VT-d not working/ slow transfer rates
Hi, on this weekend I tried ESXI5. But I encountered some errors. It is just for testing purposes, cause I am a student. But I'd like to have 2 or 3 different servers (NAS, Linux, Windows) on just one...
View ArticleRe: VMware Unity and GNOME 3?
First, I believe you haven't installed VMWare Tools in your Guest, that's why it's stuck with 1024x768.If you have already installed vmware tools, check that you're not limiting that in VM >...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5 hosts take hours to boot when LUNs have SCSI reservation
Hi, this is a known VMware issue, check the following article.ESX/ESXi hosts hosting passive MSCS nodes with RDM LUNs may take a long time to boot RegardsRalf
View ArticleRe: Upgrade from vsphere 4.1 to 5 - issues with Intel 82541PI NIC
Can anyone recommend and cheap NIC thats fully compatible (and tested) with esxi 5?For fully supported NICs you will need to find one on the compatibility list. However, since this is a lab you may...
View ArticleRe: BACKUP SERVER VIRTUALIZZATO IN EMERGENZA CON VMWARE PLAYER 4
Ciao,purtroppo con VMware Player non c'e' nulla per poter fare backup a caldo: devi ricorrere a degli agenti interni al tuo server virtualizzato.Per avere funzionalita' di backup a caldo devi passare a...
View ArticleRe: PSOD and .lck files on NFS
Issue resolved. The problem is a result of improperly-terminated processes during the PSOD which left all of the VMs running on the host with lock files in the folders and locks on the folders...
View ArticleRe: Upgrade from vsphere 4.1 to 5 - issues with Intel 82541PI NIC
@AndreThat is the card that I'm having issue with I got it for my test machine and it has been working with esx 4.1 and now no luck with esxi 5 To me it seams like its not using driver thats has...
View ArticleRe: Career in Cloud Computing!
Hi, Having good knowledge on base OS (like Windows / *nix) is very important in the cloud computing/Virtualization. VCP5 Preparation: Yes, There is no (mostly) official ICM course for vsphere 4.1 from...
View ArticleRe: Copying Templates in Lab Manager
Sorry i did not get back sooner, on holidays. Thanks guys Yes i found that to copy as a full clone, i needed datastore access to the source item, though i don't need "vm creation access". To clone a...
View ArticleRe: vSphere Client 5 - "Exception has been thrown by the target of an...
I struggled with this for 8 hours yesterday. Then the answer finally came to me after I installed the app in Windows XP Mode on Win7 Ultimate. .NET framework 4 is not compatible with vSphere 5.0 I then...
View ArticleRe: Failed to compile module vmmon!
...well, basically what you need is just the file attached.After you download it, just run the "patch-modules_3.2.0.sh" script: # ./patch-modules_3.2.0.sh or # sh patch-modules_3.2.0.sh P.S.:...
View ArticleExcluding wildcard VM names
Hi guys, Just a question that either isnt possible or im too blind to see the answer right in front of my face... Is It possible to exclude a list of VM's based on a wildcard name ? I have a setup...
View ArticleRe: bottleneck in basic network config vsphere 5.0 standalone?
VirtualDabbler wrote: Is there any way; using some other networking configuration, specialized copy/backup software, IP addressing/routing tricks to make the backup actually utilize the 3Gbps...
View ArticleRe: 'use all displays in full screen' just replicates one screen
I was curious about upgrading a VM created under Fusion 3. Sometimes an upgrade and a new installation produce slightly different results so I created a new Windows 7 Pro x64 under Fusion 4. The...
View ArticleRe: vDS Network Based Policies
Ed Utz wrote: The practice question asks you to select two network load balancing policies for vDS switch. The chooses are Route Based on IP HashRoute based on source destination mac hashround...
View ArticleVMware on MBA
I used Parallels on my new model MBA and found when I opened the lid the unit was frozen a lot of times. I have since changed to Fusion and have had no issues with it.
View ArticleRe: vSphere Client 5 - "Exception has been thrown by the target of an...
Nevermind. I initially thought my problem was gone but it is still there. Also, to note, I was incorrect- .NET 3.5 SP1 comes with Win7, there was no .NET install that kicked off during the vSphere...
View ArticleRe: Dell UPS with vMA 4.1 and gracefully shutting down VMs and ESX
Here is link to the new Dell UPS software. http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/555/DriverDetails/DriverFileFormats?c=us&l=en&s=biz&cs=555&DriverId=R318771 Tawfiq
View ArticleRe: The Hypervisor is in maintenance mode; The requested operation is...
Not having used VMware Go so I am not familiar with the management interface but maintenance is a state the host is placed in preventing the powering on of VMs - in a standard environment to remove a...
View ArticlevCenter Operations Manager import data for second vcenter
Hi, when installing the vCenter Operation Manager 5 it will import data from vcenter operations manager 1 and capacityiq but it seems that he will do it only for the first vcenter server. There's any...
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