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• External hardrive dedicated for backups or huge 3 teg hardrive

  I have two Macs. The two are not up-to-date on the operating system. One is a former PPC-Intel Power Mac G5 (running 10.4.8). This PPC has logic music software from apple and other software, that I like to keep the versions they all. I want to back up the entire hard drive please. Never done and need to know how?

  The iMac I see a time machine... .the iMac running 10.6.8 and it seems pretty simple how to backup.

  My question contains the questions above for backup but also do I need a hard disk dedicated for each backup of the computer, or can I partition a huge hard drive.

  Also, so just save a computer for example do I need a dedicated external hardrive or can I use a space between an external hardrive with enough space for a backup.

  I know that this issue contains various aspects of a question and different computers and versions so I appreciate the answers really. Thank you very much!

  Every Mac should have at least 1 backup HD dedicated. When it comes to backup, it is wise to also have redundant backups because too backups fail! I have 3 Mac (iMac, Mac Mini & MacBook Air), each has 2 HD attached for redundant backups. Although I know that it is more expensive that you wanted to hear, it gives a pretty good backup level. It would be extremely rare to lose the primary storage and two backups, but I lost the primary and a backup at least 2 times!

  In my case, I use Time Machine and SuperDuper as my backup solutions and also to use OWC (www.macsales.com) as my EHD.

• I'm trying to find what options to license our University has for VDI student use.

  VDA and the use of the student

  Hello

  I'm trying to find what options to license our University has for VDI student use.   With 2000 students we would really here the year 2000 VDA licenses.  Are there other options out there?

  This license information can be found here:
  http://www.Microsoft.com/licensing/software-assurance/Windows-Virtualization.aspx

  It is a peer-to-peer forum. You must contact Microsoft about licensing issues.

• No VRM server registered with vCenter Server for the site 'Live '.

  I have SRM 6.1 and vSphere replication 6.1 installed on both sites.

  The ECP is connected to the vCenter server.

  I get this error message: failed to create the protection group. No VRM server registered with vCenter Server for the site 'Live '.

  Screenshot attached, no one knows what is happening here?

  

  However, there was a mismatch in the meantime server on all except VRA in the remote site, it is now resolved and the issue disappeared.

  Strange, how the error related to the site online, however.

  Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

• RAID 5 or RAID 10 for VDI?

  Hello

  I am currently in a dispute with my boss on which RAID should I use for the new servers ESX accommodation our VDI.

  He said that we should stick with RAID 5 coz the DELL engineers suggest RAID 10 is not good for VDI.

  But im stressing that we should go with RAID 10, since it offers better performance.

  Our servers have 8 x 10 k SAS 300 GB.

  Each server will host max 45 Windows XP VM with 20 GB of space.

  Any suggestions?

  I agree with the suggestions that have already been posted.  In our tests, our related clones are 80/20 in favor of writing so RAID 10 looks good for this.   Also, keep in mind what Andre said that traffic from replica would read.

• Easy VMware vCenter Server for Essentials Question

  Hi all

  We are looking to buy VMware vSphere Essentials for use in our Test/development environment and had a question about vCenter Server for Essentials. I know this is a light version of the 'standard' vCenter, but is there any reason that I could not run this version in a VM to manage the node 3 environment "Essentials" like I do in my "regular vSphere cluster?"

  TIA,

  -Jason

  I see no problem at all with your server vCenter Server running as a virtual machine. In addition, it is fully supported.

• Swtich v dedicated for vMotion stop Websense?

  Hi all

  I have a 3 host ESX 2.5 U3 Cluster, with 6 NIC in each host (2 for LAN, 2 for iSCSI and 2 for vMotion, all in a team of FT).

  I had to build a new guest VM for Websense web filter. As the webfilter must be able to port your firewall connection mirror I removed one of the NIC in my team of vMotion and created a vSwitch dedicated for the virtual machine to allow me to use any of the physical NETWORK adapter for port mirroring, the vSwitch is also in promiscous mode to allow the webfilter to see network traffic. All other vSwitches have promiscous mode off.

  Since removing this NIC HA is unable to Vmotion to or from this host? I can still vMotion between 2 other guests? When attempting to migrate, it gets to 10% and expires? Is it because I have a vSwitch set to promiscous mode? This fine all worked until I created this new vSwitch.

