Logging a snapshot and removal of same
Using ESX5i under vCenter management, is it possible to create a snapshot of a VM, delete the snapshot, and not have any log entries showing that activity? Is it possible to delete log entries,...
View ArticleQuiescing Error
Everyday backup is triggered. Every day one of my VM is giving this error. Everday first time the error come while taking snapshot but second time it is successfull. But i am not sure why everyday it...
View ArticleRe: Ballooning to pin the memory be reclaimed
Hi, Welcome to the communities Hypervisor reclaim wrong memory and cause the virtual machine crash? It will never happen.A balloon driver is loaded into the guest operating system as a...
View ArticleRe: Organization VDC's allocation model Query
Hi, I've tested with the other 2 allocation models and they work fine. Regards,Rajesh
View ArticleRe: Spring Trader SQLFire cluster question
You can also trigger a rebalance in a running system using "call sys.rebalance_all_buckets()". regardssumedh
View ArticleRe: How to utilize 6 NIC Port on a VMware Host?
Hi, Always consider redundancy. The following VLAN tags are examples only and should match your network design. Also if you want to incorporate vMotion in the future when you have two hosts, simply add...
View ArticleRe: Cannot Start vCenter Server Appliance - "Waiting for vpxd to...
fresh install only option. vmware support takes 3 days to even come up with anything.. even for a sev1.
View ArticleRe: vCAC and vCO for VM cloud deployment
Thanks Juan, I'm encountering the same problem. I had all my VCO workflows working including approval and cost calculation. The only thing which did not please the management was the interface. VCAC...
View ArticleRe: "Certificate error occurred for the update server." msg when doing a...
Thanks for the investigation, Jwiedow, and for posting an interesting workaround. We hope to have the underlying problem remedied at the server end "real soon now", so as much as I think Jwiedow's...
View ArticleRe: HP Smart Array P420i warning
The problem with the "downgrade" approach is that the moment you have a hard disk fail, HP inform you that they can't help because your VMware offline bundle is one version behind. Even if you do have...
View ArticleRe: "Certificate error occurred for the update server." msg when doing a...
It appers that the issue is fixed. I am not getting the error anymore while checking for updates in workstation.can anyone check with fusion? the SSL certificate shows that its now verified by akamai....
View ArticleRe: "Vcenter alarm: ESXi 5.1 Host connection failure/ Host not responding"
Hi SL, My vCenter is also running on E1000 NIC. Did you change it to VMXNET3? Yes, I have tried all kind of combinations with NIC teamings but still no success. Do let me know if changing NIC from...
View ArticleRe: "Certificate error occurred for the update server." msg when doing a...
It looks like the new Certificate was issued by a CA that is not trusted by the VMware Workstation default CA package. A quick Wireshark trace identified that the Certificate handshake was coming back...
View ArticleRe: Quiescing Error
Hi, Do we have same problem during a manual snapshot creation time(Selecting quiesce guest file system option) ?Any chance its matching with http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1009073?
View ArticleRe: "Certificate error occurred for the update server." msg when doing a...
I am sure it broke some fundamental law of the universe when I said "real soon now" and it happened... real soon! Thanks everyone for your patience and help getting this resolved! Cheers,--Darius
View ArticleRe: How can gemfire locator be configurated to return full DNS name to Client?
all these 3 methods work. thanks.
View ArticleVGrow Eager Zeroed Space Reclaim Test in VAAI
Hi, Any one finish the VAAI certification for ESXI 5.1 . I have a problem in VGrow Eager Zeroed Space Reclaim test and i am getting this below error when i start this test " Creation Datastore LUN has...
View ArticleRe: Installing Windows 8 Pro
Hi, For Q2, the links provided are applicable. The license key for windows 8 which you currently have is probably an upgrade key. Many Windows 8 user have experienced same issue. They assume its full...
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