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Hi, Max. limit of 2048 running VMs applies also for VMFS5 filesystem. For powered off VMs I think you can take vCenter and cluster numbers so 15000 registered VMs and 4000 VMs in cluster...... See more...
Hi, Max. limit of 2048 running VMs applies also for VMFS5 filesystem. For powered off VMs I think you can take vCenter and cluster numbers so 15000 registered VMs and 4000 VMs in cluster... See also this thread: http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2014/02/05/vsphere-ha-vms-per-datastore-limit/ Regards, P.
Hi, unfortunately your controller (Host Controllers, SiI3531, SiI3132, SiI3124, SiI3114) isn't supported ... VMware KB: Devices deprecated and unsupported in ESXi 5.5  VMware Compatibility ... See more...
Hi, unfortunately your controller (Host Controllers, SiI3531, SiI3132, SiI3124, SiI3114) isn't supported ... VMware KB: Devices deprecated and unsupported in ESXi 5.5  VMware Compatibility Guide: I/O Device Search some people on the community was able to get this working with 5.1GA release (ESXi 5.1.0 GA, 2012-09-10,799733): https://communities.vmware.com/thread/399476 so it seems that only way is to go back to 5.1GA release ... you may also want to check out this post: VMware Front Experience: How to make your unsupported SATA AHCI Controller work with ESXi 5.5 Regards, P.
Hi, hope this helps: VMware KB: Determining why a virtual machine was powered off or restarted http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2010/12/how-to-identify-origin-of-vsphere-login.html Get compl... See more...
Hi, hope this helps: VMware KB: Determining why a virtual machine was powered off or restarted http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2010/12/how-to-identify-origin-of-vsphere-login.html Get complete vCenter session info - LucD notes VMware KB: Determining if a High Availability Virtual Machine Monitoring event caused a virtual machine to reboot Regards, P.
Hi, just some errors from your logs: Disk number 1 has been skipped because of errors while reading partition table GetFirstBootDisk failed, mntapi error: 176 Volume-based cloning was disab... See more...
Hi, just some errors from your logs: Disk number 1 has been skipped because of errors while reading partition table GetFirstBootDisk failed, mntapi error: 176 Volume-based cloning was disabled due to: <no volumes are recognized> System volume is not detected. BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::ReadAndSkipBadBlocks(): Error (type: 2, code: 1117) reading 655360 bytes starting at 0x0000000000bd9000 from the source volume C: BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::ReadAndSkipBadBlocks(): Error (type 2, code: 1117), detected bad sector at offset 0x0000000000c04e00 on the source volume C: ERROR: Vmount library: Error 1450 while error communicating with the driver ERROR: Unable to load registry hive \\.\vstor2-mntapi20-shared-2F9D1DF10000D012000000000E000000\\windows\system32\config\SYSTEM, error 0x3f8. Error 0 while call GetVolumeInformation for \\.\vstor2-mntapi20-shared-2F9D1DF10000D012000000000E000000\ FS:<> ERROR: Vmount library: Error 2 while failed to open volume for read access ERROR: Vmount library: Error 2 while unable to force unplug volume in driver ERROR: Vmount library: Error 2 while unplugging volume device Verify if your source filesystem isn't corrupted with chkdsk <volume> /r /f Verify if you have sufficient disk space on both source and destination. Verify if account used for conversion has local admin rights. Turn off User Access Control (UAC), firewall, AV software on source machine. From the log you are running Windows 7 Professional, 32-bit Service Pack with Quad core CPU and 3GB RAM is this correct? _________________________________________________________________________________________ If you found this or any other answer helpful, please consider to award points. (use Helpful or Correct buttons) Regards, P.
MoRef ID on ESXi host can change in situations like vMotion, Storage vMotion, DR restore, Full restore from backup etc. Bios.UUID is static unique identifier... ------------------------------... See more...
