Frequent shutting down of VM in Windows.
Hi! We have a virtual machine in one physical server. That virtual machine is hosting as another server. It used to be running ok, but lately, that virtual machine is frequently stopping (by some...
View ArticleA Couple of Newbie Questions
As the subject indicates, I am new to ESXi. I have it running but I have 2 questions that I can't find answers for (I'm probably looking in the worng places for the answers); 1) When I connect to the...
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New version of Squid proxy appliance (KingNeutron v7) available now!
--Previous announcement:http://communities.vmware.com/thread/328648?tstart=0 2013.0325 - Announcing the latest V7 of the KingNeutron (Minimalist) Squid Proxy VM o Now Based on Long-Term-Support...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 VM showing 7 CPUs in Device Manager.
Hi, I have 1 windows 2K8 R2 Std VM in our ESX infrastructure, when I right click the task manager it is showing 4 vCPU's but at the same time when I checked the device manager of the VM it is showing 7...
View ArticleVMware Fusion / Windows 8 / Shared Folders / System Hang
Running Fusion 5.0.3 with a Windows 8 Pro -64 bit guest VM. When shared folders are enabled, and ONLY when shared folders are enabled, the system periodically hangs/freezes/beachballs whatever you...
View Articlevcops 5 - re registering vCenter
Hi all, I currently have a ticket open with VMware, but thought I would ask here to see if anyone has seen it before. During the upgrade to vCenter 5.1 it failed and "rolled back" ie uninstalled...
View ArticleRequirements for VSA
I am buying two Dell 720xd servers with VMWare Essentials Plus Bundle and want to setup Virtual Storage Appliance with Raid 1. Can someone please tell me how to set it up and what connection is needed...
View ArticleInstalling printer
I am attempting to reinstall a Canon iP4920 printer in Windows XP running in VMWare Fusion 5.0.3. I have uninstlled the printer, attempted to reinstall and for some reason, the installation stops...
View ArticleInsufficient disk space on datastore
Hi all, I am facing a strange problem when I resize a VMDK. When I trying to increase the size of VMDK of a runing VM, it got a error dialog Insufficient disk space on datastore "". I have checked the...
View ArticleDurable client, reconnect and detecting interest
Hi, Given the following scenario:1. Durable client2. Server side register interest3. Durable client lost connectivity for more than the durable-client-timeout setting4. Connectivity is restored and...
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Not able to type inside of the VM console through Workstation
Hello, I have a pretty descent Workstation with enough RAM and Hard Disks. I have three Domain Controllers running and I am able to click inside and type throught the VM Console inside Worksation. And...
View ArticleHow to determine if xcopy is being utilized for storage vmotions
My array is VAAI and xcopy capable. Is there a way to look back at storage vmotions that happened during a given day, and confirm that in fact xcopy was utilized to allow the array to do the copying...
View Articlevxlan - preparation not working / vmknic not created
Hello, i´m trying to get vxlan working within a vcloud director 5.1 environment.Within vshield manager i configured the sgement id and in the next step i tryto create the vxlan under connectivity....
View ArticleVMware tools slow to install and kills CPU.
I have been running esx since 3.02 and have recently upgraded from 4.1 to 5.1. When I went to upgrade the vmware tools some vm's, 2003 and maybe a few 2008 windows servers seem to really drag and take...
View ArticleDell Wyse P25 Zero client
Does anyone know if I can run Redhat 5 on a Dell Wyse Zero client? Assuming vmware view is the software managing the redhat image. This is not a thin client and I do not believe the view client gets...
View ArticleInstall vCloud director
hii want to deploy vCloud Director but i need VMware Distrubed Switch and DRS licences avalaible by vSphere Entreprise Plus , there is a verssion of vSphere Entreprise Plus licence freeThanks
View ArticleWinPE 4.0 + VMWare Workstation - Hangs "Windows is loading files" booting...
I've been trying to boot into WinPE 4.0 on workstation 8 but it hangs on anything older than Windows 8. I've tried about 20 different machines on 5 different hosts. Only my Win8 (UEFI and BIOS) guests...
View ArticlevMotioning SRM protected hosts
Hi All, We have just installed SRM on our enviroment and I am trying to test recovery plans at the moment. It would be a great help if anyone could answer the below: Our enviroment is 2 esxi5.1 hosts...
View ArticleDNS instead of NETBIOS
Hi. How can we use DNS FQDN instead of NETBIOS names when deploying patches, running scripts etc? Because vCenter Protect is using the NETBIOS machine name we receive the following error:Error: 201 -...
View ArticleLogin to VC 5 without AD authentication
Hi All, I have ESXi5.1 hosts and 5.1b VC. If my DC is down then I am not longer able to login to VC via VI Client.I have installed SSO - Inventory Service and then VC. What changes do I need to make so...
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