Intel X550T can not link at 10Gb
Hello, Please, can someone tell me if there are patch or configuration that can force an Intel X550T Dual 10Gb nic controller to connect to 10Gb when the ESXi OS it is loaded? We have two servers with...
View Articlehow to propagate snapshot changes
I'm using VMware 12. I have a project that contains 5 steps, each based on the steps before. At each step a snapshot was taken, so they form a straight line in the Snapshot Manager. A current project...
View ArticleHorizon 7 deployment with standard vSwitch
Is a Horizon 7 deployment with vSphere Standard Switched supported?
View Article2 factor authentication
Hello I know 2 factor authentication configuration.When I configurate it, all view user need to 2 factor authentication. I want to user 2 factor authentication for some users. Example:For external...
View ArticleHow to set guestVM window size (width+height) for login/welcome screen (NOT...
I have a couple of guestVM machines (Linux, Win, Solaris). All of them start (on a 64bit Win 7 hostOS) with a smaller window size as the later "working" screen/display size. For example when the Linux...
View ArticleAllocating space to a virtual HD
Hello folks, I run a windows XP virtual machine in a VMware Fusion 5.0.3, on an iMac running Mavericks.The disk original size was 20 GB and I had no difficulty to enlarge it to 40 GB. My understanding...
View ArticleSSO and PSC / Production & DR?
Hi, We are midway through an infrastructure refresh for a customer and they have requested (late in the day) ELM across both sites. We had initially gone with vCenter with an integrated PSC due to the...
View ArticleA rollback is recommended: the gsan was not shut down cleanly. (This affect...
Hi, i have vSphere Data Protection 5.1, but trying to start services i receive this message. If i Roll back to the most recent checkpoint, it affects the actual state of the vmachines?Or it just roll...
View ArticleVmware harddisk about 8 times slower than virtualbox
Hey I have the issue, that my VMware-VMs have dead slow hard disk performance. When I install a Windows Server 2012 in VMware, it takes about 30 minutes.When I do the same in virtualbox, its finished...
View ArticleHow to find datastore(lun) Physcial logical drive details
Hi all Virtual server running on data store of different luns. Need to find out which VM is running on physical drive presented to esxi. (luns)For eg I have 5 lun presented to esxi.(lun1 to 5) now i...
View ArticleCouldn't open VM, VMX file is corrupt
Could not open virtual machine: X:\Virtual Machines\Windows 7 x64\Windows 7 x64.vmxVMX file is corrupt. This is the error message I receive whenever I try to turn on my VM after a computer crash. I've...
View ArticleApp volumes 2.12 CutePDF installed in golden Image and appstack connected =...
Hi, I did a clean install of App volumes 2.12 and recreated all my appstacks. I installed CutePDF in my base image Windows 8.1 pro and than everything works fine. When I attach any appstack the PDF...
View ArticleConvert dd-Image (SAS, Windows) to ESXi6 VMDK
All, I've taken a whole disk image with dd of a Windows server which uses SAS for its C: Boot drive. I'm trying to convert this image to VMDK for an ESXi 6 host. qemu-img doesn't seem to be capable, at...
View ArticleSRM and Veritas Backup Exec - MS Exchange Backup
Hi, I'm using SRM to sync my VM virtual servers (with VSS as quiescing method).One of these servers is a Microsft Exchange Server, and I'm using Veritas Backup Exec 16 to backup the Exchange...
View ArticleVIO port 8080 and swift
Hi Folks, Do I understand correctly that VIO has process running on port 8080 and if I need enable swift I should use different bind port ? I also want to double check authentication setting indicate...
View ArticleDesktop composer fault: virtual machine with input specifications already exists
how can i delete the replica and source from my infrastructure? my problem is, the view manager has not delete the replica and source and now i have the message by enable pool and provisioning...
View ArticleUpdate Manager Missing
I have installed Update Manager on the same server as my VCenter server. Seems to have installed fine. Service is running. Problem is when I log into web client, it is not under Monitoring. Plug-in...
View ArticleEnabling sb16 on Windows 3.1 and DOS 6.22
I am having issues getting the Sound Blaster 16 drivers working on Windows 3.1 and DOS 6.22. When ever I try to install the drivers I get the following error: Wrong Base I/O Address or Audio Card is...
View ArticleUpdate Manager Snapshots of Domain Controllers
Hi All, It is my understanding that domain controllers should not be snapshotted. It looks like Update Manager, but default snapshots a VM before remediation. Am I correct in assuming that I should...
View Articlehow to create a report - VMs on what datastores
Is it possible to create a report for what VMs are on what datastores?
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