Thoughts on Acronis Backup & Recovery solution for VMware
Hello, I am just trying to get thoughts on this solution. We have implemented it. But damnn...CPU spikes on 100% and disk latencies I called Acronis, and they said is normal. Any insights from you guys..?
View ArticleThe VCD entity network .. specified for VM .. does not exist.
Hi everyone, Using VCD 1.5, initiating a VApp from a Template works fine for me. Adding a VM to an existing empty VApp was a next task, but I tried to recompose the VApp with no success. I used the...
View ArticleCould not look up host [username]. Proper password, but will not convert
Hey all. I know I am using proper syntax, but it seems like there's a missing service running on my esx cluster. I am able to log in with vSphere, but cannot use ovftool to export a stopped server in...
View Articleerror installing agent on some pcs
I have about 600 pcs i've been deploying the vcenter protect agent to. Most existing ones were done through the console, and new pcs being deployed we use the stplatformupdater.exe on to deploy it....
View ArticleHow to get GB/hr down
We were wondering if there was a way to get that number down. I was thinking that putting a reservation on every VM would effect that number, but it has not. Is there any other secret?
View Articleget useful vm information with guest OS
Hello VMGurus, I am using following link to get vm information and it's working http://communities.vmware.com/message/2100780#2100780 the only problem is I am not getting the guest OS edition and...
View ArticleView 5.2 - Composer Install getting errors
This is a new install of the View Composer on a 2008 R2 x64 server.I already created a SQL DB and have my creds ready and works. I installed the SQLNCLI drivers.I get to the create ODBC DSN Setup point...
View Articleadvice for very small installations--where?
I work for an 11-person company that has about 8 dedicated (and small by modern standards) servers today. We have decided to replace our aging servers with virtualized servers on a hypervisor...
View ArticleconfigManager.serviceSystem returns null from time to time
Hi,i have a workflow which restarts the sfcbd-watchdog if there is a problem.From time to time i get null on reading configManager.serviceSystem. The system is alive and with powercli this is working...
View ArticleLatency / response time needed for SQL server
What type of latency / response time do I need to be able to expect from my storage system to be safe for SQL Server VMs? <10 ms average?
View ArticleEnable EVC on a Running Cluster
Hello, I have a doubt on enable EVC on a existing and active cluster. I have a Cluster with: 2 x Dell R320 with Intel Xeon X3430 @ 2.40 with 4 core without hyperthreating. EVC now is disable. This two...
View ArticleAsset scan - license required??
All- I have a need to perform asset scans of the network of HW and SW. I tried it on one machine and it seemed to workalthough it was NOT TOO INTUITIVE. I had to generate a report to get the...
View ArticleHyper-V 2012 on vCloud 5.1
No problem getting Hyper-V running on vSphere 5.1, but on the same hosts under vCloud it fails with the Add Roles & Features claiming that there is already another hypervisor running. I'm 99%...
View ArticleFiberChannel Storage Gaps in LUN Sequence Failing
I have already assigned LUNS to the VM's and started the test session. Workbench is asking me to assign LUNS to the "Servers" with Gaps 0, 1, 3 and then click continue. The test fails every time...
View ArticleFusion 4 for mac, (running windows 7, is stuck in suspend mode.
My Fusion 4 for mac running windows 7,is stuck in suspend mode.Dire emergency, I have a MacBook Pro (2Ghz core i7;8GB ram) running Lion 10.7.5.For about a year now I have been running VmWare's Fusion v...
View Article[patch] Vmware 9 on Linux Kernel 3.8rc4
Here is a small patch that fixes the build issues of the vmci module on linux kernel 3.8rc4.
View ArticleWindos Installation Fails: No Signed Device Driver Found
Hello, When I try installing Windows on my MacBook Pro, the installations fails and generates a message that "No signed device drivers" were found. I understand that a scsi device driver is needed and...
View ArticleMonitor/alerts from ESXI 5.1 of local storage
Hello,i am using a HP-branded installation on my ESXI 5.1 host.I am looking for a option to monitor local raidsets and alers of my Host.I have tried this by HP SIM, but can not find the configuration...
View ArticleConnector-va en horizon workspace. Relative drift:7.198 sec off configurator
HolaTengo un problema con el acceso a horizon workspace. De las 5 máquinas que componen la vapp de horizon workspace , hay una llamada "connector-va" que tiene una "relative drift: en rojo" y al...
View ArticleLicense Key in Ubuntu
Hello, I have Ubuntu 12.04 with kernel version 3.2.0-27 and I installed VMware version 8.0.4 Workststion. with kernel version 3.2.0-27 and I installed VMware version 8.0.4Workststion.In addition, I...
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