Using Orchastrator & Netapp WFA to create Flexclone Test labs?
Being fairly new to the world of VMware and Netapp, I've been looking for a managed solution that will utilize my existing infrastructure to produce a quick/temporary "test lab" that we can use as part...
View Articleremote vmkfstools reports incorrect available capacity
We've been using vmkfstools with vSphere SDK for Perl (both v4.1) for quite some time to remotely monitor free space on esx 4.1 host's VMFS partitions.Recently one went low, we were alerted as...
View ArticlevSphere replication management
Hello, We are using vSphere replication for VM protection. Currently we managing and monitoring using vCenter Client. As the number of VMs have increased, we are looking for options to write a...
View ArticleVMware Assessment Tool
Can you let me know where I can find the VMware Assessment Tool?
View ArticleCapacity Planning Tool
Can you please let me know where I can find Capacity Planning Tool?
View ArticleAdd existing VMDK to VM vCLI
I'm needing to script the process of cloning a VMDK from a VM and attaching the clone back to the VM using the vMA (vCLI). The clone via vmkfstools works fine. However, I'm having trouble adding the...
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Auto-Deploy hangs after host registration but before rules checking
Hello, I have setup an auto-deploy environment and I'm currently testing it with 2 different hosts: -An HP DL380 that works fine (Auto-deploy is able to provide an image, and the server is correctly...
View Articleovftool question
Hi Folks, I am trying to use ovftool to convert a vmware image (consists of .vmx, .vmdk files) to ovf package, then convert ovf package back to vmware image. I was expecting that the result vmware...
View ArticleAuto-deploy cache location and verification
Hello, I am currently testing the auto-deploy feature in lab and I'm having some issues with the stateless caching:I configured stateless caching through host profile and my host is shown as compliant...
View ArticleNVMe driver question
NVMe organization release the first NVMe driver for ESXi 5.0. Does anyone know how to install the open source driver in ESXi 5.0? http://nvmevmklinuxdriver.sourceforge.net/
View ArticleAutomate opening of consoles
we have a esxi server with about 100 machines on it.every day several tasks need to be done on different machines. All machines are numbered: 001 002 003 ... 098 099 0100 is it possible to automate the...
View ArticleCascading updates to multiple VMs?
Hi Everyone, I have a number of vms, which periodically will need the same update applied to each of them. For example, I might need to update the version of Perl installed on all my vms. Is there a...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client - GUI Automation
Our company is developing a plugin to the vSphere Web Client (in Flex) and we are looking to do some GUI Automation with TestComplete. Has anyone tried GUI automation of the Flex UI? If so was anyone...
View ArticleCascading updates to multiple VMs?
Hi Everyone, I have a number of vms, which periodically will need the same update applied to each of them. For example, I might need to update the version of Perl installed on all my vms. Is there a...
View ArticleAuthentication with RVC - root-PW not working - how to troubleshoot???
Hi there, for monitoring vSAN I tried to login to RVC on a VC-Appliance (Name: vcva2, Version: 5.5.0 Update 1c). So I log into vcva2 with ssh and issue the command "rvc root@localhost". I'm asked for a...
View ArticleAudit script
Hi, We have a very secure environment (PCI compliant) and need to audit ALL changes on VMs whether they are powered up or down. I do have a script that does this but it only picks up changes to VMs...
View ArticlevMA scripts for check free space on virtual machines
Hi, I'm looking for a script that allows me to check the free space on each virtual machine and send me a notification when this exceeds a threshold. Can you give me some info? Thanks in advance.
View ArticleWhere is physical nic LLDP info in Powercli?
I am having a heck of a time trying to find out where the LLDP information is located via a powercli cmdlet. Can someone point me where to look please. Thanks!
View ArticleWindows 8 host system + vCloud problems
Hi, I have a laptop with Windows 8, and am trying to access a couple Windows 7 VMs in vCloud. I am unable to open any of the VMs in IE, Firefox, or Chrome - either there was no response when I tried to...
View ArticlevCLI vs PowerCLI vs vMA ?
I am trying to learn more about how to work with vSphere and vCenter via command line.Is vCLI best for vSphere/ESXi servers only ?If you are running vCenter server, is PowerCLI the best way ?I have...
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