Retaining window layout on multiple monitors after disconnect
Hello, In the process of evaluating View 5 running on vSphere 5. It seems very stable so far and very good performance over both PCOIP and RDP. One gotcha that I have found though, wondering if anyone...
View ArticleDocumentation for vmware-unity-helper.exe Commandline Options?
Greetings, I have been searching the KB and Google for documentation of the vmware-unity-helper.exe commandline options. Specifically: 1) I have VMplayer installed on a Windows 7 x64 machine. 2) I...
View ArticlevCenter 5 appliance domain credentials
I wonder if anyone has come across this problem before or can point me in the right direction?I have setup the vCenter 5 appliance and connected it to AD, I then associated the domain admins group with...
View Article.msi failure when installing VMware 8 trial
HelloI just downloaded the exe for vmware-workstation-full-8.0.0-471780 from the vmware website, however, when trying to install, upon installing packages, I get the following error message, with the...
View ArticleCannot recreate datastore
I have deleted the initial datastore through the vSphere client. When I go to add a datastore I get the following error " Either the selected disk already has a VMFS datastore or the host cannot...
View ArticleInternal dual SD module and Dell PE R710?
I know this really has nothing to do with VMware, so please tolerate. I had bought a Dell PE R710 several months ago. After that, I've learned the existence of IDSDM (Internal Dual SD Module) for R910...
View ArticleView 5 and MS Lync 2010
Anybody done any testing with View 5 and Microsoft Lync 2010? I doubt MS will play nicely with VMware's UC-related media services anytime soon given their heated competition, but that would be great...
View ArticleNFS disconnect on all blades but no network or storage issues
We had about 50 of 1000 VMs stop responding for about 15 minutes this morning. The affected VMs are on different ESX 4.0.0 build 261974 servers but all on one 1 of 2 Netapp clustered controllers...
View ArticleUnable to install VMware Tools in Debian 6 64-bit
I just installed Fusion v4.0.2, Debian 6 64-bit, and did the usual "apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-2.6-amd64". However when I attempt to install the Tools (v8.8.0-465068), it is still...
View ArticleVCAP5-DCD
Greetings.Does anyone know when VCAP5-DCD beta exam will be released? OR has it already been released and I've missed the boat? Thanks. Shane
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After migration from esx 4.1u to esxi 5, only 1 iscsi port works at a time...
Hi guys, I have a bit of a weird problem. Basically, I have migrated (force migrated) one of our two hosts to esxi 5. Everything seems fine (except long boot time on vmw_satp_alua loaded successfully),...
View ArticleVMware View 5 error: Failed to relocate disposable
I am deploying XP in view 5, and I encounter this error: View Composer agent initialization state error (9): Failed to relocate disposable (waited 0 seconds).I have patch the hotfix 944043. and when I...
View ArticleESXi 5 XServe 3.1 Install shows no Storage Device
I am having a problem installing ESXi 5 on XServe 3.1 hardware. It boots all the way into the installed but stops where you must select a storage device. There are no storage devices listed. I have...
View Articlemount gui for windows 7 64 bit?
is there a gui to mount disks under windows 7 64 bit? I've installed the ddk and I can mount, but I can't get vmount to work. thanks.
View ArticleVDR FT workaround no longer works on VDR 2.0
Upgraded to VDR 2.0 and now the backup wizard specifically prohibits VMs with FT enabled from being selected. I get the popup error Data Recovery cannot backup FT-protected virtual machines. Please...
View Articleworkstation 8 script error
i get the well know scripteror( check http://communities.vmware.com/thread/270450) when trying to install version 8. I dont have any previous verstions installed. I did empty all the tempdirs(atf...
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 Articleremove /re-add vm to inventory deletes network backing?!!
Why when I remove a VM from inventory, and the re-add it to EXACLTY the same place it was at before, it erases the vNIC backing to the dvswitch it was on?! The dvSwitch is still there, the port group...
View ArticleAttempting to mark all VMs on vCenter to "upgradeAtPowerCycle" for VMTools...
Reference Hal Rottenberg's book page 258 - yes I bought it, no, I haven't read it all Attempting to mark all VMs on vCenter to "upgradeAtPowerCycle" for VMTools install Errors and details below. All...
View ArticleWindows 7 Welcome screen take 30 seconds to come up
I am new to VM environment as I am been working with it for little over a month now.If anyone came across this issue please help me as I have been pulling my hair for over month to figure this issue...
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