What features lost in View 5.2 if your don't have vSphere 5.2
Hello, We currently have View 5.0 running on vcenter/vSphere 4.1. We were looking to upgrade to View 5.2. In the View 5.2 reviewers document it recommends you have the latest vSphere 5.1 Update 1 to...
View ArticleRe: Restart Physical vCenter 5.0 Server after power supply termination
It's an unusual configuration to have a physical vCenter but virtual SQL server. The SQL VM won't self-start, and vCenter is useless without it. Generally I would recommend the following process for...
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Re: Can't get VMware player to install in Ubuntu 12.04
etsah57 wrote: Sudo worked, opening VMware didn'tTerminaletsah57@etsah57-KZ208AA-ABG-m9385a:~$ sudo su root/sudo password for etsah57:root@etsah57-KZ208AA-ABG-m9385a:/home/etsah57# sh...
View ArticleESXi 5.1U1 upgrade failure - OSError: [Errno 39] Directory not empty
Hello all- just attempted to update my ESXi server from 5.1 799733 to 5.1U1 1065491. During the upgrade the process hangs at 24% completion with the error message as above:OSError: [Errno 39]...
View ArticleBrining a call out of suspension.
Hello everyone – I am currently after a existing solution or a workaround for brining a call out of suspension from an incoming email ? I have gone throug vsm-91-email-user-guide and found it of a...
View ArticleExporting VMWare Fusion Guest for Upload to Amazon EC2
I understand the basic steps in Amazon's [VMWare to EC2] guide, except for one problem : how do I convert my .vmwarevm to a .VMDK file? [Amazon's VMWare to EC2]:Using the Command Line Tools to Import...
View ArticleWhy only 4 vmotions with 10 GbE?
I have a very curious situation...at one time, I am sure I was getting 8 live vmotions at a time when I would put a host in maintenance mode. Now I am only getting 4!We 4 H- BL 680c G7 blades...
View ArticleRe: Exporting VMWare Fusion Guest for Upload to Amazon EC2
how do I convert my .vmwarevm to a .VMDK file? You cannot convert a Virtual Machine Package (.vmwarevm) to a .vmdk file. Just ctrl-click the target Virtual Machine Package and select Show Package...
View ArticleRe: Brining a call out of suspension.
You will need to use the store procedure (Incoming Email Update or Incoming Email Update 2) to manually handle the un-suspension via the DB records.
View ArticleRe: SLA Agreement Selection Priority: Is there any way of adding to the list...
9.1.6 will introduce rules builder to the SLM selection criteria. So you can use that to meet your requirements.
View ArticleRe: Usage meter not recording after vCentre upgrade to 5.1
Tried various syntax's with the username. Domain\User was the one that finally worked. The existing credentials that were working previously just didn't work anymore. Neither did the User@Domain...
View ArticlevMotion stalls at 83% then times out
Two strange occurrences on a Sunday evening...I am never doing maintenance on a Sunday evening again...We have a cluster of 4 - HP BL 680c G7 blades. I am attempting to put hosts in maintenance mode...
View ArticleRe: Exporting VMWare Fusion Guest for Upload to Amazon EC2
If you need to export to OVF then in a Terminal use the following command: /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/VMware\ OVF\ Tool/ovftool --help
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ESXi 5.1 and Importing a Fusion VM
I am in the process of moving several VMs created in VMWare Fusion 5 into ESXi 5.1, which I just installed on a Mac Mini Server. I am able to connect just fine via the Windows application installed on...
View Articlevmware player dependency on hal, policykit, consolekit
Is there going to be a new version of vmware player which does not have dependencies on these deprecated or dropped packages? It seems that vmware player will not run on some modern linux...
View ArticleAdd/update a license key with powercli script - standalone host
Does anyone know how to add/update a license key with powercli script. I can do it OK with LicenseAssignmentManager when connected to vcenter server, but i can't do it when assigning a free license...
View ArticleRe: esxcli - module parameters in kickstart script do not apply
Slim likely-hood, but nevertheless:VMware KB: When running the ESXi 5.0 kickstart script, commands in %firstboot do not get executed
View ArticleiSCSI
All, I'm trying to connect my NAS to my ESXi using the iSCSi but its not detecting my NAS. I can ping it and ESXi can ping it as well. I added a vkernal using the IP of the NAS and under the iSCSI I...
View ArticleChanging the port for vsphere direct access to esxi 5.1
Hello All, I am looking to the change the default ports used by esxi 5.1 to accept vsphere connections. For 5.0 and older I used this link...
View ArticleHow to manage Tags with PowerCli
Hi,I'm trying to find exemples how to manage the customs "Tags" in vSphere 5.1. This new feature is used in the web client only.I would like to create, delete and associate tags to objects with...
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