Re: How long does it take to P2V a Windows Server?
Not necessarily but it will improve migration performance -
View ArticleRe: SQL Server 2008 on ESXi 4.1 and EqualLogic SAN - tuning/performance issues
FYI: There is now a document that covers best practices with ESX v4.x/5.x and EQL iSCSI storage. It's available here: EqualLogic Best Practices ESX Regards, Don
View ArticleP2V Windows 2008 Domain Controller
We have a Windows 2008 Domain Controller that we would like to virtualize. In the past, DCs were not recommended for P2V operations but I understand that with windows 2008 and recent Converter...
View ArticleRe: PowerCLI Bug?
Updated PowerCLI to PowerCLI Component 5.1 build 1012428 and that solved the problem. Thanks,Keith
View ArticleRe: Dropbox sharing?
I have tested this feature on my mac.if you add any files to shared dropbox folder, the file or folder gets synced on the mac side. Yes, you would not get the dropbox features such as send email, share...
View ArticleRe: Dropbox sharing?
I'm pretty sure that if you tried to use a shared folder as the Dropbox folder and Dropbox code was running in both the Win VM and the Mac, this would lead to disaster. Doing the Dropbox replication on...
View ArticleRe: Listing host information
Great thanks again. For some reason I'm getting the cpu model but not the CPU speed. Can I add CPU speed in there as well?Much appreciated
View ArticleConfusing help for Set-VMhostNetwork -DNSaddress and -SearchDomain
I wanted to create a script to verify/update various DNS and NTP settings for my entire collection of VMhosts across several datacenters and clusters. So I was experimenting with Get-VMHostNetwork and...
View ArticleRe: vmWare Horizon Workspace- Changing port number
Hi Sravuri,I have the 1.5 workspace installed ( upgraded from 1.0) I am trying to open the 8443 port on the gateway. I added the new rules to the iptables. Tried to telnet through my local machine on...
View ArticleRe: no heartbeat PSoD
Still crashing... It looks like it is the e1000 adapter for the Intel NIC. Any ideas on how to fix this?
View ArticleRe: Listing host information
Normally, CpuModel outputs the model + the speed as well:CpuModel : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X7350 @ 2.93GHz If you just want the speed, then you can add:@{N="CPU...
View Articleinitialization of solution registration service provider failed. Root Cause:...
In vshiled manager, when i try to configure the lookup service, It gived this error. any ideas?
View ArticleRe: Confusing help for Set-VMhostNetwork -DNSaddress and -SearchDomain
When you take a closer look at the help: Set-VMHostNetwork [-Network] <VMHostNetworkInfo[]> [-ConsoleGateway <String>] [-VMKernelGateway <String>] [-VMKernelGatewayDevice...
View ArticleRe: Windows 8 constant lag and slow performance
Well after a reinstall i still had the same issue.Narrowed it down to "shared folders", something in fusion 6 has screwed shared folders up. Im going to log a case.
View ArticleRe: migrating vcenter
i get a 400 bad request on that url. ds.log is here org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException: Connection to https://xxxxxx:10443 refused[2013-09-10 15:42:56,521 pool-17-thread-1 INFO...
View ArticleRe: fusion 6 - upgrade vm from win 7 32bit to win 8.1 32bit gives "This PC...
Can you upload the vmware.log file for the problematic VM?
View ArticleRe: Dropbox sharing?
If u r not concerned with bandwidth., you may install dropbox in windows with its own default dropbox folder location. Files saved on mac dropbox will be synced in windows dropbox folder and same is...
View ArticleRe: Virtual Hardware/VM Compatibility upgrade issues
Evening Alfredj,It can always be dangerous making these type of changes. I just finished the upgrade from 7, 8 to 9 on 5 clusters about 900 Virtual machines. Of those I did not have a single issue...
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