Re: boot from SAN on BL460C
Below are the steps need to perform to boot the Blade from SAN. 1. While booting the server you need to press <Alt E >or <Ctrl E> . This will take you in the Emulex BIOS.2. For PXESelect...
View ArticleRe: Cross referencing VM's to Active Directory for a VDI environment?
If you're using vmware view, there's a special feature package for vc ops which is tailored for view:VMware vCenter Operations Management for View, Virtual Desktop Management
View ArticleRe: vLAN not showing in ESXi CDP output
I don't think this vim-cmd command queries actual CDP (or LLDP) information provided by your physical switch.I rather think this info is derived from the old style "observed IP ranges" which you can...
View ArticleSpecify vCNS Manager address to VCAC 5.2 ?
Hi All what is the address format to add vCNS Manager ? i use: manager.cloudsolution.com (my vcns manager ) is this the right format?
View ArticleRe: Constant NetBIOS Name Service query/refresh for Windows 7 VM
We are experiencing the exact same issue with VMWare Workstation and Fusion VM's and only when using NAT networking.
View ArticleRe: Shrinking on guest running on SSD drive
Hey Andre, I have just now resized the partition back to the full size, then compacted again. No change in the vmdk file size.... It should easily go down 15-18 GB. Any more ideas? Thanks for the input!
View ArticleRe: VMware Player- USB
Hi,I've been a way on leave for a couple of weeks so am now trying to progress this. I seem to be able to get a USB memory stick to be recognised eventually. But my USB debug tool will not be...
View ArticleRe: False Capacity/IO Alerts?
Thanks again. As I can see this bugfix is only valid for NFS datastores. We are experiencing the issue with SAN connected datastores. Do you know if it is valid for that as well (or if there is another...
View ArticleRe: Iometer testing of LUN's in ESXi 5
Check those links below found in other thread this might help you to decide how you want to stress your SAN http://blog.peacon.co.uk/?s=iometerhttp://www.itechstorm.com/iometer-tutorial-introduction
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Re: selecting revert snapshot displays a useless info box
wila wrote: Thanks jmattson, You sir, make a very good point.But would in that case it not be needed to have a parameter set for nested virtualisation guests? Not necessarily. Virtualized HV would be...
View ArticleRe: vCenter Appliance 5 vs 5.1?
1 - Is there a hard stop at 50 VMs and 5 hosts or is that just the recommended max? 2 - Will going to vCenter Appliance 5.1 gain us anything?No there isn't, in fact I didn't considered this limitation...
View ArticleVDS config best practice
Hi I have the below config, and need to determine if it needs modification or the current config is fine as is. We have 3 Clusters Cluster 15 x Rack mount servers each with 6 VMNICs (1GBps)2 X VMnic in...
View Article[JIRA] (HHQ-5873) Mgmt Rest API - not getting error messages in exceptions
https://jira.hyperic.com/browse/HHQ-5873?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel Zvika Idelsberg resolved HHQ-5873.- Resolution: Fixed Mgmt Rest API - not...
View Articledetailed information with start-vm
Hi,i get a detailed reponse with powerstate, vm-version, Network and so on if i start a vm via powercli like start-vm. It is possible to get no response or one response if a failure occur? Thanks
View ArticleRe: i7-4770k Processor any one got it working
Have got a little furthur in that by removing a second nic card it will now boot after the install but not after a reboot.
View ArticleRe: detailed information with start-vm
You can pipe the output of the command to the Out-Null cmdlet to redirect the output to the null device. For example: Get-VM -Name VM1 | Start-VM | Out-Null
View Articleunattended/silent install VMware Tools
Greetings, When trying to do a silent install on a VM using the info in http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2000399 I'm not getting any...
View ArticleESXi boots after install but Drops to BIOS next reboot
Hi Running ai7-4770k processes on a Asus z87-pro mother board with UFEL turned off.Have added a single new network card. ESXI5.1 seems to install ok and when is does its own first reboot after the...
View ArticleRe: Server Fault 'Invalid Argument' - after upgrade to vCenter v5.1
Hi jbando2000, I installed a fresh vCenter appliance just yesterday, and I am having the exact same problem.Everytime I try saving a VM's settings I get the "InvalidArgument" error.I have no solution...
View ArticleRe: Reporting resource usage per VMfolder
So I'm using this: Get-VM -location "folder" | Select-Object Name, NumCPU, MemoryGB | Export-Csv "C:\CPU_Memory.csv" -NoTypeInformation How can I get the script to calculate the totals for the NumCpu...
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