Re: Upgrading from 4.1 to 5.1 - SSO Design?
Jon, see my post here: http://communities.vmware.com/message/2191541#2191541 I don't want to use multisite because I don't see a need for its complexity relative to what we 'get' out of it in return....
View ArticleRe: Powercli script to list cluster Name, Guest and Hostname in Cluster
I asume that you want the cluster name, guest and hostname for all your vm's. You can this information and export it to a .csv file as follows: Get-VM |Select-Object-Property @{N="VM";E={$_.Name}},...
View ArticleRe: Converting XP Box issue: Unable to find System Volume
See this posthttp://communities.vmware.com/thread/434953?tstart=0boot from the floppy-image attached in that post - that should have a boot.ini that fits your case.If that can make you boot - you can...
View ArticleRe: Multiple Nics over one vSwitch (no TF)
Are you doing this for a failover scenario such as one ISP goes down so you have the other ISP to run? If you're trying to do a failover then you're best using router capabitlites. Also, there are...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.x on new Apple Mac Mini 6,2 Late 2012 *NOT* working
After multiple times of trying to power on the OS X VM, each resulting in the ESXi host's crash, I decided to remove ALLdevices enabled in ESXi for Direct Path I/O and only after I restarted ESXi 5.1,...
View ArticleRe: Is it possible to deploy the OVF in Workstation?
The vApp relies on IP Pools for the communication channel between the two VMs - at least initially, so that's one problem. I'm not a whiz with OVF, vApps and Workstation but I don't believe the vApp...
View ArticleRe: Issues with powercli script to create/delete snapshots
You can try to run the following command in the task scheduler: %SystemRoot%\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -PSConsoleFile "C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere...
View ArticleRe: Is it possible to deploy the OVF in Workstation?
Hi, what would be the sense of having vC Ops run in workstation? You need a vCenter Server to monitor most resources, alternative would be standalone install if you want to monitor non vCenter related...
View ArticleRe: could not register or updtae vCenter Server extension
Thank you so much for helping me.I managed to resolve the issue by re-installing vCenter. Thanks
View Article[Solucionado] Vmware Workstation 9 y Servidor DNS no se llevan muy bien
Hola, buenas tardes Tengo la siguiente topologia para hacer pruebas: + 1 Domain Controlller y Servidor DNS con Windows 2008 Seerver R2+ 1Servidor que lo quiero utilizar para hacer laboratorios con...
View ArticleHow to license vCNS 5.1.2 for endpoint when installing 5.0 U2
I recently installed ESXi and vCenter 5.0 U2. I am also installing Trend Micro Deep Security 8.0 SP2. I deployed vCNS 5.1.2 for vShield endpoint functionality. The vCNS shows up in Evaluation mode...
View ArticleRe: Using RDM to create a shared disk, over Fibre Channel?
Read this - http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-51-setup-mscs.pdf Basically, you add a new disk as type RDM on the first cluster node and then add...
View ArticlePermissions needed at vCenter level
Hi, We use VIX api calls to communicate with VMs on an ESX/ESXi Server. The following permissions for a role at the ESX/ESXi host level allow us to do our work with VM images using VIX api just fine -...
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Re: Multiple Nics over one vSwitch (no TF)
No I'm not looking for failover.Take a look at my map and my description under the pic : vmnic3 is my WAN connected to vSwitchI do have 2 VMs for 2 different seperated locations which are using my...
View ArticleRe: Does SRM require the same version of vSphere at both sites?
Or, use SRM pre 5.0 which includes VR? If so the issue then becomes the cost because there was only one pre 5.0 version of SRM available, whereas now we can buy the Standard version and limit...
View ArticleRe: Does SRM require the same version of vSphere at both sites?
Pre-5.0 there is no VR.
View Articlecant copy vmdk file
I have a hard drive that is on the fritz that causes the vm to lock up every morning at 3:30am - weird? But the vm will start up after a few errors and all will be fine until the next day. I have...
View ArticleRe: Reduce size of VM Disk?
Thanks for the quick response! I will try the converter and get back you. And thanks for the welcome. My company is starting to use ESXi more and more so I'm sure I'll be here often.
View ArticleRe: cant copy vmdk file
Are there any tricks to make a vm from this machine while its up and running?You could try to use VMware Converter to V2V it.
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