http://blog.vmpros.nl It's all about virtualization... Tue, 07 May 2013 16:51:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/05/07/vmware-the-number-of-heartbeat-datastores-for-host-is-0/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/05/07/vmware-the-number-of-heartbeat-datastores-for-host-is-0/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 16:51:34 +0000 sanderdaems (online) http://blog.vmpros.nl/?p=4641 Today I added some vSphere 5.0 u1 hosts in a new created cluster, the SAN will be delivered next week so I didn’t have central storage, to finish my new cluster setup I configured HA and DRS. After configuring HA I received this warning message:   The number of heartbeat datastores for host is 0, [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/05/07/vmware-the-number-of-heartbeat-datastores-for-host-is-0/feed/ 0 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/04/04/vmware-vcpperformance-function-error-when-upload-capacity-planner-csv-files/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/04/04/vmware-vcpperformance-function-error-when-upload-capacity-planner-csv-files/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:56:20 +0000 sanderdaems (online) http://blog.vmpros.nl/?p=4626 Today I configured VMware Capacity Planner 2.8 by a customer, after I finished the Collected inventory + Performance data task I started the Synchronize job. The .csv files uploaded successfully but at the end of the job I received this warning messages: ERROR: An unexpected error occurred! Module = vcpPerformance Function = UpdateTask:16 Source = [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/04/04/vmware-vcpperformance-function-error-when-upload-capacity-planner-csv-files/feed/ 0 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/03/20/vmware-install-broadcom-5720-network-adapter-drivers-vsphere-host/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/03/20/vmware-install-broadcom-5720-network-adapter-drivers-vsphere-host/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:32:10 +0000 sanderdaems (online) http://blog.vmpros.nl/?p=4612 Today I installed a new Dell PowerEdgde R620 host with vSphere 5.0 update 1. The Intel Ethernet I350 adapter was recognized and installed correct but the Broadcom 5720 wasn’t. I downloaded the latest Broadcom driver CD from VMware and uploaded the extracted content to my local datastore. To install the drivers I used the following [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/03/20/vmware-install-broadcom-5720-network-adapter-drivers-vsphere-host/feed/ 2 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/03/19/vmware-cannot-delete-virtual-machine-from-disk-with-more-then-100-active-snapshots/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/03/19/vmware-cannot-delete-virtual-machine-from-disk-with-more-then-100-active-snapshots/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:00:09 +0000 sanderdaems (online) http://blog.vmpros.nl/?p=4605 Today I tried to delete a virtual machine with more then 100 (damn Backup Exec) snapshots, in the vSphere Client I selected in the inventory:  “Delete from disk”  , few seconds later I received this error message: Cannot complete the operation due to an incorrect request to the server Events directly at the vSphere 5.0 [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/03/19/vmware-cannot-delete-virtual-machine-from-disk-with-more-then-100-active-snapshots/feed/ 1 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/02/22/vmware-top-vmware-and-virtualization-blogs-2013-vote-now/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/02/22/vmware-top-vmware-and-virtualization-blogs-2013-vote-now/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:26:41 +0000 sanderdaems (online) http://blog.vmpros.nl/?p=4593 Eric Siebert from vSphere-Land has made (again) a vote page to vote your personal top 10 VMware related blogs. VMpros.nl has ended up last year at place #80 (total 187) in the “Top VMware Bloggers 2012”, we also chosen as number #24 (total 33) "Favorite Independent Blogger" My VMpros top articles over the last 12 [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/02/22/vmware-top-vmware-and-virtualization-blogs-2013-vote-now/feed/ 0 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/01/10/vmware-mass-change-network-label-vms-in-cluster-with-powercli/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/01/10/vmware-mass-change-network-label-vms-in-cluster-with-powercli/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:46:38 +0000 sanderdaems (online) http://blog.vmpros.nl/?p=4565 Last week I configured for a customer some new VLAN’s and created on each host new vSwitches with new portgroups, to migrate all VM’s in cluster with network label “VM Network” to “Production” I’ve created this script to automate this for all virtual machines with specific network label in cluster: Original situation: Script: #====================================================================# # [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/01/10/vmware-mass-change-network-label-vms-in-cluster-with-powercli/feed/ 1 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/01/09/vmware-call-filemanager-makedirectory-for-object-filemanager-on-vcenter-server-server-domain-local-failed/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/01/09/vmware-call-filemanager-makedirectory-for-object-filemanager-on-vcenter-server-server-domain-local-failed/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:28:08 +0000 sanderdaems (online) http://blog.vmpros.nl/?p=4559 Today I created some new NFS volumes at a NetApp FAS2040, after I configured the datastores in vSphere I couldn’t write files and folders, warning message: Call "FileManager.MakeDirectory" for object "FileManager" on vCenter Server "server.domain.local" failed. Solution: I forgot (stupid me) to configure the correct access rights, in the NetApp OnCommand System Manager:  Storage > [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/01/09/vmware-call-filemanager-makedirectory-for-object-filemanager-on-vcenter-server-server-domain-local-failed/feed/ 0 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/01/07/vmware-vmotion-migration-socket-connected-returned-already-disconnected/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/01/07/vmware-vmotion-migration-socket-connected-returned-already-disconnected/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:48:09 +0000 sanderdaems (online) http://blog.vmpros.nl/?p=4555 Today a customer told me that he couldn’t vMotion virtual machines between a few hosts, he received this warning message: Migration to host <<unknown>> failed with error Already disconnected An unknown error has occurred. vMotion migration socket connected returned: Already disconnected   Solution: After some troubleshooting I’ve checked and tested: - Same VMkernel (+ case [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/01/07/vmware-vmotion-migration-socket-connected-returned-already-disconnected/feed/ 0 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/01/07/vmware-configure-netapp-nfs-datastores-advanced-parameters-with-powercli/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/01/07/vmware-configure-netapp-nfs-datastores-advanced-parameters-with-powercli/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:45:27 +0000 sanderdaems (online) http://blog.vmpros.nl/?p=4543 The settings that NetApp recommends (across all ESX hosts) are: - NFS.HeartbeatFrequency(NFS.HeartbeatDelta in vSphere) = 12 - NFS.HeartbeatTimeout = 5 (default) - NFS.HeartbeatMaxFailures = 10 When the number of NFS datastores are increased, we also recommend increasing the heap values: - Net.TcpipHeapSize =>’30′  to Net.TcpipHeapMax  => ’120′ To automate this configuration I’ve wrote a PowerCLI [...]]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2013/01/07/vmware-configure-netapp-nfs-datastores-advanced-parameters-with-powercli/feed/ 3 http://blog.vmpros.nl/2012/12/21/vmpros-we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas-and-a-happy-new-year/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://blog.vmpros.nl/2012/12/21/vmpros-we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas-and-a-happy-new-year/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:51:41 +0000 sanderdaems (online) http://blog.vmpros.nl/?p=4536 ]]> http://blog.vmpros.nl/2012/12/21/vmpros-we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas-and-a-happy-new-year/feed/ 0