I am upgrading to the VMfusion 6 from VMFusion 3 but when it starts to...
Iam upgrading to the VM fusion 6 from VM fusion 3 but when it start to download it tells me the "operating system not found" what does this mean and how do I correct it?
View ArticleDistributed vSwitch usage and migration from normal vSwitch
Hi Folks, As a the moment I'm planning to migrate all of my ESX & ESXi 4.1 into ESXi 5.1 Update 1, so I wonder if my expectation in using DVS is correct. I have more than 40-50 VM hosts of mixed...
View ArticleRe: ESX deployment appliance v1.05
i've had that request a couple of times but because of the way i built it, that would require quite a large rewrite. i usually advice people to use the backup/restore function on the EDA to do...
View ArticleRe: Workstation 10 Upgrade from 9 - RHEL 6 64-bit guest now has kernel panic
You can capture the boot log is as follows: 1. Add a serial port to your virtual machine. Configure it to send its output to a file, say, serial.log.2. Power on the VM to grub, remove quiet from the...
View ArticleDisk cleanup taking hours
HelloI'm using now Workstation 10, after having used several of the previous versions. Host is Win7 x64 and one guest is WinXP x86.I decided now to make disk cleanup (under Management) for my XP VM....
View ArticleRe: Unpresenting the ESX host in the EMC Unisphere before the Upgrade ?
Not sure what issue you are referring to when you say "slow boot process". If it is due to using RDMs as MSCS cluster disks, take a look at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1016106Btw. I didn't unpresent LUNs...
View ArticleEnabling CBT for all ESX VMs ?
Hi, Does enabling CBT for all of the Virtual Machine that is managed by my Virtual Center is a good idea or not supposed to be due to the CBT overhead files ?Do I need to reboot all of the Virtual...
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A little storage space CRISIS
Hi guys, I'm having an issue with the storage. We have a 400gb storage for the main data store. Only 21GB are FREE. But, when we I summarize the assigned space to each virtual machine, I'm definitly...
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Re: ESX deployment appliance v1.05
Hmm, that might. I'm always up for 'easier'. Thanks.
View ArticleSysprep on Windows Server 2008 R2 Template
Hi, I found the followed knowledge base about creating a vmware template for win srv 2008 r2.http://www.it-book.co.uk/2122/creating-a-vmware-template-for-windows-2008r2 I set up my template with the...
View ArticleRe: vcloud transfer space cleanup
it cleared up itself up after 15 min... i guess i just need to wait
View ArticleRe: Feature request: Authentication
Hey Hans, Thanks for the feedback! Good news on your first request, yesterday VMware released Log Insight 1.5 TP2, which features AD authentication. If you want to read more about it check out my blog...
View ArticleRe: is it possible to let a VM with layer 2 bridge function to bridge 2...
Put two vNIC's on a VM and connect each NIC to a different standard switch. Is that what you want? For a VM to talk to 2 vSwitches?
View ArticleApply a host profile to multiple hosts from csv
I'm really close on this one I think. The contents of my hostprofile.csv are: "NAME,STATE,STATUS,% CPU,% MEMORY,LAST TIME EXITED STANDBY,ALARM ACTIONS,AUTODEPLOY.MACHINEIDENTITY,CREATED...
View ArticleRe: Copying .vmdk file
The files you mentioned refer to two separate virtual disks, which I assume you need both. Other than using the datastore browser to download files, I'd suggest you export/import (from the File menu)...
View ArticleRe: Unpresenting the ESX host in the EMC Unisphere before the Upgrade ?
Hi Andre, In some cases when I was upgrading the ESX to ESXi hosts, it took ages to boot up for more than 4-5 hours. I'm not sure what happened to that host, but Googling around points me to the number...
View ArticleRe: Apply a host profile to multiple hosts from csv
The "$Host" variable is system reserved so you cannot overwrite it. Your code updated:$HostList = Import-Csv Hostprofiles.csvConnect-VIServer -Server VIRTUALCENTER.DOMAIN.local -User "qa\a-dubutcher"...
View ArticleRe: Reverse DNS
In most cases, if the source was not in DNS and then was added, the change should be as soon as the DNS change propagates through the DNS servers (i.e. as soon as Log Insight is able to resolve the...
View ArticleRe: Get data from a one member of Partitioned Region from Client
HiThanks for the answer Return true from optimizeForWrite()Did the trick, but it is a bit misleading, since the region is read only , i never set this optimizeForWrite to true, i guess undocumented...
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Re: SATA virtual hard disks: still experimental?
I'd say that the recommended HD is probably what Fusion gives you. But... modern OSes (certainly Win7 and Ubuntu) should be fine with SATA for virtual HD and CD/DVD. To explain further: Our...
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