Preparing physical Network for NFS end-to-end
If I am using NFS in an environment for the first time, what considerations does the network team need to make to prepare the physical network end-to-end for this? The requirements for using NFS in...
View ArticlePoor PCoIP performance
I'll start by saying I have not been greatly impressed by PCoIP when compared to RDP. I want to like PCoIP but when compared to RDP, even on the LAN it just seems not as smooth. Maybe it's a...
View ArticleNIC Issue
I posted this in the other newbie group but the membership in that group is less than 1/4 of this group. I hope this is not a forum no-no, if it is I am sorry I am brand new to VMWare but have a little...
View ArticleVMware tools need to be reinstalled after sysprep
Hello, I would like to know if anyone has had this problem. I created a golden image, then sysprep it, then converted to template. Everytime I deploy a VM from this template, I have to reinstall the...
View ArticleVcenter 5.1 Timed waiting for vpxa to start
Hi This is for newly installed VCentere 5.1 and Vsphere5.1 , no VMs created yet . In Vcenter 5.1 when trying to add that new Vsphere host (5.1 --- VMkernel xxxx.xxx.xxx 5.1.0 #1 SMP Release...
View ArticleHOL-OPS-07 - VMware vCenter Orchestrator - "The Undiscovered Country"
This lab introduces the little known yet powerful automation solution, VMware vCenter Orchestrator. You will play the role if an IT administrator that is responsible for delivering IT services to an...
View ArticleNamespace shortcut
Today I was virtualizing one application called Key File. This application was virtualized on windows xp 32b and virtualized runs on windows 7 64b. This application creates shortcut on desktop. Problem...
View Articleerror hal.dll missing
when i recover from previous backup error hal.dll come in server 2003 in VMeare i try many time to fix this error but ):
View ArticlePerte de Paquet
Salut, J'ai un souci avecc notre plateforme ESX 5 avec une VM Win2008R2, lorsqu'on charge le lien Reseau de la VM nous perdons des paquets sur la machine VM mais pas sur ESX. Est ce quelqu'un à eu déja...
View ArticleAdding additional licenses to ESX 3.5 / vCenter
Hi, Just wanted to check the process for adding new licences to an ESX 3.5 / vCenter 2.5 environment. Can I have multiple .lic files in the license folder? There is currently a license file in place,...
View ArticleVMware Studio OS ISO files
In creating an appliance, VMware Studio requires an OS ISO file. Exactly what does it do with that iso file?
View ArticleHow to update a MAC address of a VM using Orchestrator
Hi, I am trying to update the MAC address of a virtual NIC using an orchestrator workflow. I have found ways to get the MAC address and put it into arrays and the like, but i am struggling to actually...
View ArticleProblème avec Wmware Player 5.0.1
Bonjour, j’ai un soucis avec wmware player, quand j’essaye d’installer une autre versions de windows7. J’ai un sony vaio vgn-nr11s, win.7 professionnel et un disc 74GO (dont 50GO de libre). En créant...
View ArticleVMware Tools crash on login using Workstation 9.0.1
On a fresh installation of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core x64 SP2 on VMware Workstation 9.0.1 I am reliably seeing a crash in the VMware Tools Core Service (vmtoolsd.exe) nearly everytime...
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Проблема P2V, Unable to reconfigure the destination virtual machine.
Имеется исходная физическая машина под управлением Windows server 2k3 SP1, и vSphere 5.С помощью VMware Converter производится попытка p2v конвертации, процесс останавливается на 98 % с...
View Articleperformance Power Metric group not showing anything on the VM
Hello, I've a small question about the Power metric group that can be found on the VM side in the advance perf charts. it shows only 0 for the usage. if I go to the same metric group on the host, it...
View ArticleAD Plugin errors - Error when destroying an element: Connection reset
I have a workflow which needs to cleanup our environment after removing a vApp and I am trying to use the AD plugin to destroy the machine object using the computerAd.destroy() method and I keep...
View ArticleWindows 2008 Server Core - Installing VMware Tools
I am running VMware Workstation V9.0.1 build-894247 on Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit. I am trying to install VMware tools on a guest o/s running Windows 2008 Enterprise (Core). I am able to run the...
View ArticleEvaluating vCenter 5.1 on a budget
Does anyone know if it is possible to setup a vSphere lab if all I have is the ESXi 5 host? Scenario: I have have downloaded and installed ESXi 5.1 in order to evaluate. The host is setup and can be...
View ArticleUsing SQL Server Enterprise version
At what point do I need to consider using SQL Server Enterprise version for my VMware environment? Or is the extra licensing above SQL Server Standard ever needed?
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