Failed VCP5 exam today :(
Hello VMware Community So I came back from taking the test today depressed as I failed miserably 223 points out of 500,which obviously 300 is passing. Here is my background. I took the ICM course, i...
View ArticleTrouble getting into VM using RDP with a NAT connection
I am having trouble getting into my virtual machine using remote desktop. I am using a NAT connection that was set up using this guide VMware KB: Connecting to VMware virtual machines using the Windows...
View ArticleSeparate dvSwitches for traffic types or use NetworkIO Control with port groups?
If you look at traditional networking documents they recommend separating traffic types into separate physical switches. If that's not possible then using a larger core switch with multiple VLANs can...
View ArticleNeed assistance in choosing between Vsphere ICM 5.1 and Vsphere FT
The company i work for is in the process of implementing a total VM solution (additional 15k netapp shelf, possible FC switches and 3-4 HOSTS IBM or Cisco Host solution. With this new project i have...
View ArticleMalfunctioned Volume
Today I installed VMware Mirage 4.2. The installation went well. I created a WIN 7 "Goldimage" and installed the mirage client. The client showed up in the "Pending Devices" list as well, so I wanted...
View Articlevmrun quits after logout even when run as root
I'm trying to have a headless VM always running. Right now I run the following command as root using launchd: /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmrun -T fusion start vmname nogui This...
View ArticleCan't see shared folders in Linux Guest (Windows Host)
Hi All, I am running Windows 8.1 preview on two separate computers.I have recently adjusted the configuration of my Mint 15 Linux Guest VM's to allow them to see some shared folders.On both systems I...
View ArticleCreate Hardware Report
Hi,I tried to create a hardware report from all the known clients in Mirage.I've checked all the tables in the database and found the Tabel "conitainer" as the core object for the Client.But where are...
View ArticlePort mirroring available with vswitch or only dvswitch?
I am port mirroring on a Juniper switch and are connecting the analyzer port from switch to a nic that is connected to a separate vswitch and setting promiscuous mode on it. I then connect this to a...
View ArticlePrograms installed from CDs do not work in an app layer
I have a department which uses 11 programs particular to that department. They programs are all installed from CDs. On a VM that I was going to use for an app layer, I performed the pre-scan, installed...
View ArticleAutomatically delete VMs for VDI pool after period of time
We use Vmware View 5.0 but soon will upgrade to 5.2 and need functionality to automatically delete all VMs from selected pool after some period of time. We want to provision VDI for a project which...
View ArticleError 31: A device attached to the system is not functioning, Windows 7 host,...
Windows 7 host, Windows XP, Linux guest OSes. Have tried every fix online, including downgrading, upgrading, and uninstalling and reinstalling. Nothing is working. It was working, and then stopped.
View Articleall VDI's locked after reboot
Hello i have a biiiiig problem with my vmware view infrastructure! everytime i reboot a single VDI machine and try to power it up i get the message... Power On virtual machine:Cannot open the disk...
View ArticleVcenter vSphere Web Client
buongiorno, volevo installare vSphere Web Client, premetto che il Vcenter funziona ma volevo usare anche la versione web. risulta gia installato vcenter single sign on, ma ho perso la password, quindi...
View ArticleAssign IP address to VM
Hi All, I am new to this community. What I am trying to do is :1. Clone our one of the existing VM using vmclone.pl2. I am mounting an ISO image to it using vmISOManagement.pl...
View ArticleRedhat Virtualization Licensing For VMware (new)
I am not sure how many people actually know that Redhat now has special licensing for VMware. This actually has wound up saving the company I work for a lot of money, since we have migrated most of...
View ArticleVMWare vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 5) Issue
i have installed VMWare ESXi5 on sun hardware with 6 X 146GB SAS Hard Drive, everthing went fine only one thing i noticed is that it does not detect the correct Drive capacity, instead of 146GB it...
View ArticleSQL Server 22001 error
Good evening,We are seeing the following message in the server.log, using VCO 5.1.1 : 2013-07-02 18:10:21.508-0400 DEBUG [ServerObject] --Generating Event in Database !2013-07-02 18:10:21.512-0400 WARN...
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high cpu load on vcenter server appliance
since a couple of weeks we're seeing a 100% load on our virtual server appliance:Our environment is not that big, it's a demo setup but vpxd is using a lot of CPU resources:Anyone any idea how we can...
View ArticleSSO Install Error 29168
I have never even seen this error before. I am installing SSO onto its own Windows 2008 R2 Standard server. Installing as a stand alone SSO Server, from VCENTER 5.1.0b ISO. Not using Simple Install....
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