Migrate virtual vCenter5.0 to Physical server
Hi Guys, I am in a process to upgrade my vSphere5.0 to 5.1 but before that I would like to migrate my vCenter5.0 (VM on the vSphere5 cluster) to physical server. I know there is no direct upgrade...
View ArticleHaving issues with VDP & HP Data Protector Backups
Hello I recently upgraded one of our vSphere environments to vSphere 5.1. Everything worked fine until I noticed that my VDR wasn't working. So I found its successor VDP and installed it. After a few...
View ArticleHardware Optimization for my VMWARE
Hi, I'm currently running a very resource consuming Oracle product on my vmware. Luckily, I have a very geared PC for the job. However, I require the wisdom of seasoned VMware users in the following...
View ArticleHost disconnesso inaspettatamente: suggerimenti per le indagini...
ciao a tutti, stamattina ho trovato un host membro di un cluster di 3 (tutti ESXi5.1) che appariva disconnesso dal vCenter, infatti era attivato il trigger "host connection and power state". Le VM...
View ArticleVMware TAM Newsletter 5.01 - First of 2013
From the editors Virtual DeskHi everyone and a huge welcome to 2013. I am so excited about all of the new technology that we can look forward to this year. Currently the CES has been on in Las Vegas...
View ArticleWhy Windows 2003 Server cannot see all 4 cpu's??
We have installed VMware Sphere 4.1 and a virtual server was running Windows 2003 Server with only one cpu assigned in the installation.After a while we have decided to assign more cpu's in the...
View ArticleVM uptime?
Hi guys, is there a way to get uptime info for all VMs in a cluster? Basically a list with VM name, and uptime. Thanks!
View Articlevmware server 2 32bit installation on windows 7
Hi friends, please let me know that can we install vmware server 2 32bit on windows 7 64bit. would appriciate for quick reply Thanks,ur friend
View ArticleEvaluation period is over,Please install a license
Hi, I was try to update the license for My Vmware Host machine, It gives me the below error message attached. Thanks,Shakeel
View ArticleIs there a HOWTO to get Windows 7 (and possibly 8) to run XP software?
I have a MacBook Pro with Fusion and use VMware primarily for extended compatibility. I find that I have a very rich base of software under my XP machine, and under Windows 7 I have IE9 and that's...
View ArticleConfigurar la hora en server
Estimados tengo un servidor esxi 5.1, esta creada una maquina virtual con windows server 2008, pero cuando ingreso al windows veo que la hora del servidor esta adelantada, si cambio la fecha y hora en...
View ArticleVSphere Version4 - Export a Vm to network
Hello to all. I have VSphere Version4 and i want to export a Virtual Machine to a network path.Can you send me a guide or tell me the steps for do that please? I am a newbie to Vsphere, so i want to...
View ArticleHow to Compact the VMDKs with window guest
Dear , I have a problem in manage vmware system storage, i use ESX 5.0 host and IBM storage attact directly to it and was mounted, my VM was created with 200GB HDD (thin provisioning). Some recent...
View ArticlevSphere Client freezes when trying to control VM
I have a Dell Precision T5500 running ESXi 5.0. It has two Intel Xeon E5507 CPU's and 8 GB Ram. Whilst running just one VM which is setup to have 4 cores and 2GB of Ram I find that if I click off...
View ArticleVM monitoring alert info needed
Hi All, Below is the alert that I received for a VM [VMware vCenter - Alarm Virtual machine high availability error] Cannot reset in cluster Datacenter due to a guest OS error. I checked and verified...
View ArticleConvert physical older Linux to virtual Disk
Hello, I know there are a bunch of posts on this general topic, but I am confused about something and hope you guys can clarify things for me. I have a RedHat Linux 9 box that I need to convert to a...
View Articlevcentre converter standalone 5.0.1: vmware-sysinfo crashes
On my physical Linux Fedora 17 32 bit machine, 'vmware-sysinfo-lin32' segfaults (crashes) when running vcentre converter standalone 5.0.1 to convert this physical machine (powered on machine source...
View ArticleNested ESXi Hosts and iSCSI POC
Folks, I want to set up a proof of concept for a two host, two NAS model for my workplace. At this stage I have set up nested ESXi hosts using this guide from vCritical -...
View ArticleHi everyone please need help ESXi- Putty error permission denied
Hello everyone please need help regarding the below issue whenever I open SSH connection using putty and then try to go to any dirI am getting the below error as in the screenshot. please help its...
View ArticleCan't install VMware Tools for Linux after upgrading to Fusion 5
I am coming from Fusion 3, where I was able to successfully install VMwareTools-8.4.5-332101.tar.gz. Now, in Fusion 5.0.0, trying to install VMwareTools-9.2.0-799703.tar.gz on the same guest os (Fedora...
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