If you see a virtual machine shows invalid in the vCenter VM inventory, it means this VM failed to get registered against vCenter. You have to manually remove it from the inventory and go to the datastore, then find the virtual machine .vmx file and manually add it to the vCenter inventory. If you have … Continue reading Invalid Virtual Machine in vCenter
TSM 6.3: The Server Is Disabled
If you see such message ‘The server is disabled’ when you run the TSM BA client, it means for some reasons your TSM server blocks the node’s session. In the log, you should see ‘Session rejected: TCP/IP connection failure’. The fix is to enable the session by running ‘enable session all’ in the TSM server.
ESXi 5.0 Command: Create Standard Switch
Here is a example of using esxi command to create a virtual standard switch, and add the vMotion port group (vlan 100). ##Standard vSwitch Settings esxcli network vswitch standard add -v vSwitch1 esxcli network vswitch standard uplink add -v vSwitch1 -u vmnic3 esxcli network vswitch standard uplink add -v vSwitch1 -u vmnic4esxcli network vswitch standard … Continue reading ESXi 5.0 Command: Create Standard Switch
TSM 6.3: Changing TSM Server Hostname
You may have plenty reasons to rename a TSM server’s hostname despite there is a risk. If you are going to do it, please make sure you follow the proper steps, otherwise you may screw things up. In my test, I will disjoin my TSM sandbox server from the Sandbox.local domain, and rename it to … Continue reading TSM 6.3: Changing TSM Server Hostname
vSphere 5.0 Install, Configure, Manage Training Day 5
Module 11: High Availability and Fault Tolerance vCenter Server Availability:- Cluster DB- Multiple redundant servers- HA, vCenter server heartbeat A cluster enabled for vSphere HA can have:- up to 32 hosts per cluster- up to 512 VM per host (regardless of the number of host/cluster)- up to 3,000 VM per cluster HA Failure scenario: Host, … Continue reading vSphere 5.0 Install, Configure, Manage Training Day 5
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