My options for fault tolerance, nic teaming, and link aggregation
Hey Guys, We are moving to a new datacenter and we have a chance to reconfigure 4 esxi hosts with efficiency in mind. Right now we aren't nic teaming and do not have redundancy. I came into this...
View ArticleVMware ESXi Host High CPU Utilization
I've been noticing a spike in both RAM/CPU on one ESXi Host in particularly lately. What can be done to an ESXi Host to target what is causing this?
View ArticleRe: can't install vmware tools on ubuntu guest os!
As I stated previously I believe that this is a larger issues and not one with Just Ubuntu. I tried to install the VMware Tools on a Fedora and Cent-OS system. I encountered the same error. VMWARE...
View ArticleLoss of connectivity
I am working on a new site and the client is ahving network connectivity issues. They are on ESXi 5.0 when i run cat vmkernel.log | grep 00:50:56:86:02:ed i get the following.. excessive port...
View ArticleRe: VMware ESXi Host High CPU Utilization
use esxtop to find the utilization. ESXTOP - Yellow Bricks
View ArticleRe: New Evaluation VmWare VCenter Server
Register your account and use this url to download VMware vSphere 5: Private Cloud Computing, Server and Data Center Virtualization
View ArticleRe: view security server problems
Bill, Had a similar issue a few weeks ago, it was the video driver on the desktop. I changed the video driver on the desktop to the plain VMware SVGA II and it worked. I then started changing...
View ArticleHA Heartbeat Network Change
By Default in HA your Management network is the heartbeat network as well but can we dedicate a particular vmkernel port only for HA heartbeat rather than using the default management network vmkernel...
View ArticleRe: VM down alert, but Host is up
It should an issue with the networking. (check the VM network port group or vswitch)
View ArticleRe: process to change DNS
no... the only time you would probably need to reboot is if you are changing the hostname.
View ArticleEntertaining way to prepare VCP?
Hey guys, I'll keep it short. I've done every previous step to give my VCP exam, but I can't find a way to get exited about learning to pass (I already have to study a lot for university so I really...
View ArticleRe: Multi-display reverts to single after unlocking Win7 client
Just an update, I haven't been able to reproduce this since the latest Beta and reinstalling the tools within the client.
View Articlecan I recover without the protected site being available
I know is sounds silly but if my protected site disappeared in a disaster, will I be able to bring up my protected VMs in the recovery site? Of course provided that I have the necessary infrastructure...
View ArticleRe: HA Heartbeat Network Change
You can - you will have to change the das.isolationaddress parameter - check out page 34 of...
View ArticleRe: Very slow guest file delete
Are you using Reservations? I've seen when over use of reservations can cause issues with IO.
View ArticleAdd Firewall Rules to a vCloud Director vApp Network via PowerCLI
Hi, I am trying to add firewall rules to a vApp Network in vCloud Director 5.1 with PowerCli 5.1. This script appears to update, with no errors, but a refresh of the firewall setting reveals no...
View ArticleConnect two ESXi Machines via Crossover Cable
Hello everyone, I have two ESXi hosts, one production and one which is a replication destination. I have a crossover cable connecting both machines and am trying to use this connection for Veeam Backup...
View ArticleRe: can I recover without the protected site being available
Yes that is exactly what SRM is designed for - when designing your SRM environment you will have to size the recovery site sufficiently to uspport the workloads you want to protect
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