ESXI5 on MAC BOOK PRO EARLY 2011
I was trying to Install ESXi 5.1 on 2011 Mac book Pro. I got it installed properly. But i am having issues with DHCP lookup failed. Can you please help me how to resolve it. Have you tried to...
View ArticleVM Ping/ARP issue
We are having a problem with some of our virtual machines intermittently losing communication with each other, and I’m at a loss as to the source. We have about 250 VM’s running on about 20 HP BL465C...
View ArticleMysterious Backup
I've been tasked with taking over a VM environment from another consulting group. This is a small company with no purchased backup solution. In the vSphere Client, when looking at a specific host,...
View Articleconverter error "Host key can't be retrieved.
Hi all, I'm having an issue using the standalone converter to p2v a linux (CentOS) box. It gets to 1% then fails with the following error: FAILED: A general system error occurred:Network error. Host...
View ArticleVCenter 5.1 update 1 upgrade fails with "insert disk 1", now vcenter won't...
I’m having a problem with updating VCenter 5.1 to 5.1 update 1. I downloaded the ISO then mounted it on the VCenter server at our D/R site (it’s not gone “live” yet, so it makes a good test). I opened...
View ArticlePrograms installed from CDs do not work in an app layer
I have a department which uses 11 programs particular to that department. They programs are all installed from CDs. On a VM that I was going to use for an app layer, I performed the pre-scan, installed...
View ArticleCreate Hardware Report
Hi,I tried to create a hardware report from all the known clients in Mirage.I've checked all the tables in the database and found the Tabel "conitainer" as the core object for the Client.But where are...
View ArticleVCM Download Service
Just wondering if there is a way to create a VCM download service similar to how VUM UMDS works?Working on an architecture for a client where VCM does not have internet access directly. Is it possible...
View ArticleCache Size on Mirage Server
Hi,on the Mirage Server we've defined a drive D: with 100GB for Caching. The dirve is filled up to 99%. What is the prefered size for the Cache dir? Allocates mirage at every time the full disk...
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VCAP-DCA Experience
Hi All Sat my VCAP-DCA5 in Leeds, UK yesterday Big shout out to http://www.valcolabs.com/vcap5-dca/http://thefoglite.com/vcap-dca5-objective/Trainsignal DVD'svBrownBags Also, biggest resource for me...
View Articletook vcap5-dca exam today and had lab performace issues
For the most part the exam ran ok. I was very unimpressed with the performance of the lab environment. I can say that I had to skip two questions that I knew because the keyboard and mouse input would...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 and Windows XP compatability
Hello all, I recently introduced an ESXi host into a customers environment and moved those physical servers on to it. One of these servers was a file server. I created a new VM running 2008 R2 and...
View ArticlePreparing for VCP 510 Exam - self study guide?
I've been preparing to take the VCP 510 exam. Took a VCIS training for Global Knowledge, but both instructor and Lab work has been a complete disaster. With no prior experience with VMware exams I'm...
View ArticleRunning VMs from newer ESXi hosts on older ESXi hosts ?
Folks,Just wondering what is the situation with running VMs created on new versions of ESXi on older hosts.Example - If I have a host running 5.1 and running software to replicate to a box running 4.1,...
View ArticleVDP failing on Server 2012 w/ MS's dedupe
I just started trying to use VDP and the first server I added is my user data server which is a Server 2012 with Microsofts Dedupe. VDP isn't having any of it. Does this mean I'm going to have to go...
View ArticleChild VMs time zone changed automatically with local machine time zone
Hi Team,we have configured CST time zone on Parent VMs & but on child VMs/Guest VMs time zone automatically changed to Local machine timin i.e IST. Please let us know,we want to configured the CST...
View ArticleIf my External Network VLAN, does my VCNI pool have to have that VLAN specified?
External Network runs on a portgroup with VLAN ID= X. If I use a VCNI Pool to create internal networks that will go out through that network, even if through an edge gateway, do they have to specify...
View ArticleOSP tools on RHEL6 / CentOS 6 update breakage
Hi, I suspect this is a yum bug, introduced in RHEL6. This works fine on RHEL5 btw.Have installed vmware tools and all kmods 9.0.1 from here:Index of /45848/tools/esx Update is from 5.1p01/ to 5.1u1/...
View ArticleClient WAN latency
Does anyone know what the acceptable WAN latency should be at the client site? I found documentation on vCD 1.5 at 20ms but I'm not sure that is still the case with 5.1(can't find it) For example the...
View ArticleSNMP
Is it possible to monitor a vshield edge appliance with snmp? Traffic on the NIC's. So we can include it in our monitoring software.
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