ESXi 5.0 random reboot
I have an ESXi 5.0 host that will randomly reboot. Its on a Win 2008 R2 server and is running two virtual machines with Win 7 OS. Has anyone else had this problem? Can you point me in the right...
View ArticleCannot uninstall OR install Vmware Workstation or Player on Ubuntu
Hi, I used to have Workstation 7.1.2 installed on my Ubuntu 10.10. I upgraded to 11.04 a few days ago and it doesn't work anymore. Tried uninstalling it but: # vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation...
View ArticleVMware Fusion Hangs/Crashes
I am running VMware Fusion Professional Version 5.0.3 (1040386). I am able to open up the virtual machine and snapshots I have, but a few minutes after opening the virtual machine hangs with a rainbow...
View ArticleInstallation successful
Considering that mostly people just report problems, just wanted to post that the installation went smooth.Upon installation it started up and nicely showed me my VM in the list, I changed ti VM to...
View ArticleSSO upgrade question
We have two sites running 5.0 that I need to upgrade to 5.1.After reviewing the upgrade documentation I have a question.We are not currently using Vcenter linked mode but I want to deploy it. Based on...
View ArticleWhy Failed to clone disk: There is not enough space on the file system for...
The Situation:1. We have two SuperMicro servers running ESXi 5.1, and do cross-backups each night between the servers using vkmfstools. Each server has Windows 2003 Server VM running Windows...
View Articledo you know if we can pre-load ESXi on an USB drive in the B200 M3?
do you know if we can pre-load ESXi on an USB drive in the B200 M3?
View ArticleError: Unable to connect to the Converter helper server on the destination...
I keep getting this error and i have checked all the steps with the helper VM and it gets stuck at 1% then errors after about three hours this is with a static IP for the helper address. converter 5.1...
View ArticleClone VM Without Quiescing?
We use PowerCLI 5.1 to automate routine cloning of some VMs. Since upgrading VMTools to 5.1, some VMs cronically fail to clone with this error when attempting to create a snapshot: The guest OS has...
View ArticleVMware restarts every day.
I'm running VMware ESXi, 4.1.0 It's been restarting every day at exactly 4:09 PMI have 3 virtual servers that get rebooted at 4:09 PM because of this and in the system logs it always says 'Unexpected...
View ArticleHow do I restore a virtualized OS X Lion 10.7 client with Time Machine?
Hi all, I've got a Time Capsule set up so that my virtual Lion clients back themselves up. This works great; my Lion clients see it as a remote Time Machine and happily back up regularly. So far so...
View ArticleCreate "powerfull" template with somehow ovf template
Hi all, I'm not sure if this is the good place for my question but here it is. I've created a template (LAMP with a preconfigured CMS) but everytime someone need a new one, I deploy a new VM from my...
View ArticleUpgrading tools on Windows 8 asks to stop VMWare services and forces a logoff
When I upgrade VMWare Tools in my Windows 8 virtual machines (both 32 and 64-bit), the installer first asks to stop some VMWare services, then while installing the drivers logs me off forcefully (one...
View ArticleVSA No RAID
Guys. I am thinking i would like to play with VSA on my two node home test lab. I dont use RAID on my hosts and each host has 3 independent hard disks as local storage. I have seen that with VSA you...
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Workstation 8 + Ubuntu 13.04 Module compile error
All, I upgraded to 13.04, and am having some trouble getting the kernel modules to compile. I used to use the 2.6 patch, but since the new kernel is 3.8...old patch didn't work. I did some searching...
View ArticleWindows KMS activation with View (need to rearm?)
I have worked primarily with Citrix XenDesktop but am doing an install of View. Is there any need to rearm your Windows & Office installations prior to recomposing and updating all linked clones,...
View ArticleError connected to Authd on Esx server
Hi Friends, The specific error we are getting when we connect to ESX 3.5 host through VI client 2.5 and click on console tab is “Error connecting to authd on host “ Any idea please shares your input....
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View ArticleESXi 5.1 Update 1 Auto Deploy with Dell PowerEdge Servers
We are rolling out alot of Hosts and planned to use Auto Deploy (vCenter 5.1 Update 1a). It's an accelerated rollout with limited testing time so we are starting with Stateful. I see that Dell doesn't...
View ArticleiSCSI boot from SAN in VMWare Workstation 9
Hello all! I have created an iSCSI Target (Debian Wheezy) and an iSCSI Initiator (CentOS 6). Installation from netinstall (of CentOS) on eth0 to LUN0 on eth1 worked just fine. Adjusted BIOS on VMWare...
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