Resize a vmware vmdx file.
Hi. Just a simple question. I need to resize the of file vmdx. I was told to do it via vmare-diskmanager: vmware -diskmanager -t to create a disk expandible. vmware -diskmanager -x size to specify the...
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Windows Delayed Write Failed - Need suggestions
My Virtual Center machine (a windows 2003 R2 Enterprise server running as a virtual machine) keeps throwing "Windows - Delayed Write Failed" Windows was unable to save all of the data for the file...
View ArticleExpanding disks in OS X
Hi, I am running several Macs on ESXi 5.1 on my Mac pro. If I expand a vmdk in vsphere, is there any known way to make OS X detect the change without a reboot? When the server is rebooted its easy to...
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Adding virtual harddisks like (2:0) to a new SCSI Controller running Physical...
Hello all! Customer has a three Host VMware ESXi 5.5 build 1746018 setup with an IBM v3700 storwise as storage. One Host holds two VMs running Windows 2008 R2 Microsoft Failover Cluster Server sevices....
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Snapshot prior to patching Windows Servers
Hey guys, we've been looking at ways of taking snapshots before patching our windows servers. I've looked at using scripts and stuff but it's clunky and difficult to manage. I came across this site...
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Exchange VM getting hung after backup
Hi, I have strange issue where after backup my VM gets into hung state and i had to reset it to bring back up. Did anyone face the same issue?
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P2V conveter convert successfuly but OS not booting up after convert.
hi everyone. i have converted physical OS to virtual. using p2v converter standalone 5.1 version convertion completed successfuly but after it. when i m booting up os nothing display on screen. any idea.?
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Windows Server 2012 R2 shows No Internet Access
Host machine OS: Linux Centos 7VMware: Workstation 11 I have created two "core" VMs, one is Windows Server 2008 R2 and the second is Windows Server 2012 R2. The "core" image has only the OS...
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Need help - in over head
I've read and read until my eyes are bleeding. I need professional help... (of many varieties I'm sure) Objective: Install a Clean Windows 10Objective: Keep current Windows 7 Ultimate as VM (not dual...
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Is there a standalone converter for linux?
I am trying to install Standalone Converter 6 on my Ubuntu box (with WINE-but it never gets that far). I just want to move my physical Linux machine to my windows hosted Workstation.ERandallN
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Give vm public IP from ESXI
I have a Dell PowerEdge 2950 with two NICs and I'm running ESXI 6.0. I want to use one NIC as the gateway to the Internet (DMZ) and I want to have one of my VM's bridged with this NIC so that it also...
View ArticleWhat exactly does "vmware-toolbox-cmd stat sessionid" return?
Hi! I'd like to know what kind of sessionid do I get when execute command "vmware-toolbox-cmd stat sessionid"?Is it possible to somehow use sessionid in order to track host where vm is executed? When...
View ArticleHow to bypass the windows 10 compatibility check.
So I have seen articles and some posts here and there throughout the web about having difficulty and not being able to upgrade to windows 10 because the windows 10 compatibility check found there...
View ArticleDefault VM tools copy Setting
I'm trying to determine the default VM setting for isolation.tools.copy.disable There is an option to add this advanced setting to explicitly create this setting in the vmx file and setting it to true...
View ArticleMemory usage in vm differs from memory usage in vCenter
I know there are a number of reasons why vCenter would report memory usage of a vm to be higher than the vm itself reports but I'm seeing situations where vCenter is reporting memory usage several GB...
View ArticleJust Starting
This is my first time wit Virtual machines. I downloaded VMPlayer 12 to try a machine on my home computer. I started with a new W7 64 bit install on my laptop and copied my VM machine that I had...
View ArticlevSphere/vCloud director sees vmware-tools version as 0000
Hello,during our build process, we customize RHEL machine on KVM, and during this process also VMware Tools are installed. Then QCOW2 is also converted to OVA and this image is used on both VMware and...
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после отключения электричества, вместо виртуального сервера unknown
доброе время суток, после отключения электричества, ESXi перестал видеть виртуальный сервер, точнее вместо названия стоит "Unknown". (скрин прилагаю). в самой datastore1 где распологалась виртуальная...
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...
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what is the last vmware version that supports redhat linux 9.0
i want to install redhat linux 9.0 but vmware tools could not be installed after setup guest osso what is the vmware versions that have vmware tools thst support redhat linux 9.0
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