Re: Can not create snapshot for 1TB VM Guest on ESXi 4 Host
EDIT: Cutting this post to avoid confusion. See Andre's post below.
View ArticleRe: what is recommended best practice from VMware for storage multipathing...
What version of ESX are you using? The recommended MP would be PowerPath/VE (which is a purchase from EMC) and it works well. Native Multipathing: On the Clariion (if that is what you are using): Set...
View ArticleRe: Can not create snapshot for 1TB VM Guest on ESXi 4 Host
You cannot shrink a virtual disk that easy. You'd have to use e.g. VMware Converter for this.Regarding the snapshot location, you could specify the "workingDir" in the VM's settings to create the...
View ArticleRe: EMC VNX vs. Dell Equallogic
Are you looking for FC or iSCSI? You can get both ont he EMC array, and I believe the only choice on the EQL array is iSCSI. Currently on the market are some other options as the one poster pointed...
View ArticleRe: ESXi5 + iSCSI NAS with MPIO, Reliable enough for fileserver?
You will be fine using an iSCSI LUN in ESX. Your NAS device should be the bigger concern (if you lose the storage, you would lose everything no matter what protocol or medium). Just make sure it is...
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Re: Difference between device and Luns
LUN the is logical unit number (which is the logical presentation of physical disks to the host).Device can mean a ton of things to different people. A device to me is something that is presented and...
View ArticleRe: ESXi GPGPU issues with passthrough on dual GPU cards
Just touching the thread again to see if there has been any movement, at this point I'm wondering if the tree defined in the UI is in a configruation file somewhere, I'm hoping I can try a manual edit...
View ArticleRe: Distributed switch and different mapping uplink-vmnic on different hosts...
Hi, Just an update: After some additional analysis we have found out that network connectivity problems are related to switch uplinks. We have created standard switch and connected management uplink +...
View ArticleRe: Copying files from Datastore to local server very slow
Well I have here esx5i on sd and 4i too - both working with veeam. The host has one management port and over it the veeam will be copying. That management port runs over a nic. RegChristian
View ArticleRe: Any experiences with fusion 4.x and fedora 16?
Well, I've solved it.. not in the way that I wanted to though. Bought Parallels 7, converted my Fedora 15 to a Parallels VM, then did a yum update to Fedora 16. Removed the vmware-tools and installed...
View ArticleRe: VM won't start after failed snapshot
Use this KB http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1014165 or this http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1004340 to kill the VM (it may be still powered on but not reflected on the inventory). After that, take care of the...
View ArticleRe: VM won't start after failed snapshot
I'd take a look at this flowchart, but I would move cloning the VM up to #1 before you start deleting snapshots.
View ArticleView Admin Page Preferences
Is there any way to tweak the way that View Admin itself works/keeps its settings? I would like to have certain columns stay the width that they are instead of reverting back every time I go to a...
View ArticleAuto Deploy Plugin
Is there anyone who can tell me how to install auto deploy plugin in vcenter5?
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Problem with bridged and NAT
Hi to everybody,I've some problem with vmware workstation 7.1.4 build-385536 and networking.If I setup the guest to use a bridged networking, the performance of upload and download rate in the vm are...
View ArticleRe: Auto Deploy Plugin
Please follow the "System Requirements" and "Instructions" given on the download page here:http://labs.vmware.com/flings/autodeploygui Or do these instructions not work for you? - Andreas
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