Re: May I download and install 4.1 U3 even if my Basic support has already...
Although it's considered best practice (and required in some cases) to upgrade vCenter Server first, it's not a requirement in your case. Please take a look at...
View ArticleRe: Import of OVF/OVA Fails
Lennie,Thanks for the info, I will give this a try. My only concern is that this is a production webhost server and downtime must be limited. I'll let you know how testing goes. --Jon
View ArticleRe: Which Alarm should I use to define when both NICs are down on an ESXi host
Take a look at the below 3 alarms Network Connectivity Lost Network Uplink Redundancy Degraded Network Uplink Redundancy Lost You can also create custom alarm if you required. Take a look at the...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.0 - Moving SQL database breaks perf chart (fix)
Big thanks for your post.Your solution saved me time and was right on the money.It contained all three of the required elements that people now forget to include.1. What is happening2. Why it is...
View ArticleSRM 5.1 and Essentials Plus Bundle
Hi, I have two datacenters 200km apart. Link is 50Mbps. On two sites I have two Essensials Plus Kits, vSphere 5.1 with vCenter Server Essentials. Now I want to add SRM in our enviroment. Number of...
View ArticleRe: Cannot import user into org via LDAP
Sorry to bump my own thread, but has anyone encountered this error message?
View ArticleVSM logs into vCD 2x every minute using the vCloud API Sysem Account details...
Hi All, This is a matter of curiosity rather than neccessity... Our vCD team have noticed that in the vCD logs, it shows VSM logging in twice every minute. We're currently only using the vCD connector...
View ArticleRe: Guest Memory Allocation
This statistic is a bit misleading, you only ACTIVELY touch 2GB of memory in some period of time, what you are touching may change over time. Also your server may allocate a lot more memory to run that...
View ArticleRe: BI x VMWare - Lantência
RafaNovo:Segue em anexo um print do operation manager. Olha se ajuda. rafaelinsc:Segue em anexo. Essa semana verifiquei que não está mais aparecendo o alertar de latência ao executar o processo...
View ArticleUpdate Manager - never reboots host
We are using Update Manager (on vcenter 5.1). We have a host that has a fresh install of esxi 5.1 (799733). Using Update Manager and applying the Critical Host Patches baseline tells me there are 111...
View ArticleRe: Converting Linux Box
nielse,Yes, I can ping the server, I can SSH to it from putty on the standard port 22. --Jon
View ArticleRe: Import of OVF/OVA Fails
The fact this is in production could be a problem actually, because this method is a sort of a "workaround"...if possible the VM should be tested after being imported in ESXi and before release it to...
View ArticleRe: Update Manager - never reboots host
There are only 2 patches available for ESXi 5.1 - you can verify this at http://www.vmware.com/go/downloadpatches Are you using Fixed or Dynamic Baseline Criteria in the baseline?
View ArticleRe: Import of OVF/OVA Fails
Lennie,Thanks for the reply. I will give that a try and see what happens. I've actually got a couple linux servers I need to export, so I can try this on a different non-critical server to see what...
View ArticleRe: PSOD on nested ESXi 5.1 build 799733
Hi,I dont have any passthrough devices configured.
View ArticleRe: Sizing VMs vs. their physical counterpart
If you want to make sure that you always have enough memory and not overcommit, conservative I know, but some people might like it then you could use a script to set a memory reservation as a...
View ArticleRe: Update Manager - never reboots host
Hmm, yes I see your point about the patch list. However Update Manager shows lots. I even re-scanned the host first. I notice that a lot of the Patch IDs are ESX400xxxxx. These systems were...
View ArticleRe: ESXi Crash - No PSOD
Do you have a CD-ROM device mounted? See this thread for more info on that: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/393670 Is your hardware on the HCL and firmware up to date?
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