How do you collect vCenter Alarms?
Hi all: I need to collect vCenter alarms to determine if vCenter administrators have added necessary alarms. I've seen the powercli script that gets alarms and writes them to an output file. I'm...
View ArticleVery slow when opening the console for a guest on vSphere Client
I opend vSphere client and when I right click on the Guest Operating System and choose Open Console, it takes about 40 seconds for it to open up. Now if I just click on the guest and choose the tab for...
View ArticleRe: RecomposedVapp Task from api
you should post here: http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/developer/forums/vcloudapi This is the API specific forum for vCloud.
View Articleassign static ip pool through apis?
Hello, We are facing an issue with the static ip assignment from the network pool through api's..Although we are providing ip scope in the data we are still not able to get a static ip from the pool.....
View ArticleRe: Cannot create provider VDC
do you have any storage profiles created in vCenter at this time?
View ArticleRe: How to Migrate SQL Cluster from existing vSphere 4.x to vCD 5.x
RDMs are not supported. They are also not very 'cloud like' since they aren't easily movable. There is also no way to share a disk in vCloud Director, without cheating in an unsupported way. This...
View ArticleRecomposedVapp Task from api
When I create or delete from a Vapp. Task only says Recomposing Vapp. where do I get the link to the vm and if it was deleted or created? I do have blocking tasks.Recomposing VApp is a task at the...
View ArticleRe: RecomposedVapp Task from api
thanks moved: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/431708
View ArticleRe: Unable to run VM on 5.1
can your PC actually reach the public address defined for the Console Proxy? If you have access to the 'System vDC' make sure the public addresses are defined (Administration > Public Addresses)...
View ArticleRe: Drive - Predictive Failure, Snapshots won't delete, cannot clone
Shut down the VM, remove the virtual disk from the VM's settings (make note of the SCSI ID and do NOT select delete from disk) and save the settings. Then open the settings again and add an existing...
View ArticleRe: Error Logging Into Physical Workstation
Thanks for the reply. The agent has been reinstalled multiple times on the physical desktops in question. Their status shows as available from the View management console.
View ArticleRe: Very slow when opening the console for a guest on vSphere Client
Hello and welcome to the communities. If you are using version 5.1, then you might want to read through this discussion.
View ArticleRe: after upgrading to vcenter 5.1 evaluation mode expired
I have been bitten by this in the past too. The solution I used was to upgrade the key in the my.vmware.com portal as André indicated. As a result of that experience, for new deployments, I always...
View ArticleRe: after upgrading to vcenter 5.1 evaluation mode expired
Sorry, seems I somehow missed this in the documentation. I usually upgrade the license keys prior to doing the upgrade and enter them during the upgrade process, so I never actually faced this issue....
View ArticleRe: Connecting IBM DS3200 to ESX 3.5 (IBM x3650)
Glad to hear you have it working. Unfortunately I have not been able to get to work. I haven't spent much time on it lately due to the fact we might be getting some newish hand-me-downs for...
View ArticleRe: Orchestrator 3.2.1 license key and/or upgrade advice
Thanks Christophe I will give that process a whirl
View ArticleRe: Very slow when opening the console for a guest on vSphere Client
I just read the post and the one difference is that I am not using the "use Windows credentials" and it takes upwards of 40 seconds. But it is 5.1 we are using. I will look for this patch they...
View ArticleRe: Fusion 5.x.x - VM lose gateway randomly
You didn't mention which networking mode your VM is actually using. Also, is the VM using DHCP or a statically assigned address?
View ArticleRe: Driver for Intel X540-AT2 and Intel Corporation 4-Port SATA/SAS Controller
Markus, I am working with the same server model as you. It wasn't until I changed the "AHCI Capable SATA Controller" to "ENHANCED" that my drives on the onboard SAS/SATA controller became visible to...
View ArticleRe: Folder Redirection of My Documents using Persona Management
I've solved the issue after reading the documentation deeper. You have to point the redirected folder to a path AFTER the %USERNAME%. It cannot end with the variable. Once I used...
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