Trigger VMHA to failover by script
Hi, Does anyone know if there is some command (or way) on VSphere CLI (or VCenter) or another CLI to trigger the VMware High Availability to failover a VM to another host ? I need to failover a VM in a...
View ArticleVM Studio 2.6 - VM building error -- Failure: (22, 'The requested URL...
I am using Studio 2.6 with a new vCenter, and I cannot build OVFs anymore. I get the error in the title. When looking at the debug from /opt/vmware/share/build/datastore is see this: 13/05/2013...
View ArticleRe: Not able to install vSphere Web client 5.1
"Unsupported 16-Bit Application" sounds like a corrupt executable. Please verify the vCenter installation package's checksum (MD5/SHA1) to ensure its integrity. André
View ArticleRe: View 5.2 - sysprep breaks USB redirection
Ended up with some time to test this today. Method 1 does not work. Still no USB connectivity after sysprep. Note that device manager was showing the latest (5.5.0) driver prior to me uninstalling and...
View ArticleAveriguar el Host de una VM
Buenas,¿es posible conocer el Host donde está registrada la VM? en el caso de:Sólo tener acceso a la VM por rdp, es un guest WXP con la Vmware Tools instaladas.Siento que la pregunta sea un poco rara,...
View ArticleTo resource pool or Not to resource pool
I have two esx host, clusted and setup for drs. There is an existing Resource pool that all vm's are included in. So I have 20 vms in this one resource pool, with mostly default settings. Would I...
View ArticleSearching VMs in multiple VCs
Hi, I always connect with multiple VCs at a time to search VMs (4 to 5 VCs). Eventhough I found a VM, i need to re search using the cluster name or host name to find the VC name again. So is there any...
View Article64 bit guest on nested ESXi 5 not supported
I get a error about "Longmode is unsupported" when trying to install windows 2012 server on a guest vm on a nested ESXi 5 instance. I've tried all the proposed resolutions I could find on the forums....
View ArticleUpgrading vCO 5.1 to 5.1.2
Hi, Has anybody upgraded the vCO 5.1 appliance to the new 5.1.2 version?. I don't see any patching file on the downloads section so I am assuming the upgrade is basically a new installation of the...
View ArticleCan you change which kernel ports does vmotion without going into maintence...
If you have a running host, with a standard vswitch, can you change which kernel port handles vMotion without putting it into maintenance mode? What's happening is that we have a number of blade...
View ArticleRe: Searching VMs in multiple VCs
You can get the vCenter like this Get-VM|SelectName,@{N="vCenter";E={$_.Uid.Split(":")[0].Split("@")[1]}}
View ArticleRe: Averiguar el Host de una VM
Hola Zas, la verdad que es una buena pregunta, llevo un rato pensando si existe alguna forma por medio de las vmtools sacer el nombre del host donde está corriendo la vm, pero no conozco ni se si se...
View ArticleRe: Can you change which kernel ports does vmotion without going into...
Basically you can change most network settings - including vMotion - without affecting the VM's. When you say they reconfigure the VLAN, do you know how long this will take and whether the current VLAN...
View ArticleRe: 64 bit guest on nested ESXi 5 not supported
Which version do you use? Please take a look atRe: unable to boot x64 VMs on nested ESXi host where jmattson explained the difference between ESXi 5.0 and 5.1. André Message was edited by: a.p. -...
View ArticleRe: To resource pool or Not to resource pool
A single resource pool with all VMs indeed doesn't make much sense. Whether to create other Resource Pools and split the workloads may depend on the requirements and whether or not you overprovisioned...
View ArticleDisable multiple devices via the .vmx file
I'm working on a STIG for a vSphere environment, and I have a question about disabling devices. If I want to disable multiple floppy devices or multiple IDE devices, I am making a line for each...
View ArticleRe: Disable multiple devices via the .vmx file
Afaik there's no way to consolidate multiple settings in a single line. André
View ArticlevApp 5.0.2 - Adapter Connection failed
Im sure this has been asked before... but i seem to have the mondays... and I can remember how to resolve this error when trying to connect to a smarts domain.My test fails when I test creation. the...
View ArticleRe: Can you change which kernel ports does vmotion without going into...
Thank you, that's what I was hoping to hear.. I did some testing by making changes on a host with some running VM's, but the test only had a couple of VM's on it, our main production hosts have about...
View ArticleRe: Getting Password string in ovf property
For your exmaple here, how would you reference the password on the command line if you were deploying your appliance with OVF Tool? Something like --prop.YourApplianceName.User_Password=lkdfl or what...
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