Re: NAS hardware for ESXi 5.1 lab?
Have a read at the link provided below. I have used most of the different NAS solutions available for my home lab. I use the community edition of Nexentastor and have been very happy with it for years....
View ArticleAny updated dates for v2.7?
Last I could find in the 2.7 discussion the target date for release of 2.7 (with that all-important Ubuntu 12.04 support!) was Q1 of 2013. It's not Q3 and we haven't heard a peep. Any updates from...
View ArticleRe: disk size increased
What you've described is normal and expected when using non-preallocated virtual disks (monolithicSparse or twoGbMaxExtentSparse type disks). Have a look at "Compact a Virtual Hard Disk" on page 80 of...
View ArticleHow to open Cisco WSA
Dear Experts, I have downloaded Cisco WSA-VM , and it has a file with the (.vmdk) extention, i was trying to open that file on my Windows Server 2003, but i can not open it. I installed VMware...
View ArticlevMotion and XenDesktop disconnection messages
Hopefully this is the right area for this question, the boards have been broken up so much compared to the last time I was here. I'm running into an issue now with vMotion not necessarily completing...
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Re: Vmware SCSI controller for TSM library
Dear orthohin , please follw the steps to change the SCSI controllerTo change a virtual machine's SCSI controller when the guest operating system is already installed:Power down the virtual...
View ArticleVDS uplink port group setting
Hi, All I am new to VDS.I found that I can not edit VDS uplink port group setting as attached pictures and many VDS editting menu is un-editable.I wonder why I can not edit VDS setting. Kindly pls advise.
View ArticleRe: How to open Cisco WSA
Files with the extension of .vmdk are that of a VMware virtual hard disk and if you don't have the .vmx configuration file then you'll either need to acquire it from a legitimate source or create a...
View ArticleRe: Move a esxi 4.1 install from HDD to SD card
The pagefile move, will add the complexity. The swap file not so much. Also, we are on free version so we end up shutting down and moving anyways. I am still debating whether to move the page file away...
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high cpu load on vcenter server appliance
since a couple of weeks we're seeing a 100% load on our virtual server appliance:Our environment is not that big, it's a demo setup but vpxd is using a lot of CPU resources:Anyone any idea how we can...
View ArticleRe: No vCenter Server showing in Web Client
This is by design have a look at this VMware vSphere 5.1
View ArticleRe: How to select what hosts or vm to be included in the Usage Meter
If that version of Usage Meter has the License Sets feature, you can use that to choose the licenses of the hosts to report on.
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Re: ESXi 5 and Jumbo Frames
Yes this just fine but you network environment must support jumbo frames So your switch or nic must support jumbo frames, MTU 9000 bytes.Cheers,Denis
View ArticleRe: .vmware_ha folder on non-heartbeat datastores
Regarding the problem of unmounting a datastore, there is a known issue in VC 5.1 that was fixed in VC 5.1U1. In 5.1, in certain circumstances, during the datastore unmount operation, VC is unable to...
View ArticleRe: vMotion and XenDesktop disconnection messages
I take it that the traffic is separated across NICs but you have a flat VLAN. moving the traffic into their own VLANs could help if you placed some QoS on there. this would prioritize your VM traffic...
View ArticleRe: vMotion and XenDesktop disconnection messages
are you by chance using provisioning services for your XEN environment? We've had some inconsistencies with vMotion and XEN Desktops. Our environment is set to fully automated for DRS, but we don't...
View ArticleRe: No vCenter Server showing in Web Client
BTW why do you want to give access to admin@system-domain, this account should be used only for SSO configuration purpose? If you want to try then login to the vCenter server(vsphere client) using any...
View ArticleHands on Labs - Online Lab Manuals - New URL -> http://docs.hol.vmware.com
Folks we moved our Online Labs manuals to a new site - please bookmark this link http://docs.hol.vmware.com for lab manuals
View ArticleRe: vMotion and XenDesktop disconnection messages
Troy, yes we are using provisioning services as well, two balancing provisioning servers to be exact. We did have an issue with those servers earlier in the month where Veeam backups were causing one...
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