Console Disconnected
We are having an issue with trying to launch the VCD Consoles and going into a disconnected state. This is happenine with any VM's that we are accessing. Earlier today i was doing some work on our...
View ArticleRe: Moving esx hosts from one vCenter to another
I think the issue should be HA agent on the old vCenter is still present. If you are able to add the host back to old vcenter try these steps 1) Disable HA/DRS2) Right Click on Host and Disconnect3)...
View ArticleRe: HP ESXi offline bundle not working?
Hahaha, wow that's dodgy!! Hopefully there's a patch soon. Thank you for your suggestions - you were on the right track. Someone responded to my HP forum post with a suggestion to import the vcenter...
View ArticleRe: Wireless PCoIP Zero Client
Could you please let me know what model device you are using for this purpose? Most that I have found are large and would not easily fit on a mobile cart.Thanks.
View ArticleRoundRobin Path Selection,but...
On our ESX 4.x hosts, we currently use 'Fixed' path selection for the storage. However, every LUN currently has 4 FC paths and 2 iSCSI paths. We typically only use the iSCSI in the event of a fiber...
View ArticleRe: Datastore capacity regarding free space is not the same in VMware and 3PAR
I assume the datastore previously contained other VMs which used the disk space!?Anyway, take a look at http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/04/vaai-thin-provisioning-block-reclaimunmap-in-action.html...
View ArticleRe: Using the vSphere API to Register a vSphere Client Plugin with VCenter...
Can you try to unzip the file manually in location that would be used, i.e.C:\ProgramData\VMware\vSphere Web Client\vc-packages\vsphere-client-serenity\<your-package-id>-1.0.0 Unfortunately the...
View ArticleRe: How to update a MAC address of a VM using Orchestrator
Hi, you might want to try this workflow, it generates a new nic from Vcenter on a VM and keeps the rest of the Network Adapter, so ideally you even won't have to change IP Settings in the OS...
View ArticleRe: Upgrading 5.0 to 5.1 w/ custom VIBs
The IBM version didn't work for me either. I ended up using the base ESXi 5.1 install, but had to use ImageBuilder to add the latest drivers for my broadcom cards. I ran into an issue after trying to...
View ArticleSafely delete a datastore
I need to delete for good 2 datastores. I first right-clicked each vm guest using these datastores and selected delete. The datastores now show as empty when browsed. Can I just right click\delete...
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VCenter Update Manager problem
Hi,Thanks for taking the time to read my post and I am hoping I can get some assitance.I am running into the issue citend in this KB...
View ArticleRe: vSphere 5.1 SSO identity source service account permissions
It needs permission similar to the pre-windows 2000 compatabible access group, so ability to read user attributes, and groups and nested groups. In some environments even a domain admin might not...
View ArticleRe: VMCrash ESXI5 on HP DL380 Gen8
I am being told from vmware that about "30 customers" have reported this issue. They are telling me disabling PCC in my HP Bios may help alleviate the issue
View ArticleJust passed with minor experience!
Hi Everybody,I just passed the VCP510 exam today and wanted to share my thoughts and experience with anyone else looking at tackling it.I know there are a lot of other posts (and entire websites) with...
View ArticleRe: Safely delete a datastore
Check out http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/11/best-practice-how-to-correctly-remove-a-lun-from-an-esx-host.html for some great info.
View ArticleHow to migrate virtual vCenter5.0 to Physical server
Hi Guys, I am in a process to upgrade my vSphere5.0 to 5.1 but before that I would like to migrate my vCenter5.0 (VM on the vSphere5 cluster) to physical server. I know there is no direct upgrade from...
View ArticleRe: Start-vm via PCL fails for invlaid host state
Thanks, that is what I need any chance you could post an example of the usage. Tthe VIevents tell me at some point the systems triggered one of these events, but not the current state of the system....
View ArticleRe: Error when launching MS Word from within a Thinapp
Where is it importing the data from?
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