VM with vmxnet3 looses connectivity
Hello, we just switch to 10 Gbit Ethernet. Hosts are connected and we just want to switch the VM´s as well to 10G (vmxnet3). So we installed on a Win7-Testmachine the vmxnet3 Adapter and started the...
View ArticleOSX Virtualization (Empty disk question)
Hello, I'm quite a newbie in this. I wanted to virtualize OS X Lion on windows, just to mess around and try it out if I wanted tu buy a Mac in the future. I was using this tutorial...
View ArticleCan not add serial port to the physical port
the env is like follows: - 1, physical server HP DL360-G5 2, VMware Esxi 4 3,Guest WindowsServer 2000 - when I want to add a serial port to the Guest OS ,the option of Physical port...
View ArticleSolaris 10 (u10 and u11) Java Patches hang in VMware workstation 8
I have been asking on the Oracle Sun site this same question, but being that I am doing this in VMware Oracle may be dismissing it as a VM thing. I have a clean install of both Solaris 10u10 and 10u11,...
View ArticleCan not add serial port to the physical port
the env is like follows: - 1, physical server HP DL360-G5 2, VMware Esxi 4 3,Guest WindowsServer 2000 - when I want to add a serial port to the Guest OS ,the option of Physical port...
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Deploy W2K8R2 SP1 from template fails adding to the domain
Hi all, I have a really strange issue deploying a W2K8 R2 SP1 from template using an existing or new customization specification. It's driving me crazy!The problem is this:Joining a domain using a...
View ArticleFUD around LVM in VI
Looking for guidance to cut through the FUD related to LVM in VI envs: FEAR "fsck wiped out the lvm" -UNCEARTAINTY "LVM versions may or may not journal correctly" -DISINFORMATION - "EXT4 or software...
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Deploy W2K8R2 SP1 from template fails adding to the domain
Hi all, I have a really strange issue deploying a W2K8 R2 SP1 from template using an existing or new customization specification. It's driving me crazy!The problem is this:Joining a domain using a...
View ArticlePossible Guest Networking Issue with KB958644 out-of-band patch
Wanted to drop everyone a line about the following issue we recently experienced: Windows 2003 Standard 32-bit SP2 guest VM running some IIS apps and another incident ticketing app. The server...
View ArticleBug report - VMware Workstation 9.0.1 on Linux - gui doesn't see snapshots...
When I use vmrun to create a snapshot for a Shared VM running in VMware Workstation Server the VMware Workstation gui doesn't see these snapshots and thus is not able to work with them (revert, delete)...
View ArticlePossible Guest Networking Issue with KB958644 out-of-band patch
Wanted to drop everyone a line about the following issue we recently experienced: Windows 2003 Standard 32-bit SP2 guest VM running some IIS apps and another incident ticketing app. The server...
View ArticleGuest OS Compatability....
Dear Team, Please let us know SLES11 guest OS is compatible on esx3.5 64607??? also let us know how to check guest OS compatiblility. regardsMr VMware
View ArticleCan't drag and drop VM into folder
Hello, I have organized my VMs into folders, and some of them I cannot drag and drop. The icon is the circle with the diagnoal line through it, and it won't let me release it on the folder. I can't...
View Articlevmwaretools update on SLES10 SP2 fail
Hi all, after a vmware tools update on a VM with SLES10 SP2 and the first rebbot the VM doesn't start... Itremains on a message: Waiting for device /dev/sda1 to appear: ..................not-- exiting...
View ArticleUnable to connect to the MKS:failed to connect to 902
Hello All, I am getting this error when ever I tried to launch open console option in Vsphere client. I have firewall turned off in state and I have create a new rule to accept port 902 and 903 but...
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[Complete Guide] How to Increase space on Linux vmware
The steps below is taken from : Extending partitions on Linux VMware virtual machines | TechRepublic . To view the pictures mentioned in the step, please go to the site, i have modified the step from...
View ArticleFT enabled VM's guest patch level
I need to confirmIf I've a Windows based virtual machine with FT enabled & if I apply Microsoft patches to the primary VM.Will they automatically be replicated over to secondary?Any particular...
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How to automate tools upgrade for multiple manual VMs
Hello all! This is my first post so please go easy... We had multiple reasons to move away from linked clones and go back to manual VMs which brings us back to the out-of-date VMware tools problem....
View ArticleP to V - ESX 5.1 - Windows Server 2003 + SQL Server
Good Morning:I am having a bear of a time P to V a Windows Server 2003 that has SQL Server 2005 running with multiple instances. The bottom line, I have a ESX 5.1 environment and attempting to bring in...
View ArticleUpgrading drivers within virtual machine?
I have a quick question regarding the upgrading of drivers within a VMware virtual machine. The host server is running ESXi 5.0.0 623860The virtual machine is running VM version 8 with Windows Server...
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