Re: Unable to install programs in Windows XP virtual machine
Thanks for your answer. I tried all the solutions I could find on the internet (including the one you mentioned), but all these are for regular OS installations. They're not working with my virtual...
View ArticleRe: Use Update Manager 5.0 in vCenter 5.1?
Welcome to the Community,If we try to install 5.1 UPDM it wants to upgrade all the hosts ...This sounds strange?! Installing Update manager doesn't usually do anything by itself. It's you who has to...
View ArticleCannot create pool, VM folder path error
I am trying to use Add-AutomaticLinkedClonePool but running into the following error: Add-AutomaticLinkedClonePool : PowershellService::AddAutomaticLinkedClonePool FAILED, error=Could not find vm...
View ArticleBest VMware for my project
Hello, I am building a server for training pruposes, I have used VMware workstation before but not on a server, at this point I just want to set up a few servers for practice, flie server, Dns, Dchp,...
View ArticleRe: Searching capabilities in WIN 7 & View
If I build a seperate datastore for one dept where will it end?Other users will want itI was hoping to have a different way to search Storage optimization? Unknown if I am doing it or not
View ArticleRe: When to use multiple virtual distributed switches
Thanks for your input. (The virtual NICs from the Xsigo director always appear as physical NICs to the hypervisor). Sounds like the criterion for separating certain port groups onto separate...
View ArticleRe: Capacity Planner 3.0 under objects next to hostname I see a mac address(...
yes what I am almost %100 sure of is this is a VM guest OS , due to the serial number showing a vmware genereated MAC, I dont have access to the physical server as they are in Afganistan and dont have...
View ArticleRe: vDP File Level Restore on Linux Fails
Hi,Take a look at pg 43-44 regarding supported and unsupported FLR configurations...
View ArticleRe: Ubuntu VM - help with reconnecting interfaces
OK, I am able to get the connection to show up using this set of commands (I'm aware that I may not need some of them but i know this works): tar -xzf peak-linux-driver-7.7.tar.gzcd...
View ArticleRe: Unable to install programs in Windows XP virtual machine
There shouldn't really be a difference between a physical and a virtual machine regarding the installation of applications. Does the installation create any temporary files and/or log files (most...
View ArticleHow do I prevent Windows 7 VMs from Going to "Sleep"?
I am new at this whole VMWare thing so please forgive my ignorance. We in the process of deploying a number of virtual desktops using VMWare View via Dell FX-100 Zero Clients. After a few calls to...
View ArticleRe: Using PKCS for Authentication
That depends on how your application does authentication. One example is PKCSAuthenticator (and PKCSPrincipal) provided in templates/security directory of GemFire installation, where a simple principal...
View ArticleRe: VMware needs to give Derek Seaman an award
Thanks guys! It was a huge amount of work, but it's had a lot of payoffs. I'm glad some people have found it useful. VMware could really use some new documentation staff...
View ArticleRe: Best VMware for my project
For the purpose you mention, you may want to check the VMware Compatibility Guide to see which ESXi version is supported for your hardware. However, no matter which product you use, you might not be...
View ArticleRe: VDP integrity check fails
The appliance can go from Full Access to Read only status for a few reasons. Ones that may be applicable in your scenario would be - Disk Capacity reaching high threshold or being in the Maintenance...
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Re: VMware needs to give Derek Seaman an award
Are you applying for the position? In all seriousness it is a really good multi part blog post which has helped everyone out tremendously. Thanks for putting it together.
View ArticleRe: Run command or script in Guest OS from administrative console of VSphere 5.1
Hi,Unfortunately don't believe there is an alternative to using VIX, same discussion below http://communities.vmware.com/thread/419350
View ArticleProblem Updating latest patch - crash's entire manager!
Luckily i am building this from scratch so not affected much by it but i deployed vShield Manager 5.1.0 Build 807847 and upon setting up the network i connected over Web UI and proceeded to apply:...
View ArticleRe: No Network adapters found Lenovo G570
Hi,Have you verified if the NIC drivers are supported under VMware's...
View ArticleRe: Esxi 5.1 pci passthrough broken
I am experiencing the exact same problem. I am using a Star Tech USB 3.0 PCI controller that I am trying to pass through to a VM runing Server 2008 R2 that is used as our Backup Exec Server. I want to...
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