Sample Question - Need help
Here is a sample test question I have tried to find a good way to figure out the answer but have not been able to. I am missing something. Q. # of IOPS to limit disk throughput to 20 MBps if...
View ArticleRe: Question with setting up servers
With a stand-alone host (i.e. not connected to vCenter Server) that's basically all you need to do. I usually create a DNS Host-A record for the ESXi host to be able to resolve it by name, which...
View ArticleRe: SRM 5.1 configuration
Hi, If it says supported you will not have any problem in running recovery plan after upgrade. If you have any, we are Vmware Tech support is there for you RegardsMohammed
View ArticleRe: Sample Question - Need help
Andre, thanks for the new URL to read. The formula there is IOPS * TransfersizeinBytes = BytesPerSec. The question is trying to figure out the number of IOPS. How do you determine the number of IOPS...
View ArticlevMotion between 2 hosts
Hi I have 2 hosts in my vmware farm has the same hardware as followHP Proliant DL 585 G5Model: 16 CPUs x2.31 GHzProcessor Type: Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 8356====for example host01 and...
View ArticleRe: vm clone scipt error
What I really need is a smiple script that can do scheduled (weekley) clones from one datastore to another data store. Thanks again for your help
View ArticleRe: Sample Question - Need help
Do you take the throughput divide it by # of blocks. So in this example, 20 / 128 = .156 or 156 IOPS?
View ArticleRe: All Server shut down - Process vmtoolsd.exe Reason: Shutdown Legacy-API
That event is generated when Update Manager remediates Vmware Tools Upgrade to Match Host baseline. Do you have a scheduled task to remediate these VMs?
View ArticleGemfire licensing
In the Gemfire licensing docs at http://pubs.vmware.com/vfabric53/topic/com.vmware.vfabric.gemfire.7.0/deploying/licensing/licensing.html it is stated : "An individual license is used for each 6-core...
View ArticleQuery: VMparameter script working on 1 vcenter but not on another vCenter
I have created a script to retrieve VM paramters "VM Name, DNS Name, Creation Date, Power State ,OS Full Name ,VM Hardware Version , Tools Version , VM Tools Status , CPU HOT Enabled, Memory Hot...
View ArticleRe: Linux kernel panic after moving Datastore Location
Marcelo, You are 100% correct on the assumption. I did in fact select "I copied it" and not "I Moved it" (and honestly I didnt know it would make a difference..) Can you point me to performing a System...
View ArticleRe: FT-Record/Replay functionality is not supported by this virtual machine...
Damn, ran into the same issue. Hoping for a fix too (in case that's really a bug.)
View ArticleRaw to VMDK
I need to move my data from Raw mapped (LUN) volumes to VMDK. My backup software does block level changes. If I power down the server and convert the volumes would the back system see the data as...
View ArticleRe: SRM 5.1/V7000 with SRA 2.1.0.x fails during 'testFailover'.
Hi, First increase rescan count on SRM to two and then follow this KB VMware KB: ESXi 5.0 hosts fail to mount VMFS5 volumes that are formatted with ATS-only capabilities Then do test failover and let...
View ArticleRe: Host Profiles removing default gateway since upgrading to 5.1
I never had this problem in our 5.1 environment which we upgraded from 4.1, but in a new freshly installed 5.1U1 environment I am having this problem. It seems to be a known issue with no solution...
View ArticleRe: All Server shut down - Process vmtoolsd.exe Reason: Shutdown Legacy-API
Liebe Kunden und Geschäftspartner, ich befinde mich bis einschliesslich 29.07.2013 nicht im Hause.eMails werden nicht weitergeleitet!In dringenden Fällen wenden sie sich bitte an Herrn Daniel...
View ArticleRe: Query: VMparameter script working on 1 vcenter but not on another vCenter
Could you perhaps attach the script you are using ? I assume you connect to the correct vCenter before you run the script or in your script ?
View ArticleRe: How Get VLAN ID with Get-VirtualPortGroup
Get-VirtualSwitch -Name MyDVSwitch | Get-VirtualPortGroup | `Select Name, @{N="VLANId";E={$_.Extensiondata.Config.DefaultPortCOnfig.Vlan.VlanId}} This has worked for me on vSphere 5.1. But does not...
View ArticleRe: Export Compliance Reports
One thing I noticed is that the script does not seem to loop anymore. If I have 2 hostnames in the text file, the output only displays 1 of them. Why would that happen?
View ArticleRe: esxtop and client performance chart discrepancy for receive packets dropped
I'm also having this same exact issue. My 5.0 hosts do not exhibit this issue, only the 5.1 hosts.
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