Re: Migrating Data Centers (MSCS VMs with RDMs) - How to?
You can't use vRDMs for clustered systems - they don't pass through the correct SCSI commands, and the clusters won't come up with them as vRDMs. There will be some downtime involved in this. You will...
View ArticleRe: Esxi5.0 to 5.1 Upgrade (Failed!)
So is this a fix that needs to be applied after 5.1 Yes, you need to apply this fix after upgrading to 5.1 and before vmotioning the VMs...
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vSphere fails to connect to ESXi 5 Server
I have started getting this message for the past week: Call "ViewManager.CreateListView" for object "ViewManager" on ESXi "[VMware server IP]" failed. Can anyone point me to a log where we can diagnose...
View ArticleRe: vSphere fails to connect to ESXi 5 Server
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2004201 has the location of the ESXi 5 log files. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003490 has the instructions to restart the management agents - sounds like that might need to happen.
View ArticleRe: Thin Provision Security Issues
The 'faked zero' functionality is what protects against this, and, as far as I know, has been true ever since ESX support thin VMDKs.
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.x on new Apple Mac Mini 6,2 Late 2012 *NOT* working
Has anyone tried to connect Thunderbolt storage in RAID to the Mac Mini running ESXi 5.x? If so, can ESXi see it as one volume? Also, has anyone tried to configure Thunderbolt pass through to an OS X...
View ArticleRe: RHEL 6 and VMware Tools
Figured it out. Install gcc, kernel-headers, kernel-devel and then re-install vmware tools. After a reboot everything came up fine.
View ArticleRe: ghettoVCB does not work in ESXi 5.1
I just tested it on my 5.1 Hypervisor (free), works without any problem. Try starting with "-d debug" for more info...
View ArticleRe: RHEL 6 and VMware Tools
I wrote a post on this topic (well, specifically for fedora, but same process if you've got yum): http://theeagerzero.blogspot.com/2013/01/installing-vmtools-on-fedora-17.html. mike
View ArticleVMWare VSphere ESXi latest version announcement
Good afternoon, please forgive my lack of knowledge as I am not a VMWare expert. I am seeking information about the latest announced server Operating System for VMWare VSphere ESXi. I realize that the...
View ArticleRe: VMWare VSphere ESXi latest version announcement
Not yet. vSphere 5.1 is the latest release but it has had patches released (a and b). VMware will announce information when they decide it is time for it so there is at the moment nothing known to the...
View ArticleRe: VMWare VSphere ESXi latest version announcement
Hello and welcome to the communities. vSphere 5.1 is the latest release, and was announced at VMworld US 2012. VMware won't officially announce the release dates or info on future versions, but it is a...
View ArticleReplication solution for linked clones
Currently most of my VMs deployed on an ESXi server is in the form of linked clones from several base VMs. Now for DR purposes I'm planning on replicating the VMs to another datastore. However, I have...
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Re: Phantom Warning on vSphere 5 cluster
I mentioned the summary tab in my first response. Glad you solved it!
View ArticleRe: VMWare VSphere ESXi latest version announcement
Thanks you for your replies. They were very helpful. Regards, Gil Lee
View ArticleRe: Esxi5.0 to 5.1 Upgrade (Failed!)
You can use any patch bundle for updating. So just use the latest one!
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Re: vSphere fails to connect to ESXi 5 Server
I had a problems connecting through shell (reset by peer) and vsphere (the same error message). I finally got on the server long enough to go on server maintenance mode and rebooted the server instead....
View ArticleRe: Replication solution for linked clones
Hi, As of now there is no option of replicating Vmware view linked clone desktop available. I would request you to reach out to VMware PSO ( Professional Service Organisation ) Team to get suggestion...
View ArticleRe: vSphere fails to connect to ESXi 5 Server
Start with /var/log/vmkernel.log and /var/log/hostd.log and look for the usual suspects:vmnic, TCP, connection, disconnect, etc It might be worth getting the network admin involved too to see if he/she...
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