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Re: Boot error after converting from Hyper-V to VMWare
Configure the VM to boot into firmware/BIOS on next boot.Then go to the Boot-tap in BIOS and make sure scsi-disk 0:0 is on top of the list. Use F10 to save the settings.
View ArticleSnapshot Consolidation
Hi, I am running VMware 5.5 Environment.One of our windows server 2008 VM is having Hard Disk Provisioning grayed out.When I investigated I got to know that the disk which I have is actually created by...
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Re: Snapshot Consolidation
Welcome to the Community, please see whether creating a new snapshot, and then running "Delete All" from the Snapshot Manger solves the issue.If not, post a complete list of files in the VM's folder...
View ArticleRe: Hyper-v 2016 vs vSphere 6.5
While I would love to love ESX.....there is one thing that talk against it: Running local storage.VMware earn their money on their Enterprise customers which use SAN, e.g. i SCSI, and expensive...
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Enquiry about VMware Essentials Plus Kit license and license agreement
Hi, I am going to propose the VMware solution to one customer and I would like to know about the limitation of the VMware license of the following scenario. ABC Public Company Limited- has 3 branches...
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Re: Power On virtual machine VM Device 'Bootstrap' is not available.
I'm assuming the ESXi host has a lock on your VM's thereby causing DRS to fail too - Also the ESXi hosts in question is probably in Maintenance Mode run this.....on your ESXi host esxcli vm process...
View ArticleRe: How to delete VM's from vSphere Client if they are stuck?
Yep, this worked for me -- I used vim-cmd to get all vms and identified the two I needed to get rid of $ vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms the two that I had that were orphaned were at the very top I edited the...
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Re: vSphere 5.5 - Boot Menu - Scripted vsphere Installer
Hello, it's a very interesting post.I'm trying to implement the same but it does not work...I have the boot menu but as if my refind.conf is not used... Do i need to reference the refind.conf...
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Ansible to Harden vSphere 6.5
Been working on a project that requires me to automate the hardening of my ESXi 6.5 hypervisor using Ansible by following the VMware vSphere Hardening Guidelines 6.5. So I've been wondering whether...
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ESXi Host Management Network Redundancy
Hi All, Need some suggestions on configuring the ESXi host Management network redundancy (NIC Teaming) with 2 Uplink adapters. I have installed the ESXi6.5 on Dell R810 Server and below is the network...
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Re: ESXi Host Management Network Redundancy
When you say "Trunk port", are you referring to a Cisco "Trunk" (i.e. 802.1Q), or to another type of trunk (e.g. a port channel)?With the settings shown in the screenshot, your physical switch ports...
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Twilio based web application - Automated testing
We are developing a Twilio based web application (AngularJS and Microsoft WebAPI) and have assembled a number of automated tests using SpecFlow, Selenium Webdriver and Chromedriver. We use the...
View ArticleRe: Ansible to Harden vSphere 6.5
Hi, You could refer to this article for information on this topic: Automate the Hardening of Your Virtual Machine VMX Configurations - VMware vSphere Blog
View ArticleESXi 6.0.0b upgrade
Hi All, We have 4 Esxi 6.0 ( version 6.0.0.2494585 ), need to upgrade to newer version as following reason.I have no update manager installed.So how can I do the upgrade or patch process.Any suggestion...
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Re: ESXi 6.0.0b upgrade
If these hosts are in cluster, put one by one in maintenance mode when you are updating. If you dont have update manager you can download esxi patch offline bundle you want to update to. Upload this...
View ArticleFrom UUID to Windows Licensing intersects w/ VMware DRS
Hi folks the title kind of seems to be missy, I have a question and I hope I posted it in the right place. As much as I know as a learner that Windows when licensed it bind that license to the Hardware...
View ArticleRe: From UUID to Windows Licensing intersects w/ VMware DRS
it binds to the hardware the OS is installed on so for vm's it's the virtual hardware and not the physical hardware. thus DRS is not issue at all with licenses.
View ArticleRe: ESXi 6.0.0b upgrade
Alternatively, you can download the latest version and upgrade by booting form the ISO and selecting "Upgrade" in the installation wizard.
View ArticleRe: Twilio based web application - Automated testing
Another option is to buy PCIe sound cards and use VMDirectPath I/O to pass-through them to VMs. But it will be one VM per host only. I don't believe sound cards that support SR-IOV exist.
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