vmkfstools fails to rename disk through vCenter
Hey, I have a fairly simple set-up, one vCenter 5.0 controlling one vSphere ESXi 5.0. I am trying to rename a disk remotely and the most straight forward way seemed to be to use vmkfstools (per...
View Article[SOLVED] Workstation 8.x Console Display Issue
I have VMware Workstation 8.02 installed on a Fedora 14 box. This also happened w/ 7.x as well on the same box. My guest is win7 x86. vmware tools always match the version of workstation running....
View ArticleVMware Player for Linux: Windows Guest Constantly Scrolls Left While Running...
I use Linux Mint as Host (Linux Ver. 3.5.0-17-generic) , and my Windows (Win 8 Ultimate from torrent) Guest on my installation of VMware Player version 5.0.1 build-894247 constantly scrolls left while...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Host system stopped responding
Hello, I am running an ESXi Hostsystem at a german provider (Hetzner) with just 3 VM guests at the moment. Since the beginning i had troubles because ESXi stopped responding: * Guest systems not...
View ArticleFind ID of Deleted Resource
When deleting a vApp, the resulting task contains a reference to the vApp as the Owner. This reference only includes the href and type. From that, how can I get the ID (URN) of the vApp? Normally I...
View ArticlevCD 5.1: importing a vSphere VM without a clone
In vCD 1.5 I could import a vSphere VM into vCD without causing a clone. The conditions for this were basically:1) The VM and all of its files and volumes were on a single datastore.2) The datastore...
View ArticleUbuntu guest no connecting to internet when static ip address is assigned on...
Good day/night everyone I really need some help; I am running vmware workstation 9 on windows 7, my guest OS is ubuntu 12.10. I am able to get to internet when using dhcp setting on my NIC (host) but...
View ArticleA general sytem error occured: unknown internal error
Hello guys, I've been trying to convert the physical hard drive, which is the boot device with Win 7 X64 on in to a virtual hard drive using in VMware® Workstation, version 9.0.0 build-812388. I am the...
View ArticleProblema all'avvio dell'esxi5.1: secondo me sono fottuto :)
Ciao a tuttiE' la prima volta che apro una discussione su questo forum, spero di farlo nella maniera corretta.Innanzi tutto mi presento mi chiama Marco e sono in una brutta situazione.Vi spiego lo...
View ArticleUSB DVD Burner
I'm looking for information from anyone that is using USB DVD burners successfully with View 5.0. Specifically, I'd like to know models of burners that you are using, and any tips/hints/gotchas, etc....
View ArticleESXi 5.x on new Apple Mac Mini 6,2 Late 2012 *NOT* working
Hello! I bought one of the new MacMinis, which were presented yesteraday, plugged two 8GiB DD3-1600 modules in (OsX reported 16GiB of memory, as the models before) and tried to install ESXi 5.1 Build...
View Articlemake sure the virtual machine's configuration allows the guest to open host...
Hi, i am trying to do sharepoint 2013 development on a windows 2012 virtual machine. when i execute a simple application using visual studio 2012, i get an error "Make sure the virtual machine's...
View ArticleGuest OS specs do not meet minimum requirements
Brand new VM user here. I have this issue when I try to play an XP game from 2006 on a guest system. Here are the details: Host:OS: Windows 8 PROProcessor: Intel Core i7-3770k @ 3.5 Ghz8 GB...
View ArticleMigration 5.1.1 High Cpu
Since migrating to a newly built cluster running ESXi 5.1 build 838463 and View 5.1.1 build-799444 we experience high cpu utilization on the esx side. It appears to be related to PCoIP because if I...
View Article1000v implementation ucs
I am thinking of implementing the 1000v on esxi 5.1. currently everything i have is on dvswitch with the exception of iscsi which is on vss. I have 8 nics per esxi host currently vmnic0,1 --- mgmt...
View ArticleGet VIM Object by reference using vCloud plug-in
Hello, any suggestions on how to retrieve a VIM object by reference from a vCloud host? I'm attempting to get the resource pool(s) backing provider vDCs. Here's what I'm trying that's producing a...
View ArticleAcademic vs full version
Hi, Are there any functional differences between the VM Workstation 9 and VM workstation 9 Academic? Thanks, Rick
View ArticlevCenter Died
last night out of no where my vCenter server kind of died. i am not sure what has exactly happend but from what i can tell it will not let me sign in using AD, i am able to get into it using the admin...
View ArticlevCenter is a Windows/Linux machine?
Quick one folks, is the vCenter installation on the exam a Windows or a Linux machine? And is vMA completely set up for ya? Need to ensure I know what I'll see when I sit the exam. 34 days to exam!
View ArticleVmWare Ace player validation error.
Hi all,I have a VMWare Ace player installed (VM@HOME), and it used to work just fine. (on Win7 64bit).Since last week I get the following error after entering my password in the login window: Error...
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