Software required to get the report of unused VMs
Almost 300 plus VMs are running in my organization. Now, i need to identify those VMs which are not in use last one month so that I can approach the concern resources against their VMs and get...
View ArticleOne-to-Many VM Replication solution
Hi All, Wondering if someone could recommend a good One-to-Many VM replication solution. I want to take one or more master VMs from a single site and push them out to multiple sites. There are plenty...
View ArticleFree Esxi Keys
My last company we had several hosts with free versions of ESx, they were very limited and when the time came and we had money we bought VmWare. I am at a new company and we are in a similar situation....
View ArticlevSphere Web Client (ESXi 5.1 Update1a)
Hi, I've just installed vCenter 5.1 Update1a into my test environment and have also installed the vSphere Web Client. Part of the vSphere Web Client installation requires you to enter the...
View ArticleEsxi 5.1 Licensing?
If you get the free version and want to make it more official what is the next level up vmware essentials? If so how much is it?
View ArticleILO hung after boot menu
i am installing ESXi 5.1 through ILO port from HP Proliant DL385 G6server, after boot menu it is hung as in screen shot, please help me to install remotely
View ArticleHow to show USB device in host OS?
If I plug a USB flash drive to the physical server, how do I get this USB flash drive to show up in the host OS? I'm running two Windows Server 2012 servers guest OS. I need the USB flash drive to show...
View ArticlevDS and vSS VLAN difference
Hi!I have ESXi host 5.1, with 2 uplinks. One uplink for standard Switch, another for Distributed (I have other ESXi hosts there and vCenter 5.1 for all these hosts but it's another story)I have virtual...
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Snapshots reverting problem
Hello folks, I have setup 6 VM's on a ESXi 5.1 Host and I noticed there's something very strange with the snapshot behavior. Here's what my symptoms are: 1st) I install a clean Windows 7 client and...
View Articlename resolution failed from console
Hi guys, I've noticed a strange issue from the ESXi phisical console: if I want to test the management network in a fresh installation, I logon to the console, go to the "Test Management Network" and...
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No Device Drivers Found Esxi 5.1
I have configured a guest vm and pointed it to boot to a ISO so I can load window2008 r2 when I power on it brings up the os screen I hit install now it then tells me No device dirvers were found....
View ArticleData Centre Design docs
Hi, Is there any data centre design doc with connectivity diagram available at vmware site for customers (solution details with techncial design ) those who working on a new vmware design for referance...
View ArticleNew Server, 1x 1TB, raid0, 2x Logical Drives
Team,I am building a net-new system. I have a server with 1x 1TB drive installed. I would like to split the drive into 2 logical drives under the systems ACU setup (array configuration utility)......
View ArticleManually adding ESX server to vSphere
I installed SSO and the Web Client on a Windows Server in a test domain. This seemed to go fine but I found that it hadn't picked up a couple of domains or the ESX server in one of them. I added a DC...
View ArticleCan I disable autofit?
Can I disable the display autofit option? I just want the guest to maintain the resolution setup in the console vs the automatic resolution in full screen mode. Thanks
View Articlevm nic device status disconnected
I have a 2008r2 vm with vmxnet3 adapter that is set to connect on power on. but when it powers on the nic connected checkbox is not checked. Then I go in there and check it. but then it becomes...
View Articleiscsi port binding with lacp or link aggregate compatible
hi all, is it not possible to have link aggregate with iscsi port binding on esx5.0 and esx5.1? i tried doing standard and dvswitch link aggregate and it won't show in the compatible port bindings...
View ArticleWindows 2008r2 cant keep time?
Installed 2008r2 as a guest server did all the updates and installed vmware tools everytime I reboot it looses time is there something I need to set to make this work??
View ArticleIdentify storage controller runtime name to VMK port
Hi, We have a situation where we need to use fixed paths for our iSCSI storage. We are using the software initiator. The reason is we have HP P4000 VSA's running as virtual machines. We are also using...
View Articlenew Cluster Hardware too fast for W2K8/W2K12 VMs / boot erros / netlogon
Hi, we after fighting for a couple of days with netlogon/group policy/ntp/snmp errors during W2K8 boot in out new 5.1 U1 cluster. The service try to communicate but the W2K8 network is not ready....
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