Providing SCSI processor type device to VM's
I bought a FC device which exposes a SCSI process to the clients. I connected that FC device to ESX. On the HBA, I can see that share is coming as a "SCSI processor". But there is no way to provide...
View ArticleNvidia Quadro
I assume that many of you with exictement have read through all news in vSphere 5.1 What cought my eye in View point of view was this: "Improved 3D Graphics Support– (View Only) – hardware...
View ArticleCan LACP be setup immediately after ESXi install for Management Access?
I have a chassis situation where every node has dual 10Gb. The pair of chassis network switches are a vLAG pair and the pair of internal ports for each node are set to dynamic LACP. So when any host...
View ArticleQuerying the vCenter Database....
This might be a little out of the box but, does anyone know how to query the vCenter DB and return the "Attributes" from within the "Annotations"?There were custom fields added in the annotations but...
View ArticleCurious svmotion result
I am in the process of migrating a bunch of VMs off old VMFS3 luns onto newly provisioned VMFS5 luns - we have about 500 to do and so far every one of the 100+ we've done has been fine. Last night I...
View ArticleUse All Displays In Full Screen will only clone, not extend
I upgraded to the July Tech Preview when prompted last week. Prior to the update, I had dual screen working in two different Windows 7 VMs. Since the update, setting View, Use All Displays In Full...
View ArticleAD Plugin for VMWare Orchestrator
Hi All,Long Time Trawler, first time poster. I am working on self service provisioning workflows for my company. I am trying to use the AD Plugin to Let me Delete a Computer Account From AD. I have...
View ArticleMixed host in same VC
Hi, I have ESXi 4 and 5 is managed by vCenter 5 , It there any issues on the functionality ? Possible to use all the features are available in vSphere 5 ? Thanks
View Articledoes not detect windows 8.1 for easy install
I am sure you already have realized this.Vmware Workstation version 1140354 does not detect windows 8.1 x86 tech preview iso for easy install.
View ArticleDesktops keeping name and ip address
Didn't know were to place this question, but figured it has something to do with the network.I Have a request for a pool to be floating and the program they use will need to keep the same desktop name...
View ArticleHow to install windows 8 on esxi 4.1 ?
Hi I would like to install windows 8 on my current esxi 4.1 environment, of course without success. I receive the error about thatHAL_Initialization_Failed I've found serveral forums that only...
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unable to connect to esxi using vsphere client
Hello Friends, I am in need of a little help.have 2 esxi 5.0 host and a vcenter as VM.My lab was working good since days, but all of a sudden not sure why I am not able to connect to ESXi Hosts using...
View ArticleSAN Information Needed
Hey everyone, I need help outputting the following information in a csv. Hostname,Datastore NameLUN/Canonical NamePath State (Active/Dead)
View ArticleESXi 5 - HP Smart Array Alert
I have ESXi 5 running on an HP DL380 G7 server. What does the HP Smart Array Alert mean? Does it mean firmware upgrade? How does the server know that there is a newer firmware available? I didn't have...
View ArticleConfiguring iSCSI storage with 4MB block size.
Hi friendsI have a requirement of changing the iSCSI storage to 4 MB block size. I searched all over the ESXi5.1 for the block size changing. but i found nowhere. the default is 1MB block size i...
View Articlestorage capacity reports issue
Hello, In our environment we intentionally leave 20% free space on all datastores to prevent any issues. All the VM’s are thick provisioned, but this 20% intentional overhead is causing our ‘time...
View ArticleWhere to add Win Server 2012 Datacenter Key in VMware
Hi All, We have 1 ESXi 5 server with 2 CPU's, we have purchased Windows Server 2012 data center edition 2CPU license. As per the page no 7 of below article in you can use Windows Server 2012 data...
View ArticleGUI crashed after resuming macbook from sleep
Hi, After I got back to my macbook and woke up the machine, the Fusion GUI application crashed on me and wanted to send a problem report to Apple.(See attached)At the time I had 4 virtual machines...
View Articlestandalone ESXi 5.x host and update manager.
It is understood that update manager, operating as a VM, cannot be used to patch a standalone host - must shut down the update manager VM and enter maintenance mode, and then update manager is no...
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