Re: vDP - Sick of being a beta tester
Well, can't imagine how somebody can pay money for VDPA. We gave VDP another shot this week and there are still no serious improvements. Below is a list of issues and annoyances we've found during our...
View ArticleRe: After upgrade from esx 4.1 to esxi 5.0 I am no long able to ping the host
I will talk to our networking team tomorrow. If they don't know why, I will down grade to esxi 4.1. Thank you again.
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1 Update 1 clean install hung at 27%
This probably is your virtual iLO cd drive. Can you disconnect it completly in the iLO screen and try the installation via usb key again? You are basically getting into an APD state during your...
View ArticleRe: How to virtualize an existing Windows Server?
Yes use VMware Standalone COnverter - http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/converter_pubs.html
View Articletwo monitors with a Avocent 4 port dvi kvm Switch
I have two monitors hooked up to a 4 port Avocent DVI KVM switch. One monitor is on port one and the second monitor is on the console connection. This works fine in the physical world of Macs. I have...
View ArticleTile score for partial tile
I have configured 8 partial tiles - basically dropping the exchange VMs from the workload. I had a successful run, but in reading the configuration guide it sounds like I can not get an overall score...
View ArticleRe: VSphere Installation Question
You can look for the drivers needed for the onboard cards straight away and just inject the installation media with the correct driver using image builder, see below for a how-to. Using the vSphere...
View ArticleRe: Realtek 8168 driver broken in esx 5.1
Hey All With 5.1 Update 1, I have a realtek 6168b card working, however the next version of the 8168 the 8168E does not.
View ArticleWindows 7 64-bit guest, performance decreasing over time
Running: VMWare Player 5Host specs:Win 7 64-bit, 12 GB RAM, Core i7 CPU Guest specs:O/S: Win 7 64-bitMemory: 4 GBProcessors: 2HD: 200Gb Preallocated (used to be a dynamically-growing disk - only 50...
View ArticleRe: VApp Instantiation
If you need to set the Lease settings here is some code that we use: int deployLease = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60;int storageLease = 30 * 24 * 60 * 60;InstantiationParamsType instantiationParamsType = new...
View ArticleRe: Help with "VMRC plugin is missing" - IE Specific
Just ran into the issue on a system. This was for a vCD console session. I did 2 things. 1) I logged into the vSphere server and installed the vSphere / vCenter VMRC plugin and was able to get the...
View ArticleRe: Security Server 2 NIC's
Too bad on the IP test but that helps narrow down the issue, and I'm glad to hear it's already opened with support (I assume those are the engineers you mentioned). That may be the best route...
View ArticleRe: VApp Instantiation
Much appreciated! I was missing the specified parameters. Kind of odd that these extra lines are needed in the first place.
View ArticleInstall vmware tools in Debian 7.1 guest will not work
Hi, may anybody can help with this, I have tried to installthe vmware tools in a Debian 7.1 guest and got the following error: "VMware Tools 8.8.2 build-590212 for FreeBSD will not install on the...
View ArticleRe: Vmware player 5 - problem with bridged connection
Realize that the guest will NOT see the virtual NIC as a wireless one, only a wired one (AMD Lance compatible, or Intel E1000 compatible, depending on the configuration).
View ArticleRe: Which product for running multiple releases of OS X and Windows?
VMware Corporate Headquarters are in the USA, as am I, and as such what I've said is base on installing here in the USA. If you live in a different country then, by all means, you go by the SLA...
View ArticleRe: Windows 7 64-bit guest, performance decreasing over time
Hello and welcome to the communities. The fact that moving it to different disks seems to speed it up suggests that disk fragmentation could be to blame. You could try a defrag or running contig on the...
View ArticleRe: ESX / DATASTORE details in inventory list.
Thanks alot, You are legend. when i execute the script every time i am getting the warning messages. WARNING: The 'VirtualNic' property of VMHostNetworkInfo type is deprecated....
View ArticleRe: Can't convert my physical machine to a VM because it's UEFI
Did Windows 8 come preinstalled on the computer you're trying to image? If yes you may not virtualize it or transfer it to another system. Otherwise you'll have to use other methods since as the...
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