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New version of Squid appliance (KingNeutron v5) available now!
--Previous announcement:http://communities.vmware.com/message/1714784 2011.0915 - Announcing the latest V5 of the KingNeutron (Minimalist) Squid Proxy VM o Still Based on Long-Term-Support Ubuntu...
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Hello all, Had this error while trying to share a VM in Workstation 8 "could not find shared vm path". The way i solved was by disabling sharing (Edit -> Preferences -> Shared VMs), editing the...
View Articlewindow.external.Navigate to navigate specific object not working with vSphere...
Hi, I was using window.external.Navigate("ObjctType:ObjectID","PluginName") to navigate to specific object in one of application. It was working fine with vSphere 4.1 version but is not working with...
View ArticleHow do I patch ESXi 5?
I noticed the first patch to ESXi 5 was just released, but there is no infrastructure update, Host Update Utility, etc... included with the new VMWare client. How does one go about patching a ESXi 5?...
View ArticleUSB passthrough
I am running ESXi 5.0 on an HP BL460c G1.Guest OS is Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1.vSphere Client is running on Server 2003 Standard SP2. I'm trying to virtualize an old server that is...
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vCenter 5 upgrade fails with "The wizard was interrupted"
Hi all, I'm trying to upgrade a vCenter 4.1u1 installation to vCenter 5 but keep running into the following error: I've taken a look at these log files but wasn't able to find the specific reason for...
View ArticlePCI passthrough, repeatable issue crashing hypervisor
I would really appreciate some support with this, however it costs me a few hours every time it happens and so I dont really want to retest it that much. - I am passing through the USB controller on my...
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You have an incorrect version of driver "vmci.sys"
When i start the virtual machine in VMware Workstation 8 i receive the following error: You have an incorrect version of driver "vmci.sys". Try reinstalling VMware Workstation. I unistall and reinstall...
View ArticleFusion 4.01 Bug
I am running Windows 7 and noticed a bug when typing in the address bar of IE 9. If the mouse pointer is in the address bar when typing a black box will pop up with every keystroke. If the mouse...
View Articlevsphere hypervisor on IBM HS22 SAS connected IBM DS3512
Hi,I have a problem with upgrade from 4.1 and also with clean installation vsphere 5 (vsphere hypervisors) on two IBM bladecenter HS22.They were running about half year on version 4.1 without problems,...
View ArticleDesktops not connecting after View 5 upgrade
I upgraded from View 4.6 to 5 this weekend. I updated my virtual desktops by upgrading the VMware Tools and then the virtual hardware to v8 and then uninstalling the old Agent and re-installing the new...
View ArticleInstall of 8 fails with error 25028 in vmwarevmcisockets64.msi
Had 7.1 installed, removed it, rebooted machine then tried to install 8. Got the error 25028 in vmwarevmcisockets64.msi and the install failed.
View ArticleFailing P2V on cloning of second (or third disks)
Hi I am using Converter V.5 for converting Windows 2003 server. I have tried three seperate servers and each fails on the cloning of the second drive. I am getting the following error - "msg = "An...
View ArticleInstallation of VMWare Workstation 8 failing
Trying to install VMWare Workstation version 8 on Windows 7 x64 and I am getting the following error: The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a...
View ArticleNew-VIPermission bug still exists in PowerCLI 5.0?
I'm curious if the bug referenced at http://communities.vmware.com/message/1435306 is still not fixed? I'm still trying to apply permissions to entities via New-VIPermission and trying to use a...
View ArticleESX 4.1. Disable TCP Checksum offload
Hi All,This is my first post on this forum. We have problems with connection between application server and sql server. Both servers are running Windows server 2008 R2 and are hosted on the same ESX....
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Installed VSA, can't create cluster "VSA Cluster Unavailable"
Hi guys At home I have got 2 ESXi-servers with a vCenter 5 running virtual on one of these hosts (I know this is not supported or best practice, because if the host with the vCenter on it fails, only...
View Articledynamic DNS not working with View 4.6 linked cloned Windows 7 desktops
Hi all, Should I be worried that the linked cloned windows 7 desktops I have are not updating DNS with the new IP addresses they are receiving? I think what is happening is the first time the pool is...
View ArticleNFS Trouble (vSphere 4.0 and Windows Server 2008)
Hello everybody. I am at my wits end trying to get a simple NFS datastore working between vSphere 4.0 (ESX 4.0) and Windows Server 2008. I was able to set this up in Windows Server 2003 R2 a few...
View ArticleProtection Group hung in "Reprotecting..." state
SRM 5.0 GA on vSphere 5.0 GAAfter a Planned Migration of a Protection Group completed successfully, the follow up Reprotect operation failed. Repeated Reprotect operations with the "Force Cleanup"...
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