VMware Workstation cannot connect to the virtual machine
My VM hung up and I had to do a hard boot. When I tried to power it up the vm tried to start but gave me this error code: VMware Workstation cannot connect to the virtual machine. Make sure you have...
View ArticleVCAP-Cloud Infrastructure Designs Certification Exam Released
Earning your VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Cloud Infrastructure Design (VCAP-CID) certification shows that you can devise a conceptual cloud infrastructure framework based on business...
View ArticleBlade chassis failure, how frequently do they happen?
We are looking at the Dell M1000e for our next gen infrastructure, I was wondering if any one would be willing to share their experiences with chassis failures. How frequently have you seen them? If...
View ArticleWindows 8 Support
Does the VMRC 5.1 SDK Plugin support Windows 8? The plugin is showing as installed on client machines, however does not launch.
View ArticleUnable to mount NFS datastore to 2 out of 3 hosts
Hello All, I'm new so please bear with me.... Our infrastructure contains 3 main hosts, we use a Netapp SAN to connect our NFS datastores to, for some reason even when I manually try connecting the...
View ArticleSet-NetworkAdapter for updating to Vmxnet3 on Windows 2008 R2
Hi, I am trying to update a number of VMs network adapter from e1000 to vmxnet3. I have seen some blogs about using the Set-NetworkAdapter commandlet, and sure enough it changes in vsphere client, but...
View ArticleVMware View Client Does Not Restart After Shutdown
I a manual pool with one desktop in it. The desktop is a windows 7 desktop running under virtual center. When the users does a shutdown the desktop does not start backup and it becomes unavilable. I...
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Perspectives and non VCO admins
I have a group of users in an AD group I want to be able to execute a particular workflow. These users are NOT ADMINS but accounting dept people. I created a perspective but I cannot get perspectives...
View ArticleReplication solution for linked clones
Currently most of my VMs deployed on an ESXi server is in the form of linked clones from several base VMs. Now for DR purposes I'm planning on replicating the VMs to another datastore. However, I have...
View ArticleUnable to add ThinApp Repository
I am having issues adding a thinapp repository (CIFS), I get an error "Failed to access the network path" I am trying to add it via FQDN and have tested connectivity to the share (CIFS) from the view...
View ArticleError from Server.searchLdapUsers when SSO is authentication type
I have just setup a new vCO server and the only difference is this one is using SSO for authentication. I have an action which uses Server.searchLdapUsers() and it is blowing up with this error...
View ArticleBest practices for setting up a secure sandboxed guest environment
Hi Workstation group,I'm using Workstation 9 on a Win7Pro box to set up several Win- and Linux-based guests. I'm using the guests as study platforms for learning about netsec / ethical hacking. My goal...
View ArticleProblem starting Pulse tool hosted in Tomcat
I have the pulse.war file hosted in a Tomcat instance and I am trying to get it to connect to my Gemfire 7 cluster via a locator running as a JMX Manager. The locator and my only gemfire cache server...
View ArticleHow do I connect a linux and a w2008 guest on same host in VMWare 8
I am using VMWare Workstation 8.0.4 build-744019, vmtools updated on both guests. First off, I am not a VMWare expert or a Networking expert. I ultimately need to be able to reference applications...
View Article1000v implementation ucs
I am thinking of implementing the 1000v on esxi 5.1. currently everything i have is on dvswitch with the exception of iscsi which is on vss. I have 8 nics per esxi host currently vmnic0,1 --- mgmt...
View ArticleVMDK mapped / not mapped to a VM
Dear team, Once we create a vm and after that if rename VM name the .vmdk file will not be renamed automatically.In case of troubleshooting it is sometimes very difficult to find the correct .vmdk...
View ArticleTwo VM's Cannot Communicate or Ping Each Other
Hello and Good Day, I have done a fair amount of research today and have seen people have this problem with older versions of VMWare, but I don't see anyone having this problem with the current version...
View Articlevmotion procedure issue
Hi Would like to know below procedure is correct or not when enable the vMotion in vCenter i have two esxi Server, they are esxi A & esxi B, they have their own storage, its not sharing...
View ArticlevCenter Update Manager - remove imported patch
Hi, I've imported a few offline bundles into update manager, but i would like to remove one of them, anyone knows how to do it?
View ArticleMigrating EXSi 5 license using vSphere client
I have been searching for nearly 2 hours and haven't been able to get a clear answer to this as there are so many differnet levels of licensing. There is a machine here that I inherited when I took...
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