VmWare Converter, Acronis Image
Hello, i have following situation.I create from an physical computer an Acronis Image with the Software Version 2010.Now I want to convert with the vmware converter the acronis image to an ESX...
View ArticleDell UPS with vMA 4.1 and gracefully shutting down VMs and ESX
As all of you vMA 4.1 users know, you cannot gracefully shutdown your VMs and your ESX host. I have modified/enhanced the scripts of William Lam and added others to include a two page Word Doc trying...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 as guest cannot get IP address from DHCP(VMware workstation...
Hi Gurus,I have installed VMware workstation 7.1.3 on my Windows 7 professional x64bit laptop, and I can run my old VM(XP) without any problem on it. And I tried to install one new guest(Windows 2008...
View ArticleDragon Naturally Speaking with View 4.5 Win7 desktop?
Has anyone tried this? even in XP or Vista? I've had a request to try this and my experimenting time is limited
View ArticleGuest Machines Do Not Show in VMPlayer Library
My vmware player does not show gest machines in the library. My troubleshooting suggests its a permissions error on whereever the library data is stored. When I try to open a guest machine the player...
View ArticleInstantly switch between linux and XP hosts
May be asking for too much, but is it possible to instantly switch between a linux host and a windows host? Someone must have thought of a way to do this. Apple maybe? What about automatically...
View ArticlevCenter - Show VMs in Inventory (retain setting)
Retain the setting for "Show VMs in Inventory" when switching to different views. No matter what view I'm in, Host View or VM View, I have too many VMs to be listed on the left pane tree view. I'm...
View ArticleView 4.6 - Relationship between Connection Server and Security Server in dmz
We have one view connection server, and a security server in a DMZ. PCoIP works fine from the public internet and I think our dmz and the ports required are correct. What is the correct way to do...
View ArticleHow to convert Win2000 server
Dear All I have a virtual machine instance of win2000 server running on an earlier verision of VmWare server 1.0.1. I really would like to run this on the newest version of VmWare Server 2.0.2. I have...
View ArticleSaying thank you, I passed
So I would like to thank the VMware Community, it is truly one of the few IT groups that work, train, and help each other. It truly is like no other technology groups I belong to. I took the...
View ArticleCan I use SATA RAID (RAID-5) on ESXi?
I have a desktop I rebuilt as a Hyper-V server a while ago, and I just did some upgrades to it and want to rebuild it with ESXi. The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5, which has the NVIDIA®...
View Articlecustomization operation timed out VMware View 4.5
I quite new to Vmware view, and this is my first time setting it up,, so please bare with me. I receive the error above when trying to create an automatic linked pool. I also reviewed previous post...
View ArticleWindows 7 VM slow after suspending and resuming...
I use my Windows 7 VM on my work VPN with Windows remote desktop, essentially all day, and then disconnect the VPN and exit the VPN client, and suspend the VM. Then the next time that I bring up the...
View ArticleAuto Deploy Multiple VMs Script Error
Hi Guys, I am trying to create multiple VMs with unique IP address and NetBIOS name for each VMs thrugh a Powershell script. Here is my scenario: I have 2 VMs on one of my server x.x.x.x1....
View ArticleSet-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration
We are trying to move our ESXi 4.1 scratch config to the local drive via PowerCLI. Has anyone done this successfully and can tell me what is wrong with the code below. $ESXHost =...
View ArticlevMotion causing Unicast Flooding
I am troubleshooting an environment generating unicast flooding during vMotion'ing. The environment isn't exactly best practice (vMotion IP, Management IP and Virtual Machine Networks are all on the...
View ArticleConfiguring iSCSI dependent hardware
Hi to everybody I've a small question... My system is now configured with an iSCSI software adapter in this way:- Virtual switch called iSCSI with a VMKernel port for the iSCSI with two NICs in...
View ArticleIE9 Screen gets corrupt
I am running Vmware Workstation 7.1.3 with a Windows Vista Host and Windows 7 64-bit SP1 Guest. Just installed IE9 (official release) in my Windows 7 guest and noticied that the first time I start IE9...
View ArticleWrong MAC address used for replies during vMotion (and more?)
Reference this thread. Have a vSwitch comprised of one physical NIC. This vSwitch has two "ports" defined on it apart from the VM network devices -- a Management Console port (with MAC address "A")...
View ArticlePortsmouth NH Meetup
All,Anyone interested in a mini-user group in Portsmouth NH? I am thinking a much smaller format that the larger NEVMUG meetings, maybe a roundtable type discussion? If we can get 6-8 people, I can...
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