VMware ESXi 5.1 can run Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 VMs too, nice!
I've created a detailed step-by-step instructions (with screenshots and video) using all GA level code over here:http://tinkertry.com/esxi-5-1-running-hyper-v-server-2012using the "Core" version of the...
View ArticleVMware converter 5.0.0.470252 file count mismatch
Hi. Just did a hot clone of a Vista x64-box and observe that free space in the vm guest c:\ is 54GB more than expected.30 GB of the 54GB missing is an OST file, I have yet to determine what else is...
View ArticleБьются цепочки снапшотов.
Есть хост 5.1 и в нем виртуалка win2003 x64 с двумя дисками.Система получена путем переноса её из KVMПервый диск был полчуен путем конвертации вмварным конвертером.Второй сконвертирован середствами...
View ArticleHow to move to another SAN?
Define SAN as a collection of harddisks.Suppose I have SAN1. It is installed with VMWare ESX and VMWare ESX is using RAW disks. Inside VMWare ESX, there are many SQL server Enterprise 2008 instances...
View ArticleVM shows BSOD after P2V
Hi everybody, i have done P2V with a Windows Server 2003 R2 using Converter 5.0.1 Standalone. Now the VM is booting up with a BSOD. The Errorcode 0x0000007E refers to a missing SCSI driver. The...
View ArticleVMWare Workstation 9 Shared VMs Permissions - Administrator disappeared
In the list of Users and Groups 'Administrators' has disappeared, only 'Users' (R/O) is still there. Result is I can't do a thing anymore.How can I resolve this?
View ArticleHardware for setting up a Virtual Lab at home
Hello All, I plan on setting up a virtual lab this week and hence, need your inputs please. Judging from a plethora of information available online, i concluded that an i7 processor with a supporting...
View Articleesxcli comand Connect to localhost failed: Connection failure via host ssh shell
My host dropped out of vcenter again, firewall crash suspected, but the comand is just not comming up. ~ # esxcli network firewall getConnect to localhost failed: Connection failure I have seen this...
View ArticleVim API - get notification about host
Hello, We use vSphere 5.1 with VIM API.It is possible receive notification from ESXi or vCenter about VM power off ?I don't want pull machine activity in loop. Thanks,Daniel
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Using EFI firmware in Linux guest
HI Community, I'm using Fusion 5.0.2 and I try to create a Linux guest (Debian 6) on a EFI based VM. I added the line firmware = "efi" in the vmx configuration file of the guest and got an EFI prompt...
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Recovery a VM
Hi, i have a problem with a vm. I'd tried to migrate with veeam 6.5 to an esx 5.1 host. I got an error and the source vm is missind from vspher host and i can't add the vm to the inventory.I have the...
View ArticleUse VM machine from Fusion 1.1.2 in VMWare 5
Hello, I have been using VMWare Fusion 1.1.2 for some years now and have only just upgraded to Snow Leopard. My VM machine is no longer working and I'm having to upgrade. If I upgrade to VMware 5, will...
View ArticleVSS physical adapters with multiple vlan settings
I plan to make my vsphere hosts to run vms which is on multiple vlan. I know in physical switch world, I have to make uplink switchport as trunk and set uplink swich as trunk so i can receive traffics...
View Articlerunning script from vSphere CLI
All, I never had an issue running the script on 4.1. I am trying to run it on my 5.1 lab and I get the following error error: this script only supports vSphere "4.0.0 4.1.0 5.0.0" or greater!
View Articleworkstation 8 unable to install vmware tools in ubuntu 12.04
I want to have a ubuntu 12.04 virtual machine so I created with Workstation 8 a VM ,every thing goes fine but at the end I see a non GUI ubuntu login prompt with username that vmware had asked to...
View ArticleActivating Windows XP after transferring into a VM
Hello, I recently converted my old computer with Windows XP using VMware vCenter Converter into a VM. When I booted the system (in VMware of course), it asked me to activate Windows, but every time I...
View ArticlePartition Alignment
Hi Community, in a couple of Linux (Debian) VMs I encountered a misalignment of the partitions. During investigating the problem the interlocking question came up how Fusion deals with the disk...
View Articlekeep disk as thin move VM to another datastore by powering off
dear experts, i have few vm`s which i want to move to another datastore. i can bring them down before moving. they are having thin provisioned disk. i know behavior of vmware make the thin disk flat...
View ArticleProblems using vmrun on ESX3.5
Hopefully a quick question because I'm missing something obvious. I am running vmrun version 1.12.1 against an ESX 3.5 Server and am getting partial sucess. If I run: vmrun -T ESX -h http://{ip...
View ArticleMigrate virtual vCenter5.0 to Physical server
Hi Guys, I am in a process to upgrade my vSphere5.0 to 5.1 but before that I would like to migrate my vCenter5.0 (VM on the vSphere5 cluster) to physical server. I know there is no direct upgrade...
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