multiple monitors on Fusion 5.0.1
Hi, I have just updated my VMWare Fusion to 5.0.1. The host is a late 2009 24" Alum iMac which has three external monitor, so a total of 4 displays.It is running Mountain Lion 10.8.4. My question, the...
View ArticleEnable VT-x switch for HOST
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop 64Bit LTS guest in my ESXi 4.1 as my development environment. For some reason, I would like to create virtual machines inside it to run some emulators but seems like...
View ArticleVUM Plugin 5.1.0 service is unavailable
The last days I developped some workflows.I added the plugin o11nplugin-vmware-update-manager-5.1.0-247.vmoapp and made the configuration in vCO.After the restart of ther service the I started the vCO...
View Articlerenaming vswitch0 using esxcli
Inherited a pacthwork esx install done using " interactive" process with esx shell enabled ....how do go in and cleanup/modify the default configs in place in terms of naming convention etc ? For...
View ArticleUnprotecting replica with sviconfig
Hi everyone - I was recently faced with the not unfamiliar challenge of removing an orphaned replica from vCenter. What happened is that the datastore where the replica and linked clones lived had...
View ArticleONLY "Session Credentials" work vCenter
I see plenty of threads for the opposite issue (can't log on using Session Credentials" check box), but we have the exact opposite issue: Manually typing in domain\username and password does not work...
View ArticleErrors in syslog IBM 3550 M4 ESXI 5.1.0 build 1065491 and PSOD every 14 days ?
Hi ! I just installed a new system on a new san: IBM System Storage DS3524 Dual controller new sever: X3550 M4 with IBM 6Gb SAS HBA Controller, 4 Ch, SAS-2 PCIe 2 x Old server x3560 m2 installed IBM...
View ArticlevCenter Server 5.0.0-923238 Upgrade/Install only offers linked mode
I recently upgraded my vCenter Server to 5.0.0-913577 It performed like a standard in-place upgrade should. Now when I try to upgrade to vCenter Server 5.0.0-923238, it only offers Modify Linked...
View ArticleNo guest results
Hello,I'm using the 1.5.1 Analyzer, I get host results but I'm not getting any VM guest results. Any ideas? Thanks!
View ArticleBest location for vcenter VM and placeholder datastores
Hello, I have an SRM installation with 2 sites. The sites are seperated by metro ethernet layer 2 trunk between sites. Site A1 EqualLogic PS61002 ESX servers configured as a clusterThere is a single...
View Articleiscsi network issue
I just attach a iscsi storage to ESXI and then allocate space available on this storage to a VM .In the VM I copy a big file (about 4G) to this disk ,during the process ,it always happened that the...
View Articleproblem with resolution change and autofit window in XFCE
I am runnning Xubuntu in VMware Workstation.Xubuntu 1204 and 1304, 32bit and 64 bit.The problem is: After clean install I want to change the resolution in the guest OS. After that it there is a logout...
View ArticleFailover back VMs without overwriting production data.
Hello Everyone,I am new with SRM and I am planning to run a DR test with for one especific production environment with 9 virtual servers. After the recovery we will have some application functional...
View ArticleChanging SRM Server Hostname
Is it possible to change the hostname of the server hosting SRM? We are looking to migrate from physical to virtual and the plans were to standup a new vcetner and srm server. Trying to understand...
View ArticleESXi 5.1.0 crashes under heavy network load
I have a VM that has an NFS-based disk. When I do something IO (and possibly VM-network) intensive on the VM, ESXi crashes.The motherboard is an Intel DH57JG, the chipset is Intel H57, and the Ethernet...
View ArticleIssue post failover using SRM
Hey all, Firstly apologies for the lack of information or if this has already been asked... A customer has a Linux vm with two vNICs (Production (192.168.x.x) and Management (10.100.x.x in the...
View ArticlevSphere Replicator and Storage
Hi Guys, When we run Test Recovery , in documentation it says storage snapshot will be taken and all HBA scan will be started on all ESXi servers at recovery site.I did test recovery plan in our LAB it...
View ArticleHow to collect all disk performance data at one time
I use device_iostat_all.pl and io-device-all-plugin.xml to collect disk performance info. However, it seems that only can get one device info in one round, and the device is predefined.How can I get...
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esxi and vcenter server
Because when you think too much about something it becomes confusing. I'm attempting to create a vCenter environment...only have 4 hosts, so its small...Please clarify somethings for me. I need to...
View Articleif vcenter db needs to be wiped -- what happens to SRM?
So I'm just trying to plan for contingencies. There is some evidence that a vcenter 5.0 system has DB issues - it may perhaps require that we "start from scratch" to repair the db (things are not that...
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