Frozen ESXI5 host
Hi. We have an host that disconnected from vCenter. All the VMs are still running on it without problem, but we pray that they will stay online until our next maintenance period. It's not the first...
View ArticleRequired permission to query orphaned VMDK files
Hi, What is the specific required permission to query vSphere for orphaned vmdk files? Right now I have a ReadOnly permission and when I run my script, I'm getting an error complaining about the...
View ArticleIs it possible to have a NAS device which all VMs have access to?
So we have an IBM storwize v3700 on our network, and ideally we'd like to have it so all out of virtual machines are able to access it, and share data across them. Basically mount it as one large...
View ArticleVMW Workstation 9 supported hard drives
Am I reading this right? VMW Workstation 9 only supports IDE and SCSI? VMware Workstation Documentation Center It doesn't support SSD or SATA? Regards
View ArticleBase Layer not Deploying
Hi, I have a problem where I am trying to deploy a base and app layer and i'm getting the following failure message: Description: Shim execution failed to complete. Exception Description:...
View ArticleCloud Building
hi AOA everyonei want to build a cloud for mobile data backup i.e contacts, messages, memory card's data etc (as gcloud already exist). this cloud is an experiment. can anyone here guide me and also is...
View ArticleNew Cloud Building
hi everyonei want guideline here that what are the basic requirement to build a new cloud.can anybody here help me by providing complete detailsthanks
View ArticleVirtual USB drive
hi guys, im using esxi 5 at the moment. i plan to do some testing related to usb drive. i understand that there's usb solution with usb paravirtualization and working well with usb drive (when hardware...
View ArticleFT in nested VM Hosts replay.supported
Hi All, I am attempting to enable Fault Tollarence on two ESXi 5.0.0 build 504890 hosts, that are nested on top of one ESXi 5.0.0 build 504890 host which is an HP GL380G6 with a single quad core Intel...
View ArticleVMware Tools won't install on Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.4
We have a vCenter Server 5.0.0 managing an ESX 4.1.0 host running a VM with Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.4 installed. Choosing "Install/Upgrade VMware Tools" from the VM's menu initiates the task, but...
View ArticleHow do I determine if I am running on a VM?
I've come to a dead-end I appreciate your help. I am running my .Net C# app on windows 7 OS on a VM and want my C# code to determine whether I'm running on a vmware VM or a physical host. Right now I...
View ArticleESX 1.0
I know this is an odd question, but is there anybody out there who purchased and used ESX 1.0? If so, do you still have a copy? Thanks, Dan
View ArticleSplitting 2 partitions on a single VMDK to 2 VMDKs
Hi All Due to a configuration oversight when creating the VMs, I have inherited four Server 2012 VMs which have a Single vDISK which in turn contains a C: drive (OS) and D: drive (Data/Files). The...
View ArticleCCMExec service keeps starting during base layer capture.
Anyone capturing a base layer with SCCM installed? I'm trying to capture the layer and have followed all the steps to prep the SCCM client from the Administrators guide. However the SMS Agent Host...
View ArticleUpdating Storage drivers on Host
I installed a host on a Dell T420 and added a couple VM's to it and now having a bit of a storage issue. Read/writes seem to be very slow and after talking to Dell they tell me that I needed to use...
View ArticleErro de E/S no Upload de arquivos
Boa tarde pessoal, Estou tentando fazer o upload de algumas ISOs que estão no meu desktop, para a minha VM. Porém, me retorna mensagem com erro de E/S. Alguém saberia dizer que erro é este e se é facil...
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vmotion from one HA cluster to another--nonshared storage
I was attempting to vmotion both host and datastore of a vm between HA clusters(non-shared storage). The web client gives me this warning and i am curious what it is talking about: **If this operation...
View Articlehow to add ESX as compute node in openstack
hi,is there a way i can include an ESX as a compute node in openstack environment?my question specifically is, if there's support of openvswitch in ESX? if not, how does the VM packets get switched if...
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