Recompose a single vm with powercli?
Need a bit of direction please.I can get all info about a single vm, and the pool that it belongs to.I can send a recompose to an entire poolWhat I need to do is send a recompose to a single...
View ArticleNetwork Slow on Linux Host
I have very similar windows 2k guest machines (cloned from same source) running on Both Linux host (OpenSuse 12.3) and Windows host (Win7). On Linux host, a simple ping command from the Guest to some...
View ArticleError While connecting to the vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Service.
Hi I am getting the "Error While connecting to the vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Service" daily once, even thought my vcenter is working fine. Once i received this message, i will do the "Refresh...
View ArticleScanning with ThinApps
Hey Everybody, I work in a clinical environment, and one of the applications we are ThinApp'ing will be utilized by persons performing registration, and will require for documents to be scanned into...
View ArticleAgentless Anti-virus?
What do you recommend for agentless anti-virus? We are looking at Trend Micro's Deep Security product, but each host requires a dedicated virtual appliance. So far this sounds like we can't use DPM...
View ArticleHow do I read the BUlletin ID or Qnumber?
I was told that some patches may have 2 entries: a installer and an uninstaller.The difference was that these might be hotfixes that have not yet been incorporated into a service pack If this is...
View ArticleConfused about Update1 and esxcli VIB or Profile install
Our update manager has been flaky so I have decided to push 5.1 U1 via esxcli. I have done it a long time ago, but the proflie install seems new. So for the Zip bundle once I upload it, should i...
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.vmdk size doesn't match Disk size setting in Settings
Windows gave me a "drive space low" error today so I went to add some space to the virtual disk but noticed an odd discrepancy... Looking at the size of the actual .vmdk file, it's only 49.29 GB. When...
View ArticleConnecting host and client over bridged network when host is offline
I'm setting up a test-system using a laptop with VMWare Workstation.The host is a regular Win7 x64, and clients a mix of different machines - Win2k3, win2k8R2, Win7, WinXP and Linux.I wish the clients...
View ArticleOnly the First guest OS I boot up can see the network
Hello everyone, At work we currently work exclusively out of VMs. Usually we have more than one VM open at a time, but we always boot up and shut down multiple VMs everyone day. We are using VmWare...
View ArticleView 5.2 Desktop status stops at "startup"
Dear All, I have installed View 5.2 newly to implement in production environment currently running with View 5.1. In View 5.2 whenever I create new desktop pool (Linked clones as well as Full clones)...
View ArticleVMWare Player fails to install on Win7 x64 Home Premium
I have tried several times, and can't install VMware Player on my Win7 x64 Home Premium notebook. VMware Player.msi won't run. ( I had no problems installing it on my desktop, however.) Here's the fail...
View ArticleIs it possible to resize a virtual disk in VMware player 4.0.1?
I have a redhat linux 64-bit guest OS vm running in VMware player 4.0.1. The host OS is windows XP. I found this article:...
View ArticleVDP Scheduler won't start
hi guys suddenly my Backup Scheduler won't start (I can see that in status VDP configure tab). It was working fine.I manually start it. No go.I used command: dpnctl stop mcs - dpnctl start mcs. Same...
View ArticleAnyone else having issues running Onyx in big environments?
When ever I launch Onyx and the VI Client, VI client immediately locks up. Is anyone else experiencing this issue? vCenter is housing ~ 3000 vms spread out across the globe.
View ArticleVirtual Disk failure
Everything was working OK and one day shutdown the one of the VM and restarted I got an error "failed to lock the file" I remove that vitual drive in settings window. started the WM just fine.. I try...
View ArticleShared Folder Issue in Fusion 5
I am experiencing a shared folder issue on 2 of my mac's running Fusion 5.01/5.02. This does not occur in Fusion 4.1.4. When navigating through shared folders using File Explorer the VM will...
View ArticleAutomatically pause all VMs when host goes to sleep?
Whenever I forget to pause my VMs before going out for lunch or closing the laptop lid, I find that more often than not when I come back the VMs will either be frozen or just show a black screen,...
View ArticleAD Authentication works for some but not all users
I have setup a vCenter server and added one host. The ESXi 5.1 host is joined to the domain and so is the Windows 2008 R2 server that vCenter is installed on. I have setup about 35 users from AD...
View Articleproblem installing View HTML Access
I keep on getting 'Failed to communicate to LDAP server,,,' when I try installin ghte HTML access component on the Connection Server. All the firewalls are open to the composer, security and DC. I am...
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