Re: DOS window too small in Win98 VM
IIRC, the DOS prompt in Win98 had a fixed resolution. I think you need to set the "Stretch guest" option - check "Set Workstation Display Preferences" in the Workstation documentation.
View ArticleRe: Dell killed vRanger. What are the low budget backup solutions?
You want low budget? Script it.
View ArticleRe: Script to Retrieve Canonical Name
Thanks I have run this (think I have somehow got this in the past too) and it shows a lot of info but nothing that is a recognizable name. I have attached the output as well as an image from the ESX...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1 - crashes...need help please
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View ArticleRe: Copy-DatastoreItem vmdk
Yes, if i use .....*.* all Files in the Folder are complet and valid.But i need only 2 VMDK and not all VM Files.... I test it tomorrow with smaller Files and post the results.
View ArticleRe: Copy-DatastoreItem vmdk
Sorry, but I haven't seen that behaviour before Perhaps someone from the PowerCLI Development Team has an idea ?
View ArticleRe: Passing in Additional parameters in DataProvider Adapter not supported ?
Sorry for the confusion, I wanted to pass in the HostSystem - contextObject information to the DAP for my custom object , for which I have posed this question . My plugin in is an extended point of...
View ArticleRe: Key Commands to Exit Out of a Linux Virtual Machine in Fusion
Without VMware Tools installed you press Control- (Control-Command) to un-grab from the Virtual Machine's Display returning control to the Host side.
View ArticleRe: USB Device not recognized (WD Passport 1T)
Thx for hint. I already made a fast recon, excatly the one as you proposed (windows xp usb 3.0) - but I found only sugestions to download drivers from hardware manufacturer. In my case it means...
View ArticleRe: vCD 5.1.1, Storage DRS, VM maxing out NFS datastore.
I have this discussion internally... and I guess for vCloud Director when you create a Datastore Cluster make sure to change the default affinity rules! That way Storage DRS can move disks around...
View ArticleRe: Upgading from View 4.6 to 5.0 or 5.1??
There are a couple of lines in each virtual machine's .vmx file that needed to be removed. I forget exactly what they were there for but it prevented me from migrating VMs to different hosts. Here's...
View ArticleNeed sample java using vim25 to create vApp from scratch.
This is a continuation of a prior discussion titled "Does deleting vApp also delete VMs contained within?", but with regards to sample programs only. In that discussion I ask for pointers to good...
View ArticleRe: DOS window too small in Win98 VM
I have VMware Tools installed in my Windows 98 VM and when I set a MS DOS Prompt to Full Screen it automatically scales appropriately. So in addition to what MarAndreas suggested you may also need to...
View ArticleRe: Black and blank screen on startup
Thank you for your assistance. I have tried to boot into Safe Mode and the other two options. Windows appears to load the drivers but then reverts to another blank and black screen. I am really...
View ArticleRe: Key Commands to Exit Out of a Linux Virtual Machine in Fusion
Using a Windows keyboard, I selected the 'F11' key. Within the VMware Fusion window, the 'F11' key minimizes the window of the CentOS virtual machine. That allows me to select the VMware Fusion window,...
View ArticleRe: Key Commands to Exit Out of a Linux Virtual Machine in Fusion
Thanks. That is better than the resolution that I found. On a Windows keyboard, the key command is <Ctrl> + <Win> key.
View ArticleRe: Passing in Additional parameters in DataProvider Adapter not supported ?
OK, I looked more closely at the code and the property name used in addPropertyParameter must be an existing property in your model, i.e. you are only adding parameters for properties you defined...
View ArticleRe: Windows Guest cannot connect to another guest on a different host
I reverted all of the teams to single gig links, but that made no difference. However, I found VMWare kb article 1556 referencing Microsoft NLB on ESXi. All of the weird connectivity issues are...
View ArticleRe: USB ports not functional in View local mode
FYI. I deleted the non-functional desktop from the viewclient host and the ESXi host. I created a new pool and desktop. I then checked-out the desktop to the viewclient machine and voila, USB...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1 - crashes...need help please
Hi ThereTry this patchhttp://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2035777or this and or this buffer increase the mem buffer to 512 from...
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