VDI environment updates/patching
Howdy, Hypothetically speaking, if I were to reboot the servers responsible for our VDI environment without disconnecting/logging off/shutting down any of the clients, would that cause any issues with...
View ArticlevSGA NVIDIATesla M2070-Q not working with vsphere 5.1
We are having problems getting our NVIDIATesla M2070-Q working with vsphere 5.1 if we set a vm to hardware graphics it gets stuck at 95% starting upwe have rebooted multiple time to no avail, and we...
View ArticleIs it possible to install ESX5.1 as windows2012 Hyper-v guest OS and create...
Is it possible to install ESX5.1 as windows2012 Hyper-v guest OS and create guest OS of ESX5.1 ?
View ArticleTools to simulate CPU / mem / disk / network load
I'm looking for some tools which can simulate CPU / memory / disk / network load in my home lab. Ideally, they would do that in an "adjustable way" (for example, specify desired CPU load in percentage...
View ArticleVMware wrokstation damn slow and high cpu utilization while oses loaded
hi earlier i had windows xp on the physical machine . i then installed vmware 9.0 on it and created 4 vms on it . ubuntu 10..04 .. RHEL 6.. Windows Server 2008R2 and then i did a p2v of the xp .....
View ArticlePoor transfer rate using Converter 5.0 Standalone compared to 4.3
I recently started using the newly released Converter 5.0.0 . I had successfully done over 30 P2V's of Windows 2003 systems using version 4.3. Immediately, I noticed two problems: 1) The average...
View ArticleUnable to integrate with vCloud Director - Compute resources data collection...
Hi, We are trying to integrate vCloud Director with vCAC but failed. In short.vCD- Organizational VDCs - Reservation Pool When performing data collection in Compute Resources, it failed with...
View ArticleXP Pro will not format during install.
Hello all, I have been struggling with this issue for 2 months now and finally am totally out of ideas. We have a single host, IBM x3650 M4 2x Xeon E5-26200's. ESXi 5.1u1 (IBM build) 32gb (soon to be...
View ArticleUbuntu 12.04 Customization on VCD 5.1.2 - DNS Servers not set
Hi there all VCD 5.1.2 with ESXi 5.1 and VCenter 5.1. When deploying Ubuntu 12.04 based vApp templates we notice that the DNS Servers are not set.With this release of Ubuntu the DNS servers are...
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Newer IBM servers not vMotion compatible despite identical CPUs
I just installed a new HS22V blade, identical to a pack of others installed about a year ago. CPUs are identical, UEFI version is identical, Processor Settings in the firmware are identical. Still...
View ArticleWindows7 x64 проблема с созданием/открытием ВМ
Здравствуйте! Прошу помочь разобраться в странном поведении VMware Player 5.0.2.Попытаюсь кратко изложить суть проблемы. Дано:Windows 7 x64, Ноутбук Lenovo Thinkpad x120e, процессор AMD E-350. AMD-V в...
View ArticlevCD VM Thumbnail ICON Update - When
Hi I am wanting to know when the ICONs for VMs which show a minature view of the VM, get update with a fresh image ?i cleared the browser cache so it does not seem to be related to browser caching. Thanks
View ArticleVCSA 5.1 U1a stops on regenerating certificate
Hello guys, Yeasterday I deployed new VCSA and moved existing ESX servers to it. Then I shut down old vCenter and changed IP and hostname of new VCSA to IP/hostname that was previously set on old...
View ArticleHA Cluster Shutdown Issue
Ran into a new issue today. Was trying to make some wiring changes to our network cards on our VSphere servers. We have two VSphere 4.1 servers, each have 6 NICs, with 3 virtual Switches, with 2 NICs...
View ArticleGuest connected but cannot RDP to it
Hi all, I have a Windows 7 host on a physical machine and a Windows Server 2008 guest running on VMware Workstation 9. The connection is bridged and both can ping each other- the guest can even access...
View ArticleTrouble getting into VM using RDP with a NAT connection
I am having trouble getting into my virtual machine using remote desktop. I am using a NAT connection that was set up using this guide VMware KB: Connecting to VMware virtual machines using the Windows...
View ArticleThinApp Package not using Working Directory
I have been attempting to package some of our applications that use config files for settings. We would like to have the config file external to the ThinApp package but tell the package to use the...
View ArticleSolidworks 2012 - Dell R720 Nvidia K1 Grid GPU Samsung Zero Cleint / Teradici 2
Background:Just fired up an R720 with a Nvidia K1 Grid installed.Having one of our Engineers test a complex assembly using a Win 7/64bit VM configured to use 512meg vram with the K1 GPU.Previously, the...
View ArticleHow do I identify a vCenter locator in vSphere?
When deploying an OVA/OVF file to vCenter, ovftool requires a locator.The example locator in the user guide looks like this: vi://user:password@localhost/DatacenterWhen I look at the vCenter path with...
View ArticleWhich product for running multiple releases of OS X and Windows?
Hi, I have a software that can run on OS X (10.5 - 10.9) and Windows (XP, Vista, 7 & 8). I would like to install all these Operating Systems on one machine then install the software on each for...
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