Re: Issue with Remove-VDSwitchVMHost
I think I had the wrong reference for the host systemid. Needed just the value. Try this for the host id value $vmhostid = (get-vmhost $vmhost).extensiondata.Moref.Value
View ArticleRe: vCenter Appliance Stops working
For the log location and how to access the log file from the GUI, see VMware KB: Location of vCenter Server log files.If you do have an active support contract with VMware, consider to open a support...
View ArticleRe: vCenter Appliance Stops working
Would help if you could generate the log bundle for the appliance and share it across VMware KB: Collecting diagnostic information for VMware vCenter Server
View ArticleRe: Shut down esxi guests without vmware-tools installed
Any method that would send an ACPI event to a guest would be perfect. I looked at the esxcli method earlier but it seemed to be the same as the vim-cmd methodology. Did I read that incorrectly? --HalfDime
View ArticleRe: realtime
Glad that you enjoy the product. Just to make sure I understand, by "real time" you mean that you would like a new option in the "Time Range" drowpdown (called Real Time) that would refresh the Message...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 4.1 database update to vCenter 5.1?
Not sure I understand the ask here. Do you mean would VC work if you restored a 4.x database on a 5.x working VC's DB? If that's a literal restore - no it will not work! However, if you want to create...
View ArticleRe: Guest Customization Fails
I had already installed version 8.6.10 of VMware Tools from the vCD interface. This appears to be the latest as the link associated with the KB you provided points to 8.6.5.
View ArticleRe: vCenter Database retention Policy when does it take effect
Hi Stan, The DB retention policy will not help as the DB would be purged when the next roll up jobs and purge scripts are configured to run. You could try a manual purge of data beyond a certain...
View ArticleRe: Shut down esxi guests without vmware-tools installed
jrmunday, Thank you for the reply. I just tried the esxcli vm process kill -t soft -w WORLDID command on a test VM and it killed the process without communicating to the guest. All of the processes...
View ArticleRe: Unable to Access server
To regain immediate access, just walk up to the console of the ESXi host (if accessible) or take an ILO/DRAC/KVM and on the console hit F2 That should enable you to log in and change the network...
View ArticleRe: Issue with Remove-VDSwitchVMHost
Got it working now! Here is the working code: $vmhost = "myhostname"$vDSName = "myvdsname"$vmhostid = (get-vmhost $vmhost).extensiondata.Moref.value$vDS = (Get-VDSwitch $vDSName)$vDSView = Get-View -Id...
View ArticleRe: Sabotage ? - who can write into the first 1500 Mb of a VMFS-volume ?
Sounds like windows "auto mount" feature to be honest! http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1010092...
View ArticleRe: vCenter server error lookup service
But me i have a disk with 79G , how can i reduse %temp%files thanks
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Re: Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller Cards
For anyone interested, these are the results for a single worker thread with the above PERC configuration;
View ArticleRe: vCenter Database retention Policy when does it take effect
thanks A, how often does vcenter run the purge scripts? is it an automatic process or configurable? i can run the manual purge as well.
View ArticleRe: Force MTU for VMs vNic from Esxi
I really fail to see the point you're trying to make here. The hypervisor and vSwitch merely provide layer 2 forwarding logic. It's at the discretion of the endpoint (read: the guest OS networking...
View ArticleRe: vCenter Database retention Policy when does it take effect
Hey Stan, Purge scripts are set to run once a year, once a month, once a week and once a day as there are four procedures that run both to collect and purge data. You can manually run the purge by just...
View ArticleRe: Why does the snapshot process hang my VM's
Hi I also use Veeam Backup 6.5 specifically and we experience very similiar issues with something classed as a Highly Transactional SQL Server (6CPU,48GB RAM, 2008R2 Enterprise)I notice during the...
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