Re: Vcenter storage question
Hi, No, you don't have to present the Storage LUNs to the vCenter server (if installed on physical host). Its recommended that you have redundant network connectivity between the ESXi hosts and vCenter...
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Awesome. Thanks for this. In my case Vcenter is a standalone physical server. I have 2 nics teamed which connect it to the ESX hosts. Wanted to be sure I wasn't missing a feature of some sort by not...
View ArticleSuspend vm when system is inactive
Hello, we have about 330 virtual machines (vmware vCenter server 5.5.0) and often peaple doesn't suspend or shutdown machine. I would able to change power state (exemple from power on to suspend) after...
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Re: Vcenter storage question
vCenter doesn't need access to shared storage but installing vCenter on the local disks of the physical host might not provide all the HA options that vCenter as VM on shared storage would. However I...
View ArticleRe: Suspend vm when system is inactive
Hi, welcome to the communities, how do you define a VM as inactive? You could create an alarm for a group of VMs, that triggers when the CPU usage is beneath 10% for 60 minutes. As action you can...
View ArticleRe: Suspend vm when system is inactive
Thank you tim. This is the problem, how to define the inactivity. I've created an alarm when cpu is below 10% and then the machine going to suspend. 60 minutes is too little. The best times would be...
View ArticleRe: VCSA 5.1 U1a stops on regenerating certificate
Guys, It's not required to have a snapshot. Please restart your system - once you will get grub screen - click 'p' - provide you password for admin. Once it's done - you can edit grub configuration and...
View Article5.5 Hardware Status not Refreshing
Hello, I've got a brand new vCenter 5.5 server with about 10 hosts connected so far. Some are running 5.5, some are running 5.0.x, but all are experiencing the same issue. When we go to the Hardware...
View ArticleRe: Who's Logged On Window 7 VC Console
Nice tools but what I'm looking for is the ability to see the windows I posted above when I am check the guest to see if its locked by a user. Thanks
View ArticleRe: Upgrading vcenter 4.1 on Windows 7 to Vcenter 5.5
True for now but know that VMware is working hard to rid themselves of VC on Windows. VUM from what I've heard will be incorporated in some form into an appliance. Can't speak for SRM. I've found the...
View ArticleVM Reboot Alarm
I would like an alarm when a VM is rebooted from within the OS and from what I have been reading is this is only possible with a power state alarm. So far I only get an email notification if the...
View ArticleRe: DRS powered on a VM immediately after OVF Import
I never did find root cause for this. We are going through maintenance upgrades but I wanted to include the version levels when this behavior was witnessed: vCenter 5.0.0 Build 913577ESXi 5.0.0 Build...
View ArticleCan't edit alarm conditional trigger "condition length" values?
I'd like to configure a "datastore usage on disk" trigger (which is a conditional trigger) but the "condition length" field for either warning or alert -- don't let me pick or type any values. What am...
View ArticleRe: Migrate VM from host 1 to host B
if i migrate the VMS to the SSD disk, would i get the speed of SSD or need to reconfigure the Machines?
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Re: Migrate VM from host 1 to host B
So through the migration Process you're limited to the Read I/O from the Sata HDD. But once you have it finished migrated > you're SSD should work normally . sure depends also on the Kind of SSD and...
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Re: VCenter 5.5 deployment
Hi theire, Hm i really not quit sure if that is supporting Vmware. Because once installing the SSO during "Domain User Session" > then he add the current Domain as AD Identity. So he is asking the...
View ArticlePacket loss on all machines on network during vmotion
Hello, I'm having a serious issue with packet loss across my entire network when I migrate a powered up VM from one host to another. I'm not just talking about losing pings within my VMware...
View ArticleRe: Packet loss on all machines on network during vmotion
Do you mean all machines are sharing vlan 30? If so there are number of things wrong with this including that vmotion traffic is very bursty and is not encrypted that is why best practice to have...
View ArticleRe: Packet loss on all machines on network during vmotion
Is there anything else as bursty as the vmotion network? Anything that would cause a few seconds of time outs here and there? We put vmotion on the same vlan for troubleshooting purposes. It will be...
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vCSA 5.5 web-client manage networking: virtual switches buttons disabled
Hi all, I can't access network configuration in vCSA 5.5. Virtual switches buttons are greyed out and I can't manage networking, create, edit...I tried to:- restart vsphere client- restart vcenter...
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