RDP and PCoIP Conflicts
So here is an issue I have noticed in my VMware View environment and wanted to get some feedback, suggestions on: If one of my users make a connection to a VDI via RDP and do not logoff (just...
View ArticleHow to retrieve data returned by a target using vmk apis?
I am a newbie to VMWare plug-in development. I have written code to issue a SCSI READ 10 command to a target. After allocating memory for all the variables, I am calling vmk_CreateSCSICommand() to give...
View ArticleVMWare partitions and Windows 95
OK, this may seem like a strange question, but here goes. I have VMWare installed on an iMac. Still using the Snow Leopard OS, but will be upgrading to Mountain Lion. I am running Windows XP on the...
View ArticleWhat is the best way to update the hosts in this cluster
So I have a vSphere cluster in our production environment that I need to upgrade and I have been reading the docs. I’m hoping I can bounce some ideas off you guys. We have one IBM bladecenter with 4...
View ArticleConverting XP SP3 machine to VM using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Client
Greetings I am a newbie with regards to VM ware I am trying to use VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Client Version 5.0.0 Build-470252 to convert a XP P3 laptop to a VM. The agent is installed on...
View ArticleEffect of changing vCenter servers system locale
I was wondering if there would be any negative effects to vCenter server (4.1) if I were to change the system locale of the underlying operating system (Windows Server 2008 R2). The reason I wish to...
View ArticleVMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
I am using VMware ESXi and I am trying to setup a guest that is Windows 7 that will have an ATI Radeon video card passed through to it. I actually had this working on a previous system but I had to...
View ArticleLicense - Evaluation Mode Expiration
I can continue using ESXi 5.1 after 60 days of evaluation? I thought it was free and now it gives me more access. Says the license has expired and I can no longer access. How to Upgrade?
View ArticleHow to simulate failover
Hi, How do I simulate vCenter Server Heartbeat failover? I have a P2V setup and need to test whether failover works or not. Powering off the Primary vCenter Server does not automatically failover to...
View Articlevsphere API to upload file to the vcenter server
Hello Is there any existing vsphere api that will let me upload a file to the vcenter webserver location? I am looking to be able to remotely upload the file. ThanksElizabeth
View ArticleLoad Balancing Connection Servers
Hi, Just wondering what everyone is doing to provide load balancing/high availability for the View Connection Servers? Any specific brands/models you are using? I currently have two connection servers,...
View ArticlevCloud Director vApp function
Help!!! In a competative account and would like to understand Microsoft capability. Do they have similar business functionality compared to vApp? If they do have a capability then how do I postion...
View ArticleSample .NET template for vApp
I am looking for some sample vApp tamplete for some .NET applications (a three tier implementation).
View ArticleSend "Restart guest" to vCenter from View server
Hi, As you know, View server can reset virtual machines from vCenter but I want to find a solution for send "Restart guest" to vCenter,Is it possible? BR
View ArticleVMWare View Client and Jellybean 4.2
Trying to access my VMWare virtual desktop from my (lovely) Google Nexus 10 running JellyBean 4.2 using the VMWare view client for Android. All goes sweetly through login until connection to desktop...
View ArticleNFS pathing redundancy
Hi ESX / UCS community! Curious how people running ESXi on UCS are doing multipathing for their NFS datastores. We've had issues where we've found that the config done by the party that installed our...
View ArticlevCloud 5.1 Storage profiles not showing up
Has anyone had an issue getting vCenter storage profiles to show up in vCloud? I have tried the "refresh storage profiles" button on the vCenter but they do not show up, I have also tried restarting...
View ArticleBrocade vSphere 5 drivers breaking HP Virtual Connect.
If you are using Alias WWNs, the WWN reverts to the Hardware WWN, only with the 2 newest brocade driver patches: BCD-bfa-3.0.1.0-00000BCD-bfa-3.1.0.1-00000 If your hosts are zoned and presented to the...
View ArticleReplicating VMs to Another Site
We're a single location office and we've been discussing the idea of renting rack space from a data center, putting our hardware in there and replicating to the data center. Currently, we have 2 hosts...
View ArticleThinApp 4.7.3-Office 2010
I have read in KB article 1022287 that Office 2010 that is nativly installed will work with a Thinapp (TA) version of office. That does not seem the case. I have Office 2010 standard installed...
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