HOWTO+Run local bash script from WITHIN the vCenter Orchestrator Workflows
Hello, I just started learning vCO workflow development. I'm stuck on how to Run my local bash script from within the Orchestrator Workflows. My bash script is located in the vCO server (e.g....
View ArticleRe: Remove Emulex OneConnect iSCSI adapters
Hi REED201110141 The OCe10102 or OCe11102 adapter can be configured to NIC only personality. Use Emulex's OneCommand Manager for either VMware vCenter Server as a plug-in or download the Windows...
View ArticleRe: VADP Recovery Issues for SRM Protected VM
To avoid issues like this, please checkout www.phdvirtual.comThey have a superior backup solution and just acquired Virtual Sharp, who has a Reliable DR product. The two solutions together, provide a...
View ArticleSQL 2012 Application Consistent Snaps?
So now that 5.1U1 supports SQL 2012 can vmtools effectively quicese SQL 2012 for an application consistent snapshot?
View ArticleRe: vCAC to vCO to VCM (or) vCAC to VCM? Best practice?
thanks Burke! Just to reiterate., is it safe to say that vCO be integrated with VCM and then use vCAC as front end to connect to vCO and perform/request actions? Also, by any chance does vCO offer any...
View ArticleRe: Running VM in a different geographical location (run your VMs on site A...
Not quite the new site will be built and he want to sVmotion the VMDK to the new datastore while leaving the VM running on the host in the original site. Until the application owners are ready to...
View ArticleHBA Failure Behavior
We have single dual port HBAs in our hosts.. each port goes to a sep SAN controller.. but I am curious how a host handles VMs if the HBA itself was to fail?
View Articlehelp getting this script to email a report out of results of NTP time
Hi can anybody help me to get this script to check on host ntp time and send an email of the results . at the moment it doesn't have any thing in the results as i think the time is correct on all the...
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ESX 4.1, IBM BladeCenter (Nortel / BNT Switches) in blocking state
Hello, I am trying to resolve an issue I uncovered related to networking and our vSphere environment... I have an IBM BladeCenter H with 3 HS22 servers running ESX 4.1. I have Nortel (BNT) Layer 2/3 GB...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Resources
Hello Everyone, I had a question about resources. I've installed ESX & ESXi a few times. I have also installed 5.0 once. BUt, I have never installed ESXi5 in a clustered enviornment. I am...
View ArticleUpgrade to vCenter 5.1 Update 1?
hi guysI want to upgrade to vCenter Appliance 5.1 U1, checking the vmware site to get the download I see thisVMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5.1.0.10000-1065184-updaterepo.isoComment says: VMware...
View ArticlevCenter 5.0 SSL Certificates
Hi, Really weird problem but im trying to get SSL certs working on a vCenter 5.0 implementation with Entrust generated certs. When I run the Managed Object Browser after replacing the certificates and...
View ArticleRe: VCenter 5.1 update 1 upgrade fails with "insert disk 1", now vcenter...
Can you attach the last vpxd-*.log file so we can check what is stopping VC?
View ArticleRe: Is SQLIO accurate when run inside a VM?
Nope - the response time is still accurate, because its what the guest sees.
View ArticleRe: Sharing secondary disk between Linux and Windows Guests
NTFS is not a clusterable filesystem, so you can't do this without a ton of disk corruption.
View ArticleRe: Fast VP + Vmware
King_Julien wrote: As far as I know I have to move a VM to a LUN on the FAST VP pool, then FAST VP will what? Then nothing...the FAST will take care of the rest. Will take a "slice" (a block if get it...
View ArticleRe: Upgrade to vCenter 5.1 Update 1?
On the docs, there is not such limitation. http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-511-upgrade-guide.pdfPage 87. But really don't know why this is not...
View ArticleRe: Several important questions regarding SIOC / Storage IO Control
1) Its well designed and supported for this use case. 2) Its per-VM queue not per host queue 3) Its not supported, and its really not a good idea. Why would you want to do this?
View ArticleRe: HBA Failure Behavior
If this is the only HBA and both ports fail (or the card itself), all VMs being accessed by this HBA will stop. No HA action will be taken until you shutdown the entire ESX, in case you have HA. Only...
View ArticleRe: SQL 2012 Application Consistent Snaps?
VMware Tools does not quiesce the local filesystem, Microsoft VSS does - you neet to have the correct VSS configuration to work with your SQL Server.
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