esxcli security hardening commands for postboot section of kickstart
Looking to kickstart esx5i hardening in the postboot section....does vmware or any gurus have esxcli commands handy for same I do see references to hardening reports script but most of vmware...
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When can we expect a proper retina display implementation
Hi Vmware I own one of these macs with the not so new but brilliant and crispy Retina displays. I know that Window has it's own problems with High-DPI but others like paralles managed to solve it as...
View ArticleTransactions with IsolationLevel Snapshot cannot be promoted. (VCAC5.2+VCD5.1)
Hi all i am trying to use VCAC+VCD to deploy vAPP. i created vApp component and vApp. but when i submit my request i got this error: Error requesting machine. Transactions with IsolationLevel Snapshot...
View ArticleRight Click Menu's Closing Under Unity View
I am running the latest Fusion 5.0.2 (900491) and a VM of Windows 7.When in Unity view, if I right click, the menu's frequently close when I mouse over a selection. This occurs in Windows Explorer,...
View ArticleFocus Not Going to New Window in Unity
VMWare Fusion 5.0.1Windows 7 Guest (though I think this is not a guest issue and would occur with other OS - haven't tested it though)OSX 10.8.2 Whenever a new window is opened in a guest while in...
View ArticleCPU Shares
If we change the CPU Share value to "High" on a Powered On VM. Is reboot required in order to take that affect. ???
View Article"Non-system disk or disk error" after ESXi 5.1 installation
Hello I tried to install ESXi 5.1 on my 16GB SD card. I installed it from an USB Drive and everything went just well until it said that I had to reboot my computer. It said that the installation was...
View ArticleWhy my host disconnects?
Hello kind folks, I am running a three host cluster ESX 5.1 U1a (upgraded from 5.0).DRS and HA enabled. Each of my hosts keep getting disconnected causing migrations, etc.I can see suspicious events in...
View ArticleIcon for program doesn't appear in dock
My host is Mac OS X 10.8.4, my guest is Windows 7 SP1, and I'm running VMWare Fusion 4.1.4. Most Windows programs appear in the Mac Dock when they are opened. This is true for Internet Explorer,...
View ArticleNew user with questions about VMware Workstation v9
Greetings all, I am new to VMware and am evaluating Workstion v9 with 30-day license. I have read most of the relevant documentation, installed and configured the product, created several VMs, twice...
View ArticleSwitching between guest and host hangs computer
I am running VMWare Fusion 5.0.3 on an Late 2012 27-inch iMac with a 3.4Ghz Core i7 and 16Gb RAM running OS X 10.8.4. The guest is 64-bit Windows 7. Here is my problem: If I stay in the guest OS for...
View ArticleQuestion on ESXi 5 upgrade
Situation:- Planned to upgrade ESX 4.0 to ESXi 5.1 (with fresh install) - In vCenter [ hkdatacenter (datacenter) >>> hkvmcluster (cluster) >>> hkvm1, hkvm2, hkvm3, hkvm4 (4 hosts)...
View ArticleAllow permission to delete VMs created by user
Greetings, I am using ESXI 5.1. I already have made it so that users cannot delete VMs. However, they are allowed to create VMs based on others (deploy Templates). How can I allow them to delete only...
View ArticleESX 5.0 U2 and VM renames
Aloha, With surpreme joy I discovered that ESX 5.0 U2 supposedly fixed the problem SVMotion no longer synicing display names, folder names and file names. So I upgraded my test system and did a couple...
View ArticleError 29114 Cannot connect to DB
I keep getting Error 29114 Cannot connect to DB, I have checked all passwords characters... any advice? Cheers
View Articleerror 29114 cannot connect to db during VCenter 5.1 SSO install
I'm attempting to install VCenter 5.1 (build 947939) and I've selected the simple install and told the installer to use SQL 2008 express. So, the install gets to a point where it generates the above...
View ArticleWhich dell server to buy compatible with ESXi 5.1
Hi, we have currently a server running VMware ESX 4.1 (8 cores, 16GB Ram) which is about 4 years old.We have SBS, windows 2008 server and two windows 7 machines running on it. I would like to buy a new...
View ArticleDynamic Disk Across VMFS-3 and VMFS-5 Volumes
We are running Vmware 4.1, 5.0 and 5.1 in our environment and have VMF-3 and VMFS-5 Volumes. We have a share that is rapidly approaching the 2 TB limit which is the size of the drive partition it is...
View ArticleAutomate/Script VMware Workstation Disk Cleanup / Defrag
Is there a way to automate or Script VMware Workstation Disk Cleanup and/or Defrag? I've searched on the forums and using google and can't find anything.
View ArticleVM info is not being displayed while using PowerCLI invoked from VB Script
Hi, I am trying to run a simple VB Script to list the VMs, Hosts and Data Centers. The script is able to create a connection and it displays "Completed execution". But, the required data is not...
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