VM Hard Disk Provisioning and Sizing
My question relates to disk sizing for VMs and datastore management. Our datastores are 2TB in size and all part of a datastore cluster. On occasion I need to provision a Windows VM with a large disk,...
View ArticleVMware Workstation 9 BIOS - can't change boot order
I have a Windows 2003 server that has almost zero space on the C drive so I'm trying to boot a utility disk so I can repartition. HOWEVER... F12 does NOT let me select a different boot device. If I go...
View ArticleProblems downloading VMware Workstation 9
I hade VMware workstation 7 and i just upgrade to VMware Workstation 9, at the same time i changed my email adr and activated the new email adr, but now i can log inn but i cant download a product or...
View ArticleIBM V7000 SRA with SRM 5.1
There is a conversation going on in another thread(http://communities.vmware.com/message/2227065#2227065) - but it is an old thread and started off with different versions of everything. I'm going to...
View ArticleVMWare Server - seems sluggish, how can I benchmark this?
I'm running VMWare server 2 on Windows Server 2003. My guest system is Ubuntu 10.04 with a bridged network. I have no way of knowing for sure but the applications inside the guest seem to respond...
View ArticleScanning with ThinApps
I work in a clinical environment, and one of the applications we are ThinApp'ing will be utilized by persons performing registration, and will require for documents to be scanned into the application...
View ArticleUpgrade process 2.2 to 2.3 in vCloud Usage Meter?
I saw a post a couple of weeks ago that an upgrade package was on the way. Is there an expected availability date yet? We are currently using 2.2, is it Ok if we wait until the upgrade is available...
View ArticleAsyncEventListener
I have AsyncEventQueues with custom AsyncEventListeners installed in my application. I noticed on application shutdown that the AsyncEventListener's close method is being called twice even though I am...
View ArticleWindows host unable to ping linux guest vms
I have a brand new Windows 7 system (the host) and I've installed Workstation 9. I have two Ubuntu guest machines installed. My system is connected to a local router all on the 192.168.1.x subnet...
View ArticleCertificarse en VMware sin realizar un curso oficial.
Hola, buenas tardes. Tengo una duda y espero que me la puedan resolver. Quiero empezar a estudiar y a formarme en VMware, y quería saber si podía estudiar yo en casa (ya que he comprado un libro de...
View ArticleHow to install windows 8 on esxi 4.1 ?
Hi I would like to install windows 8 on my current esxi 4.1 environment, of course without success. I receive the error about thatHAL_Initialization_Failed I've found serveral forums that only...
View ArticleSmartcard reader – USB devices
Are smartcards and other USB devices (flash drive etc) treated separately within view (5.1.3). IE, if US B device re direction is disabled globally can smartcards be re directed separately? Note the...
View ArticlePing question...
Can you ping the blade switch that is mapped directly to a vmnic on a ESXi host? So for example, vmnic2 on my ESXi host is mapped to a port on my cisco blade switch. When I have VM's running through...
View ArticleConnecting to iSCSI on Windows 2012 Box
I have been trying to get iSCSI set up on my network with little success. I set up the target on a Windows 2012 box and I can get other Windows 2012 boxes to connect but not my ESXi 5.1 box. When I...
View ArticleVICredStore Problems
OK, I've officially hit a wall here. Whenever I try to use the VMware::VICredStore I get an error: Use of inherited AUTOLOAD for non-method VICredStore::init() is deprecated at shutdownvms.pl line...
View Articlerecommended vsphere 5 deployment
we are planning to deploy a new vsphere 5 environment in parallel to our current esx 3.5 area.we currently have 3 HP Proliant DL360 G6's with iSCSI HBA's connected to EQUALLOGIC SAN Storage running...
View ArticleMailserverX Max TQL Warning in Score report?
I'm getting an error in the Score report that shows the mail servers have some warning called "Max TQL". I have been trying to find any documentation on what that error is, but with no luck. Anyone...
View ArticleTime synchronization issue vCenter
hi guys vCenter Appliance 5.1 build 880146the thing is I was having issues among two vmware apps, Vmware Data protection was not able to log in since time sync issues. After checking I found my vCenter...
View Articleclipboard syncing erratically doesn't work
for as long as i can remember, clipboard syncing of the OSX clipboard to my XP vm's clipboard has been erratic. i made a Screen Recording demonstrating the clipboards being out of sync and attached...
View ArticleAdd multiple PVLAN IDs to dvSwitch?
Hi Guys, I have an existing dvSwitch with an existing Primary PVLAN, I would like to add multiple community vlans, I've tried a few scripts without much luck, any help is appreciated.
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