VM on SSD or SATA III disk?
Hi, I'm building a new tech support workstation and will greatly appreciate your advice: In short, I'm migrating from a 92GB Win7-32bit with only 4GB RAM platform, to a Win8-64bit with 32GB RAM...
View ArticleRe: ESXi realtime performance chart don`t show in vCenter 5.1a
Hi acme2000 Yes. I register esxi using host ip address. But, This issue occurs in vSphere Client.Hi Frank No, Past hour paformance don`t show and overview chart ,too. And I don`t know when happend.I...
View Articlevmotion for MS SQL, Domain Controller, Oracle database
We have vsphere 5.0 essential plus installed on 3 physical hosts and a vcenter 5.1 virtual appliance managing them. We have VM with MS SQL, Domain Controller, Oracle DB and etc on those 3 physical...
View ArticleRe: Database sizing for 5.x
Please use the kb for the latest version of DB sizing calculator. The excel sheet is applicable till vcenter 5.1 U1 . http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2003885
View ArticleRe: No connectivity from second nic
Can you goto Network adapters on the configuration page of ESXi in vSphere Client and check the status of vmnic1. Also you can run the command esxcfg-nics -l on ssh and check the status.
View ArticleRe: vmotion for MS SQL, Domain Controller, Oracle database
There is no issue at the application level while doing vMotion on VMs.
View ArticleRe: ESXi realtime performance chart don`t show in vCenter 5.1a
Hi Hironori, 1) The steps which I have given you earlier should be performed on V-center server. Only then you will be able to see the Performance Review page. It is an issue with the DNS pointing,...
View ArticleRe: Moving vCSA to new host??
Yes its supported on a 3 node cluster. But for 2 node cluster,its recommended to be on a host outside the cluster.
View ArticleRe: vms Show sign that they are at the DR site, though they are at the main...
Restart the SRm service along with vcenter services. Probably the cache wont have been updated
View ArticleRe: Which one is best, host or guest encryption?
One thing to keep in mind is that since the virtual machine is running as a process in the host machine, the host can inspect arbitrary portions of the guest's memory. This means that no matter what...
View ArticleRe: No connectivity from second nic
Both show the same thing, 1000 full negotiate switchx, same observed IP range
View ArticleRe: No connectivity from second nic
Can you post the output of the command and run the following commands as well and post it: esxcfg-nics -l ethtool -i vmnic0 ethtool -i vmnic1
View ArticleRe: Very Rookie Question
Makes sense, I appreciate the responses. I will work at this tomorrow and set up the second VMFS datastore. Once I get it up and running I really should take notes so I don't forget for the next...
View ArticleRe: No connectivity from second nic
If you switch the cables between vmnics, the other nic gets connectivity?
View ArticleRe: ESXi antivirus
ESXi is secure enough but if you want to protect your VMs against any unauthorised access then recommend you to use vShield. http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vmware-vshield_br-en.pdf
View ArticleRe: vmotion for MS SQL, Domain Controller, Oracle database
Aakash, Do you mind to share your environment and have you done any vmotion on ms sql 2008, oracle DB, domain controller and etc?
View ArticleRe: After RAID5 problems which are now solved, I am not able to mount VMFS
Reboot the host once and check? H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0
View ArticleRe: vmotion for MS SQL, Domain Controller, Oracle database
Steve I have worked on thousands of customer vSphere Datacenter environment and have done vmotion of business critical VMs many times. Trust me, you don't get issues when doing a vMotion at the app...
View ArticleRe: Database sizing for 5.x
Please mark my answer as Helpful or correct if it guided you.
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