Cannot get vmware tools to install
Running win7 64bit as host, ubuntu 12.04.1 as guest. When choosing to Reinstall VMWare Tools the cdrom image does not get mounted. Checked with mount command, its not there. Try to manually mount...
View ArticleUnable to download VMware tools on VMwarePlayer, need alternatives
My host system is running Windows 7 and I have an Ubuntu Guest running 10.04 LTS. When I click install VMware tools on my VMware player. The download keeps failing with the message [Connection to the...
View Articlevmware tools unavailable - could not find component on update server
Hey there,i run into the following problem: With the vmware player i downloaded today (VMware-player-4.0.4-744019) i can't install vmware tools. The following error message appears instantly: "Could...
View ArticleInstalling VMWare Tools when no X Installed
So I did a minimal server install of an OpenSuse guest, and I am trying to install vmware tools but it fails saying it can't find desktop. Is there a way I can install the tools without an X install?
View ArticlePSOD on Dell R515 BIOS 2.0.2 - ESXi 5.0 Updatetd
Hi, today i had a Purple Screen on a new Dell R515 with the latest BIOS (2.0.2).We bought 2 of these machines in 2012 with BIOS 1.10.0 and had no problems. Yesterday i installed 2 additional R515 with...
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ESXi 4.1 Update 3 Purple Screen PF 14
I keep getting purple screens on my ESXi 4.1 Update 3 host. Sometimes I get it a day after a reboot, sometimes a few days. Attached are the screnshots. My hardware:Dell R715 AMD Opteron(TM)...
View ArticleNot a Valid Virtual Machine Configuration...
Okay, I thas been probably about 3 days since I started VMWare Fusion up and ran Windows. I go to run it this morning, after shutting it down properly the last time I used it, and when I pick my Vista...
View ArticlePSOD - Purple Screen of Death
Hi everybody! I'm experiencing curiously a problem with our ESXi 5.1 hypervisor. When we power up the server, it's stay available to accept connections, run VMs, edit ESXi config and etc. When we power...
View Articlerestore shadowprotect image to esxi
Had anyone successfully restored Storagecraft's Shadowprotect image to ESXi 5 without having blue screen for Win 2008 R2 VM?If yes, how did you do it? Thanks for any info.
View Article: related to vmwareserver and openfiler
Hi I am using VMware Server 2.0 for my Oracle rac setup . My host system config. is Windows 7 . 4GB RAM , Acer 64 bit .My question is ; I am going to configure vmserver on two host...
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vCenter Versions
I am going through and building vCenter in a sandbox. I am following Derek Seaman's excellent blog to assist me. His blog was written in September '12 and at that time he recomended vCenter 5.1.0b....
View ArticleRunning vSphere on host machine?
Is it possible to run vSphere on my host machine to log into itself? I have VMware ESXi 5.0.0 Release Build 469512
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 install with VMWare Player
My company is considering using Windows Server 2008 R2 as a platform for a couple VM's. We already have R2 installed on a physical server, so I download the 180 day trial version. When I tried to...
View ArticlevCenter database problems
Hello, I am again in need of your help as I am buffled with this. I am constantly having issues with the database of one of our vcenter servers. The cleanup sql agent jobs never seem to finish running....
View ArticlePatch ESXi
Hi Guys, I have an ESXi 5 servers and I wan start patching them, I am new to patching esxi. Is there any best practise out there? Thx
View ArticleRAID (AMD SP5100) on supermicro H8SGL for ESXi 5
Hello all, I have a machine based on a Supermicro H8SGL -F motherboard. It has an Adaptec RAID chipset, identified as an AMD part.. AMD...
View ArticleWhy do my VM's (x 2) power off?
This is really starting to get to me. My VM's are powering off (crashing off) regularly. VM HOST: Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit SP1 (New server), running Vmware Workstation 9VM GUESTS : - Windows 2003...
View ArticleUse of VMWare Workstation 8 to replace VMWare Server ?
It would seem like VMWare Server is a dead product. Shame. I've been using VMWare Server 1.0 for several years very effectively. Looking at the new features of VMWare Workstation 8 it would seem like...
View ArticleHost not responding when IO load is high
HI everyone,I have a few ESXi 5.0 connecting to a NAS iSCSI.The server is sure to have sufficient for ALL VM to use all allocated memory. When the load is a bit high (around 100 ms latency) and if the...
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