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Answer: Find all virtual machines with ballooned or swapped RAM in VMware cluster? #programming #solution #development

Find all virtual machines with ballooned or swapped RAM in VMware cluster?

If I were to look at a vSphere cluster or resource pool and see a certain level of memory ballooning or swapping, how do I identify which VMs are affected? I know what to do with them once I find them :)

In the example below, there are 65 virtual machines in the resource pool. There’s just under 32 Gigabytes of ballooned…

How to: vSphere 5.1 U1 Client – "The command has timed out as the remote server is taking too long to respond" #fix #answer #computers

vSphere 5.1 U1 Client – "The command has timed out as the remote server is taking too long to respond" The Problem: What we are trying to do

When trying to log into vCenter using the VMware vSphere Client we are greeted with the following error when using both Windows Sessions credentials or manually supplied credentials (DOMAIN\Username):

The vSphere Client could not connect to “vCenter” The…

How to: vmware esxi 5, cant create snapshots and consolidate fails, how to delete old or consolidate redo logs? #development #it #programming

vmware esxi 5, cant create snapshots and consolidate fails, how to delete old or consolidate redo logs?

I have a VM that seems to be working ok, but when VMWare DR (or I) tries to create a snap shot, it fails, and when I view the summary page of the VM it has a warning at the top showing that the disks need to be consolidated.

So I go to snapshot manager for the VM and choose consolidate (in…

Fixed: Can you change the virtual NIC type after building a VM? #programming #fix #development

Can you change the virtual NIC type after building a VM?

When building a VM, you can select which virtual device type you would like a vNIC to be (E1000, VMXNET3, etc).

After the VM is created, can you change the type of vNIC in use on a given connection (eg from E1000 to VMXNET3)?

If so, how?

Answer [by John]: Can you change the virtual NIC type after building a VM?

You cannot changethe type,…

Solution: vmware esxi 5, cant create snapshots and consolidate fails, how to delete old or consolidate redo logs? #dev #answer #programming

vmware esxi 5, cant create snapshots and consolidate fails, how to delete old or consolidate redo logs?

I have a VM that seems to be working ok, but when VMWare DR (or I) tries to create a snap shot, it fails, and when I view the summary page of the VM it has a warning at the top showing that the disks need to be consolidated.

So I go to snapshot manager for the VM and choose consolidate (in…

Solution: How to manage a global VM startup order across the whole datacenter? #computers #development #it

How to manage a global VM startup order across the whole datacenter?

Suppose you have a fully virtualized VMware infrastructure: ESXi, vCenter, vMotion, HA, DRS, the whole package.

Inside, you have lots of VMs, which at any given time may reside on one host or another (that’s the whole point of clustering, isn’t it?).

You experience a power loss, and, one way or another, you manage to shut down…

Fixed: Can you change the virtual NIC type after building a VM? #programming #it #answer

Can you change the virtual NIC type after building a VM?

When building a VM, you can select which virtual device type you would like a vNIC to be (E1000, VMXNET3, etc).

After the VM is created, can you change the type of vNIC in use on a given connection (eg from E1000 to VMXNET3)?

If so, how?

Answer [by John]: Can you change the virtual NIC type after building a VM?

You cannot changethe type,…

Solution: How to manage a global VM startup order across the whole datacenter? #it #dev #answer

How to manage a global VM startup order across the whole datacenter?

Suppose you have a fully virtualized VMware infrastructure: ESXi, vCenter, vMotion, HA, DRS, the whole package.

Inside, you have lots of VMs, which at any given time may reside on one host or another (that’s the whole point of clustering, isn’t it?).

You experience a power loss, and, one way or another, you manage to shut down…