VM identifier questions
What's the best value or values to uniquely identify a VM? It appears that the obvious choices - name, DNS name, uuid, instanceUuid, mo_ref - are either not guarenteed unique (uuid), not unique across...
View ArticleUsing VMware Tools GUI to disable time synchronization with host
What is the quickest way for a Windows Server VM being provisioned with VMware Tools installed, to insure that time synchronization does NOT occur with the host? These articles discuss using registry...
View ArticleDoes RDP get modified through the connection server in any way?
Does the View connection server modify RDP when it's brokered through the connection server? I had a user (off shore) say that they're getting better performance from RDPing (8) directly instead of...
View Articlewin7 64bit host and vm workstation 9 settings
I can t seem to get the host configured so the vm (server 2008) will run best in workstation.I am interested in the VM perfoming well and the host (host os) just feeding the vm.win7 pro 64bit, 8GB RAM,...
View ArticleVM System Event Error: The device has a bad block
In my Event Viewer->System logs, I spotted the following error "The device, \Device\Harddisk1, has a bad block." It has occurred several times in the last month, usually in the early morning. For...
View ArticleHow to check Linux VM is synchroize time with ESX Host or NTP Server
Dear team, we have our internal ntp server which we have configured on every esx host , we have installed vmware tools on all guest vm , how to check whether linux vm are synchrizing with esx host or...
View Articlevmware player 4 opensuse 12 vmware tools problems
using vmware player 4 (on windows host) and trying to install vmware tools in an opensuse 12 guest which uses linux kernel 3.7i still get "vmxnet.c:525:4: error: unknown field" errors when running...
View ArticleGuest OS to raw san storage (2TB limit?)
I'm trying to get one of my guest os machines to see a 4TB fibre SAN storage (as a local drive, so guest os can share it).(Esxi 4.1). I'm trying to do this with "Add Hard Disk" - but that may not be...
View Articleesxi installation on dell optiplex 790
hi experts, 1. Tried installing Vmware Native Esxi 5.1 OS on Dell Optiplex 790, Installation Wizard reported no supported network cards found. 2. Tried Installing Dell Customized Esxi 5.1 on the same...
View Articlevmware player 4 host trisquel 6 guest vmxnet compile errors
vmware player 4 host trisquel 6 guest vmxnet compile errors aptitude install build-essential linux-headers vmware-config-tools.pl generates errors from vmxnet.c vmxnet_probe_device vmxnet_map_pkt...
View ArticlePerfMon Counter groups - VM Processor and VM Memory
When trying to run PerfMon from my local workstation (Windows 7) against a Windows 2003 or Windows 2008 guest OS (on vSphere 5.1), I can see the Performance Counter groups for "VM Memory" and "VM...
View ArticleNew ESXi install + Not able to access ESX server to start with vsphere client
Hello All, I am trying to setup my home ESXi lab. I m using Intel Core i7 processor with 32 GB RAM. One inbuilt NIC and one external NIC installed in PCI slot. I have installed ESXi 5.1.0 build 79733....
View ArticleRestored vm boot problem
Hi, I upgraded our Esxi 4.1 hosts to 5.1. First I backed up virtual machines using ghettovcb script, then installed esxi 5.1 and then restored virtual machines. Problem is that I cannot boot few of...
View ArticleCorrupted Fedora 14 install - how do I access the Linux Kernal Parameters?
Good afternoon! One of our clients recently decided to power of their ESXi 5.1 server via the power button, and since then one of the VM's which is running Fedora 14 developer install hangs when...
View ArticleChoose best OS architecture, which is better x86 or x64?
Hi, I want to deliver virtual desktop to office workers and I have limitation on resources, memory and CPU.I need to advise about OS architecture, which has better performance on x64 processor and ESXi...
View ArticleWindows 2003 64 bit
After creating a new vmdk file and attaching it to the Virtual Server, I am unable to format the drive. It just times out. Has anyone had this experience and what was done to resolve the issue. Thanks...
View ArticleCan a guest find out its own virtual hardware version?
Is it possible for a guest to figure out its own virtual hardware version from within the guest OS?
View ArticleESXi & sbs 2003 random network issues
i have a PE 2950 with ESXi 5.1 and sbs 2003 installed. It has random network disconnection issues. At least once per day, for maybe 2 to 10 minutes. Seems to vary. A month ago I noticed an error logged...
View ArticleDisable multiple devices via the .vmx file
I'm working on a STIG for a vSphere environment, and I have a question about disabling devices. If I want to disable multiple floppy devices or multiple IDE devices, I am making a line for each...
View ArticleFormatting Issue
Hi, I have a IBM server x3100M4 Core i3-2100 3.1Ghz 2Gb with a SATA 1TB Simple-swap 3Gb/s Hard Drive. I used to have vmware vsphere esxi and it worked out just fine with windows server and ubuntu...
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