vSphere 5 vCenter Server Virtual Appliance - do I need windows server in any...
Hi.We will buy vmware Essential Plus kit and 2 servers to virtualize some servers in windows domain. If I take vSphere 5 vCenter Server Virtual Appliance do I need windows server 2008 licence in any...
View ArticleUSB scanner performance very slow
Our USB scanner is 10 times slower, if we connect it to view windows xp desktop vm. We are using esxi 4.1 and view 4.6 with xp view vms. Any idea why it is so slow or an idea to optimize the redirected...
View ArticleImage Builder cmdlet Add-EsxSoftwareDepot?
Hi, I am trying to setup and run image builder and am following the VMware site Image Builder documentation. After installing the 5.0 version of the PowerCLI on Windows 7 and starting PowerCLI, I tried...
View ArticleUse physical GPT-based partition in guest
Hi everybody,I hope someone can help me with my problem: What I have is: UEFI based computer 1 GPT-based harddisk with 4 partitions VMWare Workstation 7 What I want is: 3 partitions I...
View ArticlevCenter 5 install : Could not connect to DB with specified JDBC URL
I am trying to get vCenter 5 installed on Windows 2008 R2 severSql express 2008 R2 installedWhen I try to connect to install it I receive:Could not connect to database with specified JDBC URL I also...
View ArticleWeb Client Problem vSphere 5
hi , i got a problem with vcenter on windows 2008 r2 (physical). just a complete new install that connects to an oracle db that was upgraded from vsphere 4.1 -> vsphere 5. Everything works fine...
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VMware ESXi 5.0.0 Build 469512 install no network adapters were detected error
while installing Vmware ESXi 5 from Boot Cd the installer complains VMware ESXi 5.0.0.469512 installerNo Network adapters were detected .Either no network adapters are physically connected to the...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 / 3ware 9690SA-8i
Raid controller is no longer supported? it was supported in 4.x but not in 5.x?
View Articleinstallation stops with "can't detect last level cache"
During installation ESXi 5.0 proccess stops with "can't detect last level cache" message VMware ESXi 5.0.0 [Releasebuild-469512 x86_64]Can't detect the last level cachecr0=80010039 cr2=0x0 cr3=0x3e7000...
View ArticleESXi 5 and 3D graphics for 3D Studio Max
Hi, Has anybody been testing the new 3D support in ESXi 5? I'm particularly interested in running 3D Studio Max 2012 in the virtual machines. The installations of 3D Studio Max would be just for the...
View ArticleError: Cannot join domain, failed to open connection to required ports on DC
my vcenter applaince cant connect to my windows 2003 DC, no firewalls are on, the appliance is congigured with DHCP.. any ideas?
View ArticleDell md3000i iSCSI SAN compatibility with ESXi 5.x
The Dell MD3000i doesn't list in vmware's compatibility list for ESX 5.x. However, the MD3220i, MD3600i, MD3620i are listed as compatible. Has anyone tested MD3000i on esxi5 or have any knowledge if...
View ArticleCan't resize disk of a VM, what gives?
I'm confused. I have a Windows 2008 R2 VM that has a 60GB C drive for the OS and a 100GB Data drive.I am trying to resize the 100GB data drive to allocate more space to it.However when I power off the...
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Mac Pro compatibility with installing ESXi 5.0
Starting a thread to discuss ESXi on Mac Pro hardware. MacPro1,1MacPro2,1The first two generation Mac Pro's boot to black screen prompting to pick cd boot type 1 or 2. However no keyboard input is...
View ArticleAdaptec 29320LPE SCSI and Streamer
Hello! i would like to install the ESXi 5 in my Server but i have 2 Problems. The first is fixed (Adaptec 6405 Contoller is not supportet, so i changed it an all is OK) Second one: I have a Adaptec...
View ArticleUnable to create Keystore and SSL certs on Director host
Hello group, I am standing up a Director lab. I have the vCenter datacenter with ESXi hosts all squared away. When I attempt to configure the Director host (RHEL5 - fully updated) I am unable to...
View ArticleVsphere 5 locked on boot (mask_path_plugin loaded successfully)
Vsphere 5 locked on boot (mask_path_plugin loaded successfully) just sitting there doing nothing.
View ArticleVAAI - ESXi 5 - status "unknown"
I am currently having an issue with VAAI showing status "unknown" for our EMC SAN connected LUNs. We do not see this issue with ESXi 4.1 using the same EMC SAN. We are using FLARE 04.30.000.5.517 -...
View ArticleWindows 7 Guest: STOP 0x0000007B
Looks like this has been discussed before - I coudn't find explicitely which driver I should pre-load though. I'm trying to convert my old laptop to run on my new laptop as a guest under vmware...
View ArticleNTP and vmware
Running a 2003 Active Directory network with 2 DC's, one is a VM and the other is a physical server. I recently replaced the physical FSMO server (jeremiah) with a VM (malachi) and transfered all the...
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