Guest showing as having 0 byte presence on a datastore it's not on?
Hi all, I'm trying to retire a LUN and the storage it sits on but have several guests that are showing as being on that datastore in vSphere. The weird thing is they all show 0.00 bytes used space,...
View ArticleSecondary Local SATA Disk Datastore Losing Connectivity
Hi VMware Champs, I have ESXi 5.1 running on a 250 GB HDD (VMFS5), I added another 500 GB SATA disk to extend local storage. My first Datastore is intact. I successfully formatted the new 500 Gb disk...
View ArticleHP UPS - graceful shutdown
I know that graceful shutdown of VMs and ESXi during a power loss is possible with an APC UPS. Is it possible with an HP UPS?
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New version of Squid proxy appliance (KingNeutron v7) available now!
--Previous announcement:http://communities.vmware.com/thread/328648?tstart=0 2013.0325 - Announcing the latest V7 of the KingNeutron (Minimalist) Squid Proxy VM o Now Based on Long-Term-Support...
View Articleworkstation guest uses host drive like crazy.
hi all;everythings was perfect there was no problem, i didnt changed anything...didnt installed or removed any thing from host or guest but sudenly at 1 morning workstations guest decided to use hosts...
View ArticleUSB Redirection Not Work
hi experts we met a problem about usb redirection, we have a whole new installed environment. we can't find the usb devices form the view client tab. attached is the information about our environment....
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Convert VMware player virtual file to ESXi format
Hello all, Again, I'm new to the virtual world so bare with me. I recently downloaded and installed ESXi 5.1.0 which is up and running fine. Using vSphere Client 5.1.0 I tried to create a New Virtual...
View ArticleVCP Home Lab - Backup
All, need some advice. I almost have the base install and nested lab built. As I am finalizing the network setup, I want to ensure that what I have is backed up so I can restore back to this point is...
View ArticleNeed help using PowerCLI to report on VM configurations
Hi Guys, I am trying to pull VM configuration details out of vCenter and am not having much luck with multicore vCPU machines. When looking at lists of Virtual Machines within vSphere Client, it offers...
View ArticleHigh Availability. Virtualizing SQL servers
Currently SQL servers are hosted on physical machines with windows clustering. We have only regular full & TLog backups against DR. We are planning to virtualize all SQL servers using VMWARE...
View ArticleSync Maint Mode with SCOM with ?http post?
I am looking for methods/examples to sync maintenance mode (MM) between SCOM and vCops. The use case is that when a server in SCOM is put into MM or taken out of MM in SCOM, I can automate MM in vCops...
View ArticleShared storage recommendations for 3xESXi 5.1 host cluster
Hey all I was hoping for some opinions on the various shared storage options using real world (you guys) performance experience. I have a 3 x ESXi cluster (VMware Standard) and a storage requirement of...
View Articlehi all
hi deari want to help from all members of the vmware community. i have installed fedora17 on vmware 8.2 full version, running is vary well but i look a problem when i udate my fedora17 on vmware after...
View ArticleInsufficient disk space on datastore
Hi all, I am facing a strange problem when I resize a VMDK. When I trying to increase the size of VMDK of a runing VM, it got a error dialog Insufficient disk space on datastore "". I have checked the...
View ArticleNew !! Open unofficial storage performance thread
Hello everybody, the old thread seems to be sooooo looooong - therefore I decided (after a discussion with our moderator oreeh - thanks Oliver -) to start a new thread here. Oliver will make a few...
View Articlehow can we disconnect or logout the vcenter connection ?
friends, We are disconnecting with the below code try { if (isConnected) { vimPort.logout(serviceContent.getSessionManager()); } } catch...
View ArticleIs there a way to achieve conversion from Workstation to ESXi in bulk?
Hi Guys, Now i have a problem with how to achieve conversion from VMware Workstation to ESXi in bulk with automation?I want to write a Python script to get it, but i can't find a method in command...
View ArticleWill 5.5 beta sdk will be compatible with 5.1 web client ?
Hi there, We are exploring the options for vsphere web clinet plugin. We are using 5.1 sdk for our plugin currently. Now we keep hearing many new features coming with 5.5 Sdk. So we plan to switch to...
View ArticleNot able to clone from PowerCLI
Hi All , I have a Vcenter Setup and having one ESXi host . When i am trying to clone a VM residing in the ESXi via Powercli , its giving error not able to find storage datastore1 . Below is the command...
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