How to stop all VM quickly ?
Dear all, I would like to know what's the best practice to shutdown all VM as quickly as possible (With shutdown guest os command if possible) by using vsphere ? Indeed, the past week I had a power...
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I currently don't have access to a host to verify this, but you should be able to select all running VM's from the vSphere Client in the ESXi host's "Virtual Machines" tab, and select Shut Down from...
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Thanks but shutdown guest os is not available while vmtools are installed on both VM:
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Hi Zemo, Do you want to shutdown VM in specific ESXi host or entire vCenter? If you want to shutdown in ESX have a look at Ducan's Blog shutdown all vm's and ESX - Yellow Bricks..Try the...
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Hi, As everyone know that Command Line is best tool for doing thing fast. To Shutdown a VM or a Group of VM you can use the following Command Shutdown-VMGuest [[-VM] <VirtualMachine[]>]...
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Hi, You can use the following few lines to shut down the guest operating systems gracefully as long as VMware Tools is installed. Open PowerCLI and connect to your VMware vCenter server by typing...
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openSUSE 13.x on ESXi 5.5 via vsphere client
Hi there, I'd like to create a VM for a openSUSE 13.x distribution. Sadly I can't choose openSUSE I chose:Version of the virtual machine 8Then I have to choose Guest-OS: Linux... I cannot choose any...
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Hi, Selecting the generic one would work. Any 2.6.x Linux system 64-bit or 32 bit based on the ISO you download.
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I was actually thinking of the Windows based vSphere Client rather than the Web Client. André
View ArticleRe: Vsphere 5.5 and Emulex OneConnect 10Gb NIC trouble
I am experiencing very similar issues running 5.1 update 3. I have an Emulex OCm10102-n-x running on 8 hosts. Only on one host the adapters keep disconnecting and going offline. I have tried all...
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It's been about 2 weeks no with no issues running the following.... ESXI 5.5 HP BLADE DRIVERS/FIRMWARE EMULEX 554FLB CARDELXNET (DRIVER FOR 5.5 - NEEDED TO BE DOWNGRADED)DRIVER: 10.0.725.2FIRMWARE:...
View Articledxgkrnl.sys during boot after installing VMWare SVGA
I can uninstall the SVGA driver and the machine will reboot ONCE. Next time I get the dxgkrnl.sys error, and it gets stuck in a reboot loop. This is a P2V Windows 7 box. ESXi 5.5Machine version 8 Any...
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Short term, I had it remove the SVGA drivers so they wouldn't re-install. That's working after a reboot. Just the performance is worse.
View ArticlevSphere APIs for Data Protection in free edition of vSphere 6?
Am I crazy or didn't I see that the vSphere APIs for Data Protection were going to be included in the free edition of the vSphere 6 Hypervisor? I thought I saw that in the announcement, but can't find...
View ArticleRe: Intel I350-T4 only recognized by Esx 5.5, not by 5.5 U2
Hello, Have you a Link for the Tool... I find only the preboot image?! Thanks for your help
View ArticleMix of production and non-production VMs - seeking for performance lab paper
Hi, I have been challenged for a proof point that VMs on a single vSphere host will be equally served as if they are separated as physical servers. Is there a lab paper that can prove that? I am asked...
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Lets discuss this in terms of CPU and Memory.Your VM's will not consume more than the allocated set of resources. If you over provision the physical resources of the box you could have "noisy...
View ArticleVMware Hypervisor 6 - VMware Tools is rolled back on Windows 2008 R2 (x64)...
Hello VMware Gurus, over the weekend I installed VMware vSphere Hypervisor 6.0.I migrated a VMware instance, from VMware Player, via VMware Converter.When I try to upgrade the VMware Tools, at the end...
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Same issue. Migrated as infrastructure VM with HW version 8.0 (so I could use the C# client). Microsoft Windows 2008 Server x64 R2 guest. ESXi 6.0 . VMware Tools rolls back every time. Have disabled...
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Same problem here. I have upgraded from 5.5 to 6.0 and cannot upgrade my VMware Tools(roll back at the end of the installation). OS 2008R2.I have also noticed that i am unable to install VMware Tools...
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