Still A Good Best Practice?
Hi, Quoting from here: Disabling a page file inside the guest will improve the performance, provided you make the VM to run with good amount of memory. Above this ESX host will create a default grow...
View ArticleRe: Tried to set up swap disk for cluster (to reduce data being replicated...
I don't see any swap files with the name of the vm in it. I do see some with the name of a new vm I created in that cluster. So, how do I get pre-existings vms to use the new swap datastore?
View ArticleRe: Huge reclaimable space with Windows 8 VM
Sorry, you're absolutely right, my bad - I forgot to indicate what huge meant! It can be up to 10GB on occasions.
View ArticleRe: List more than one datastore
Hi Matt Yes this works for me thanks. I tried this but it didn't work {string]::join ','}). I guess I was close.
View ArticleRe: How to shrink OS in vsphere 5.1
its thick provision and is vmotion built in vsphere 5.1?
View ArticleRe: List more than one datastore
Hello- Hmm. Using the Join() method of the .NET String class should also work. Like:@{N="Datastore";E={[string]::join(",", ($_ | Get-Datastore).Name)}} Does that not get it, too?
View ArticleRe: Tried to set up swap disk for cluster (to reduce data being replicated...
You'll need to power off and power on the VMs ... a guest OS reboot is not enough. JD
View ArticleRe: Tried to set up swap disk for cluster (to reduce data being replicated...
Yup. That worked. Thanks
View ArticleRe: Best practices regarding replication of protected site vsphere database...
Normally you would not want (or need) to replicate the protected site VC database as it's of no use at the DR site, but if you are there's no harm in doing so (you incur additional unnecessary...
View ArticleRe: View Performance Issues
have you applied the optimisation recommendations in the Windows 7 and Windows 8 optimisation guide?http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-View-OptimizationGuideWindows7-EN.pdf I suspect the choppiness...
View ArticleRe: false reporting in edit VM after Inflate disk
No they belong to different datastoreBut registed under the same vCenter Server (Vcenter 5.0 ).
View ArticleRe: false reporting in edit VM after Inflate disk
I will try some different scenario for this..then post the result in here.
View ArticleRe: How to shrink OS in vsphere 5.1
So if I understand you correctly your running out of space on your virtual disk in the VM -is this correct? If it is the space is being chewed up by the operating system and not bye the vSphere...
View ArticleRe: Still A Good Best Practice?
To be honest with you I have never heard of that as a best practicefrom VMware - in fact by disabling the pagefile eliminates the benefits you will gain from the Ballon Driver that is part of vmware...
View ArticleRe: Still A Good Best Practice?
Never was a best practice according to VMware, and was always a terrible practice according to Microsoft. I wouldn't pay much attention to this "best practice" guide.
View ArticleMigrations from DAS to FC SAN
Hi I have ESXI host on 5.0 and it users Local HDD and a DAS for user profile. I would like to migrate this to the new FC SAN. I have new server, and I have configured EVC. What I am woundering is that...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.1 U1 install process idle
I finally got this to go To cut a very long story short, it would only work when I placed the VM holding the vCenter service on local storage and with the installer in that same local storage. Surely...
View ArticleRe: Migrations from DAS to FC SAN
Welcome to the Community - you will have to use storage vMotion and you should be able to move the VM fomr DAS to SAN even if the originating host does not have a FC card.
View ArticleRe: Migrations from DAS to FC SAN
Thank you for your reply. I have the vcenter. I would like to change both. Host and Datastore at the same time. Could correct me if I am wrong :1 - I mount the new data store to the new Host2 - I use v...
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