vC Ops : Dashboard to troubleshoot Datastore and VM Issues
Hi, Someone had a question on how to troubleshoot which VM's has high IO on a datastore. I created a dashboard for this. See it here : http://www.virtualclouds.co.za/?p=786 Hugo...
View ArticleDefault webpass username - vcloud usage meter 3.1
In short, I forgot the default webpass username... I know I can reset the password... I enabled LDAP integration and that's working fine...
View ArticleConnecting two ESXI to eachother
I have two ESXI host, one with 1 nic and the second one have 3 nic's( one originally and one card with two nic's) . First host - HP N40L( 3 Nic's)Second Host - HP N36L (1 Nic) I want to connect the...
View ArticleCPU Stress Allocation - How is it determined?
So I have this host who's stress badge is 315. Now that is high if you ask me :-)It may have something to do with me experimenting with profiles but still I really see nothing that contributes to...
View ArticleVDR 1.2.1 Challenge
Hello I am hoping that someone could point me in the right direction in resolving my VDR challenge. I had followed documentation and videos on installing this product but when it starts up, it...
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Where to get Connector Server License key?
Hi All, I am building a lab with version 5.1 of VCD and would like to use the feature of the advanced version of the Connector Server. I know the core version is free, but can I get a trial key to...
View ArticleVM host in conversion process using the ThinApp converter
Is it okay to use VMware Workstation installed inside a virtual machine created in a locally installed VMware Workstation as the vm host in the conversion process using the ThinApp converter?
View Articlequery on nic teaming
Hey all, was just wondering is it really necessary to team the nics. I have 3 cards running in parallel to a vswitch. The way I understand it, it goes virtual to physical to virtual to physical....
View Article.vmware_ha folder on non-heartbeat datastores
I'm noticing the .vmware_ha folder structure being created on datastores that are not configured as preferred HA heartbeat datastores. Since this is a test environment I end up adding and removing...
View ArticleVXLAN VIB- not able to download vxlan.zip
Hi, I´m trying to get vxlan working within a vcloud director 5.1 environment. Within vShield manager I tried creating the vxlan under connectivity, by following the procedure provided...
View ArticleWidget Help. . .
All: I am trying to make the Heat Map (2) display ONLY the VM's that are on the datastore I select in the Resources (1) widget. Ideally, the VM's would be there, sized / colored by latency. I can't...
View ArticleNeed to clean up my networking - advice please?
Hi, In preparation for some new hosts arriving I would like to clean up my networking, which has remained unchanged since vmware 3.5 - I believe I have redundant networking configured. My current setup...
View ArticleHow to access VM disk
I have created a snapshot and its name is in the form of RHEL6x64bit-000009.vmdk. I am able to access the disk when it is powered off. But i am not able to access the snapshot file when the VM is...
View ArticleNetwork I/O 100% Utilization
Hi guys, vCOPS (5.7.1) is reporting that I have 100% Network I/O utilization on a few of my hosts. I don't want to say this is impossible, but I have 2x 10G network cables connected and they are...
View Articleremove cd from master - need to recompose to push out config?
New to View. Created a desktop pool and noticed they had two LUNs attached, wondered why. Looks like the second one may be because the original master had a CD iso attached. In order to remove this...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 integration with HP SIM
I am looking for some help troubleshooting some problems I am having setting up some ESXi hosts to show their critical events in Systems Insight Manager. I have, on all systems, set up the root...
View ArticleRise ESXi 4 server to ESXi 5.1 and return virtual mashines back
Hi everybody. I have 2 ESXi hosts, one of it is ESXi 4.0 and on this server running 4 vm servers. I create a new ESXi 5.1 host and I planned VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Client to move vm from...
View ArticleHilfe! Windows XP lässt sich nicht starten nach konvertierung mit VMW Converter
Hallo Leute, Im Anhang sind die nötigen Dateien falls ihr mehr braucht sagt bescheid ich hoffe mir kann jemand helfen die physische hardware ist ein HP Elite Small Form Factor PC!!?? danke..
View ArticlePort Forwarding From the ESXi host to VM?
So is this possible, and if it is how can I do it or does any version of vSphere allow this? I need to have a port forwarded to the Host ESXi server and from there forwarded to a VM. [Incoming...
View ArticlevExpert: Florian Grehl
This document is a detail page for the VMware vExpert Directory.Expert InformationNameFlorian GrehlLocationHamburgGermanyShort DescriptionHosting Engineer and Administrator (VMware/Linux) at a Managed...
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