Re: ESXi 5.1 and HP ProLiant DL380 G5 - Xeon DualCore 5160 | 2x 3,0 GHz
Here is the link for the compatibility matrix.....
View ArticleBest way to move VM from an old Blade environment to a NEW one
Hello, We are going to be moving to a new HPBLC7000 with ProLiant BL460c G7 blades. Currently We are running our environment on IBM Blade center H. The SAN will stay the same as it's fairly new. so...
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Re: is there a way to pass a USB device to the VM from the guest machine...
that's bad news for me . I was building an app that needed to automatically map some phones to specific VM's. Looks like the user has to do it manually now. Thanks for saving my time LucD, otherwise i...
View ArticleClone Windows VM - avoid saving clear text for domain password
When using "Clone, Windows with single NIC" in my schema, it needs a string password to join the domain. How can I change this to a SecureString or avoid saving the password of a domain user in clear...
View ArticleRe: VM grew to 258GB on datastore formatted with a 1M block size
Do you know how this file, at 258GB, can even work on this 1MB block VMFS3 datastore?Where are you getting this value from? 256GB = 262144MB = 268435456 KB Different places (vSphere Client's datastore...
View ArticleRe: Failure to import CSV with ConvertFrom-Csv
Ok, what would you recommend changing $data to? It does work as is and gives the correct number. I did try using $csvreport =import-csv -useculture -delimiter "," and the array is still blank.
View ArticleRe: Best way to move VM from an old Blade environment to a NEW one
Assuming you don't need the old vCenter Server's data (history, events, resource pools settings, permissions, ...) and further assuming the hosts aren't compatible anyway, I'd go ahead and install the...
View ArticleRe: VMWare workstation block on virtual machine reboot
I'm not using these software on host, i use only os included software. At the moment i follow this idea, i remove the flag to option "Connect on power on" on virtual cd/dvd virtual drive, and it's...
View ArticleRe: Needs to take database backup of the vCenter Server
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2012138 describes the manual way to do the database backup of an MSSQL express edition. How to schedule and automate backups of SQL Server databases in SQL Server Express -...
View ArticleRe: Convert a physical Win 8 Machine with the Vmware vCenter Converter failed
it didn't start without any error-Message
View ArticleRe: Does vSphere 5.1 still need a DNS server ?
> Would you please tell me which functions or features of vSphere 5.1 can't work without DNS service ? (exclude AD integration)> or which functions will work better with DNS service, not only for...
View ArticleRe: Using Powercli I having trouble modifying vm hardware and nic portgroup...
You could consider using the Start-Job cmdlet to introduce parallelism in the script.See Re: Running a powercli from powershell for how it could be done. There is another method as described by Vitali...
View ArticleRe: pass parameters to run in guest workflow
Thanks for the help. It seems to be working now. I think my problem may have been not including the working directory originally.
View ArticleVMware® Workstation Version: 9 - Windows XP VM - JAVA App Dialog Failure
VMware® Workstation Version: 9.0.0 build =-812388Host OS: Windows 7 Enterprise, 64-bit 6.1.7601, Service Pack 1VM: Windows XP 32 bit Problem: JAVA application generates a Dialog pop-up window...
View ArticleRe: Are these results as bad as they look? (DB -Pre-Upgrade Checker output)
Not 100% sure for a 4.x vCenter Server for the filename but all installations should have all the SQL scripts in their installation folder, either directly in the folder or in an "SQL" subfolder....
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1 Update 1 clean install hung at 27%
Can you press ALT+F12 during the hung state and have a look at the log indicating any errors? That should give you DEBUG output of what the installer is doing. You can change back to the normal install...
View ArticleRe: Access lab from production network using rdp server 2 nics(1 connected to...
Hi all,Any feedback ? Much appreciated . Thanks
View ArticleRe: VMware offering Mock Exam
Use these practice questions > http://blog.mwpreston.net/vcp-5/ When I took my VCP about a year ago, the questions were close to the ones in the above link in terms of difficulty and style.
View ArticleRe: Access lab from production network using rdp server 2 nics(1 connected to...
Yes this is safe - the traffic on the internal only network is isolated from you productin network - only traffic will get out is if place a router between the two networks
View ArticleRe: Reading / Writing to Network Shares using vCO
Thanks for the help. I am able to get the above working for local files, but I cannot get it working for remote files. I understand that I need the proper permissions to get the files working, but I...
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