Re: How to automate ESX and ESXi installations
Hi,Sure, you can look to use the scripted install feature http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2004582
View ArticleRe: Bootmgr is missing on Windows 2008 server
Hi,Take a look at http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/0e6a7b6a-70de-41af-b2c8-5f8f3c86cef7/ - there is a number of different solutions to hand with that type of...
View ArticleRe: can't connect to vCloud Director VA 5.1 admin portal
Hi,Take a look at http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/09/cant-connect-to-the-vcloud-director-5-1-virtual-appliance-try-this.htmland see it that helps
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.1 SSO and failure to successfully authenticate users
Thanks Schaedle and other posters. My preference is to have an official fix for this problem. I don't really want to start messing around with access controls unless I really have to. @Schaedle can you...
View ArticleRe: Nested ESXi Hosts and iSCSI POC
Hi There Can your main host see the iscsi network and connect to your nas? It should just be a case of creating a VM portgroup on that same vswitch, with appropriate vlan settings if needed, then...
View ArticleRe: How to automate ESX and ESXi installations
Hi, Have a look at the following links about using kickstart scripts. Should be a good starting point......
View ArticleRe: Provisioning vcpu's question
Hi,From doing the maths there your looking at 12 x 24(logical processors = vCpu's essentially) = 288 so if you have 225 vm's at present (with 1 vCPU each) that leaves you with 63 logical...
View ArticleHow do I export my self signed certificate from keystore?
Hi,I've created a pair of self-signed certificates using the keytool provided with vCloud Director and I now need to export these for use with an F5 load balancer. Can anyone provide a command to me...
View ArticleRe: Increased RAM doesnot reftect inGuest OS
Hey Thanks.. I was able to see the total RAM after installing kernel-pae package and by changing the default kernel to kernel-pae in grub.conf
View ArticleRe: Black screen at windows 7 startup
I have followed your suggestions, but the problem persists. I reported the virtual machine to a snapshot that worked. I scheduled a reboot every 15 minutes for several days and everything was fine. I...
View ArticleRe: vCD 1.5 and Console Proxy
I'm seeing what your seeing, that the vmrc plugin will not open a connection to the console proxy IP from the internet. I'm a bit concerned about this as every external machine I've tested has failed,...
View ArticleRe: VMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
Well that was nice success while it lasted, plans scuppered by the removal of USB passthrough in 5.1 Could revert back to 5.0 I guess but then I cannot use vSphere Client in Windows 8.
View ArticleBlock Win 7 from the Internet while allowing a Linux VM to use the net
Hi, is this possible ? I have tried the reverse, LinuxMint boot, then a Win7 VM, which works fine blocking the internet from the Win VM form the Internet, but Windows runs a bit slow for my Image...
View ArticleHaving issues with VDP & HP Data Protector Backups
Hello I recently upgraded one of our vSphere environments to vSphere 5.1. Everything worked fine until I noticed that my VDR wasn't working. So I found its successor VDP and installed it. After a few...
View ArticleRe: Host disconnesso inaspettatamente: suggerimenti per le indagini...
siccome il problema, sia pure molto saltuariamente, si ripeteva ho chiesto aiuto al supporto che, analizzando il bundle diagnostico, mi ha spiegato che si tratta di un problema di picchi di latenza su...
View ArticleRe: Hardware Optimization for my VMWARE
Haha! Actually, I have a remote desktop set up inside in the Virtual Machine so I can access it from work But yes; no debating that point. Your assumptions are on the spot, though I have allocated...
View ArticleRe: VM uptime?
Hi Luc function Get-VMUptime {<# .SYNOPSIS Calculate the VM uptime percentage .DESCRIPTION The function will calculate the uptime percentage for a VM for a given period of time .NOTES Author:...
View ArticleRe: Why Windows 2003 Server cannot see all 4 cpu's??
Thank you all,Finally we restarted the server and it worked!Now we can use and see the 4 cpu's / cores.
View ArticleRe: VM uptime?
Sorry i found How $yearStart = Get-Date -Day 1 -Month 12 -Year 2012 -Hour 0 -Minute 0 -Second 0$months = 11$vms = Get-VM VM*&{0..($months-1) | %{ $start = $yearStart.AddMonths($_) $finish =...
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