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Connection Error in vSphere Client
Hi pals I connect my ESXi5.1 Host through vSphere Client, but sometimes it shows blank while working with Guest & sometimes it shows error like below: what is the cause that it behaves sometimes...
View ArticleWorkstation 9 takes > 3 mins to shut down XP instances. Sometimes > 5 mins...
This is driving me nuts. I go to shut down a vm in Workstation 9.0.2 running on my developer machine (Windows 7 x64, 16GB ram, 500GB SSD), and it TAKES FOREVER (if it ever completes at all). If I use...
View ArticleAdding HA or vMotion to vCenter Server Foundation
I have purchased vCenter Server Foundation and I'd like to add HA and maybe vMotion to it. Where is the pricing model for this anywhere on vmware.com or the web. I've looked for hours and can't seem...
View ArticleInstalling Update Manager 5.0 Update 2 - SQL Issue?
Hi, I'm trying to upgrade my vCenter server from 5.0 to 5.0 Update 2. I was successful installing vCenter Server, VI Client, Environment: Operating System - Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1...
View ArticleNetwork problem
Hi,,I have one virtual machine with Centos 6.4 on my laptop configured with two nics.One nic is configured for a private lan between my laptop and VM.The other is configured for DHCP use when I connect...
View ArticlePromiscuous mode on vSwitch with two pNICs
Hello Everybody, We have hit an interesting issue which, I believe, it will be interesting for all of us to discuss. At first let me explain the configuration we have. Two ESXi hosts (version 4.1.0,...
View ArticleBackups fail after upgrading from v5 to v5.1
Hello Everyone, Recently we upgraded our vCentre & ESXi boxes from v5 to v5.1, then upgraded guests tools to latest version. Since then, our linux machines back up ok, but we have not been able to...
View ArticleUsing a Virtual Drive via a USB Memory stick or HDD
Greetings; I have a Macbook Air 13", Mid-2012 model with an i7 Processor and 8GB of ram Unfortunately I only have the 256 GB SSD and I like to conserve space I originally had VM Ware Fusion 5 set to...
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OVFT: unable to export with spaces (in path) on server.
Hi All, I'm unable to get ovftool to export a vm from my server that has spaces in the path to the vmx file.Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! On the server:~ # vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvmsVmid Name...
View Articleadapter to show up in vcOps
I've got an hyperic server which collects data from some physical machines. I've also setup the hyperic adapter in vcOps which shows up in the vcOps-custom UI. Is there a way to show all collected...
View ArticleCan't able to edit VM settings
I have deployed a VM from a template and i was trying to edit the VM settings(Note: VM is powered off) but i can't it is greyed out. I tried to migrate the VM to another ESX host even migrate option...
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Esxi 5.1 pci passthrough broken
I got a purple screen when I start up a vm with a pci device With Esxi5 was working fine. I tested it with 2 vm on different hosts ( but same hardware) i7 2600 32gb mb: dq67sw What can I try
View Articleask help
someone need log in one of the vms I shared in my vmware workstation, but I don't want him to know my login infomation, whether I can do sth to avoid it , or are there some APIs the WSX provide?
View ArticleHow do I restore a virtualized OS X Lion 10.7 client with Time Machine?
Hi all, I've got a Time Capsule set up so that my virtual Lion clients back themselves up. This works great; my Lion clients see it as a remote Time Machine and happily back up regularly. So far so...
View ArticleWindows 7 login with space does not work with WSX
Windows 7 host: I connect to WSX via http://localhost:8888I am able to login to WSX when using a username that has a space in it: Example: John DoeUser 'John Doe' is part of the Administrators group,...
View ArticleInserting thousands of objects and Cache Listener
If I have partitioned region and I did putAll several thousands of objects. Does it mean that Cache Listener will fire several thousands times (split to number of server nodes)?I assume it will. Is...
View ArticleUnable to configure replication after failover
Hi, excuse me for my English and I will try to translate the error message from my vSphere GUI I recently implemented SRM 5.1 and try to configure a DR between 2 sites (A, B). Everything seems working...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 and SSO Failover - Who needs heartbeat?
So for those of us who don't want to drop the 10k per license on Heartbeat, here is a work around. While it is not as flashy, it is a free option. Also, while the process as a whole is not supported,...
View ArticleCreating a Custom Template for ESXi Hardening
I'd like to run a compliance check on our virtual environment. But I'd like to run it against our own internal hardening guidelines. How can I make a custom template based on the ESXi hardening...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client: how do I deploy a ova that is in one of my datastores?
I can browse to the ova via the datastore file browser, but can't figure out a way to get the ova itself deployed into my datacenter. I'm having to download it so I can upload it on the deploy ovf...
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