Read-Only folders issue
Hi everyone,thank you in advance for responding i'm new to VMware and i'm attempting to transfer a folder from the VM to the host hard drivebut im unable to because the folder is set to Read-Only and...
View ArticleRestore VM to ESXi server and VSS
Hello.I have two questions about restore VM to ESXi server and VSS. I.This page http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vddk.pg.doc_50%2FvddkBkupVadp.9.6.html says: “Windows...
View ArticleVmnetbridge.dll fails to copy to c:\Windows\system32
Ok, so I upgraded from Workstation 7 to 8, during the install I received the message “An error occurred while copying file vmnetbridge.dll.” After installation was complete, I did not have a bridge...
View ArticleSSO/vCenter redundancy
Hej, we are currently preparing our 5.1 environment and plan to setup SSO servers as HA for failover. We think about putting it on VMs as it is supported by VMware and will run in an ESX Cluster....
View Articleshutdownesxi.pl multiplehosts
I am wanting to shutdown mulitple ESX hosts with on script from VMA. /bin/shutdown.pl --server -username --password, (this is for a single host) How do i do this for multiple host from one single...
View ArticleWhat is the best way to restore VMs after a server refresh
Hello all, First time poster here. A group of people at my job have their own VMWare environment that they setup a while back. It has 3 VMs up and running on it and they want to bring up a fourth one....
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IBM V7000 & SRM 5.0 - Failed to create snapshots of replica devices
Hi All I wonder if anyone can help. We have 2 IBM Storwize V7000's - 1 at the Protected Site and 1 at the Recovery Site. We have a test Volume that is GlobalMirror 'repliacted' to the DR side - showing...
View Article'Error writing to output file' with SAS 9.3
All, I'm attempting to build a package of SAS 9.3 and every time I build it it errors at some point during the build, the last few times I've attempted the build it errors at the final build Copying...
View ArticleNo Internet eventhough IP is proper
Hi, I am using VMware workstation 9.0, and I have installed two instances of CentOS 6.3 64 bit and for both I have selected network as Bridged mode. Now with one Cent OS instance things are fine, am...
View Articlexrandr showing one virtual display, mirroring it to each monitor in...
I'm trying to get each display on a computer available to a Linux guest (Ubuntu 13.04) provided as a separate virtual device. But instead of doing this, I get one virtual device in xrandr and the...
View ArticleSATA DLT Tape drive i/o errors
Hi all! I'm running VMWare 5.1 on a Intel Server and everything seems to work fine exept that I can't get my SATA Quantum DLT tape drive to work! The Intel serverboard (DBS2600CP2) contains a (onboard)...
View Articlecant copy/paste from guest to host
i was searching trying to solve this problem but nothing, the problem is that i cant copy any file from the guest and paste in the host. I try to uninstall the vmware tools and install it again and...
View ArticleVMware FileSystem Sync Driver not expirimental any more?
I was installing vmware tools in Ubuntu 12.10 and it asked about the vmsync driver. My recollection is that the last time I installed vmware tools, it said it was still Expirimental. Now it doesn't...
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what do assert and deassert mean in regards to current state of hardware...
Hi. Newbie here to VMWare; in checking an alert for battery status on one of our VMHosts I see a warning with the current state as Assert. What does this mean? Furthermore, why would "failed" be...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Host local datastore freezes
Hi I have a very frustrating problem in that I have to keep hard rebooting a newly built ESXi 5.1.0 (Kernel build 799733) host machine. The machine is a 2 x Dual Core AMD Opteron x64 based server with...
View Articlemutliple links "online"to 1 switch without distributed switches (enterprise...
Hello, IS it possible to connect a standard virtual switch with 2 uplink NICs to 1 switch, without having the distributed switches enterprise plus license, and without putting the other ethernet card...
View ArticleDatabase connection using different port
Hi AllI have Orchestrator installed on my VC and should be able to use the VDB connection when configuring orchestratorThe problem is my SQL server has a non-standard port to connect too and I cant...
View ArticleHow to Specify How Much RAM Is Used by All Virtual Machines
In VMWare workstation there are various physical memory options according to this article: Memory Use on the Host Can you change these options with Fusion? I'm setting up a lab environment and trying...
View ArticleRe: Base Rates
Hello Guys, I am new to the charge back manager. I want to know how the chargeback manager works in the background. We have different vendor model in hardware and i can set up only one base rate for...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 and IBM DS4700 SAN
Hi everyone.... I want to know if someone use an IBM DS4700 SAN with ESXi 5.1?I know this SAN his not officialy supported but i want to know if someone use it anyway? I'm ready to migrate from ESX 4.1...
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