Re: Error starting server process: A SQLFire Server is already running
The answer to this problem that has plagued me for the better part of a month can be fixed with this command from the start-up directory: rm -f .sqlfserver.ser that's the magic file that keeps track of...
View ArticleRe: A couple of vCenter Heartbeat questions please...
The answer to both of your questions 1. Time zone must be the same (Honestly, I have not tried doing this on different time zones settings since this is a simple per-requisite) 2. You just need to...
View ArticleRe: VMware Fusion 4, 5 vmware-vmx CPU hog > 100% - OsX 10.7.4 2GHz i7 16GB
I can repeat this over and over with absolute consistency. 100% CPU usage only happens when I boot my computer when it's completely off (cold boot). When I restart the computer the 100% CPU usage is...
View ArticleRe: Workstation 8 Install Error 1920 - Service VMware Authorization Service...
SOLVED.Hope someone finds this helpful. I was having similar or same issues as described by many. In my case wmx86 was not running and so the instalation would not finish with Error 1920.How did I...
View Articlebatch script to start VMs
since my vCenter is a VM inside one of ESXis, i would like to create a batch to achieve below in sequence: 1) check if AD VM on ESXi A or ESXi B then power on AD VM on that ESXi, repeat with listed...
View ArticleExtracting the latest VMware.log file from the VM datastore without downtime
Hi All, Can anyone please assist me in extracting the latest vmware.log file from the VM datastore which should contains the most recent Error log the VM directory ? I'm in the process of...
View ArticleRe: How to export into a CSV VMs that are powered on in a cluster
If you replace: Get-VM into: Get-VM | Where-Object {$_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOn"} then you will only get the vm's that are powered on.
View ArticleRe: ISCSI multipathing and multiple ISCSI SANS in a single ESXi 5.1 cluster
You are going to need 2 more 10GbE ports per host in that case. Only way to retain multipath, load balancing and fault tolerance. There is a way to get it to work, but you'll lose fault tolerance and...
View ArticleHow to shutdown powered on VMs by reading a CSV file or just off the Cluster
Hello,I have csv file with the following headers: "Name","Cluster","ESX Host","Datastore"This csv lists all the powered on VMs from a cluster XYZ. How can i read the CSV file and shudown all the VMs...
View ArticleRe: Insufficient Resource Available to perform the HA failover in cluster
Hi Deepika, thanks for highlighting that, no VM affinity rule is configured on cluster not even in our environment today i reconfigured my cluster with for HA, seems the error has gone from Host. now...
View ArticleVMWare Player Mouse does not snap to a menu
I am using VMWare Player 5 and I open some software and it has drill down type menus. If the menu option I need to click is at the bottom of the screen and the next menu I choose happens to be shorter...
View ArticlePCoIP image quality levels, what's your best practice?
I've just started experimenting with tuning the PCoIP performance of our 300+ desktop deployment. They are primarily general use computer labs so some video (YouTube, etc) is needed so I can't clamp...
View ArticleRe: How to shutdown powered on VMs by reading a CSV file or just off the Cluster
To shut down all the powered on vm's from cluster xyz you can do: Get-Cluster -Name xyz | Get-VM | Where-Object { $_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOn" } |Shutdown-VMGuest -Confirm:$false
View ArticleRe: Thunderbolt Display Resolution not available in Windows 7 Guest
Yep, latest VMWare Fusion and VMWare Tools installed. Latest version of Windows 7 with all patches etc installed as well
View ArticleRe: changing vm storage drs automation level
The changes you make in vCenter are not automatically done in your PowerCLI variables.You will have to get the object again, or refresh the ExtensionData property with the UpdateViewData method.
View ArticleWindows 7 OEM and VMWare Fusion?
Can someone please tell me how Windows OEM works with VMWare Fusion? The OEM software links itself to your computer hardware, and I'm wondering how this works with VMW? What happens when I want to...
View ArticleResolution in Ubuntu 13.04 (Retina Display)
I'm trying to use VMware Fusion 5.0.3 in a MacBook Pro with Retina display (15 inches). The idea is to run Ubuntu Linux 13.04 in a virtual machine, but I'm having problems with the screen resolution....
View ArticleHow to change Effective Policy in Hosts and Cluster View?
Hi - I struggle to change Effective Policy from Default to "Custom" in vCOPS Host and Cluster View. I notice I can go to the Group View, create a Group and assosiate a custom policy with the group....
View ArticleRe: Windows 7 OEM and VMWare Fusion?
Typically OEM versions of Windows comes with a PC and is tied to that PC.In the EULA is usually state that you are only allowed to run that copy of Windows on that specific PC. So not to get in any...
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