Format local datastore
I have ESXi 5.1 installed on IBM server system x 3755 m3 and there is 4 disks each one 300 GB and I make them as RAID 5 then become the total size is 8350 GB and I have one local datastore = 830 GB.I...
View ArticleReset/Filter VCOPS Alerts
Does anyone know if there is a way to reset or tune alerts? The reason I ask is I have local datastores that are 100% on my ESXi hosts. The bad news is they are only 40G in size, and VCOPS...
View ArticleClipboard isn't syncing after guest reboot (Windows 7 64-bit as host, Linux...
I'm using Windows 7 64-bit as the host OS, and Kali Linux (32-bit) as the VM guest. Copy and paste synchronization just stopped working all of a sudden in the Linux guest, but it works fine in the...
View Articlecan't access iSCSI target from second ESX box
I have successfully connected to an iSCSI target running on Windows Server 2012 from one ESX 5.1 box and created a datastore. Unfortnately, I can't get a second ESX 5.1 box to connect to the same iSCSI...
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Question for a newbie
Please Help!I'm totally new to Mac, how new you ask.......LOL I just set it up a few days ago! Anyway I want to know if the VMware player is something that I can use to open up my Paint Shop Pro 7...
View ArticleEVC \ VMotion Issue
Hey all.. I have a four host cluster with identical hardware and Nehalem EVC mode enabled. We took one of those nodes and moved it to a new datacenter and added it as the only node of a new cluster....
View ArticleVSA - computing disk digest more than once?
Is there a reason View needs to compute the disk digest more than once when you deploy linked clones to a pool with multiple hosts? Whenever I deploy an image it appears that View computes the digest...
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Esxi 5.1 pci passthrough broken
I got a purple screen when I start up a vm with a pci device With Esxi5 was working fine. I tested it with 2 vm on different hosts ( but same hardware) i7 2600 32gb mb: dq67sw What can I try
View ArticleProblem entering Unity mode/VMware Tools
I just got VMware up and running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 as a guest in Ubuntu 13.04. I am now trying to enter Unity mode and I get the following: "The virtual machine cannot enter Unity mode...
View ArticlevSphere 5.1 vSwitch recommendation for 20 NIC ports
Hi guys, let's assume your environment consists, more or less, of the following:- vSphere 5.1 Enterprise version (NOT Enterprise plus - so NO distributed switches)- 3 Hosts with each 20 1Gbit/s NICs...
View Articlereport for multiple vms that are created
I have a vm creation script that I modified to be able to be able to run in a loop using a CSV file to create more than one VM at a time. My initial script would send me an email stating for example:...
View ArticleRestricting Access To View
Hi All, VMWare View is designed to allow access to virtual desktops almost on any device which is a wonderful thing. It is a shame to restrict access, but my client requires that users are prevented...
View Articlephysical disk to vmware esxi 5
I have a server who power supplyed dieed I can attach the drive as external drive and see all the apps and data I need a application form that server so I likre to virtualize it to vmware esxi 5 How do...
View ArticleAny update on "VMware Ready" devices?
Is there any update on the number of "VMware Ready" devices? When can we expect more devices that will work with Horizon Mobile? As I understand now, there is only 1 device that will work with Horizon...
View Articlevmware player 5.0.2 on Mageia 3 RC x86_64 problem
I'm having problems getting vmware player 5.0.2 x86_64 running on Mageia 3 RC (x86_64) which is at kernel 3.8.11. (I note in this context that the vmware-modconfig script whose output is reproduced...
View ArticleUpgrading vCenter Server Appliance 5.0 to 5.1 error
Hello,I am trying to upgrade our vCenter appliance from 5.0 to 5.1 and keep running into the following error: Error exporting DBThu, 06 Dec 2012 08:47:33 +0000 *** ERROR: Failed to execute command...
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VMware machines can't connect to the host OS
Hi all, For some reason my VMware machines can't connect to the host OS.All the VMware machines can ping each other, and the Host can ping allthe VMware machines but none of the VMware machines can...
View Articlerunning web access
HiI am trying to run web access service. I used the instruction in this page to start the service in vcenter server. I found how to start it.now i am trying to connect to the server and host.this is...
View Articlecpu1:4156 WARNING: PageRetire: 659: Number of user private MPNs selected for...
Hello All, I am starting to see some MPN warnings in my vmkwarning.log on one of my hosts. Has anyone else experienced these; I am thinking it could translate into a bad memory chip or some hardware...
View ArticleWhat features lost in View 5.2 if your don't have vSphere 5.2
Hello, We currently have View 5.0 running on vcenter/vSphere 4.1. We were looking to upgrade to View 5.2. In the View 5.2 reviewers document it recommends you have the latest vSphere 5.1 Update 1 to...
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