building a redhat 7 VM from a kickstart file in WMware
I have a good kickstart file, I just need to know how to get VMware to use it either from the "create new virtual machine" button or if there is a command line process. I have searched and searched and...
View ArticleRe: "New Virtual Machine Wizard" window size problem in Linux
Is it because the resolution on you host is too small? Can you manage to make the resolution bigger, maybe by install video driver in host?
View ArticleRe: Powercli Script for Getting VMHost Groups and VMHost Group Members
Hi LucD i've changed the powercli command as per your suggestions. For some reason all vm's that are part of the VMGroup are not displayed Get-DrsClusterGroup -Type VMGroup -name "VMs for Sy" |...
View ArticleNetwork error. Host x.x.x.x key can't be retrieved
Hi Team, I am in the process migrating servers in to a different datacenter. As a part of it, trying to convert VMs, which are hosted on KVM to target VmWare infrastructure using VMware vCenter...
View ArticleRe: Deploy controller without boot?
Ok, I fixed it - installed controller into other host, released vCenter blocking, lowered cpu and ram and then moved to right target host. All communication seems working. But now I have MTU problem....
View ArticleHow to debug: Fusion 10 + Ubuntu 18.04.1 + hardware accelerated OpenGL =...
I am a developer. One of the programs I am developing uses OpenGL 3.2 for output. I primarily develop on the Mac, but I also support Linux. So I have Ubuntu 18.04.1 installed in a virtual machine...
View ArticleRe: Deploy controller without boot?
Just tested - 2 VMs in different hosts both connected to logical switch, logical switch dont have more connections. MTU in vmkernels is 1600, in vDS (both hosts have its own vDS) its 1500 and physical...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 6.7 Performance graphs only show the last few minutes
When not using vCenter and connecting directly to the host, one should see the past 1 hour of performance stats. This is not what is being reported by me or the OP. In our case, the metrics/charts are...
View ArticleRe: Deploy controller without boot?
Ok, seems only ping works (when I dont set MTU), all other connections not. Of course, ping dont need jumbo stuff.......Ehh, its not sound at all professional when some software dont work without...
View ArticleHtml_report_powercli_esxtended
Hi Luc , could you suggest on the following requirments. 1:scheduling execution of following html report(discussed with you few days back)2:oncereport is generated automatically sending to email...
View ArticleRe: VDP SNAPSHOTS with forever retention
Possibly the GC task is not running.When you delete a restore point from the Restore tab, you are only effectively marking it for deletion. GC does the space reclamation. Login to VDP as the admin user...
View ArticleRe: VDP SNAPSHOTS with forever retention
Thanks for your reply Suhas. But as i said snapshots are created with forever retention policy so are not getting deleted automatically. I tried creating one test snapshot with 2 days retention and...
View ArticleRe: VDP SNAPSHOTS with forever retention
Snapshots with forever retention are not going to be removed automatically, because they do not have an expiry date. You can modify it manually to have an expiry date. I had one script written a while...
View ArticleRe: Install Esxi SD or Internal HDD?
Hi there, At risk of causing a holy war, I think it depends is the answer. While it is true that by using a HDD you are wasting a lot of space, added cost plus there is the consideration of actually...
View ArticleRe: GPU Passthrough to Windows VM
Hi there, How about this: https://blogs.vmware.com/apps/2018/09/using-gpus-with-virtual-machines-on-vsphere-part-2-vmdirectpath-i-o.html Does it help?
View ArticleRe: NFS Data Store Will Not Mount on one Esxi Host
ThompsG Nothing showed up in the related objects view I then SSH'd and ran this [root@TGCSESXI-3:~] esxcli storage nfs listVolume Name Host Share Accessible Mounted Read-Only...
View ArticleRe: Ramdisk /etc is full ?
Hi there and welcome!! If you could PUTTY into your server and capture the output of this command when run from the /etc folder: ls -RlhaS This will give you a listing of all the files in this folder...
View ArticleRe: NFS Data Store Will Not Mount on one Esxi Host
Hi there, Yes there is a command to remove the NFS mount. Just run the following from the shell interface: esxcli storage nfs remove -v <VolumeName> Replace <VolumeName> with the one you...
View ArticleHi Team, We are going to implement in VxLAN in Dell Networking N4048 our...
Hi Team, We are going to implement in VxLAN in Dell Networking N4048 our infra core switch. Kindly help us to get VxLAN implementation document.
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