Re: Setting up email handler
Hi Tom, You don't need to enable SMTP on the vcops-admin UI - this is for the vSphere UI notifications/alerts only. You will need to set up an email alert handler as described on page 78. The...
View ArticleRe: Poor performance Windows 2003 R2 32bit Enterprise with IOMeter
Hi Andre, Yep - all disks are aligned on a 64Kb boundary as part of this testing. I'm currently running up a 64bit W2K3 Ent R2 vm to see if that exhibits similar issues to the 32bit version. Thanks,...
View ArticleRe: What will happen if vCenter fails for long duration..???
Hi, If vCenter with VDS crashes, ESXI host should not impacted for any functionality. Except those performed through vCenter server. VM should be still running and should be able to connect through...
View ArticleRe: Upgrade from 4.1 to 4.1u3
Hi , What is version of ESXI HP is shipping to you, it should not cause any problem. I would rather say use ESXi install image provided by HP since they do customization based on drivers need....
View ArticleRe: Does virtual Windows Server 2012 cause file sharing to not function?
So, does anyone have other suggestion? I still think it might have something to do with VWMware virtual OS issue.
View ArticleRe: Mixing Management and Backup traffic
OK great thanks. Do you think backup traffic and vmotion traffic and management traffic could go over the same 2 physical nics, or should backup traffic and vmotion traffic be separated? (There are 8...
View ArticleQuestion About Starting Studies for the VCP5-DCV
Hello and Good Day VMware Community... I am just starting the process of studying for the VCP5-DCV exam. I work for a company that has been using vpshere 4.X and 5.X over the past 4-5 years. My...
View ArticleCannot boot/install VMs from ISO images
In this new VMWare 5.1 host server, I have created 2 VMs -- one for Win 2008-R2 and one for 2003-R2. Neither of VM guest OS can be installed. The VMs cannot see the DVD drive. I have modified/verified...
View ArticleRe: VSA installed - what is supposed to happen?
What is apparently supposed to happen is that when one ESX host in a VSA cluster fails (either due to network or server hardware) any VM guests that are running on that ESX host power off and reboot on...
View ArticleRe: esx5.0 p2v failing at 1% with 'Unknown exception'
Can you connect to the destination ESX server from the source machine on port 902?
View ArticleRe: Does virtual Windows Server 2012 cause file sharing to not function?
Mustafa wrote: Found this KB VMware KB: Shared folder in a Windows 2012 virtual machine is not accessible over the network hope it solves your issueRegarding this article and the "Disable the HotPlug...
View ArticleRe: Console Blank (disconnected)
But i dont know if this is port issue, because yesterday no problem with the console. Regards, Hudan
View ArticleRe: Cannot boot/install VMs from ISO images
I never experienced issues on such hosts with booting from CD/ISO. Please attach the VM's latest vmware.log file to see whether this contains some hints. Can you further confirm that the ISO images you...
View ArticleRe: Console Blank (disconnected)
Try simply a telnet on 902 or 903 ports. And you will see if it is open. Regards,Julien.
View ArticleVLANs supported for MSCS cluster network?
I am setting up an MSCSbetween two vSpherehosts. We are using VLANs with dvSwitches. The VMware MSCSbest practice guide states: "Two physical network adapters dedicated to theMSCScluster and to the...
View ArticleHigh guest CPU when a guest is on a particular host
Hello forum, I have a unusual problem and am looking for some more help. I have a cases open with VMware and HP and HP is engaging Microsoft to troubleshoot this issue. Symptoms - On random...
View ArticleRe: Can VMware View 5.2 do Diskless VDI without 3rd party?
RAMDISKs have been around since the days of DOS. You can create a RAMDISK with Linux and present it to vSphere as a space to store VMs. Without the benefits of Atlantis' deduplication, though, it...
View ArticleRe: Question About Starting Studies for the VCP5-DCV
Well, VMware doesn't comment on future releases. Although everyone expects new announcements at VMworld in August, nobody actually can tell you whether there will be another 5.x version or 6.x or...
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