Technical questions for a VMware architect.
Hi pals In my company i am assigned to take the interview to recruit a vmware architect.I want to know what are the critical or must know questions for a vmware architect of having 6 to 10 years of...
View ArticleNew-TagAssignment : issue in Linkedmode when same TAG is existing in 2 VC
Hi,I have 2 Vcenter 5.1 in LinkedMode having the same TAGs defined in each vCenter.I noticed that executing a Get-Tag in a PowerCli windows connected to 1 of the vCenter, TAGs from both vCenter are...
View ArticleVmware fusion 6 - minibar menu from full screen vm
In previous versions of VMWare Fusion when running a guest full screen I could mouse over to the top or left side (depending on settings) and get the vmware fusion minibar menu. Now I cannot find the...
View ArticleVMware ESXi 5.5 local users for CIM Monitoring role
Hello, Is it possible to create local users in ESXi and assign permissions/roles to manage CIM interactions alone ? I learnt that local groups are not supported from 5.1 onwards. Does it mean that we...
View ArticleVMware VCA certification for free
Well, there are some vouchers on the web - I need to say I am not the only one offering this. BUT, if you want to do the VCA certification for free, here goes the steps and a voucher code to use:...
View ArticleWindows 2000 on Fusion 6?
I want to upgrade from Fusion 5.0.3 to 6.0.2 as I am going to be upgrading from Mountain Lion to Mavericks, but see from the list of supported guests that Windows 2000 in no longer supported. As I have...
View ArticleUnable to Resize VMFS DataStore in ESXi 5.1
All, I am using an OpenFiler SAN as a VMWare Datastore. The current Datastore size was 1TB and I decided to increase the size of the LUN via OpenFiler to 2TB. However, this increased LUN size is not...
View ArticlePassthrough for DEC DNBT1 T1/E1 Card
Hi All, Does anyone know that ESXi 5.x Passthrough is supported for the legacy DEC DNBT1 PCI card? I tried to plug this card in the server but ESX seems unable to recognize it as I cannot found it in...
View ArticlevCenter running check script
Hi. Very new to VMA and Perl, just got the appliance installed and want to try writing a simple script to just check if vCenter is actually running - guessing you could simply try to connect to the...
View ArticleError: Unable to clone volume 'D'
Error :detected a write error during the cloning of volume windows bitmap driver volumeid Clonning a windows server 2003 machine, Tried twice getting the same error Once i converted it successfully 2...
View ArticleHistorical performance Data in vSphere Client?
Hello, i use ESXi 5.1 Essential as host OS and vSphere Client 5.1 for host administration. Actual i would need to explore some historical performance data . To enable historical data i tried to follow...
View ArticleVmware Horizion View - group policy
Hello, I was wondering if anyone else has had an issue that i am currently experiencing. Once view has provision the desktops some group policy's are not being set. The most evident ones are the...
View Articleissues with data transfers and speed copying data into virtual machine
i have as small vmware 4.1 enviroment. I have 30gb id like to transfer into a vm on my host. My san has 10gb iscsi connectivity. My front end switch where my VMs connect is 1gb. if i connect a usb...
View ArticleEpson PoS TM-H6000iv
I am wondering if anyone has experience with this printer or any other usb connected point of sale printer and vmware view? It seems to work when it wants to and disconnect randomly and I have to do...
View ArticleHuawei USB Modem on an ESXi 5 Host attaches as a SCSI device and returns NSIS...
We are attempting to use a Huawei USB Modem for one of our virtual servers, running Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, on a HP Proliant DL 380 G7 running VMWare ESXi, 5.1.0, 1065491. The USB Device only...
View Articleupgraded to vmWare Fustion 6 but cannot create from bootcamp
I have upgraded Fusion 5 to Fusion 6 and tried to upgrade my Bootcamp virtual machine and it kept giving me an error that I needed to delete the virtual machine. The message is Your Boot Camp...
View Articlecan we get 'esxcfg-scsidevs -m' output as xml file?
I want all output of esxcfg-scsidevs -m as xml file..what is the way to achieve this?
View ArticleVMWare Workstation 7.1.4 .vmdk corrupted in Windows
The physical hard disk that the virtual disk was located on was disconnected from the host machine. This happened whilst deleting a snapshot image from the virtual disk belonging to the guest machine....
View Articleunused/old ESXi 3.5 license wanted
Hi, i'm a student and want to install ESXi 3.5 update 5 on a old 32-bit dell server to learn and get experience in vmware-software and virtualisation. Unfortunately there is no way to get a free...
View ArticlevCD Application Initialization Failure Missing: com.vmware.vcloud.backend-core
Hi Hopefully someone can help me out with this, Just installed vCloud Director 5.5.0.1323688 on a RHEL 6 system, the Application initialization fails at Missing: com.vmware.vcloud.backend-core. I have...
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