UDP Tunnel networking
Hello, I am the project leader of GNS3, an open-source program that you can use to create virtual networks based on Dynamips, Qemu and VirtualBox. I don't know if this is the right place but I would...
View ArticleHow do I find the id of the vappTemplate given a vm object?
Hi, In VCD, I use a vappTemplate in order to create a VM. Now after creating the VM, I need to retrieve the id of the vappTemplate from which this VM was created in the first place. But looking at the...
View ArticleMove vCSA to new host using vMotion?
I am in the process of upgrading 2 ESX 4.0 hosts to ESXi 5.1. Both hosts are part of a cluster running under a vCenter Appliance that is on one of the hosts that needs to be upgraded. At this point I...
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 ArticleHA admission control - dedicated failover host and maintenance mode
I am in the process of building a new 5.1 U 1 3 hosts cluster, and due to the fact that I don't use resource pools or limits on the VMs , I have opted to use the admission control policy "use dedicated...
View ArticleFusion itself (not VM) is very slow on startup
My Windows VM boots (no boot camp), runs and shuts down very quickly, absolutely no complaints there. I'm working on a fast Macbook with 16GB of RAM and an SSD, so I guess this helps a lot. However,...
View ArticleIE 9 Minor Bug during Configuration Phase
When you click any of the Test Buttons it snaps you back to the 'Welcome to vCenter Log Insight' screenYou can Click Next back to where you were (without having to re-enter information)The same...
View ArticleCPU Stress Allocation - How is it determined?
So I have this host who's stress badge is 315. Now that is high if you ask me :-)It may have something to do with me experimenting with profiles but still I really see nothing that contributes to...
View ArticleGoing back to previous view
Hi, I'm implementing a global view. Navigation to this view is by a right click context action. Is there a way I can have a button in my view which can take the user to the previous view that they came...
View Articlescript that set up few nats at once
Hello, im tired to set up nats with vmware "virtual network editor" tool. I want to write windows script thatwill do it for me. I found information about C:\ProgramData\VMware\vmnetnat.conf file in...
View ArticleVM shows alert icon with no alarms triggered
I have been having phantom alarms lately. Virtual machines will show the red alert icon with no alarms triggered. I checked the VM, the host, the cluster, the folder, the datacenter, and vcenter but...
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vSphere shared storage
My home server recently crashed and my work put me through a week long vSphere class(and gave me the licenses and such to get familiar with ), so I'm putting it all together now. Of course I find...
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 ArticleESXi 5.1 Authentication Required
Hi All Strange issue here trying to log in the ESXi 5.1 host to change the IP address. It can preinstalled from Dell on our new server. I login via the DRAC no issue and launch the console no issue....
View ArticleDefault webpass username - vcloud usage meter 3.1
In short, I forgot the default webpass username... I know I can reset the password... I enabled LDAP integration and that's working fine...
View ArticleHBA Details Serial Numbers
Greetings, We have a complex VMware Environment with several vCenter Servers and around thousand ESXi Hosts. For validating physical mutli paths between the Storage and the Server, we would like to get...
View ArticleFlickering screen using Fusion 5.0.3 on latest 2013 (Haswell) MacBook Air
Hi all, I just got one of the new Haswell-based MacBook Airs and have installed the latest Fusion (5.0.3) on it to run Windows 8 (x86). It installed fine but now I get a large dark area flickering on...
View ArticleP2V of Centos Server fails with key can't be retrieved
Hi,I'm running Converter Standalone version 5.1.0 and am attempting to P2V a physical Centos 5.3 server to my vSphere 5.1 environment. When the conversion job kicks-off, the helper VM is created, it...
View ArticleESXi 4.0 - configuring storage - I've made a mistake
I've made a mistake; but I'm too much of a novice to understand where. Can I please get some direction? I've built a ESX4.0 box on some old hardware, it has quite large disks, the array ended up being...
View ArticlePort Forwarding From the ESXi host to VM?
So is this possible, and if it is how can I do it or does any version of vSphere allow this? I need to have a port forwarded to the Host ESXi server and from there forwarded to a VM. [Incoming...
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