Re: persistently force mount the datastore
I tried it. Name : ds1_test Persistent : True confirmed persistently mounted.Thanks a lot!
View ArticleRe: vmotion
Hi, Thanks for the great information about /proc/migration. When I was looking the output of history in /proc/migration, I couldn't find VM name. It has id, but it's not VM id as well as world id (from...
View ArticleRe: advice on which version of vmware to use
thanks for all the good advice - I'll stick with ESXi version 5
View ArticleLocking a guest in full screen
Hello All, Back in Workstation 7 I could put a guest in full-screen mode and then "lock" it with a password, meaning a user would need to know the password to get back to the host OS. Does this feature...
View ArticleRe: Observed IP Ranges
The IP range is based on broadcast traffic that ESXi observes so it serves as an indicator of the subnet(s) that the physical NICs are attached to, but it is not 100% accurate.
View ArticleRe: IP Pools, and how to avoid them?
Well, yea with the error message it was simple, we needed IP pools to get it to work and associate it with the port group for the VM in questino. But the question is what prompts a VM configured with...
View ArticleRe: Problems with integrated NIC
Yes, I have even reinstalled the esxi host with all the eths attatched but still to no avail.
View ArticleRe: How to repair the corrupted .vmx file.
I am the author of this tool.The tool is a very simple autoit code - I do not have any idea why some Antivirus-tools flag everything compiled with Autoit as a virus or trojan. I attach the source code...
View ArticleRe: vSphere 4.1 vDS performance impact
Hi, please check the driver and firmware versions in the vSphere Client. Look a the "Hardware Status" tab, expand "Software Components", and look there for "be2net device firmware" and "be2net driver"...
View Articlevmware esxi 4 backup suggestions
I have one home server running the free esxi 4 hypervisor with two windows 2008 standard guests (one running SQL server 2008). I was hoping to get some good free/inexpensive suggestions for backing up...
View ArticleRe: vSphere 5 vCenter Server Virtual Appliance - do I need windows server in...
Hi.Is there any news about update manager in vCSA?I am looking the easisit way to update esx hosts? Thanks
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Re: How do you completely and securely disable sharing between guest and host?
We have the ability to create a "locked down" Windows image that associates can't change (that's the easy part ) Its preventing dragging files from the two while maintaining VMtools drivers for...
View ArticleRe: Examples of Transforms?
Have you tried Host.ToLower() or Host.ToString().ToLower() ?
View ArticleSolution for datastore ESXi4.1 and some Linux Guest
I am looking for a solution for my datastore.Right now I have one physical machine with local disks: 2 HDD SAS(RAID1) and 3 HDD SATA(RAID5), on RAID1 lies ESXi4.1 with equivalent datastore1 (RAID1) and...
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Re: VLAN issues with Realtek NIC (RTL8169)
milton123 wrote: According to you attachment image you can't make trunk Switch to PC. You have to make it access port.Computers are useless. They can only give you answers I'm not realy sure what...
View ArticleRe: console freeze during vmotions
It was actually for any VM, not the one being moved. At any rate, after a few days of running, it seems to be working well and CPU utilization and IO has levelled off at like 10%. Kinda strange...
View ArticleRe: Solution for datastore ESXi4.1 and some Linux Guest
Hmmm, why don't you just add one (or more) additional virtual disk(s) to your Debian VM and put that on datastore2 ? If you want multiple VMs accessing the RAID5 space then you can install a FreeNAS or...
View ArticleRe: VDR 2 and my hair loss!
I have similar problems. This is what support gave me to change with the VDR application. I have posted this in another thread. See if these settings help....
View ArticleZune has choppy audio on MBP (w/ solid settings)
I have a Macbook Pro 17", 2.3 ghz Feb 2011 model. I have 8GB. I created a Windows 7 VM and allocated 2 virtual cpu's and about 2.5GB of memory. My VM runs from a second, dedicated internal hard drive...
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