Re: VM hung undeploying
you'll probably have to do a `ps auxwww | grep ######` at the ESX console. replace the ###### with the 6 digit number at the start of the VM's display name in vCenter.
View ArticleViewing Storage Statistics for datastores
Other than the "planning" -> "summary" tab, is there anywhere else where I can view the average commands per second (IOPS) for a given datastore? Thanks
View ArticleRecover vm with two different sra's?
Using vsphere & srm 5.0.1 Would it be possible to protect/recover a virtual server using two different sra’s? Scenario would be the OS on a vmfs data store would be protected using IBM SVC SRA....
View Articlehow to get vm's in a subnet? (old linux config included)
Hey everyone,i migrate from a linux vbox several machines to esxi and now i want the same network configuration as before for the vm's but dont know how to do it on vsphere/esxi 5.1i think its much...
View ArticleRe: VDI solution or suggestions for lab infrastructure
Brandon, Basically install Windows 7 x86 + Forefront (Antivirus) + View Client and then connected to the domain. That's it! We then follow the instructions in the "PC Re-purposing with VMware View...
View ArticleError creating admin user – hostname in certificate didn’t match
We have a working installation of Horizon Workspace but installed another one since we want the gateway-va to have a more user friendly name that will be the same as the outside address for when it’s...
View ArticleRe: how to get vm's in a subnet? (old linux config included)
Welcome to the Community - With VMware the VM should be treated just like a physical machine - the networking is performed thtough connections to a virtual switch particularly to a virtual machine port...
View ArticleRe: VMtools installation problem on Ubuntu 13.04
"The path "" is not a valid path to the 3.8.0-19-generic kernel headers" I have seen this error many times when installing VMware Tools. Rerun sudo ./vmware-install.pl again. What I found out after...
View ArticleUnknown compliance errors for mailserver and ds2webb/c
I have hit about every issue listed in the troubleshooting guide and down to a few remaining items. In my latest run, I had 5 compliance issues on a single tile: Tile0-mailserver-p2...
View ArticleRe: how to get vm's in a subnet? (old linux config included)
That was fast thank your for the warm welcome,i read through this document since yesterday and covered only the first 30 pages now because of not much time for read right until end of the month.I think...
View ArticleProblem Creating Provider vDC in vCloud 5.1 Evaluation Guide's path
I'm folling the vCloud 5.1 Evaluation Guide. Everything seems to be going well, but when I try to create my first provider vDC, I have problems. At the vCD level, I'm just told the operation has...
View ArticleHuge reclaimable space with Windows 8 VM
I have a Windows 8 64-bit VM running in Fusion on my MacBook. Since installing it back in October I have had to frequently, almost once a month, clean up the VM to recover reclaimable space. I never...
View ArticleError when assigning ESXi guest VM Network Connection to Nexus 1000v port group
I created a port profile on my Nexus 1000v and tried to assign a Windows 2012 vm to use the port group network Connection but I get an error. Here are the commands I used to create the port profile...
View ArticleRe: Unknown compliance errors for mailserver and ds2webb/c
Hi Steven, For Deploy it looks like you may still be having networking issues as the Deployed VMs are failing initial ping by the harness. Double check that the ip you specified is correct in your...
View ArticleRe: Deduped Data Not Copied!
No such luck - It did dedupe the empty space in the files. I'm at a whopping 84% deduplication rate on the volume .
View ArticleRe: Huge reclaimable space with Windows 8 VM
It is quite normal with non-pre-allocated disks that there will be reclaimable space with usage however using the term "huge" is meaningless as you've not provided any quantitative reference.
View Articleproblem mounting external 4TB drive on ubuntu vm
Hi everyone, My 2TB My Book western digital external drive died after a tiny bump from my elbow. I bought a new one, 4 TB. I connected it to my computer (host Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit), and it seemed ok -...
View ArticleRe: 10GbE SAN / Switch Upgrade
First, is there a real need for 10GbE? Have you measured an I/O bottleneck at the network layer? Second, if your budget is tight enough to be considering a $1000 10GbE desktop switch, have you...
View Article10GbE with 1GbE standby?
ON paper this should work, but I just wanted to see if anyone has done something like this. We are upgrading the VM hosts to 10GbE, but the adapters we can find from HP only come in 2 port models....
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