Re: VMware HA working on MD3220 SAS DAS
Hi Brian, I've never used the MD3220. It's limitation to four hosts (redundant) was always a problem. Is there something in particular about the 3220 that concerns you? N
View ArticleRe: disk provisioning disabilitato
Ciao, correggetemi se sbaglio. Era necessario effettuare il consolidamento delle snapshot come riportato in questo documento?...
View ArticleReturn code for Powershell script from vCO
Hello, I have been trying to get the return code of a Powershell script executed from vCO using the plugin. I can capture the output but I would like to get the script exit code (as specified by an...
View ArticleRe: Explain Ballooning according to my scenario
In other words what is the purpose of Limiting ?An example: Consider your boss wants to have a VM for his own use with 16GB memory. You assign 16GB memory to it (this is what the guest OS will see) but...
View ArticleRe: Issue with RAID on Dell 720
Welcome to the Community, unfortunately ESXi does not support software RAID controllers, but only real hardware RAID controllers. (see http://www.vmware.com/go/hcl) André
View ArticleRe: Explain Ballooning according to my scenario
Hmmm, interesting Good example. And, what if you increase the limit to more than the given memory, let's say 6gb on my scenario which the VM has 4gb?
View ArticleLatency Setting with vSphere standalone client
vSphere include a latency setting, but the stand alone client doesn't. How can I set that with the vSphere stand alone client?
View ArticleRe: Explain Ballooning according to my scenario
Andre excellent example - I could not think of one but yours is excellent - o to the original question - I never use limits -
View ArticleRe: Seagate Backup Plus not connecting
@KANFA Windows 7 does not support USB 3.0 To expect MSN to update Windows 7 at this point is unrealistic. If you want Windows support forf USB 3.0, then install/upgrade to Windows 8
View ArticleRe: How to shrink thin guest on VMFS5? or change block size?
Do you know if there's a way to create one from vCenter/ESXi 5.1? Or do I need to install a 'new' 4.1 server and hook it to the san just to create the file system? Thanks!
View ArticleRe: Remove 1 vCPU from VM with 2 vCPUs
Switching from Multi-Processor to Single-Processor has been an issue with Windows 2003 and earlier where different HAL's were used. With Windows 2008 things changed and you don't need to worry about...
View ArticleRe: Seagate Backup Plus not connecting
ChipMcK wrote: To expect MSN to update Windows 7 at this point is unrealistic. Windows 7 was only released 3.5 years ago, so it shouldn't be unrealistic however for them to do it for Vista or XP that...
View ArticleRe: Issue with RAID on Dell 720
In my haste I didn't realize it was a software raid card! Doh.
View ArticleRe: backups failing on new vmfs 5 due to 1mb limitation
I dont know it seems like the backup software just sees that there is a 1mb block size and compares it to the size of the VM and decides it cannot perform the backup. I'm not sure about this but I...
View ArticleRe: How to shrink thin guest on VMFS5? or change block size?
You can select the VMFS version when you create a new datastore. With VMFS3 selected, you will be able to specify the desired block size. André
View ArticleRe: Java 7 crashes on OS X Lion (10.7) guest
In all fairness, Oracle was only notified of the problem very recently. It took me long enough to find the root cause, and then I promptly realized that I could produce a quick patch to address it...
View ArticleRe: VMware Fusion + Virtual CloneDrive (Windows 7)
orangebanana wrote: Well, both games are from 1999 so I guess there is no real "protection" on the original CDs making it hard to duplicate the files. Probably not. I made a copy of the files on the...
View ArticleRe: backups failing on new vmfs 5 due to 1mb limitation
I don't use PHD myself, but I'm pretty sure they support VMFS5. Which version do you use? André
View ArticleRe: Fusion 5.0.1, Snow Leopard, Spaces and Full Screen issue
Issue still remains on Vmware fusion 5.0.3. A workaround is to click Vmware Fusion in the Mac menubar and select About Vmware Fusion and close the subsequent pop up window to allow vmware to capture...
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