Physical server --> virtual server --> increase C: drive space
Good morning all, I apologize in advance if this has been discussed elsewhere, so please feel free to move this thread or point me in the right direction. I'm under a bit of a time crunch and need some...
View ArticleSysprep on Windows 7 VM question
Hello,I am trying to get some clarification if what I am thinking of doing is okay. I have cloned a Windows 7 VM and it will be used as a template for the remainder of my machines. I am aware that with...
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Multi CPU monitoring on a VM
We are using Vsphere 5, and have a question on cpu monitoring on a VM. We have a VM which has 16 CPU's. I look at performance chart, and for each individual CPU perfromance it shows about 20 %...
View Articleguaranteeing resources?
I'd like to start using vmware vsphere and esxi more for my performance lab. In order to do that if I create a virtual machine with X vcpu and Xgb ram. I would need to know that it is in fact only...
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...
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 ArticleVMwareTools-8.8.4-730257 on Linux 3.6.1-1.fc17.x86_64 compile errors
Recently upgraded my Linux kernel to 3.6.1-1 and running into compile errors building vmhgfs for shared folders. Ideas? Using 2.6.x kernel build system.make: Entering directory...
View ArticleHome lab help
Setting up vSphere\ View lab and need some help. I bought a 1U server and a small netgear FS108 switch and a workstation to manage everything. I installed ESXi on the server and gave it the same...
View Articlevmware best practice for copy a virtual machine
Hello I am new to vm, need advice on copying a vm to another physical server. Our admin quit, I am now trying to pick up the pieces. Old server has ESX 4.1 new server has 5.1x On the 4.1 server it...
View ArticleLinux Template
Hi Guys, I am using ESXi 5 and I want create a Linux Template using vSphere Client. The way I understand I have to first create a Linux VM ( I am using OpenSuse) then patch it, convert the VM to a...
View ArticleSteps required after P2V - Dev Con, Device Mangler etc
Hi - After a server is P2V'd, ALL server management agents removed, changed the HAL, installed VMware tools etc.... VM performance is fine - does anyone perform any additional steps? I've seen posts...
View Articlemoving files and apps between guest os
My mac is running Fusion 4, with XP64bit as a guest OS. I am planing to upgrade to Windows 7 64bit, I understand its not possible to simply upgrade to the new OS like you can do with Mac OS. In which...
View ArticleUsing Annotations vs Custom Tags on Virtual machines
If up until now I have been using annotations to describe properties of virtual machines such as owner, department, creation date, etc., what are the advantages, if any of using custom tags and what...
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Mac OSX Lion does not start to install
Hello,I'm using ESXi 5.1 HP branded on Gen8 serverInstalled a new VM to run a MAC OSX LionCopied over the Install Mac OS X Lion.app into the datastore.Started VM which looks ok. The apple screen is...
View ArticleRDP8 in View 5.2
Our users are seeing better performance using RDP8 directly than using the view client to broker RDP. Is RDP8 supported only in 5.2?
View ArticleNot able to move from RHEL6 64 bit to RHEL5 32 bit
Hi, I have a virtual machine created on RHEL 6 64 bit OS on Esxi 4.1I want to install a RHEL 5 32 bit on this virutal machine. For that I changed the Guest OS to be RHEL 5 32 bit from the settings and...
View ArticleNetworking best Practice
Hi, I'm after some advice on best practice when configuring my LAN. All my servers are virtualised on ESX 4.1 including a sophos UTM appliance. All workstations are physical machines. Currently I...
View Articlekeyboard.typematicMinDelay delays and saving it into an OVF template
Hi Guys, Becaue of the way we connect to a pretty large environment we use jump servers to use the vSphere client. We have had the infamous "repeating key" problem due to the extra hops and it's been...
View ArticleVMRun command line length
VMWare ESXi 4.10, Windows Server 2008 R2 server and XP based client VM's. I'm administering an application that programatically build's command lines and 'shells' them out to the server and client VM...
View ArticleMount LVM in vmdk files with the same vg name as the OS's vg
Hi, Here is the tough issue: We want to mount a vmdk file to restore some files in it. The vmdk file contains LVM filesystems. The biggest problem is that the LVM uses the same volume group (vg) as the...
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