Re: ESXi 5.1 management network no connectivity with two nics connected
Since you mentions LACP, how did you configure the port group/vSwitch policy. With separate switches (i.e. not stacked), you should be using the default policy (Port based) with the physical switch...
View ArticleRe: Can not login to Orchestrator
You cannot login to the vCO client using "vmware" - that account is for the Configuration Page only. In order to login to the vCO client, you must use an account from the LDAP/SSO you specified in the...
View ArticleRe: SSO can't survive a simple reboot?
I need the lightbulb emoticon! So after almost 20 years in IT I should know that when things break after changing a password I should be suspicious of where those creds might be hidden. So if I logon...
View ArticleSSO can't survive a simple reboot... correction can't survive a password...
I've built up a development 5.1 environment with a few hosts and vcenter running on a Windows 2008r2 vm (on a different cluster). I'm running all services including SQL express on the VM. After many...
View ArticleRe: orphaned vmdk files script
The original script from Raiders of the Lost VMX allows clusters on the entityName parameter and with the WhatIf switch it will only list the VMX files of unregistered VMs it finds.
View ArticleRe: Powershell/PowerCLI Dynamic Email Message Body with Datastores
Fabien, not sure if you can help through this same thread. You helped me with the script and output sorts by PercFree. I did added another column to reflect FreeSpace on the following function:Function...
View ArticleRe: Migration Host on 2 SANs and 2 vMotion Network
Hi, Is management network and vmotion network is on different subnet. If yes, if it required different route then you can add static route to ESXI host using command line. Also you can enable and...
View ArticleRe: Symlink bug in shared folders with Linux guest
Hi there, I have it on my plate to do but I have another issue ahead of this I am looking into right now. I will hopefully get to this fairly soon.Sorry but there have been quite a interruptions for me...
View ArticleRe: Initiate Orchestrator workflow via REST/Post with JSON body
@Ilian Iliev,I can confirm that works. Thanks for that.@Burke-Nice tip. I'm new to vCO, so it looks like i'll be using your method in the absence of any other docs!
View ArticleRe: Powershell/PowerCLI Dynamic Email Message Body with Datastores
You can't use sort on a member object that doesn't exist.The FreeSpaceGB is not available, you should sort on FreeSpace instead !
View ArticleRe: Initiate Orchestrator workflow via REST/Post with JSON body
Yes, this technique is particularly important when you start dealing with inputs beyond the simple string or number.
View ArticleRe: Powershell/PowerCLI Dynamic Email Message Body with Datastores
Ohh i got confused because of the following Get-Datastore | Sort-Object -Property FreeSpaceGB
View ArticleRe: Change in Network labels from 4.1 to 5.1?
Sorry, been quite busy...Assuming your Distributed Virtual Portgroup object has a variable name of "dvPortgroupObject", try the following: dvPortgroupObject.config.name
View ArticleRe: Received change on an object not registered in the factory
Without a copy of the workflow and scripts involved, I can only speculate... based on what is shown and the final msg: "Not an Array", it seems your script may be returning what it interprets as an...
View ArticleConverted Virtual Disk from IDE to SCSI now server 2008 won't boot
Hi all, Hopefully one of you guys can solve my problem. I am new to vmware and have managed to convert my physical 2008 server to a virtual server however when doing this the virtual disk was set to...
View ArticleRe: orphaned vmdk files script
Hi LucD, Since this is commented out, I would assume that it defaults to FALSE and therefore registers what it finds out of inventory? So since I only want to REPORT any VMDKs and VMs out of inventory...
View ArticleBest design for using 8 physical NICs on an ESXi 5.1 host
I have 8 physical NICs to work with on and ESXi 5.1 host using Enterprise Plus licensing. I need to service the following traffic: Management trafficvMotion trafficVirtual machine traffic (Probably 2...
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