Windows Server 2008 R2 Template will not join domain
Hi. I have made some Windows Server 2008 R2 template at our esx 4 update 1 hosts. My isue is that these servers will not join the domain with the customization I have made. I know I use the right user...
View Article"Convert to a template" in the web client
In the vSphere client one of the default options for a VMguest is to "convert to a template".I use this a lot -- I have a couple of templates, every few weeks/months I convert them to a VM + update...
View ArticleCalculation of "Provisioned Storage" field for a Virtual Machine
I have a VM with two hard disks. Each hard disk was provisioned as a 40GB disk. There are no snapshots. In vSphere Client, the "provisioned Storage" field shows 84GB. How is this provisioned...
View ArticleVM log files in vSPhere 5.5
Attention gurus: I am confused about something I just read in a VMware KB: VMware KB: Log rotation and logging options for vmware.log Here it is: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/nullThe...
View ArticleExtensible Virtual Machine NFS storage
I would like to create an easy way for a Guest OS to be able to expand its storage. The issues are this: 1. If I give a VM a virtual disk, I can increase virtual disk size when the VM runs out of...
View ArticleWhat is the VMware's best practice about disabling Windows Page file inside...
What is the VMware's best practice about disabling Windows Page file inside the Windows Operating System? Does VMware recommend disabling the Windows Page file?Can anyone assist on this?Thanks,DinRam
View ArticleHow to monitor network performance
Dear Team, how to monitor network performance and also let me know the important metrics of network. regardsMr VMware
View ArticleUrgent Help!!! Unable to upload a file in Guest operating System
Hi, I am trying to upload a file in guest operating system using vsphere 5.1 API. I am getting an exceptionjavax.xml.ws.soap.SOAPFaultException: The operation is not supported on the object. at...
View ArticlevMotion failed
Dear team, want to all possible causes because of which vmtion process fails regardsMr VMware
View Articlesetting up alert paging in VMs
I have an application called NetpagerPro that was installed on a server 2003 box. We want to install it on a Windows 2008R2 box. NetPagerPro uses SNPP protocol to send monitoring alerts from our...
View Articleneed help to understand snapshot technology
Dear Team, I have queries related to snapshot, request you to help me on the same. 1) I have one VM (vhDD size of 5GB) and 4 gb is full, Now i have taken a snapshot, one delta vhdd created, now new...
View ArticleGuest customization gets fail after deply a VM from template.
Hi I have template win server 2008 standard R2(64-bit) ,when i deply VM from that template VM is not booting facing below attached issues .Need help how to resolve ASAP. I did hit on ok on ok button as...
View Articlesetup windows VM fails to accept license agreement during windows configurations
Hi i have deployed VM (2008 standard R2 sp1 64 bit) from a template .when i power its fails to boot ,so i went from command 'msoobe' ,then i see attached screenshot .I agreed license and rebooted ,VM...
View ArticleWindows 2012 VM - Heartbeat vNIC
So we are currently building a medium sized 2012 SQL cluster with always on technology enabled. We have decided to move the heartbeat network to a dedicated set of network cards so as not to...
View ArticleVirtual machine Resources
For Memory:Are the virtual guest will not hold permanently the allocated resources if its in idle or doesn't have processing but it will utilized again once there is a process in that virtual guest...
View ArticleSystem Time on VMs
We have a vSphere5 shop with ESXi5 hosts and vCenter5. I'm not familiar with version 5 so I rely on the existing administrators to get my information on how the group works virtualization projects....
View ArticleBest way to manually backup VM from ESXi 3.5?
Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask this or if it has already been answered... I apologize for the length but I want to make sure I don't leave out anything important. The free clinic where I...
View ArticleSystem
Can we extend the C driver space of a running virtual machine without reboot how ?
View ArticlevCenter CPU for VM high
We have a VM that vCenter is showing at 100% CPU ute. The VM has 6gb of memory, 1 socket/2cores. At irregular intervals, the PU spikes and stays at 100% for nearly 5hrs. No consistent time of day....
View ArticleVMware Tools and vHardware Updates Cause Event Logs to Fill Up
Hi, We are in the process of upgrading the vHardware and VMtools on all our VM's. During this process we've noticed that a lot of our Windows VM's are now filling the event logs with errors related to...
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