ESXi back-up and restores
Again, I'm new to VMware and I've recently installed ESXi on a server and currently have one virtual machine up and running on it. What tool/tools should I use to handle back and restores of this...
View ArticleHP Smart Array P420i warning
Hi, I got a brand new DL380p gen8 Server with 8 300GB SAS disks in 2 raid 5, and installed esxi from the branded image: VMware-ESXi-5.1.0-799733-HP-5.34.23.iso on the first raid.Everything seems to be...
View ArticleView 5.2 local mode destkop
I am considering upgrading to view 5.2. If a user checks out a desktop and the user miss's the check in day. Then of course the computer does not start back up. Is there anyway to that VM up and...
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WMware NAT doesn't pass traffic from the Host-Only network back
Hello, Please see my network below, I have two interfaces - NAT and Host-Only which are connected with their guests. Host-Only Guest has the NAT Guest as a gateway and the latter is connected to the...
View ArticleESXi hardware compatibility
I am in the process of building a server and have heard that ESXi has problems with some hardware. I have tried using the vmware search page where you can look up your components to see if they have...
View ArticleCan VDP send syslog events?
I've been unable to determine if the VDP software can send events/logs to a syslog server. I've checked all the documentation I can find and multiple searches on Google and VMware's forums, but have...
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Triple boot with rEFIt, grub unable to start Linux in VM
This problem is very similar to the one described in http://communities.vmware.com/message/1524727The solution described by Scottee seems to involve writing grub into the MBR which - if I did...
View ArticleVery Confused, VMware Certification codes and names, Please Help
Hi, My local University has available many certificationexams including VMware. (authorized pearson vue testing center) THe VMware Exam Is listed as follows: VCP-510 VMware Certified Professional...
View ArticleVMWare converter w/OS X Server or CentOS Parallels Server disks?
Is it possible to use VMWare Converter to convert my OS X Server and/or CentOS VMs from Parallels Server for Mac to ESXi 5.1? Thanks for any info or tips! - John
View ArticleNeed powershell script to collect ESX host Network Info
hi, I need two powershell scripts for collecting two types of ESX host network information, 1. vNIC information --> the information about the vmnic(physical nic of ESX hosts) connected to...
View Articlevmware service not started on boot
Dear all, my host is a laptop, so it is shutdown and started regularly. recently I upgrade WS from 8 to 9 and since then the vmware service does not start automatically anymore. Since I start my guest...
View Articleripristino VM
Buona sera... uso come sistema di backup per le mie VM Veeam Backup & Replication 6.5. ma non ho mai testato una restore, è possibile simulare un restore? è possibile avere indicazioni?grazie
View Articlenewbie question: stop app launching in fusion-win7
I recently have had my mac app gotomeeting ( start my win7-64 vm in fusion every time i try to join a meeting. i would rather it just stay in mac-os and NOT kick to fusion (5.0.3). I've tried to...
View ArticleVirtualize Physical Machine fails quickly
The virtualizaation of "xxxxxx" failed: An unexpected error occurred.Make sure the user "xxxxx" has sufficient privileges on "xxxx" and consult VMware Workstation documentation for assistance....
View ArticleRoot Password Change Script
I discovered this fine script that bradley4681 posted over at http://communities.vmware.com/thread/172220?start=15&tstart=0. For some reason I am unable to reply to that thread, so I thought I...
View ArticleVMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
I am using VMware ESXi and I am trying to setup a guest that is Windows 7 that will have an ATI Radeon video card passed through to it. I actually had this working on a previous system but I had to...
View Article"Stretch Guest" autosize option greyed out. Won't power on in stretch mode
I am using workstation 8When i power on my vm. It loads in 'centre guest' mode which is windowed in my display.I go to edit > pref > display > fullscreen.... and then change to 'stretch...
View ArticlevCD 5.1.2 - How can we suspend all running vApps using the API or a command?
I can iterate through a list of deployed vApps, but is there a better way? We need to suspend all running vApps before kicking off a backup using SAN snapshots. Is there an internal API doc available,...
View ArticleRefresh Files - Select Patches (not showing 5/13 MS patches )
We are patching our environment today, when we do “Refresh Files” and then go to “Select Patches” to add this month patches, we don’t see this Month (May) patches in the list. Do you know what might be...
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