Where to find Windows 7 Pro download or DVD that is not OEM?
Hi,can anyone help me? I do not own a PC and need to buy Windows for my new job to use with VMware Fusion 5.I have looked for hours online trying to find Windows 7 Professional that is either a...
View ArticleDistributed switch problem
I am configuring a new VMkernel distributed switch and trying to add a new vMotion virtual adapter. I input the correct IP address information and received the error - “Call...
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Unexplainable disk space growth
I've been building a brand new Win7_64 client from within this trial of Fusion on my MBP. I created the virtual disk as 60GB.When I look at the disk within the client, it is only partially...
View Articlevmdk mounting issue
Hi,I have a hard time with mounting vmdk downloaded from data store.I use VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit. (Tried other methods with no luck) I tried to mount all 3 existing vmdk. 1. xyz.vmdk -...
View ArticleFull Clone customisation fails
Hi there,We're running View 5.2 in a Proof of Concept (PoC) environment and are just starting to look at creating Full Clones. We have created multiple linked clone pools, both with and without guest...
View ArticleGet List of VMs, Datastores and Folder name per Cluster
Hello!! I'm hoping someone can assist me with a PowerCLI script that can pull the subject info into a txt or csv file. In an effort to get our environment cleaned up before our next DR exercise with...
View ArticleProblem changing root password with Invoke-VMScript
I am using the following powershell script to automate changing the default root password of the VM ( Red Hat Linux) during VM customization step to the user supplied password. The script actually...
View ArticleReplacing Existing Host with New Host/Hardware
We are in the process of replacing our older ESXi 5.0 hosts that unable to be upgraded to ESXi 5.1 with new hardware that will support ESXi 5.1 and beyond. The existing hosts are members of a vCenter...
View ArticleCan't set network adapter state
I have written a basic script to connect a virtual machines network status to both Connected & Connect at power on. The script appears to run fine without any errors. However when i check a system...
View Articlepower-on network adapters script
Hello everyone I've got a problem I'm using view planner to deploy some linked clones and my desktops are windows xp 32bit for some reason theNetwork adapter e1000 does not tick start up connected and...
View ArticleHow to tell if a ThinPC has connected to a VM
I have a program that runs the view client and does some error reporting via email. It watches the exit codes from the client to get an idea of what's going on, then emails me its hostname and IP if...
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Hang when rebuilding a new virtual disk
I tried to create a new Windows 7 x64 client this morning. I went through the wizard and was able to change the SCSI drive to be one file, not "split into 2GB files" without issue. However, when I...
View Articlebackups halted after adding datastore
Has anyone observed any issues when adding an additional datastore to an older host to share the data that used to be just on one datastore? I'm wondering if the differences in the two datastores has...
View ArticleBenchmark Testing
Greetings, We use VMWare (ESXi 4.1 and VSphere 5.1) to run automated tests and we are wondering if there are tools to manage VMs performances in order to benchmark our system. If our typical setup is...
View ArticleVCloud not able to connect to itself using its own external IP?
In vcloud, each vm has an internal ip and an external ip. It appears to me that when a process in a vm sends a request to its external IP, it gets a timeout, while requests to its internal IP work...
View ArticleCreating a 0-client project
I was wondering if there is anyone interested in staring a project to create a Linux based 0-client for repurposing PC's. Something similar to Stratodesk but this would be an Open project.
View ArticleFusion cannot find Boot Camp
I try to boot my newly installed Boot Camp Windows 7 within Vmware Fusion 5. I get the message: "No Boot Camp disks found". It seems that Fusion cannot find the Boot Camp partition. However, the Boot...
View ArticleFind VM via IP
Hey all, I'm trying to figure out a way to find a VM via IP through PowerCLI. That in itself is easy enough, and I'm using this code currently: Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine -Filter...
View ArticleNetwork connectivity issue with Log Insight appliance
We are running the 1.0-beta virtual appliance and I've been noticing that the virtual appliance will fall off the network periodically for a short time. I've had constant pings going to it and it will...
View ArticleRequestApproved email template
So I have figured how to customize sending a quote through the email templates. The next thing I want to do is add an additional and static To address to every RequestApproved email. Is there a...
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