Re: How do you update a single vm host with update manager
Wow its a whole new thing to learn... I'm lost at the first step, getting and configuring vma. Never heard of it. I guess these updates won't go on as soon as I hoped.. have to learn a whole new...
View ArticleRe: Testing vSphere ESXi Free Hypervisor, clon baremetal server?
Oliver Schulze L. wrote: Another question is, if I don't use hardware RAID, I can use 2 disk and use software raidin the Linux guest. But what happens if the disk where ESXi is installed fails, how...
View ArticleRe: How do you update a single vm host with update manager
I have another ESXi at 4.0.0, 171294 running at that site and it can also access the shared storage that the 4.1 server can.Basically you should be able to run the vCenter Server on the 4.0 host. So...
View ArticleRe: vmware view for windows RT (metro/start screen)
I have it installed but have a cert error I can't get past. But it is good news to know that they are close to releasing it!...
View ArticleRe: How do you update a single vm host with update manager
patches are cumulative. you dont need vma, its good for multiple hosts.just ssh into your box directly if you only have one box
View ArticleRe: Can't mount datastore after reboot
check this thread: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/300845 http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1002598
View ArticleRe: Please vote for feature request: Add sudo to ESXi
You got my thumbs up +1 I have to ask though...You did so well with creating a VIB for ProFTP... maybe you could do the same for SUDO? Thanks,Jon
View ArticleRe: How do you update a single vm host with update manager
Yeah I can ssh into the host I want to update. But what is the command for that... I thought it was vihostupdate but it says -ash: vihostupdate: not found.
View ArticleRe: How do you update a single vm host with update manager
im a powercli guy so I would use thishttp://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/PowerCLI41U1/html/Install-VMHostPatch.html for ssh use...
View ArticleRe: The agent running on machine has shut down.
I am seeing the exact same issue, just upgraded View 5.0.1 to 5.1.2 in the hopes it would be fixed but the same problem occurred again overnight. I have a case opened with VMWare now, they are going...
View Articleconsolidation::Needed throwing an error
I'm currently looping through all my vm searching for which vm's need consolidation, but the line > print $vm->runtime->consolidationNeeded; is throwing this error "Undefined subroutine...
View ArticleRe: Esxi 5.1 pci passthrough broken
Thanks, Mark. For some reason, the device isn't resetting properly when we try to attach it to the VM. You might want to try editing /etc/vmware/passthru.map to configure the reset method used for the...
View ArticlePlease help with 'full' virtual drive
Hi. I'm using Windows 7 in a 40gb virtual drive on a MacPro (Fusion 5). The virtual drive is full, sluggish, and can't be backed up because there is no room for the necessary temporary files, I...
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Re: Please help with 'full' virtual drive
Without additional technical information all I can say is if you have any snapshots then delete them and cleanup the disk again. Also you can choose to enlarge the virtual disk or add a second virtual...
View ArticleRe: using VMWare Player 5, how can I access a web server running in a VM via...
OK here's another issue. First, I wasn't hitting Apply on the new NAT settings, didn't realize you needed to Apply after hitting OK on the dialog. But that didn't fix it. In fact, it made it so my...
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Re: using VMWare Player 5, how can I access a web server running in a VM via...
Suggest reading the documentation! Have a look at chapter 7, "Configuring Network Connections", in: Getting Started with VMware Player (PDF)
View ArticleRe: VEEAM Snapshot Corrupting Folder VM Resides in!
Hi,just a remainder, Veeam (and all other programs leveraging VADP libraries) do not execute snapshots on the VMs, they simply ask vCenter to do the snapshots on their behalf. If it's a common event,...
View ArticleVsphere and Vcenter 5 to 5.1 question
Hello, I have limited knowledge but I still use v center and sphere5 every day. I am wanting to upgrade from 5 to 5.1. This is what I am thinking. 1. do vcenter 5.1 upgrade first (Whats the best...
View ArticleRe: ESXi hosts generating IPv6 AAAA DNS records
This is by spec according to the ietf: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-li-dnsext-ipv4-ipv6-02#section-1.2 per the spec during the "transition time" between v4 and v6 AAAA records should be queried...
View ArticleRe: Esxi 5.1 pci passthrough broken
Darius,Thanks, I'll work on it next week. Happy New Year!Mark
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