iSCSI Problems in ESXi 5.1
I'm trying to get iSCSI working with my home lab setup. I'm running FreeNAS 8.3.0-Release with iSCSI running on top of ZFS. My datastore consists of two 1TB SATA drives in a striped zdev. I have...
View ArticleGuest OS Quiescing - is Grayed out
Hi All, I am trying to enable vSphere Replication (VR) on windows VM ( server 2012), everything works fine but Guest OS Quiescing is grayed out. Vcenter and VR in Base and DR is version 5.1.1. Any...
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There is a storage issue with datastore path [Path to .vmdk]
I have two sites connected using a VPN connection over a WAN link. In each site I have an esxi host with several VMs and the vSphere Replication Appliance running (v 5.1.1.0 Build 1079383) in each...
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unable to connect to esxi using vsphere client
Hello Friends, I am in need of a little help.have 2 esxi 5.0 host and a vcenter as VM.My lab was working good since days, but all of a sudden not sure why I am not able to connect to ESXi Hosts using...
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ten maximum vnics on esxi5.1virtual machine
Hello, I have a maximum vnics message reached when I want to add the eleven virtual nic?? is there a limitation?What is wrong?On...
View ArticleVirtual Hardware Upgrade Mess
Has anyone run into issues upgrading vHardware version 4 to 8? The VMWare KB indicates that you can use the batch file vmupgradehelper.bat to save your network configuration but i'm seeing other...
View Articlecertificate error occurs when running software updates
Running build 1140353 on OEL 6.4 x64. Select Help->Software Update Generates an error:Update Server: https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds-wsfus-2013-previewProxy Server: noneConnection Status:...
View ArticleMerging clusters?
I have 2 clusters I am considering merging into 1 cluster. Cluster 1: 10x256GB ram Nehalem boxesCluster 2: 6x512GB ram Westmere boxes(currently in EVC Nehalem to move between clusters) HA is on each...
View ArticleSRM with vCenter Server Appliance 5.1
How do I install SRM with the vCenter Server appliance 5.1? thx
View ArticlevCenter Resource Pool Permissions
My goal is to have a group of users be able to create VMs in a resource pool. Have them test what the need on the VM then if it works as they expect I want to move the VM into another Resource pool...
View ArticleWindows 7 Games
We've deployed VMWare View with Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit, but much to one of our big user's chagrin, we removed the games from the image before composing. I thought I'd be clever and create a...
View ArticleProviding SCSI processor type device to VM's
I bought a FC device which exposes a SCSI process to the clients. I connected that FC device to ESX. On the HBA, I can see that share is coming as a "SCSI processor". But there is no way to provide...
View ArticleMultiple cache creations in Gemfire
Hi, I'm trying to create a local-cache and a client-cache inside one JVM, however i get the error stated below which i think is occurring due to cache being singleton and you can only create one per...
View ArticleNvidia Quadro
I assume that many of you with exictement have read through all news in vSphere 5.1 What cought my eye in View point of view was this: "Improved 3D Graphics Support– (View Only) – hardware...
View ArticleCan LACP be setup immediately after ESXi install for Management Access?
I have a chassis situation where every node has dual 10Gb. The pair of chassis network switches are a vLAG pair and the pair of internal ports for each node are set to dynamic LACP. So when any host...
View ArticleQuerying the vCenter Database....
This might be a little out of the box but, does anyone know how to query the vCenter DB and return the "Attributes" from within the "Annotations"?There were custom fields added in the annotations but...
View ArticleMixed host in same VC
Hi, I have ESXi 4 and 5 is managed by vCenter 5 , It there any issues on the functionality ? Possible to use all the features are available in vSphere 5 ? Thanks
View Articledoes not detect windows 8.1 for easy install
I am sure you already have realized this.Vmware Workstation version 1140354 does not detect windows 8.1 x86 tech preview iso for easy install.
View ArticleDesktops keeping name and ip address
Didn't know were to place this question, but figured it has something to do with the network.I Have a request for a pool to be floating and the program they use will need to keep the same desktop name...
View ArticleHow to install windows 8 on esxi 4.1 ?
Hi I would like to install windows 8 on my current esxi 4.1 environment, of course without success. I receive the error about thatHAL_Initialization_Failed I've found serveral forums that only...
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