Why Do you "Hate" VSphere?
Please read this blog post and add your own reasons to this post,...
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Not able to install windows server 2012 due to VT-x problems (64bit)
Hi guys, I'm currently having some trouble with the installation of Windows Server 2012 in vmware 12 pro. The picture below shows that i have no vtx, but i do have a 64bit processor so i am a little...
View ArticleVLANs in Nested ESXi Servers
In my lab environment, I have an ESXi 6 host and 2 ESXi 6 nested servers that are working with VLANs set up on a physical switch. Host vSwitch is configured on VLAN 4095 for vmKernel and VM port...
View ArticleCleanup disks previously used by vSAN 6.x
Errors :When you use option " All Actions > Erase Partitions" on vCenter Web client, you may receive this error message : "Cannot change the host configuration" ;When you use SSH with the...
View ArticleNested vmware workstation on KVM host
I am trying to run an instance of vmware workstation on top of KVM. First problem related to "incompatible hypervisor", which I fixed by adding "vmx.allowNested=True" in the .vmx fileThis is apparently...
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Vmware ESXI within Hyper-v (server 2012) networking issue
I am trying to get esxi running within hyper-v and it won't recognize the virtual switch even though I got it setup properly and it works with any other VMs on this system. I only have one NIC but...
View Articleinstall XenServer 7 as a VM on top of ESXi 5.5
Hi, Has any one successfully installed Citrix XenServer 7 as a VM on top of ESXi 5.5?I encountered hardware Dom0 crash during installation. I have tried various tricks without any luck. I know I am...
View ArticleMemory and CPU sizing
Where can I find document about memory and CPU sizing? For example, 50 physical server with 2Gb RAM each are planned to convert VM. All servers are not high. How many physical memory need for physical...
View ArticleNew datacenter best practice
Hi all,First, apologize for the poor grammar..So recently we are planning to move to new datacenter, we acquired vsphere enterprise plus with vsom edition and I don't have any prior experience using...
View ArticleOpenStack (KVM/QEMU) in vSphere - Occasionally segfaults occurring in...
I am running OpenStack Newton as HA deployment on Ubuntu 16.04 vSphere VMs in conjuntion with a Ceph Storage (Jewel). The deployment comprises:2 controller VMs3 compute VMs3 storage VMsEverything is up...
View ArticleKVM on ESXi causes segmentation faults in guest VMs with more than one vCPU
This post is related to this one:OpenStack (KVM/QEMU) in vSphere - Occasionally segfaults occurring in OpenStack VMs with more than one vCPU configured I was able to narrow down the problem described...
View ArticlevCloud suite 7 advance license include vCenter?
Hiif I buy vCloud suite advance 7 it include license vCenter or not Thank you.
View ArticleVM player runs smoothly in 5 years old PC, but super slow in an alienware laptop
I tested a few VMware player created vm, all hosting ubuntu, 12.04, 14.04 and 16.04. They all works smoothly in 5 years old PC, embarrassed to mention its specs. The confusing fact is that none of them...
View ArticleGigabyte GA-B75M-D3H F12
This document is a detail page for Community Hardware Software .Tell Us About the ProductVendorGigabyteProductGA-B75M-D3HProduct VersionF12Tell Us About the Configuration You TestedVMware...
View ArticleMerge a VM descriptor file and the flat disk file
Hi, I am trying to convert vmdk images to thin in order to use them on an OVF package. The vmdk disk is created from a qcow2 image by using qemu-img. The format created by qemu-img is very old, so I am...
View ArticleRunning ESX under KVM with VM-x/EPT
I've been experimenting with setting up a test lab on a linux host with KVM as the layer 1 hypervisor and ESX as the layer 2. With KVM configured for nested, ept and ignore_msrs, and ESX set to...
View ArticleNeed a CMDB recommendation
I'm looking for a CMDB that is: -easy to update / cloud scale architecture / REST APis in and out - easy to integrate with other systems from a development standpoint-Cheap - low entry price point -...
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vMotion failure
Hello, I am facing vMotion failures in one of the hosts running ESXi6.0 update2. Is anyone had this kind of issue? Please find the below information and help me to understand the root cause for this...
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