vCenter server appliance authentication tab missing
I have configured our vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 with a second IP address so it can reach our active directory servers.Now I want to add AD authentication to the environment, but the problem is when...
View ArticleRe: cloning a 1500Gb VM
Thank you,for the info. What I can tell you is it would be nice to have your backend storage. Heck I have done 300 or 400gb svmtions that took that long... I do not know what the underling disk...
View ArticleRe: improving iSCSI performance: Delayed ACK, IOs per path, Large Receive...
Chriswahl, thanks for the comment and url, I like it a lot actually and will use it for purely the SAN side of things. In my case with our little SAN (it's got 12 x 300GB 10k disks) I tested raid 5 and...
View ArticleRe: Network configuration of VM after deploy from template
Looks like something with the format of the CustomizationIdentitySettings. I'm not sure which script you are using, can you post it here? I looked at the one linked from the other forum post, but...
View ArticleRe: Network configuration of VM after deploy from template
Here is the script which i am using? Please advise me if any thing is missing in this script which needs attention. I need to valuable input and help.
View ArticleRe: EMC Grap issue
Are you still getting the same error ? Can you try transferring the Grab file to the ESXi and try only running ./emcgrab ?
View ArticleRe: Product key not sticking when deploying from templates
Did you copy the sysprep files to the ProgramData directory on the vCenter server?
View ArticleRe: What is the procedure for migration one datastore to another...
Depends on what VMware product you are using and the license you own...
View ArticleRe: Product key not sticking when deploying from templates
interesting. I have a similar issue when using the web client, which seems to be a bug. Take a look: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/446982
View ArticleRe: Workflow to set description field of AD and local computer
Please review the scriptable task, inputs, and bindings of the attached workflow that I created when originally answering your question... You may import the attached workflow and test/modify it as...
View ArticleRe: Everytime AV Server Push Out Updates, VMs Network Connectivity Gets Spotty
If you can catch it within an hour of the time it happens today, look at the Datastore latency on the chart (I believe you can only view this on the Performance chart on the Real Time interval.
View ArticleRe: Upgrade from ESX 4.1 to ESXi 5
It's really up to your preference. I like fresh installs of ESXi personally. I have scripts and Host Profiles to get everything reconfigured the way I like, once the install is done.
View ArticleRe: Cannot start vCO service today, which used to be OK
let's discuss the vCO issue here please, that post is already long enough, And I took a snapshot of the vco appliance I think the RAM should be fine at this time. I followed all your instructions,...
View ArticleRe: Upgrade vCSA 5.1 to 5.1 U1
I just came across KB 2031331 (don't know how I missed it!) and it again reiterates that the update can take quite a while. Doesn't appear there is any obvious update progress indicator, but it did...
View ArticleSuppress Reboot Message?
Is it possible to suppress the reboot message that appears after an app layer is pushed out to a computer? We were thinking that it would suffice for a reboot when our employees left for the day and...
View ArticleRe: Backups fail after upgrading from v5 to v5.1
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH66073
View ArticleUpgrading local hard disks in ESXi
Hi, I have a DL380 I am about to install ESXi 5 (with no VCentre) on and I am planning to install to USB flash drive and use the local disks for the VMFS store. One of the main reasons for this is that...
View ArticleRe: discounted voucher for vcp5-dcv
Is there an expire date on this voucher? Chris Cyre
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