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ERROR on VMware Vcenter converter standalone
Hello world, I try to convert a machin (Win2008) to an other with VMware Vcenter and i have this error on log: "Key was not found: TimeZoneList"I checked the sharing configuration, if ports are...
View ArticleWhy does Primary server (public) IP get disabled when WAN failover is...
Hi, I'm still testing an eval of HB, and now that I've got everything setup, I tried to manually failover to the secondary server. Everything went pretty smooth, after I tweaked a few logon accounts...
View Articlevcenter server unable to find a master VSphere HA agent in cluster...
Last night I tried upgrading to VCenter 5.1 and had problems after the install where I could not log in. Being late, I failed back to a snapshot version of my VCenter server taken just prior to the...
View ArticleNo VMRC-plugin for Workstation use?
Hi, I am using Thinapp Factory locally with VMware Workstation. When I try to do a manual capture i get the message that is don't have the VMRC-plugin installed.But in the installation guide for...
View ArticleStorage Question
Hello, My test environment (home lab rather) conists of the following:1 x Synology DS1812+ Diskstation2 x Whitebox ESXi 5.0 systems (5.0.0, 469512)3 x network interfaces (1 x onboard Realtek 8111E, and...
View ArticleIssues with snapshots during storage vmotion / storage drs
Hello all, we ran into an issue with our backup software (EMC Avamar) recently. A backup was performed (or at least it was tried) while storage drs was migrating the vm that was backed up between...
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Invoke-VMscript crashes PowerShell
Hello everyone, I am using Invoke-VMScript to run ls command on VM. This is invoked from PowerCLI: The result is that PowerShell crashes: VIX 1.6.2.2190 (from VixCOM.dll file)PowerCLI: 4.0 U1 build...
View ArticleRunning "Get-VMGuestNetworkIn terface -VM vmname" gives error info as "Unable...
Hi, When i run "Get-VMGuestNetworkInterface -VM kumar" command, getting the below mentioned error info message.Can anyone help in resolving this problem. PS C:\Program...
View ArticleVCAP5 DCA Exam Experience and Study Tips
Hi All, I passed my VCAP5 DCA exam today , thought of sharing my experience with the wider community. Please refer to my blog post for same....
View ArticleCDP Information is not available
Hi , I was wondering if someone can help? Today one of the NICs failed to connect and gave the statis CDP information is not availableVMware KB: Broadcom 5719/5720 NICs using tg3 driver become...
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ESXi 5.0 crashing weekly
Hi, i have a problem with esxi 5.0, it keeps crashing weekly and it's getting worser. Picture of console:
View ArticleThe type initializer for threw an exception for...
When running VI Client 4 or 4 U1, on Vista SP1 x64, I get the following error message. The type initializer for threw an exception for 'VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.ClientsXml' threw an exception. and...
View ArticleRemove Domain entry
Hello, I am using ESXi 5.0.If i go to "Configuration -> DNS and Routing -> Properties" and remove the Domain Entry the OK Button is disable.But how can i remove this Entry? BTW.: The Server is...
View ArticlevOrchestrator won't start scheduled workflow
Hi, We've been running into issues where our vOrchestrator appliance will not execute workflows that are recurrently scheduled at later times. Manually executing the workflow works, even the initial...
View ArticleInconsistant data in performance reports
Hi,My environment is vCenter Server 4, vSphere ESX 4, and PowerCLI 5.1Right now I am gathering the resource pool cpu performance data using powercli for a monthly performance report..I use the get-stat...
View ArticleReceiving error trying to upload Auto Deploy images
Hi Guys, First post here, hoping someone can provide some insight. I've downloaded an ESXi Image using PowerCLI and the Online Repository for my AutoDeploy setup. I'm receiving an error when attempting...
View ArticleHow to add extra vmdisk if more than 1 SCSI controller and more than 6 disks...
Hi,I would like to script the (extra) disk addition to VMs. The only available parameters are VM name, Size of disk in GB, and DatastoreName where to create it.The challenge (i guess need to do this in...
View ArticleModifying path information for ESXi/ESX hosts
Good morning all! I hope you guys can help me. I have about 47 hosts that I am needing to change there storage path information to Round Robin. If I make the change in vCenter and reboot the host it...
View ArticlevCenter Appliance 5.1 Active Directory not functioning
This is brand new VCA not an upgrade. I've not added any VM's to it yet. I cannot log in to the VC with my Windows credentials from the vSphere client. I get an error "A general system error occurred:...
View ArticlevExpert: Jason Shiplett
This document is a detail page for the VMware vExpert Directory.Expert InformationNameJason ShiplettLocationWoodbridge, VAUnited StatesShort DescriptionSenior virtualization engineer, VCAP4-DCD, VCP...
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