Hi Darius
Running 10.9.5 as I cannot stand Yosemite on my screen,
This is what dazzles me. So far as I know, I did not do anything drastic like a software update, or what not.
And yes I did shut down the mac and but the reboot gives me the same results. Tried to update to Fusion 7.1.1
that did not help.
Thanks
ilandmac
Think I spoke too soon. I changed the name of myVM to Windows 10 x64 and now when I launch my VM all I get is a totally black screen. Any ideas?
The vRA detect the default language of your browse, to change the language on Firefox go to Options -> Content -> Language, click on Choose and place you prefered language on top of the list. See more details: Settings for fonts, languages, and pop-ups | Firefox Help
On Chrome, go to Settings -> Show Advanced Settings -> Language. See more details: Adjust fonts, languages, and encodings - Chrome Help
After change the prefered language on browser you will need refresh the page and/or close and open the browse again to changes be applied.
If you can connect to your vCenter using the vSphere Web Client and see the vCenter there this means that you SSO, Inventory Services and vCenter was installed successfully :-)
Anyway, here is a good post with some post installations tasks: Back To Basics: Post-Configuration of vCenter 5.5 Install (Web Client) | VMware SMB Blog - VMware Blogs
yes i did precreate the db because i get this error if i dont. what do i do?
Take a look here: VMware KB: Booting the ESXi host fails at Initializing scheduler
Until a few days ago before (I think) I upgraded VMWare Tools it was working.
#I had to upgrade VMWare Tools because Shared Folder stopped working (this issue http://askubuntu.com/questions/586221/vmhgfs-module-not-compilable-for-vmware-tools-9-9-0-fusion7-1-after-ubuntu-lin).
A Win guest, sitting quietly doing nothing, suddenly started eating 100% CPU. The display is messed up, showing buffered content but not redrawing what shows up when scrolling the Workstation screen. I told it to shut down the guest, and a while later it is still stuck. If I try to Quit the program it says "... cannot be closed while the virtual machine is busy." In the Workstation window, the VM Power options are greyed out so I can't force-reboot the guest either.
This is Workstation 11 on a Linux Mint host OS.
Hey Gabrie,
So hey when you install you have the default tenent created automatically vsphere.local so unless you are looking to run a multi-tenet environment you can skip this step
Steve
For the local network access, it works if you choose the proper Net settings. I think "Bridged" is what works and "NAT" is what doesn't. In general, other machines can't see in to a computer behind a NAT router, but can only reply to conversations initiated by the one on the inside; VMWare is not different in that respect.
As for creating a VM on one version of Workstation and running on another, the hardware spec used for the VM is stored with it, so if you run it on a newer version of Workstation it will still use the old "hardware". It appears to handle all the way back to 5.x. It should work just fine.
Why not try "Player", also on the USB stick, rather than an installed copy of "Workstation". That's an advertised feature, so it should work.
Have you done the migration between mentioned esx versions? (3.5-5.5)
Is it possible to connect a Edge Services Gateway Uplink to an External network using DHCP instead of a Static IP? I don't see this option.
Thanks,
Britton
I can't get my guest VMs to recognize my USB 3 drives when connected. From what I have read, this combination should work, as I have the Generic USB xHCI Host Controller driver installed in the Windows 8.1 host, but I can't get the VM virtual USB 3 driver to install in the host.
I have shutdown the host, changed USB from 2.0 to 3.0, and rebooted with and without a USB 3.0 drive connected to the guest, and tried to update the existing USB host controller driver in the guest (it only finds same drivers). I have reinstalled VM Tools in the guest (there is no entry for USB3 driver in the options?).
Is there a driver I can install in the guest to get USB 3 support, or am I wrong in my reading of the various KB articles on USB 3 compatibility, and it is only Win 8.x guest OS on Win 7 host that can access USB3?
Cheers
I'm running Workstation 11 on Windows 7.
When I plug my Western Digital USB external drive into a 2.0 port Workstation sees it just fine.
