 environment it was possible to create a virtual switch add two Broadcom NetXtreme...
View ArticleProblem with allocating IP configuration to VMs in vApp ???
Hi all, I'm using vSphere 5.0 and having problem with allocating IP settings (from IP pool) to VMs in a vApp.I have created an IP Pool (from Datacenter/IP Pools), declared all settings, enabled it and...
View ArticleVMWare View 5.1 and RADIUS Authentication - Password Issue
I am using Trustwave for 2-Factor Authentication on a View 5.1.1 Server. The Trustwave Proxy Server requires you input your Active Directory Password followed by a comma and then the passcode provided...
View ArticleHow to prevent View users from shutting down their VMs
We have a View 4.6 server and just setup a new 5.1 server to replace it. It was setup as a replica server and everything transferred over fine and we are using only the 5.1 server now. Before the View...
View ArticleAjuda para definir cenário
Boa tarde, Sou novo no mundo virtual, gostaria da ajuda de vcs para montars o melhor cenário para a seguinte situação: Local 1:2 Servidores (A e B) Local 2:2 Servidores (C e D) Qual seria a melhor...
View ArticleCan't import Fusion Tech Preview VM into Fusion 5
OK, what could I possibly be doing wrong here? I can't import a VM created in Fusion 4 > tech preview to Fusion 5.I can "Open..." it, but not import, and not keep it in my Library of VMs.Any...
View ArticleLimiting allocations based on AD group
Hello, I am looking for the ability to limit a select few users to use vSphere for deploying some test servers (kind of like a sandbox). In doing so, I would like to limit the max amount of memory...
View ArticleForums seem as bad as Apple's. Search doesn't limit to Community selected.
These forums look as bad as Apple's updates to their discussions. Search is hidden and I haven't been able to restrict a search to Fusion. Is this the exact same software Apple uses for its discussions...
View ArticleAccess Denied on SSH - ESX 3.5
Hello, I Have an ESX 3.5 and always i try to log on trough SSH, show the message "Access Denied". The password is correctly because i`m able to log on trough vi client on this host. I`m comparing the...
View ArticleBringing in MetaData
Has anyone setup a regular feed from a CMDB (or similar system) into VCM? For example, we have a CMDB that is fed by VCM. So the CMDB learns about new servers and some config information from VCM, we...
View ArticleESXi 4 Hypervisor Upgrade to Paid ESXi 5.1
We are currently running the free version of ESXi 4.0, with 8 VM’s running on it (all pretty small machines). We are going to add a second server to our environment to run ESXi 5.1. We will be...
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