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VDisk consuming too much disk space
I'm running the latest beta with Win7 64-bit for host and client. Within the client, my main drive looks this big:If you do the math (99.9-56.2=43.7), my virtual disk should consume ~44GB of disk...
View ArticleVMWare Player VM Crash - There is not enough space on the disk
This afternoon I started getting error message on my VM and then it crashed to the desktop. Through some searching I checked the log file and it appears per the log that I ran out of diskspace. But I...
View ArticleVMware Exam Authorization
All, I just went out and was looking for a different time for my exam and found this message, "Note: All VMware Certification exams require prior VMware authorization. If you would like to reschedule...
View Articlemultiple monitors on Fusion 5.0.1
Hi, I have just updated my VMWare Fusion to 5.0.1. The host is a late 2009 24" Alum iMac which has three external monitor, so a total of 4 displays.It is running Mountain Lion 10.8.4. My question, the...
View ArticlevSphere HA Waiting for cluster election to complete Operation timed out
I have enough of re-installing ESX5i (so far this was trhe quickes way to get it working on number of separate incidents - as a side not, vSphere4 just worked fine in my environment, without THAT MUCH...
View ArticleAcquireTicket and vmware-vmrc.exe
Hi all, We let users open remote consoles, and we used to call AcquireMksTicket and pass the ticket to vmware-vmrc to paypass the credential With Vi SDK 4.1, AcquireMksTicket is replaced with...
View ArticleGuest machine processor type not updating per current ESXi host processor
I've a ESXi cluster running with ESXi4.1 & the hardware are mix of Dell PER900/PER910 with Processor types as E74850@2.00GHz & E7330 @ 2.40Ghz with an EVC mode of Intel Merom Gen.If I check...
View ArticleNew Server, 1x 1TB, raid0, 2x Logical Drives
Team,I am building a net-new system. I have a server with 1x 1TB drive installed. I would like to split the drive into 2 logical drives under the systems ACU setup (array configuration utility)......
View ArticleDetailed Storage Usage
Hi, It would be nice if the storage usage reports provided more information, perhaps showing the CVDs contained within them and the space they take, deduplication savings, etc. Actually, even better...
View ArticleManually adding ESX server to vSphere
I installed SSO and the Web Client on a Windows Server in a test domain. This seemed to go fine but I found that it hadn't picked up a couple of domains or the ESX server in one of them. I added a DC...
View ArticleSome unanswered Gemfire queries
Hi, I have some Gemfire queries given below: 1. While working with functionExecution, we put the data into region and registered a function "MultigetFunction" which implements Function in one jvm. In...
View ArticleVM Not loading through WSX
When trying to load a VM outside of home (Not using localhost) the VM will not load. It stays on this screen:55412937e31c99f1d5fd4715ae039844.png But when I connect to WSX with localhost the VM loads...
View ArticleVMware Player Setup Dialog Box is BLANK on Install or Uninstall
I have spent 2-3 hours combing through the discussion boards and I can't find a solution. I've also noticed that this is a very common issue and many of the solutions don't actually apply to the...
View ArticleStatic IP addresses not being set in deployments
We are evaluating vCloud Suite and have connected our VDC's within vCloud Director to vCAC and pulled in a base linux template from within our vCloud catalog. I have setup a network profile with a IP...
View ArticleDeploy VM using a template and command line - PowerCLI and customizing...
Is it possible to deploy VMs using a template yet altering the specifications like additional RAM, CPUs and drives all using one command line? I currently have to build VMs using our template, wait...
View ArticleCan I disable autofit?
Can I disable the display autofit option? I just want the guest to maintain the resolution setup in the console vs the automatic resolution in full screen mode. Thanks
View ArticleAdaptec 7805 PCI Passthrough Issue w/ ESXi 5.1 and Ubuntu 12.04 + Windows...
Hello, I am pretty new to VMware/ESXi but I am taking ESXi 5.1 for a spin (free trial license) to see if it will become the hypervisor of choice for my home server. So far so good, until I wanted to...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 rejecting ESXi 4.1 hosts
Hi all,With the help of a few blog posts, I've upgraded our vCenter Server installation from 4.1 to 5.1. Nothing too fancy, everything all on a single VM, managing less than 100 VMs across three hosts....
View ArticleVMWare WS 9: XP VM Does not release exclusive locks on Host files
I copied a directory hierarchy from host to guest via the "Shared Folders" feature. Once done, I closed explorer on the WinXP 32 bit guest, and attempted to delete the directory structure on the Win7...
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