The Microsoft Runtime DLL installer failed to complete the installation.
Hello - we get the error "The Microsoft Runtime DLL installer failed to complete the installation." when we try to install Vmware tools on Windows 7 and Windows 2003. We haved googled and tried what we...
View ArticleConvert VMDK in multiple VMDKs
Hi, I've got a VM with a vDisk attached.There are partitions, both are on same vmdk stored (see image attached) Is there a way, I can get each partition on a own vmdk file?Unforunately it's not...
View ArticleAD Replication failed when DC moved to another VMWare host
Hello,I have strange problem and hope that someone could help me. We have four VMware hosts. At this time our DCs are located on the same host. Everything works great. The problem is when I try to...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 Offset Question
Dont ask me how and/or why, but we came across a Windows 2008 R2 template that somehow has the incorrect offset (32,256) (if you can explain to me HOW thats even possible that would be awesome) But my...
View ArticleInstalling RHEL 6 (64-bit) as VM
This is my first installation of a VM on an ESXi host. I'm trying to install RHEL 6 (64-bit) on a host running ESXi 5.1.0. Following the VMWare procedure described in the online documentation I picked...
View ArticleLinux file systems becoming read-only
The file systems on several of our guest OSs running RHEL4 have suddenly started becoming read-only. ESX is 3.0.0. The two file systems that are usually / and /var. Both systems are HP DL385 with...
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Unable to allocate additional CPUs (Virtual machine has 8 virtual CPUs, but...
Dear Team, I want to allocate 8 vcpu to one of the vm, but it gives following error "Virtual machine has 8 virtual CPUs, but the host only supports 4. The number of virtual CPUs may be limited by the...
View ArticleClient virtulisation
Good day, I m asking kindly if you can advice me ,I need to do one project for my company to virtualise all client computer , and I have a datastor if you have an idea how i can do it I will be...
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Installing Guest O/S (RHEL 6) on Virtual Machine
I’m trying to install a guest O/S on a VM that has been configured for RHEL 6. The plan is to use an ISO image from a RHEL installation disk, move the files to a datastore on the vShere and configure...
View ArticleVM (Best Practice / Checklist)
Dear Team, is there any best practice or checklist to create a new VM in a infrastructure for eg . Activity / Steps / Checklist / Best PracticeStatus1) Specify “VM Name”Done 2) Select...
View Articlereceiving error message when trying to migrate pc
hello all I have just started using vmware and i wanted to migrate my windows 7 64bit system to my mac. i seem to get an error message and cant seem to get any further. has anyone else had a problem...
View ArticleVM Memory vs Physical
Ok. So I have this argument on going with vendor of a certain network appliance. The vendor claims their product requires 8GB on a physical server, and 8GB on a virtual. Subsequent network stress...
View Articlehigh memory usage in windows os system
Hi all, I am using VMware vSphere 4.1 and I create a VM: 8GBRAM, 8vCPU, when I start a VM and see in the task manager that the memory usage is very high but I don't run any program.Can any body tell me...
View ArticleRhel 6 nic order with 4 network adapter or more
Hi, I'm having problem with NIC order on RHEL 6 VM.When creating 4 NIC's or more, the RHEL will map the last NIC in order to eth0. I.E "Network Adapater 1" is mapped to eth1"Network Adapater 2" is...
View ArticlePlanning vCPU per core
I'm doing some planning around vCPU contention ratios, and I'm curious as to whether there is anything actually published by VMware. I've variously heard that the planning range should be 5 - 8, or 5 -...
View ArticleStornext and fiber connected SAN in ESXi
I want to be able to mount our SAN via fiber on a Windows Server 2008R2 running storenext or Quantum DDN filesystem.Can this be accomplished in a ESXi hosted enviroement as it does in the physical...
View Articleclient OS installation error- operating system not found
hi every oneI have a vmware vsphere installed in the lab. I have created a new virtual machine for my research but I am not able to install a windows OS on that. I tried to add cd/dvd drive to the...
View ArticleWindows Activation Error
First- I am using the same hardware for this but looking to expand usage of the hardware by running ESXi. I have converted a machine from Physical to Virtual and installed ESXi 5.1 and now the system...
View ArticleVmware tools unable to install
Hi when i try to update the vmtools on a vm image iof windows 2008 r2 os it failed all the time to update "the wizard was interrupted before vmware tools could be completely installed." i cannot...
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