Single Host, essentials, how/if do you run vCenter Server?
I am having quite the challenge using the vCenter Server & update manager. First I found the great prepackaged Vcenter appliance (I expected it was logical to have one) and thought what an elegant...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 in Fusion
The Windows 8.1 Preview is now available as an .iso filehere which can be used for a fresh install in Fusion. Note that VMware Tools will not install automatically; it must be run manually once the...
View ArticleRe: How to add vmdisk to VM using vsphere SDK
If you have installed the SDK/vcli, then under /usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/vm, there is a vdiskcreate.pl script: ./vdiskcreate.pl -vmname ora-test-r2 -server vc-dev-1 -filename "testing2.vmdk" -disksize...
View ArticleRe: Log Insight is having trouble archiving bucket data. ?
Just wanted to follow up. I hope the above information helped.
View ArticleRe: Change DNS servers in configuration?
Just wanted to follow up. We want to track this issue down as using vApp options is the only supported way to set networking configuration. Could you generate a support bundle when you get the chance?
View ArticleRe: how do you manually set IP?
Just wanted to follow up. If your question is answered, can you please mark as answered?
View ArticleChange in Network labels from 4.1 to 5.1?
There's seems to be a difference between how VCO 4.1 and 5.1 report network labels. In 4.1, querying VC would report the PG label only, i.e. 'Prod_Vlan_28_10.131.28_0'; in 5.1 it appends the VDS onto ,...
View ArticleMigration failure win7 to mountain lion
FIrst attempt of migration got to the screen asking for where to file. This was necessary because of inadequate memory: it gave two numbers 4x and 6x gigs. The numbers made so sense. I had nearly...
View ArticleGuest VM uses 300% more memory
I have four hypervisor hosts. They are all running VMWare Server 2.0.2 Build 203138. Hosts 1-3 are Windows Server 2003 Enterprise SP2, 32-bit. Host 4 is Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard. I have 5 guest...
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Re: Migration failure win7 to mountain lion
Did Windows 7 come preinstalled on the system your trying to virtualize or was it a Full Retail version you installed? If it was preinstalled OEM version and not a Full Retail version then it is not...
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Re: Windows 8.1 in Fusion
Forget Windows, OS X 10.9 Mavericks will be here soon enough! However, thanks for the link as I'll at least take a look to see what's been changed.
View ArticleRe: Help! VMWare Fusion causing chain crashes on Lion
Ted, Thanks a lot for your help reporting this issue.hope you could help provide the Fusion diagnostic information from VMware Fusion menu -> Help -> Collect Support Information when you hit this...
View ArticleRe: How to backup and restore VCO appliance (Postgres)
Thanks for the help. I have attached 2 scripts.bash_backup_vco_vmware.sh (run on the VCO appliance = backs up the vmware database)bash_transfer_backups_vco.sh (runs on a remote file server = copies the...
View ArticleRe: Cannot ping VCenter Server and Security issues
Before installing VCenter with simple install which installs Simple Sign On and Vcenter, I could ping VCenter, but after I did it I cannot, Anyways, disabling windows firewall does in fact the job but...
View ArticleRe: Single Host, essentials, how/if do you run vCenter Server?
Easiest way would be to download the patch bundles, store them on a datastore and run esxcli software vib install command if you do not want to have additional management overhead outside your...
View ArticleCreate a directory tree: How to call a global function from within a for loop
Hello,I am trying to create a workflow that will create a directory tree in vCenter. Concept:Basically I am trying to run nested for loops for each tier of the tree calling a global tree. Problem:The...
View ArticleRe: Unable to connect to vSphere via vSphere Client
ICMP traffic (pinging) is on a completely different OSI layer than DNS (name resolution) as long as you try to connect to your host via IP DNS related problems won't manifest. If you can connect via IP...
View ArticleRe: Unable to add NFS storage to the Data appliance
thanks for the reply what should i see as confirmation that the command has worked?
View ArticleRe: Datastore Groups Wrong?
Hi everyone, I'm encountering the exact same problem, although with a different storage vendor. I have three Shelves of Dell EqualLogic PS6500's that I'm encountering the issue with.initially, when...
View ArticleRe: OpenGL support for Vmware ESXi
Beginning in ESXi 5.1, VMware supports hardware accelerated graphics with select NVIDIA GPUs. Earlier ESXi 5.0 added support for 3d graphics with software renderer. You can even VMotion running 3d...
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