VUM and autodeploy
Hi, i am trying to figure out if I can use update manager with autodeploy hosts. I have worked minimally with VUM on ESX 4 and 4.1 standard boot hosts so far, I am now working in 5.0 and 5.1 labs with...
View ArticleUnable to boot
I downloaded the Hadoop demo virtual machine from Cloudera and tried to open it with VMware Player on my 64 bit Windows 7 machine. The system has Intel i7 - 3720 QM processor with 24 GB of memory. I am...
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Dead path with IBM ds3500
Our setup: two IBM servers each with two SAS HBA connected directly to a DS3500 (DS3512) SAS storage. The problem is that after some I/O operation one of the paths to storage is lost (Status: dead)....
View ArticleWindows NETLOGON 5719 at Startup
I am having what appears to be either a networking or guest startup issue with Windows 2008 R2 SP1 guest machines on my VSphere Essentials setup. Configuration is: HP BL460C G7 servers, 72GB RAM, with...
View ArticleWorkstation 9 - No 3D Acceleration to Guest - Ubuntu 12.04 Host - Nvidia Card
Ok, I've been going at this for some time. Current Installation: Fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04Video card: Nvidia Optimus GT540MVMware: Workstation 9. (Unbuntu 12.04 is the HOST) (Brief history: tried...
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Acronis vmprotect
Hey all, just want to warn everyone that is considering to use Acronis vmprotect in their environment. Initially we used veeam and everything was fine. After we growth we must extend our licenses and...
View ArticleDisk management breaks my VM
I am using WS9 in 64bit Linux (Fedora 17.) I recently used "sdelete -c" in my Win7 guest to prepare for virtual disk compression, but it filled the partition and crashed the VM. That crash created a...
View ArticlePleased as punch!
Been a while since I've posted... Rot had crept in...you know, you get tired of the work. But I am rejuvenated. We just started our new buildout, and damn, I'm excited about tech again! The first 6...
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vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) Cluster Service Offline Alert fridays
Each Friday I see an alert in the vSphere Alarms pane that the VSA Cluster Service is offline:But in VSA Manager pane on the datacenter object I see its Online: Then I looked in the VSA Manager log...
View ArticleWindows Guest cannot connect to another guest on a different host
I have two identical machines running ESXi 5.1 with 6-7 guest operating systems on each one. Most of the operating systemsare windows server 2008R2 Enterprise, with a win7 and Linux guests as well....
View ArticleHow can I install ESXi 5.0 server :(
Hi Every one I am using a system . i7 Extreme 3.2 ghzAusu Rampage Extreme motherboradwestern digital 2tb sata-ii 64mb re4-gp hard drive8 GB ram I have nothing in my hard drive its new blank hard...
View ArticleStudio Build Output - zip format results in giant files
If I choose the OVA output format, I generate a file that's about 2.5GB in size. If I choose zip, it's a file that's nearly 5GB. When I unpack the zip, I can see many vmdk files have been generated....
View ArticleOVF 0.9 Build Output Install Options
I'm building VMs for users with Workstation and Fusion clients. If I choose OVF 0.9/1.0 it gives me ovf, mf and vmdk files. What are the instructions for installing these in Fusion? I can find online...
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 ArticleScheduler that will load screenshots?
hello, im new to vmware workstation. just a simple question, is there a way where i can schedule vmware to load screen shots at specific times? for example. 1:00 Am - load screenshot 12:00 Am - load...
View ArticlePartition Misalignment on SLES11
It seems that the appliances I produce have partition misalignments, causing problems on some SANs. I use Studio 2.5 with partitions on the 100GB system disk specified in the Hardware tab as 256Meg,...
View ArticleAny documentation available on API VixVM_CreateLinkedClone()?
I was wondering if there is any documentation availabale for the api VixVM_CreateLinkedClone()?What arguments to pass, what is the return value and all? Any pointers would be appreciated.
View ArticleProblems with Quicken 2012 and Fusion 4.1.3
I have been running Fusion on my Mac for 2 years. I primarily use it for Quicken. Currently running the latest version of Quicken 2012. Q has always ran slowly, even thought I think I have a pretty...
View ArticleConverter boot cd needed
Hello,I need the latest version of converter boot cd image (I think it is the 4.1.1), but it is disappeared form the vmware website.Does anyone know if there is any alternative source from which to...
View ArticleMobile/Small Devices version of KBs is ready (SEO Ready)
And finally it's done...I am sorry for the delay but on Sept it was XHTML ready but now its ready with HTML5. (You can validate some KBs against http://validator.w3.org and see that most of the pages...
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