No "Hide Controls" in Workstation 8?!? Customized View not the same.
What happened to Hide Controls in Workstation 8??? That was one of the most useful features in Workstation 7. It allowed for getting maximum screen real estate for a guest O/S without going to full...
View ArticleHow to verify VSH07
Looking to add some verification of VSH07 to my environment. Basically it involves looking for a message in a log file on vCenter. Problem is: they do not specify which file to monitor (they just...
View ArticleOpenGL rendering bugs with Fusion 4
Hi, We've been using Fusion 3 with Windows XP to run Pro Engineer (Pro/E) Wildfire 5. It's a 3D CAD software and it uses OpenGL heavily. Ever since I upgraded to Fusion 4, there are very serious...
View ArticleVM Max Disk Latency Alarm - BAD TRIGGERS
vCenter Build: 4.1.0, 345043ESX Build: 4.1.0, 348481 I am trying to create an alert for VM Max Disk Latency (ms), I went through configuring the alarm and all seemed good, but as soon as I hit "OK" my...
View ArticleShould I install Converter 5.0 Standalone on vCenter Server ?
Hi, 1) I would like to seek your advice whether I should install Converter 5.0 Standalone on the vCenter Server or it should be installed on another machine running Windows OS ? 2) Is it necessary to...
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VMware Workstation v7.1.5 and Windows 8
Hi! Can the latest Windows' v7.1.5 Workstation run Windows 8 or is that only with VMware Workstation v8.0 (will have to wait at a later date to buy a new license)? Thank you in advance.
View ArticleView Connection's Only work after 2 attempts...
I have a view environment that is failing to let customers connect consistently. The customers are complaining that when they attempt to connect to their view box, they see the message "The view...
View ArticlePseudo counters 0x10001 and 0x10002 always the same?
I have the following program to time an operation (which happens to be rdpmc). The program is run on x86_64 VM, in a resource group of two Linux VMs, the other one is always hungry for processing...
View ArticleVsphere 5 client from Windows 8 - The VMRC console has disconnected
Hello,when i try to open a console-screen of a VM a will receive the following error : The VMRC console has disconnected...attempting to reconnect. The screen stays black. Client : Vsphere 5Client OS :...
View ArticleVMWare Fusion 4 - Performance issues on Macbook Lion
I have recently upgraded to VMWare Fusion 4 on a Macbook and migrated a Microsoft XP VM. This VM is used to run Quicken and nothing else. Under version 3 I had no issues but Quicken is unusable under...
View Articleafter installing ESXi v5 license ESXi 5 host reverts to evaluation mode license
I've installed some new ESXi v5 hosts, these are new installs and not upgrades, however when I add a valid license key to the ESXi v5 host the host accepts the new license but after a few seconds...
View ArticlevSphere (ESXi) 5.0 - Enable FTP - is that possible?
Hi Everybody. I use FTP for transferring Data from and to my ESXi 4.1 and 3.5 - Servers.Does anybody know a possibility to activate ftp on an ESXi 5.0? I just installed one (5.0). I cannot find a...
View ArticleImporting/converting from VirtualBox
Hi all, I'm trying vmware fusion 4 (30 day trial) and i want to use my existing virtualbox machines in vmware. The import tool doesn't allow me to select the vdi/vbox files. In virtualbox I've used the...
View ArticleVMware WKST 8 fails to compile vmnet kernelmodule
Linux: Fedora 16 betaKernel: 3.1.0-0.rc9.git0.0.fc16.x86_64 2011-10-09T14:40:39.970+01:00| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.62011-10-09T14:40:40.104+01:00| vthread-3| I120: Header path...
View ArticleModify Concurrent svMotions Per Datastore Limit?
Hi, Looking at the default limits on svMotion at:http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc_50/GUID-F0C0FFD7-FC60-4CF9-B4E4-106FC1B97730.html...it appears that the cost...
View Articlewindows 7 aero much slower with NVIDIA than with ATI on Ubuntu host
Hi, I'm new to this forum. I used VMware Player for a while on my Ubuntu 11.4 host system accelerated by an ATI 5770 graphics card. Full screen is not possible with activated Aero in Windows 7 as guest...
View ArticleHow can I create a cloned VM based on a snapshot?
In VMware Workstation, I can create a cloned VM based on a snapshot. How can I do this in ESXi or vCenter?
View ArticleRAID 5 not showing in ESXi 4.1
We have an HP DL380 G7 with a Smart Array P410i controller. Currently we have 2 disks (146GB each) in a RAID 1 and 6 disks (1TB each) in a RAID 5. I am trying to find a way to add the 4.5TB of storage...
View ArticlePlayer 4.0 upgrade takes out VMware tools update
Okay I looked through the forum and didn't see a similar problem, so I thought I'd ask, neophyte here so please be gentle.... lol I upgraded my player to the 4.0 when it came out, no problem. Then I...
View ArticlePlease help - how to stop VMware player dropping out of full-screen mode
I have just upgraded to VMware player 4.0.0 on Windows 7 64 bit host.I am running Windows XP as guest OS - I run the guest in full-screen mode. Since upgrading to version 4, everytime my host OS...
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