Hi,

In summary I guess I have been spoiled in my previous career with Enterprise Plus and vSphere Distributed Switch options, SIOC and NIOC etc. I just took them for granted, there is no point in harping back to me the why; I love them, this post is strictly financial.

To me VSAN is recommending VDS from their documentation. I am having a hard time justifying this to finance from Standard to Enterprise Plus, MSRP of $1,268.00 - $4,229.00 respectfully. So with 30 sockets that's approximately $38,040 -vs- $128,970 respectively. That is a huge difference and that is only vSphere socket pricing. I can get a SAN way cheaper if my math is correct here.

http://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/whitepaper/products/vsan/vmware-virtual-san-network-des…

"Virtual SAN requires a 1GbE network at the minimum for hybrid clusters and 10Gbps for all flash clusters. As a best practice, VMware strongly recommends 10GbE network for Virtual SAN to avoid the possibility of the network congestion leading to degraded performance. A 1GbE network can easily be saturated by Virtual SAN traffic and teaming of multiple NICs can only provide availability benefits in limited cases. If 1GbE network is used, VMware recommends it be used for smaller clusters, and be to be dedicated to Virtual SAN traffic."

Am I correct in my calculations?

Thanks

Hi everyone!

I just installed VMFusion Pro 8.5.2 4635224 on my MacBook Pro with El Capitan 10.11.6 (15G1108).

I successfully imported my BootCamp partition with Windows 10 - 64 bit (that works perfectly).

VMWare Fusion seem to correct recognize the OS type (at seems in Settings, General).

However, the virtual machine never start. The message "No operating system was found" appears on every try.

Not sure how to troubleshoot this issue.

Thank you for your help.

Hi all,

I would like to install a new vcenter 6 failover cluster using 2 physical servers (which will be independants from esx hosts).

Those servers have  microsoft cluster failover services, and host a sql failover cluster (vmware databases will be there).

Following HA withepaper, I must install psc services on a separate server and one more if I want to replication.

All methods described are using virtual machines.

My goal is to cluster all the vcenter and psc services using mfcs using only these 2 physical servers. I can't buy a third one to just host psc.

If I install psc only, I can install a replication psc on the other server but setup don't let me install vcenter.

If I install a full vcenter (vcenter+ psc) on the first server, how to install the second one using the same datas?

Do you have any advices or guide to do such installation?

Thanks.

Adrien

This has the effect of leaving them without a virtual desktop because view reports thtat they are currently logging off.

I was able to remotely look at the event log and I found this:

Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-EventSystem
Date:          12/18/2015 4:59:15 PM
Event ID:      4627
Task Category: Firing Agent
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      62-002.OBFUSCATED.local
Description:
The COM+ Event System timed out attempting to fire the Logoff method on event class {D5978630-5B9F-11D1-8DD2-00AA004ABD5E} for publisher  and subscriber .  The subscriber failed to respond within 180 seconds. The display name of the subscription is "Explorer". The HRESULT was 80010002.
Event Xml:<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">  <System>    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-EventSystem" Guid="{899daace-4868-4295-afcd-9eb8fb497561}" EventSourceName="EventSystem" />    <EventID Qualifiers="32768">4627</EventID>    <Version>0</Version>    <Level>3</Level>    <Task>18</Task>    <Opcode>0</Opcode>    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-12-19T00:59:15.000000000Z" />    <EventRecordID>39306349</EventRecordID>    <Correlation />    <Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />    <Channel>Application</Channel>    <Computer>62-002.OBFUSCATED.local</Computer>    <Security />  </System>  <EventData>    <Data Name="param1">80010002</Data>    <Data Name="param2">Logoff</Data>    <Data Name="param3">{D5978630-5B9F-11D1-8DD2-00AA004ABD5E}</Data>    <Data Name="param4">    </Data>    <Data Name="param5">    </Data>    <Data Name="param6">Explorer</Data>    <Data Name="param7">180</Data>    <Data Name="param8">    </Data>  </EventData></Event>


Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Winlogon
Date:          12/18/2015 4:57:14 PM
Event ID:      6005
Task Category: None
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      62-002.OBFUSCATED.local
Description:
The winlogon notification subscriber <Sens> is taking long time to handle the notification event (Logoff).
Event Xml:<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">  <System>    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Winlogon" Guid="{DBE9B383-7CF3-4331-91CC-A3CB16A3B538}" EventSourceName="Wlclntfy" />    <EventID Qualifiers="32768">6005</EventID>    <Version>0</Version>    <Level>3</Level>    <Task>0</Task>    <Opcode>0</Opcode>    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-12-19T00:57:14.000000000Z" />    <EventRecordID>39306348</EventRecordID>    <Correlation />    <Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />    <Channel>Application</Channel>    <Computer>62-002.OBFUSCATED.local</Computer>    <Security />  </System>  <EventData>    <Data>Sens</Data>    <Data>Logoff</Data>    <Binary>00000000</Binary>  </EventData></Event>

Any ideas what is causing this?

