Need to regain space or Shrink disk in VMware & Server 2008
So I made the mistake of allocating too much space to one of our Windows Guests. I gave it 2TB and then we only ended up using 300GB. The space hasn't been added to the volume yet in Windows... it's...
View ArticleSnapshots deleted and VM wont power on
Hi,I am dealing with a virtual server which is no longer in production, however has some important files that one user needs. Since this server was no longer needed, it was shutdown and some snapshots...
View ArticleRe: Need to regain space or Shrink disk in VMware & Server 2008
VMware Converter is probably going to be your best solution, as it will allow you to resize volumes.
View ArticleRe: Need to regain space or Shrink disk in VMware & Server 2008
I will give it a try again... but when I tried to V2V it, it wouldn't allow me to change the volume sizes.
View ArticleRe: VMware vSphere: Install, Configure & Manage [V5.0] - How long is it valid?
Note: Discussion successfully moved from VMware vCenter™ to VCP: VMware Certified Professional
View ArticleRe: vsphere VSA port group names in brownfield deployment
1. Just build your VSA with "VM Network" as VMware said and later on (when VSA will be in place already) add your different production networks for VMs. However, you should be carefull with VLANs, so...
View ArticleRe: VMware vSphere: Install, Configure & Manage [V5.0] - How long is it valid?
For as long as the VCP 5 exam is offered - but my suggestion is to take sooner that later as the information will be fresher -
View ArticleProblem script virtual machines creation
Hello everybody, I come to you for have of your lights about my problem My script creates 10 virtual machines and configure them (name and IP address).my problem is my script only create that 3 VMs and...
View ArticleRe: Need to regain space or Shrink disk in VMware & Server 2008
You will need to choose the Advanced options in the disk section to get the options to type in a custom size.
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Re: HP NC380T Recognized by hardware but not by ESXi
Well nothing else I can think of, to be honest here's where a ticket with VMware should be the next steps. IRQ seems to be the culprit, but not sure if that's a driver or firmware or ESXi causing the...
View ArticleRe: help with vco db connection on new install
Hi FreddyI think the following is the case.If you install on the same machine as the vc and select the VDB option it should connect to the same DB as the VC DB as on installation the tables are...
View ArticleRe: Template Location - PowerCLI
thanks MKguy, This script ran fine but unfortunately it did not give the Datastore names. It only gave the Template names. something missing? thanks again,
View ArticleRe: VSA 5.1 installation issue
it automaticlly assigned IP (192.x.x.1) for VSA-Back End and for your second/third cluster it might try to use the same IPs as on first cluster, but these IPs already exist.... Try to change your IPs...
View ArticleRe: Appropriateness of VMware for this application
Welcome to the Community - Depending on what else is running in your environment you might look at increasing the resources for the VMs - maybe increasing memory and/or CPU -
View ArticleRe: Unable to retrieve kernel symbols Failed to initialize monitor device...
i'm a moron. I had renamed the mach_kernel file some time ago to test cached kernel loading. this article Unable to retrieve kernel symbols gave me the clue to check the mach file.
View ArticleRe: Template Location - PowerCLI
Which PowerCLI version are you running? I have no problem getting the Datastore names with the latest version 5.1...
View ArticleRe: vMotion and large VM memory configurations
I haven't seen any updated numbers for 5.x, but this chart for ESXi 4.1 indicates that a VM with 8 vCPU and 256GB memory needs over 10GB extra memory reserved for overhead. VMware vSphere 4 - ESX and...
View Articleanalog of VSA/vSAN on other Hypervisors
Is there analog of VSA/vSAN on other Hypervisors (other than ESXi)? Did anyone try it?What else could be used to share local storage between hosts? Thank a lot!
View ArticleRe: HP NC380T Recognized by hardware but not by ESXi
a_nut_in: there are no VM's on the host. The power cable has been removed multiple times when I swapped out the cards. I think I just have to accept that this motherboard is not going to work with...
View ArticleRe: VMware vSphere: Install, Configure & Manage [V5.0] - How long is it valid?
VCP5-DCV is the current exam, VCP4-DCV is still available and an end-of-life has not been announced. I believe historically the exams are not longer available after 2 revisions (VCP3 became unavailable...
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