How do you handle sleeping host computer and keeping time in sync?
Each day I sleep my computer and wake it up on the next work day. I do this so my desktop and applications are right where I left off vs shutting down and booting up then starting all apps again. When...
View ArticleUSB Passthrough | Dell PowerEdge 1950
Hi, I've read a number of posts on the error "Host does not support passthrough configuration" when trying to configure USB Passthrough but had a couple of further questions... Is USB pass-though for...
View ArticleCluster DRS Resource distribution monitoring/reports
I need some alarm or report for all my clusters that will show me the resource distribution for CPU and Mem in %I dont see any alarm options I can set in vC and I tried the Health Script but that...
View Articlepython API
Can anyone point me in the direction on how to use the API with python and in particular how to authenticate? I don't see how the authentication bit works and where I can see my secret and api keys?...
View ArticleVMWare Fusion, Windows 8, and Thunderbolt Port Support?
Hello everyone, I need clarification to see if this is something that's possible with VMware Fusion.Basically the company I work for has a hardware device that runs off a thunderbolt port.Currently it...
View ArticleDoes anyone have any experience with vCenter 4.1 and NetApp Virtual Storage...
Does anyone have any experience with vCenter 4.1 (build 925676) and NetApp Virtual Storage Console 4.2? We're formerly a HP EVA storage environment , and now migrating to an HA pair of Netapp v3240's....
View ArticleThinapp 4.7.3 and Quickbooks
Hi!I try to thinapp Quickbook with Thinapp 4.7.3 and get this issue (see attach).Previous versions havn't this problem.Looks like encoding problem.Maybe somebody had the same issue and resolve it?Thanks
View ArticleAdministrator account just get disable before customization script
Hi, I am facing a strange issue in my infra. I cloned a VM in order to deploy a template from it. After creating template, Whenever I am trying to deploy a VM from template, I find administrator...
View ArticleFusion 6 Install unexpected ended
Macbook 13" (early 2008), Intel Core 2 Duo, Lion, Fusion 5, Windows 8 Pro Hi, I had installed Fusion 5 and have downloaded the Light Version of Fusion 6.In the VMware KB2014097 I could read:...
View ArticleCluster DRS Resource distribution monitoring/reports
I need some alarm or report for all my clusters that will show me the resource distribution for CPU and Mem in %I don't see any alarm options I can set in vC and I tried the Health Script but that...
View ArticleCannot recreate Boot Camp Volume in Fusion 6
I've been successfully using Fusion 5 with Bootcamp since it came out. I upgraded to 6 today and it had me delete my VMWare Bootcamp file and recreate it. When I go to recreate it, on the "Choose a...
View ArticleRepeated DS2 workload error of all threads not getting connected before timeout
Facing error during run of ds2 workload with VMMark2.5. Following is the error message that are coming in .wrf file of DS2WebA.. Corresponding messages appear in STAX console of prime client as well....
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Clone OS disk only, script complete and working...
Hi guys, after some painful research and testing, I've finally finished a test release of a script that will clone a hot VM's OS disk whilst ignoring the other disks. It seems that defining a VM...
View ArticleLooking for the Eval of vCenter Log Insight?
Are you looking for the Evaluation Version of Log Insight? Go here: https://www.vmware.com/go/try-log-insight. I added this while we get this listed on other areas on the web site. Bill RothVMware.
View ArticleIs there a better way to choose the first name in a list?
I want to retrieve some VMs and list their snapshots and the descriptions and names of those snapshots, as soon as I started to type this question, another solution came up, but I'll go over the first....
View ArticleTry Fusion 6 trial without consenting to email spam?
I want to try VMWare Fusion 6's trail but the trial installer demands my email address with an overzealous statement like "Enter a valid email address to begin your complimentary 30-day trial. You...
View Article"No bootable device" after successful ESXi 5 installation on Intel DG35EC...
So... Here's the deal. I have a desktop PC I'm using a test box for ESXi. The motherboard is an Intel DG35EC with G35 and ICH8 chipset. Back in the 4.1 U1 days I could install ESXi 4.1 w/ update 1 to...
View ArticleAnyone using multisite SSO with SRM 5.1?
Hi, We're going to put in a "active/active" SRM 5.1 deployment (half the protected VMs on each site - using the opposite site as their recovery site). The vSphere 5.1 environment will be brand new too...
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vim.fault.HttpFault when sorting VMs in vSphere Client after 5.1 upgrade
Hello. I have recently completed a upgrade of vCenter from 5.0 > 5.1. I ran into some common teething problems with SSO but things look ok at the moment. I do have one problem that I'd really like...
View ArticleI need help bad. - Deleted snapshots
So. Human error. I deleted some snapshots.Using Workstation 9. I had roughly 17 snapshots. I accidentally deleted 5 of the snapshots. I was able to go back to the original vmdk to get the machine...
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