Dear all,

When we start a published app on our Citrix Environment some users report the published app is not starting. The published app appears to launch and starts importing profile settings, etc. But after that the session closes and no published app appears.

The Flex.log errors we see:

2016-11-15 09:46:31.405 [FATAL] Importing registry information failed (verification value still has initial data)

2016-11-15 09:46:31.405 [FATAL] Error importing

I searched the error but cannot find any info on that one.... where to search ?

However, if we remove the saved Flex profile settings of the affected user then it works and the published app launches perfectly, but we have to do that everytime.

Good evening,

I´ve created a workflow which is called during the vRA Machine Provisioned state.

The workflow starts with:

var resources = vCACCAFEEntitiesFinder.findCatalogResources(vRAHost);

vRAHost is a vCACCAFE:VCACHost type.

1) If it runs directly from Orchestrator, it works.

2) If it runs through vRA call, it does not work.

A System.log(resources) showed me this:

1) System.log when executed from Orchestrator (I see what is expected):

          DynamicWrapper (Instance) : [vCACCAFECatalogResource]-[class com.vmware.vcac.catalog.rest.stubs.v7_0.CatalogResource] -- VALUE : com.vmware.vcac.catalog.rest.stubs.v7_0.CatalogResource@86163617,DynamicWrapper (Instance) : [vCACCAFECatalogResource]-[class com.vmware.vcac.catalog.rest.stubs.v7_0.CatalogResource] -- VALUE : com.vmware.vcac.catalog.rest.stubs.v7_0.CatalogResource@153f9124

2) System.log when called by vRA:

[Formatar disco de VM do vRA/{com.mycompany/getVraDiskInfo} (11/11/16 00:44:24)]

That is the name of the workflow, the action and the execution timestamp. It appears to be the workflow token information. I see this and I go all "What the...?"

Just as an additional test, I re-run the failed token, the INPUTs are filled in with what was provided by vRA and IT WORKS JUST FINE!!!

I tried running this piece of code through an action, Scripted Task and the behavior is always the same.

Has anyone seen anything like it before? I just can´t grasp what is going on here.

Thank you very much.

Hello all.

I tried to install Cisco Nexus 1000v on the val environnement and I block with the "Edit Settings " greyed out menu

I have followed a number of tracks, but nothing changes.

more infos:

Nexus1000v-1# sh svs connections

connection MYVCENTER:

    ip address: 192.168.100.50

    remote port: 80

    protocol: vmware-vim https

    certificate: default

    datacenter name: TEST_DC

    admin: 

    max-ports: 12000

    DVS uuid: 9a 58 0e 50 f8 81 c6 34-cf 2d c6 c0 a1 0c a7 3b

    config status: Enabled

    operational status: Connected

    sync status: Complete

    version: VMware vCenter Server 5.5.0 build-2646482

    vc-uuid: 719D831F-E414-4F31-90CE-7965734E87FA

    ssl-cert: self-signed or not authenticated

My vlans:

vlan 1,4-9,11,70,100,666,999

port-channel load-balance ethernet source-mac

port-profile default max-ports 32

port-profile type ethernet Unused_Or_Quarantine_Uplink

  shutdown

  description Port-group created for Nexus 1000V internal usage. Do not use.

  vmware port-group

port-profile type vethernet Unused_Or_Quarantine_Veth

  shutdown

  description Port-group created for Nexus 1000V internal usage. Do not use.

  state enabled

  vmware port-group

port-profile type vethernet NX_vServers

  switchport access vlan 100

  switchport mode access

  no shutdown

  max-ports 40

  state enabled

  vmware port-group

port-profile type ethernet system-uplink

  switchport mode trunk

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 4-11,70,100

  no shutdown

  system vlan 4-11,70,100

  state enabled

  vmware port-group

svs-domain

  domain id 6

  control vlan 1

  packet vlan 1

  svs mode L3 interface mgmt0

  switch-guid 39b04781-932e-4c16-9de9-9ce718b39062

  enable l3sec

There is this point that I do not understand:

Nexus1000v-1(config-port-prof)# system vlan 4-11,70,100

ERROR: Some of the input vlans are not active.

All system vlans should be in the active state

The version on ESXi 5.1 seems to be the right one:

esxcli software vib list

Name                           Version                               Vendor  Acceptance Level  Install Date

-----------------------------  ------------------------------------  ------  ----------------  ------------

cisco-vem-v198-esx             5.2.1.3.1.5a.0-3.1.1                  Cisco   PartnerSupported  2016-11-24

~ # vemcmd show port

  LTL   VSM Port  Admin Link  State    Cause  PC-LTL  SGID  ORG  svcpath  Type    Vem Port

   20     Eth1/3     UP   UP    F/B*       -       0          0        0                vmnic2

* F/B: Port is BLOCKED on some of the vlans.

