Re: Can't install win 95
Yes, I had already configured both the virtual CD-ROM and Floppy drives to link to the respective image files paths, if this is what you mean by "boot".Up to now, as already mentioned, I have been...
View ArticleRe: RDM on multiple guest machines with vMotion
I am confused, how exactly do you expect to share a RDM across serveral Guest. the locking mechanism will prevent the 2nd and subsequent VMs from using it. think if this from the perspective of a...
View ArticleRe: again PSOD on ESXi 5.0
Hello and welcome to the communities. If you aren't in production yet, I would get to the latest patch release available and see if that helps resolve this issue.
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again PSOD on ESXi 5.0
I have ESXi server (not production yet).Two days ago, the server again stopped with a PSOD with a message saying:After rebooting the server started with no problems, but the server stopped with a PSOD...
View ArticleVM Portability, XenDesktop and Snapshots
Our VDI VMs are all dedicated and Windows 7. I've noticed that each VM has a snapshot called "Do Not Delete - Critical", I understand that is required as we use MCS with Citrix XenDesktop and the...
View ArticleRe: No special characters with unity
Hello Ernst,my name is also Ernst. I experience the same problems with the same host and guest. Sometimes I also cannot move the windows in Unity mode. Ernst
View ArticleRe: Creating the DSN needed to connect vCenter 5.1 to SQL Server
Great thanks for the info. However regarding ODBC connections: in the VMware Installation Guide it says this on page 253...
View ArticleRe: Improving ESX's NFS performance when using FreeBSD, ZFS
I successfully solved same problem just tuned ZFS (disable sync).Try out this link http://www.myitnotes.info/doku.php?id=en:jobs:freebsd_zfs_nfs_for_vmware
View ArticleRe: Can't install win 95
Once you are on the C:\> prompt, check the virtual machine's settings and ensure the floppy is "Connected". If not, ensure the floppy points to your floppy image and connect it and then use...
View ArticleGetting Host Hardware Information through PowerCLI
Hello there, I have a list of information I would like to get from some of our hosts. I've tried pulling this through PowerGUI and the VMWare PowerPacks but I'm having an issue with the fact that it...
View ArticleRe: deleted virtual hard disk and the files .vmdk how I can recover that.
Hi, yes, I'm using a vmware sever in a host. deleted = in " Edit virtual machine settings " , I select the hard disk and press remove. but I stupid, and when the virtual machine ask me if I want to...
View ArticleRe: Unable to bind iscsi port. [force = 0]
Hi The problem was that one of my vmnics on each iscsi portgroup was in standby instead of unused. one needs to be in active mode and the other in unused and not standby. Thanks
View ArticleQuestions on 4.1 to 5.1 upgrade
I am about to try to upgrade my small (1 Virtual Center and 4 ESX hosts) vSphere 4.1 environment to 5.1. My virtual center database lives on a separate SQL Server 2008R2 server. My virtual center...
View Articlemoving iscsi vswitch to dvswitch
what is the best way to move my iscsi ports currently binded to the iscsi hba from a standard vswitch to a dvswitch? It will not let me move them without unbinding the vmkernel ports
View ArticleRe: vCloud Director Competition
Hi Andreas, Thanks for the info. I think we would also have inclination towards vCD but may evaluate a few options for the Orchestration piece as there is a lot of competition there and some may bring...
View ArticleRe: Kickstart Troubleshooting - Static IP - ESXi 5
When you pass those parameters in via the isolinux.cfg file, they end up in /var/log/esxi_install.log as unknown parameters - actual error is "Weasel skipped boot command line token". But you can...
View ArticleMove Vcenter Protect to another server and activation
Hi, I have moved the Vcenter Protect SQL database to another server and that is working fine. I now want to move the applicationto another server as I am trying to upgrade our infrastructure to Server...
View ArticleRe: Using the vSphere API to Register a vSphere Client Plugin with VCenter...
Here are some answers in the same order:1) You can use any user credential that has the vCenter privileges to access the Extension Manager. If you don't catch any error running that program then it...
View ArticleRe: deleted virtual hard disk and the files .vmdk how I can recover that.
This looks kind of unusual, there are a lot of snapshots (00000x files) but no base virtual disk files in the VM's folder!?Please compress/zip the vmware*.log files, the .vmx file, the .vmsd file as...
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