  Thank you

  No all the ESX host in a cluster must be exactly the same set up on all the

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• Separate the Server vCenter for VDI environment?

  Should I install a separate to a new environment of view 4.5 VDI vCenter Server?

  See 4.5 can potentially reach about 3,000 users, although he will start with a pilot and after that start to add users probably a hundred at a time.

  Is our current environment vmware vCenter 4.0 Update 2, although I am considering upgrading to 4.1

  We currently have a small VMware environment with around 30 guests and about 400 virtual machines

  I was thinkng it would be good to have vCenter for our VDI environment running in a cluster in our existing vCenter environment.

  It would be wise to tie our vCenters if we do not have two?

  Any ideas on that?

  Has anyone has expereince with this size VDI environment?

  Thank you!!

  Tom

  I prefer to run a separate instance of vCenter. Our deployment is much smaller than yours, and we run it separate because it isolates environments, allows to plan maintenance and does not affect the two environments, because VMware has fallen behind manufacturing discovers completely compatible with the latest versions of vSphere in the past (e.g. vSphere 4.1 requires 64-bit Windows when composer would not run under 64-bit.)

  Especially in an environment as large as yours, I it would run separately.

• Split my Cluster for VDI

  Hello everyone,

  We currently have a cluster consisting of 5 hosts running vSphere 6 with 175 VM (server and VDI).  I would take two hosts and dedicated strictly to my VDI and let all the servers on the other 3 hosts.  I am able to create a cluster with another vCenter server and move the virtual machine, or I have to start from scratch.  Never had to do anything as if all of this help is very appreciated.  Thank you

  Split vs vServer VDI environments is normally recommended (now called the guideline)

  If you have external Ent + license and PSC, you can join the new vCenter to the domain SSO existing at the facility that would allow the cross-vCenter's vMotion. Characteristic nice and neat, could be useful when moving objects from a vCenter to another.

  If the license is the company or lower, you should still be able to move everything without interruption of service. There are tools to automate and scripts out there, but if the environment is quite simple, it can also well be done manually.

  Below the procedure uses the hosts as "vehicles" for the direct transport of virtual machines to one vCenter to another

  (1) install the new Victoria Cross

  (2) put the first host, intended to move, in maintenance mode and out of the cluster in data center (depending on the configuration of HA, admission control could prevent you from entering maintenance mode. If so, turn it off temporarily, do not forget to reactivate once full migration)

  (3) to migrate a lot of server virtual machines (which must move again VC) to the host outside the cluster (planning so that remaining vms to be moved can actually fit on the remaining hosts to-be-moved in terms of cpu/mem)

  (4) delete the original vcenter host

  (5) add the host to the place wanted to vcenter inventory again. All virtual machines must always be there, always on, always connected to the trade standard and operational

  (6) repeat steps 2 to 5 for the hosts and the virtual machines that you want to move remaining

  (7) set up the new vCenter inventory according to your needs

  (8) long live the new vCenter!

  The new vCenter will automatically read added hosts:

  -recorded the VMs

  -config standard switch

  -connected to data warehouses

  -the local host settings

  The new vcenter will not have the following:

  -the labels, if everything was used on source VC

  -the folder hierarchy

  -custom roles and permissions object

  -host School Board Profiles

  -settings and cluster resource pools

  -VM models

  -vApps

  -performance history

  Everything (except the performance history), not migrating things can and must be re-created manually on VC destination.

  I hit the top of my head with a few assumptions in mind so please tick accordingly if any deviations / additions are needed in your particular environment. Eventually, you could do a test drive of a host with a not so critical VM thereon, front and rear.

• Increase video memory dedicated for my computer...

  Hi, my computer is a Windows Vista Ultimate, Intel Core to Duo T7700 2.4 GHz, 4 GB of RAM, 2 GB of RAM, blah blah blah, video Total rest is not necessary.