       One or more vlans are either not created or

       not in the list of allowed vlans for this port.

Please run "vemcmd show port vlans" to see the details.

Thank you for your help.

Hello

I am needing to get a listing of vApp Networks, via "Get-civappnetwork" and compare this to the networks created in vSphere, when these virtual networks are powered up.

You can see the vSphere Virtual Distributed Port group created by doing a "Get-VDPortgroup".

example:

vApp network                     vSphere VDPortgroup

(Get-civappnetwork)          (Get-VDPortgroup)           

network-1a                         vxw-dvs-51-virtualwire-150-sid-8003-dvs.VCDVS[network-1a]-[numbers and letters]     example ( -64723045-353d-d45g-33434)

network-2a                         vxw-dvs-51-virtualwire-150-sid-8003-dvs.VCDVS[network-2a]-[numbers and letters]

as you can see from above, the vApp network name appears in the vSphere VDPortgroup name, but the vSphere VDPortgroup name has an unknown quantity of numbers, letters and dashes at the end of the string.

I would like to be able to get the vApp Network name, and find the corresponding VDPortGroup name, or vice versa.

thanks

David

We are running a 2 node cluster for our VDI deployment and want to use VSAN.  I understand from reading that a 2 node cluster with a witness is supported in 6.2.  However, our cluster is in the same data center.  I was told we could "fool" vsan by deploying a witness host however I don't quite understand how to do that.  Especially with what I'm reading in the documentation.  Here is our current layout.

2 Dell R730p servers

Dual 10gb nics

each has 2 180gb flash drives - cache tier

each has 4 10k 400gb drives - storage tier

They are physically in the same data center

I think I might be over complicating it but I would covet any suggestions or even examples for deployment.

Thank you in advance,

Tom

We have several floating pools where users will sign in on a second device while a session is active on another device and end up with a new session rather than joining their previous session. Allow multiple sessions per user is set to no, and automatic logoff after disconnect is set to never (as per http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1007581). The cases I have personally witnessed were using a secondary device to connect, but I am wondering if some users are just trying to reconnect after a session timeout and ending up with a new session as well.

Has anyone else had issues with users receiving new sessions rather than successfully connecting back to an existing session that they are just disconnected from?

Thanks.

hello,

i've vcenter 5.5 installed on win 2008r2 and connected to external DB sql 2008r2-sp2 standard edition i need to install vcenter 6 on new fresh copy of windows and i try to make that when i go through setup on the dsn page i get the error in attach, so how can i fix this? i don't go to upgrade the 5.5 version because i face problem in vcenter inventory service that can't be run.

thanks

Going to post this here and in the NSX section.

I have an existing vRA 7 deployment with a management and compute cluster. We have blueprints that use an external network profile (specifying a portgroup on a vDS), and have machines deployed and in use from these blueprints. We want to add NSX into the mix. I have performed a NSX deployment in the past but it was done before vRA was configured.

My question is can I deploy NSX and add the compute cluster without impacting the existing vRA deployed VMs (aside from ESXi reboots during the preparation phase)?

A little bit of context behind the use of NSX. We want to create "isolated" blueprints (not attached to the existing "wire") for R&D type stuff. We also want to use it for clientless AV/Malware scanning/protection.

I may be answering my question but if I create a new vDS specifically for NSX, wouldn't that be enough to configure/prepare the compute cluster for NSX? To add, I would also do all the configuration to integrate NSX with vRA, etc. With this logic, could I not be able to continue to deploy my existing blueprints using my existing network profile in parallel with new blueprints that leverage NSX logical switches on a predefined logical router to create my "isolated" VMs?

Hello,

I am using floating desktops that refresh at logoff with UEM 9.1, and I am currently capturing IE settings, IE passwords and Personal Certificates using the builtin Windows settings and not redirecting the AppData.

For almost all websites, UEM is able to capture my user's passwords and settings, however the login page for Sharepoint online (login.microsoftonline.com) will not remember that the user has checked the Keep Me Signed In box. When you enter in your email address and check that box, the user should be redirected to our ADFS website for SSO with Office 365 and then redirected back to our main Sharepoint online page.

Upon logging out and back in I can see UEM captured cookies and user certificates, however when the user logs back in and heads to our Sharepoint online page, they are presented the login page and must authenticate again.

Has anyone had any luck in capturing this setting or have any ideas as to what I can try next?

Thanks.

Hello,

I'm working with a CentOS 7 virtual machine and we have a requirement that we can guarantee the network interface names that come up. I have investigated modifying the pciDeviceNumber in the VMX or OVF configuration files, but ESXi keeps overwriting the change. Is there a documented set of PCI device numbers used for network interfaces? I've seen similar network names used by several people in my research, but nothing has indicated that those names are guaranteed.

