Re: How do you create a "network" folder
Hi mattboren That was exactly what I was after. Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it. Cheers Ant
View ArticleRe: ESX / DATASTORE details in inventory list.
Hello, Anishkumarv- Several of those can be had via the normal properties returned from Get-VMHost, and the rest you can pretty much get with calculated properties. Like: Get-VMHost | Foreach-Object {...
View ArticleRe: How do you create a "network" folder
Hello, IMMIAnt- You can use the -Location parameter to New-Folder. To create a network folder in a given datacenter, do something like: ## new network folder in the given...
View ArticleRe: Best way to move VM from an old Blade environment to a NEW one
Donwtime will be required since they are different hardware and vMotion cannot be done.4.1 VMs will work fine on ESXi 5.1
View ArticleRe: Clone Windows VM - avoid saving clear text for domain password
Simply call that workflow from another workflow that uses SecureString. You can bind SecureString to String - you'll get validation warning, but not error so the workflow will run just fine. This is...
View ArticleRe: How to install license?
Refer this kb article as well. There is a video for it. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1010839
View ArticleRe: Unable to specify directory for Virtual Machine
When you create a virtual machine, it creates a virtual machine directory by default inside the datastore. You need not go to the datastore and create one manually.
View ArticleRe: vSphere 4.1 (ESX) to 5.1 (ESXi) using New Hardware
Westmere is the current option since we dont have sandy Bridge on 4.1.Yes they wont allow to be migrated to a Sandy Bridge EVC cluster...Westmere should be used..You are correct :).. If its a new DB,...
View ArticleRe: Changing VMware infrastructure from 4.x to 5.x
Westmere is the current option since we dont have sandy Bridge on 4.1.Yes they wont allow to be migrated to a Sandy Bridge EVC cluster...Westmere should be used..You are correct :).. If its a new DB,...
View ArticleRe: Can't create folder on NFS datastore via vCenter, but can on local host?
I know this is an older post, but, I agree. We just experienced the same issue within ESXi 5.0 and took a little while to get solved. Is there any good explanation out that that can explain why vCenter...
View ArticleRe: "Running usbarbitrator start" and RDM's / MSCS
It all depends on ESXi version. Both had different fix. Check this blog by Cormac. http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2013/03/esxi-slow-boot-with-mscs.html Also its not that usbarbitrator takes long...
View ArticleRe: Unable to power on VM - Cannot allocate memory
After that prompting I checked the vmkwarning log and found the following: /var/log # tail vmkwarning.log2013-07-09T01:10:13.901Z cpu14:325385)WARNING: Heap: 2638: Heap vmfs3 already at its maximum...
View ArticleRe: Best way to move VM from an old Blade environment to a NEW one
Don't forget to turn on EVC in the newly built cluster before powering on VMs. The above method is the quickest, easiest and most efficient. Yes you will need downtime, that is unavoidable if you want...
View ArticleRe: Best way to move VM from an old Blade environment to a NEW one
Downtime won't necessarily be required for the VMs if he uses a compatible EVC mode on his HP blades. How old are the IBM blades? are they intel processors? We just did this in our environment, going...
View ArticleRe: ESX5i Essentials on HP DL380G7 damn slow
Mate, Long cpu waits time indicate:- enabled power managemwnt of cpu/server in bios and in esxi- some updates to server needed (hp maintenance cd) for whole server and p410 also recommend:- for safety...
View ArticleVirtual Machines unreachable after Esxi 5 is boot up
Hi All, i am having a problem with the virtual machines on our esxi 5 being unreachable by ping or any other form of network access.but i can access esxi 5 using ssh/vsphere client and can ping the...
View ArticleRe: My warning regarding "share" in installation
I don't care how it is supposed to work. I know what happened to me.The links to the how-to videos were useful. Those should somehow be in front of peopleat the very beginning for people when...
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Configure delay on ESXi bootloader
Hi folks, I need to configure a delay of around 3 minutes on my ESXi 5 bootloader. It is installed on a pen drive and I have no idea of how to edit it's grub (or whatever does it use as a bootloader)...
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