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VMware Player on a Windows 2003 64bit VM
OK here is the situation i have. We have a need to run a tool from EMC called Environment Collection Appliance (ECA) this tool is a vSphere based appliance. Only problem is our environment is Virtual...
View ArticleI have 2 ESXi 5.1 Hosts that reboot every 2 weeks, how can I stop this?
Hi VMWare Friends, I have 2 ESXi 5.1 Hosts running on Dell PE 710R's that automatically reboot every 2 weeks at the exact same time. Log shows ESXi host initiated system reboot.This may have been set...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 does not recognize 4TB storage array
Hello all! This is my setup: HP ProLiant ML350 G52x XEON E5345 quadcore12GB RAMintegrated Smart Array E200i connected to single 250GB SATA diskSmart Array P400/512MB connected to two 2TB SATA disks in...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 - Nessus scan results and remediation
Hi all, I recently ran a vuln scan of an in production vCenter server with Nessus and got a few items that I'm not sure how to resolve. A quick google didn't give me as much info as I would have liked,...
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VMs shutting down automatically after booting in ESXi 3.5.0 running in...
Hi, I have successfully installed VMWare ESX Server 3.5.0 in VM Ware Workstation. But I am facing problem in starting any VMs whether it is Win XP or Ubuntu. I have tried all three possibilities but...
View ArticleSymlink bug in shared folders with Linux guest
I have a Linux x86_64 guest running on an OS X Lion host. I am experiencing strange behavior with symbolic links accessed from the Linux guest in a shared folder. The guest is unable to follow some...
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Windows 2008 R2 "Time machine"
Dear everybody, I'm faced to the following problem: (first of all I'm not sure is this a esx issue) I have a Windows 2008 R2 server on a ESXi 5.1 a few days ago I need to restart this server. The...
View ArticleNetflow Status
How can I pull the status of Netflow for all of our dvPG's and dvUplinks? I looked around and did not get that available via the Get-VDPortGroup cmdlet. Has anyone had any luck finding this yet? Thanks...
View ArticleAny timeouts that restart or shutdown VMs?
Recently we had a network outage that affected out NFS vlan for several mins. I am being asked what's the default and/or best practice timeouts that will restart or shutdown a VM. Example:HA host...
View ArticleStorage Adapter Latency Metrics
Hi there, I am noticing some read latency's across most of my hosts showing a maximum of 19 ms, as high as 31 ms, while currently running around 3-7ms. Is this acceptable? For some reason I feel like...
View ArticleUnable to connect the USB device "" to the virtual machine (error code 13)
Hi there I have got the following message when trying to connect a USB card. Unable to connect the USB device "" to the virtual machine (error code 13)Contact VMWare, Inc. technical support for...
View ArticlevmStatsProvider - Event ID 256 / 258
Has anyone seen these event log entries on virtual windows servers - they seem to be floooding the application logs. Where do they come from, what do they mean and can I stop them from being logged...
View ArticleShould I enable deduplication on iSCSI volume?
Hi All, I am hoping you can help me, or advise me in some way please What I have3 hosts connecting to a Windows Storage Server 2012 boxAround 50 VMs The QuestionEach host connects to the Windows...
View ArticleQuadro vSGA driver not loading in ESX 5.1u1
I've been fighting with the Nvidia drivers for a while and searching around but haven't been able to figure out why the vSGA drivers aren't loading in my 5,1u1 install. The vmkernel.log claims it...
View ArticleVDP appliance don't show up in VCenter Web Client
Hi, Our VDP server had some DNS problems. After we solved them, we've found there is no way to manage the appliance through VCenter WebClient. Though the VDP plugin is installed there, our VDP...
View ArticleRemote console browser plugin in html page
I know that there is remote console plugin for browsers.I have web page for users. Is it possible to put remote console inside html page? (like embedded frame or something like that).If this solution...
View ArticleThinApp program is saving the settings in windows registry
I created ThinApp package from this program - PS Hot Launch, but when i add new program shortcut it is saving the settings in windows registry. How to make it save its settings inside the package? I...
View ArticleUnable to sign on using windows session credentials in View
Hi, I have a View based infrastructure set-up with windows based View client SW running on thick clients. The interactive user logged onto my thick clients has entitlements within my View Connection...
View ArticleException 0xc0000005 (access violation) connecting USB Device; VM at My...
Hi, Running VMware Workstation 9.0.2 on Windows 7 64bit. Created a Windows 7 64bit VM at My Computer in VMware Workstation i'm able to connect an USB Device to it and it is recognized inside the VM....
View ArticleVMkwarning and VMware Tools not running
Hello Everyone, I recently deployed the vCenter Log Insight appliance and was able to start collecting log information for 6 ESXi 5.1 servers. However, it seems not all logs are being collected. I'm...
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