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Re: VMware Fusion on Host machine w/ Mac RAID hardware
I'm having some trouble with my setup. I've got a mac mini (sw = osx 10.8.4, Fusion Professional 5.0.3), (hw = quad core i7, 16 gb ram, 2x 500 gb HDD original from apple). I was previously using the...
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Fixed: Web Client Service will not start
I figured it thx to this guy: http://www.virtualizationsoftware.com/vcenter-5-1-using-simple-install/<-- well, _he_ figured it out.... The upgrade pushed my piddly 2gb vm vcenter host over the edge...
View ArticleRe: Fixed: Web Client Service will not start
You did good. ty. ya here try this: http://www.virtualizationsoftware.com/vcenter-5-1-using-simple-install/ ok I will. You're handsome too!
View ArticleRe: Cannot connect to Serengeti Server
The SSO configuration was my issue, and doing that from the command line resolved it. We're online and running.!
View ArticleRe: Best design for using 8 physical NICs on an ESXi 5.1 host
OK thanks for the input. In this case there will be a management cluster. Host profiles are being used but networking is being disabled in them so that host profiles don't attempt to standardize vDS...
View ArticleAdding Distributions via config-distro.rb
In looking at the Admin manual, there is a high level example of using config-distro.rb to add new distro's, however no examples or pointers to any of the distro URL's.We're interested in deploying...
View ArticleRe: pull out info on who remove vm from inventory
i tried Alan's one-liner but unfortunately it did not pick it up, it does not appear to go back far enough. From the timestamps on the files that make up the VM, it appears it was shut down/removed...
View ArticleRe: ESX 5.1 VM Console refresh is slower than ESX5.0
Still Same issue after adding video ram of 128 MB.
View ArticleRe: configuring vmotion in vcloud 5.1
vMotion is independent of vCloud Director. You shouldn't have to do anything in vCloud Director at all. Just configure the kernel ports as required, and off to the races. If you don't have vMotion...
View ArticleRe: ESX 5.1 VM Console refresh is slower than ESX5.0
Also upgrading hardware version to 9 and vmware tools to current didn't help. We are seeing same issue on multiple hosts which works fine with esx5.0 base without any console issue. You may notice this...
View ArticleRe: Rebuild database from vCenter
Sorry. I am not aware of a tool that would populate the vCloud Director database with the information from vCenter. vCenter doesn't have all the orgnaizational data, metadata, or many other things...
View ArticleRe: vCD VM Thumbnail ICON Update - When
What is the exact build of vCloud and ESXi being used here? I want to check something about this.
View ArticleHow to Set Node's Hostname with REST APIs?
I've been trying to set the VM's hostname when I deploy an application, but have been unsuccessful. The application consists of just the OS - there are no services installed yet Here's one example of...
View ArticleRe: vCloud Director 5.1 Install OS Question
there is nothing stopping you from installing on CentOS. During the installation you will be told that you are using an unsupported OS. Any issues that would arise from the use of CentOS instead of...
View ArticleRe: auto logout of profile after guest shutdown?
You could ssh from Guest to Host and run then a Script that uses vmrun to shutdown/suspend the Virtual Machine then close VMware Fusion and log out. If this was Windows to Windows it's easy to script...
View ArticleRe: pull out info on who remove vm from inventory
For the Get-VIEvent cmdlt there is a MaxSamples options. In the one liners that LucD references they are set to 10000. You can use the following to pull and maximum possible events from your vCenter....
View ArticlevCloud Director Edge Gateway
Hi all, Does "vCloud Director Edge Gateway," "vShield Edge" or "Edge virtual appliance" all refer to same thing? Is there any VMware documents that discuss about this? Thanks!
View ArticleSMBIOS.reflectHost not working
Hello all, I have VMware workstation 9 running on OpenSuse 12.3. I built a VM and loaded Windows 7 in it. I did not initially have "SMBIOS.reflectHost = TRUE" in the vmx file, so WMware of course...
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