Re: Datastore Browser could not see one folder contains files of a Windows...
can you inspect the directory with WinSCP or putty ? does lsof | grep vmdklist the vmdks from that directory ?
View ArticleRe: Guest Customization for WINDOWS 7
When is the background file copied to the VM, upon deployment via a scirpt or is it already baked in the template? If it's already in the template then you probably just need to use the Wow6432Node...
View ArticleRe: Error 15 file not found press any key to continue after ESX 4.1 remediation
This is what worked for me (I found that you also had to remove the initrd.img under /boot/trouble) ESX host Breaking after running Update Manager - Error 15. File not found!!!! First, we need to get...
View ArticleRe: VMware Tools 100% CPU if you drop on guest with admin window active.
I have seen this problem with previous versions on other older Windows OSes and machines. It is an old bug to me.
View ArticleRe: When trying to launch the vmware-vmrc.exe plug-in from a workstation I...
yes the client's browser needs to be able to connect to the console proxy IP and the cell in turn needs to have direct access to the ESXi hosts. You need to verify connectivity from client to cell...
View ArticleRe: vmtools(d).exe's CPU goes crazy after using drag and drop sometimes.
Michael Dunn wrote: See http://communities.vmware.com/thread/344688 You're seeing a bug in Tools that happens if the foreground window in the guest is owned by an elevated process.Thanks! However, I...
View ArticleRe: Hyper-V 3 vs. vSphere 5 vs. Others
CONSIDER THE COST OF NICS .. I HEARD HYPER V DONT SUPPORT VITUAL NIC
View ArticleRe: Best Practices with hardware.
i would say buy HP G7 blades and Oracle Axiom 600 fibre channel SAN ... best perfomance and less head ache , 100 % compatible ...easy configuration and quickly up and runningIm using ILO 3 .. overtakes...
View ArticleRe: VMware Tools 100% CPU if you drop on guest with admin window active.
Many thanks Michael!
View ArticleRe: Winnings
Your name was sent to VMUG corporate to process your VMUG Advantage subscription. If you do not have an account created on myvmug.org you will want to create one then you should be eligible for the...
View ArticleSafe to delete Parent VMs?
I have several linked VM pools (all persistent VMs) and all them have different parents.All parents carry the same software load, same patch levels and same O/S. Will all linked clones work fine if i...
View ArticleRe: EMC VNX vs. Dell Equallogic
One post and pushing a product....sounds like vendor trolling I do have to say - we actually had a demo of a Nimble array in our office for a few weeks. Impressive in the IOP department! I didn't care...
View ArticleRe: Raw Drive Mapping question
André, Thanks. For some reason I did not locate the compatiblity mode listing in the settings. It jumped off the page this time and now clarifies my question. The mapping was created in physical...
View ArticleRe: HA, Best Pratices
Ivanildo Teixeira Galvão wrote: because I think by default it always use the network card connected to LUN Storage. If you edit a vmkernel, you can set various options on it, including vmotion...
View ArticleRe: Career in Cloud Computing!
Ram, For a general idea of qualifications just do a career search for the title "Virtualization Engineer" (another job title loosely using the "engineer" title) and see what some of the common...
View ArticlePowerCLI and Configuration Parameters
Hello all, Looking for a little assistance with a possible automated way of altering the Configuration Parameter to Hide the Safely Remove Hardware button on Win XP vm's...
View ArticleAny Issues with ESXi 4.1 U1 Client on Win 7?
Hello, I have Vshpere ESXi 4.1 Update 1 running a Windows Server 2003 VM. On an XP station with Vsphere Client (version made for Update 1) I have no problem connecting to the CD Rom of the workstation....
View ArticleiSCSI LUN mapped to a Windows 2008 VM
Hi All, We have Windows 2008 Server VMs in cluster on ESX4.1. This cluster is given SCSI disks from VNX 7500 as shared disks. These iSCSI disks detection is very slow. Virtual disks service takes too...
View ArticleRe: Couldn't obtain reference to the firewall system of host with id
I don't think you can telnet into an SNMP port since it is UDP.Can you perhaps check with a snmpget tool.You could also download the netcmdlets from /n software. The forum SW has some issues with older...
View ArticleRe: Best Practices with hardware.
There is no "no brainer" when choosing hardware. My preference is HP - but it would just be a sales pitch if I told you there was empirical proof it was "better" than Dell for every situation. By the...
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