Which NIC for Windows 2008? E1000 or VMXNET 3?
In ESXi 4, Windows 2008 VMs seem to want to default to the E1000 model NIC when creating a new one. However, after reading the KB on this...
View ArticleScript to detach CD media always promts for action
I have created this script and am when run this always pormts for action to anser Y N A for the scipt to continue. What is the command to always answer the question with a yes ? get-cddrive -VM $vm...
View ArticleConvertir una maquina virtual de Hyper-V a Vmware Esx
Hola He intentado convertir las máquinas virtuales de un hyper-v a un esx vsphere a través del converter 4.0, pero... cuando digo thir party, y busco el archivo de disco de la maquina virtual hyperv,...
View ArticleVMware farm sizing vs LUNs size
Imagine a huge environment: 16 hosts with 2 TB Luns, each host with some 90 VMs (say all with the same requirements in term of performance and availability). From experience, considering only the...
View ArticleFusion 5.0.3 and Ubuntu 13.04
I have the VM running but I cannot seem to get the VMWare Tools installed. I installed the build tools and the kernel source files. I have tried to point it to...
View ArticleRestrict access to specific VM in a secure manner?
I would like to embed the VMware console in a webapplication, and am looking at the VMware Remote Console SDK documentation.The documentation suggests my webapplication should log into vSphere using...
View ArticleTransfer a Linux installation from a physical disk to VMWare Fusion
After my old triple boot system died recently I now desparately need to get my old Linux installation running in a virtual machine on my new system.I therefore upgraded to VMWare Fusion 5, my machine...
View ArticleVmware OVF Size
We are creating an OVF of a RHEL 5.4 64 Bit Guest OS. The guest VM is created with 30 GB VMDK (thin provisioning). The total size of the occupied space is 11GB. But when we are exporting the OVF size...
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ESXi 5.x on new Apple Mac Mini 6,2 Late 2012 *NOT* working
Hello! I bought one of the new MacMinis, which were presented yesteraday, plugged two 8GiB DD3-1600 modules in (OsX reported 16GiB of memory, as the models before) and tried to install ESXi 5.1 Build...
View ArticleMigration to host x.x.x.x failed with error Already disconnected (195887150).
I am getting this timeout error in vcenter when doing a vmotion of a vm. any idea what this is? this is on esxi 5.1 914609 Migration to host x.x.x.x failed with error Already disconnected (195887150)....
View ArticleConnect to another computer from my VMWare installation
Hello, I have a MacBook running VMWare Fusion 5.0.3. I have a virtual machine that is running Windows 8 Pro. From the Windows 8 Pro virtual machine, I would like to access a folder on a Windows 8...
View ArticleQuestion about Oracle conversion in vSphere
Hello there! I'm new to VMware and have tried to find this answer prior to posting here, but no luck yet. We have a client that is going to be virtualizing their servers onto an ESXi 5. The current...
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Passed VCP 5.1, now what?
I'm excited I passed. Now, I guess the next step is getting my certification validated by VMware. Does anyone know how long does it take to receive my certificate and show it on myEducation portal?...
View ArticleAgent unreachable
Hi,I got some problem with view 4.5 I made linked clones using view composer.And when I logged in the agent machine, it looks fine.but after leaving the agent machine for 30 mins without touch, I tried...
View ArticleNew VSA Deployment on 2 Dell R720XDs connected via PowerConnect 5448
Hello, I have a network-related configuration questions in my install of VSA. 2 Dell PowerEdge R720XD servers each with 1 Broadcom quadport NIC1 Dell PowerConnect 5448 Gb switch - Only currently using...
View Articlehow to use vSphere Client script plug-ins with the vSphere Web Client
Hi, all how to use vSphere Client script plug-ins with the vSphere Web Client. I found...
View ArticleFile Level Restore - snapshot sometimes overwritten
Hello, I'm testing this features but have a behavior I don't understand. I did the following:1. I edit a file "edit.txt"2. I click "Sync now"3. I edit the "edit.txt" file again.4. I click "Sync now"...
View ArticlevMA Update Best Practice
Hi everyone,I apologise if this is a basic question but I had trouble finding any relevant documentation. Simply, what is the best practice for keeping vMA (v5.0+) up-to-date? I'm currently running a...
View Articleaccess is denied
Hi, I have installed and granted "domain admin" inside administrator role in mirage.example: "domain admins" include 'administrator' and "myadmin" accounts.I rdp into the mirage server using...
View ArticleProblem with legacy plugin in Web Client
I tried to see my legacy plugin 'aastra_test_name' in vSphere Web Client. I added to 'webclient.properties': scriptPlugin.enabled=trueallowHttp=trueI can see that the directory was...
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