MoRef ID on ESXi host can change in situations like vMotion, Storage vMotion, DR restore, Full restore from backup etc. Bios.UUID is static unique identifier... -------------------------------------------- EDITED to correct information
Hello, without vCenter server you can accomplish this also by PowerCLI script check this useful post below: HL Tools - Part 1 - Clone a VM without vCenter - LucD notes If you want to clon... See more...
Hello, without vCenter server you can accomplish this also by PowerCLI script check this useful post below: HL Tools - Part 1 - Clone a VM without vCenter - LucD notes If you want to clone just individual disks check this KB: VMware KB: Cloning individual virtual machine disks via the ESX/ESXi host terminal _________________________________________________________________________________________ If you found this or any other answer helpful, please consider to award points. (use Helpful or Correct buttons) Regards, P.
Hello, minimum privileges to read properties of VI objects and to call query methods are these three (same for read only role): - System.Anonymous - System.Read - System.View _________... See more...
Hello, minimum privileges to read properties of VI objects and to call query methods are these three (same for read only role): - System.Anonymous - System.Read - System.View _______________________________________________________________________________________ If you found this or any other answer helpful, please consider to award points. (use Helpful or Correct buttons) Regards, P.
Creating and managing templates is feature of vCenter server only so that's why you didn't see inventory view  "VMs and Templates" ...and VM folders. Instead you will see all of your VMS from Ho... See more...
Creating and managing templates is feature of vCenter server only so that's why you didn't see inventory view  "VMs and Templates" ...and VM folders. Instead you will see all of your VMS from Home-> Inventory directly under your host... If i install a VM in a Host instead than using Vcenter server, i cannot see these folders, What this means? you have successfully created VM through vSphere client connected to host? So my question is: when the VM is installed, and i reconnect using Vcenter where do i see this VM? i guess i cannot see it under the folders in "VMs and Templates". You will see it unfilled under last folder in the folders list or in folder named "Discovered virtual machine" ... until you insert it to some ... through vCenter
Hello vmb01, this should work: C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /r /t 5 /f || exit 0 Regards, P.
Hello, all paid editions of vSphere has full access to vSphere API only free edition of vSphere Hypervizor  is restricted to read only API. If you need to perform some backups through 3rd p... See more...
Hello, all paid editions of vSphere has full access to vSphere API only free edition of vSphere Hypervizor  is restricted to read only API. If you need to perform some backups through 3rd party solutions you will need vStorage API for Data Protection which is also included in all paid vSphere editions and kits. For detailed Essentials features see: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/vsphere/VMware-vSphere-Essentials-Kits-DataSheet.pdf Regards P.
Hi, don't use simple install method, from all my previous experiences upgrading vCenter server components separately was always better choice... Follow this order of upgrading components: ... See more...
Hi, don't use simple install method, from all my previous experiences upgrading vCenter server components separately was always better choice... Follow this order of upgrading components: 1. vCenter Single Sign-On. 2. vSphere Web Client. 3. vCenter Inventory Service. 4. vCenter Server. For more info see: VMware KB: Methods of upgrading to vCenter Server 5.5 Regards, P.
Hi, here it is ... for more details see attachment: Regards, P.
Hi, try steps in this article: VMware KB: In the VI Client, Hosts and Clusters tree view blinks and refreshes every few seconds Reagrds, P.
OK so upgrade your hardware at lest to version 9 (vmx-09). If you create snapshot before upgrade you can revert all changes if you want so I would try to go for HW version 10. When you edit yo... See more...
OK so upgrade your hardware at lest to version 9 (vmx-09). If you create snapshot before upgrade you can revert all changes if you want so I would try to go for HW version 10. When you edit your VM what is selected for OS under Options tab ->General Options? Regards, P.
Hello Asen, you can abstract only what you physicaly have, so you cant emulate AMD CPU on Intel CPU hardware. For guest with AMD CPU instructions you must use physical server with desired ven... See more...
