New laptop + vmware 8 + guest WinXp Prof + USB ports
Hello Guys!! I am close to buying a new laptop 64 bit OS Windows 7 Prof. 64 bit SP1; minimum processor i5. I'll have to use VMware Wokstation 8 x for work with many vm with OS Windows XP Prof SP3. I...
View ArticleESXi VM's very slow file transfer to 100Mb clients on Cisco 2960 switches
Anyone seen this before? We've just completed a major LAN upgrade and replaced 12 legacy switches with Cisco 2960's. The LAN is performing very well, but any traffic to and from ESXi VM's is very...
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Allowing non-root users to mount ISO images in VSphere
Hellos! I'm running ESXi 5 on a root server, and would like my users to be able to mount ISO images from a local datastore in their respective VMs. I created a role to allow them to start/stop/reset...
View Article"Run a command" alarm action not executing
Hi all, I have configured an alarm in vcentre with an action to run a command. I got this working fine last week, I test it today and the command is not running. When I logged on today i couldn't power...
View ArticleError with unity helper
When running the VMware player for a while, I received the following error:vmware-unity-helper.exe - application errorThe instruction at 0x0000000075D2EDD2 referenced memory at 0x0000000075CD60B8. The...
View Articlephantom alarm after datastore issue
After a planned full shutdown due to building power maintenance, I had several VMs return with an Alarm icon, but no corresponding alarm detail or visible problem. Initially, the VMs in question all...
View ArticleRaid 1, 5, or 6?
Hey guys, Newbie to vmware here and have a quick question. We just upgraded our old system to vmware 5 and are in the proccess of purchasing another storage array. currently we have a MD3000I with 15...
View ArticleUsing VDR 2.0 to backup VM's in conjunction with Backup Exec question?
HI We use backup exec agents for application aware backups such as Exchange 2k7, SQL databases, File shares etc however we do not backup the windows infrastructure that the apps reside on. Is is ok to...
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Cannot add Windows Applications - ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
All, I was wondering if anyone has encountered the situation as per the attached screenshot? I have been able to setup all of Horizon App Manager's features except for the Windows Applications Network...
View ArticleIssues with shared folders on a Windows 2003 R2 client
Hello, I have VMware ESXi 5 hypervisor with two processors and 32GB of RAM. It runs on a DELL PE 2950. Between several VMs I have a fresh installation of Windows 2003 R2 std edition with a really big...
View Articlerc.local and file persistence
ESXi-v5 supposedly has a core of files (10 or so) that get automatically backed-up or saved periodically. Is this list (and the process) documented somewhere on this site or ? Also, if a custom set of...
View ArticleHypervisor is vulnerable?
Hi, as you know, one of the big question of vmware security is "Is hypervsor vulnerable?" i read a paper at http://blogs.gartner.com/neil_macdonald/2011/01/26/yes-hypervisors-are-vulnerable/ but this...
View Articleproblem to convert thick disk to thin disk
Hello, I have a VM with 2 disks 10g one thin disk mode one thick disk mode I encounter a problem in converting to a thick disk to thin disk of 10g I used to vmkfstool transformed into thin disk in the...
View ArticleSuggestion: Manual Capture - Run Recipe
We have been using a custom recipe to convert System Center applications to ThinApps for our VDI environment using auto-capture. However, sometimes we will need to make a minor change during the...
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"Failed to extend disk" error message
I get this error message when trying to expand the virtual disk: As you can see there is no snapshots: Here is the content of the .vmsd file: .encoding = "windows-1252"snapshot.lastUID =...
View ArticleThe source parameters are invalid (for an Acronis file)
Dear friends, I installed VMware-converter-all-5.0.0-470252.exe without errors. When I try to convert a "Backup image or third-party virtual machine" from a .tib file I get the "The source parameters...
View ArticleVNC on Fusion 4.1.3 OSX 10.7 very slow
Hi all - I'm a new Fusion customer and we're serving five OSX 10.7 Lion VMs via VNC however there's one problem - they're all VERY slow to update over VNC. I can VNC to the host itself (not VMware) and...
View ArticleDeploy VM over SLOW link
Hello all, I need some suggestions on what I can do? Here is where i'm at, we have two hosts at a remote site that is connected back to vCenter over a 1.5M link. On one of those remote hosts we have...
View ArticleOut of Memory
Hi, I am using the vCO appliance and recieve these errors weekly, which cause the services to crash. warn:Aug 6 15:17:53 vco kernel: [ 6521.377208] [<ffffffff810b85a0>]...
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Network connection not showing
I have a remote site that has has an ESXi (free) host running on an IBM 3650 M3 with two quad NIC's installed. At the remote site, I had them plug in two more network cables - one in an onboard NIC...
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