Failed to lock file
Hello all.We are having an isue with a windows guest VM. Just restarted from the guest OS cleanly.When I checked on vpshere client (we are not managing through VCenter), I saw errors like file locks....
View ArticleESXi: char_driver: ALL DONE
Hi *. Some time the following event shows up in my vCenter: Alarm 'Host error' on esxi... triggered by event 313752 'Issue detected on esxi...: char_driver: ALL DONE (2015-09-09T10:36:59.796Z...
View ArticleVM Migration from XenServer to vSphere
I'm trying to migrate a Centos 6.6 VM from XenServer 6.5 to vSphere 5.5 but the VM after the migration hangs during boot at "probing EDD" I export the VM from XenServer to OVF (Citrix OVF files seem...
View ArticleHi please help on vmdk issue
Hi I am user of esxi 5.1. I have created on RDP machine with server 2012R2. Structure : One disk of 140 GB. Thin provisioned and another disk of 1 TB again thin provisioned as data. Some how 140 GB....
View ArticleBest configuration with distributed vSwitches and LACP
Hello everybody :-) I'm struggling trying to find and understand what would be the best configuration for my system (and of course to learn from it)...Considering the fact that I have : * A Cisco SB...
View ArticleNexus 1000V
Hi, I can't find an clear answer so I will ask here.Is it possible to deploy VMware Integrated Openstack with the Cisco Nexus1000V Distributed Switch? Thanks,Kevin
View ArticleUnable to install OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) Developer Preview on Fusion 8
I've done this on a separate partition previously, but thought I'd do it on VMware Fusion for convenience on this machine, a new MacBook Pro 15" Retina running 10.10.4. Selecting to create the new VM...
View ArticlevDS switch with trunk port group
Hello, I have created a vDS switch with trunk port group having 2 ports connected to two different VMs. VMs are sending tagged packets to vDS. For some reason all packets are dropped at ingress side...
View ArticleChange Password for Active Directory Account running VMware VirtualCenter Server
We have an ESXi5.5 environment and I have been tasked with changing the password for the Active Directory account that is used to run the VMware VirtualCenter Server Service. There is a Data Source...
View ArticleUnable to install VMtools in windows 2012 server (64 Bit) _failed to install...
Hi All, I am facing an issue while installing VMtools on windows 2012 server. Getting attached error message at the time of installing VMXnet3 drivers. I already tried to install updated version of...
View ArticlevSphere Replication: VRM service won't start
Hi Guys, I am trying to configure vSphere Replication appliance on my home lab but run into issues. I have enter the vCenter server IP address for "LookupService Address", SSO password and click Save...
View ArticleMigration to vSphere 6
Hi. I currently have 3 Windows vCenters.VC1 = 5.0VC2 = 5.1VC3 = 5.5 All hosts ESX 5+Some VMFS-3 datastores. We are spread over two data centres so I want to migrate to them all to two Windows v6 VCs in...
View ArticleAccess Point - All connections refused
Hey, I've a hard fight with the new EUC Access Point.I have imported the appliance to my vSphere 5.5 environment in various ways and configurations (single NIC, 3 NIC, with and w/o Horizon config)...
View ArticleVCA-Cloud Retiring End of Sep. 2015? What next?
VCA-Cloud Retiring End of Sep. 2015? What next?
View ArticleHow to produce report for vRealize Capacity Planning Project
Hi,I created a capacity planning Project, say add 10 host into my cluster to increase my cluster capacity.vROPs then forecast when I will run out of the capacity in the graph.But how do I generate a...
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DRMDump file not getting zipped
So my vCenter ran out of room on C. On some investigation, the drmdump folder was 50GB!!!!! Upon futher investigation it seems only on of the cluster folders is the culprit. Every other cluster folder...
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NSX 6.1.4 upgrade to 6.2.0: DLR fails to upgrade with DHCP relay message
Hey all, in the middle of an upgrade of non-prod to 6.2 from a greenfield 6.1.4. Did the NSX manager, and all controllers followed. Then following the VMware recommended upgrade sequence, I did the...
View ArticlevExpert: Christiaan Roeleveld
This document is a detail page for the VMware vExpert Directory.Expert InformationNameChristiaan RoeleveldLocationZoetermeerNetherlandsShort DescriptionStarted out on ESX 2.1, now focussed on...
View Articlenew to vmware and finding it hugely frustrating! Trial 7 but buy 8.
Took out a trial for 7. When I went to buy I was directed to 8. But 8 won't download and I'm constantly being asked for the licence key for 7. Which I can't buy! When I put in the licence key for *...
View Articleremotely allocated memory on NUMA server with plenty of RAM
Hi, I've a set of VMs running a 32 bit guest OS on ESXi 5.5 installed on an UCS server (C240). Basically the server consist of a dual NUMA node equipped each with 64GB RAM (128 GB total).Two of the...
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