Re: VMware ESXi Host High CPU Utilization
To run esxtop in batch mode and save the output file for feature analysis use the command as in in below syntax esxtop -b -d 10 -n 5 >/tmp/esxtstats.csv-d Switch is used for the number of seconds...
View ArticleRe: My options for fault tolerance, nic teaming, and link aggregation
Welcome to the Community - yes you will be able to have the NICs in an active/active configuration - the configuration of the physical switch is going to depend on the nic teaming method you plan to...
View ArticleSoftware to monitor process and do a HA hearbeat?
Let's start with I know I have not really done my homework like I should on this question, but here is it anyway... I have an application (MS Windows) that runs all the time and other processes rely on...
View ArticleRe: Software to monitor process and do a HA hearbeat?
VMware HA cannot monitor a single process in a VM but can monitor the VM so that if it become unresponsive it can restart the VM -
View ArticleRe: Black Boxes on VMware View Windows 7 x64 Desktops (Bitmap Cache Issue)
Yes, and it does. Haven't had a single report of the issue since installing the patch. Geoff
View ArticleRe: can I recover without the protected site being available
not off hand - the VMware documentation is usually pretty good - http://pubs.vmware.com/srm-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/srm-install-config-5-1.pdf - if you are a VMware Partner there is...
View ArticleRe: Connect two ESXi Machines via Crossover Cable
Done, however I still cannot ping the other ESXi box. See the attached screenshot. Ignore the red x's on the NICs (no cable is attached there), I'm working on the VMKernel ports.
View ArticleRe: Connect two ESXi Machines via Crossover Cable
Thanks for the fast response! I did, I set it up like this: ESXi1192.168.2.2Subnet mask 255.255.255.0Gateway: 192.168.2.1 Backup:192.168.2.1Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0Gateway: 192.168.2.2
View ArticleRe: My options for fault tolerance, nic teaming, and link aggregation
Hard to believe you don't currently have NIC redundancy configured with 6 NICs!? To give you an advice, please provides some information aboutthe current network configuration (virtual and physical)the...
View ArticleRe: Connect two ESXi Machines via Crossover Cable
What IP address are you pinging? Where you issuing the ping command from? If you are trying to ping the 192.168.2.x addresses you will only be able to ping those from the console of the ESXi host -
View ArticleRe: How to patch VMWARE templates
It can be scripted but would be rather extensive. IE convert to vm poweron assign ip, if not DHCP, initiate MS update push, initiate 3party push, then power down, and convert back to template. It would...
View ArticleRe: Software to monitor process and do a HA hearbeat?
I was thinking that HA could do "Application Monitoring" but needed that Heartbeat to be built into the application.
View ArticleRe: Connect two ESXi Machines via Crossover Cable
There's where I messed up then, I was trying to ping from one of the VMs. Need more coffee! In that case, it works. Now I'm trying to understand how I can get Veeam to use that crossover cable for...
View ArticleRe: Virtual Machine redundancy
I should be clear when i say trunk. I am talking about HPs trunk terminology where 2 switch ports act as one port. I know it might be something different in the cisco world. I am not familar with...
View ArticleSeparate vcenter for View
I am looking to build a horizon view desktop environment and I was wondering if it is recommended to build a separate vcenter for view? Also wondering if I can build composer off of vcenter server?
View ArticleRe: Connect two ESXi Machines via Crossover Cable
Veeam, if run as a VM, can access the SCSI stack directly if your only backing up shared storage. What you would need to offload is the destination. you could use those ports on a separate VLAN or even...
View ArticleRe: Separate vcenter for View
It is best practice to have a dedicated vCenter for View. Also, in the latest versions composer can be installed on the vCenter server or on a dedicated server.
View ArticleRe: Connect two ESXi Machines via Crossover Cable
I apologize for being vague. I'm trying to run replication through the crossover cable, without going through a physical switch (LAN) but it seems like it's something that may not be possible at this...
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