HA Failover failed - sanity check on what I think happened?
We have a small 2 host HA cluster running 5.1. We have several vSwitches (management, VM Network, iSCSI) each with 2 pNICs assigned with the pNICs being spread across different physical cards in the...
View ArticleChanges in Windows 8 are discarded after going back to snapshot
Hi, I'm using Workstation 9.0.2 build-1031769 and I have installed Winsdos 8 Pro as a VM.Now I determined the following behavior: 1.) I installed a new application (App1) on Win82.) After some tests I...
View Articlelocation of ks.cfg during %post
I need to reference my ks.cfg file during %post. Does anyone know where i can find it without doing a wget to my pxe server?
View ArticleUnable to ping Network
i have instaled esxi 5.1 with NIC card Intel PRO /1000 MT ,,,Installation was smooth and after assigning IP , unable to ping to the esxi boxany help
View ArticleVMware landscape
I'm new to VMware products and am trying to get oriented with the terminology and tools. Can someone define the following and talk about how they fit together? Is there a good intro document that...
View ArticleVR supports Storage vMotion and SDRS?
Hi, reading the course manual ICM 5.1, the lesson says it supports Storage vMotion y SDRD, but in the VMware documentation says otherwise. Anyone can tell me if it supports or not? thanks
View ArticleThe Will Sigar 1.6.4 when you can support AIX 7.1 platform?
Due to the upgrade to AIX 7.1, causing sigar unavailable, ask whether the current solution to the problem
View ArticleHow to map device-id from event log
I'm have an ESXi 5.1.0-799733 system which I administer using vSphere client. And there I get a log message :"Device naa.600605b00 ... afe6b. Performance has detoriated".Where can I find what device...
View ArticleWhere to download VMware Update Manager
The ESXi 5.1.0 patch documentation (http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2043968) describes that one can use VMware Update Manager to...
View Article"Automatic startup" error when configuring VM auto startup
I am using the vSphere client to configure my VM guests to auto-start when the VM host is booted (Host Configuration\Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown, Properties). When clicking on <ok> to...
View ArticleVirtualizing Snow Leopard
I’ve read a handful of posts regarding Virtualizing Snow Leopard, apologize if I’m beating the dead horse here, but I was wondering if this is possible… I have a new (refurbished) MBP running...
View ArticleKeyboard not working properly - Wrong Characters & Caps Lock REVERSED
I have found some weird behavior of the keyboard (Spanish ISO) on Mac OS X Server 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard Server) on VMware Fusion 5.0.3 on OS X 10.8.3 (Mountain Lion): 1. In all cases on Snow Leopard...
View Articlereceiving error message when trying to migrate pc
hello all I have just started using vmware and i wanted to migrate my windows 7 64bit system to my mac. i seem to get an error message and cant seem to get any further. has anyone else had a problem...
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Checking for patches or updates ESXi 5.1 (free)
Good Morning Support Community, I'm hoping that you can help me with a question, how can I check that i'm running the most up to date version of ESXi 5.1 on my home server? I tried installing the...
View ArticleHow to start up in safe boot or safe mode INSIDE a virtual machine?
How to start up in safe boot or safe mode INSIDE a virtual machine? Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564 In a Mac, you do it pressing the Shift key until you see...
View ArticleRhel 6 nic order with 4 network adapter or more
Hi, I'm having problem with NIC order on RHEL 6 VM.When creating 4 NIC's or more, the RHEL will map the last NIC in order to eth0. I.E "Network Adapater 1" is mapped to eth1"Network Adapater 2" is...
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Зависает ESXi 5.1 при завершении работы гостевой ОС
Здравствуйте! ESXi 5.1 зависает при завершении работы гостевой ОС.Скриншот с экрана хоста:Гостевая ОС Microcore 3.8.4, завершаю командой sudo poweroff.Подскажите, пожалуйста, в чем может быть проблема.
View ArticlePlanning vCPU per core
I'm doing some planning around vCPU contention ratios, and I'm curious as to whether there is anything actually published by VMware. I've variously heard that the planning range should be 5 - 8, or 5 -...
View Articlestart esx without loading all modules on boot
I've developed an ESX module and added it to the boot sequence so it gets loaded on every boot (the boot.cfg file contains my module). The problem is that in some cases my module can crash the ESX...
View ArticleTop 10 VMware Interview Questions
Hi Guys, I need to understand what are your top 10 interview questions that you ask when hiring for a VMware engineer position. I am working on piece of work where i am assisting some sr. managers in...
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