VMRun command line length
VMWare ESXi 4.10, Windows Server 2008 R2 server and XP based client VM's. I'm administering an application that programatically build's command lines and 'shells' them out to the server and client VM...
View ArticleMount LVM in vmdk files with the same vg name as the OS's vg
Hi, Here is the tough issue: We want to mount a vmdk file to restore some files in it. The vmdk file contains LVM filesystems. The biggest problem is that the LVM uses the same volume group (vg) as the...
View ArticleVM Performance Issue..
Dear team, One of the user reported , VM is responding very slow, please chek the same from ur end. Just need ur help from where we have to start troubleshooting.. check the VM performance chart in...
View ArticleAllocated Memory 5GB but in OS Level it's shows 3GB Y???
Dear Team, One one of the Rhel 5 32bit VM, we have assigned 5 GB of memory, but once we login and check the same in OS level it shows 3 GB, Need ur help what is the issue / Y it's showing 3Gb instead...
View ArticleMount LVM in vmdk file with the same vg name as the OS's vg
Hi, Here is the tough issue: To restore system files, we need to mount a VMware vmdk file to this server under RHEL 5.8. This vmdk file was from a SnapProtect backup copy on the same system. The vmdk...
View ArticleMigrating virtual machine invalidates Windows License
I have Windows virtual machines in an existing vSphere 5 environment, which we are removing entirely from one environment and recommissioning in a new vSphere 5 environment. The migration process is...
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C drive of Windows virual machine filling automatically
Hi All, I had done P2V of a Windows 2008 server using Converter 5.0. The vm is having MSSQL and Oracle databases. After i connected the vm to the network, the C drive started growing automatically. The...
View ArticleReboot required after installing VMware Tools.....
Dear Team, Just want to know , Once we install VMware Tools on following OS does it require reboot to take effect. a)Rhel5 (32 bit/64bit) b) Rhel6 (32/64 bit)c) SUSE 11 (32/64) bitd) Winxp (32 /64)e)...
View ArticleVM Windows 2003 Server very slow access thru RDP w/ VMWare Tools installed
Hello I have a VM Windows 2003 server running ok in a virtual environment of ESXi 5.0When I install VMware tools, access thru RDP to this server is very, very slow. I uninstalled VMware tools and...
View ArticleGhost Image won't load when installed to a VM
We have a bootable ghost image that we are trying to load into a newly created virtual machine on a datastore on our ESXi host. I created a new VM with Win7 64 bit as the OS. Once I started the VM, I...
View ArticleCompile problem 3.7-trunk-amd64 SMP Debian 3.7.2-0+kali6 x86_64
I am running into the same problem on kali linux 1.0.1 x64 (debian wheezy). I am running VMware Workstation 9.0.2 with VMwareTools-9.2.3-1031360.tar.gz The process I am trying is: echo cups enabled...
View ArticleWindows DC conversion to VM
Hello everyone. I would like to convert two existing Windows 2003 domain controllers in separate, remote, geographical locations, into vm's. We currently have around 70 vm's in an existing VMware...
View ArticleThe Microsoft Runtime DLL installer failed to complete the installation.
Hello - we get the error "The Microsoft Runtime DLL installer failed to complete the installation." when we try to install Vmware tools on Windows 7 and Windows 2003. We haved googled and tried what we...
View ArticleClustering within a single host - external storage required?
Hi, We are developing HA environment in a single ESXi host between two VMs.My doubt is whether we can use the unused disk space available in the same ESXi host as a shared storage between the two VMs...
View ArticleVirtualized Server Tool(kit)s?
Hey folks, Looking for either a couple free tools, or maybe one toolkit that would be relatively cheap/re-useable for the following:Run on a clients VM they have prepared for usGet metrics for disk...
View ArticleVMware Tools - Script to set display hardware acceleration
Hi, I'm sure I've seen a post on the forum for this before, but can't find it! I've got VMware tools to install nice and silently through Altiris. But the hardware acceleration setting is not changed...
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unable to install windows 8
Dear Team, While creating a new vm selected OS as other 64 bit and started win8 installtion, but i m just able to see following screen , it won't proceed further....tried to create l the same on two...
View ArticleVMware Tools
I am following http://boerlowie.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/building-the-ultimate-vsphere-lab-part-4-base-template/ and where it states "Open up VMware Tools, go to the Shrink Tab. Click the Perpare to...
View ArticleVM networking settings lost after restore
After I restore a virtual machine into vSphere from an image-level backup, the networking configuration is lost. It loses its static IP address and reverts to DHCP. Does anyone know what causes...
View ArticleOS networking settings lost after an Image-level restore
After I restore a Windows 2008 virtual machine into vSphere from an image-level backup, the networking configuration is lost. It loses its static IP address and reverts to DHCP. Does anyone know...
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