Problems Installing VMware Workstation Pro MS-Windows 10
I have problems installing VMware Workstation Pro, the latest version which I downloaded from www.vmware.com. The installation go’s well until it wants to install the VMCI driver and the whole screen...
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Failed to install VmWare Tools in Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
Hello, good afternoon.When i try to install VmWare Tools on the server, the following fault occurs:How to repare the problem?
View ArticleThe storage I/O latency too high,it will affect the virtual machines cpu usage?
Our storage due to the recent utilization , resulting in latency too high.Average latency is between 42216~1463757 microseconds.(The SAN environment)I found that the increase or decrease of each delay...
View ArticleUnable to access CentOS on Vmware Workstation 12 via putty.
Hello, I have installed CentOS 6.5 (64 bit) on VMware workstation 12 on Windows 10 host machine.Configured the IPv4 network settings like IP address etc manually. When trying to access CentOS via putty...
View ArticleAuto start a VM if the VM goes down
Is there a way to auto start a VM in the event that it shuts off due to updates or hangs for any reason? I have a VM that shuts down once in a while and is a production server.
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Windows VM WMware Tools Showing Status not running in Event logs...
IN SHORT:I have a large Windows 2012 R2 VM (11TB: C: 200gb D: 10.8tb) which has noticeable deteriorated performances after migrating to ESXi 6.0U2 including:delays, unresponsive, dragging, network...
View ArticleVirtual or Hard Disk Storage
I recently built a Windows 2012 R2 Server which I will post to a Cloud service. My question is:1. I want to kept my data separate from my OS, should I install a virtual disk or a hard disk?2. Depending...
View ArticleUpgrade to VCSA 6.5 and Mixed environment with ESX 5.5 and 6.5
I am planning to upgrade to vCenter 6.5, and upgrade all hosts to ESX6.5, but few of my hosts are not compatible and cannot receive anything above 5.5 U3. Due to this I am planning on having a mixed...
View Articleadding a virtual hard disk to suse vm without rebooting
Hi, Have just updated my blog with adding a new virtual hard disk to a vm running SUSE without rebooting http://tinyurl.com/6d8e375 hope it helps!
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 Articlestatic IP address for datapower VM
I am using the IBM Virtual DataPower for developer VM (DPVM) image under VMWare Player 12. The DPVM has 4 virtual NIC. I think I need to use static IP address for each. The host is Windows 10...
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Network Bridging not available after Upgrade
VMWorkstation 12.5.5 build-5234757Host Ubuntu 16.04 After upgrading to 12.5.5 build-5234757 I am no longer able to bridge to my local ethernet interface. If I do not update the vmtools on the guest...
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vmfs local data storage restore
Hi please help, I have raid 5 Local DS that is mnounted but I can add the storage this is happned after the local boot disk failed (I beleve it was raid 1)So I did a clean install on a USB the server...
View ArticleHow can I view VM Log files that are locked?
OK, dumb question: How can I view VM Log files that are locked? I have an issue with a VM crashing and I want to view the current log file to diagnose. When I log into the ESX box with Veeam it...
View ArticleGenerate MAC address for an virtual network interface inside a VM hosted on...
Hi Folks, As of part of a college, i was trying out having OVS bridge inside an Ubuntu VM and adding a port on the bridge. This port is connected to eth1 of the VM. eth1 has MAC address generated by...
View ArticleDebian 8 and ESXi 6.0 : Advice about open-vm-tools
Hi I've just installed ESXi 6.0. My VMs on Debian 8 are using open-vm-tools in stable version (9.4.6).In backports the version is 10.1.5. Do you think I should use backported version ? Thanks.
View ArticleAnnotations to Tags
Hi There, Would you guys know if there is a way to make my vSphere "Annotations" into "Tags"?Thanks,Michael
View ArticleExpand volume ESXi 6.0
Hi.I've tried to expand a volume of a virtual Windows Server 2012R2 machine. The vm has only one volume (100GB).First I used the vm workstation, in properties, Utilities/expand, entered 170GB, but all...
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somehow my vm servers interchange name
My vm ware interchanges the vm name. How do I cahnge it back? I cannot use rename because the rename sql will still be sql.
View ArticleCustomizing main dns suffix with spec (on windows)
I am hitting a bit of a problem. My dns naming scheme is different from my windows domain naming shcheme. The virtual machine will typically be named aaa.company.com while it will belong to the...
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