vdp backups
how are you doing backups on vdp? how many vms per vdp? Is your vdp on some cheap san disks? what I/O do you need on the vdp? what are the problems you are seeing or limitations?
View ArticleRe: Minimize to Tray while under Unity...
Don't ignore linux users either, how about a minimize to indicator applet? PLEEEEEASSEEE FIXXXX THISSSSS. VMware runs so much better than vbox in unity/seamless mode; but this not being a feature is...
View ArticleWhat is happening behind the scenes, when you run a Test Recovery Plan,...
It has always bugging me to know what really happens when you run a Test recovery plan, a Planned Migration and an Unplanned Failover. Appreciate if someone could shed me some light on what does really...
View ArticleHow ESXi handles the Network requests of Guest vm's?
I am quite clear how the VMM handles and schedules the CPU and Memory for guest vm's. But I am quite vague when it comes to handling of network requests of Guest VM's. Appreciate if someone could...
View ArticleRe: The name already exists error when trying to add host to cluster
Just drag and drop into the cluster. You would not need to add it again
View ArticleRe: Connecting two ESXi 5 Hosts via Crossover Cable
Refer to this Creating a VMkernel Port (for ISCSI, vMotion, NFS and FT) on Standard and Distrubuted vSwitches
View ArticleRe: monitoring system health and guests VM resources on esx5 over snmp
Here you go VMware KB: SNMP trap information incorrectly displays in third-party monitoring software VMware KB: SNMP MIB module file download You can use any 3rd party tools to monitor the host and...
View Articleautomating vmware-tools install for linux guests
HiIs there a way to automate vmware-tools install using PowerCLI?
View ArticleRe: error trying to create RDM
There are two RDM modes as you aware of:Virtual compatability mode provides vSphere snapshots of this virtual disk.Physical compatability mode allows the VM to pass SCSI commands direct to the storage...
View ArticleRe: What is happening behind the scenes, when you run a Test Recovery Plan,...
Hi, Have you checked the html based report of SRM test failover. It will have steps that is involved in test failover or planned migration or unplanned migration. .
View ArticleRe: VCenter Backend-SQL-DB Maintenance
You are on right track : Start the VC serviceDo the maintenance on the SQL serverOnce done, check the connectivity and start the VC service.
View ArticleRe: What is happening behind the scenes, when you run a Test Recovery Plan,...
Yes but I want more visibility of the architecture behind...
View ArticleRe: How much free space
Hi, The attached below would do your job, bold and italic lines are the ones I've added in: $report = foreach($esx in Get-VMHost){ foreach($hbaKey in...
View ArticleRe: i can't start more one vm because doesn't have sufficient resources
Hi, Apparently, Admission Control is stopping you from powering-on the virtual machine. From the third screenshot attached, there is only one slot left and if the virtual machine uses more than 1 slot,...
View ArticleRe: Is there anyway to limit the Orgs that can access a Published Catalog?...
Not at this time. We are looking into this for future releases.
View ArticleRe: ESXI 5.1: Host stops unexpectedly
I have a Supermicro server running ESXi5.1 that recently started having the same issues... my HP P410 SAS controller died and I replaced it with an Adaptec 3405, recreated the RAID array and reloaded...
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Re: Looking for BEST Inexpensive iSCSI storage
Hello mates, I know the old post but I have to add something from my experience and knowledge to this and other virtualization storage and performance discussions. 1. almost every virtual environment...
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Re: Connecting two ESXi 5 Hosts via Crossover Cable
Thanks weinstein and JD! I was looking at regular VM ports inside a vswitch and completely overlooked the VMkernals thinking they were specifically for vMotion. Newbie mistake Thanks again!
View ArticlePrivate VLAN(PVLAN) VSphere 5 to Cisco IOS
Hello, I have configured PVLAN on VmWare side and I can ping within the Community VMs fine but I can't ping to the Gateway or go on to the Internet from any VMs on Community PVLAN or Promiscuous Ports....
View ArticleRe: Creating vCloud Director Lab
alternatively, you could have the management VMs running in VMware Fusion/Workstation to get things up and running. Make your provider a 'resource pool' in vCenter ... then migrate them into ESXi...
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