Re: "No VIBs specified with -n/--vibname or -v/--viburl." when trying to...
Hello and welcome to the communities. Try the following command:esxcli software vib install --depot=/vmfs/volumes/DATASTORE/VIBS/OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-6.5.0-542907.VIB-ESX50i_A02.zip
View ArticleProfile and Inventory services not starting automatically on reboot.
Hi, Has anyone had the experience where the "Profile..." and Inventory services have not started automatically when their vCenter had been rebooted? That's happening to me right now, and the...
View ArticleRe: vmware view for windows RT (metro/start screen)
I just wanted to say that I managed to get past the cert error that you're talking about. Basically, I followed the following steps: Load up PowerShell as Adminstrator.Type...
View ArticleRe: VM Player & Windows 8
Just to witness: I had exactly the same sound problem, under XP in the guest virtual machine. Host is Win8.This morning, the problem is gone, in both VMs (under XP and Win7) after having uninstalled...
View ArticleRe: "No VIBs specified with -n/--vibname or -v/--viburl." when trying to...
Thank you for the warm welcome! I entered the command exactly as you suggested, and i got "Must specify a server name" so I then entered:esxcli --server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -h yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy software vib...
View ArticleRe: Trouble with presenting replicated LUNs in ESXi 5.0
Each cluster is managed by a seperate VCenter server.
View ArticleRe: "No VIBs specified with -n/--vibname or -v/--viburl." when trying to...
Leave vCenter out of it and try this:esxcli --server <ESXi HOST> software vib install --depot=/vmfs/volumes/DATASTORE/VIBS/OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-6.5.0-542907.VIB-ESX50i_A02.zip
View ArticleRe: Need help with QLE220 HBAs urgently
Hi, thank you again for a great answer. Everything you suggested worked just as you said and it did unpack and repack correctly i.e. i got the file.Once rebooted the system went into a purple screen...
View ArticleRe: Can't add vCenter 4.1 server or 4.1 hosts
Hello Ken42, My name is Charles Winning and I'm an escalation engineer for VMware Go. It looks like we will need to work with our sustained engeering team on this issue and doing so through the...
View ArticleRe: Trying to build a custom dashboard around storage
You can use the TopN Widget for this. You can select a Metric and it will show the top N of that metric. In addition you can alos look at using Interactions. This is usefull when you have a Widget that...
View ArticleFailed to open '/vmfs/volumes 0xa (One of the parameters supplied is invalid).
HI is anyone familiar with the fix on this.Here is the complete error:Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/4a85bf47-7888f749-bd71-0015c5f77ad9/Syrwebdbcl1/Syrwebdbcl1_2-000002.vmdk' with flags 0xa (One of the...
View ArticleRe: Can't add vCenter 4.1 server or 4.1 hosts
Will send an email to you shortly. Thanks.
View ArticleFinding the last time a machine was requested by User
Is there a way through PowerCLI or SQL that I can find machines that have not been used in a certain amount of time? I know through view if I select a machine and look in the events I can see the last...
View ArticleHow to Migrate SQL Cluster from existing vSphere 4.x to vCD 5.x
Hi All, I am migrating servers from vSphere 4.x to vCloud Director 5.x and i have no issues in migrating it from VM's to vApp using the vCloud Connector.But, i have one Challenging situations where i...
View ArticleRe: "No VIBs specified with -n/--vibname or -v/--viburl." when trying to...
ran command esxcli --server yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy software vib install --depot=/vmfs/volumes/DATASTORE/VIBS/OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-6.5.0-542907.VIB-ESX50i_A02.zip and i got a Connect to yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy failed...
View ArticleRe: Trying to build a custom dashboard around storage
I will check out the TopN Widget. do you have an example? I'm using the interactions now to graph VM data along with root cause rankings and thats working well. I'm looking for something that I can...
View ArticleRe: "No VIBs specified with -n/--vibname or -v/--viburl." when trying to...
Is there anything "hardened" about your ESXi install? Can you gain local ESXi Shell access and try to run the esxcli command locally?
View ArticleRe: Trying to build a custom dashboard around storage
Attched another screenshot of my Lab's MGMT Cluster Disk stats. I think this point is that if you apply creativity...you can build any meaning full dashboard.
View ArticleRe: Can't add vCenter 4.1 server or 4.1 hosts
Perfect, I will be watching for the case that will automatically be created when you send the email. Charles
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