Limit snapshots on only one virtual disk of a VM
Can I prevent snapshots from being taken on only one virtual disk of a VM, but allow them for other virtual disks, if that virtual disk has already been created?
View Articleprefered log file to troubleshoot specific issues
Dear Team, Request you to let me know if I am facing below issue which log file we have to refer. Converter => which logs we have to refer (preferred log file)SAN (DAtastore issue) => which log...
View ArticleIndependent Disk Caveats
I would like to create some independent persistent disks to prevent them from being affected by snapshots, and save space on the array.What are the possible drawbacks / caveats I need to be aware of...
View ArticleP to V - ESX 5.1 - Windows Server 2003 + SQL Server
Good Morning:I am having a bear of a time P to V a Windows Server 2003 that has SQL Server 2005 running with multiple instances. The bottom line, I have a ESX 5.1 environment and attempting to bring in...
View ArticleConverting a disk from thin to thick with no downtime
Can I convert all disks on a VM from thin to thick without powering off the VM?
View ArticleHow to check total disk space used by VM
Dear Team, I have rec'd one request from customer he request us to share the total disk space used by a VM. I don;t have credentials to check to check total used space. Is there any way without login I...
View ArticleWill Vmware syslog can capture vCenter Logs
Dear Team, we are planning to setup new "Vmware Syslog Collector" server, just want to confirm can we forward vCenter server log to Vmware SYSLOG collector server??? regardsMr Vmware
View ArticleWhat type of logs are captured by vmware syslog collector server.....
Dear Team, Yesterday I have install "VMware Syslog Collector" application , after installing I have confired new syslog server setting on ESXihost and reload the syslog service. it only create...
View ArticleAdding an AD account to existing VMs
I have a group of existing Windows 2008 and 2012 VMs. They were provisioned without a service account that they need for backup tools to work. This service account needs local administrator...
View ArticleDesigning Service Accounts / AD integration into VM templates
I need a service account that is not local, but an AD account, to be installed on each Windows Server 2008 and 2012 that gets provisioned. The idea is that I need third party products like backup...
View ArticleConfigure new SYSLOG server but two esxi not sending logs to syslog collector
Dear team, I have configured new syslog collector and configured the same on 16ESXi host, 14 host able to send logs to new syslog but tow host is not able to send. How to troubleshoot this issue, need...
View ArticleExpanding Linux VMs
If I have some Linux PostGreSQL database VMs that will grow to need a large amount of storage (>4TB), how should I scale them? 1. Should I create a giant vmdk that can store all, or should I start...
View ArticleHP UX based application and VM
Hi All, I am new to VMware and having some basic questions in mind.If community could answer these question to help me in moving forward. 1.I guess HP-UX OS is not under VMware(only win,freeBSD and...
View ArticleResetting CBT without a power-off
As per this article http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2090639I need to reset change block tracking in order to deal with this...
View Articlesvmotion individual disks
can I svmotion a vm one vdisk at a time? or do I have to move all the virtual disks of a vm to a new datastore at the same time?
View ArticleHow to check SSO database connectivity
Dear team, we have vCenter5.1 U1 and all components installed on different VM (SSO / Inventory / SQL / vCenter / Update Manager). See I have DSN connection for vcenter and I am able to test DSN...
View ArticleExpanding OS Disk Windows 2008
Are there any caveats / gotchas to expanding the OS disk of a Windows 2008 Server Vm while it is running?
View ArticleVMDK size and backups
If I have large vmdks, apart from the load of disk read/writes when does either the size of virtual disks in and of itself create performance issues when my backup software creates a snapshot and then...
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After VM restart junk ip assign to VM 169.254.239.48
Dear Team, I have noticed that sometime whenever we restart windows 2k8 R2 and windows 2012 R2 VM, we are not able to ping the VM after restrat, once we login via console and run the ipconfig command...
View ArticleCPU and Memory HotPlug
When should cpu and memory hotplug be disabled? Should I always enable it unless I have a good reason not to?Thanks!
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