VMware Tools with guest kernel 3.10.x
It fails to compile with any Linux Guests lotsa modules. The one I really need is HGFS. Do someone knows how to patch the install to have it work on 3.10.x kernels too or if VMware plan to fix this...
View ArticleUpgrade 3.5 to ESXI 5.0
Yes I know 3.5 is ancient.. for this reason we are finally migrating some old servers.. We have some 3.5 that managed to run all this time remarkably.. We are now upgrading all servers to 5.0. I tried...
View ArticleUsually we share the Internet from Mac on Guest OS. But how to pass Internet...
Usually we share the Internet from Mac on Guest OS. But how to pass Internet from Guest OS to Host OS on VMware Fusion?
View ArticleVMDK not included in the OVA
Here is the situation. We have a VM which has two disks (VMDK) bundled in a OVA.The first disk is where all the software is installed. The second disk is the data disk.The software initializes the...
View ArticleMigrating VMs from one datastore to another on ESXi 5.1 (free license)
I am running ESXi in my lab (for Cisco voice servers and some Windows VMs). The VMs are on an iSCSI datastore hosted by a Netgear ReadyNAS Pro Business. Due to major issues with iSCSI on the ReadyNAS...
View ArticleUpdating Storage drivers on Host
I installed a host on a Dell T420 and added a couple VM's to it and now having a bit of a storage issue. Read/writes seem to be very slow and after talking to Dell they tell me that I needed to use...
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SRM 5.1.1 - multiple plugin entries
Hi all - I recently deployed a multi-site SRM 5.1 configuration. (2) sites are failing over to a DR site. All sites appear to be functioning okay - the VM placeholders are on the DR site and I don't...
View ArticleView Users default printer not always sticking
We are using VMWare Horizon View 5.2 and it seems that about 50% of the time, our users' default printer is not remember between sessions. I put a ticket in with VMWare, who referred me to the KB...
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ESXi 5.x on new Apple Mac Mini 6,2 Late 2012 *NOT* working
Hello! I bought one of the new MacMinis, which were presented yesteraday, plugged two 8GiB DD3-1600 modules in (OsX reported 16GiB of memory, as the models before) and tried to install ESXi 5.1 Build...
View ArticleVMware Fusion 5 doesn't see a bootcamp partition on a new Macbook Air 2013...
HiI installed on my Macbook Air 2013 (the one with the PCI-Express SSD) a Windows 8 Bootcamp that works well.But VMware Fusion doesn't detect it. I made some tests and searches within this forum and...
View ArticleVMware Tools kills Mavericks DP4/5
I haven't been able to enjoy Mavericks DP4 or DP5 in Tech Preview because when I go to install VMware Tools and it restarts the VM is dead. It begins booting and as the drivers as loading (spinning...
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VCAP-CIA Study Sheet
Hello VMTN folks - I've created a study sheet to assist in preparing for the VCAP-CIA exam. If you're hunkering down to prepare, feel free to head on over and download it. I also have a study sheet for...
View ArticleAppHangB1
About 10 or more times a day my VM hangs for upwards of one minute and Windows 7 (service pack one) reports that vmware.exe has stop responding. The problem signature reported by Windows is Problem...
View ArticleUnable to run vbscripts during pre/post/un stages
I have used the vbscript pre/post/un properties and pointed to valid script path. However during provisioning none of the scripts are launched and it remains hung, finally destroys itself after...
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Secure Gateway
Hi there, We have a mix of zero clients and software clients, and I'm having an issue where internal software clients seem to be tunnelling through the PCoIP Secure Gateway of the internal connection...
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Network connectivity for VXlan Traffic issue in Vshield Manager
Hi , When tried to configure VXLAN From VShield manager i am facing the following issue in my VcloudDirector Setup. Below are my screenshots for this specific problem. 1. Below is my host network...
View ArticleA VixDiskLib_Read() failure causes "consolidation needed" on the VM
Hi, After playing VDDK for a while, I found a strange behavior. Once a VixDiskLib_Read() is failed to read a snapshot of a disk in ESX/ESXi, due to VIX_E_HOST_NETWORK_CONN_REFUSED. Later on, after I...
View ArticleSAN Information Needed
Hey everyone, I need help outputting the following information in a csv. Hostname,Datastore NameLUN/Canonical NamePath State (Active/Dead)
View Articlea host selectiopn
Maybe this is a dummy question : I tried to migrated linux VM from one stand alone host to a clustered host. It is telling me there is no space on one of iscsi drive --4.7 GB left Is it supposed to be...
View Articlestart menu and task bar missing when RDP into win vm in unity mode
This is not specific to the preview version of fusion but maybe it can be addressed by the release... I use unity mode 99% of the time on my main work system with a win7 vm. Sometimes I need to RDP...
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