Re: Mac mini auto restart on power failure...... easy but not on ESXi 5.x
Hi I am very pleased to confirm that the workaround offered by twuhabro does the trick and the start on power failure flag doesnt need to be reset every time. Just set it once via USB/SD Card with OS-X...
View Articlevmotion procedure issue
Hi Would like to know below procedure is correct or not when enable the vMotion in vCenter i have two esxi Server, they are esxi A & esxi B, they have their own storage, its not sharing...
View ArticleRe: can vco clone individual vmdk?
Hi, there is a method called copyVirtualDisk_Task. You will find some information about here:http://communities.vmware.com/message/1015081 I copyed it and wrote an untested vco script: var...
View ArticleRe: Powershell script to see paths
Got something related from Luc script at http://communities.vmware.com/message/1766761 but what i want is:Number of paths from the givern vmhbaDead path and/or missing path with the details. Any...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 4.1 vmotion configuration
Thanks!You're clear, and actual configuration is made as you said. As you can see from FigureA (attached), there're 4 HBAs under storage adapters. But only 2 of them are used to map LUNS, in this...
View ArticleHA
If I have 20 VM’s on a server and with same restart priority is set. Now if server is failed which vm will be restarted first?
View ArticleRe: Re-indexing the vCenter DB
vCenter logging is set to : Logging Information(Normal Logging) - has been set default. I found in the article http://communities.vmware.com/message/2071218 , it seems that if we set the value to 60...
View ArticleVM Startup/Shutdown Settings using Web Client 5.1
Hi, I am trying to configure automatic VM startup with ESXi host startup. In Web Client, i selected the host then Manage>Settings>VM Startup/Shutodown. In the VM Administration guide it's stated...
View ArticleRe: ESXI install partiton
this is not the case, i know that it is possible to install the host on the same physical lun with storage but the vmware document say that i should use dedicated storage for the esxi host to get...
View ArticleWifi for guest only
Hi, on vmwareplayer the host is win7 with both wifi and lan, the guest is windows xp professional. I want the guest and host to be on different networks, the host connected to my lan and the guest...
View ArticleRe: HA
I have in mind that up to 32VMs per host will be restarted at the same time if they have the same restart priority. This is mentioned in the Clustering Deepdive book .
View ArticleRe: SRM install at two sites - SSO headaches!
Hi, I do not like SSO. It unnecessarily complicates things which were simple before. To me its an answer to a problem that doesn't exist. We are planning similar. The main headache was to ensure that...
View ArticleRe: HA
Ranjna Aggarwal wrote: If I have 20 VM’s on a server and with same restart priority is set. Now if server is failed which vm will be restarted first? All 20 at the same time.
View ArticleUnable to run sample scripts in Linux using vSphere WebServices SDK
Hi, I have started with the installation of VMWare SDK on Linux (Ubuntu-12.04) and installed the VMware vSphere Web Services SDK from http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/developer/downloads. I...
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Re: SRM install at two sites - SSO headaches!
Yeah, it's probably great if you're running a cloud, but for a standard enterprise virtual infrastructure it is a complete waste of time. I fail to see why they can't cluster it without the need for...
View ArticleRe: CreateVM_Task fails if harddisks are connected to Scsi Ctrls
Totally weird. Following is the XML snippet from the config file <vw1:device xsi:type="vw1:VirtualBusLogicController"> <vw1:key>1000</vw1:key> <vw1:deviceInfo...
View ArticleRe: Phantom Warning on vSphere 5 cluster
Thanks for the input Andy, yeah tried that I'm going with the bug idea. I've had quite a few people look over this and all are stumped bummer >:-(
View ArticleIs there a difference between VSphere Management API 5.0.0 and 5.1?
Hi, I have coded against the VMware-vSphere-SDK-5.0.0-429209 API version, but now have a production environment telling me to be an ESXi 5.0.0 804277 (vCenter Server). Can I access the ESXi Version...
View ArticleRipping live ESXi hosts and VM's out from 4.1 and dropping into new vCenter...
Hi, Can I please run the following past people here to get opinions on how you think it may turn out.. Basically, I'm planning a vCenter 5.1 upgrade from a vCenter 4.1 installation, but I'm not wanting...
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