ESXi 5.1 vMotion migration of VM with 2 vmdk: one on SAN storage and other...
Hi all: I've got a two hosts cluster which uses a shared SAN storage where my VM's file are stored. Hosts to storage link is a link aggregation of two 1Gbpspath, and so performing 2Gbps throughput. Now...
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I managed to find a way to do this sort of. The idea I'm using at the moment that "works" somewhat, just gotta do some additional manipulation since I get arrays and properties back for IP. I'd still...
View ArticleWhere to find Windows 7 Pro download or DVD that is not OEM?
Hi,can anyone help me? I do not own a PC and need to buy Windows for my new job to use with VMware Fusion 5.I have looked for hours online trying to find Windows 7 Professional that is either a...
View ArticleRe: V2P win 2008 r2 on ESXi5
Does this DC do anything other than DC work? seriously if you need another DC or even want a physical one just build a new machine with the desired OS on its and run DCPromo. the road to P2Ving,...
View ArticleStarting down the VCAP DCA road...
Well I've decided to go for the VCAP series of certs. I have both vcp 4 and 5 and have been working w/ VMware for last 5-6 years now. I have read Lowe's book Master Vsphere 5, setup my own lab at home...
View ArticleRe: Unexplainable disk space growth
That seems to have done the trick. Of course, I don't have space for that 60GB of temp files. Need to work something out and then I'll verify everything works fine without those files and how big the...
View ArticleRe: expanding datastore
might be 3par specific issue in my case,but I recall similar reservations issues when a lun is presented to a hostset
View ArticleBenchmark Testing
Greetings, We use VMWare (ESXi 4.1 and VSphere 5.1) to run automated tests and we are wondering if there are tools to manage VMs performances in order to benchmark our system. If our typical setup is...
View ArticleRe: change ip address of all vms
I'm afraid you are mixing two things here.Use the GuestUser and GuestPassword parametersUse the GuestCRedential parameterThe GuestCRedential parameter can be easily obtained like this $cred =...
View ArticleReplacing Existing Host with New Host/Hardware
We are in the process of replacing our older ESXi 5.0 hosts that unable to be upgraded to ESXi 5.1 with new hardware that will support ESXi 5.1 and beyond. The existing hosts are members of a vCenter...
View Articlebackups halted after adding datastore
Has anyone observed any issues when adding an additional datastore to an older host to share the data that used to be just one one datastore? I'm wondering if the differences in the two datastores has...
View ArticleRe: Where to find Windows 7 Pro download or DVD that is not OEM?
you should be able to get this directly off Microsoft's site: Windows 7 32bitWindows 7 64bit This link is to the official MS download site.
View ArticleRe: Replacing Existing Host with New Host/Hardware
that will work, from what I am reading you have two 5.0 hosts that you wish to replace with two shiny new 5.1 hosts, with the same host names and IP addresses for management and iSCSI connections etc....
View ArticleRe: Blank Icons/Explorer.exe locks randomly in View
Are you redirecting the desktop folder? Geoff
View ArticleRe: How to install windows 8 on esxi 4.1 ?
Thank you jmattson. This worked like a charm!
View ArticleRe: Replacing Existing Host with New Host/Hardware
looks good - I am sure you know that the new hosts have to have access to the existing storage luns (since you are using iSCSI) in order to vmotion guests to them. Other than that, pretty...
View ArticleRe: New e.x.p. build 1245816 breaks multi-monitor support
Another full reboot of host and client and I can put the client on 3 displays. Not sure if the tools repair did the trick, the most recent reboot, or a combination thereof.
View ArticleRe: Replacing Existing Host with New Host/Hardware
Yes, we have considered that and forgot to include in the post. We will be updating the target security information for the LUNs to reflect the host changes once the hostname and IP changes are made....
View ArticleShrink a windows server 2008 file system
Hi All Please can you advise on the best method to shrink a windows server 2008 disk partition . I have 100 gigs that I would like to reclaim from this server and add it back to my datastore.I have the...
View ArticleRe: Unable to access file since it is locked
Hi there, Here is the answer for you. http://vmfszone.blogspot.com/2013/08/unable-to-access-file-since-it-is-locked.html
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