First New-VM : An item with the same key has already been added.
I'm getting a strange error that I've seen a few other posts about, but with no resolution (or at least one that I can find). When attempting to create a new VM using the New-VM cmdlet, I receive the...
View Article"Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine." Error ov...
So here I am again. Running a V2V conversion on a Windows 2K8 box. I get the "Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine." error when I try the conversion. So I try running the...
View ArticleCan´t backup one VM
We have VDP major version 5.1.20.24 minor version 6.1.81.130_2.0.24.24 The backup works ok on Several VMs without any issues but one. The VM OS is WS2008R2. We have another VMs with same OS with backup...
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Filtering in Mirage ?
Hi, In the filtering options of a collection, its possible to select a group in the field and/or OU (Cf. screen). On MIRAGE, when I want to choose this filter, I do not have anything available ......
View ArticleGetting error when trying to export VM folder locations
Hi I get the following error when trying to export vm folder locations. Get-View : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'VIObject'. The argument is null or empty. Supply an argument that is not null...
View Articleusing powercli to collect logs on esxi hosts
wondering what the best solution is.. We are currently having what I think is storage issues that is really affecting us.. So I want to try to capture in segments at a time is the ESXi nodes logs. I...
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Recovered VM files
Hello all, I am facing following challenge. I had a Win2K8 VM (with several snapshot and it was shut down) on a datastore with 40GB c-drive, 20GB D-drive and 20GB Z-drive. I was cleaning up my...
View ArticleAn Urgent Turning On Virtual Machine
I'm new to vmware and vm workstation. when bought my product and installed it i got a error which made me frustrated..... ""You are running VMware Player via an incompatible hypervisor. You may not...
View ArticleHA admission control - dedicated failover host and maintenance mode
I am in the process of building a new 5.1 U 1 3 hosts cluster, and due to the fact that I don't use resource pools or limits on the VMs , I have opted to use the admission control policy "use dedicated...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 services distribution
I am currently performing an upgrade from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1. I"ve decided to use split the services across 2 vCenters. I am wondering, wich services should go where, is there any recommandations...
View ArticlevCOPs Alerting not working ?
Hi, I have added my VCOPS server and I can from vCOPS Click on "actions-> search in vlog insight"..that is working well so I think the adaptor is configured correctly. Now the issues is when I setup...
View ArticleStatic IP, DHCP Range, etc.
Hello, Using VM Fusion 5I reviewed a number of the posts and knowledgebase articles related to setting up static IP, but I'm still running into something. I have one VM that I want to use static IP for...
View ArticleP2V with Converter 5.1 fails
Hello, I'm trying to convert a physical machine which runs RedHat EL 5.1 with Converter Standalone 5.1 installed on Windows 7.The process start by taking the fingerprint of the source system and this...
View ArticleCan't switch windows after releasing control in fullscreen guest
Hi, i'm running VMWare Workstation 9.0.2 on my laptop (Host: Windows8Pro, Guest Xubuntu 13.04) and one thing keeps on annoying me. I'm usually working in fullscreen mode in the guest system. Sometimes...
View ArticleDesign questions for vCenter 5.1, SSO and SRM
Currently running vcenter 5.0 U1 at primary and recovery sites. These vcenter servers are currently in linked mode. In researching the upgrade to 5.1, I see a requirement that all vcenter servers in a...
View ArticleUnable to force mount a LUN/VMFS
Hi, I experience a strange issue. I try to test a storage outage DR plan. I have one vSphere 5.1 (1117900) cluster with VMFS datastores stored on an EMC storage array (VNX5100). Some of these...
View ArticleHow can failover vCenter Server 5.1 to Secondary Server in DR mode?
My understanding is vCHB do following step to failover vCenter Server to DR site:1. Stop vcenter server on Primary Server.2. Hide principle network on Primary server.3. Make Secondary Server to Active...
View ArticleDUDA MB INTEL S1200BTSR
Estimados: Compramos un servidor con MB INTEL S1200BTL pero el equipo llegó con una placa madre INTEL S1200BTSR la cual no soporta la tecnología de virtualización VT-d de Intel. Tampoco figura en el...
View ArticlePowerCLI Reporting -- Guest OS Version
Hello, I'm attempting to do some reporting on a large number of VMs in a few different environments. Is there any way within PowerCLI to determine the specific Guest OS version? I'm trying to find a...
View Articlerecover fails with "configuration file failed" message
Hi, an attempt to recover a VM using vSphere Replication and WebClient fails with the following message:"Processing recovered virtual machine 'testvm' configuration file failed." The setup:one vCenter...
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