Production & DR DC, using VDR to backup Production and restore into DR?
Hello,We are currently using VDR to backup some of our production virtual machines, we are running ESXi 5.0 and VDR 2.0In vCenter we have setup a DR and Production data center, they are geographically...
View ArticleHow can I disable vmci for all VMs ?
Does anybody know a way to disable VMCI for all VMs - maybe using a config.ini parameter ? I tried vmci0.present = "false" in config.ini but it looks like the vmx-file overrides that entry
View ArticleMS SQL Database server and client configuration for vCloud Director
hi techies, Can any one have clear doucmet for MS SQL Database, server and client ODBC Configuration for vCloud Director ? please help me
View ArticlePatch installation fails - dependencies missing?
Hello, I need to update my ESX 3.5 to 3.5 U5a. However, first I need to apply ESX350-201012410-BG for a known problem with key expiration. To do it, I need to install ESX350-201012404-BG. So far, so...
View ArticleWhat's up with the New Fusion 5.0 Virtual Machine Library - Where's the docs...
First off... I DO really like the direction. So the new library is buggy, poorly designed, undocumented, and not ready for release.#1 - Shared Virtual Machines and Virtual MachinesFirst off - I have...
View ArticleOverage - DataStore Tiers
Hello Everyone, I've looked all over the community and did some digging but couldn't find any useful answers.Maybe you guys can help me. In our virtual environment we have 3 tiers of storage and...
View Articlepowercli 5.0.1 - how do you change a vapp's owner?
Hi,Is anyone using powercli to deploy vCD vapps? I've got vapps deploying fine, but they are set with "system" as the owner. I want to change the owner of these vapps, so that astudent can login and...
View ArticleFusion 5 Unusable?
I have upgraded to Fusion 5, I have two VM's on my MAC a Win8 and a Win7-BootCamp. Things seemed to go well enough at first, but if I run a VM for more than an hour or so, the VM and host become...
View Articleghetto2VCBg2 VMWAre backup Error
I am using ghetto2VCBg2 for backups. I have several datastores that I am using for backup attached to the same ESXi Host that has the VMA server.I have a datastore VMBACKUPS2 that seems to fail but...
View ArticleVM window does not recognize keyboard
Installed VMWare Player 3.1.4 (CPU not adequate for 4 or 5). Host is XP Pro. Want to create VM for Win98. VM creates just fine, but VMwindow accepts no input from the keyboard (PS/2), so cannot...
View ArticleAudit and OOBE mode and answer file
Hi I installed Workstation 8.0.4 on Windows 7 SP1 64-bit. I created a VM with Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, I have set it in Audit mode and I installed its VMWare Tools. Now, to go in OOBE mode, I should write...
View ArticleNo prompt when typing 'unsupported' at ESXi 3.5 console
Hello,when I attempt to acces the ESXi CLI through the use of the "magic" word: unsupported, I not only see the word: 'unsupported' on the screen as I type but I do not get any prompt whatsoever.1) I...
View ArticlevSphere HA Admission Control Calculator
Hi everyone Today I attempted to place a host into maintenance mode and received the infamous "Insufficient resources to satisfy configured failover level for vSphere HA". I worked around this by...
View ArticleVirtual ESXi does not see iSCSI device
Hello, On the physical host I installed one virtual ESXi 5 and FreeNAS VM. Both connected to the same vSwitch on the physical ESXi. Both virtual ESXi and FreeNAS were configured, IP addresses assigned,...
View ArticleView 5.1 SSL Cert question
OK Im brand new to View and installing a View 5.1 farm with 1 Security Server (in DMZ) and the Connection Server as well as the VCenter of course. My main question revoles around the importing of a SSL...
View ArticleStill USB 3 harddrive issues. Unable to connect to local host controller.
What is the freaking problem?? This happened in Fusion 4, and now with Fusion 5 and supposed "USB3 support" it still happens!! Why? Can it even be fixed? rMBP.
View ArticleProcess still runs after closing application
Hi, I ve been trying to virtualize nQuery advisor. I installed the package, launched a shortcut and closed it. Still i am able to see the process running in task manager. Since this exe is still...
View ArticleBest way to set CPU affinity for testing purposes
We want to use CPU affinity for a day or maybe just a few hours and give a certain VM (Windows 7 64 bit) its own processor to test a huge Excel spreadsheet when it does a bunch of calculations. We...
View ArticleHave they fixed networking in Fusion 5?
Right now i have to run bootcamp and dual boot to windows because fusion has the following issues 1) If i run in bridged mode (DHCP) i cannot get a dhcp address2) If i run in bridged mode (static), the...
View ArticleWindows programs locking up
Hi, I have VMWare 3.1.4 on a Mac with 10.6.8. Until recently I have had no problem with using Windows programs. Now when I am in Windows and I try to click on an icon, tab, program, basically anything,...
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