FT on NFS VMKNIC w/ 10GbE
Hi All, We're looking at using FT for a new environment. Our hosts have two 10GbE links. I want to avoid requesting another IP for all these hosts just for FT. Would there be any issue with enabling...
View ArticleAudit memory ballooning and swapping from the clusters
Hi I need to get VMs that are ballooning and swapping in all clusters in vcenter and exported to csv. I have this pCLI from the ICT-Freak Thanks for the feedback. $myCol = @()foreach($clus in...
View ArticleVmware Tools in VM
If in vm vmware tools are not installed then mouse is very slow but if the same machine that is without vmware tools is connected via RDP then the problem is not same. Anyone who can tell me why this...
View ArticleInsufficient resources to satisfy HA failover level on Cluster and Unable to...
Insufficient resources to satisfy HA failover level on ClusterUnable to contact a primary HA agent in Cluster I walked in tthis morning and I have a RED EXCLAIMATION on my CLUSTER .... I go into the...
View ArticleFT-Record/Replay functionality is not supported by this virtual machine...
I ran across a bug recently when I created a VM with the latest versions of ESXi 5.1.0-838463, Client ver 5.1.0-860230, vCenter ver 5.1.0-880146. If you create a VM for a Windows 2012 Server OS for...
View ArticlevSphere HA Waiting for cluster election to complete Operation timed out
I have enough of re-installing ESX5i (so far this was trhe quickes way to get it working on number of separate incidents - as a side not, vSphere4 just worked fine in my environment, without THAT MUCH...
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Understanding an HA installation
I am new to the VMware HA configuration and just wanted to be sure I have my thoughts in order. We are looking to do a configuration as shown below: For my test bed, I have 5 ESXi servers, there will...
View ArticleGuest and HA Application Monitoring SDK 9.0 for vSphere 5.1 for Solaris
Hi guys, I have tried SDK for Linux and Windows and i find it very useful. I have some Solaris VMs in my environment and I would like to monitor applications running on these VMs too. I could not find...
View ArticlevCenter Disconnects from Master HA Agent
After a recent vCenter migration we are seeing the following events in our cluster taks & events: vCenter Server is connected to a master HA agent running on host ...vCenter Server is disconnected...
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HA Fail in ESXi5
Hi I Configure HA in clusterall of thin is correct VMotion VM between Hosts is working Correctlybut for Example Drag Out Connection Network Cable in one of Host for Test HAthe VM not Restart in other...
View ArticleMigration Issue
We have a cluster with 6 ESX hosts.(3.5).with one resource pool having resources 16525mhz and 132213MB.no reservations and shares normal.and around 10 vms are outside the resource pool.ESX host...
View ArticleHA issue
Can any one tell me if we have 7 host and we configure HA without DRS and one of HOST machine Down then how HA Decide which Vm machine will move to differnet different HOST please tell me
View ArticleAMD 62xx and VMware FT
Are the AMD 62xx processors not compatible with VMware Fault Tolerance? Is the case for ESX 4.x and 5.x?
View ArticleInsufficient resources to satisfy configured failover level for vSphere HA
I have two ESXi 5.1 host in a cluster. I just installed a virtual appliance and when I try to start if I get an error saying "Insufficient resources to satisfy configured failover level for vSphere...
View Article"Uneven" Network Configuration with HA/VMotion
we run a fairly boring and simple scheme where all access layer switches (A,B,C,D) are layer 3 up to the core, local access layer VLANs are not available everywhere. In order to VM all of the devices...
View ArticleFT migration question
I've got 2 ESXi servers and vCenter on separate server.There is cluster with VSA on ESXi storage and VM's with FTWhen primary ESXi server goes down VM migrating to the secondary ESXi.Then primary...
View ArticleExhausting inodes + Disconnected Host
Hi All, I just had an interesting issue, and though I would share this as it might save you co-ordinating some planned downtime which could potentially be avoided. We had a disconnected host where the...
View ArticleGuest shutdown when ups initiates
Hello, I'm wondering what the best practice is for shutting down guest vm's when you have an HA enabled cluster? We have a VMa guest on each host that we use for shuting down the host server when...
View Articleesx5i HA protected/unprotected VM
Ok, I have searched and read through all docs I can find, but cannot find the answer to the following. I have a new 6 node cluster running esx 5i, and two other clusters running esx 4.1.x.I have EVC...
View ArticlevSphere HA detected that this host is in a different network than the master...
Hi all I try to install a vSphere 5.1 environment (vCenter 5.1 (799731)).. it was never that hard to get a VMware product running. Problem: As soon as i create a HA Cluster (with 2 ESXi 5.1...
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