Re: SEVERE BUG: vSphere client 5.1.0 - captures entire host OS screen
Sounds like Ctrl+Alt is being recognized by Parallels to ungrab from your Windows Server 2008 VM, in which case you'd get the exact behavior you describe, and vSphere Client would never get the chance...
View ArticleRe: Anyone able to run a /bin/bash script on esxi5 ?
So I ended up mounting the firmware update DVD ( which takes about an hour) to do the update..
View ArticleRe: SEVERE BUG: vSphere client 5.1.0 - captures entire host OS screen
Thanks very much, Darius, that was indeed the issue - though with Parallels 8, that option is greyed out and you have to go even a step beyond to fix it: http://kb.parallels.com/en/114781
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Is there any partition for esxi ? during installation, it does not asks us about any of these details ? Thanks
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if it was esx... it will ask.. but in esxi it wont ask... if you do any kick start.. or scripted installation you can specify...but normally not needed and esxi is very inteligent.. to do efficient...
View ArticleRe: ESXi Management not working Cisco LAG
Before you do too much work on getting static link aggregation working, you might want to consider that VSA won't do a brownfield installation onto vSwitches with anything except NIC teaming with...
View ArticleAndroid Tablet Access
I currently run the free ESXi 5.0 at home, and thinking of buying the Nexus 10 Tablet.. What do I need to install on the tablet and/or the ESXi server that will let me 1) Access the vSphere client2)...
View ArticleRe: Management interface failes after changing IP of vmotion vmkernel port
thats right - i wanted but i didn't...the plan was to move the vmotion network to a seperate vlan. the first step was changing the ip-adress of the vmotion vmkernel port - not more (the vlan on the vm...
View ArticleRe: Setting up a virtual network
Sorry was being very dim. I hadn't authorised the DHCP server!! The vswitch is now operational but has no management network. Is this correct?
View ArticleRe: Setting up a virtual network
Hi,I've attached the networking diagram from the vSphere Client. The second network has no management network and I have no internet on the windows 7 vm. Is this something that I need to rectify? My...
View ArticleRe: Setting up a virtual network
The second network has no management network ...The Management Network is used to manage the ESXi host itself and has nothing to do with the Virtual Machine networks, so there's no need to setup a...
View ArticleRe: Management interface failes after changing IP of vmotion vmkernel port
I don't see a real issue with this setup and it should work just fine.Let's put this together:Physical Switch Port:This is a tagged port with VLAN 1 (native) and VLAN 10 allowed.vSwitch:Management...
View ArticleRe: ESXi partition
For an overview of which partitions are created by ESXi see e.g. The layout, sizes and purposes of the partitions of ESXi 5.0. André
View ArticleSnapshot is lost after export to OVF template
Hi guys I installed Guest OSes in some VMs on ESXi5 & took some snapshots & I exported them to OVF template & then Imported them in VMware workstation 8. Finally i found there is no...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.0 CLI Support
IIRC the ESXi 5.0 GA build had no restrictions. However, I think this was more of a bug than intention and was fixed with Update 1. André
View ArticleRe: Snapshot is lost after export to OVF template
VM based backup application as well as OVF exports use the latest state (snapshot) of the VM. The backup/OVF basically consolidates the snapshots.If you want to preserve the snapshots you'll need to...
View ArticleNeed Clarification before upgrade to ESXI 5
Hi allI am in process to upgrade ESXI 4 AND ESX4 TO ESXI 5.0But before starting just I have a few question.Environment 1ESX4.1 linked with EMC storage - HA enabled Environment 2ESXI4.1 Linked with...
View ArticleCanonical Name in Storage device Naming Convention
Who Assigns the Canonical Name in Storage device Naming Convention? Storage Vendor or ESXi?
View ArticleRe: Need Clarification before upgrade to ESXI 5
1-is there any issue if I upgrade while the disks are online or I should disable them.The upgrade should not harm the LUNs in any way, so there's no requirement to unpresent/unzone the storage for the...
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