Resource Pools - CPU resources for guest VM's
Hi all, Quick question, I googled around, saw a lot of documents, but I still have this doubt. When I create a resource pool in a cluster of 2 hosts, for example, can a windows guest VM uses CPU...
View ArticleISCSI multipathing and multiple ISCSI SANS in a single ESXi 5.1 cluster
Hi, We have two Dell MD3660i ISCSI SANs.We have a dedicated ISCSI storage network (physically isolated 10GbE switches )We have 10 ESXi hosts in a single cluster each with one dual port 10 GbE NIC...
View ArticleInsufficient Resource Available to perform the HA failover in cluster
Hi, today i got this error from monitoring tool that HA could not perform the failover operation in xxxx.cluster 1. i checked and found that the cluster is having More CPU and Memory available to...
View ArticleVMWare Player Mouse does not snap to a menu
I am using VMWare Player 5 and I open some software and it has drill down type menus. If the menu option I need to click is at the bottom of the screen and the next menu I choose happens to be shorter...
View ArticlePCoIP image quality levels, what's your best practice?
I've just started experimenting with tuning the PCoIP performance of our 300+ desktop deployment. They are primarily general use computer labs so some video (YouTube, etc) is needed so I can't clamp...
View ArticleHow to shutdown powered on VMs by reading a CSV file or just off the Cluster
Hello,I have csv file with the following headers: "Name","Cluster","ESX Host","Datastore"This csv lists all the powered on VMs from a cluster XYZ. How can i read the CSV file and shudown all the VMs...
View ArticleResolution in Ubuntu 13.04 (Retina Display)
I'm trying to use VMware Fusion 5.0.3 in a MacBook Pro with Retina display (15 inches). The idea is to run Ubuntu Linux 13.04 in a virtual machine, but I'm having problems with the screen resolution....
View Articlevmtoolsd.exe User instance doesn't run
Hi, Running VMWare Fusion 4 (latest release 4.1.2) with a Windows 7 Professional guest. The guest machine is part of a Windows domain. I do not have copy/paste/drag-and-drop/unity functionality. The...
View ArticleAdded SATA drive can't login to vSphere
ESXI 5.1 So I tried to add a SATA drive to run local backups and, after bootup, my vSphere client would not login. It kept on giving me a 'server took too long to respond,' error. I was able to log...
View ArticlevSphere vCenter5.1U1 and SSO on MS SQL 2012
I see in the notes "What's new" for vCenter 5.1 Update 1, that Microsoft SQL 2012 is now supported. Has anyone tried this yet? vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1 Release Notes We are currently in the proccess...
View ArticleConverter unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume Error code...
During conversion P2V after 42 minutes 95% the conversion failed as shown in the subject? I tried twice and I obtained the same information at the same time and at the same % Someone know why it is...
View ArticleResetting a host to evaluation mode
I installed ESXi 5.0 a few months and applied the free license. Since then I've upgraded to 5.1. I want to try and "reset" the license so I can get the 60 days eval while retaining the VM's on the...
View Articlechanging vm storage drs automation level
As per http://communities.vmware.com/message/2172311#2172311 I'm using LucD's method, to extract a list of vm's that have vm's turned on function Get-StoragePod{<#.SYNOPSIS Find a...
View ArticleVMware iPAd Client Display/Connection Issues
Hi I haven't found a solution or similar problem to this issue on the forums, so hopefully someone can help. I have installed vCMA (1.2.0.64 Build 502517) and iPad Client 1.2.0 today. Fresh downloads...
View ArticleHow to export into a CSV VMs that are powered on in a cluster
Hello I have the following code but exports all VM that are powered on and off. Is there anyway to export only the VMs that are powered On ? $clusterName = "Whatever"Get-Cluster -Name $clusterName |...
View ArticleWindows 7 OEM and VMWare Fusion?
Can someone please tell me how Windows OEM works with VMWare Fusion? The OEM software links itself to your computer hardware, and I'm wondering how this works with VMW? What happens when I want to...
View ArticleMoving from XenServer to vSphere
I am considering redesigning our virtual infrastructure, moving from Citrix XenServer to VMware vSphere. We currently operate a small virtual environment of 5 VMs as follows: 1x SBS 2008 x641x Windows...
View ArticleHost Network - Phantom IP
This is just out of curiosity. Running VMWare Workstation 8.x. I have a typical host network. The VM (running CentOS 6.4) is using DHCP to get its IP address from VMWare. The Host is Windows 7. The...
View ArticleI have a problem in launching my windows 7
i don't know why i'm facing this problem regulary can anyone fix my .log and .vmxi already attach them hope anyone help me as soon as possible...
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Why an external disk drive is NOT seen in the W7 host machine, however you...
Hello,This is a strange situation and is happening to me with a new Toshiba 500GB Canvio® Slim Portable Hard Drive.If I install the drive in a W7 machine, without VMWare Workstation 9.02, the disk is...
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