Script to export Alarms from VCenter to analyze.
Does anyone know of a script, or how to script an exportable report of your alarms that are being used in your Vcenter? Need to know what thresholds are being set.Is it emailed or SMNP as an example....
View ArticleHey all, i am ending up with the error - vim.fault.PlatformConfigFault while...
Hey all, I am ending up with the error - "vim.fault.PlatformConfigFault" while configuring 13th VDS (virtual Distributed Switch) but able to delete/create VDS up to 12 successfully repeatedly. Is...
View ArticlevCenter Service Status and Hardware Status plugin errors in vSphere 5.1 -...
When I tried to enable the VUM for vSphere 5.1 (another issue I'll address in a different thread but if anyone has information on that, by all means chime in here), I also noticed there were 2 other...
View ArticlevCloud Director - Web console is blank without any content
Installed vCloud Director on a physical machine (CentOS 6.3 x64 bit). Installation went smooth without any error and vmware-vcd service is up and running. we used 2 separate NIC cards, one for HTTP and...
View ArticleWindows cannot access \\vmware-host\shared folders\desktop
I seem to have successfully moved the virtual machine to a shared folder and given this folder and all the package contents of my windows 7 virtual machine read and write permissions. Windows 7 will...
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5.0 to 5.1 via iso
When upgrading Hypervisor 5.0.0 to 5.1u1 will it update all of my host? I have two separate data stores.
View ArticleFile system used by ESXi while creating partitions.
Hello Everyone, Which file system do ESXi x5.0/1 uses while creating partitions like Bootpartition,Bootbank,AltBootbank,Dump/crash partition,Store & Scratch partition.Thanks in Advance.
View ArticleHow to script changing IP and hostname on 600 Windows 2008 R2 (64bit) VM's
I have 600 VM's that I am currently cloning. Once the clone process is completed I need to assign each server a unique IP and Hostname. What is the best way to do this? Server names are like,...
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Issue with the management network
Hi, i have a question about the management network and the restart process of it. I have a cluster with a few esxi 5 upd hosts, all running the same version. I have created a vSwithch and assigned...
View ArticleA particular exe file not working in ThinApp on XenApp 6.5
I have an application which just has a exe and a ini file. It is not working as expected after ThinApp on XenAPP 6.5 and gives access violation at a particular module error which is not as per the...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Partition Table Layout (& Increasing diagnostic partition size)?
Hello Everyone, Trying to understand the partition tables created by ESXi 5.1. I have highlighted my questions in bold, hopefully that helps, since I'm providing a lot of information that I beleive is...
View ArticleVMware View Connection Server - Error 404
I was getting alarms in vCenter for CPU usage on my view connection server, which I found out was caused by the mysqld service being at 100% CPU utilization. I rebooted the server and when it came back...
View ArticleVM Deployment with customization, parallel
All, I am using a modified script I found on Jase's blog, (Thanks!) and it appears to be working great, but my big problem is it does one at a time. I would like them to go in parallel. Is there...
View ArticleWhere to download the hpacucli utilities for ESXi 4.1?
Where can the hpacucli utilties for an ESXi 4.1 machine be downloaded from? Then, what is the procedure to install? Will be running the install from the ESXi command line over an SSH terminal if that...
View Articlevmware new design clarifications
Hi, I have 12 VMS in Site-1 and 7 VMs in site-2 ,i Need to implement HA,DRS in site-1 and site-2 also i need vPSHERE Replication between site-1 to site-2.i am going to use ESXi 5.x (Latest version )...
View ArticleRunning Host IIS Localhost in guest VMware player (running XP)
Hi, I'm running windows 7 with IIS in my host pc and i need to access my Localhost from my hostwithin my VMware player (which is running XP). I'm a newbie on all those networking stuff. Any help will...
View ArticlePowercli retrieving information slowly
Hi, Recently we have upgraded one of our VC to VSphere 5.1, though the esx hosts are still in version 4.1 and planning to upgrade to 5.1. Now when I am running a powercli script which used to retrieve...
View ArticleRemove-VM -DeletePermanently leaves files behind
I'm removing a VM with the -DeletePermanently switch but it's leaving a few files around. I've tried:$oldVM = Get-VM -Name $vmNameGet-HardDisk -VM $oldVM | Remove-HardDisk -DeletePermanently...
View ArticleApplying an update to a package
I am trying to apply an update to a thinapp package using the sbmerge method, and am following the instructions here: A Guide to Updating a ThinApp | VMware ThinApp Blog - VMware BlogsThe problem I am...
View Articlevmotion cpu compatibility
I have a client that needs at least one new host. Currently they have a couple 4 year old Hosts and one needs replaced badly. The question I have is what issues will I have with CPU compatibility if...
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