Re: VMware tools upgrade suggestion needed after upgrading ESX host
Hello, In this post i can see that you are talking about upgrading the ESX 4.1 to ESXi 4.1. I dont think you can do that.
View ArticleRe: PowerEdge2950 Different Processors Migration Question
If you are enabling the EVC feature you will have to turn off all the VMs that are running. however, I am not sure if the EVC will work in this case or not.
View ArticleRe: Where is vm-diskmanager?
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View ArticleVSA multi-site cluster
can someone tell me if this is feasible or not.. license - VMWare essentials plus + VSA total of 3 ESXi servers in a VSA cluster. [vCentre on a separate physical server] configuration...2 ESXi servers...
View ArticleRe: Invalid cast from 'System.String' on Virtual Machines Tab on Datastores View
I've seen this a few times today and finally now I had a chance to close vSphere client and reopen it, the problem seems gone. This message would pop up every time I clicked on one of my Datastores in...
View ArticleChargeback Reports based on actual storage usage inside OS
Hello, Is there a chance that Chargeback would create report based on actual storage usage inside VM. We have problem when Thin provisioned VMs report growth of VMDK somewhat OK, but when user removes...
View ArticleRe: PCLI 5.0.1: Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction "Ignore"...
Ah, good to know.I wonder how many more "issues" there might be when used with PS v3 CTP2
View ArticleRe: vcpu-0:VMM fault 13: src=MONITOR rip=0xfffffffffc2bddcd...
yes sure, I run the following command on the command line:"C: \ Program Files (x86) \ VMware \ VMware Workstation \ vmware-vdiskmanager.exe"-R "D: \ VMWareVirtual Machines \ Windows XP Professional \...
View ArticleRe: Lun numbering from different sans and enclosures
Many low end arrays reserve LUN 0 (non configurage) for an in-band management device (SES device).
View Article"Upgrading" from vSphere Hypervisor (free) to Essentials Kit edition
We've been running some production VMs at a remote location on the free vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 4.1). We're wanting to do some very basic backup stuff now. Nothing fancy but we need to leverage the...
View ArticleRe: Migrating User Profiles
Is this a one-time migration or do they need to roam the profile between XP an W7? // Linjo
View ArticleRe: ESXi and vm inventory Report
Luc.. This worked!! Thank you for your help!!!! Kuddos
View ArticleWait operator on Linked Clones Script.
I have a script to create linked clones (credit goes to members of this forum for helping me get it right) but i'm having issues with the customization as the script tries to apply the customization...
View ArticleDataStore and VM partition configuration best practice
We are in process of virtualizing from scratch. We just purchased a Dell EqualLogic array and plan on a secondary DR site to replicate our data. In order to reduce the amount of replicated data I’m...
View ArticleSeparate Base Images Per Desktop Pool?
We have just upgraded to View 5, although our issue is not specific to the version. We have several different pools of VMs that are very similar. Just as an easy example, the icons on one desktop...
View ArticleRe: "Upgrading" from vSphere Hypervisor (free) to Essentials Kit edition
Welcome to the Community - What version of Essentials license do you have - is it vSphere 5 or 4? If it is 4 all you will need to set up vCenter and point the licensing of the free server ot the...
View ArticleVSphere 5 client on Windows 7
Hello, I'm having a problem with the VSphere 5 client on a Windows 7 x 64 laptop. When I start the client, it attempts to authenticate, and then I receive the error message " the type initializer for...
View ArticleRe: Separate Base Images Per Desktop Pool?
I agree with the VMware engineer. When you utilize multiple snapshots off the same base image that means you have to update each snapshot with patches, software updates, etc. If you only had the...
View ArticleRevert to snapshot on restart
I am a noob I have 59 days left on my 60 day trial of esxi 5 and vsphere 5. I would like to have my guest OS revert to a snapshot on restart. I found that this can be done on Page 59 of the v.4...
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