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What level of permissions does vCenter Server require on a VM host?
If I want to fully manage a VM through vCenter Server, what level of permissions does vCenter require to the host OS (if any)? I have a VM which will be locked down by a vendor, where no accounts with...
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number of Vmotion done on a VM
Hello, I need know how many times an Virtual Machine has done the VMotion. I have the operation manager but I can't any report about.it's possible know how many times an virtual machine has done the...
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VMware Tools 10.0.0.5 Issues
I am not too sure if anyone else has been having any problems with VMware Tools 10.0.0.5 but i think i am ready to have one of them melt downs. Whenever i use this version of tools non of my os...
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workstation pro v12 won't run more than 5 guests???
Greetings, I run Ubuntu 12.04-LTS on a laptop on Workstation v9, works great, but I'm overloading the laptop. I bought a new office PC with enough power, disk, and memory to run this half of the world...
View ArticleSupport and Compatibilty VMware Tools against Windows Server 2008 R2 and...
Hi VMware, We are in the process of migrating to WS 2K8R2 and WS2K12R2.I am seeking information like support and Compatibility of VMware Tools against Win Server 2008R2 and Win Server...
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RHEL 7.2 and open-vm-tools
Hi, We are running RHEL 7.2 virtual machines with open-vm-tools-9.10.2-4.el7.x86_64. When quiescing is triggered by snapshot, it fails with freezing filesystem error: Jan 25 20:02:03 vmp-sat6-01...
View ArticleGetting Esx and guest Vms Performance Data Using Vmware Sdk vmware.vim C#
I'm using vmware sdk for .net to get overall data from an esx host and its guest vm's i've connected to esx server and got some data from guest like max cpu,max memory,ip and etcnow i want to get...
View ArticleUpgrade of vmware tools fails from 9.10.5-1 to 10.0.5
Hi, I am trying to upgrade vmware tools on centos but installation fails because of dependecy resolution issue. Setup1:OS : CentOS 6.5VMWare tools installed : 9.4.0 Trying to upgrade VMWare tools to :...
View Articlevmware tools failed
Hi,I have installated a Virtual machin with windows 2012 R2 on platform esxi 6.0 When try setup vmware tools , i receive the following messagge: setup cannot continue. the microsoft runtime dll...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 Ping "General Failure"
Hi, I am seeing an issue with Windows Server 2008 R2 and wonder if anyone has any idea's? At random the ping response will report "General Failure" when pinging a remote host. Pinging...
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random vm's display "tools not running" in vcenter
vcenter displays random machines showing tools not running. However when you login to the vm the service shows it is running. Windows 2008 r2.A restart or reboot of vm does not fix. Hosts and vcenter...
View ArticleQuestion about USB storage usage
Hi All, I have a question about USB storage usage with VMWare Fusion running from MacOS. I have created a simple virtual machine with Win10 installed on it. The virtual machine itself is created and...
View ArticleUsb 3 External Disk
Hi, it's possible to conect a usb 3 external disk to a ESXi host directly and mount the drive? The idea is transfer iso's images to the datastore, because my network swith is too slow, and i want to...
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VMware Tools not showing out-of-date
I am not sure if anyone has seen this before but I am looking for some insight into why it might be happening. We had four hosts running in a cluster on ESXi ver. 5.5.0, 2403361 and all of the VM's...
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I fail to install Windows 2003 Server on VMware Workstation 11.1.2 build-2780323
Hi all, As mentioned in the title, I fail in having a Windows Server 2003 functionning in my VMware Workstation 11.1.2 build-2780323. To be precise, the installation terminates correctly and I can...
View Article"Stopping VMware Services compiling" issue
I have downloaded VMware-Player-5.0.4-1945795.i386.bundle for trial use on Linux Mint 17.3.. Unfortunately, after the sh command installation it launches a dialog box informing "Before you can run...
View ArticleChi ha cancellato le mie snapshot?
Salve a tutti nella nostra infrastruttura ho una VM di test in cui erano presenti 3 snapshot fino a circa 10 giorni fa. Oggi volevo fare un reverse ma ecco la sorpresa: sono sparite, e nel task event...
View ArticleExporting VM as OVF does not retain bios.hddOrder settings???
I am having problem exporting a VM with specific boot order. Tried KB doc below word by word and every time the VM is deployed from OVF settings is not there. VMware KB: Changing the boot order of a...
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Does kernel mode debugging a VM hosted on ESX work?
I'm trying to attach Windbg in kernel mode to a VM hosted on ESX 5.5.The target and the debugger are both Windows 7.I've followed the instructions here: Setting Up Kernel-Mode Debugging of a Virtual...
View ArticleVMware Workstation 12 Pro grinds to halt on all VMs
After using VMware workstation 12 pro for about 10mins on a fresh Ubuntu 15.10 host, the guest VM (Windows 10 x64) will start locking up until it pretty much grinds to a halt and even opening a folder...
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