Re: Hypervisor CPU Overhead
I understand that it is expected behavior, but that seems like a lot of resources given up.
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Hello.I have a question about Raw Device Mappings. I have never used this feature. What I would like to know is how the VM actually uses the Raw disk which gets assigned to it. For example, if a RAW...
View ArticleRe: Create virtualmachine snapshot - 100% for 40mins
Here are the requested logs, appreciate the assistance. I created a new VM and did fresh testing, I'll reboot vCenter tomorrow, re-run and upload those logs also.
View ArticleRe: Restore disk
ok, great! i created zentyal.vmdk how to bind main-disk with delta-disk?bcz after attached disk to new VM - snapshotmanager didn't show snapshot,
View ArticleRe: Restore disk
Okay, glad you got a step further.Now you'll need to rebuild your Snapshot chain. You will have to reference the ID of the base disk inside the vmdk of your snapshot disk (*00001).After that you will...
View ArticleRe: False Memory Alerts (guest standby memory ?)
the exact message is "Virtual machine memory usage"I have the yellow triangle in the navigator on the server name and I have that message in the "Alarms" tab
View ArticleVMware Essentials Kit - Can the CPU licenses be split across 6 single CPU...
I have a client that owns 6 locations (dental surgeries).Each location has 1 single physical server with 1 CPU that will host a Windows Server and maybe 2 Windows Servers.Can he use 1 Single VMware...
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Re: False Memory Alerts (guest standby memory ?)
Go to vCenter home page > Monitor > Alarm Definitions > Virtual machine memory usage : Edit In General tab you can enable or disable the alarmIn Triggers tab you can set threshold that at how...
View ArticleRe: VMware Essentials Kit - Can the CPU licenses be split across 6 single CPU...
Hi, you can't do that. The Essentials Kits are for up to 3 hosts. Each host can have up to 2 CPUs. You could ask your VMware sales guy to look up the ROBO License (Remote Office / Branch Office). Tim
View ArticleRe: Consolidation failure
We had the same problem, we have Netvault as a backup tool installed on a physical server, all attempts to consolidate the disks of a VM failed, we restarted the backup server and the consolidation is...
View ArticleRe: False Memory Alerts (guest standby memory ?)
thanks for the suggestion but this does not solve my problem, my problem is not to specify a different percentage of usage, the actual one is fine, the problem is that the guest is using half the total...
View ArticleJumbo frame questions
Hi, If I enable jumbo frames on a standard vSphere switch (as well as on a corresponding physical switch): 1. Do I need to change MTU settings on the VMotion interface too (since it's set to 1500 right...
View ArticleRe: Restore disk
What i did: 1. create 2 filescat zentyal.vmdk# Disk DescriptorFileversion=1encoding="UTF-8"CID=fffffffeparentCID=ffffffffisNativeSnapshot="no"createType="vmfs" # Extent descriptionRW 104857600 VMFS...
View ArticleRe: False Memory Alerts (guest standby memory ?)
You said guest using half memory. Are you checking this at host level or inside the guest windows OS. Make sure VMware tools are up to date, because its balloon driver tell the memory usage and handle...
View ArticleRe: Restore disk
That looks right. So sometimes the Snapshot Manager does not recognize existing snapshots.I'd do the following:- Create a new snapshot of that vm- select "delete all" snapshots- check if your 10gb...
View ArticleRe: Jumbo frame questions
I'm not sure about the VMs part. But on the vSwitch you need to specify the MTU for each vmkernel as well. (Use case: some vmkernel traffic like management might go through a routed network that does...
View ArticleRe: VMFS volume missing physical extents
I need to see the header-dump.It also makes no sense to discuss this any further if you dont stop to obscure your information.Feel free to call via skype if you dont want to post in public Ulli
View ArticleUnhandled Exception loading OVA
I am attempting to deploy Vmware ESXi for my RSA authentication Manager virtual appliance; I had it running on an older Esxi 5.0 server; However, that server had some hardware problems. Dealing with...
View ArticleRe: Unable to export OVF Templates from vSphere Web Client 6.0
I resolved a similar issue recently and posted my findings in Regarding Firefox revisions >= 39 and related 6.0 U3 Client Integration Plug-in issues . In summary, I ended up resolving my issues by...
View ArticleRe: Jumbo frame questions
I assume you mean you enabled jumbo frames within the guest OS since it is not done at the vmxnet3 adapter level? And yes, it would need to be done to all VMs in the guest OS that you want jumbo frames...
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