Encryption Used in .vmdk
Anyone who is aware about the encryption method that is used to encrypt the data in flat.vmdk?
View ArticleWin 2012 VM
Is it possible to create a Win 2012 VM in ESXi 5.0 Update 2 I cannot see Win 2012 option in virtual machine creation wizard while selectin Guest Oerating System. I can see option of Windows Server 08...
View ArticleUpdating from ESXi 5.0 to 5.1
I apologize in advance if this scenario has been covered many times. I am upgrading a standalone 5.0 host to 5.1, except that the I will be installing 5.1 onto a different storage. Currently 5.0 is...
View ArticleServer 2012 VM hangs on "Applying Computer Settings" on reboot
Greetings,. I am relatively new to VMware but have successfully installed and used it for the last month or so. I am still learning. I have an HP Proliant ML350p Gen 8. I have only one VM on it a...
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Can't apply host profile without AD credentials
I'm getting this screen when I attempt to apply a host profile. Both the refererence host and the host I'm attempting to apply the host profile to have already been joined to AD. Why is it that it is...
View ArticleEsxi 5.1 - ivy bridge or other issue ?
Hi esxi users, I'm facing a problem since i've setting my esxi on a i7 3770 - 32 gb ram server my esxi host : 3 win 2012 vm 3 ubuntu 12.10 server vm pfsense as router...
View Articleweb access in ESXi
Hi every oneI am using ESXi5.1 and I need to activate web access service in my host. I found the documentation form VMware and installed vCLI on my own laptop. when I try to run the service in the vCLI...
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Looking for a best practices guide: complete cluster replacement
Hi, I've been tasked with commencing the complete replacement of our current ESXi 5.0 U2 hardware environment with a new cluster of servers running 5.1. Here are the basics: Currently HP Blade Server...
View ArticleESXi installation operation failed
Hi Guys, For a fresh installation of ESXi 5.1, The storage team has given a Boot LUN of 10GB from our EMC symmetrix Storage box. When i try installing the ESXi by selecting the 10GB LUN i get this...
View Articlevmotion on two esxi hosts (non-shared storage) with different hardware spec
Hi All i have two esxi servers with different hardware spec, just wonder can it do vmotion with these two esxi hosts ? i already have vmotion installed on other server, and added these two esxi...
View Articlevmotion issue
Hi I have a vcenter, both esxi server i have added them by host to vcenter, & then i have two esxi5.1 Server, they are esxi A & esxi B, they have their own storage, its not sharing the...
View ArticleEsxi 5.1 Server Certification without VGA port???
Hi Support Team, We have a blade ATCA-7370-0GB without VGA port. But we are able to install ESXi 5.1 on the board using PXEBoot (by doing some changes in kick start file) and also able to access the...
View ArticleGhost host web client 5.1
Hi all,I have a slight issue on my test 5.1 system.It's a clean 5.1 install, everything was working fine until I changed ssl certs over.I now have a ghost host in the web client that I can not remove?...
View ArticleSnapshots Change Log
My supervisor wants to move to Veeam for performing backups. I know I can do this for most VMs, but I'm concerned about some of them and can't find the necessary documentation to understand exactly...
View ArticleESXi Host Disconnected - /sbin/hostd crashed
Good morning,I was in the middle of powering up vAPPs this morning (through vCD) and some of my hosts decided to get disconnected from the vCenter. The power up tasks failed and the hosts stayed...
View ArticleRegister a host using cli
I have been deploy many esxi 5.1 using automated deploy (dhcp, tftp, ks script....). Works fine. Now, i want register the hosts in vcenter during deploy o just after, using cli o some other way....
View ArticleDRS does not work
Hi, I have configured a cluster with 4 vSphere 5 Enterprise hosts,with DRS and HA, but it seems that DRS does not kick in. There are many VMs on one host, so DRS should kick in and start...
View ArticleThin provisionig question
Hello,i tried to scp a vmk virtual disk outside esx, but there is somethink I don't undestand.I have my vmdk thin provisioned: # du mydisk.vmdk43.8G mydisk.vmdk# ls -lh mydisk.vmdk-rw------- 1 root...
View ArticleAutomatic virtual machine startup and shutdown option is disabled/greyed out
I upgraded to the latest vCenter and esxi5 update and now I cannot set automatic virtual machine startup and shutdown within the configuration in VC. The option is disabled and greyed out. I checked my...
View Articleupgrading w2k3 to w2k8 R2 domain controller
We are in the process of migrating our w2k3 ad domain controllers to 2k8 R2. They are currently physical. We would like to take the virtual route but was looking for the correct process or a step by...
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