How to down grade ESXi 5.1 to ESXi 4
Hi,I have installed ESXi 5.1 on my system. I managed to install VM server 2008 with no problem. However, when I try to install XP or Windows 7 the system fails to see the SATA hard drive. I consulted...
View ArticleIncreasing the cloning performance
There have been many complaints about transfer rate degradation in Converter 5.0.Converter uses NFC (a proprietary VMware protocol) for cloning to managed destination. Security has been enhanced in...
View ArticleNew Storage
Hi, we are changing our storage to a new NetApp. We are now creating our storage design and i wan´t to know if someone could share his experience with the different capabilities to configure the...
View ArticleESXi on Macbook Pro 5,4 HDD
I have an old Macbook Pro 5,4 that I'd like to install ESXi 5.1 on. The installation works great from a USB and I can get through it, except it does not recognize my Macbook's internal HDD. This is a...
View ArticleFully connecting directly attached datastores in an ESXi cluster?
I have deployed two identical ESXi 5.1 hosts (Dell PowerEdge r720xd servers) each possessing 5.46 TB of direct-attached storage. They are both currently registered to our vCenter 5.1 Server and...
View ArticleФорвард портов виртуального файерволла в vSphere
Люди - я вас очень прошу- помогите с этой проблемой или хотя бы дайте ссылку где можно накопать решение!На англоязычных группах че то особо многого не получишь - молчат вся надежда на вас- дорогие...
View ArticleServer Monitoring Tools - Advice, Direction, help please
Hello there, First off let me say ESXI is amazing and flat out works awesome! I'm a nub when it comes to vmware and I just finished upgrading/migrating our entire company from a SBS2000 shop to...
View ArticleView 5.2 - sysprep breaks USB redirection
Just a quick note in case anyone else runs across this. My linked clone (Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit) deployment process looks like this: Install/update the apps I need on my master image (the VM is not...
View ArticleSRM 5.1 & NetApp - VM with RDM and MSCS
Hello,I'm implementing SRM 5.1 with NetApp (With SnapMirror) and I have several questions:- Replication of volumes through the array manager, run correctly- How do the replication of virtual machines...
View ArticleMap spanned vmdk
I exported a 2,2 TB vm from ESXi 5.1 to ovf, it took about 4 days because it capped at about 60 Mbps.In my desperate search for quicker solution I figured out it would be faster to create a new VM, and...
View Articlehow to install gcc and make on vmware esxi 5.0 update 1?
how to installgccandmakeonvmwareesxi5.0update 1?
View Articlesaturazione memoria con VMware Player
Ciao,Ho un problema di saturazione memoria quando avvio il player di vmware.Utilizzo Vmware player 5.0.1. build - 894247 su un server win 2008 R2 Enterprise edition 64 bit Sp1 con 16 Gb di ram, e la vm...
View Articledisconnect or switch desktop how to from a zero client
I know if you are using the client on a system you can have the menubar which a user is able to disconnect from a session. But how would a user disconnect or switch desktops from a zero client? I am...
View ArticleDiagnosing "vSphere object not known to vCD" error message
I have a vCenter/vCD lab setup at home and am getting the following error message when I try to create a simple vApp. Can someone explain how I can diagnose the resource pool problem from this...
View ArticleScript for 5.1
Hi everyone.I tried to find the modified script that works for version 5.1 but I wasn't able to find itCan anyone be so kind to post a link or to explain how to modify the script to make it suitable to...
View ArticleMachine Prefix Error and Bug on vCAC and vCloud Director
Hi there, Can someone please help me - I am pulling my hair out regarding this at the moment. Basically the problem I am having is: I create a vApp in vCloud Director and add it to my global catalog....
View Articlecan´t vcac roll out vapps with vshield ?
hey guys, i am just wondering if vcac can´t handle vapps with vshields !? Tried to configure everything to handle it, but without success. The vapps are being rolled out, but only the vapps without the...
View ArticleShared storage recommendations for 3xESXi 5.1 host cluster
Hey all I was hoping for some opinions on the various shared storage options using real world (you guys) performance experience. I have a 3 x ESXi cluster (VMware Standard) and a storage requirement of...
View ArticleCan't up broadcom NIC
HI all, This is my first post on this forum seeking help. I inherited a pair of ESXi 5 update 1 on a Cisco C460 M2 servers. The system comes with 4 on board network interfaces. Two of them are...
View ArticleSize of persistent disks
Hi All, Wondering if anyone can help, extremely basic question coming up but I cant for the life of me find out where I can see the size of our persistent disks on vCenter, whereabouts can I find this?...
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