http://www.petri.co.il/forums/ For questions related to VMWare virtualization products en Sat, 18 May 2013 14:10:27 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/images/steelblue/misc/rss.jpg http://www.petri.co.il/forums/ http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63423&goto=newpost Tue, 14 May 2013 23:25:35 GMT On a particular VM on a standalone ESX host. The virtual hard drive was running out of space. We allocated 400Gb to the VM, but now wish to reclaim some of that space. I have shrunk the disk in the OS - Disk management now shows 345GB of unallocated space. I am looking for the best tool to... On a particular VM on a standalone ESX host. The virtual hard drive was running out of space. We allocated 400Gb to the VM, but now wish to reclaim some of that space.
I have shrunk the disk in the OS - Disk management now shows 345GB of unallocated space.

I am looking for the best tool to allow me to "give that 345 back to the Datastore.

Any suggestions?

Thanks ]]> VMware Virtualization jdeguerre http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63423 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63378&goto=newpost Wed, 08 May 2013 16:36:08 GMT Our team added a disk to one of the VM's and when they removed the disk from the VM later, they forgot to actually delete the disk. The end result is that I have a 150GB disk still stored on the host however it's not being accessed.

I'm a bit shy to go into the datastore and delete the file manually.

What's the best way to do a disk clean up? ]]> VMware Virtualization supanatral http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63378 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63335&goto=newpost Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:30:35 GMT Anybody deploying windows 2012 servers from a template and using customization? We've made an attempt at customization but have found the results to be less then expected. ]]> VMware Virtualization cqaigy http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63335 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63256&goto=newpost Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:44:37 GMT Hi All,

I have been trying to get to the bottom of sysprep and vSphere's Guest Customization wizard. I am aware that VMware uses's Microsoft's sysprep tool to perform the customization of the guest OS. As you know, there are things that sysprep /generalize does besides reset the SID. For instance, sysprep changes the CMID (client machine ID), which KMS uses to uniquely identify OS's.

I want to confirm if the checkbox in vSphere's Guest Customization wizard, "Generate New Security ID" is the same as "sysprep /generalize." For example, if I run the guest customization wizard and don't check "Generate New Security ID," what items have been reset? It seems to me that I have created an answer file and potentially reset the licensing, computer name, and networking. But has the CMID been reset? What about the nebulous list of "other" things that sysprep /generalize resets? What in the Guest Customization wizard controls those things?

Also, if anyone has a reliable source for a list of everything that sysprep /generalize does/resets, I would love to have that information. Even Microsoft's site finishes their list with phrases like, "among other things." I want to know exactly the things that sysprep generalize resets and not guess. I have spent a lot of time searching and am not getting definite answers.

Thanks in advance for any knowledge you can provide!

Richard ]]> VMware Virtualization rhoffman3 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63256 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63251&goto=newpost Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:33:21 GMT We use Orion software for all of our monitoring, and orion logs into the hosts every 5 mins. This fills up all of the events section making it unusable. So I am wondering is there a way that I can filter (or exclude) the orion entries? Or would it be possible to export the events section to an... We use Orion software for all of our monitoring, and orion logs into the hosts every 5 mins. This fills up all of the events section making it unusable. So I am wondering is there a way that I can filter (or exclude) the orion entries? Or would it be possible to export the events section to an excel or CSV file?

Thanks! ]]> VMware Virtualization Sword Dancer http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63251 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63215&goto=newpost Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:03:39 GMT I have a vcenter server 4.0, and my datastore is out of space. I need to clone a power down vm but have no space for the clone. I won't be using vmotion or vstorage. I have a extra server. How can I use that server as a datastore for my vcenter? if that is possible, how should I go about doing it? I planned on migrating the clone to another esxi server I had setup.

Thanks. ]]> VMware Virtualization dieseltrain http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63215 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63136&goto=newpost Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:45:31 GMT Im trying to set up a DMZ on a new ESXI farm but Im getting seriously confused with all the info I’ve read as it all seams to contradict. Some people are saying that its ok to put the DMZ in the same vswitch as the Management network but on a different vlan & some people are saying it should not be done.


Also is the service console part of the management network?


Im running ESXI5.1 ]]> VMware Virtualization Deland01 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63136 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63043&goto=newpost Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:39:31 GMT I am trying to copy 5 virtual machines(includes 2 domain controllers) in a working lab environmnet to another new server/host I have setup on a different vlan. I started off by clicking browse the datastore on the original server with esxi and copied each folder for each virtual machines to a... I am trying to copy 5 virtual machines(includes 2 domain controllers) in a working lab environmnet to another new server/host I have setup on a different vlan. I started off by clicking browse the datastore on the original server with esxi and copied each folder for each virtual machines to a external hard drive, then I copied those same backed up virtual machines to the next servers datastore. I then added each virtual machine to the inventory by right clicking the .vmx file on each virtual machine folder. I powered on the machines and they cannot ping each other, but the issue I'm running into is the 2 domain controllers are not talking to each other either, I can log into each domain controller invidually only. As an example, domain controller1(winner.com), i can log onto the domain, and domain controller 2(second.winer.com) I can log onto that domain also. So bottom line all 5 virtual machines cannot ping each other. Am I missing a step? Any suggestions would be helpful. ]]> VMware Virtualization dieseltrain http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=63043 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62964&goto=newpost Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:21:05 GMT I am running vsphere 5.1 Everytime I create a vm clone or create a vm from a template the vm does not boot and gets stuck on the PXE boot screen. I put the hard disk at startup that does not help. The error I get after PXE aborts is no OS installed? Anyone know what is going on? Thanks Jim I am running vsphere 5.1

