Memory Ballooning
Hi all,I'm new to this forum and kinda have a noob question on memory ballooning. Now i know that memory ballooning is one of ESX RAM reclaiming techniques and it balloons a guest OS RAM and swaps it...
View ArticleVDP not loading in web client
Just upgraded vCenter 5.0 to 5.1 and installed VDP along with it. The plug-in shows in the web client and I've configured VDP accordingly. All services (except for maintenance) are running on the VDP...
View ArticleWorkstation9 & VS2010 log file issue
This is more of an irritant than a serious problem. Just upgraded to Workstion9; but now when I fire up Visual Studio 2010 up I get a message box titled "VMware", with the following error message:"An...
View ArticleVMWare Player installation instruction options for Oracle Linux R6 64 bit
I am totally new to this technology and I have decided to ask for help. Firstly I would like some good advice as to where I can find a good users guide for using my VMWare Player version 5.0.2. Then I...
View ArticleHelp! "The file specified is not a virtual disk"
I'm trying to fix an issue with one of our 15" Macbook Pros running Mountain Lion 10.8.3. The computer has VMware Fusion Professional version 5.0.3 (1040386) installed. There is only one VM on the...
View ArticleVMware Fusion stomps on openvpn tuntap network adapter
This has been a problem with Fusion since version 1.0. My host OS has an openvpn connection that uses the tuntaposx network adapter, tap0. If the connection is up ahead of time, launching Fusion...
View ArticleHORIZONTAL scrolling of Magic | Mighty mouse
Simple question: run any version of Windows in a Fusion VM. Use a Magic | Mighty mouse which supports horizontal scrolling on the Mac but not in the host VM. How does one implement this in a VMWare...
View ArticleNotes on HOL-PRT-01
Hello. Just got into ProjectNEE and think its fantastic so far. I've just gone through HOL-PRT-01 and had some comments on content. If I should be e-mailing this or submitting a form instead of...
View Articlepowermt license check
Hi Experts ,I was trying to script the process of EMC PowerPath license check for all the ESXi servers in our environment.The PowerPath is installed but in some servers it is not registered.The...
View ArticleObtain .VMX path on datastore via vCloud API
Hi I would like to run programs on a vCloud VM, but I need a .vmx path of a VM to use vmRun.How can I obtain the .vmx path via vCloud java sdk?Or is there another way to perform actions on the VM (e.g....
View ArticleVMWare Converter - 2gig chunks - not pre-allocated
I have a strange issue that I can't find any information on, but I'm betting is a bug. I'm using ESXi 5.0 and VMWare Converter 5 stand-alone. When converting a VM (for back up purposes) with a disk...
View Articlesuddenly, insufficient permission to share this virtual machine
Since recently whenever I want to drag a VM to the Shared VMs, I get following error right after I aknowledge to move the VM to the shared folder: insufficient permission to share this virtual machine...
View ArticlevSphere HA virtual machine failover failed alarms
We are seeing several alarms being triggered for vSphere HA virtual machine failover failed on two of our clusters.We believe that the alarms are false positives and don't want our envirnoment clutter...
View ArticleWindows XP SP3 does not boot after Update
Setup:Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Host OSVMPlayer 4.0.0 (then upgraded to VMPlayer 5.0.2)Windows XP SP3 I have tried several times to install a fresh Windows XP installation and have not been successful after...
View ArticleLogo Customization
vCac Admin > Customization > Logo Image > Browse > Choose my.png > Upload > OK It shows me Server Error for a split second and then navigates to home page. Vmware default logo is gone...
View ArticleTagging a RAID 1 drive as SSD?
I'm running two SSDs in RAID 1 on an LSI 9260-8i adapter and ESXi 5.1 lists the RAID 1 virtual drive as "Non-SSD". I know I can instruct ESXi to recognize it as an SSD, but should I? What are the...
View ArticleHow to split a 5-node cluster into a 2-node cluster and a 3-node cluster?
I have a 5-node vSphere 4.1 ESXi cluster that has connections to Internal and DMZ subnets, I want to split into two separate clusters, one 2-node for DMZ and the 3-node for Internal. I have migrated...
View ArticleConfiguration to access Web Service running on Host System from VM
Hi, on my Host System (Windows 7) I'm running a local Web Service that I'd like to access from within a Virtual Machine (Windows XP), that is running locally in VMware Player 5.0.0. From within the VM,...
View Articleversione v.center e v.client
Buonaseraho appena aggiornato il mio v.center all' ultima versione 4.1 u3a (978694) e v.client (925676).Per pura curiosità volevo vedere che versione mi indicava e nel client corrisponde, non so come...
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