New to VM
We've recently purchased and installed ESXi 5.0 i use sSphere client to manage the server. I have a couple of issues. 1. The server's date and time are off. I've seen posts on SSH into the Server. I've...
View ArticleProblems with Get-VMHostSyslogServer
I am unclear as to why this command is failing. I am connected to my vCenter, and then want to see what the syslog server settings of all my hosts (6 hosts in 1 cluster, 2 hosts in another cluster,...
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Fedora 18 (64 bits) not booting on VMware 8
Hi all,I have the following problem :I have installed Fedora 18 (64 bits) on my VMware Workstation 8.0.1 build 528992 , but I am getting the following error :then the following one :Note that I have...
View ArticleHow to set up Windows Phone 8 emulator on VMWare Workstation 9 on Intel Quad...
As the subject says, I've got VMWare Workstation 9 (just upgraded my VMWare Workstation license today - if this doesn't work, I'll be out $120 for no good reason) installed on a Windows 7 64-bit host....
View ArticleFailed install of VMware Workstation 9 on fresh install of win 7
I have looked at the Failed VMware Workstation 9 install discussion, verified I am an administrator, cleaned out %TEMP% and looked at the registry and am still having problems. The account name being...
View ArticleData corruption when copying to a shared folder
Workstation: 9.0.2 (guest tools updated)Host: Windows 7 SP1 64-bitGuest: Ubuntu 12 32-bit (1 CPU, 1 GB RAM) Steps to reproduce: 1) Add a shared host folder to the guest. 2) Copy a large file to the...
View ArticleVMtools installation problem on Ubuntu 13.04
Hi, I have a vm (workstation 8.0.6) running with ubuntu 13.04 64 bit - I am trying to install vm tools, but am getting this error in the middle of the installation: "The path "" is not a valid path to...
View ArticleDeleting Snapshots in VMWS 8
Hello, During the process of configuring a Workstation 8 VM I created two snapshots (see attached). I'm happy with the current state of the machine. When I right-clicked Snapshot2 and selected "Delete...
View ArticlevCenter sql server using 100 % cpu
Hi, I'm running vCenter 4.1 with around 4 hosts everything fine, for last two days vCenter is showing 100 % cpu usage in taskmanager, i found the process was sql server. i didn't make any changes to...
View ArticlevFabric Application Director License Enable
Hi All How can we enable vfabric application director license ? i dont find where to change vFabric application director license for GUI Best RegardsBai
View Articlehow to move sql express database to another sql server.
hi, i installed vCenter 4.1 couple of months ago with sql express installtion. now i wan to move it to another sql server, i don't find any console like sql management studio in my vCenter server. Only...
View ArticleEncrypted VM seems to have gotten corrupted (the VMX)
Hello Everyone, I have an encrypted VM that I use on a daily basis and my Linux PC decided to have a bad day and crash. I rebooted and when I rebooted I brought up my VM's again, The one came up just...
View ArticleReusing a Workstation for Various Projects, Using Snapshots
Let’s say I create a “base” VM, and take a snapshot of it (Snapshot0). Then I start working on it for one project, reach a certain point in the project, and create a new snapshot (Snapshot1). Can I...
View ArticleStorage DRS - Storage pools
I've been wondering about a question; if I do NOT have storage DRS (Enterprise licenses, not Enterprise +) then would it even have any value to set up storage pools (Datastore Cluster)? Most of the...
View Articleenable to log to vcenter server
hii can't log to my vcenter appliance ussing web browser some one can help methanks to all
View Articlehow to upload ISO files?
I've installed esx4i standalone, but when I try to browse the local datastore from the vcenter client, I do not get the "upload" button. What is the usual procedure for doing this? I assume that I...
View Articleerror 29114 cannot connect to db during VCenter 5.1 SSO install
I'm attempting to install VCenter 5.1 (build 947939) and I've selected the simple install and told the installer to use SQL 2008 express. So, the install gets to a point where it generates the above...
View ArticleStartup of VMware WS takes forever, 32 seconds! Host: Win7 64
When I start VMware Workstation (tried both 8 & 9) it take 32 seconds before the program shows on the screen :-(There are no activity on the PC (harddisk/CPU).....vmware.exe(32) uses 0% cpu usage....
View ArticleAuto startup virtual machine
Hi all, Can I force an auto startup of my virtual machine (on VMware Workstation) when the Host O.S.Starts? thanks Marcello
View ArticleFull restore of Server 2008 R2 to vmware workstation 9 from windows backup image
Workstation 9. I am trying to restore a windows server 2008 r2 backup (taken with windows built-in backup) to an existing vmware server 2008 r2 installation. Basically I'm just want to replace the...
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