vCenter 5.5 Domain Group login fails
Hello Community, we upgraded vCenter and the ESXis from 5.1 to 5.5 successfully.We are using Native Active Directory user authentication and we used to have just our Domain Users group added to a...
View Articleremoved deployrule but esxi host still booting
i removed the deployruleset in autodeploy but when i reboot the pxe boot host, it is still booting to deployrule. any ideas?
View ArticleTake EXSi Hosts off domain for work externally.
Hi We have built 2 ESXi 5.5 hosts and configured in a cluster.Installed SQL Database Server and vCenter Server and connected to iSCSI SAN.We created 6 server VMs and 6 workstation VMs on hosts. We need...
View ArticleVMWare vSphere ESXi v5.5 Install Errors
Hi, I'm trying to install VMWare vSphere ESXi v5.5 on a machine I have previously used as a Windows 2008 server. Fairly well-spec'd (core i5, 8Gb, 3.5TB space etc.) but it is just a generic machine...
View ArticleESXCLI from VCO
Hi all, Is there a way to run a ESXCLI command to a host from VCO? Specifically running the command "esxcli system syslog reload"
View ArticleAlter vCloud Task Parameters on the Fly?
I'm building a workflow to apply mandatory customization to a vApp Template based on the username, organization, etc. (similar to the Customize VM Sample workflow). I trigger the workflow on the...
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Re: New to Vmware : Confused between relation of ESX/vSphere/Vcenter
Did you check the connect at power on box (not checked by default)?
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rdm disk added to windows but cannot assign letter
I added a rdm disk to windows 2008 but in disk manager, it does not give me an option to assign a drive letter. any idea?
View ArticleMy VMs just keep freezing...
I've tried to hold out for awhile since I was too lazy to make this thread and have to go into all the detailed information I'd have to probably provide, but I just can't help it anymore. For some...
View Articlewhere are the centos download urls
im trying to install vmware exsi server but i cannot find the download links i only find the windows ones
View ArticleCan't drag and drop VM into folder
Hello, I have organized my VMs into folders, and some of them I cannot drag and drop. The icon is the circle with the diagnoal line through it, and it won't let me release it on the folder. I can't...
View ArticleVDP: How to manually stop a Backup Job?
Hi, Is there a way to manually stop a running VDP Backup Job? There is no such an option in the VDP web interface. If I do "Cancel" on running Tasks, the task itself is cancelled, but VDP Backup Job is...
View ArticleCreate linked clone pool visible within VIEW using c#
Hi All, I currently am using vSphere and VIEW to deploy pools of linked clones. I have used powershell and the following two snapins to automate much of what I'm doing. Vmware.VimAutomation.Core...
View ArticleHow to find replicated volumes
Hi all, I'm scripting with Powershell for preparing a desaster recovery scenario with vSphere 5.1.I assume, that the primary datacenter is down and I have mapped the replicated volumes ofCompellent...
View ArticleCopying VM Clone to remote host?
We currently have a Vcenter setup limited to 3 hosts. I am trying to create a system for disaster recovery assuming our main Center were to fail.Thus, I need to schedule a clone of the VM to take...
View ArticleHow to update ESXi 5.0 U2 to 5.0 U3 (bugfixes and security) ?
Hello, I used VUM to apply 5.0 U3 fixes in ESXi 5.0 U2 hosts, but the build number after update is 1311177 instead of 1311175 as showed on "Correlating vCenter Server and ESXi/ESX host build numbers to...
View ArticleESXi Swap datastore usage issue
Hi all, I'm new at this forum so let's begin with a short survey. I'm a french vmware engineer (excuse my bad english) certified VCP 5 for two years. I'm in charge of the vmware plateforms fo my...
View Articleneed host wwn details in the cluster
Hi guys i need details likeData center namecluster namehostnamehostipdevice name like hba 1 and hba2 and its wwn details i'm using following script but here i am missing datacenter name,cluster...
View ArticleUnable to convert Windows Server 2008 machine
I have checked all of these forums, yet the solutions are not helping me in this instant. I am somewhat new to Vmware, I can get around to perform most standard tasks. I am attempting my first...
View ArticleNested ESX tools show up as Running (Not Installed)
Hi Jim, see attached screenshots I see the same behaviour on all my four nested ESXi VMs in both the web client and the C# client Which exact log would you like me to upload? Duco
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