Renaming by cloning a VM
I have the request to rename a virtual machine. In the past, I normally made a cold migration of the virtual machine and renamed it.After updated vCenter to 5.0, I can rename the machine, but all the...
View Articleseriously lost implementing vshield VSZ :-(
I am trying to implement vShield to allow me to evaluate and become familiar with vShield Zones for my VCAP DCA exam... and I have ground to a halt. I have a cluster with two hosts - there are four...
View ArticleVmware data recovery (VDR) and vSphere Data Protection (VDP)
Hello there, VDP is the later version of VDR, isn't it?
View ArticleIs there a HCL for USB sticks?
Hi,is there a HCL for usb sticks, to install ESXi 5.1 on it? I want to ensure, that I allways have a from vmware supported environment.Thanks and regardsMichael
View ArticleInvalid configuration for device 0
Hi, I was trying to update the Windows 2003 R2 Std Edition(64) and could not complete the same because there was no network connection. I checked the Virtual machine settings and under Network Adapter...
View ArticlevSphere 5 and CISCO ASMD freeze frequently
Hi, i'm using VSphere 5,on end user VM,when they accessing CISCO ASMD,it is basically a CISCO Firewall monitoring tool,get freeze frequently & a part of other application working fine,i have cross...
View ArticleDatastore Access
Hello, I am new to the forums, so if this should be posted somewhere else, please let me know. I have inherited the following VMware installation: ESXi 5.0 on all the hosts (26 total). I recently...
View ArticleCreating a Lion or Mountain Lion VM on esxi5 on non mac hardware
Is it possible to create an apple vm and install Lion or Mountain Lion on them? I've tried so far via iso, dmg, and USB and I have still been unable to get it to work. The installer makes it past the...
View ArticlevMotion Fails At 14%
Hi Everyone, Having a bit of a strange issue with vMotion today. It's been working in my lab for months, and was still working fine after I upgraded to 5.1 last week. Now, today, for whatever reason,...
View ArticleTime Difference
Why even synchronizing the host time with NTP server time difference is yet there?
View ArticleCreate an aggregate link with Cisco switch
hi there, I'm trying to setup an aggregate link between my ESXi 5.0.0 (768111) server and a Cisco 2960 switch. Please see the attachments for the config of the cisco switch and some screen shots of the...
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Error by passthrough pci netcard Intel82579LM on Fujitsu server
Hello!I try to enable passthrough mode for netcard as on picture below.After restarting server, it assigned on free VM, without OS.VM start and on server displayed message as on second picture.Is it...
View ArticleVMware 5.0 + Microsoft cluster 2008
Hi Folks , I need to configure microsoft 2008 cluster between 2 VMs present at 2 different ESX-i hosts.I went through the Setup for Failover Clustering and Microsoft Cluster Service guide available...
View ArticleVM time syncs with host at reboot, even though it isn't set to. Why?
I have a VM (server 2008 R2) that is running on an ESXi 5.0 host. The time/date is wrong on the host. Everytime I reboot the virtual machine, the time/date on it sync with the host, even though I do...
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TPS not really working and Hardware-assisted MMU on AMD platform
Hi, I have on my infra 4 different generation of AMD Opteron. I noticed that VMs with CPU/MMU Virtualization set to automatic; the TPS is barely sharing pages, especially for Windows OS.This happens on...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Domain users not showing up after joining domain
I have loaded the new 5.1 esx on this particular server and am having issues after joining it to the domain.I get the event errors that show it completed successfully but when I go to add new users,...
View Articlehow can I unregister VMs with localcli only ?
Is there a way to unregister VMs when esxcli and vim-cmd no longer work ? esxcli says cant connect to local host and vim-cmd vmsvc/unregister says 'failed to login'
View Articlevm converter standalone - ubuntu source "the user does not have root...
running converter from a windows host. Trying to convert an Ubuntu 10.10 source to esxi 5.0 destination. I've modified sudoers to add the user at the bottom of the file with: administrator ALL=(ALL)...
View ArticleHow do I find why the host powers off?
I have an ESXi box that I've been trying to get set up for awhile, but I've been running into an issue where it powers off intermittently. I don't know the cause, although there is one circumstance...
View ArticleIssue: P2V Old Gentoo Server to ESXi5
Good Day Everyone, I have a small issue. I recently P2V'd a small desktop computer that was running Linux 2.6.18-gentoo-r4 into a VM on ESXi 5.0. When I attempt to power on the machine - I get a...
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