  Anyway, I wanted to know how to increase my DEDICATED VIDEO RAM, not the total. Currently, my dedicated video memory is sitting up to 256 MB, which means approximately 1.74 GB of video RAM is not used (supposedly).
  I tried everything to my Start menu to enter the "BIOS", which everyone says is the way to change the dedicated video memory. Unfortunately, the BIOS does not turn upward anywhere and I can't find another way to change the dedicated video memory.
  What is the easiest or more simplified to change my dedicated video memory? Or I do something wrong?
  Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
  P.S. I use my computer to play various games (that you might have supposed), but I have played games that require more dedicated video RAM to display for my computer, for example 512 MB, while I have 256 MB, as mentioned previously. The games work well and generally smooth. Is it just because of the CPU or is my video memory dedicated, is actually just a mask for the amount of RAM? Or maybe something else?

  Hi look at these links

  http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=OmZ8EpEdgns
  http://www.TomsHardware.com/Forum/352560-31-increasing-dedicated-video
  If you use toshiba check this
  http://forums.Toshiba.com/T5/video-display/increasing-dedicated-video-RAM-Intel-HD-graphics-satellite-A665/TD-p/286229

• Patch for VDI gold statue

  Hi all

  I tried to find information about the process of applying patches to an existing model of VDI. So far, I know that the best way is to clone the existing image, patch, create a snapshot, create links to VDI pools. But I would like to find documentation for this process.

  Thank you.

  I turn on the same image, make your changes and then do an ipconfig/release and stop and take a new snapshot. Crop against the new snapshot and let the old in case you need to restore. When the string is greater than three start consolidating your shots.

• Automatically remove virtual machines for VDI pool after the period of time

  Use us Vmware View 5.0 but soon move to 5.2 and have need features to automatically remove all the virtual machines in the pool selected after a certain period of time. We are at disposal VDI for a project that will end for 3 months and after this time, we want to remove this VMs automatically. Is this possible?

  It depends a bit exactly what you want to do, but you can plan everything a powercli-script to remove the virtual desktop at a certain time.

  Another option that I usually prefer is to manage the rights with the ad groups.

  So when you want to revoke a users access to a desktop computer, simply remove the user from the group, which should be easy to do with a script.

  Linjo

• Activate plugin vCenter only for selected users

  Hello!

  Is it possible to activate a plugin (NetApp VSC for Applications and Solutions) only for selected users of vCenter or hide a group of users?

  Thank you!

  Dirk

  There are no permissions that control activation or deactivation of a plugin, only permissions in the plugin.

  VSC, for example:

  

• DHCP IP for VDI pool selection

  Hello

  I use vmware view 4.5 for desktop Virtualization. I have a two dhcp server and even has been used for the server and the Office IPS.

  now I want a beach to define for 10.10.10.60 to 10.10.10.100 VDI. I another rage also like 10.10.9.50 t0 10.10.9.100. The problem I am facing is that when I prepared my machine for the master image and it is joined to the domain he bydefault took the beach. 10.10.9.X ip when I deliver the vdi Similarly, they take same ip also range.  Can any body suggest me an idea or a configuration so I can define 10.10.10.x rage for my all VMware VDI

  Thank you

  Hello
  You need a separation (VLAN) physical or logical between these two subnets.  Otherwise, the VDIs goes to get the IP address from a DHCP server on the network.
  Best regards
  Patricio

• NIC dedicated for each VM VS a single NETWORK card

  Hello

  Wonder what would be the advantage or disadvantage of having dedicated NIC by VM. Currently I have 11 machines on a Vsphere 4 Update 1 and all the VMs that are 2008R2s windows pass through VMNIC0 in a GB switch port.  So if I lose this port, I loose connections to all VMs 11 and with 11VMs and 1 GBit port, bandwidth would be limited. I dedicated 4 ports on the very important physical switches to 4 virtual machines. I have 8 total NICs in the ESX host.  In this way, 4 virtual machines would not share the same port VMNIC0 and will have its dedicated bandwidth 1 GB each.

  Is it a possible practice, recommended?  It offers performance and bandwidth?

  Your comments are appreciated!

  Jay

  If you need the best performance, you can use VMDirectPath and assign a physical NIC dedicated to a virtual machine.

  See: VMware VMDirectPath of e/s

  But this way, you lose flexibility and VMotion.

  If you are using more than one NETWORK card availability for your vSwitches.

  If you need also performance use multiple NICs.

  André