Re: Trying to go as simple as possible: One floating VM from vCenter / ESXi....
Okay.. Assuming that is true.. If I ping, say, from my DC to this running VM, what ports should I test for action on? I will use "psping" which can test specific ports. So, I'll PSping *FROM* my DC to...
View ArticleRe: Getting this error during the build step: Failed to communicate with VI...
Thanks, I did look but not knowing vSphere extensively makes its difficult to troubleshoot. Essentially it looks like it's trying to use ovftool to transfer the temp build over to a datastore and is...
View ArticleRe: Different VMtool versions on same host and both are guestToolsCurrent
That's odd. I've seen quirks like this with PowerCLI in the past. Perhaps try a perl version to validate? The vSphere client basically uses the API, so it would be odd for it to work via the vSphere...
View ArticleRe: Best ESXi 5 hardware?
Our company sprung for a IBM 3650 M4 with the ESXi USB option. Sweet hardware but it was 5 levels of hell to order and they are slow with the IBM specific updates.
View ArticleRe: Trying to go as simple as possible: One floating VM from vCenter / ESXi....
At the least you should be able to ping the RDP port (assuming you've enabled RDP on the desktop). That said, just enable the firewall. It doesn't hurt and it is certainly a good idea. The Agent...
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Re: VMware Horizon HTML Access timeout error
Nevermind. There was a typo on the blog Q&A.New VMware Horizon View Clients and HTML Access Now Available! | VMware End-User Computing Blog - VMware Blogs Need to open tcp port 22443 and not...
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RDP port passes PSping when the firewall isOFF: Its OFF here (and psping 3389 passes).http://screencast.com/t/DReMVZRX0bsk Its ON and (psping 3389 fails) here:http://screencast.com/t/r61SaOxv After...
View ArticleCannot copy/paste from WinXP host to WinME guest with VMware Player 5.0.2
I want to copy files from my Windows XP host OS and paste into my Windows ME guest OS. Unfortunately, it is not that simple. Does the copy/paste procedure require a shared folder? And what is the...
View ArticleRe: Powershell/PowerCLI Dynamic Email Message Body with Datastores
Send-MailMessage : Cannot convert 'System.Object[]' to the type 'System.String' required by parameter 'Body'. Specified method is not supported.My bad i did'tn check the variable type used by -Body...
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Re: STAX Error when executing VMMark2-STAX.bat - STAX Service Not Registered
Hey! I figured it out. The staf.cfg file was the culprit. I entered the modifications exactly as written in the guide. The issue was, in the guide they used slashes to break it down into multiple...
View ArticleRe: Updates of ESXi standalone and vSphere ESXi
Sadly the vCenter appliance does not support the update manager. This is the main reason for the essentials pack but you have to have hefty requirements just to use it.
View ArticleRe: Trying to go as simple as possible: One floating VM from vCenter / ESXi....
Hrmm... Which Windows 7 version are you using? Disable the firewall again and try the following: 1. Reboot the VM (DO NOT LOG IN VIA vSphere to the Console of the Windows 7 itself)2. Check View admin...
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Re: PowerCLI/API for update storage profile in vDC
Hi Jake,thank you for your very fast and helpful answer (I tried to find this about 3 hours ). Correct link was:...
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Oh.. and before I forget, when doing the telnet open another cmd window and run netstat -an to see if the connection shows.
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Re: No connectivity from second nic
Vmnic 0 & 2 pass network traffic, only vmnic1 does not.
View ArticleRe: P2V of Centos Server fails with key can't be retrieved
Hi Alex,Thanks for your suggestion. When you say to make sure the helper VM can resolve the name of the ESXi host, how do I do this? In my scenario, the helper VM deletes itself as soon as the job...
View ArticleRe: Trying to go as simple as possible: One floating VM from vCenter / ESXi....
1. VMware Client won't connect to anything: http://screencast.com/t/KIUzUUGM 2. Ping to the VM worked, but telnet to any of the ports of the VM you suggested didn't: http://screencast.com/t/KIUzUUGM 3....
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And don't touch the firewall. Make sure that it's on when the agent is installed and let the agent take care of the ports. It's performance may not be the best although a simple quick one to help is...
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ESXi 5 shows a datastore with no free space but it's empty
Hi all, We have a HP P2000 FC storage and I did set up a new 2.4 Tb LUN and presented it to the ESXi cluster.All the hosts can see it fine ( Capacity 2.18 Tb and Free Space 2.18 Tb ). See highlighted...
View ArticleRe: Blue windows screens
To help figure out what is what, the best way to provide comprehensive diagnostic information is to use the "Collect Support Information" command from the VMware Fusion (menu bar)> Help > Collect...
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