OSX 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...
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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 ArticleVM 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 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...
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...
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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 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...
View Articleis open suse or novell's suse??
Hi, We are doing esxi 5.0 server certification. In server certification guide , they mentioned one of the guest operating system as SUSE Linux server (SLES) 11 version .Can any one tell me which one to...
View ArticleVmtools and ThinPrint
We are experiencing issues with ThinPrint on VM s. Whenever VMTools is updated, ThinPrint fails. Anyone seen ths?
View Articledisk structure is corrupted and unreadable
hi How to solve this problem, if WIN2008 R2 server installed as a guest VM on vSphere 5.1 reports this message: >>> disk structure is corrupted and unreadable<<< We have already...
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Browse option not available when I go to the Edit Settings Window of virtual...
Dear all, Happy to be part of VMware community , posting my first question to you all. After creation of the Virtual Machine in an Esxi host, when I am trying to mount ISO image for Guest OS, Browse...
View ArticleHello all, sometimes VMs and datastore (ISCSI) get inactive, why so?
Dear all, I experienced a strange problem today, my VMs and ISCSI datastore got inactive, italicized and greyed out, can someone explain me why this happens and what is the resolution for this? Please...
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Does virtual Windows Server 2012 cause file sharing to not function?
I have been following several tutorials on Youtube as well as online instruction and so far file sharing is not working under Windows Server 2012 which is being virtualized by VMWare ESXi 5.I don't...
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