Windows 8 thinks I have an SSD drive, but I don't
This is a strange one. I've been doing some work with our Windows 8 64-bit parent VM, and I noticed that I was running low on disk space. So I deleted all of the snapshots on the VM, then increased the...
View ArticlePoor Windows video performance under Ubuntu and dual monitors
Hello, For a while now I've experienced poor video performance under windows with VMware when using dual displays. A single display instance of VMware performed wonderfully, extending the session to...
View ArticleHOL keeps sending me back to login screen
I can login and start a lab, the timer starts while it builds the environment then it sends me back to the login page. Anyone seen this? It just started happening this week.
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Mailserver question.
Hi all,I have a problem about mail server in VMmark. It always fail if I try to run the loadgen with mailserver template.It will Pass if I change string to other name....
View ArticlePowershell help - Cant connect to vCenter connected ESXi host
Hey all, Am just updating my automated shutdown script which my UPS runs if there is a power failure. Have used it fine in the past but realized it hangs up when trying to shutdown my vCenter VM as...
View ArticleHow to get new drives installed in Vmware 9 workstation.
I am having a problem getting Vmware 9 workstation installed correctly. My host is win 8 and the guest is win xp. I have a brand new Toshiba laptop and it obviously has a scsi drive in it. When I...
View ArticleVMMachine RAM requirement
Can any one provide me with the link which specifies RAM requirement for running virtual machine with different operating system on a Windows 7 SP1 Host machine ? I want to run a vm machine having win...
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How to change Network configuration for Vcenter virtual Appliance 5.1.0
Hi I just installed Vcenter virtual appliance 5.1.0 evaluation version in my lab. Qustion (1) I was watching some videos of 5.0.0 version where there is an option to "Configure Network" under the...
View Articledestroy() vs. remove()
What is the difference between Region.destroy(Object key) and Region.remove(Object key)? They look identical in the API docs.
View ArticleAbout install ESXi 4 on Supermicro H8QM3-2
Are there any documents about installation of ESXi 4 on H8QM3-2? I tried but always got PSOD about "noapic.c 607" error, even after type noapic as install options. Are there any special BIOS settings...
View ArticleNexus 1000v & ESXi inside workstation 9
Hi, I am wondering if anyone here was able to properly install and run Nexus 1000v and ESXi inside VMware workstation 9. I have spent countless hours and stil can not make the VEM's register in VSM...
View ArticleNeed to use existing license for 5.1 install
We bought licensing for 3 hosts -- 6 physical CPUs total -- prior to 5.x release. We built 2 hosts and installed a vSphere 4 Essentials license on each. We just got a new, 3rd host, after 5.x came...
View ArticleCannot install vCO 32bit client
I upgraded vCenter from 4.1U3 to 5.0U2. I also upgraded vCO from 4.2 to 4.2.2.The server installation has no problem but I cannot install vCO 32bit client. The installer sayscannot find temporary at...
View ArticleHow to list vcenter hostname ?
Hello,I do connect to a vcenter via connect-viserver and start querying information in different hosts and enventually send an email. But, I would like to output the vCenter hostname.How do i output...
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Run iscsi on a Linux vm of Workstation 9
Hi,Anybody used iscsi to map a lun to Linux box of workstation 9? I got an error when running iscsi discovery. It is tricky that the vm worked well in an ESX server. I just got this problem when I...
View ArticleInstalling VMware external tools on Whistler.
How do you install VMware external tools in Whistler 2257 and 2296? That is interesting!
View ArticleStarting VMware Tools service in Whistler Build 2296 ends with an error message
Hi all, when you try to start the VMware Tools Service, you get this error message: Could not start the VMware Tools Service service on Local Computer. Error 12001: Windows was not able to process the...
View ArticleHow to write rest client programmatically in java for VCD API extension
Hi, I extended VCD API and create my own VCD API extension, for testing I call it through “fire fox Rest client” it works properly. Now I want to write JAVA code to call this VCD API extension...
View Articleafter Esxi box has power outage, all VMWare machines cannot automatically...
Or we need to configure on the VMware MACHINE. THANKS
View ArticleCopy-DatastoreItem template vm folder between virtual centers
how can i use the copy-datastoreitem to copy a template vm folder from one vcenter to another vcenter?
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