Re: Increase IOPS for a Single VM
Its possible he has SAS drives - Robert. Perhaps before telling him he's doing it wrong, we should ask what he has?
View ArticleRe: CPU Ready Time
Things other than CPU overlap are included in RDY time. Poor storage performance can cause this....
View ArticleRe: Oversized VMs Recommended Memory isn't realistic?
I've been seeing the same thing. The report recommended to size a Windows 2008 R2 Exchange server that isn't too busy at 160 MB or Ram. How could it come to that conclusion? For the 99% of us that...
View ArticleRe: GetRebootTime issue
I've run a similar scenario with a personal Powershell script to query the last reboot (separate from Protect) and came close to the same issue. So, I'm beginning to think this might be a remote server...
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Re: software virtualization is incompatible with long mode on this platform
Virtualized VT-x under ESXi 5.1 requires hardware support for EPT. The processors in a Power Edge 2900 are not likely to qualify. What kind of processors do you have?
View ArticleRe: How to find the storage of a VM in Cloud director
Hi Deepak, The VM harddisk quantity is a bit buried. You can find the storage for a particular harddisk of a particular VM like so:...
View ArticleRe: Native IE launching virtual java versions
Great, thanks for your input. I will test this out.
View ArticleRe: Com port redirector for ESXi5
I used the product from Tactical Software and it is working nicely. I had a problem trying to refirect com port 1 but redirecting com port 4 worked.
View ArticleRe: CPU Ready Time
If you aren't on at least 5.0 Update 1 there was a bug with AMD processors (I'm assuming you have AMD procs since you said no HT) that did not properly balance VM's and could introduce rdy time even...
View ArticleRe: Increase IOPS for a Single VM
Name is not "Robert" I didn't assume that was the problem, but 15 VM's on a single only once of which is having an issue, disk seems a logical choice. I have seen this problem before, I am fairly...
View ArticleRe: How to run Dell DSET utility for ESXi 4.1
I just tested this with 5.0 U2, using these instructions and it worked as expected. Note: I couldn't get the instructions in the PDF linked above to work either. My blog entry I just linked to should...
View ArticleRe: Increase IOPS for a Single VM
if you have multiple hosts... and shares that datastore you can use SIOC and disk shares to prioritize the IOPS but u need ENT+ license..else you can use normal disk shares..that will ensure critical...
View ArticleRe: Intergrating Esxi 5.1 With Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory
I posted my reply right after I had done this for the first time. The check box is working as it should. I don't know what you are missing. Let me know if you figure it out.
View ArticleRe: vSphere Client - Distorted/low colour screen
Not specifically, but this appears to be a font problem and a graphics driver issue. The client is .NET based. If you try the web based client does it show the same thing? Maybe you are running the...
View ArticleRe: Mouse Cursor issues with Windows 7
Did you do any kind of PCoIP optimization, I am primarly thinking if disableing build-to-lossless could cause this?Also try to update one of your client to latest agent (5.1.2) and if that does not...
View ArticleRe: View desktop not the same number of vcpu than the parent vm
If I'm understanding the question correctly, then would it be possible that the snapshot used happens to have 1 vCPU whereas the current state of the VM you used has 4 vCPUs? In other words, when you...
View ArticleView 3.x Problem with recomposing desktops
I have two desktops attempting to recompose and are failing. the following errors appear in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VDM\logs\log-2013-01-22.txt file. I have...
View ArticleRe: esxi5 VM won't start after running out of data drive space
The datastore has plenty of space. so i'm going to backup everything and then see if I can attach to anohter VM. Also, how can i be 100% sure that when i deleted my snapshots that they are no longer...
View ArticleRe: Oversized VMs Recommended Memory isn't realistic?
nyjz1298 wrote: I've been seeing the same thing. The report recommended to size a Windows 2008 R2 Exchange server that isn't too busy at 160 MB or Ram. How could it come to that conclusion? For the...
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