Difference in VMware memory & Windows server memory utilization
Hello, I am not sure if this has been asked before but recently I built a VM server 2008 R2 box with 4 GB RAM in VMware. Installed the server with SQL & other applications & now have about 600...
View ArticleCan anyone please suggest me the best configuration laptop to learn vSphere...
Hi all, I am planning to buy a new laptop to setup a home lab for learning vSphere, vCloud Director, vCenter Orchestrator and vCD API. Can anyone please suggest me the best laptop to learn above VMware...
View ArticleMonitoring ESX 4.1 with Nagios XI
We are running Nagios XI 2012R1.1 and are trying to monitor our ESX 4.1 hosts. I ran the Nagios XI vmware monitoring wizard but I can't seem to get Nagios XI to monitor a vmware ESX 4.1 host service...
View ArticleUnity issue with Office appliacations
Hi All, I've got a probalem that is really annoying me to no end. I'm running fusion 5 with a vitrual machine running windows 7 and office 2010. I run in unity mode most of the time, and when I click...
View Articleplayer disables ctrl, num-lock
Host OS Kubuntu 12.14, 64bitGuest OS - any. Tried Windows 7 and CentOSVMWare Player - 5.0.1 build 894247 When I fire up the guest and switch back to the host both with the guest running and with the...
View ArticleHas anyone seen any correlation between the implementation of a vDS and...
I ask because our storage team is stating that when we leverage vDS they see hourly spikes and when we migrate to vSS it disappears. To me it sounds impossible but perhaps I need to be educated. Our...
View ArticleHaving trouble getting XP LSI SCSI Driver to work
I have 100+ Virtual XP desktops running with Buslogic SCSI Drivers. I have learned from this Community that LSI drivers are better. For some reason i just can't get the LSI drivers to work. Even...
View ArticleNetwork Drivers Not Installing
So I'm working on our first Windows 7 deployment in View, and I'm running into a problem with installing network drivers. I'm using the VMXNET 3 NIC in the base image, but when new desktops are...
View ArticlevCenter with firewall between hosts resolves host to firewall address
Hi, I'm having a problem with vCenter storing the firewall IP address instead of the actual host IP address for all hosts behind the firewall. All DNS resolution is working and routes are fine. There...
View ArticleBluetooth keyboard with View Client for iPad
While the the use of a bluetooth keyboard with the View Client app does work, it's very unfriendly in how it works. It won't work at all until you have "enabled the keyboard" from the pull-down tool...
View ArticleVMware unity helper
Hello all, I'm using VMware in Unity mode, and I'm looking to use the VIX API to control the VM. I want to be able to launch programs, as well as launch unity mode. My host is Ubuntu, and my guest...
View ArticleCan a "dead" path be revived?
Hi folks, On our ESX 4.1.0 server, this morning a iSCSI LUN failed. It appears as a device, but the corresponding path shows as "dead" rather than "active". vmkiscsi.log reports: 2012-12-20-14:25:29:...
View ArticleIs ESXi/vSphere the right product for me?
Hi:I am new here and don't have experience with VMware, so I respectfully request patience if my questions are simple or inapproriate for this particular sub-forum. We have an internal test lab that...
View ArticleVM Fusion 4 - Web Server Access
Is it possible to set up VM Fusion 4 with a web server/service on a Windows XP (or 7) image. I've seen suggestions as to how I can access web server/service from the Mac but not from the wider network....
View ArticleMSWU-431.Q982726.outlfltr2010-kb982726-fullfile-x86-glb.exe.440203112
Not sure if its a bug in the detection because it returns a bad exit code 17025 (means patch already installed) Any suggestions/thoughts
View ArticleLocale - Unable to load Resource Bundle file in Dev Mode Only
Currently running into an issue loading a resource bundle, but it only happens in dev mode. Details are provided below: =====================Current Environment:===================== - version: 5.1...
View ArticleWaiting for a template clone to finish deploying
I am working on an automated deployment script that creates VMs from a template. I've figured out most of the OS Customization stuff, even the NIC stuff! (Mostly.) But I'm stuck on getting my script to...
View ArticleCannot activate Windows 8 on Fusion 5 - installed from scratch
I installed Windows 8 on Fusion 5, which I have on my fairly new Macbook Pro - clean install, from a disc, not an upgrade, no boot camp. I get a screen saying activate windows and a button saying go to...
View ArticleStartup script for VMWARE Player on Scientific Linux 6.3 (Red Hat)
I would really like to start my VMWare Player 5.01 when my linux system starts up. I can't find any documentation that a novice can understand. I believe the proper way to do this is with System V...
View ArticleConverter compatible with WS 9?
I'd like to convert a Windows 8 partition to a virtual disk. However I only see compatibility withi WS 8. Will converte rwork with WS 9 or just make the VM to be created using WS 8 virtual hardware?
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