VCP410 is a Nightmare
This is more of a statement than a question, but as I have failed the VCP410 exam this morning (for the 3rd time), I have to say that the exam seems to not be based on the exam blueprint (maybe 10%)....
View ArticleESXi 5.0 backwards compatibility licensing
Are you able to use ESXi 5.0 licensing for a 4.1 install, and then later upgrade to 5.0 assuming you have SnS? Or would one have to purchase a specific license for 4.1, and then recieve a different...
View ArticleMultiple iSCSI vSwitches
I currently have vSwitch2 setup with two iSCSI ports for my main iSCSI traffic. I've got another SAN for a testing environment. I'd like to segregate this iSCSI traffic over a separate vSwitch. So I...
View ArticleNIC failing during traffic
Hello there, I've recently received what I hope would be my new lab rig, this SuperMicro 1U Twin Server : http://www.supermicro.nl/products/system/1U/5016/SYS-5016TI-TF.cfm It's not on the HCL, but...
View ArticleNFS exceptionally slow - vmkernel problem?
VMware Community, I'm hoping someone can assist. In order to present templates to multiple seperate ESX environments, I am trying to use an NFS Mount. I setup a Windows 2008 R2 server (as a VM) with...
View Articlevmware-vmx memory leak?
My machine just crashed hard with oom killer taking out a lot of needed processes. I reviewed the atop log and noticed that several vmware-vmx processes had grown out of control using ~23G ram each....
View ArticleBSOD after sysprep, vmware tools 8
After cloning a 2008R2 server, and performing a sysprep on the cloned server, the server will get an "autochk is missing" error and then the BSOD. The BSOD is c000021a, which according to my reading is...
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Healthcare @ VMware
An Office of the CTO Guest BlogBy Frank Nydam In 2011 I posted a blog during HIMSS Orlando that began with a famous quote from Albert Einstein….“we can’t solve problems by using the same kind of...
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IBM Bladecenter S - How to set up MPIO.
I am working with a Bladecenter here that has 2 built in arrays, and I've added RAID Conroller Modules. IBM Tells me this can function as shared storage for ESXi 5, and I am in the process of...
View ArticleConfigure workstation core directory
Hi All, I am looking for an option to configure which directory VM core/crash dump files to be stored if a VM running on Workstation 8.02 crashes fo rany reason. Thanks
View ArticleMultiple VLANs on a standard switch
Looking for help getting a VLAN setup in a ESXi 4.1 environment. Our network consists of two VLANs one data ID 1 (192.168.5.x) and voice ID 2 (192.168.11.x) on our core HP switch and all works well....
View ArticleLevel III VMware Engineer position at Texas Health Resources
All,We have a job opening for a Level III VMware / Server Engineer at Texas Health Resources. Interested, please apply at. We have 74 Hosts and 1600 guests today....
View ArticleUtilizzare l’utility VMware vCenter Server Database Pre-Upgrade Checker
Questa utility non deve essere confusa con la “vCenter Host agent Pre-Upgrade Checker”, tool presente nel media di installazione di vCenter Server 5, le cui funzionalità sono state vCenter Host agent...
View ArticleRandy's Executive Physical to Virtual Cheat Sheet
Download http://www.sysresccd.org and make a bootable CD or USB disk with it. SRC = source system and DST = destination system SRC: Boot system to be imaged up from rescue ISO SRC: Run `wizard` then...
View Articleusb redirection for ubuntu client.
I am currently evaluating the Ubuntu View client and have found it does not support USB redirection. Can somebody please tell me if there is any workaround for this client? Would I have to install the...
View ArticleSnapshot did not create --delta.vmdk files
Hi, I'm a newbie so please go easy on me... vSphereClient 4.0.0 Build 258672VMware vCenter Server 4.0.0 Build 258672 I created a VM with 3 virtual disks, 1 on datastore 'OS' the other 2 on datastore...
View Articlemsg.monitorEvent.tripleFault on Ubuntu 11.04 x86, workstation 8.0.2
Hello,I'm trying to run workstation 8.0.2 on ubuntu 11.04 x86, core 2 duo t8300, using physical partition /dev/sda1. The virtual machine quits with an error immediately past the post screen: A fault...
View ArticleHTTP Error 400
I'm sure I'm doing something stupid, but this error is not helping me figure out what. Any ideas? Thanks.
View ArticleApple Full Keyboard can*not* backspace in XP (only forward delete)
*** This is not the common issue of confusing the "delete" key with the "backspace" function *** I am running Fusion 3. I have an Apple full-size aluminum wired keyboard and a 2007 MBP running OS X...
View ArticleConflicto MAC
Buenos Tardes, les comento el problema que he tenido con una maquina virtual que recientemente eh instalado en debian 6.0, estoy utilizando Vmware 8 y tambien lo he hecho con la version 7.1, la maquina...
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