Re: VM can only communicate with VMs on same hosts
Have you checked the VLAN ID on the virtual machine port groups?
View Articlewindows 2008 r2 sp1 guest VM -- safe to add/remove vCPU??
We are running ESXi 5.0 U2. Is it safe on a Windows 2008 R2 SP1 guest to add and remove vCPU?? The current VM has 1 vCPU and we want to consider adding 1 additional vCPU during payroll weeks when it...
View ArticleMulti-Cell NTP Sync
Has anyone run into the issue where their cells will fail out of sync over time? I noticed this morning that I couldn't connect to the VMRC console and figured I would check NTP on the cells since...
View ArticleRe: Office 2010 Activation - VMware View 5.2 Different Hardware
Yeah - that's basically what I've determined after further research. It's unfortunate because I really don't have time for that - but I guess I gotta bite the bullet. Thanks for your response!
View ArticleRe: Please vote for feature request: Add sudo to ESXi
+1 from here, it makes so much sense with all the pressure on compliance and security within a company allowing this would allow a better accountability for action done.
View ArticleRe: vSphere 4.1 (ESX) to 5.1 (ESXi) using New Hardware
AakashJ, Thanks for the input but I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "Donot remove ESXi 4.1 from inventory of vCenter 4.1 since that would mean you cannot add the ESXi back as the VMs are...
View ArticleRe: windows 2008 r2 sp1 guest VM -- safe to add/remove vCPU??
As far as I know, you can hot add CPUs to Windows 2008 Server R2 but you cannot hot remove them. In powershell (PowerCLI) use Get-VM vmname | Set-VM -NumCPU 2replace vmname with the name of the VM you...
View ArticleAlerts for NFS?
Is anyone aware of native alerting capabilities for NFS? I don't see any NFS (VC 5.0) alerts within the list of alerts native to VC, but not sure if there is a way to modify/augment the standard...
View ArticleRe: windows 2008 r2 sp1 guest VM -- safe to add/remove vCPU??
If you have "hot add/remove license" (vCentre) you can add/remove vCPU and vRAM.
View ArticleRe: windows 2008 r2 sp1 guest VM -- safe to add/remove vCPU??
Should have mentioned that you need to enable hot add of CPU in the VM settings, edit the settings of the VM you want to enable hot add of CPUs on, select the Options tab and select the options under...
View ArticleError when downloading VMX files from Datastore Browser
Hi Hope someone can help with a problem that we have been experiencing. We have recently started supporting a company that has VMware cluster with two physical nodes managed by a vCenter server....
View ArticleRe: VAAI - Extended Statistics for NAS
I see these when performing a capture with ESXTOP, but I don't think they are exposed in the vSphere client. You may want to increase the vSphere stats collection to the maximum and see if they are...
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Re: Binding with VMKernel network Adapter with the iSCSI Adapter
Have just had to do this and after a lot of digging and coming across your 0 reply post! Firstly I automated the set up a vSwitch with vmkernel portgroups each with single bound physical adapter.Then...
View ArticleRe: windows 2008 r2 sp1 guest VM -- safe to add/remove vCPU??
Hey Tom, You can definitely add/remove vCPUs from your 2008 R2 VM. It sounds like you want to script it and do that hot though, and while that's possible to configure and do unless you're running...
View ArticleCan not login to Orchestrator
ESXi 5.1.0, 1117900vCenter Server 5.1.0, 1123961Standard Finally, vCenter Server and Web Client are working well and I am getting comfortable using it. I now want to get Orchestrator setup and I am...
View ArticleRe: unable to share files betw host & guest in Wsta 9.0.2 wth guest Ubuntu 13.04
Yes you need to uninstall VMware Tools to install Open VMware Tools however I would not do as suggested by JSen for the following reasons. Using Open VMware Tools in this case while it would allow the...
View ArticleInitiate Orchestrator workflow via REST/Post with JSON body
I am trying to initiate a custom workflow in Orchestrator by issuing a POST from a client (in this case Fiddler) with the parameters in JSON format in the body.So far i have been unable to get anything...
View ArticleRe: windows 2008 r2 sp1 guest VM -- safe to add/remove vCPU??
cjscol wrote: As far as I know, you can hot add CPUs to Windows 2008 Server R2 but you cannot hot remove them. In powershell (PowerCLI) use Get-VM vmname | Set-VM -NumCPU 2replace vmname with the name...
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Re: Alerts not auto clearing
Version 5.7 build 1073531 Also, all thresholds are default right now. Below is an example of an active alert that should have cleared. There's 198gb free right now, not at the 100% the alarm is...
View ArticleAdmin@system-domain can't log in to Vcenter server
I installed SSO on the Virtual Center server in our DR environment and then upgraded the Web Client. When I log in to the Web Client as Admin@system-domain I see the following error message displayed:...
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