How to create a RHEL/CentOS 7.0 template for VM deploy customization ?
Hello, Just want to know how to create a RHEL/CentOS 7.0 template for VM deploy customization ? Looks like it's not same as RHEL 6.x.
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 and Network Load Balancing
Hello all. Need a help very much to understand to configure two windows 2008 R2/Windows 2012 NLB (network load balance) configuration in multicust mode. Is there any requirement in vDS or Physical...
View Articleextending system disk of w2012 domain controller VM
Easy question for the forum - can I safely extend the system disk of my domain controller w2012 VM?
View ArticlePoint me in right direction re Cloud
Hi.I`m currently in a process of setting up a virtual machine on Azure. But I need some advice on any VMWARE products I might need to archive what I`m after. My business idea:1. I have created software...
View ArticleWindows 2000 VM on vSphere 6 does not show IP address
Hi,I have several Windows 2000 VM's on vSphere 6 platform, After installing the vmware tools, they don't show IP in "VM Summary", is it normal ?
View ArticleProblems with the new release of VM Workstation 12 pro USB
I have updated to release 12.1. After that my USB Scanner Lide 220 was not working any more. First I though it is a software problem on the scanner side. Afterwards I found out on the native shell the...
View ArticlevShield VirtualMachine Alarm
Hello,I just cloned one VM from vSphere 5.1 to a shared datastore, then registed the new VM on the vSphere 6.0 platform, the cloned VM threw out "vShield VirtualMachine Alarm" alarm before powering...
View ArticleWin 2k8 Extend Volume and Disk Drive size but not reflecating on explorer
Hello, I extended vmdk using vsphere client from 200 to 300 GB. Extended windows volume with diskpart on server using commant prompt. The expanssion was successfull on Disk manager and diskpart and it...
View ArticlevCPU scheduling
I have a physical server with 4 sockets and 8 cores per socket. I have a VM with 6 vCPUs. Will those vCPUs always get scheduled on the same socket? Does ESXi always attempt to schedule them on the...
View ArticleNetwork issue on a VM
Hello, I have three ESXi 5.5 hosts in a cluster. All ESXi hosts are configured with a single dvSwitch with multiple port group (each on a separate VLAN). I can vMotion any VM from one host to any...
View ArticleScsi errors in windows 2003 VM
Hi Team , I am getting continues error messages in the events log , please help to resolve the issue.When issue started: 1 week back the vm got hanged and was not able to access through RDP , I have...
View ArticlePartial installation of VMWare Tools
I am working on a product and we need to be able to have people properly shutdown the VM. For security reasons we don't want the entirety of the VMWare tools suite installed by default (most of it is...
View ArticleVMWare Error : Unable to find VMWare child window
i am running linux mint 17.1 as guest on vmware on windows 8.1.in the virtual machine my touchpad's vertical scroll (two fingures) function did'nt work, so i came across an .exe on web(Using your...
View ArticleQueryChangedDiskAreas API Failing with FileFault Error.
Hi All, We have enabled CBT for VM, and while trying to get the ChangedDiskAreas using QueryChangedDiskAreas API, and failing with FileFault ErriorError caused by file...
View ArticleWindows 2003 R2 SP2 VM Blue Screen on vSphere 6.0U1a platform
Hello all, I have several Windows 2003 R2 SP2 VM's(32bit and 64bit) running on vSphere 6.0U1a platform, but they crash and reboot randomly. I saw the below error message in the windows system...
View ArticleThere is no more space for virtual disk while powering on VDP appliance.
NOTE: After 2 days of scheduling a daily backup of a critical server, VDP appliance is turned off and throwing the above shoved error while powering it on. i understood that disk space in VDP appliance...
View ArticleWindows 7 check for updates hangs for hours?
I've just installed Win 7 32 Bit on Fusion 8 Pro on a Macbook Pro using the easy set up and it installed fine I think. I can install things like antivirus and chrome but I can't seem to update the...
View ArticleVirtual Serial Port
I P2V'd a Windows 7 machine in a doctor's office that has a serial port which is needed to connect to a proprietary Healthcare instrument. The instrument works fine & would be expensive for the...
View ArticleWinXP VM will not start if I assign it more than 512KB of RAM
I P2V'd a Physical XM Pro machine that had 1GB of physical RAM installed. I am using Fusion 8 on a mac mini (El Capitan) with 16GB of RAM to play the XP Pro VM but it will not start if I assign it any...
View ArticleApple OSX 10.11 support in ESXi 6.0
VMware Guest OS compatibility list saying ESXi 6.0 supports OSX 10.11 butI couldn't find OSX 10.11 OS option in CreateVM wizard in ESXi6.0 and 6.0 Update1. Is it missed?
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