Re: vMotion and large VM memory configurations
Hello, Thanks for the answer. I have set the memory reservation in order to save the ~500GB swap file created... with all my big VM servers, I am saving TB of space with way.I had the same idea about...
View ArticlePowerCLI translation to Perl? (Add VM to DRS Rule)
I am working on a script and a PowerCLI commandlet seems to already be written for it. The script adds an existing vm to an existing DRS Rule. Here is the code for the commandlet I would like to...
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Re: Issue with Remove-VDSwitchVMHost
The command works great if your esx host is up and has the links defined in the vDS. The issus only presents itself when you rebuild a host. The switch hangs on to the old configuration. I have 2...
View ArticleRe: Identify SRM Placeholders
While it's not foolproof, you'll find that placeholder VMs don't return anything when you do a Get-HardDisk on them so you could try something like this. Get-VM | ? {$_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOff" -and...
View ArticleRe: vSphere Web client : Remote Console plugin is not properly installed.
Thanks for the solution, worked perfectly when I clicked the Compatibility Mode.
View ArticleRe: start menu and task bar missing when RDP into win vm in unity mode
Hey WoodyZ thanks for the AppleScript UI scripting solution! I guess I'm a bit more picky and am not wanting to script against the fusion UI If I can avoid that. I looked at all the vmrun options and...
View ArticleRe: Issue with Remove-VDSwitchVMHost
This returns nothing when the freshly rebuilt host is reattached to vCenter: get-vmhost $vmhost | Get-VDSwitchMaking it appear that the host has no vDS config (which is true at this point) Querying the...
View ArticleRe: How to migrate hosts from one vCenter to another with vDS?
Thanks for you links, they are very helpful. I thought that I was running 5 on the old vCenter but I was actually running 5.1 build 1123961. However, I am not able to find the "Actiion" menu on 5.1...
View ArticleRe: Script per spegnimento ESXi 5.1 con VSA
Ciao calenzano, ti rimando a questa KB che spiega bene la soluzione: VMware KB: Performing a controlled power down of a VMware vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) 5.1 clusterQui trovi invece tutte le...
View ArticleRe: setting up NFS server - 2008R2, sharing out secondary disk - advice on...
Mohammed, Thank you. I have read through those and have an idea but still wanted to field the question to others who may have direct experience on the performance I should expect. I'm a little leary...
View ArticleRe: Help allocating NICs
Honestly there is a lot of scenarios you could do here, but the way I would design it is this: 1 VDS - 4 Nics - 2 from each card1 Vlan for Management1 Vlan for Vmotion 1 VDS - 4 Nics - 2 from each...
View ArticleRe: Help allocating NICs
I'm not following you, sorry. in the first VDS would 1 nic from each card be in a port group for vmotion and another port group with 1 nic from each card for management? and then in the second VDS 4...
View ArticleRe: Issue with Remove-VDSwitchVMHost
If you upgrade a host it should come back online and connect to the VDS I believe. I am pretty sure I have tested that and it works fine.So, you are upgrading a host while it is still on the VDS and...
View ArticleRe: Using VCO to assign external IP addresses on vApp deployment.
Thanks I will take a look. Does your package address using NAT'd vApp networks at all? In this case, the internal IP address assigned to the VM would remain consistent, but the external IP address...
View ArticleRe: Help allocating NICs
On the VDS you just have uplink port groups. So, all the uplinks would be associated with Vmotion and Management network (also active), you don't specify these 2 uplinks for this and these 2 uplinks...
View ArticleRe: Did I find an API bug? : Adding multiple disks soap error
I did a dump like you said and it was very helpful. I needed to add the code below to make it workTurns out that I need a unique key for every disk that I am adding. Thank you for your help my $disk...
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Re: Using VCO to assign external IP addresses on vApp deployment.
No, I don't think I did any testing around NAT'd networks when I put that package together. Please do report back on how it works out for you
View ArticleSend failed notification
HI, is it possible to send a email notification when the workflow finish failed ? rgds jeremie
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commands using vMA
I have installed and configured the vMA 5.x. I have added and registered my vcenter server and two hosts (ESXi01, ESXi02). When i connect to the vMA using vi-admin and target the ESXi02 host i can...
View ArticleRe: Send failed notification
Sure, sort-of ...If you have a workflow that has the potential of failing, you should either build in error handling within the workflow and pass the errorCode details to a Send E-mail Notification...
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