Installer breaks on "log" in the user-name
Two of my collegues tried to install the VMWare Player, both with 'log' in their user-names and thus in their appdata-paths. The install broke on starting the vmware player.msi from within the...
View ArticleRetrieving chart data... vSphere Client freezes
Hello, when I go to Performance -> Advanced of a VM the vSphere Client freezes saying "retrieving chart data...". Performance -> Overwiev is displayed correctly. Any idea why? It works...
View ArticleUpgrade to ESXi 4.0 Dell-Customized
Hi! I have few Dell PE2950 with installed ESXi 3.5 Dell-Customized (VMware-VMvisor-InstallerCD-35_Update_4-153875-i386_DELLCustomized-Ext.iso). OMSA works fine. Also i have few Dell PE2950 with...
View ArticleDeploying VMs from Templates and KMS Activation. before or after?
I am new to KMS. We just got our Data Center licensing and are looking to start deploying a few 2008 R2 VMs. I've been reading about setting up a KMS server and I was wondering about deploying new VMs...
View ArticleProvisioning desktop fails with App-v 4.5 client
Did anybode tried to provisioning a Windows desktop with App-v 4.5 client in the image? I've tried it with Windows XP and 7 but after creating the desktop pool, provisioning fails.In the View Manager I...
View ArticleHow to make ESX 4 and IBM Tape Library TS3200 work together ?
HW config: IBM BladeCenter H ( + Brocade(R) 20-port 4Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter ) 3 x IBM Blade Server HS22 ( 2 x Xeon 4C E5540 + QLogic 4Gb Figre Channel Expansion Card...
View ArticleMemory overhead
I have ESXi 4.0U1 installed in an IBM x3200M2 server with 8GB RAM. It works fine overall, but I think I'm experiencing too much memory overhead: (This is with a clean, just started server, and with all...
View ArticleAny new VMware Visio shapes (vSphere, View)?
Dear all, are there any new VMware Visio shapes for vSphere and View?The one in the partner central are very old. Thanks and best regards, Christian
View ArticleFusion for Mac could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory
I've been having issues with Fusion 2.0.6 lately where I will start it and the above message appears with a secondary message that states "please make sure that the kernel module 'vmmon' is loaded."...
View ArticleIBM x3655 not on the HCL for ESX 4
Hi Does someone know why the x3655 is not mentioned on the HCL for ESX Version 4? All other new (and 3 years in the past) servers are compatible, but the only one missing is the x3655.... We use the...
View ArticleCan't Drag & Drop From Workstation Sometimes - why?
Sometimes I can't drag some files out of a VM (Windows 7) into my host (Windows 7)... The mouse cursor keeps caught in the boundaries of the Workstation window... Why does it do that?
View ArticleHORIZONTAL scrolling of Magic | Mighty mouse
Simple question: run any version of Windows in a Fusion VM. Use a Magic | Mighty mouse which supports horizontal scrolling on the Mac but not in the host VM. How does one implement this in a VMWare...
View ArticleReached maximum VM restart count for {nombre_vm}
We have 4 ESX Server in cluster. Yesterday i received this warning in all VM: Reached maximum VM restart count for . We can´t do VMotion and others tasks whit these machines.Any idea? what we can do?...
View ArticleLine 8: Unsupported element ‘VirtualSystemCollection’ when deploying vApp
I have two Ubuntu 8.04 virtual machines that I have created in VMWare Studio using VMWare Studio 1. I can import these into my ESXi Server 4 as OVF templates without any problems. So I have then...
View ArticleVDR error -105
Hello, Has anyone else encounter or know how to resolve a error -105? The exact error message is "Trouble writing to destination volume, error -105 (unexpected end of data)". This is only occuring on...
View ArticleError while recompose / changing ParentVM snapshot
Hi there, i got an error while trying to recompose a single VM in a desktop pool on VMWareView4. ("internal composer error. Please contact your Administrator"), nothing is shownin "Events", except...
View ArticleiSCSI login from ESXi 4.0 host to Dell EQL failed
I have an ESXi 4.0 HA cluster with 3 hosts. All 3 hosts are configured exactly the same. Each host has two adapters dedicated to iSCSI, and each are teamed to one NIC only (one is set to active, and...
View ArticleESXi 4 Bootup Stuck on "iscsi_vmk loaded successfully"
Every time I reboot a host, it gets stuck on "iscsi_vmk loaded successfully" for about 10-15 minutes. The first couple of times, I've gotten impatient and powered off the host and rebooted thinking...
View Articlevim.fault.InvalidTicket when launching VMRC shorcut - vSphere
Hi, Anyone come across this as yet?, I have created a desktop shortcut to a VM from the web access which works fine - but what this connection does is prompts the user to enter their credentials. What...
View ArticleFiancial Assistance for VCP class
I have been in IT for about 7 years. I have experience in multiple different areas such as PC/Server repair, networking, and basic linux/windows administration. I current work as a Cisco Network...
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