ICMP response rate between a physical Server and a Virtual Machine
Have a question. We recently P2v'd a Windows 2003 server. Prior to the conversion, my customer was tracking trends based on ping average response rates. In general, the physical machine was...
View Articleunable to install VMware Tools on guest Win 2008 R2 server in vCenter Server 5.5
installed Windows 2008 Datacenter Server R2 using vCenter Server 5.5 from iso file on my local network drive. While the guest was powered on Right clicked on the guest vm then clicked on Guest then...
View ArticlePass credentials to guest console to log in to a VM
Hi, I would like to be able to securely store credentials for guest VMs and automatically log onto to the guest consoles using the stored credentials. Is there a way to do this? I have tried copy and...
View ArticleSNMP timeout after P2v
We just did a P2v of our SolarWinds Orion NPM server. Afterward, all our Orion NPM nodes lost SNMP connection although their SNMP services still showed Started. We had to touch all the individual...
View ArticleDeploying Windows 2012 R2 virtual machine from template fails with error:...
We have a ESX1 5.5 installed. Deployment of Windows 2012 R2 virtual template fails to deploy on this ESX with the error "Windows could not finish configuring the system. To attempt to resume...
View ArticleIs it possible to decrese Size of a VM
Dear Team, I have Windows VM having one vHDD size of 80 GB which contains C:\ drive, we are planning to decrease the size of vHDD to 40GB just want to confirm is it possible to do the same with VMware...
View ArticleVMware Infra Restart Priority
Dear team, I have below list of VMware Infra VMs , just want to know what will be the restart priority for these VMs during ESXi host failure.ADADCInventoryMSSQLSSOUpdateManagervCenter regardsMr VMware
View ArticleDisable Copy/Paste to remote console.
Dear Team, How to disable copy/paste to remote console. regardsMr VMware
View ArticleTemplate Mac addresss issue
Dear Team, I have RHEL6.1, Rhel6.2, RHEL6.4, RHEL6.5 Templates, whenever I deploy a new VM from these template then everytime I have to set MAC address on ifcfg-ethx and 70-persistent-net.rules, Need...
View ArticleUpgrading Virtual Windows server 2003 to 2008
We currently run VI 2.5 with 3.5 U2 servers in a cluster. I was trying to upgrade (in place) a Windows server 2003 st. to Windows Server 2008. However when doing this the guest becomes unresponsive at...
View ArticleWindows OS Activation.
How are you guys activating you Windows OS's after they VM is built from a template? I do not have Microsoft SA so I can't use a single key per OS level. I do however have all the ESXi hosts licensed...
View ArticleClone virtual machine but noticed Windows 2008 key gone
Dear All, I cloned one virtual machine of Windows 2008 R2 and I want to use this cloned machine with NEW NAME, I will remove the old machine which I used to clone originally. So, with this intention I...
View ArticleUnable to Upgrade Windows Server 2003 to 2008 after Server has been P2V'ed
After Virtualizing numerous Windows 2003 Servers we have then been unable to upgrade any to Windows 2008, looks like the upgrade has worked successfully but when the Server reboots after it just stays...
View ArticleWIndows Server with Multiple IP addresses in different VLANS
What I'm trying to achieve:- One Windows 2008 R2 server Virtual machine with 6 vNIC's each with different IP address from different VLAN & connected to port group of corresponding VLAN.Now how do I...
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...
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 ArticleNeed to Install Windows Update on VMware Infra VMs
Dear Team, I have below list of VMware Inra VMs running on ESXi5.1 U1, from last 1 year we haven't install Windows Update on these VMs but recently we have infra audit in that Auditor raised a point...
View ArticleConverting only Data Disk to VMDK
Just curious. I'd like to move to Windows 2008 from Windows 2003. I have my physical server setup with 2 physical drives. The first has only the System OS while the second contains just data. Is...
View ArticleShared Folders option on Vmware tool ESXi
On the VMware Tools custom install, there is an option for shared folders. I know how this works on workstation. How does it work on ESXi? I can't find any documentation on it. I have a test lab...
View ArticleIs it possible to programmatically change the network adapter from inside the...
I am using vmware Player 6. I use my laptop at home and at work. My work is in a vmware image to keep it separate from my personal area (host). From home, I connect to my work via vpn. The problem is...
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