Re: OpenGL support for Vmware ESXi
Thanks, krd, great suggestion, I'll look into that. JarryG, I know you don't find my solution optimal, but I'm running from a system that I built out of servers that an employer let me hijack from...
View ArticleCreate a WS Library of Shared VMs from scratch
Hi: For some reason (doesn't really matter since I will NOT reinstall WS) the program has no library for shared VM's. I created a Windows 8 ordinary VM and then successfully created a shared...
View ArticleRe: Unable to reboot or shutdown host via vMA
I got it working; I got help through the command vicfg-hostops --help It returned what i was looking for --force -f "Optional for reboot and shutdown operation. Flag to force the host that is...
View ArticleRe: VCDX Working Group?
i'm game!, i'm still currently still working on my documents and could use the peer reviews, alan@alanrocks.com
View ArticleRe: Setting Path Policy on Only Single Datastore
No reboot is required. You have to make changes in all the hosts that you want the policy to be changed on. Round Robin (RR): Uses an automatic path selection rotating through all available paths,...
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Workstation 9.0.2 Linux Issue
Fellow Community Members, I was speaking to a client whom is running VMware Workstation 9.0.2 under Linux and has installed a Windows 7 guest. It appears that as far as he can tell the GUI for VMware...
View ArticleRe: Syslog client for Windows
You can try out snare for windows. It works pretty good. Grab the open source one. http://www.intersectalliance.com/projects/SnareWindows/
View ArticleRe: Best NTP server virtual appliance
Build a base Ubuntu Server VM and follow this short guide here. Then point all of your devices that you require NTP to be configured on to the Ubuntu VM. All done.
View ArticleRe: Help! Cannot copy & paste text between guest and host in VMware...
Hi, toca1337I wish my reply is not too late.I also have same problem exactly. The one thing I solved this problem(issue) is...[Assuming two things]1. Your guest OS is running now.2. VM > Settings...
View ArticleRe: Copy / Paste Not Working, Unity Mode - Workstation 8
Hi, 123apple & AT888 I wish my reply is not too late.I also have same problem exactly. The one thing I solved this problem(issue) is... [Assuming two things]1. Your guest OS is running now.2. VM...
View ArticleHow to reset configuration on esxi 5.1 which keeps crashing at startup?
Hi, I've got a home lab where I have an ESXi 5.1.0 host configured to power on a vm when the host starts up. The host will start up and I'll see the DCUI for a few seconds before getting a purple...
View ArticleRe: vcenter has unusable lable through orchestrator client
Dear Ilian Iliev I found log files in the locations you mentioned, and tried to find Errors or Exceptions as you asked, there was many log files and some of them big one, there was Errors and...
View ArticleRe: VMs loose network after Vmotion
It is set to Static, I know that could be a showstopper. but need to ensure that it is before we make change .
View ArticleRe: VM goes into System Recovery mode after reboot
Hi AkashH, Thank you for your reply. I have tried clonning the VM but. After I run the diskpart utility is OK. However, after a restart of the VM they are again all over the place. I have tried...
View ArticleRe: Is it possible to mount vmdk file and copy the data to the other vmdk file ?
Thank you.Host OS and guest OS is windows.
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ESXi hardware build
Guys, It has been almost 5 years of running version 4. It is time for upgrading . The 8 GB ram limitation on the board is past due! Looking at these items below. The machine is for home use for...
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Re: Event ID 7000, Service Control Manager
Are you using Shared Virtual Machines? If not, then I'd just disable the VMware Workstation Server Service!
View ArticlePowercli, change pathing: RDMS to Fixed and VMFS to Round Robin
With the new improvements to vSphere native mulit pathing (NMP) in 5.1 I wanted to change all my LUNS to use Round Robin as per the new EMC best practice with my VNX flare code.However I also have MSCS...
View ArticleRe: Discover USB Devices available for passthru
Thanks a lot for your greate script, It's so helpfull~ But one thing I still fell confused. Where should I get my PID and VID? wish to get your replying, thanks again~ water
View ArticleRe: Sizing of Branch Reflector maximum connections
Thank you for your quick reply. We are planning 2 Base Images of Win7 32 bit for desktop and notebook PCs. Most branches have less than 100 endpoints. By your advice, we are planning to deploy 1 or 2...
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