Thanks!

I have 2 DELL r710 host servers with esxi 6. The first server was configured with RAID 5 due to needing the hard drive space. I now have 6 900GB 10k SAS disks to go into the 2nd host server. Is there really a noticeable difference in performance going with a RAID 10 that will leave me with 2.7TBs of disk space? RAID 5 gives me 4.5TBs of disk space which is a pretty big difference.

Hi All,

I am using Horizon View 7 with AppVolumes and UEM 9.0. The pools are instant clones. I am able to pin Microsoft Word to the taskbar and have it persist on logoff/logon. When a user opens multiple Word or Excel files it will save the recent list of documents. You can view this by right clicking on the pinned Word or Excel icon. However, if you log off, this list is missing.

I have tried to save the following items but they do not work. I added the wildcard since that setting is user specific. Not even sure if that setting works as a wildcard in this scenario.

[IncludeRegistryTrees]

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Word\User MRU\AD*\File MRU

[IncludeFolderTrees]

<AppData>\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent

<AppData>\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent

Does anyone have any ideas on how to have the recent list of documents persist? I believe it is called a jump list.

Is there a way to set a start up user on policy though API scripting? We are trying to build up a policy through API but a problem we ran into is that once policy is started it is inheriting credentials of whoever ran a builder workflow. Now we would typically want to have another user (non-admin service account) to run policy. 

I have a few scripts that show things like snapshots out there and I would love for my report to output on the bottom the total number of VMs in the script.  Here is the script:

$date=Get-Date -format "yyyy-MMM-d"

$datetime=Get-Date

$filelocation="E:\Scripts\Temp\snapshot-$date.htm"

#Get-VM | Get-Snapshot | Select-Object vm,name,sizeGB,created,powerstate |

#Export-Csv "C:\PowerCLI Scripts\Reports\SnapshotReports.csv"

Get-VM | Get-Snapshot | Where {$_.vm -NotLike "*_replica*"} | Select-Object vm,name,sizeGB,created,powerstate |

#############################

# Add Text to the HTML file #

#############################

ConvertTo-Html –title "VMware Snapshot Check " –body "<H1>VMware Snapshot Check</H1>" -head "<link rel='stylesheet' href='style.css' type='text/css' />" | Out-File $filelocation

ConvertTo-Html –title "VMware Snapshot Check " –body "<H4>Date and time</H4>",$datetime -head "<link rel='stylesheet' href='style.css' type='text/css' />" | Out-File -Append $filelocation

This outputs to show this:

VMware Snapshot Check

Date and time

11/15/2016 07:55:05

I have a MacBook Pro 15" late-2013 with a 512 GB SSD, 16 GB RAM and a Core i7 2.6 GHz CPU, running VMware Fusion 8. The host OS is OS X 10.10.5 (Yosemite) and the guest OS is Windows 10. My main use case for the VM is software development, and I have Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 installed on it, on which I use a plugin called VisualGDB (www.visualgdb.com), and there is a severe performance issue with my setup, which is severely dragging down my productivity. Here I should mention this is definitely not an issue with VisualGDB itself, and would most likely happen just the same with ordinary Visual Studio projects, it's just that I don't code in C# or VB to test a project in one of those languages.

Using VMware's built in sharing facilities, I shared my home folder from the host OS to the guest OS. I keep all my software projects in my host OS's home folder, and I access it from within Visual Studio using the shared folder.

The issue is this: performing a rebuild (Build menu -> Rebuild Solution in Visual Studio) of one of my projects over the shared folder takes 38 seconds (in another test, this took as long as 48 seconds; of which 15 seconds are spent just cleaning the project folder, which consists solely of deleting a number of files that's not more than a hundred). Now if I copy the project folder somewhere inside the Windows C: drive and perform the same rebuild when opening the project from there, it takes less than 7 seconds. The funny thing is that copying the project from my shared folder to the Windows C: drive takes about a second or two, I can't even time it accurately -- so why should accessing the same files from within VS be so slow? This is a 5.5x difference and is making me lose something in the vicinity of one hour every day waiting for compiles to finish. Even creating a network share from within Mac OS X (System Preferences -> Sharing -> File Sharing) is much faster than this at about 12 seconds; this is my preferred solution for now, but frankly I don't see just deleting less than a hundred .o files and reading in another hundred .c files should take an extra 6 seconds just because the file is on a shared folder (which is, of course, accessed over a loopback connection, so that no bytes are ever put on a physical wire, and the latency can probably be measured in microseconds).

Please note that, for various reasons related to my split Windows-Mac workflow, just copying the files to the C: drive instead of accessing them via the shared folder is not an acceptable solution. They must be kept in the shared folder at all times.

Are there any settings changes, or in general anything that I can do to speed up I/O operations on shared folders?