When I plug the same drive into a SS 3.0 port Workstation does not see the drive anymore, although Windows sees it fine. I believe I've updated the Windows drivers for the WD drive to the most current level. I got the drivers from the WDC.COM website.
How do I resolve this? I am trying to restore a Windows server from a backup but 2.0 speed is taking hours.
Thank you very much.
Mike Gallery
Is it possible to manage both horizon view linked clone desktops with vmware mirage desktops with horizon view?
do they need to be separately managed?
what if I have a linked clone horizon view desktop for a user that need to have that checked out for offline use?
I have VMware 6.0.5 (32-bit) installed in Windows 7 Pro (32-bit), and I installed Windows XP Pro (32-bit) as my guest OS. Despite setting the USB controller compatibility to USB 3.0, and installing my printer software in my XP guest, neither my USB 3.0 external hard drives nor my printer are shown as present in my XP Explorer or anywhere within XP.
Is this because WinXP does not support USB 3.0? Should I plug my external hard drives and printer into USB 2.0 ports? Is there a procedure that I am missing.in order for my guest OS to access my USB devices, whether 2.0 or 3.0?
Update #1: I plugged my USB hard drive enclosure into a USB 2.0 port, and still nothing showed up in my WinXP Explorer. When I tried to disengage the enclosure, in order to return availability to my Win7 host, I got this error inside my XP guest:
"Unable to connect the USB device "(null)" to the virtual machine (error code 13). Contact VMware, Inc. technical support for assistance"
Why is this?
Update #2: When one procedure fails, i try another. You never know what you will discover...
...In this case, I have discovered that my external hard drive enclosure cannot be activated while my WinXP guest is running, because both my guest and my host will attempt to access it at the same time, and neither will succeed. nothing showed up in the Disk Explorers in both my Win7 host and WinXP guest. When I tried to disengage, that is when Error 13 popped up.
The rule here, at least in my case, is to activate my external drives or plug in my USB flash drives BEFORE activating my guest OS. Once my guest is up an running, I can go to my menu, find USB-SATA Bridge, and click on "Connect (Disconnect from host)", and my USB devices will be disengaged from my host and activated in my guest...
...But will this work in my USB 3.0 sockets? I will probably give it a test run.
I am trying to set some sort of variable for a new vm(whiles if off) and then access that variable when the VM is turned on. At first I tried using guestinfo and the info-get command from vmtools, but I can only write the guestinfo while the VM is turned on. And I need to access the settings at VM startup. Next I tried "New-AdvancedSetting" which is perfect for what I do in terms of setting a variable while the VM is off, but I can't figure out how to access it once INSIDE the VM.
Any help would be appreciated, its seems as though I am looking for combination of guestinfo and advanced-settings(VMX file).
I would say no to direct migration from 3.5 to 5.5.Because the architecture between versions differs.Have a look at this below thread
I would prefer to migrate from esx 3.5 to ESXi 4.1 and then with 5.5.Have a cross check with HCL,most of conversion fails with HCL and NW part
I tried in previous organization with 4.X converter for migrating from 4.X to 5.1 had ran out of few issues(SSL,datastore level issue).
Helpful Link:
VMware P2V Migration: Importing Virtual Machines into VMware ESXi Pt 1
VMware KB: Best practices for using and troubleshooting VMware Converter
Tried it in Test Environment,if you come across any issues open a new thread or SR with VMware.
Hi Scott,
Welcome to VMware Community,I saw the error message posted in the previous thread.I doubted it is issue with build version.Can you share your build version of esx host.
Have a try with re-scan adaptor.
VMware KB: Performing a rescan of the storage on an ESX/ESXi host
Based on the error message i found few KB below
VMware KB: Booting the ESX host fails with this message in the console: Restoring S/W iSCSI volumes
VMware KB: VMware ESX 4.1 Patch ESX410-201104406-BG: Updates mptsas, mptspi device drivers
