How to quiesce Linux OS when making snapshot for backup
Hi, We use Symantec Netbackup to backup our VM's (creates snapshot of the VM and then backups the original vmdk's)Since Linux is missing the VSS functionality that Windows provides I wonder how to...
View ArticleRe: How does customization work like ?
Hi Guys, I apologize if I'm on the wrong discussion. I can see imcXXXX in each VM that I'm deploying by customization using template. VMs are deploying successfully but once I reboot the VM the...
View ArticleMac OS X v10.4 Tiger supported as guest ?
Hi, Is MAC OSX v10.4 Tiger supported as a guest os on any ESXi versions ? I have checked the compatibility guide, but could only find OSX 10.5,6,7,8 and 9. RegardsOle
View ArticleAll virtualization platform supports vpshere 5.1 VMs
Dear team, We r currently using vsphere 5.1 in our environment. as per customer request we need to export VM and ship it to customer site. it depends they use any virtualization platform such as Hyper...
View ArticleRestored vm boot problem
Hi, I upgraded our Esxi 4.1 hosts to 5.1. First I backed up virtual machines using ghettovcb script, then installed esxi 5.1 and then restored virtual machines. Problem is that I cannot boot few of...
View ArticlePatching for VMware Infra VMs
Dear team, montly basis we are patching all VMs except VMware infra VMs, now we r planning to patch VMware Infra VMs also.I have below list of VMware infra VMs, just want to know which VMs we have to...
View ArticleDelete the vmdk content
Dear Team, How to delete vmdk content before deleting vmdk file from datastore. so that no one will be able to recover the data from that vmdk. regardsMr VMware
View ArticleVirtual Machine defrag missing in ESXI 5.5?
I am running a vCenter vSphere 5.5 with sever 5.0 and 5.5 hosts. Each host has several virtual machines. I have been able to defrag the guest OS's within each virtual machine, however according to...
View ArticlePut a personalized MAC Address different from Vmware OUI
Hi Guys, I'm facing a problem. In the past I changed the MAC address of one specific machine. I was able to put MAC address different from Vmware OUI, I needed edit vmx file manually and change the...
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Co-Stop metric
Dear Team, I have one VM which is having 32vCPUs , just want to confirm wheather below co-stop metric value is fine or do i need to take some action. regardsMr VMware
View ArticleVMware Physical Disk Helper Service
At what point does the VMware Tools installation decide to install the VMware Physical Disk Helper Service? I'm not seeing this service on most of the VMs in my environment, however, I'm seeing that it...
View ArticleSteps to troubleshoot if VM is Hang???
Dear Team, Today one of the Windows admin reported that they are not able to take a RDP of one the VM but able to ping the server. After taking VM console from vsphere client we have found VM in a hang...
View ArticleWrong time displayed in VMware.log file
Dear team, Today morning i have faced one Issue with one VM, to trouble shoot the same i have tried read the vmware.log file but in that it shows wrong time for eg issue occured at7:45 am but in...
View ArticleWhat will be the SCSI BUS Sharing for oracle Cluster VM
Dear Team, We have Created one Oracle VM now we will map below RDM on the same then and install Oracle11 standalone cluster instance on the same Just want to confirm what will be the SCSI bus sharing...
View ArticleIs it possible to change SCSI Bus Sharing in future if required???
Dear Team, I have one VM, in that oracle 11G is installed as a single instance , and SCSI bus sharing is set to physical, in future if i want to chnage the SCSI bus sharing to virtual or none can i do...
View ArticleSnapshot with RDM in Physical Compatibility mode
Dear Team, I have added one RDM as and created D drive , and kept some data on D drive Create snapshot created one folder on C and D drive as new revert the snapshot , it will powerofff the VM ,...
View ArticleIncreasing C Drive On Virtual Server
Hi, new member ! We run multiple virtual servers on various ESX hosts, all connected to different LUNs on the same SAN. We use standard images to build each image and the C drive is set to approx...
View ArticleVM Rolls back to last full backup date when crashed
Hello VMware Gurus, Please advise me with below problem One of my VM always rolls back to the last full backup date system state, when the vSphere goes down suddenly due to power failure. It is...
View ArticleIf SSO Server restarted will it disconnect existing Users sessions???
Dear Team, we have installed Windows Update on SSO server , before restarting the same just want to confirm some users are already authenticated with SSO and connected to VC through vpshere client, if...
View ArticlevMotion kicks off sysprep?
I vmotioned a VM today, 2008 R2, and HP SIM sent an unreachable shortly after. This happens sometimes when we vmotion as a ping packet is dropped. Didn't think anything of it, but the owner noticed...
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