Script to gather VM Name and Total Size on disk
I am trying to find a script that will output the following information: VM NameTotal Size of VM (VMDKs) I thought I saw one here before but can't seem to find it anywhere. Any help would be greatly...
View ArticleWindows 7 64 bit hangs with SVGA II Drivers
This is a small non-View ESXi 4.1 environment. The guest in question is stable and perfectly usable with the WDDM drivers however when I reverted to SVGA II drivers to support multiple monitors I get...
View ArticleAsus Motherboard P5Q-EM P5Q-EM custom PC
This document is a detail page for Community Hardware Software . Tell Us About the Product VendorAsusProductMotherboard P5Q-EMProduct VersionP5Q-EM custom PC Tell Us About the Configuration You...
View ArticleSet Status
I have received several email notifications from VMware Communities telling me to "Log in and set your status" but I cannot figure out how to do that. The same emails are telling me that I do not have...
View ArticleHitting maximum number of LUNs
Hi all, Just thought i would bounce an idea or 2 off some people here.Basically looks like I will be hitting the 256 LUN limit for ESX, The issue is to do with P2Ving all the MSCS boxes. I have a...
View ArticleRestoring a Windows 7 image backup? (VM blue screens)
The built-in backup in Windows 7 can supposedly restore to dissimilar hardware. When I tried, the restore step seemed to go OK, but the restored VM won't boot. I did the following: The source machine...
View Article64 bits machines in ESXi running in Vmware Workstation
Hi All,I have a Lenovo Thinkpad W510 with a i7 processor. I have Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bits as the OS for my vmware Workstation 7.1.3 ( 64 bits), I install ESXi 4.1 as a VM in my machine, and now...
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VCP410 Passed - harder than I thought
Passed my VCP410 on Friday after 28 days of hard study after a FastTrack course back in December. The FastTrack course was delivered on v4.0... which became a little confusing... I'm sitting patiently...
View ArticleHow does customization work like ?
Crawling through several manuals and blogs i cant find any answer how customization tools (sysprep) or the information find their way into the VM. By mounting the boot disk over some API (would make...
View ArticleW2K8 RemovableStorageDevices Registry Key Breaks VM
I am in a organization that has chosen to utilize the RemovableStorageDevices registry key to lock down access to removable media. What we have seen and a few other organizations have seen is that...
View ArticleSimple instructions for creating greater than 2TB datastore?
I've been going through the forums, and while the consensus seems to be "Use multiple LUNs", it seems that there are other ways to do it using extents. On a clean install of ESXi 4.1, my 9.5 TB disk...
View ArticleCannot reinstall Player on Windows 7 machine
HelloI seem to have a small problem. \After I migrated from Win XP Pro to Win7 Home Premium, I cannot get Player to install I keep getting this message (See Atatchment)I cannot reinstall due to this...
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Сертификация VCP
Добрый день!Вроде как лед немного двинулся и работодатель начал отправлять на обучение тех специалистов С большой вероятностью мне предстоит поездка в Киев для обучение на каком-либо курсе VMware. Раз...
View ArticleHang on boot, plus other multi-iscsi path issues.
I've 3 Nics of a Dell R610 running ESXi 4.1 connecting to all 8 nics in the MD3200i SAN.Each San nic has a seperate subnet, and I've set up a VMK for each port on the host for each port on the san, and...
View ArticleDownload Patch Definitions In Progress
Hi All, We have an issue where the Download Patch Definitions job just remains "In Progress".I've viewed the following thread and removed the 3.5 Patch definitions URL as per some of the...
View ArticlevSphere client loses connection during login at inventory load stage
Hi folks, Had a strange problem start yesterday and continuing to today. Trying to log in to a single ESXi 4.1 server (not part of a vCenter setup), and the login screen passes the login stage and is...
View ArticleUnable to manage ESXi 4.1 host in RAID Web Console 2 after upgrade from ESXi4.0
Hi,after recent upgrade from ESXi4.0 to ESXi4.1 I am unable to see (and connect) to the host for the RAID Web Console 2 from Intel. The host is a Intel server board S3420GPLX with LSI MegaRaid 1078...
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VMware ID Card
Hi, Just as a loud thought (not sure if anyone ask this before as I couldn't found this searching the forum) but what about plastic version of your qualification? I mean when you get your nr on VCP...
View ArticleProblems with "Use Windows session credentials"
I have successfully joined ESXi to my domain. I can successfully login to ESXi with vSphere Client if I spell the username out: domain\user and explicitly supply the password. I cannot login using the...
View ArticleIs it somehow possible to prevent the USB connection checkbox? ("choose where...
I have a couple Mac OS X Server 10.6 VMs, each hosted on a Mac Pro running Mac OS X 10.6.6. These VMs run 24-7, but the Macs they run on are used for other purposes, too, so USB devices are sometimes...
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