Impact of removing vCPUs on Virtual Machine Stability
I have some SUSE Linux VMs that are not utilizing all of their vCPUs. If I power off the VMs and remove a vCPU, what is the risk to the stability of the operating system when it boots up with one less...
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First, I've been doing searches most of the day on this without luck. In 2010 I bought Windows 7 Pro (downloadable) that consisted of three files - an executable and two .box files. Running the...
View Articlechange disk space settings within vmware
Hi, I have done a fair bit of research but haven't been able to find a concise answer. The VM guest OS is RHEL and has disk space of 40GB (checked this via the OS using df -h). Within vSphere when...
View ArticleInstalling VMware tools during VM build
Hi All, I have a sles11sp2 64bit based customised virtual machine targeted to run on ESXi5.0 and greater. The vm is built in an automated fashion using susestudio. It does not have a cdrom drive.I want...
View ArticleCan't convert virtual disk from thin to thick in 5.1
I am attempting to convert a virtual disk from thin to thick in a 5.1 environment. I shutdown the VM, choose migrate, on "select disk format" I choose "thick eager zeroed". I choose the other...
View ArticleResize C drive (W2K8)
I have two scenarios where I need to resize the C drive of a Windows 2008 R2 VM. I know this question has been asked a lot, and I have searched/read lots of posts. But I want to confirm my...
View ArticleServer 2008 Extend Volume and Disk Drive size
Hello- We're running ESX 3.5 and have a Server 2008 x64 Standard VM. We were trying to grow a data partition (primary partition; no issues with page files, system disk or anything) and Disk Management...
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Join domain won't work from template with customization
Hello, We would like to deploy Windows 7 from a template. After I deployed the template the computer won't join the domain, everything else works. I created a Customization specification with the...
View ArticleWindows NETLOGON 5719 at Startup
I am having what appears to be either a networking or guest startup issue with Windows 2008 R2 SP1 guest machines on my VSphere Essentials setup. Configuration is: HP BL460C G7 servers, 72GB RAM, with...
View ArticleVmxnet3 ghost nic why vmupgradehelper cant be used successfully
I Have 70 vm's that have the vmxnet3 nic. Every time a clone or disaster recovery copy occurs windows 2008r2 redects the nic and the original is ghosted all ip info is lost. I have found the post sp1...
View Articleinstall VMtools without thinprint components
how can I install VMTools without the thinprint components?
View ArticleLivePC Image
Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and VMware application. Please I will need somebody's support with following issues. yesterday after downloading and installing mokafive, I discovered that my smart...
View ArticleIncrease disk size and guest partition w/o shutting down
Good day, I think that you can do this but I just want to make sure... I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 guest configured with two partitionsOS partition on C: and an application partition on D:each of...
View ArticleCannot convert or preinstall VM drivers on Server 2003
I have an old Windows Server 2003 we are retiring, which I am simply trying to make a VM of to preserve it in case anyone wants the old data off of it. I'm using vSphere 5.1, and VMware Converter hates...
View ArticleOracle Linux 6.5 don't see additional CPU
I installed Oracle Linux 6.5 2.6.39-400.212.1.el6uek.x86_64 #1 SMP . Te OL is seeing only one CPU. I am adding other CPU trough vSphere but they are not showed either as offline or online.VM and OL was...
View ArticleInstalling Windows 7 From .ISO File
First, I've been doing searches most of the day on this without luck. In 2010 I bought Windows 7 Pro (downloadable) that consisted of three files - an executable and two .box files. Running the...
View ArticleImpact of removing vCPUs on Virtual Machine Stability
I have some SUSE Linux VMs that are not utilizing all of their vCPUs. If I power off the VMs and remove a vCPU, what is the risk to the stability of the operating system when it boots up with one less...
View ArticleShould Virtual Machines be powered down before removing snapshots?
Suppose I discover a high transaction volume virtual machine with a very big, very old snapshot disk.Is it recommended to power off the virtual machine before committing the snapshot? What factors...
View ArticleSound device missing in Linux VM
Hi there, I recently created a VM with a Linux distro, Ubuntu 12.04 using ESXI 5.5. The problem I am facing is the software I need to run on the guest OS requires a detected sound card. I have checked...
View ArticleCPU Usage & Memory Utilisation VimService Connect Method Error
We have our vmware environment, and from that we are able to find out allocated memory & CPU through dot net API and we also want to find out its CPU and memory utilization (Max, Min, Avg). We...
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