powershell: how to determine when guest OS is in steady state after creating...
I'm writing a script that creates a new VM from a template and I need to change a file on the guest's hard drive. I believe Copy-VMGuestFile is the right way to do this, but it doesn't seem to work...
View ArticleIssues getting VIM 2.0 working
So I have deployed out the VIM twice now and still am having no luck in getting it to actually work. both times now i have gotten erros that the new virtual appliance could not be discovered. If I...
View ArticleCommand-tab and Option-tab
Hi,I am using Lubuntu Linux on VMWare for a certain project. I wish to disable Command-tab when in VMWare from switching to running Mac OS programs and cause it to instead switch programs in Lubuntu....
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Purple error screen (PCPU 0 Locked up)
Hi, I have installed ESXi 5.1 on an IBM xSeries x100 Tower server.2 x 80GB drives in raid 15GB RamIntel Pentium D Processor 920 I have been trying to get it up and running with 2 Virtual machines...
View ArticleIOPS report
We currently just bought some new storage and I am looking for the best way to get IOPS reports from our virtual machines. More specifically I want to get the IOPS for the last quarter within the time...
View ArticleExternal Network Configuration
I'm creating an external network for my evaluation vCloud. I only plan to have a single one. During the creation, there is the "configure external network" page. You can add rows to the...
View ArticleNo Shutdown option via GUI in 5.1.1?
In vCloud Director 5.1.1 how do I shutdown the guest vm's without undeploying the entire CIvApp? If I right click on the CIvApp there are 2 options, stop and force stop. Both of which undeploy the...
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How to troubleshoot intermittent network problems with guest in ESXi 5?
We are having a problem with a guest dropping network connection intermittently, an i was wondering how to troubleshoot the network issues with the virtual network cards. Our system is a PowerEdge 2950...
View ArticleVirtual machine can't ping host on fresh vSphere5.1 install
Hi, I've done a fresh install to vSphere 5.1 (previously 4.1 installed which works well). No vCenter for the moment. One virtual machine on LAN is running Paessler PRTG under Win 2k3 x64.This virtual...
View ArticleBeware the free VCAP voucher promotion
Saw it, and followed the link to the VCAP classes in my area. Employer paid $4k for the class. Come back, denied voucher because it was not an "authorized" Vmware training center. Even though the...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 won't boot on ESXi 5.0.0 build 821926
I am trying to create a VM of Windows Server 2012 Standard. I am running ESXi 5.0.0 build 821926 (vCenter 5.0.0 build 804277). I create a new VM, attach the ISO (I have tried both the Eval version, and...
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vCOPS login headache
hi I am using domain account to log in to my 3 vCenters.Now vCOPS was installed and I am using my same AD account to login to VCOPS for instance charlie.richard but when I login to my...
View ArticleSupermicro X9SBAA-F with a Atom S1260
Has anyone tried getting ESXi 5.1 working on a Supermicro X9SBAA-F Atom S1260 using an internal SATA drive for storage?
View ArticleDisplay ESX host short name in vCenter instead of FQDN
I don't have any issues, but I would like to have the vSphere Client to display only the short name of the host instead of the FQDN. Just extra clutter in the mgmt gui that I would like to get rid of...
View ArticleError on vCenter com.vmware.sps.fault.qsconnectionexception
Hi all;I get an error such as the appendix on vSphere Server. I ran into this error expanding the datastore. But on the virtual machines running normally comes at a time of error. Do not have a...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 U1 (1065491) upgrade breaks Dell M710
There seems to be an issue with the latest ESXi running on Dell M710 blades using SD cards. We've recently added 4 extra blades to a new M1000e chassis and as part of the commissioning process we...
View ArticlevCD query service "Unmatched opening and closing brackets" error if the...
I have hit a snag or bug in the query service or vCO's implementation where if I pass in a string that has the open paren character "(" without also a closing ")" I get the error: Bad request:...
View Article%CSTP goes above 300% during snapshot delete
Hi all, I am working with this huge, problematic VM:12 GB RAM12 CPU2 disks (600 GB & 900 GB)2 VMware Paravirtual SCSI controllers (0:0 & 0:1)No VSSThe problem is that after a backup which takes...
View ArticleHosts with different NICs and vDS
Hello Gentlemen, I'm currently migrating an ESXi environment from 4.1 to 5.1. The migration involves upgrading all existing servers to vsphere 5.1 and also migrate all VM's from an IBM SAN to a Nimble...
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