Get HBA hardware details
Hi, Need to get the storage adaptert hardware details like firmware version, driver version etc using shell script. Anyone please help me ? Regards,Rajesh
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After upgrading View 3 to View 4 as well as upgrading to vSphere, the existing linked clone desktop pools seem to function fine, but I am unable to enable 'use vSphere mode' on the existing desktop...
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Those relative cpu/memory "share" values get utilized by the physical host layer, right? and not the Resource Pool layer? In other words, each physical host is running, say, 20 VMs and of those 20...
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I try enabling dual monitor in VCenter 4 in the VM, but everytime I choose 2, when done reconfiguring, it drops to one monitor. I add more memory in video setting, but it always drops to 1 monitor....
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Ok, like many users of VMware Player I'm not an IT professional, I am just a regular home computer user who installed VMware Player to 'play' with my old Windows 98 apps that won't run on Windows XP...
View Articlepowercli script to capture cpu & mem usage stats
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View ArticleHP Blade BL460 G1's - BL460 G6's
Hi All, I need some expert advice here... We currently have HP BL460 G1's and we are about to purchase some G6's can anyone let me know if thier are any limitations with using them together for...
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VMWare ESX4 VM Backup Script
Hello Community, first of all i am New here! So Hello to Everyone! I have a Simple Question, how can i Manage it to get the following Things done by the ESX Server itself: Power Down a...
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How often does the data displayed on the Hardware Status tab of the vSphere Client update? In the upper right-hand corner it indicates the last time it was updated and there is the option to manually...
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I tried converting this server 8 times so far.The first 5 times I did not have sysprep on my C drive (I thought I needed it on the server)This is a production server, so I don't want to mess it up. It...
View ArticleNIC Status updating on guest VM when cable is unplugged
I'm just getting started with VMWare and VSphere 4 so the answer to this question may be obvious so I apologize in advance. I tried to search through the community but was unable to find the specific...
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ESXi 4 bonding/trunking and HP 1800-24G switch
I currently have one SBS 2003 VM on a ESXi 4 host connected to a HP ProCurve 1800-24G switch. My ESXi (Dell R610 server) host has 6 gigabit ports. I want to set this up as one 6Gbit trunk as we use it...
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Minimize to Tray while under Unity...
Hi!Since some time ago, I have VMware player installed on my computer. I must say I love how the software works, indeed! And the Unity mode is a fun toy to play with! But, it has something that should...
View ArticleVDR and exchange 2007
Hi, Am wondering if anyone is using VDR to backup exchange 2007 or exchange 2003 and how is your experiencing in backing and restoring data ? Jay.
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Hello! I have a problem with one of our Server. We have a lot of virtual Servers based on the same image. But at on server I have following problem: Each time I want to connect with RemoteDesktop...
View ArticleRemove dead path to iSCSI storage
Version ESX 4.0.0, 236512Storage iSCSIInitiator SoftwareA LUN that was presented to my ESX host was deleted on the san without removing it from the host and now I’m getting failover errors...
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Hi all, i have two quesitons: 1. how are you cloning today VMs with powershell (command)= ...? 2. are you having an errorhandling integrated, f.e. if a VM cloning fails you get an email alert?...
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Linux VMware View PCoIP client found! (finally)
Hi all - I (finally) stumbled across a VMware View (PCoIP enabled) linux client. You can download it here:...
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I recently did an inplace upgrade from esx 3.5 to esx 4 Update 1. After the upgrade I noticed that the disk latency increased substantially (see attached screenshot). Nothing else was changed in the...
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