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Re: ESXI 5.1 switching between 2 pNic.
vswitch does function as a simple L2 swtich but not to serve physical nic
View ArticleRe: network driving me nuts, can't get onto it... 2008 r2 help plz
Yeah, that's what I would think too but it's an absolutely standard install 2008 r2 installation with no funny additional software. I've switched off all firewalls on the machine and further to this,...
View ArticleRe: How to find the Datastore for a VM by powercli
Well, I hope the VM hasn't been deleted accidentally. Try "get-datastore -VM <VM Name> -refresh". I believe it should look at all known datastores and list the ones that contain this VM.
View ArticleRe: The upgrade contains the following set of conflicting VIB's:...
Thank you for your reply. How do I force the upgrade using update manager? I thought of removing the VIB which would disconnect the Host from the Nexus 1000v which would then not have connection to...
View ArticleHelp for VCP 5.0 exam
I will plan to take VCP 5.0 exam. What is the best way to prepare the exam?
View ArticleRe: network driving me nuts, can't get onto it... 2008 r2 help plz
did you install VMware Tools? That will install specific VMware drivers -
View ArticleRe: How to make hard disk available for diffferent guest OS?
Many thanks for the continuing help. Okay, so let me try to understand this. When setting up a VM, I can add additional disk space from the RAID1 2TB hard disks to the virtual machine as storage drive,...
View ArticleRe: vmxf file not backup ed
If you're going to rename folders, you should make sure everything is renamed accordingly, else you could get into some odd issues which looks like you might have. The .vmxf is not needed from a backup...
View Articleesxi 4.1 and tape library
Hi all,i have upgraded esx3.5 to esxi4.1u3 on some blade hosts connected with FC to a Tape library TS3200.After upgrade whenever i restart a host immediateli i see the media changer device but not the...
View ArticleRedoing SSO to change from Basic to Primary Node for Linked
So recently we decide we are going to setup a DR site and are going to use vsphere replication. I wanted to setup Linked Mode so I can see and manage both sites in one login instance. When I go to...
View ArticleRe: RequestHandler error
It is because of the metadata checker tool that is active by default.See the FAQ "Why do I get an error for metadata tag values (in Event, RequestHandler, ResponseHandler)?" in docs/FAQs.htmlOr "5....
View ArticleDashboards - Custom UI - VM Utilization
Hello and greetings from Portugal, I'm new to vCOps and I'm trying to create a dashboard that shows me from my virtual machines universe which one's are almost being used.The idea it's to see if we can...
View ArticleRe: Help for VCP 5.0 exam
Welcome to the Community - The advice I always give is to use the VCP Blueprint as your study guide because it presents the topice that can be included on the exam - Use the class documentation at your...
View ArticleRe: vmxf file not backup ed
I will be back in the office as of the 29th of July. Ik ben maandag 29 juli weer op kantoor. Neem in dringende gevallen contact op met Newcomm door mijn toestelnummer 292 te bellen, je wordt dan...
View ArticleSetting up SSO through the vCenter Virtual Appliance instead of Windows
I'm confused about how to go about setting up SSO. I currently have a ESSX 5.1 host running the vCenter Virtual Appliance. I want to add more in the future but I need to get SSO configured first. The...
View ArticleRe: Are these results as bad as they look? (DB -Pre-Upgrade Checker output)
Thanks both, I've just had a look through my list of tables (on a test box clone of my vcentre) and noticed that both of the tables actually do exisit, BUT they are both (VPX_DEVICE and...
View ArticleRe: Dashboards - Custom UI - VM Utilization
Diogo, what version are you using? 571 comes with some excellent out of the box vm focused dashboards on Custom side of UI. If older version then maybe try a topN and resource will be Virtual Machines.
View ArticleRe: How to make hard disk available for diffferent guest OS?
That's no problem at all. What you have to do is to install ESXi (I assume you already did this) which will format the first RAID set and create a datastore on it. Once installed, use the "Add Storage"...
View ArticleVMware virtualcenter server service won't start when backup DC is down
Hello, I have a weird issue where if my backup Domain controller goes down for whatever reason VMware Vcenter server service will not start as it is only pointing to the backup DC for logins and not to...
View ArticleRe: VMware esxi 5.0 host server will not display on LCD monitor
Thanks for the info. The funny part is that the one that is working is the older server... and it used to work on the newer server.When I hook up another monitor, I still get an out of range message. I...
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