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vSphere is an enterprise level virtualization solution. It acts as the cloud computing OS managing a set of VMware ESXi-based hosts.

VMware's vSphere is a cloud computing virtualization platform built around the ESXi bare metal hypervisor. vSphere includes popular features such as HA (High Availability), DRS (Dynamic Resource Scheduling), vMotion (live migration of guests), and Storage vMotion (live migration of guests disks between datastores).

See the vSphere product page at vmware.com.

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Vmware Got Hit By Brute Force More Than 60K Attempt

I have a vmware with 2012 server in it. Recently int he vsphere seens alot of attempt. Smells like a brute force. I understand that Security.AccountUnlockTime exists in the ESXi 6.0 that has a lockout period ( 120 seconds ) But that doesn't seems…
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VMware ESXi 6.0 DirectPath I/O PCIe Device Not Working

I'm attempting to attach a NIC to a specific VM on my basic ESXi 6.0 setup. DirectPath I/O should allow me to do this, and the machine I'm running ESXi on does support VT-d (Dell Optiplex 990 with an i5-2400 CPU). I can go into vSphere and access…
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Powercli Script to measure the count of Host and its Vm's in a each clusters

I am trying create a on-liner script which gives an outputs of Hosts and vm's counts in a vcenter cluster like as below. Cluster: VMHost VM's Cluster01 …
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Can I use RHEL Virtual Datacenter License with vCenter Server Essentials (Essentials Kit)

Does somebody use RHEL Virtual Datacenter License with vCenter Server Essentials? I cannot get a clear answer from our RHEL Partner, as well as I cannot find it clearly stated somewhere on the WEB. I know that virt-who will work with the normal…
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Standalone vCenter web client

I wish to have a VMWare vCenter Web Client without setting up vCenter Server Systems such that the Web Client connects directly to an ESXi host. I only have 1 ESXi host, setting up vCenter seems unnecessary, I just want to be able to access via the…
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assign Second IP in ESXi 5.5 host Centos 6.6

Hello i have just installed CenOSs 6.6 on ESXi 5.5 and I have eth0 working fine. I have internet access and I want to assign a second IP in CentOS. So purchased another ip from oneprovider.com and was given another failover IP. I want to assign…
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VMware hypervisor license

can I use VMware vsphere hypervisor license on multiple host on different network? Apologize that one license is used in a farm in India and I will use the same license in a farm in UK. Obviously I ask if is technically possible. Thanks
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VMWare, esxi, vsphere, bare-metal

I would like to run multiple desktops simultaneously on the esxi without having to connect from another computer via vsphere. Can the be done straight on esxi? Or would I have to install workstation from an already installed OS? Thanks
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Prevent Guests in same vSwitch talking to one another

Long story short. I would like to prevent guests in the same vSwitch from communicating to one another. I am at a loss as to how to make this happen. Any ideas please? I have been reading on vShield, but I don't this this helps? I have Standard,…
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VMware licnesing for vdi and server virtualisation

I am planning to virtualise 50 desktops as thin clients(concurrent users). Well i will need 5 servers where 3 will be used for server virtualisation and 2 for desktop virtualsiation.All the servers will be Hexa Core with 2 CPU's.I want to know the…
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vSphere CPU/vCPU Performance

This might be a rookie question but if I'm currently on a 4:1 oversubscription of my CPU ressources does that mean that my processors performances are divided(splitted) into 4 lower perf. vCPU? Will a vm using 4 vCPU will just divide a pCPU into 4…
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Using VMware vSphere with a single NIC

I would like to install a low-traffic application server to be shared by 3/4 persons in a cubicle. To simplify deployment and maintenance I would like to use VMware vSphere Hypervisor. Is one physical NIC on the vSphere host sufficient for this…
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How can I use all memory on the ESXi 5 host?

I am under the impression that 2 of the 6 GB on a ESXi 5 host are not used. This is a single host with a free licence. When I assign resources to the VMs there is only 4GB available, and under "resource alloction" in the vSpehere GuI client there is…
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what to backup on windows server over vmware

I have backup exec 2012 and I have to backup about 10 windows (2003/2008/2012) servers. The windows machine are over a vmware environment (the old 3.5 for now). I want to backup both vmware image machine and the data. I ask if is it advisable to…
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centos 5.6, virtual on Vsphere

suddenly my virtual centos server (5.6 on VMWare-VSphere) is not working... It started with the url not responding, nor the ip. (NO HTTP response, no ping). When I entered on the server via ssh to start troubleshooting I noticed that most of…
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