vCPUs on a DB2 VM
Is there a guide for right-sizing the number of vCPUs on a virtualized DB2 database?
View ArticleMemory dump in virtual machine
One of our VMs is restarting frequently and is using a Windows Server 2012 R2.From the screenshot it have memory dump. Is this a hardware related issue even though it happened on a virtual...
View ArticleCreate Template from Scratch.
Hello All, I am new to Vsphere (VMware) and has not being really involved in much. We had template earlier and were deploying VM's using it . Now we have a requirement to create Template for new OS. So...
View ArticleTwo Networks on Same VM
Hello,We have implemented two SQL 2012 servers with AlwaysOn on Non-Shared Storage functionality. I have set up 1 NIC on each server that will be routable, i.e. normal VLAN IP on vSwitch0. Now I want...
View ArticleWindows 7 SP1 C drive disk space question
Hello, We are running a Windows 7 SP1 32Bit VDI environment on the following: ESXi 5.0.0vCenter Server 5.0.0vSphere Client 5.00View Horizon 5.1.0View Compose 3.0.0vShield Manager 5.02VMware Tools...
View ArticleRequirements for MSCS
is there any special requirement for building MSCS ? eg. certain type of vNIC or vSCSI controller ?
View ArticleCannot find share folder in /mnt/hgfs (workstation 6.02, win XP host, Ubuntu...
Please help! I created a share fould in vm and enabled it. I cannot found it in /mnt/hgfs. I am new in Linux. What is the way the share folder is created?
View Articleusing RAMDISK inside a virtual machine
"RAMDisk" is a program that takes a portion of system memory and uses it as a disk drive. There are some advantages and disadvantages but RAMDISK increases performance in physical environment. Using...
View ArticleVendor ISO's or ISO from VMware
Hello, What is the recommended way/ VMware's best practice when installing ESXi on Server's like HP, Dell etc? HP and DELL provide customized image of ESXi 5.x. Should I use the vendor customized...
View ArticleVirtual Appliance Configuration
If I use VMware studio to deploy a virtual appliance, the appliance will be configured with a CIM provider: https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/studio/studio21/va_user.pdf What does that give me...
View ArticleMaximum traffic for a vmxnet3
Assuming there are no bottlenecks elsewhere, what is the maximum ingress network traffic that a single vmxnet3 adapter on a VM can receive from the network? Is it 10GBps (GigaBYTES per second) or 10...
View ArticleWin 2k8 Extend Volume and Disk Drive size but not reflecating on explorer
Hello, I extended vmdk using vsphere client from 200 to 300 GB. Extended windows volume with diskpart on server using commant prompt. The expanssion was successfull on Disk manager and diskpart and it...
View ArticlevCPU scheduling
I have a physical server with 4 sockets and 8 cores per socket. I have a VM with 6 vCPUs. Will those vCPUs always get scheduled on the same socket? Does ESXi always attempt to schedule them on the...
View ArticleAvoiding mouse grab with text console
Most of the systems I have running under VMware have text consoles with no mouse capabilities at all. When using the console via VMware, in order to type into the console, VMware grabs the mouse and...
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Does virtual Windows Server 2012 cause file sharing to not function?
I have been following several tutorials on Youtube as well as online instruction and so far file sharing is not working under Windows Server 2012 which is being virtualized by VMWare ESXi 5.I don't...
View ArticleValidate SCSI-3 Persistent Reservation Failed - Windows 2008 SP2 - Cluster...
2 ESX nodes running ESXi 5.5 U2 with Standard VMware License in Cluster2 Guest servers running Windows 2008 SP2 Enterprise Edition x 32 bitBoth Guest Servers are placed across the ESX nodes (Cluster...
View ArticleGuest OS configuration from ESX.
Hi, I have few VM's (Windows and linux) and I wanted to configure its IP address( that can be static or DHCP) through some command or API. Is there any possibility for achieving this. I know if its...
View ArticleFreeing disk space error
Hello: First of all i want sorry if my english it´s not the right one. We have a vmware Esxi 5.5 with several virtual machines. One of them "the main one" this morning was off. With the following error...
View ArticleReducing vCPUs 1 at a time or in multiples of 2
Hey Everyone, When we are adding or removing vCPUs is there a best practice around incrementing/decrementing by 1 at a time or 2 at a time? I suggested removing 1 vCPU from an 8 way box and there was a...
View Articleauto update tools for custom kernel?
The precompiled binary modules in VMwareTools are not up to date with latest kernels for CentOS 5.3. To get around this, we compile modules for our kernel. We then distribute these modules with...
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