Could VMs access vpn in Windows 10?
Hi, I'm upgrading my home computer to Windows 10 and plan to use VMware Player or WMWare Workstation there. I need to access my company's vpn via cisco connect.So if I run VMs with VMware player, could...
View ArticleUnmount NTFS drive from Linux Guest
After mounting NTFS drive ( 64GB SD card ) in my Linux Guest OS and copy some files that are larger then 5GB on external SD card and unmount the card from guest system on my Windows I'm not able to...
View ArticleWhen not to upgrade VMware tools and Hardware version?
Hi, We want to upgrade all of our virtual machines to the latest VMware tools version and the latest Hardware version (currently 10 in our environment).Before we do it, i wanted to ask you if it's...
View ArticlePassword recovery (or reset) in Win XP guest operating system.
Hello, I am using Workstation 12 Player with Host OS of Win 7 and Guest OS of Win XP. I've looked for solutions and found these two promising vmware solutions. Help please ! NEWBIE to vmware ... lost...
View ArticleUpgrading Virtual Windows server 2003 to 2008
We currently run VI 2.5 with 3.5 U2 servers in a cluster. I was trying to upgrade (in place) a Windows server 2003 st. to Windows Server 2008. However when doing this the guest becomes unresponsive at...
View ArticleInstalling open-vm-tools on Ubuntu 14-04
So I downloaded the latest stable build version from here GitHub - vmware/open-vm-tools at stable-10.0.7 , now how do I install this in an Ubuntu 14-04 VM running on ESXi 5.5, I do not have internet...
View ArticleMovement of Large VM to new Storage
Ok, I'm looking for opinions on the best way to do this. I have a large VM, around 2.5TB, that I need to move to a new storage array. The VM in question is a Windows 2008 R2 server comprised of several...
View ArticleRunning a Hyper-V vhdx under VMWARE-Workstation/Player
With a tool I heaqrd of (Starwind V2V) I was trying to convert a VHDX disk image of a virtualized Windows 2012 Server to a VMDK which I then wanted to run under VirtualBox. It turned out that I ended...
View ArticleTemplate says "OS not found"
Hi All, Need your help on issue: I have converted a Windows 2K12 R2 template to VM and then exported template to OVF. Copied the OVF to another non-vc site and deployed the OVF as VM to ESXi and when...
View ArticleStarting VMware Tool Services... [fail]
Hello,I am using VMware Workstation 12 Player (with host = Windows 8.1, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3632QM CPU @ 2.20GHz, 64-bit o.s.) (and guest =Ubuntu14.04-LTS).My problem is that I cannot see and mount on...
View ArticleESXi sockets and VM Sockets
Hi Experts , Just confused about the cpu sockets we assign to the vm. Is it a good practice to assign more sockets to a VM that is available on the ESXi host. For example if ESXI host has on 4 sockets;...
View ArticleDoes ESX mob have limited functionality when compared to vCenter mob? If so..why
Does ESX mob have limited functionality when compared to vCenter mob? If so..why?If some of the VM(virtual machine) api's don't work when called through the ESX mob, then why are they present in the...
View ArticleBased on vnWare to do the two development, there is a document can be done as...
Based on vnWare to do the two development, there is a document can be done as a reference? I need it, thank you.@
View ArticleProblemas con Ctrl + Alt + Ins
Buenos días: He virtualizado una máquina física (un portátil Toshiba) con Windows7 64 bits usando VMware Converter Vcenter Standalone Client 6.1.1 build-3533064. Los ficheros de destino están en un...
View ArticleIs there a standalone converter for linux?
I am trying to install Standalone Converter 6 on my Ubuntu box (with WINE-but it never gets that far). I just want to move my physical Linux machine to my windows hosted Workstation.ERandallN
View ArticleMS Update Affecting VMware Tools?
I am seeing a strange occurrence with regard to vmware tools and MS Windows Updates. For one VM, I have been running NAKIVO backup software without any issues. NAKIVO used VMware snapshots as the...
View ArticleLatency Sentivity - VM
Hello Experts, Could you please advice if we need to power cycle the VM for changing the Latency Sentivity of the VM from Low to Normal for the changes to take effect. RegardsPan
View ArticleDriver for BusLogic SCSI for Windows XP
hi, i converted Windows XP to VM on ESXI 5.5.I want to upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7, but Installation gives me message that i must update driver for BusLogic SCSI.I read articles in the Internet how...
View ArticleIBM V3700 with VMWare
I need urgent info regarding what units need to be purchased in order to implement a storage environment using the Storwize V3700 units. We are getting conflicting information with regards to the...
View ArticleSQL multi subnet failover on Windows 2008 r2
When I update my VMware tools to version 10.0.0 thought 8 Multi subnet failover for SQL 2014 stops working. I get a error using the .net connector connection Timeout Expired. The timeout period...
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