Which NIC for Windows 2008? E1000 or VMXNET 3?
In ESXi 4, Windows 2008 VMs seem to want to default to the E1000 model NIC when creating a new one. However, after reading the KB on this...
View Articlequery metadata
using queryservice for metadata for the org/vdc is not returning the read only metadata , it is only returning read/write metadata.
View ArticleScript to detach CD media always promts for action
I have created this script and am when run this always pormts for action to anser Y N A for the scipt to continue. What is the command to always answer the question with a yes ? get-cddrive -VM $vm...
View ArticleConvertir una maquina virtual de Hyper-V a Vmware Esx
Hola He intentado convertir las máquinas virtuales de un hyper-v a un esx vsphere a través del converter 4.0, pero... cuando digo thir party, y busco el archivo de disco de la maquina virtual hyperv,...
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Workstation 9 VMDK file corruption in Windows 8 Storage Spaces
There is a related thread on this topic that seems to have died out so I am starting a new one I experiencing extremely frequent .vmdk disk file issues when running VMWare Workstation 9 VMs from...
View ArticleFusion "mini bar" minimize option grayed out -- how to enable?
For the life of me I cannot figure out what I have done to make the "mini bar" minimize button work. Sometimes it is functional and sometimes it is grayed out. When it is working, it works great. It...
View ArticleVMware Support - What VMware Support?
Has anyone else noticed how VMware will send you email after email, trying to get you to buy their product (or purchase an upgrade for a version of their product that you already own), and then when...
View ArticleVMware farm sizing vs LUNs size
Imagine a huge environment: 16 hosts with 2 TB Luns, each host with some 90 VMs (say all with the same requirements in term of performance and availability). From experience, considering only the...
View ArticleFusion 5.0.3 and Ubuntu 13.04
I have the VM running but I cannot seem to get the VMWare Tools installed. I installed the build tools and the kernel source files. I have tried to point it to...
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vmware recommended 6 NIC vlan network setup
I am currently having some performance issues with my vmware network, I am wanting some suggestions on how to get the best performace with my networking config with my vmware vcenter servers (2) Any...
View ArticleTimeout Error While Creating Provider vDC on new vCloud Director Install
I created my vCloud environment, following the "evaluation cloud" directions as outlined in the "VMW-cCloud-Director1_5-EvalGuide.pdf" doc. Everything seemed to have been moving smoothly until I...
View ArticleUsing VMware Tools GUI to disable time synchronization with host
What is the quickest way for a Windows Server VM being provisioned with VMware Tools installed, to insure that time synchronization does NOT occur with the host? These articles discuss using registry...
View ArticleRestrict access to specific VM in a secure manner?
I would like to embed the VMware console in a webapplication, and am looking at the VMware Remote Console SDK documentation.The documentation suggests my webapplication should log into vSphere using...
View ArticleTransfer a Linux installation from a physical disk to VMWare Fusion
After my old triple boot system died recently I now desparately need to get my old Linux installation running in a virtual machine on my new system.I therefore upgraded to VMWare Fusion 5, my machine...
View ArticleVmware OVF Size
We are creating an OVF of a RHEL 5.4 64 Bit Guest OS. The guest VM is created with 30 GB VMDK (thin provisioning). The total size of the occupied space is 11GB. But when we are exporting the OVF size...
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ESXi 5.x on new Apple Mac Mini 6,2 Late 2012 *NOT* working
Hello! I bought one of the new MacMinis, which were presented yesteraday, plugged two 8GiB DD3-1600 modules in (OsX reported 16GiB of memory, as the models before) and tried to install ESXi 5.1 Build...
View ArticleMigration to host x.x.x.x failed with error Already disconnected (195887150).
I am getting this timeout error in vcenter when doing a vmotion of a vm. any idea what this is? this is on esxi 5.1 914609 Migration to host x.x.x.x failed with error Already disconnected (195887150)....
View Articlesnapshot on Oracle and SQL servers
All, I am a big fan of snapshots for application servers, file servers, etc. I wanted some input on the behavior of taking snapshots of Oracle and SQL severs. Is it supported? I am no DBA, but it seems...
View ArticleConnect to another computer from my VMWare installation
Hello, I have a MacBook running VMWare Fusion 5.0.3. I have a virtual machine that is running Windows 8 Pro. From the Windows 8 Pro virtual machine, I would like to access a folder on a Windows 8...
View ArticleCondition Length for Events
Hi, Here is my configuration: I have hosts with two alimentations, one directly on sector, and the other on a UPS.I would like to use the default "Host hardware power status" Alarm to put my host in...
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