Vmware / vSphere new user
Hello, I was recently given an old machine which had been idle for quite a while (no one seems to know exactly how long) and I was instructed to set it up as a test machine. I was given an IP address...
View ArticleVmware esxi 5 setup
OK so I have the following components:MB: Ga-ma785gmt-ud2h on-board five SATA II ports support RAID 0, 1, 0+1, and JBODMemory: 8GB 16gb maxCPU: Amd Phenom IIx6 1090T I have esxi 5.1...
View ArticleESXi 5.0: How can I mount USB ports of a physical machine to a VM guest OS
ESXi 5.0: How can I mount USB ports of a physical machine to a VM guest OS (WinServer 2008R2 Standard) To finish a server migration of DATEV (the leading tax consulting software in germany) from a...
View ArticleMigration Issue
We have a cluster with 6 ESX hosts.(3.5).with one resource pool having resources 16525mhz and 132213MB.no reservations and shares normal.and around 10 vms are outside the resource pool.ESX host...
View ArticleVMWare Fusion 5 + Wacom = No click and drag
Mac OS X 10.8.2VMWare Fusion 5.0.2Windows 8 Pro with WMC (activated and tools installed)Wacom Intuos 3 (6.4.3-3, latest version) I do not have a simple left click when I tap the pen down, and I cannot...
View ArticleWS7.1.6 - Drag-drop into Linux Mint guest truncates file...
I have just installed Linux Mint 14 x64 into a WS7 guest.I have also installed the 7.1.6 tools and after a reboot of the guest it was possible to drag-drop a file from the host (Windows Explorer) into...
View ArticleCannot write to floppy image
Hello, I am running VMWare Workstation 9.0.1 build 894247 on Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop 64 bit I have an ext4 file system and I can create a floppy image no problem. I can also boot from an existing floppy...
View Articleesxi4.1u3 cannot add additional controller grey out
Hi anyone encountered this issue on IBM 3750M4 having win2008r2 as guest os; the option to add new scsi controller is grey-ed out having Vcentre 4.1U1
View ArticleVMWare workstation 9 install on Windows 7 x64
Hello I have installed vmware workstation on my windows 7 x64 but i have no vmnet0 vmnet1 and vmnet8 installedi mean i see nothing related to vmware on networkusing virtual network editor i see vmnet0...
View Articleesxi ucs setup
how many vnics do you use on your ucs blades when setting up esxi. like a half height? Do you create 2 and just trunk them all or do you setup like 8 vnics and then assign 2 to mgmt, vmotion, vm, iscsi...
View ArticleUnrecoverable error: (vmplayer) NOT_Reached menucontroller.cpp
Attached log and dump. I copied the VM from one box to another and started seeing the error.
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File copy between VM and host fails (almost) consistently
Emboldened by the quick resolution of my first problem, here I go again. Same Win 7 VM as in my previous post, running on Workstation 9.0.1. Host is windows 8 x64If I copy a bunch of folders from the...
View ArticleBroke VM by expanding disk
I had a win 7 vm that was created and running on Workstation 9.0.1 build-894247 running on Windows 8 Ent x64 build 9200. Today I expanded the hard drive from 80 to 160GB, and set it to 'persistent'....
View ArticleSlow iSCSI Performance - Nimble Storage CS220
Hi! I have a new environment setup. 2x HP DL560 G8's with 2 8-core Xeons and 128GB of RAM, I have 4 NIC ports dedicated to iSCSI traffic, they are connected to Brocade enterprise class 1GBe switches....
View ArticleHow to limit SCOM licenses in vCops?
The method to limit vCops licenses is to limit the access the vCops collector account has to vCenter objects. What is the method used to limit SCOM licenses. Would like to buy 25 licenses for SCOM...
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Win7 Boot Img Created in TrueImage. Can I just boot it w/WMWare Now?
As the title says; I made a full sector by sector image of my C Drive (Win7 x64) using Acronis True Image, and I want to simply be able to run it now within a Virtual Machine. This way I can access the...
View ArticleNo guest console display vSphere Client 5
Hi all, I have recently upgrade to vCenter version 5 on a fresh machine and subsiquently upgraded all the hosts to ESXi5. I am in the process of upgrading all the vmware tools installs, but being a...
View ArticleBest way to remove
What is the easiest way to remove the FQDN and just leave the short name EG: I have:scooby.doo.comI want:scooby This is where I wish I could integrate good old unix commands to do this. thank you
View ArticleKB2748349 проблема
Коллеги , проблема. ESXi5.1 виртуальные машины w2008 32 бит . После обновлений кв2748349 и кв2762895 и перезагрузки машин черный экран.На пинги отвечает по rdp не пускает. Загрузка в защищеном режиме -...
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