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StorageIO Out and About Update - VMworld 2014
StorageIO Out and About Update - VMworld 2014 Here is a quick video montage or mash-up if you prefer that Cory Peden (aka the Server and StorageIO Intern @Studentof_IT) put together using some video...
View ArticleDRS Interview Questions
Q1: what is the default invocation period for DRS. Can we change this. If yes then how? Ans: The default invocation period is 300 seconds (5 minutes). But this can be changed via the configuration file...
View ArticleDifference b/w VCSA 5.5 and vCenter Server 5.5
vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 is reducing the dependency of Windows operating system for vCenter server Install. VCSA reduces lot of administrative efforts by reducing efforts needed for windows...
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I cleared my VCAP-DCA 5 Today - 8 weeks of study - 4 hours of exam - Results...
Tips & Tricks for VCAP-DCA 5 Exam: 1) Never RDP into machines unless required 2) Read the question carefully some times you will perform the lab 50% only 3) Read the question 3 times to...
View ArticleDifference between vSphere 4 and vSphere 5
FeaturesvSphere 4.1vSphere 5.0VMAYes VMA 4.1Yes VMA 5HA AgentAutomatic Availability ManagerFDM Fault Domain ManagerHA Host ApproachPrimary & SecondaryMaster & SlaveHA Failure...
View ArticlevSphere 4.x Versus vSphere 5.x- Part -1: Changes in HA
In this series of post we will learn how vSphere functionality has been changed between 4.x versions and 5.x versions. I will not point out any configuration maximums that has been changed between the...
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How to bring ORPHAN Virtual Machine online (Grayed out Virtual Machine)
There are so many issues we seen while the Virtual machine becomes "Grayed Out" and inaccessible through vCenter or any other way. Now the question is how to bring it back in the previous condition....
View ArticleDifference between Standard Switches and Distributed Switches
FeaturesStandard SwitchDistributed SwitchManagementStandard switch needs to managed at each individual host levelProvides centralized management and monitoring of the network configuration of all the...
View ArticleSnapshot quiescing fails on Linux VM's
Issue:Linux based virtual machines fail to take quiesced snapshots after upgrading ESXi and VMware Tools to 5.1.Using the vSphere Client to take a quiesced snapshot fails immediately with the error:...
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Problem Installing vCenter Server 5.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2
Problem 1:There are 2 main problems which comes during the installation of vcenter5.5 on windows server 2012R2: the first is that when installing the vCenter Server component, it would not recognize...
View ArticleQuick stats is not up to date in Esxi Server 5.5
VCenter Server 5.5 displays a yellow warning in the Summary tab of hosts: Quick stats on hostname is not up-to-date Problem:When connecting to VMware vCenter Server 5.5 using the VMware vSphere Client...
View Article"Target disk UUID validation failed" Error while configuring vSphere...
VSphere Replication gives you the option of performing a host based replication of Virtual Machine from one data-center to another over a network link. This feature was introduced with vCenter Site...
View ArticleCleaning UP VM after P2V conversion
Remove Old Hidden Devices from a VM after P2V Conversion After you have converted a Windows server to a virtual machine, some redundant hardware devices may not be removed in the process. This issue...
View ArticleVirtual Machine File Types
When you browse a VM folder on a datastore you find different types of files listed there . Each file has specific role in a VM functioning. We will learn here for which purpose which files are...
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vCenter Single Sign-On “Cannot parse group information”
There is an authentication issue with vSphere Single Sign-On version 5.5 when running both the Active Directory (AD) domain control and the vCenter Single Sign-On Server on Windows Server 2012.when...
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Virtual Machine Consolidation Needed Status
Problem:Virtual machine stop responding and unable to Power-On. The machine reports an alarm with message “Virtual machine consolidation needed status”.Resolution:Open the Snapshot Manger to identify...
View ArticleP2V Conversion problem with Paravirtual SCSI Disk using VMware Converter 4.3
Problem: Unable to convert a VM with Paravirtual SCSI Disk using VMware Converter 4.3When we to convert a VM with Paravirtual SCSI Controller, VMware Converter 4.3 throws an error and the task fails...
View ArticlevCenter Server Logs
Here in this post, we will learn about the vCenter Server log files and how to view them. The default log file location for the vCenter Server differs with the version of vCenter Server installed and...
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Migrate VMS from vCloud to vCenter.
The migration from vcenter to vcloud is quite easy and documented in many websites and blogs. I was searching for vCloud to vCenter migration of vms and unluckily I didn’t find it anywhere. After...
View ArticlevRealize Automation – vCAC 6.1 – Custom vCenter Folder Extension
vCAC by default will place all provisioned machines into a vCenter folder named VRM. You can override this using the custom property VMware.VirtualCenter.Folder to tell vCAC where to place the...
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