Re: VMWare vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 5) Issue
i do not have RAID configured yet, my thing is, is it normal for ESXi 5.1 to detect the drive size that way, when I install any other OS say solaris, linux or windows they detect the correct size as...
View ArticleRe: Alerts for NFS?
fyi - testing this now: To workaround the problem in 5.0 you can do the following:- Connect to vCenter using VI Client- Select vCenter on the left hand panel (the root of the inventory tree)- Open...
View ArticleRe: what is the Default Alert Notification Interval TimeFrame for Vcops 5.7 ?
by default, vc_ops gets data from vCenter every 5 minutes.Which means, it will take anywhere between 0 and 5 minutes for the vc_ops to understand that there's a behavioral change in any of the objects...
View ArticleRe: .vmware_ha folder on non-heartbeat datastores
Thank you, I was contacted by support for the SR referenced above and they recommended VC 5.1U1 also. I have successfully retested with 5.1U1a Performed ~ 40 iterations of unmount inactive datastore...
View ArticleESXi 5.1.0 SSH password prompt delay
I"ve noticed that when I ssh to my ESXi host (standalone host), it takes about 30 seconds for the "Password" prompt to appear. Is it possible to fix this? Thanks!
View ArticleRe: VMs not displayed in the VMware Infrastructure Web Access
Try IE 8, or restart MS services maybe helps. Have some log error in vmware log or MS event logs??Cheers,Denis
View ArticleRe: windows 2008 r2 sp1 guest VM -- safe to add/remove vCPU??
I've never used Orchestrator but if you really wanted to remove the extra CPU you could use the following PowerCLI script Connect-VIServer <vscenter-server-name>Stop-VM -VM <vmname>...
View ArticleDefault runtime lease
Hi I am just comparing this with Lab Manager, in lab manager we can change configuration lease for a user more than that what is set as default deployment lease for the organization. I was trying to...
View ArticleRe: Initiate Orchestrator workflow via REST/Post with JSON body
I'm not sure you are doing anything wrong... There were prior discussions on this error:CURL POST with vCO 5.1 REST API | VMware CommunitiesRe: JSON usage with vCO 5.1 REST API I'm also running 5.1.1...
View ArticleRe: NIC Teaming no vSwitch e na VM Network
Acho que não dá para usar NIC Teaming na interface fdedicada ao storage, fiz uma simulação aqui no meu LAB e quando vc adiciona mais uma interface no vSwitch e configura o Teaming o Hypervisor perde a...
View ArticleRe: How to open plugin as a Popup through actions?
Hi Laurent,I'm trying to do just that - open a popup in response to my specific action - but a popup needs a parent.How do I get a hold of the current view to use as the parent? Thanks,Eitan
View ArticleRe: Alerts not auto clearing
I see, that is strange...but why is it showing only "?" and everything is gray... is this datastore still connected/available? What type of a datastore is ?
View ArticleRe: Admin@system-domain can't log in to Vcenter server
Hey pdrace, I'm assuming you can still login via the vSphere Client with that account. If so, check this out for the Web Client: VMware vSphere 5.1 I realize that's not a permanent solution, but it...
View ArticleRe: Initiate Orchestrator workflow via REST/Post with JSON body
Nope, unfortunately that didn't help.Nor would i expect it to actually as the accept header only deals with what the client (Fiddler in my case) will accept as a response from Orchestrator.
View ArticleRe: Use datastore cluster or RAID on a single host
Greetings. It's been a while. So I kept the ESXi install on my first drive. I used the "firmware" RAID to set the 2nd and 3rd drive in a RAID 1. I booted up ESXI and logged in from the vClient. It does...
View ArticleRe: Backup Network configuration
I am also looking for an answer to this question.I have 4 vlans configured.VLAN10 - Virtual Machine NetworkVLAN20 - VMKernel for StorageVLAN30 - VMKernel for VmotionVLAN40 - VMKernel for Management...
View ArticleRe: windows 2008 r2 sp1 guest VM -- safe to add/remove vCPU??
cjscol wrote: But as suggested you are probably best to just add the extra CPU to it and leave it like that, unless you only have 2 single core CPUs in your host or the CPUs are heavily used. A VM...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1.0 SSH password prompt delay
Found the solution. 1. SSH to the ESXi host. 2. vi /etc/ssh/sshd.config 3. Add the following string:useDNS no 4. Save and quit vi 5. SSH to the ESXi host again. No delay!
View ArticleVDP Appliance Network Placement
Currently my VDP appliance is in the Virtual Machine Network. Based on the VDP appliance architechture and the way it performs backups, what is the best/most efficent VLAN to place the appliance in?...
View ArticleRe: I'm seeing cpu freezes at random in most of my VMs ESX4.0.0
Is HT Enabled on your hosts too?
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