Workstation 8: Sidewinder USB not working in Windows 9x guest
Hello! I have upgraded to Workstation 8 a while ago and now I noticed my MS Sidewinder Precision Pro USB joystick does not work anymore in my virtual Windows 98 SE legacy machine. It is shown with a...
View ArticleThinApp .Net ClickOnce Application
hi there our customer is using an application, wich uses the .Net Feature "ClickOnce" this is an automated installation and updating procedure from .net.If a user start a such application the first...
View ArticleVSphere Installation Question
Hi All,I am in the process of building the following server:Case: Fractal Design Define R4 ATX Tower Case Black PearlPower Supply: Corsair Professional Series HX750 750W ATX Fully Modular 80PLUS Gold...
View ArticleCan't login via AD after power loss
Okay, seems pretty straight forward. I've never had an issue like this so I'm hoping someone can point me in the proper direction.Scenario - ESXi 5 server using Active Directory for authentication....
View ArticlevLAN not showing in ESXi CDP output
I have a vLAN that I am using in my environment and that is working fine between the ESXi host and the physical network. However, when I run the command to show CDP information from the ESXi host, I...
View ArticleIntel-VT Features and VMware Support of those Features?
Hello Everyone, Intel published a helpful article in 2010 about the various virtualization technology (Intel VT) features offered, and which processor families supported those individual...
View ArticleESXi PciPassthrough with Dell R620 and H710 Perc controller
Hi VMware gurus out there,I've read most of the discussions around the pros and cons of pcipassthrough for storage but have a strange one for you.ESXi 5.1 (dell customised), all firmware, bios, etc up...
View ArticleFalse Capacity/IO Alerts?
Hello all, I've recently started managing vCOPS (currently 5.6, moving to 5.7 soon) for a client. I have plenty of experience with installing it but not so much in the day to day maintenance and usage....
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P2V Linux of PC AMD for ESXi Intel Xeon
Hellofriends,I'm trying toconvert aVirtualPCforLinuxDebian, I have a ESXi5.1U1serverin my environment, I am using theVMwareConvertertool5.1, when you get98% of the process, the errorhappensin the...
View Article98% FAILED: Unable to reconfigure the destination virtual machine. Win srvr 2003
We are trying to convert a Windows Server 2003 x64 SP2 machine and get this error at 98 percent,"FAILED: Unable to reconfigure the destination virtual machine." The only reference I see in the log...
View ArticleConfiguration element synchronization change? Now overwriting existing...
So I just did a sync of a configuration element and existing attributes got overwritten. I have upgraded my whole environment to 5.1.1 now so it is not easy for me to go back and check with 5.1 but I...
View ArticleDataProviderAdapter - Propagate Exceptions to the UI Layer
When implementing Java Services, thrown exceptions can be propagated to the UI layer. They can be caught as part of the the response in the UI layer and shown to the user if needed. However, for cases...
View ArticleRecompose, Refresh and Rebalance take 60 minutes to start
Hi All.VMware Vcenter 5.1, ESXi hosts 5.1, VMware View 5.2 , VMware View Composer 5.2 ( collocated with VCenter ) Any view composer task starting after 60 minutes. Whats happening?
View ArticleSuperMicro with SMC2008 ESX 5.1 compatibel
Hi Guys, is there anybody, who has installed successfully ESX 5.1 on a SuperMicro Server ( Tower ) with a SMC2008-IR ( LSI MegaRaid ) Controller on a X8DT6-F Mainboard.The Server has only 4 300GB SAS...
View ArticleVMware Fusion on Host machine w/ Mac RAID hardware
I am curious if Fusion and the guest OS machines will work fine on a machine that has hardware RAID (Raid 0 or 1)? I currently run Fusion on a standard non-RAID system but am considering upgrading to a...
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Fixed: Web Client Service will not start
I figured it thx to this guy: http://www.virtualizationsoftware.com/vcenter-5-1-using-simple-install/<-- well, _he_ figured it out.... The upgrade pushed my piddly 2gb vm vcenter host over the edge...
View ArticleCannot connect to Serengeti Server
Hi, the deployment of the Serengeti vApp and the installation of the Web Extension were successful, however we cannot connect to the Serengeti Server from within the BigData Extension. We get an error...
View ArticleESX 5.1 VM Console refresh is slower than ESX5.0
We noticed that ESX5.1 VM Console refresh is slower than ESX5.0 and 4.1? Is VMware aware of this or do any of you know if there is a solution? I am surprised that VMware didn't fix the issue yet? Due...
View Articleconfiguring vmotion in vcloud 5.1
we are currently running vcloud director 5.1. The backend cluster was not initially setup with vmotion because we did not have dedicated network. We are running vcloud vapps now successfully and would...
View ArticlevAPP imported uses $VCLOUD_HOME/tmp
Hi, http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2044693 Has this been resolved in 5.1.2? I don't see anything in the resolved issue notes for 5.1.2. The KB says there is no resolution...Does that mean I need to rebuild,...
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