Network issue between to VMs on the same switch
Hello, I am stuck on an issue with my small network. I have an ESXi 5 host that is hosting approximately 10 virtual machines. The last two machines I have setup recently are displaying an unexpected...
View ArticleHow many VM's per host?
Hello all,I'm very interested in VMPlayer for my needs, but just a couple quick questions. - Are you limited to the number of VM's you can put on a host? Ideally, I would like to have 2-3 VM's on one...
View ArticleDesktop not saving changes for End users
End users make changes to their desktops like rearranging icons and grouping them according to how they feel fit. But, the next day when they boot up these changes are reset. Is there a way to make...
View ArticleGUI crashed after resuming macbook from sleep
Hi, After I got back to my macbook and woke up the machine, the Fusion GUI application crashed on me and wanted to send a problem report to Apple.(See attached)At the time I had 4 virtual machines...
View ArticlePackage a Bundle to Production Server
I am using the documents from the updated-sdk-docs. I have a very simple helloworld plugin. It is made up like the echo service example, and it passes a string to a simple java service and receives...
View ArticlePerforming update blanks out manifest-installed
I had one user report back that his update failed. I looked at the VAMI web management page and it had no properties about the current appliance version. The update tab that usually displays Vendor,...
View ArticleRelaunchUsingCreateProcess error with Thinapp
I'm trying to Thinapp IBM ImagePlus Workstation Program under Windows 7 The Thinapp build process runs fine, but when I test the Thinapp on my build machine w/ the fat client installed (dirty test), I...
View ArticleVirtual machines residing on NFS storage become unresponsive during a...
I recently encountered a situation seeming to match that described in KB 2010953, Virtual machines residing on NFS storage become unresponsive during a snapshot removal operation. Have any of you seen...
View ArticleP2V error: FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion:...
Got this message when attempting P2v of Windows 2003 SP2 server on Workgroup. Using the IP address and local administrator account to login to server and connecting to vCenter to add the VM to the...
View ArticleHow to Prevent VmWare Player from disabling Shared Folders when moving VMs
Hi Everybody, has anyone an idea for the following problem: we have to deploy some VMs to a large amount of users. We have an installation script to copy the VM to the users harddisk and adding it to...
View Article2 Days of performance data / Logs missing
In our lab we have a stand alone VM ESX 5.1 environment. I went to look at some historical Performance Data I saw blank spaces in the graphs. I can not figure out how this would have happened. - Any...
View ArticleWhat network throughput is possible with WS9 + 10GbE?
I'm getting approximately 325 Mbits/sec throughput with Iperf on VM-network-VM (same host) tests without any tuning whatsoever. I know that's very slow but what would be considered an achievable...
View ArticleNew !! Open unofficial storage performance thread
Hello everybody, the old thread seems to be sooooo looooong - therefore I decided (after a discussion with our moderator oreeh - thanks Oliver -) to start a new thread here. Oliver will make a few...
View ArticleIssue with combo of VMWare Workstation, .vhd virtual drives, and 4K sector...
All, I am suspecting something wrong with some of my virtual machines. I have been using these VMs for some time, and I'm seeing some odd behavior recently. I am seeing lots of corruption in the (.vhd...
View ArticleEdit VMware Connection Server Settings
Hello, I have a VMware View 5.0 and I am experiencing an issue with our internal web proxy that has been recently in place. We are using a wpad.dat file for our machines to automatically detect our...
View ArticleDeploying, customizing, and modifying VMs from a csv file
Hello, With a lot of help from Eco91 I have produced the script below. It deploys a series of VMs at the same time, waits for them to boot and perfom an OS Customization, then changes basic networking...
View Articlenew vSAN feature -- which versions will get it??
Supposedly the new vSphere 5.5 vSAN feature is in BETA and everyone can try/use it.Whenever it goes GA does anyone know which users will be cut off from using it??That is, will it only be given to...
View ArticleEnable WSX HTTPS
Hello Community; I am playing around with WSX on Workstation 9 on Windows and it works good, however I want to try out HTTPS on WSX. How would I create self-signed cert? I am seeing the SSL directory...
View ArticleMTU 9000 sur carte ISCSI Indépendante seur serveur ESX 3.5
Bonjour, Est il possible de configurer une carte de stockage ISCSI indépendante en MTU 9000 (trames Jumbo) sur un serveur ESX 3.5Ou du moins comment puis je savoir si ma carte est elle déjà configurée...
View ArticleSATA virtual disk greyed out?
One of the new features in Fusion 2013 is supposed to be the ability to add SATA virtual disks like ESXi. I've tried to add a new disk and I see IDE, SCSI but SATA is greyed out. Is it only an option...
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