user account locks out automatically
This might be not a VMware issue as such but someone can assist if he/she have some idea on this I have a user in whose account gets locked out immediately within 2 minutes. I am fed up unlocking his...
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vShield Data security: XXX...
Hi, Why I tried to make a scan with data security but it seems impossible.ESXi 5.1, vCenter 5.1, vSM 5.1, Data Security 5.1 are on the same network. (ping ok, nslookup ok)Everything is green in...
View ArticleError on vCenter com.vmware.sps.fault.qsconnectionexception
Hi all;I get an error such as the appendix on vSphere Server. I ran into this error expanding the datastore. But on the virtual machines running normally comes at a time of error. Do not have a...
View ArticleAre there any pitfalls to installing vCenter Server on a host in a cluster...
I suppose the first answer I get back will be; Why? Our organization has decided that the UNIX team and the Windows team cannot share a single vCenter Server that manages the entire environment. Hence...
View ArticleVMWare Player 5 Silent Install
Does anyone know how to install VMware Player 5 silently. Here is a list of customizations that I would like to perform.Suppress EULA on first runInstall our License KeyDisable Automatic updates I...
View ArticleEverytime AV Server Push Out Updates, VMs Network Connectivity Gets Spotty
We're currently running two ESXi 5.1 hosts both of which use teamed 1 GB connections for the VM network. We have about 60 VMs across the two servers and every time the Vipre AV server pushes out...
View ArticleGet Hosts with Windows VM guests
Hi Community! I just want to output to the screen or Excel all the VMhosts that have guest OSs that are Windows. I tried something like Get-vmhost | get-vm | get-vmguest | where-object {$_.OSFullName...
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Turning off debug option - in Linux
All the discussion about turning off the debug option in TP concerns the Windows version. Since I can't install either GA or TP in Windows (dreaded MSI problem - which I've documented in the WS forum...
View ArticleGet-VMHostFirmware - Network config??
Get-VMHostFirmware - vSphere PowerCLI Cmdlets Reference Would anyone happen to know if the Network config gets captured when you use the -backupconfiguration switch? I tried a test restore after I...
View ArticleOpenSuse 12.3 host, missing dependency
Installed the Preview on a fresh OpenSUSE 12.3 host. Installation reported no problems but vmplayer UI and Workstation UI fails to start. Starting the UI directly shows that the libart_lgpl_2-2 package...
View ArticleSnapshot report on how often
I was wondering if there was a way to query vcenter with a powershell script to get a report on how often snapshots are taken and how often snapshots are reverted. Thanks
View ArticleHow to disable debug info gathering
On VM power on I get a dialog telling me debug info gathering is turned on and to run this off in advanced options for the VM. I can find no such option.
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VMware Player 5.0.1 in ESXi5 VM - Bridged network issue
Hi community, I have the strange situation that I have to run the Player in a VM that is running on ESXi 5.0. Please don't ask why I just have to deal with this situation for now, no alternatives at...
View ArticleProviding Workspace as hosting service
We are thinking about offering horizon as a hosting service for our customers. In our opinion there is a lot of potential for such a service The requirements would be * Integrating with customers...
View ArticleThe address generation algorithm for a bridged virtual network adapter does...
I'm using a fresh installation of SLES 11 64bit SP2 with VMware Workstation 9.0.2.A system service powers on/off a virtual machine every time the host is started/turned off.This virtual machine is...
View ArticleWyse P25 - View Display Issue
Hey there! I'm hoping someone else has come across this issue before and can point me in the right direction. We've recently purchased a number of Wyse P25 zero clients. These have both a Display...
View ArticleSome computers stuck at "Pending first discovery"
Hi, cluster with 4 hosts, running vcenter 5.1, esx 5.1, and IN 2.0.the Navagiator has enumerated all the hosts in the cluster with the exception of three hosts (all are MS SQL vm's as well)each of the...
View ArticleUsing Update-Tools and adding Sync driver?
Is there not a way when using the Update-Tools cmdlet--to pass options to install new features for vmtools? For example the default vmtools install does not install the sync driver. If you install...
View ArticleEMC Grap issue
Dears Hi I having five ESXi host (two of them esxi5.1 and the remain are 5.0) trying use EMC Grap 1.3.1. I successfully did it on only one host. the others show errors note: I try to run grap from...
View ArticleProduct key not sticking when deploying from templates
Greetings! I've tried deploying Win 7, Win XP and Win XP x64 templates. I've manually entered the product key during customization and I've also tried putting the key in a Customization Specification....
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