Convert newer Vmware server for VMware vSphere Hypervisor 3.5
Hi Can anyone tell me how to convert a newer VmWare server so it works with an older VMware vSphere Hypervisor 3.5? I have just installed this version on an older IBM xseries 346 but i cant power on...
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ESXi 4.1 Update 3 Purple Screen PF 14
I keep getting purple screens on my ESXi 4.1 Update 3 host. Sometimes I get it a day after a reboot, sometimes a few days. Attached are the screnshots. My hardware:Dell R715 AMD Opteron(TM)...
View ArticleESXI 5.1, NAS, RAID 5
Hello All I am fairly new to ESXI so I apologies in advanced if this has already been covered or is a stupid question. I have recently got myself a HP Microserver running ESXI 5.1 (via a USB pen drive)...
View ArticleCloning VMachine (II)
Just a quick question about cloning Vms in ESXI. 1. How do i go about cloning a VM already in Esxi - ( i read it is just copy and creating a new folder in the database right?) 2. When i clone a VM...
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Auto Deploy - Unable to properly boot ESXi 5.1 properly on HP Blade Servers
We have recently upgraded our vCenter to 5.1.0b, and ofcourse I wanted to update our running (stateless) ESXi blades right away. It appeared this is a little harder then I expected it to be. The image...
View ArticleHost Connection Failure
We are constantly getting an error "host connection failure" for different ESXi host across the cluster and it last only for milliseconds, and there no significant impact in the enviroment. ESXi host...
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View 5.1 - unable to turn on "Use host caching"
Hello, any ideas why we can't use host caching in our view 5.1 enviorment ?Desktop pool uses datastore formated with VMFS 5, but there are still few VMFS 3 formated datastores which are not used for...
View ArticleUnable to browse local media to upload
Hi, using IE9 I have no problem to browse local files/media on i.e. Dropbox (with old and new uploader) and on every web site, but when it comes to the vCloud Director at our organization, the local...
View ArticleESX 3.5 upgrade hardware and software.
We have 2 set of ESX 3.5 host, vCenter running in VM (not physical computer). The stroage is SAN storage (EMC). The guest OS are around 10 set. And that is file server, AD server, Print server... etc....
View ArticleWorkstation 9 Doesn't Copy/Paste to PC
When trying to copy/paste a section of a spreadsheet, the copy/paste doesn't work straight off. Oddly, if I go to Settings, then Options tab, then Guest Iso;ation, and click OK (both checkboxes for...
View ArticleCreating Active Directory Accounts for vSphere 5.1 Services
To set up the management pieces of vSphere, I need to have an account or accounts created in Active Directory. I need to determine how many to create and what permissions they need. In Single Sign on...
View ArticleCopy/paste feature fails in Workstation 8
Hi, I'm experimenting copy/paste problems working with the latest version we have bought: VMware-workstation 8.0.2 Steps tor reproduce it: 1. Open a virtual machine with Windows XP and last service...
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Datagrid header - right click to select what columns to show
Hi, Since we cannot use the datagrid widget (http://communities.vmware.com/thread/433973), I've been trying to find a way to mimic the default behaviour and show a contextMenu on the datagrid header...
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Need help in recovering data from delta vmdk
Hi, I am having a big issue. There was a Ubuntu 8.04 Server guest installed on VMWare ESXi 4.1It was a VM of 200GB size.Since, it was running on 99% full i tried to increase the size usingvmkfstools -X...
View ArticleHorizon View 5.2 - Can't loging via HTML Access
Hi all, I've followed this steps: I've installed Vmware View html access in my View Horizon Connection Server without any issues. I've installed...
View ArticleNeed Help developing a "One Server Scenario" - and MOA & Stuff
Hi All! I need some help with the following scenario. I have several machines to virtualize via DRAC or iLO, and i must keep the local interation to a minimum possible. In some sites, i have only one...
View ArticleNetwork Health Monitor Status Unknown
While using the new vSphere 5.1 Web Client, I have got a vCenter 5.1 with Distributed Network Switches. I have enabled "VLAN and MTU health check" and "Teaming and failover health check". However, when...
View ArticleCPU and Memory Stress for ESXi 5
Hi, Does anyone know a free tool or can point me to a script that I can run to CPU and Memory stress an ESXi server? I'm not worried about disk,,
View ArticleRamdisk on esxi
Hi, folks! I have some troubles with ESXi ramdisk. #vdf -h Ramdisk Size Used Available Use% Mounted onroot 32M 7M 24M 21% --etc...
View ArticleRunning a Win2k VM on Win8 (Player) causes trackpad to not work. Ever Again.
Just what it says. I installed VM Ware Player on my Win8 Laptop, no problem. I installed Win2k on the VM; no problem. After installing VMWare tools and rebooting the VM, everything appeared to be OK-...
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