Category Archives: VMware

No free port is available in DVportgroup VMware ESXi with Nexus 1000v When you are creating  new virtual machine and trying to add network adapter to the network VLAN and getting error no ports are available . it is because … Continue reading →

VMware Compatibility Guide Check your Hardware or OS will support Vmware . http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php

How to configure second interface in vCenter Server Appliance Some time we require one more ethernet to be configured in vCenter Server Appliance . It does not shows in vCenter web interface to configure it .below are the small trick … Continue reading →

How to assign IP address manually vCenter Appliance Login to vCenter Appliance Login as: root Default password is: vmware Execute the following command: /opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_config_net After executing the command, a menu is displayed. Within the menu It is possible to change … Continue reading →

Tracing of MAC Addresses in UCS with Nexus 1000V This document describes how to trace MAC addresses of a virtual machine (VM) and VMkernel (VMK) interface at these network levels: Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) … Continue reading →

Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware ESX/ESXi Upgrade Before upgrade check the matrix This document describes how to upgrade the Cisco Nexus 1000V VEM and VSM software and VMware vCenter and ESX/ESXi software. http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/Website/datacenter/nexus1000/upgrade/n1kvmatrix.html Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting and alerts http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/nexus-1000v-switch-vmware-vsphere/products-troubleshooting-guides-list.html

How to install windows 8 on VMware ESXi 5 I was trying to convert windows 8 P2v on vmware ESXi 5 . Windows 8 converted successfully . but when I powered on it stuck windows start up screen and  endless … Continue reading →

Restarting the Management agents on an ESXi or ESX host From the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI): Connect to the console of your ESXi host. Press F2 to customize the system. Log in as root. Use the Up/Down arrows to navigate to Restart Management Agents.Note: In … Continue reading →

In VMware virtual machine how to know RDM mapped drive connected to which LUN in Storage . 1- Go to virtual machine and edit virtual machine setting. 2- Click on Hard disk which is RDM drive. 3- click on Manage … Continue reading →

Download custom image for VMware ESXi 5.5  for  Cisco UCS , HP, FUJITSU, NEC, Hitachi HP Custom Image for ESXi 5.5.0 GA Install CD  FUJITSU Custom Image for ESXi 5.5.0 GA Install CD NEC Custom Image for ESXi 5.5.0 GA Install … Continue reading →