Will Vmware syslog can capture vCenter Logs
Dear Team, we are planning to setup new "Vmware Syslog Collector" server, just want to confirm can we forward vCenter server log to Vmware SYSLOG collector server??? regardsMr Vmware
View ArticleWhat type of logs are captured by vmware syslog collector server.....
Dear Team, Yesterday I have install "VMware Syslog Collector" application , after installing I have confired new syslog server setting on ESXihost and reload the syslog service. it only create...
View ArticleDesigning Service Accounts / AD integration into VM templates
I need a service account that is not local, but an AD account, to be installed on each Windows Server 2008 and 2012 that gets provisioned. The idea is that I need third party products like backup...
View ArticleAdding an AD account to existing VMs
I have a group of existing Windows 2008 and 2012 VMs. They were provisioned without a service account that they need for backup tools to work. This service account needs local administrator...
View ArticleConfigure new SYSLOG server but two esxi not sending logs to syslog collector
Dear team, I have configured new syslog collector and configured the same on 16ESXi host, 14 host able to send logs to new syslog but tow host is not able to send. How to troubleshoot this issue, need...
View ArticleExpanding Linux VMs
If I have some Linux PostGreSQL database VMs that will grow to need a large amount of storage (>4TB), how should I scale them? 1. Should I create a giant vmdk that can store all, or should I start...
View ArticleHP UX based application and VM
Hi All, I am new to VMware and having some basic questions in mind.If community could answer these question to help me in moving forward. 1.I guess HP-UX OS is not under VMware(only win,freeBSD and...
View ArticleResetting CBT without a power-off
As per this article http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2090639I need to reset change block tracking in order to deal with this...
View ArticleHow to check SSO database connectivity
Dear team, we have vCenter5.1 U1 and all components installed on different VM (SSO / Inventory / SQL / vCenter / Update Manager). See I have DSN connection for vcenter and I am able to test DSN...
View ArticleExpanding OS Disk Windows 2008
Are there any caveats / gotchas to expanding the OS disk of a Windows 2008 Server Vm while it is running?
View ArticleVMDK size and backups
If I have large vmdks, apart from the load of disk read/writes when does either the size of virtual disks in and of itself create performance issues when my backup software creates a snapshot and then...
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After VM restart junk ip assign to VM 169.254.239.48
Dear Team, I have noticed that sometime whenever we restart windows 2k8 R2 and windows 2012 R2 VM, we are not able to ping the VM after restrat, once we login via console and run the ipconfig command...
View ArticleCPU and Memory HotPlug
When should cpu and memory hotplug be disabled? Should I always enable it unless I have a good reason not to?Thanks!
View ArticleNeed to restart VM?
I need to make a setting change to each VM. VM Settings > Resources > Memory > Resource Allocation > Check Unlimited. Its a long story but I need to make this change to all VMs. First, do...
View ArticleSequence of snapshot deletions.
Dear team, Just want to confirm i have taken snapshot for (DB/APP/WEB) VMs, now i want to confirm if i want to delete snapshot for these VMs then what will be the sequence. Need ur asisstance on the...
View Articleif CPU affinity is enabled the vMOtionis possible
Dear team, One VM is bind to specific socket (CPU affinity), will I able to do a vmotion or not. regardsMr VMware
View Articleinplace upgrade 2003 to 2008 32 bit
Hi all, I am having trouble doing an in-place upgrade of a VM windows 2003 32 bit to Windows 2008 32 bit. All going well until the last step "Completing upgrade" until 52% then start rebooting and...
View ArticleVMtools Error 14001: side-by-side configuration is incorrect
Hi , I have this problem which basically the VMTools installed but not starting, giving me the error: Error 14001: side-by-side configuration is incorrect. From the vCentre client it is showing: Green...
View ArticleUpdating VMware tools
I have a number of VMware tools out of date. If I have 500 VMs with tools out of date, should I be able to update them all without going inside the guest OS? What are the chances that some of them...
View ArticleVM Hardware Version risks
What are the risks of running a VM at 1. Hardware version 72. Hardware version 8 rather than at 10?Performance loss? Compatibility with important features?Thanks!
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