Hello Asen, you can abstract only what you physicaly have, so you cant emulate AMD CPU on Intel CPU hardware. For guest with AMD CPU instructions you must use physical server with desired vendor in your case server with AMD CPU installed. Regards, P.
Hi Hari, "management" agents/services on ESXi are located under /etc/init.d they are installed with host software: hostd, ntpd, sfcbd, slpd, wsman, vobd Agents which comes exclusively from... See more...
Hi Hari, "management" agents/services on ESXi are located under /etc/init.d they are installed with host software: hostd, ntpd, sfcbd, slpd, wsman, vobd Agents which comes exclusively from vCenter Server are: vCenter agent: "vpxa" - the software that collects, communicates, and executes the actions received from vCenter Server. The vCenter Server agent is installed the first time any host is added to the vCenter Server inventory Status check: /etc/init.d/vpxa status HA agent: "vmware-fdm" (FDM/Fault Domain Manager) On older pre 5.0 hosts its AAM agent Regards, P.
Hello VirtualRay, below is picture from VMware sizing guide for VDI you will find much more useful info in this document: https://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/view/Server-Storage-Sizing-Guide-Windo... See more...
Hello VirtualRay, below is picture from VMware sizing guide for VDI you will find much more useful info in this document: https://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/view/Server-Storage-Sizing-Guide-Windows-7-TN.pdf But its always better to do your own measurement through performance counters in vSphere client or by using ESXTOP. For more info look at: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-51-monitoring-performance-guid… Regards, P.
Hi, All hardware appears to be in good shape. Please check Hardware status tab on the host and status of all sensors... On unmanaged host -> Configuration tab - > Hardware - > Health Status ... See more...
Hi, All hardware appears to be in good shape. Please check Hardware status tab on the host and status of all sensors... On unmanaged host -> Configuration tab - > Hardware - > Health Status Then you can take a look at log files and search for: error, warning, fault, panic, backtrace ... "events" For ESXi host: /var/log/vmkernel.log /var/log/vobd.log VM log file: vmware.log - in same directory as the virtual machine's files If it's possible upload them... If you are unable to find nothing suspicious in the logs use ESXTOP tool as next level ... For troubleshooting with ESXTOP check out these excellent sources: http://www.yellow-bricks.com/esxtop/ Interpreting esxtop Statistics http://www.vmworld.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Esxtop_Troubleshooting_eng.pdf See also: VMware KB: Troubleshooting ESX/ESXi virtual machine performance issues VMware KB: Troubleshooting network performance issues in a vSphere environment VMware KB: Determining if virtual machine and ESX host unresponsiveness is caused by hardware issues VMware KB: Poor network performance or high network latency on Windows virtual machines VMware KB: Troubleshooting poor local storage controller performance for VMware ESXi/ESX VMware KB: Using esxtop to identify storage performance issues for ESX / ESXi (multiple versions) Performance Links - Master List Regards, P.
Hello John, to get .pem file working with SSL Tool you have to include complete certificate chain in this container... - Certificates in PEM container must be in x509 (BASE64) ... NOT in DE... See more...
Hello John, to get .pem file working with SSL Tool you have to include complete certificate chain in this container... - Certificates in PEM container must be in x509 (BASE64) ... NOT in DER - when you open it in text editor they must start with:  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- ends with: -----END CERTIFICATE----- - If you are using subordinate CA for issuing certificates in your domain you must include its certificate in PEM file! - All certificates in .PEM file must be in reverse order so when you open the file first must be vCenter server certificate, second Sub CA and last Root CA You can create PEM container with copy command and keep exact order: copy /B <path>rui.crt + <path>SubCA64.cer + <path\>RootCA.cer chain.pem After you will have PEM file created open it and check certificates order, vCenter first, Sub second and Root at the bottom. Avoid putting some extra blank lines between certificates, there should be no space before and after any certificate. Once you have chain.pem and private key from vCenter (rui.crt) certificate you can start with SSL Tool. P.