Re: Just updated to Mountian Lion now I get a Input/Output error Win 7 won't...
You have excessive amounts of messages in the vmware.log file as shown in the example below and this is indicative of a failing HDD. I'd do as Darius has already recommend! vmx| I120: scsi0:0:...
View ArticleRe: Just updated to Mountian Lion now I get a Input/Output error Win 7 won't...
I tried to do the Apple Hardware test but it said that the test was not available on this machine... Looks like a bad HD
View ArticleIdentify ESXi Installation on Local Disk
Hi Teams We are using ESXi 5.0 and have 2 Local Disk datastore detected. I want to know where the OS of ESXi installed and how to get it? RgdsPet
View ArticleRe: Creating vSphere Endpoints (scripted)
This can be done in vCO using the vCAC plug-in. vExpert: Burke Azbill implemented it.
View ArticleRe: I was so happy when the script was running, but I made a mistake
I don't understand what's going on. I ran that script, but the VMs are only matching up with two datastores. I thought that maybe the sort -descending was wrong, or that it somehow appears...
View ArticleRe: Using vCAC Rest APIs
The vCAC REST API is odata based (A way to represent the DB schema through an XML based web service). I do not know where to find java examples to interface with it directly.An easier alternative is to...
View ArticleRe: Best practices... How many nics?
4 NIC could be limited... but of course it dependes by your traffic.IMHO if you really use FT a 1 Gbps is a big limit (you need a 10 Gbps). If you don't use it just share with the vMotion...
View ArticleRe: vCAC REST API - Where do I start to request a new machine?
As an alternative you can call vCO REST API to call the built in "Provision a Virtual Machine from a blueprint" workflow that is part of the vCAC plug-in for vCO.
View ArticleNimble CS220-X4 vs Netapp 2220 vs Equallogic PS6100S vs Tegile HA2100
Given the 4 above options for a 500 seat Vmware View environment with Windows 7 as the preferred guest OS, which option do you choose and why? All solution are all the same price range with Equallogic...
View ArticleRe: I was so happy when the script was running, but I made a mistake
That probably means that the Where-clause is too restrictive.How many datastores does this return ?Get-Datastore | where { ($_.name) -ne "ISOs"}
View ArticleRe: Too big for the SQL Bundled 2K8 Express Database?
Reply 1: You can go with the Express one for your deployment. In fact, the limitation is a soft one, and only impacts on the DB size stored by vCenter (Express R2 now have a 10GB limit DB size) and...
View ArticleConnection refused: connect exception when retrieving service content for...
Hello In a vCenter installed using non-default values (custom install path, custom ports), I am unable to retrieve the service content reference. On executing the _vimPort.retrieveServiceContent below:...
View ArticleGet-QADComputer fails workflow if launched in PowerShell script through...
I am using the cmdlet "Get-QADComputer" in my .ps1 script that is scheduled to execute via Orchestrator. I have several PowerShell scripts launched by Orchestrator and executed on a windows host...
View ArticleRe: Trying to understand how vCO and Puppet are used with vCAC in vCloud env
To add up to Sid answer vCO is coming with a large library of plug-ins / open sourced workflows that you can use.vCO maps 100% of the functionality of the vCenter, vCloud Director APIs so you can...
View ArticleRe: Accessing a USB 2.0 device in Workstation 8
Hi again Woody: the tech gremlins are running wild !! After deleting 'tools' two strange err msgs appeared in guest (Win XP) but possibly had no effect since the tools reinstalled successfully and the...
View ArticleRe: Just updated to Mountian Lion now I get a Input/Output error Win 7 won't...
Yep, it's a bad HD. Quoth vm-05-30-13.8566.tgz/var/log/system.log: May 30 12:31:39 kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.May 30 12:59:34 kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.May 30 13:01:03 kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O...
View ArticleRe: Accessing a USB 2.0 device in Workstation 8
Hi again Woody: there were yellow flags in Device Manager but NOT under USB. Instead the "Found New Hardware Wizard" was unable to update Base System Device and Video Controller (altho both were normal...
View ArticleRe: vCAC and vCO for VM cloud deployment
If you just need to pass a You can call a vCO workflow passing the virtualMachineId in one of the 6 vCAC workflow stub or 4 menu operations. In vCO you create a workflow with a virtualMachineID input....
View ArticleRe: Snapshot of all VMs through Orchestrator
You should move this thread in the vCenter Orchestrator communities where several people may help you.
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