Get Clone Source
I'm trying to run a powercli script that, among other things, is trying to get a list of all cloned VMs. One important piece of data in this is what was the original source of that clone. I'm...
View ArticleBase layer update question
I have updated an exiting base layer to a "major" version 2.0 and am in the process of assigning it to my test lab of computers. When all of the computers are assigned my Base Layer 2.0, will I be able...
View ArticleLocation of rotated hostd.log files?
I'd appreciate it if someone could point me to the location of the rotated (old) hostd.log files on the ESX5 host? hostd.log is sitting in /var/log but I can't find the rotated logs. TIA
View ArticleHow do I display bucket info for Partition Region in v7?
In v6, gfsh had the facility to display bucket distribution summary info using pr -b (after cd /RegionName). I cannot find an equivalent command in the v7 gfsh: neither describe region nor show metrics...
View ArticleClient connection failure
In the process of setting up a new computer. I can connect to the server via the website (downloaded and installed the client from there) and I can ping the server. However, when I attempt to login...
View ArticleStart wih VMware vSphere Hypervisor?
Hello, I read that VMware vSphere Hypervisor allows to create/manage freely a server of virtual machines, by installling VMware ESXi (5.1) on a server and by creating/managing VMs from VMware vSphere...
View ArticleUnable to SSH to the source machine
I'm receiving a "ssh connection was refused" error while trying to conduct a Linux P2V with the SDK. I checked that that SSH is running on the source machine and that root is in the AllowUsers for...
View Article-flat.vmdk Failed to lock the file (67)
Hi, I'm doing some tries on a test VM as i appeared to have over 30 (!) snapshots... (which wher to be seen ine the snapshot manager).I removed the snaphots (via the "vmware-cmd VmTest1...
View ArticleStep 2a: Database Connection Setup with External DB and Load Balancer
I know that several others have had issues at this step, but I can't seem to piece everything together in order to get past this step in our installation. Here's the setup we have so far. (Generalized)...
View Articlevmware installation
My situation is like that I`ve got a production site that fully virtualized with 5 Hosts and 13 VM`s and what I want to do is to replicate using "Veeam" what is on production site to the Disaster...
View ArticleBug in vCloud Director 5.1.1 and 5.1 with vCDNI NetPools
Hi, We have after lots of trial an error, discovered a bug in vCloud Director 5.1 and 5.1.1. It relates to vCDNI Pools and connectivity. We re-created and experienced the bug both times in a vCD manual...
View ArticleUnconfigured vm prevents recovery of configured vms?
I'm attempting to test a recover plan. There is an issue with one of the vms on the datastore. It has a drive attached from a non replicated volume. When I run the plan it logs the error below for all...
View ArticlePDXSerialization inconsistencies
Hi, We are using ReflectionBasedAutoSerializer to serialize the domain objects between client and server. We are noticing strange behavior, where one request is successfully received by the server....
View Articlekernel: WARNING: at lib/dma-debug.c:802 check_unmap+0x6cb/0x700() (Not tainted)
Just want to report a bug here, not sure where it should go or if there already is a fix for this.One of guest vm encountered this. - ESX 5.1.0 799733(A01)- Dell R710 hardware- Compellant Storage Jun...
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Outdated Entry in DNS Cache when connecting to VCHB name with Remote Desktop
We are unable to use Remote Desktop to connect to the virtual name of one of our vCenter Heartbeat instances. When we connect we get a message that says "The connection cannot be completed because the...
View ArticleDefault printer keeps changing
Hello, I'm relatively new to VMware View and managing persona's, but I've got one user who's default printer keeps changing every time she logs on. We have printers being mapped with a vb script right...
View ArticleNexus 1000v iscsi multipath not working for two hosts.
It seems only one host can connect to my iscsi storage when using iscsi port binding (multipath). When I don't use port bindings, both hosts can see the storage. ie right click iscsi initiator...
View ArticleRunning the script
Is there any step by step documentation on how to run this? I looked over everything and it looks like you already should have some understanding to execute it. I have several .ps1 scripts I run from...
View ArticleCannot alter files in datastore browser
Hi - can someone please help? Even though the accounts I use have the administrator role on the hosts and the enter datacenter specifically, I still receive the message that I don't have the...
View ArticleSecure printing
Hello, Is there a best-practices guide for secure printing in View? Or does anyone have any advice on how to set a user to always secure print? It seems to reset if they get a VM they haven't logged...
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