Re: Cannot set partitions during (Un)Smart CentOS Install
Ok, when creating a new VM, here is how to avoid the Easy Install portion of the VM wizard, which chooses bad partition sizes and does not allow customization of any software. When using VMware...
View ArticleRe: Disable access via RDP client?
how about disabling RDP connection from the OS and that the only connection available will be PCOIP - that means it would only be coming from view client.
View ArticleRe: Data Protection - Best Solution?
we proposed a lot of commvault for enterprise backup due to it's integration with SAN level snapshot as well as one platform for backup, archiving, search, content indexing ..
View ArticleRe: Cannot set partitions during (Un)Smart CentOS Install
Select 'I will install the operating system later'and NOTSelect 'Installer disc image file'After creating VM, and just after you restart the VM you should then..Click 'Customize Hardware...' Button...
View ArticleRe: can't see HP tape in ESXi 4.1
i could not find the card in the compatibility guide and hence it could be the reason why it is not detected. http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php
View ArticleRe: How to keep the same IP addr over time
@srnhpp "...you have to disable DHCP and configure static IP address in your cent OS..." This is definately NOT the correct procedure. I am using NAT and must use VM DHCP server and DHCP.
View ArticleRe: Storage greater than 2T Unreachable
with vSphere 5, the limit is increased to 60TB. You can have a host vSphere 5 mounted to this and then do a vCenter clone to your existing vSphere 4 host. It might be much easier that way.
View ArticleRe: does ssd provide speed gains with vm ?
Putting in SSD would definitely increase the speed as it provide very fast disk access.
View ArticleRe: How to keep the same IP addr over time
@a.p. "edit the vmnetdhcp.conf" Thanks a.p. That is the solution. I made a cheet sheet for myself and post it here. Start CentOS or RHEL (or other Linus as far as I know) Locate hardware address...
View ArticleWeird datastore behaviour
I hope my first post doesn't annoy anyone if it is in the wrong place, this seems like the best forum so here goes. I have been trying to cleanup the remnants of VM’s that have been deleted from disk...
View ArticleNic teaming with ESXi and Cisco port-channel
I've spent time searching this and haven't found either what I was looking for or an article that I can understand. I have a dell 1950 with ESXi 4.1, both nics are connected to a port-channel on a...
View ArticleRe: shutdown-vmguest runasync
hi thank you for writing the script. The vms will shutdown but one at a time. so the only way to get the vms all running together is putting them in an array?
View ArticleRe: VM View 4.0 -> 4.6 -> 5.0
Hello, In that particular VM view deployment, we have 1 pool..... Currently with one master VDI....spread across 11 datastores, so 11 replicas. Not sure if the company is willing to pay for a third...
View ArticleRe: Microsoft Project and Office issues
Sometimes I get a little excited and post results before all the tests are complete. I'm doing it again! I have the hotfix build of ThinApp, but I did not have the registry entries. KMS activations...
View ArticleRe: Nic teaming with ESXi and Cisco port-channel
Welcome to the Community - To use route based on IP hash you will have to enable Ether Channel on the ports being used by your ESX host -
View ArticleRe: Nic teaming with ESXi and Cisco port-channel
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004048 Basically you need Mode ON set for your port channel and you need to also configure a...
View ArticleRe: Storage greater than 2T Unreachable
with vSphere 5 the vmfs volume size is still limited to the 2TB-512 for each individual VMFS volume, but you can use extents on them to grow much larger. There is now support for passthru RDMs to be ~...
View ArticleCant delete old license keys from server?
Hi All Ive got an issue where I've got two old licenses keys stuck in my vcenter server Licensing section, ive tried removing them by right clicking and choosing remove, and also using the manage my...
View ArticleRe: Blank screen when running Windows 8 x64 DevPreview guest with (4096MB RAM)
bottkars Thanks!!! Resolved!!!
View ArticleRe: shutdown-vmguest runasync
Is it possible to adding upgrade virtual hardware in the script? What is the cmdlet to do that? Thanks
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