Get Guestos trough Powercli
Hi all, I wrote below script to get all Vm's in my Vcenters that don't have vmware tools installed. i am trying to include the vm's / guests operating system into the csv output as well and can't seem...
View ArticleSome questions from the Benchmarking Guide.
Hi folks, I'm using ESX 5.1 nowI have some questions about the VMmark test! 1.Is the disk space for VM important?? Because I found for the client template. The space is running out after I install...
View ArticleCancel Storage DRS recommendations?
vCenter 5.0, ESXi 5.0 Can you cancel the "Apply Storage DRS recommendations" task? I started an offline move a VM from a datastore cluster on one host to another host and a different datastore...
View Articleissues with data transfers and speed copying data into virtual machine
i have as small vmware 4.1 enviroment. I have 30gb id like to transfer into a vm on my host. My san has 10gb iscsi connectivity. My front end switch where my VMs connect is 1gb. if i connect a usb...
View ArticlevmWare Fusion 6.02 crashes Mac during Windows installation
Hi together I've some Problems with my Virtual Machine. When i start my new created virtual machine, i can select the install Options of Windows, but when Windows start with de Installation, vmware and...
View ArticleCPU ready vs CPU utilisation stats for host and guest
I am troubleshooting some VMs that appear to be having problems. They are 4vCPU terminal servers and when I watch esxtop the CPU-ready reaches 40%+ quite often, but for fairly short periods of time. As...
View ArticleSound loss in View session
Hi, I have a problem with some virtual machines, when user is using soft phone, sound will loss randomly.After close session and login to new session wound will back without any action. Davoud
View ArticleProblems with Wireless connection
Hi, I read already several questions about trouble configuring the VMWare Player to recognize the wireless adapter, but I could not solve my problem.I don't understand much about this, I am trying to...
View ArticleBooting VM from USB stick: USB not detected/locked by hostOS
Assume I have a running Win7 guestOS inside a Win7 hostOS. guestOS runs fine when started from vmdk hard disc. Now I plugin a bootable USB stick and restart the guestOS VM.When the VM BIOS screen...
View ArticleIssue with Horizon View 5.3 View Composer installation on SQL Server 2012...
I am trying to install Horizon View 5.3 (latest release) View Composer on a remote SQL Server 2012 database. I am using SQL authentication and able to establish the ODBC connection.However, I am unable...
View Articlesoftware used by vmware KB and documentation site
Hello, I enjoy the way how vmware KB VMware KB - Knowledge Base Articles for all VMware Products is structured and how easy is to use it. It is in house development of vmware or it uses an existing...
View Articlecan we have multiple techs to login vsphere client at the same time
We are using vsphere virtual vcenter appliance 5.1. Does it slow donw the other connections if multiple techs login the vsphere client? I want to find some offical link or article to support this is...
View ArticleWorkaround to disable one of the unused NIC or FCOE ports in ESXi 3.x, 4.x...
there is no direct method to disable unused NIC ports in VMware ESX/ESXi. However, we may perform the below workaround using a utility called vmkchdev (VMkernel Change Device) to change the way of...
View ArticleREST Plugin HTTP Proxy
I see the new preview version of the SOAP plugin allows you to use an HTTP proxy on a per-endpoint basis. Is there a new version of the REST plugin coming which has these capabilities, or is there...
View ArticleVSphere vs esxi
We are currently using the ESXi 5 free product. In reading, it appears the licensed product is called VSphere. However, it appears to be based on ESXi.So, can anyone tell me what the differences are...
View ArticleESX deployment appliance v1.05
https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/products/esx-deployment-appliance-eda ESX Deployment Appliance (EDA) is a small and easy to use appliancethat makes deploying ESX servers a breeze. It has a...
View ArticleCustom Login and events
I'm new with SocialCast, and I've some question.1.Can I have a custom login? When my user click on login button, can i trigger a custom events?2.In my socialcast private sections, can i have a custom...
View ArticleSummary of datastore size, how do I build in logic in my script?
Hi. Im unsure how I need to build my script, the thing is that we have a smart way of naming our datstores, and based on this name I want to summarize each group. Example of datatore names:name:...
View ArticleNeed some guidance for moving vCenter to another server
My current setup : Windows 2008 R2 physical server with local SQL 2008 64bit. vCenter 5.10 build 947673. We have 17 ESXi 5.1.0 (1065491) about 100 vm's I need to move vCenter to a new Cisco c220...
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