SRM & Managed Object References Between vCenter Server Instances
Does the Managed Object Reference for objects migrated via SRM remain the same from vCenter Server to vCenter Server instance? If the MOR changes, how is SRM maintaining which object relates to which...
View ArticleVMWare Tools devices tab gone?
I upgraded from Workstation 7 to 9. I've noticed the new VMWare Tools in the guest windows vm no longer have a devices tab. Is it still possible to list or see available usb host devices in the guest,...
View ArticleHow to configure Dell Cachecade for ESXi
What's the procedure to configure Dell Cachecade for use with ESXi 5.1? (assuming its supported) I have a Dell 620 with 6 SAS drives and a 200Gb SSD - how can I configure it to boost IO of the VMs...
View ArticleVMware Factory Hosing up one of my hosts
Anyone having an issue loading this on 5.1? As soon as I try to load this up and try a workload to create a windows 7 vm, I get and error message within vcenter saying "Database temporarily unavailable...
View ArticleWindows on VMware Fusion, Multiples Monitors
So I have looked everywhere for a response to this and I cannot seem to find anything to my specific question. I have a Macbook Pro that I am running and I have 2 extra monitors connected to it. One...
View ArticleSTAX Error when executing VMMark2-STAX.bat - STAX Service Not Registered
Hello,Is there anything I need to do to register the STAX service? I am running the prime client on Windows Server 2008 R2?- In the benchmark guide, the StaxEngine section was pretty short - it just...
View ArticleVCSA 5.1 U1a stops on regenerating certificate
Hello guys, Yeasterday I deployed new VCSA and moved existing ESX servers to it. Then I shut down old vCenter and changed IP and hostname of new VCSA to IP/hostname that was previously set on old...
View ArticleFusion Tech Preview 2013 on MacPro early 2008 fails to start Windows 8 x64 vm
Hello, Windows 8 x64 VM previously running in 5.03 fusion does not run on Tech Preview 2013 upgraded to vm hardware 10.Any known problems in that direction ?
View ArticleWeb client SSL certificates for SSO integration in vCloud director
Hello, I have installed vCloud director 5.1 and now I am in the process of integrating the authentication using SSO. My vCenter services are all using the self signed certificates. After I configured...
View ArticleRunning batch file on guest VM using vCD?
There are examples where I can execute batch files on guest OS through vCenter, but I don't know how to do it through vCD. Are there any examples of how this can be done? Thanks in advance!
View ArticleESXi 5.1 installation fails with "retryWrites" error
Dear ESXi5-community, this is my first post in this community and I hope that one of you could assist me with the following problem: I'm recently trying to install ESXi 5.1 on an older HP Workstation...
View ArticleVCAP5-DCA exam today - Performance issues
I sat the DCA exam today, and it was PAINFULLY slow. I only made it through 22 tasks. This is the first time I sat for this exam, and I am a little frustrated because there was nothing on the exam...
View ArticleGoing back to previous view
Hi, I'm implementing a global view. Navigation to this view is by a right click context action. Is there a way I can have a button in my view which can take the user to the previous view that they came...
View ArticleNexus 1000v iscsi multipath not working for two hosts.
It seems only one host can connect to my iscsi storage when using iscsi port binding (multipath). When I don't use port bindings, both hosts can see the storage. ie right click iscsi initiator...
View ArticleRecommendation for a DCA testing centre in the UK .. specifically ..
Either London / Welwyn Garden City / Cambridgeshire areas. I really don't want to go through the stress of hitting a testing centre with shocking connectivity / PCs etc. so would love to hear from our...
View ArticleUpgrade from 4.1U1 to 5.1U1 SQL DB error, installation aborts
During the vCenter upgrade, after all the info is put in, during the database upgrade section, a window pops that says "Exception thrown while executing SQL script" Click ok, and it 'rolls back' and...
View ArticleVMWare constantly failing...
Aloha, I have found that I can sometimes do conversion of the same computer or image file several time with different results and they all seem to be with DNS. Now I have no idea of how the conversion...
View ArticleESXi realtime performance chart don`t show in vCenter 5.1a
Hi expert My vcenter server don't show esxi performance data.I found KB:2009291 Cannot view the realtime Performance Overview charts after upgrading to vCenter Server 5.0 (2009291) But My vcenter...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 - Extracting the VMXNET3 drivers from the VMware Tools .iso
Where can I get the NIC driver for ESXi 5.0?I can't find them in the same place they used to be. It looks like they bundled up all the drivers in both the x86 and x64 setup.exe / setupx64.exe files....
View ArticlevExpert: Forbes Guthrie
This document is a detail page for the VMware vExpert Directory.Expert InformationNameForbes GuthrieLocationVancouver, BCCanadaShort DescriptionVirtualization architect; creates several popular...
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