Everytime I create a vm clone or create a vm from a template the vm does not boot and gets stuck on the PXE boot screen. I put the hard disk at startup that does not help. The error I get after PXE aborts is no OS installed?
Anyone know what is going on?
Thanks Jim ]]> VMware Virtualization vmwarejim http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62964 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62943&goto=newpost Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:01:16 GMT Looking to build a cluster of 3 ESXi servers (vsphere 5) to manage a 35 virtual servers environment: (HA, fault tolerant, load balancing) Currently have 5 possible candidates for ESX Server 1 IBM 3550 M4 - IBM 3650 M4 - 3 IBM 3650 M3 Server Processor Memory IBM-3650 M3 CPU - 2 x 2.53 Ghz... Looking to build a cluster of 3 ESXi servers (vsphere 5) to manage a 35 virtual servers environment:
(HA, fault tolerant, load balancing)
Currently have 5 possible candidates for ESX Server
1 IBM 3550 M4 - IBM 3650 M4 - 3 IBM 3650 M3
Server Processor Memory
IBM-3650 M3 CPU - 2 x 2.53 Ghz Quad-core Xeon - E5630 24 GB DDR3 (RDIMMs)

IBM -3650 M3 CPU - 1 x 2.40 Ghz Quad-core Xeon - X5690 4 GB DDR3 (RDIMMs)
IBM- 3650 M3 CPU - 1 x 2.40 Ghz Quad-core Xeon - E5620 4 GB DDR3 (RDIMMs)
IBM- 3650 M4 CPU - 2.60 Ghz Xeon 8-Core Xeon E5 128 GB DDR3 (RDIMMs)
IBM-3550 M4 CPU - 2.3 Ghz 6-core Xeon E5 8 GB DDR3 (RDIMMs)

I want to be able to use the newer servers: the IBM 3550 M4; IBM 3650 M4
Questions:
Suggestions on how can I maintain good processing ratio all across the board for performance and reliability?
Which memory can I use all across the board to have maximum performance?
Can I alter memory speed clock to achieve compatibility across all host?
Configuration ideas for best possible configuration to achieve HA, fault tolerance, and load balancing ]]> VMware Virtualization Louis Philippe Rodriguez http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62943 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62842&goto=newpost Sun, 03 Mar 2013 09:08:38 GMT Hello How can i copy vm from the server\ vsphere to my local hard drive? thanks Hello
How can i copy vm from the server\ vsphere to my local hard drive?
thanks ]]> VMware Virtualization Dell http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62842 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62807&goto=newpost Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:30:10 GMT Hi all,

I've got 5TB+ on the physical raid 5 which also has raid 1 with ESXi 5.1 on it.

I'm now trying to create the datastore on the raid 5 but it only allows up to 2TB in the file size.

Is ther a way to increase this? or do I need to separate it individually? I can't even make separate datastore on this 5TB.... ]]> VMware Virtualization lucifer82 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62807 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62803&goto=newpost Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:46:11 GMT manage -> delete from disk is greyed out btw, i haven't even gotten this to work yet, but i can already tell that vmware is 1057458493 times better performance wise than oracle vm i have deleted all vmware processes and retried a few times with the same...]]> the options when right clicking a vm -> manage -> delete from disk
is greyed out
btw, i haven't even gotten this to work yet, but i can already tell that vmware is 1057458493 times better performance wise than oracle vm
i have deleted all vmware processes and retried a few times with the same results
i am running windows 7 64 bit
here are some error messages:
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h ttp://im ageshack.us/photo/my-images/685/greyedout.jpg/ ]]> VMware Virtualization wtf http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62803 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62799&goto=newpost Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:48:19 GMT Dear All,
i have in my home server ESXI5 running, with 3 HDD attached to
one SSD = 70GB
Second 1000GB
last one 250 GB
i've installed ESXI on the HDD of the 70GB,
Two OS on the one of the 250, because i have no memory left on the server, i want to share the HDD of 1000GB in the network using kind of SAN or ISCI wihtout creating a VM and share the HDD
can someone please advise how to do this?

thank you ]]> VMware Virtualization cyberbot http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62799 http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62771&goto=newpost Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:24:04 GMT Dear All, i am using Vsphere 5 for my small business home with my ISP firewall, do i really need extra firewall or i am fine? Dear All,
i am using Vsphere 5 for my small business home with my ISP firewall,
do i really need extra firewall or i am fine? ]]> VMware Virtualization cyberbot http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=62771