No bluetooth in guest
On my Windows 2003 server host, the bluetooth is working as expected however I cannot get it into the Windows 8 guest.The log shows that the bluetooth adapter gets detected in the...
View ArticleAccessing a USB 2.0 device in Workstation 8
The host is running Win 7. The VM is running Win XP. The USB 2.0 flash drive never appears at the VM. What am i doing wrong ? Thanx. Bewildered BobPalm Bay, FL
View Articleexpecting 2 bootbanks found none
I am trying to install esxi 5.0 on a dell r620 with only internal sd card. but half way through the installation i got this.
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...
View Articlefailied to activate vshiled manger
hi when i tried to power a vishield manger i got this error SharedArea: Unable to find 'testSharedAreaPtr' in SHARED_PER_VM_VMX areasome can help me
View ArticlevCenter Single Sign On master password
Hi guys i do not remember admin@system-domain password i wondring how to reset admin's account password i tried to reset password by rsautil command line but i dont remember master password. Anyway to...
View ArticleFinding the extents of a datastore?
I am trying to extract the name of the extents that each datastore has. When I use the Vsphere GUI Client, I can access it through clicking on a datastore and going to the configuration tab, so I know...
View ArticleAdaptec 7805 PCI Passthrough Issue w/ ESXi 5.1 and Ubuntu 12.04 + Windows...
Hello, I am pretty new to VMware/ESXi but I am taking ESXi 5.1 for a spin (free trial license) to see if it will become the hypervisor of choice for my home server. So far so good, until I wanted to...
View ArticleCannot disable "windows key" behavior from Fusion 5
Can someone tell me how to disable the "windows key" function from within a VM running Win 7. For example, what I *used* to be able to do was hit "command-tab" to switch between my VM and other apps...
View ArticleON VIEW CONNECTION SERVER, TRANSFER SERVER STATUS PENDING, The service is not...
Based on some really bad advice, I created a second view connection server in our VDI environment. When it got to the point that I had to add servers, when I added the view transfer server that was for...
View ArticleThe operation is not supported for the specified parameters
"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VIX\vmrun.exe" -T player [command] "D:\Documents and Settings\APB.XP80GB\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\Ubuntu\Ubuntu.vmx" Tried start, stop, list for [command]....
View ArticleTrying to create a VMFS datastore
I can not figure out what I am doing wrong, a very unhelpful error "Undefined subroutine &VmfsDatastoreCreateSpec::type called at /usr/share/perl/5.14/VMware/VICommon.pm line 1501" is thrown when I...
View ArticleМиграция FreeBSD на ESXi 5.1
Доброго времени суток. Мне нужно перенести систему с FreeBSD с UFS на ESXiесть vCenter 5.1 пока я попробовал один вариант - сделал акронисом бекап винта с FreeBSD и развернул его на диск новой ВМ с...
View Article"Change Credential" results in "VcPlugin" is not defined
As part of a change request portal, I need to change AD permissions during the schema to allow the workflow item "Get virtual machines by name" to view the entire vCenter inventory. I do not want the...
View ArticleHelp, VSA down after disconnecting from network
I need some help to understand what has happened to my VSA 1.0 install. I simply disconnected all the VSA & ESX nodes and vCenter from the network at once and then reconnected them immediately...
View ArticleESXI 5.1: Host stops unexpectedly
Hi everyone, I recently built a system to run ESXi and host a bunch of virtual servers. The ESXi host seems to run very well, but about once every 24 hours it appears as if it loses its ability to use...
View ArticleChange vsphere health warnings?
I have an IBM 3690 server. It has a powersupply module that can take 4 canisters, however we only have 2 installed(and we only plan to keep 2 installed). Is there a way for vpshere to turn off the...
View ArticleVsphere 5.1 + Storage appliance + APC
Hi guys anyone configured APC with HA and storage appliance? I found the "PowerChute Network Shutdown in an HA Cluster, see Clean Shutdown of Virtual Machines using PowerChute Network Shutdown in a HA...
View ArticleHow to mask the CPUINFO in Workstation from Intel i7 mobile to Intel® Xeon®...
Hello forum! In order to test some run some lab tests we need ESXi running under VMWare Workstation to recognize the physical machine CPU (Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3840QM CPU @ 2.80GHz) as Intel Xeon...
View ArticleSysprep locations for multiple service packs
I've seen this KB article: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1005593It says "Microsoft has a different version of Sysprep for each...
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