Re: Cannot open the disk Failed to lock the file
Have you done below step on 2nd VM also After the disk has been zero'd out go back into "Edit Settings" > click the new SCSI controller 1 and choose "Physical" Virtual disks can be shared between...
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Very good point I will give it ago Many thanks I will let you know if it works
View ArticleRe: Licensing Question...
"but, it seems we would need to continue to use the vCenter 4 license until after the migration of all the ESXi hosts to vCenter 5.1 is complete" Here you have set up a new server for vcenter 5.1 once...
View ArticleRecovering vSphere management after vCenter crash
vCenter server hardware has failed and two vSphere server are still associated with that server. Looking to disassociate both servers with the old vCenter and establish a new connection with the new...
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Re: VUM plugin failed
Have you read this kb. Have a look... http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003468 abirhasan
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vCenter Server 5.1 fresh install w/off box MSSQL database
Hi all, Looking for some advice on the best way to handle a fresh install of vCenter Server 5.1 using an off-box MSSQL database. Have done some searches and watched a few of the videos that are out...
View ArticleRe: Recovering vSphere management after vCenter crash
Can you confirm the new vCenter Server is properly registered in DNS and is able to resolve the ESXi host's FQDN names, i.e. the vCenter Server's IP settings including its DNS server entry are correct?...
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Andre, Yes, the vCenter is properly registered in the DNS; but, fails to connect when using the host server(s) names. Using the IP address works. Going to go back and verify the DNS server settings...
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Need to Configure "Datastore usage on disk" Alarm as per Best Practice...
Dear Team, I HAVE NOTICED THAT ON ONE SAN DATASTORE FREE SPACE IS ZERO BYTES, BUT I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY ALERTS ON EMAIL, THAT ALERT GENERATED ON 7/5/2012. FOLLOWING IS THE SNAP HOW "DATASTORE USAGE...
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Hi, Have you checked you have configured your SMTP server. http://vmfocus.com/2012/08/12/setting-up-configuring-alarms-in-vcenter-5-part-1/Alerting | Managing and Optimizing VMware vSphere Deployments:...
View ArticleRe: two hosts in cluster, vms in shared storage, when one host is down, vms...
Understand the concept of clusters and why ownership is important. I am used to XenServer where the active database is actually cached on each host (instead of a server off who knows where, that...
View ArticleHealth status showing temperature 77 degrees C as normal?
Hello! We have Ncentral monitoring enabled on our servers and are getting reports that one of our HP ProLiant DL380 G7 ESXI 5.0 hosts has 77 Degrees C.After checking, I can see that temperature is...
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Re: Health status showing temperature 77 degrees C as normal?
Can you login into your host iLO and check whether Temp sensor is showing Normal or in Alert state.Thanks
View ArticleScheduled Tasks - Shutdown VM and Migrate
Hello Everyone, I am looking to schedule a task to shutdown a VM and then migrate the VM to another server. I did mange to schedule the shutdown but not able to schedule the migration due to the fact...
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Re: Alarm details
Please have a look... http://blog.kaseya.com/blog/2012/03/23/how-to-monitor-vmware-using-kaseya-network-monitor-4-1/ abirhasan
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SRM and Heartbeat using the same VC?
Hi everyone, My team is looking to implement SRM and Heartbeat. Shouldn't be a problem, only my supervisor wants to try and use it in an... interesting way.Her idea is to have a vCenter Server on the...
View ArticleDo I need to shut-down all VM's when enabling EVC and AMD Opteron Gen. 3 (no...
Hi, We have a cluster of older Dell PowerEdge servers, we need to introduce some newer Dell server hardware into the cluster (same CPU family etc). The newer hardware does not support 3DNow so we need...
View ArticleRebuilding a VCenter already assigned to a cluster
I have a previous 2 node cluster. The vCenter for this has completely died and unrecoverable. Am I going to be able to rebuild a vCenter and attach it to the current cluster without losing the hosts on...
View ArticleChange hardware acceleration for RDP client VMs
Is it possible to change hardware acceleration, if so how. This change settings option is grayed out. Didn't know if we need to try a different video driver for Windows 7.
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