Re: VM Deployment with customization, parallel
Could be a timing problem, perhaps the New-VM returns but the VM is not yet fully completed.Try putting a 'sleep 30' between the New-VM and the Get-VM lines.Play around with the number of seconds.
View ArticleRe: Querying Web Components for ESXi and vCenter
Did you try doing the Connect-VIServer explictely with -Protocol http ?
View ArticleRe: VM Template ESXi Questions
Looks like Get-NetworkAdapter -VM $vm.Nameisn't returning anything.Is there a NIC on the VM ? Try doing the Get-NetworkAdapter alone.
View ArticleRe: Where the F are vmwareplayer tools?
James Lin wrote:There are a bunch of new people who didn't quite understand what the release process was supposed to be. Well, if there's some manager at VMware who thinks this is a winning strategy, I...
View ArticleRe: PowerCLI challenge: script storage vMotion of 100+ VMs
Hi LucD - I got rid of this error [vSphere PowerCLI] C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI > Get-DSLatency -dsName vm65net Get-Stat : Cannot validate argument on parameter...
View ArticleRe: Installing ESXi 5 With 1.93 GB of RAM
Hi, were you able to get a solution for this? I get a more impressive error message: <MEMORY_SIZE ERROR: This host has 1.97 GiB of RAM. 1.97 GiB are needed> ??? I also tried the parameter on...
View ArticleRe: PowerCLI challenge: script storage vMotion of 100+ VMs
If I am reading your error right it looks like you placed the script like this... Get-Stat -Entity $esx -Instance $ds_uuid -Stat $metric -Realtime -MaxSample ($stats | Measure-Object -Average -Property...
View ArticleRe: PowerCLI challenge: script storage vMotion of 100+ VMs
It looks as if the copy/paste of the code went wrong somewhere.I attached the script, does that correspond with what you copied ?
View ArticleHas anyone configured Windows 7 with two thunderbolt monitors and Fusion 4.1.1?
I have a MacBook Pro with two Apple Thunderbolt monitors attached, Fusion 4.1.1 and Windows 7 Ultimate installed. Windows 7 does not handle the screens correctly, it gets jumbled up and resized to...
View ArticleRe: PowerCLI challenge: script storage vMotion of 100+ VMs
Yes, Conrad spotted my truncated cmd -But when I run the full command I get this error (BTW this is an NFS datastore) > Get-Stat -Entity $esx -Instance $ds_uuid -Stat $metric -Realtime -MaxSamples 1...
View ArticleAgent log Showing Error as "Platform schedule is null -Waiting 1000 ms until...
Hi, I have installled HQ agent 4.4.0-1509 in Windows server 2008. But after trying basic troubleshooting steps(Like removing data folder restart agent) the Platform is showing down in Hyperic....
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Re: PowerCLI challenge: script storage vMotion of 100+ VMs
The $ds_uuid variable, that holds the UUID of the datastore, is not correct.Did you have the line that fetches the UUID like this ?$ds_uuid = $ds.ExtensionData.Info.Vmfs.UuidNot with the quotes you...
View ArticleRe: KVM in Centos 6.2 Guest under Workstation 8.0.2
I'm seeing the same issue with this combination. I'll look into it more next week. In the meantime, if you aren't wedded to CentOS 6.2, I believe that the guest KVM testing for Workstation 8 was done...
View ArticleRe: PowerCLI challenge: script storage vMotion of 100+ VMs
Shoot - no latency stats for NFS datastores? (the FC vs SATA are the disk types behind the two respective datastores) The real goal is to automate the 1 at a time storage vMotion - can we replace the...
View ArticleRe: Upgrade host hard drive
Good day, The short of it is that you'll likely need to perform a fresh reinstall. Of course, if your configuration supports it, you can vMotion VMs off the host to be upgraded so you don't suffer...
View ArticleRe: PowerCLI challenge: script storage vMotion of 100+ VMs
Not sure about the availability of latency stats for NFS datastores.Will have to do some testing (I normally don't use NFS datastores)
View ArticleRe: PowerCLI challenge: script storage vMotion of 100+ VMs
In fact you could test that immediatly.Execute $esx = Get-VMHost -Name MyEsx $metric = "datastore.sizeNormalizedDatastoreLatency.average" Get-Stat -Entity $esx -Stat $metric -Realtime...
View ArticleRe: VM Template ESXi Questions
I cant run a Get-NetworkAdapter on the actual Template, but once the VM is spun up from the script I can. It does show a nic of Network Adapter : Name Type NetworkName...
View ArticleRe: VM workstation on host Fedora 16, can't run it, error Kernel
Geat! Good luck in the future!
View ArticleRe: Problem with VMMark 2.1
I had a similar error, getting svmotion fails. It turned out to be an aborted run had left a VM on the wrong datastore (the target).
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