Re: vCenter 5 workgroup config supported?
Welcome to the Community - I think with vSphere 5 this is not a big an issue as it was in the previous versions since there is no longer converter or consolidation manager included with vCenter 5 -...
View ArticleRe: Windows Server 2003 SP2, iso not bootable
I just took a look at the MSDN web site. The fle you downloaded is "Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (x86) - CD (English)" which only contains the SP2 update files. What you need to look for is a...
View ArticleRe: Can't resize VMWare window with Ubuntu 11.10
Today I installed Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit (fresh install). Then I upgraded straight away to 11.11 (without ever using 11.04 for anything). I experienced this problem and now I have three hours invested...
View ArticleRe: Windows Server 2003 SP2, iso not bootable
Yoy are correct. The subscription that was purchased at work does not allow that download. I will have to talk to them about that.
View ArticleRe: Backupexec Snapshot Trouble
I went through the screen shots you provided another time and put together the file sizes. You are right, it's risky to run the "Delete All". According to the screen shots you may need something in...
View ArticleRe: Cannot Install Windows XP on Fusion 3 , Please Help !!
Hi , Yes I did , nothing seemed to happen.
View ArticleRe: ThinApp'd QuickBooks crashes when changing "Editions"
Zeroing in on it...not sure what to do about it though. Will post to a new thread pretty soon if I get no response; so far, I'm talking to myself, here! QBPCT.EXE is responsible for the Edition change....
View Articlecreate and add virtual disks to existing VMs (ESXi 5)
I found a couple of references to how to do this via searching, but they were all for very old (v2/v3) ESX versions so I'm pretty sure those commands don't exist. I'm looking to support a few users who...
View ArticleRe: create and add virtual disks to existing VMs (ESXi 5)
Check out this PowerCLI script to do it: http://blog.schcal.info/2011/02/04/powercli-add-disks-to-virtual-machines-updated/
View ArticleRe: Can VMware Tools be download once and then reused?
Thank you for replying. Would you please elaborate? In other words, you write: " instead take a note where you store the isos"... where does one find the propery VMware Tools ISO?
View ArticleInitiateFileTransferToGuest Issues
I am trying to get the InitiateFileTransferToGuest web services call to work but i am not having any luck. I believe the issue is around the guest file path.Whne i use a path like @"c:\temp\test.txt"...
View ArticleRe: Can VMware Tools be download once and then reused?
inside the install-directory you should find: c:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation or Player freebsd.isolinux.isonetware.isosolaris.isowindows.isowinPre2k.iso
View ArticleRe: [SOLUTION] IE9 Black Screen on Vista after VMWare tools upgrade from...
Many thanks! That solution worked perfectly for me, too. The IE9 window went from black to showing its contents just by clicking on the rollback button. Hopefully, a future version of the VMware Tools...
View Articleshutdown-vmguest runasync
I cannot get the following to work with a list of vms. only one at a time $allLines = @() # Line added Get-VM -Name (Get-Content -Path "C:\vms.txt") |` ForEach-Object { If ($_.Powerstate -eq...
View ArticleRe: Error 1316: cannot install, update or uninstall VMware tools
Glad to have this solved. Thank you.
View ArticleRe: Data Protection - Best Solution?
It's like asking everyone "what is the best car in the world?"...My first reaction to this question will be "What do you want from a car?". Likewise, when it comes to data protection, my first question...
View ArticleRe: Backupexec Snapshot Trouble
Thank you! Thats what I thought. If I could just delete a couple snapshots I could then do a delete all.I may try to increase the size, but I think its maxed out. ( for 4.1) Or find the time to...
View ArticleDisable access via RDP client?
Hi guys, I am brand new to vmware view. Have a good undertanding of vsphere and have now been asked to do a View trial.I probably will be asking a bunch of questions, no doubt some silly ones, in this...
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