Re: VCenter Server Upgrade
Unless something unexpected happens, the installation of the vCenter Agent does not reboot the host. It's like adding a new host to a vCenter Server environment with the difference that the old agent...
View ArticleRe: MS project licensing in thinapp or View environment
You need to license it the same way as without ThinApp. //Linjo
View ArticleRunning Nested Hypervisors
Hello, I am trying to run a openstack hyp in my esxi 5.1. I googled and built a container which is hw version vmx-09. However I keep getting the error - "Please enable hardware virtualization" The HV...
View ArticleRe: What to do in the final hours before 'showtime'
At this point I've taken I believe 8 VMware exams (still waiting on the results of the most recent one) and the final few hours are completely the same. 2 hours out I'm cramming1.5 hours out I'm...
View ArticleRe: P2V Question
It has also been suggestted to me to use RDM to connect the SAN storage to ESXi and then in the VM add RDM storage. Does this make more sense in your opinion?
View ArticleRe: What does a snapshot of independent disks take?
Thank you. Appreciate the quick response.
View ArticleRe: Retrieve and modify VMX config file as per Hardening guide
Hi! LucD,Many thanks for your reply. I have gone thru the link - http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/06/automate-the-hardening-of-your-virtual-machine-vmx-configurations.html In this link - if I...
View ArticleRe: Running Nested Hypervisors
Hello RJ, I've moved your post to the Nested Virtualization forum. Have you seen this document http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8970 and made the changes in the ESXi 5.0 section?
View ArticleWhich components are needed for an infiniband network for esxi 5.1?
I want to know, what components I need to build an esxi enviroment with infiniband components. When two esxi 5.1 hosts are connect to a infinband switch (mellonoc or intel qlogic) , how is th...
View ArticleRe: We need to migrate 200 Windows XP/Windows server 2003 VM’s from one...
I would gladly help you with any difficulties you encounter in writing those scripts.But did you already try to come up with some kind of script yourself ? I think you split up the process in practical...
View ArticleRe: We need to migrate 200 Windows XP/Windows server 2003 VM’s from one...
I would be curious to know why this procedure should not be considered "safe" ?
View ArticleRecovering a snapshot after a failed disk
Hi, I am running into a snapshot misconfiguration issue. Here is my situation: I have a windows server 2008 R2(guest OS) machine. It has 3 disks attached to it. We have a snapshot from last year....
View ArticleRe: Retrieve and modify VMX config file as per Hardening guide
You are correct, there is no Set-VMAdvancedConfiguration cmdlet in PowerCLI.But the fact that you write a function, adn use it as you would a builtin cmdlet, is imho one of the nice features of...
View ArticleRe: Nested ESXi5.0 - Installation Issue
Please take a look at Running Nested VMs to see whether this helps and ensure you selected the correct guest OS while creating the VM. This way you will get the proper VM configuration, including the...
View ArticleRe: "Certificate error occurred for the update server." msg when doing a...
Any changes done to SSL usually takes 24 hours to propagate as far as I understand. Hence Users who are using 5.0.2 , 4.1.4 may simply ignore the error message and wait for further update unless you...
View ArticleRe: We need to migrate 200 Windows XP/Windows server 2003 VM’s from one...
HI LucD & Team, Thanks a lot for your replies. The thing is I am a beginner for the PowerCLI & I am not from the scripting background. But I already read most of the concepts in PowerShell...
View ArticleWindows Template Corrupting
Hi, I have an infrastructure cluster of 2 ESXi 5.1 hosts with shared FC storage. I have a few more hosts with many more to come on the same management newtwork as the infrastructer hosts. These...
View ArticleRe: Spring Trader SQLFire cluster question
Hi Mark: You can add the -rebalance option on the command line when you restart the node. Thanks,Jianxia
View ArticleRe: PowerCLI command to restart management agents on an ESXi 5.1 host
OK great - thanks. It seems to restart the agents, but it generates this error: Restart-VMHostService : Restart-VMHostService An error occurred while communicating withthe remote host.At...
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