using a vmdk to create a vm
I think i made a mistake and would like to know the options to fix (or to avoid for future).Corporate IT sent me a baseline vmdk image to use for building vm's. I copied to a directory i called VMDK on...
View ArticleWindows 2008 templates
It's been awhile but I thought that when I was working vSphere 4.1 that a Windows 2008 template did not have to be sysprep'd . Seems I recall that there was no need to copy the Sysprep files to the...
View ArticleWindows 7 Template Help (i am sure this is out there somewhere)
Okay so i am having all sorts of problems with making a working windows 7 template. (THANKS MICROSOFT) So i am not sure what is wrong or what I need to do to fix this but, (see attachment) I created an...
View ArticleOpen Source Backup Software
Does anyone have a suggestion to backup VM's using open source software? I have tried vmbk.pl but have been having issues with snapshots. I have a question out to that forum but was wondering what...
View Articlewin8 os is supported on esx4.1
Dear team, please let me know si win8 VM / Guest OS is supported on ESX4.1 260247 (ESX4.1 U1, ESX4.1 U2, ESX4.1 U3 etc) regardsMr VMware
View ArticleStep by Step procedures to create VM AD Domain Controller with Windows 2008 R2
Hello. I'm planning on upgrading a physical Windows 2003 SP2 server to a Windows 2008 R2 VM. The plan is to create a new VM for the Windows 2008 R2 server. It will replace the old 2003 server that...
View Articlerename VM and labels in DataStore locations
I recall in my days with vSphere 4x that I had to rename a VM once. But, the associated vmdk/vmx, etc files and even the folder in the DataStore did not change. However, when I performed a vStorage...
View ArticleP2V Windows 2003 Read-only DNS server
Since my server was only a member server with DNS, I performed a P2V with Converter and all seems well. I know that if it was a Domain Controller this may not be the method I would have used....
View ArticleP2V Windows 2008 Domain Controller
We have a Windows 2008 Domain Controller that we would like to virtualize. In the past, DCs were not recommended for P2V operations but I understand that with windows 2008 and recent Converter...
View ArticleWindows 2008 VM NIC Offload settings
Trying to find somebody that actually understands the offloading in a virtual environment. My company by default states they want all the offloading disabled for physical and virtual servers. I...
View ArticleVM Snapshots with Independent/Persistent Disks question
Greetings! We have our vSphere 5.0U2 infrastructure set up so our DATASTORES now are either 1 terabyte or 2 terabytes. I'm setting up a new VM server (with smaller Windows system C: drives) will reside...
View ArticleAccessing virtual machine through Browser
Hi, Can we access virtual machine running on ESXI 5.0 U1 through Web browser? Regards,Vikram Kumar. P
View ArticlePXE Booting To Install Windows Guests?
Hi, Is it a common practice to install Windows on guests using PXE booting? If so, how are the windows updates handled? Is there a way to install a pre-updated windows image? THanks,-T
View ArticleAutomatically grow Windows Server Virtual hard Disks
I have a windows Server 2008 Vm with an OS vmdk and an application vmdk. When my application vmdk runs out of space, I want to be able to grow the vmdk and the partition inside of it, without having...
View ArticleConfigure big HPC VMs without pinning NUMA node
Hi. I'm trying to configure two or more VMs with 8, 16 or 32 vCPUs on a 4 socket DELL r820 with 64 logical CPUs. I've configured the first VM with 16 vCPUs with:cpuid.coresPerSocket =...
View ArticleDiamond SupraExpress 56K serial modem
We have a vendor application that requires the use of their Diamond SupraExpress 56K serial modem. We currently have the application running on a physical server but want to move the application to a...
View Articleupgrade driver for Intel PRO/1000 vNICs?
I was looking to upgrade the drivers installed inside W2K8R2 for the Intel PRO/1000 vNICS installed on some of our guest machines past the 5/28/2008 date by default - i downloaded a package from Intel,...
View Articleunable to ping the gateway, need ur assistance
Dear Team,on ESX4.1 U3 host i have created one new VM and installed ESX4.0 OS, provided the local IP range , but not able to ping the gateway, need ur asisstance on the same. PFA screeshot........
View ArticleGuest OS Agent not rechable
Hi, I am facing problem in Guest OS when i log off Guest OS i get error in VM View Agent not reachable and i need to restart Guest OS for reconnecting
View ArticleIDE in virtual machine of ESX server
Hi,I've read a lot of posts that is not possible to create an IDE hdd into an virtual machine of ESX server. My problem is that i have to install an OS that supports just IDE drivers. And i have just...
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