Anybody Using Multiple Alternate OS VMs as Primary Desktop Systems?
Hi, I have been using VMware Player on my Linux host system for a few years now to provide an alternate Windows XP desktop. My everyday usage is primarily with the Linux host system, but there...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Groups
Any thought of having logical groups or containers of virtual machines in VMware Workstation? An example would be two hosts and a virtual center wrapped in a "soft" container where the VM's contained...
View Articleredundant esxi on embedded dual SD
Hello, I've searched around a bit but can't find the answer.What exactly is the benefit from installing a redundant esxi on a single server? My server in question has an embedded dual SD module, where...
View ArticleHierarchical Configurations
Is there a road-map for VCM which may include:1. Centralized management over multiple Virtual Data Centers2. Change Package publishing to multiple VCM servers3. VCM Import/Export (I/E) and Content...
View Articledoes anyone know how to edit/modify routing table on dvswitch virtual adapter?
hi all does anyone know how to edit/modify routing table on dvswitch virtual adapter? i tried adding ip pool with info on gateway for each subnet, it doesn't help when viewing routing table from the...
View ArticleCannot disable passthrough on ESXi 5.1 update 1 server
Hi, I have an IBM X3400 M3 server with a MegaRAID SAS Controller.As an experiment I tried to enable passthrough on the controller and then I wanted to disable it again - but I am stuck! I can disable...
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I cannot get "Bridged" networking to work
I would like for my VM running on Workstation 9 to be accessible by my network.I have one laptop (win7) that is running VMPlayer (3.0.0) and which has a VM running ubuntu and when I set its network...
View ArticleConnectivity problem of 2 ESXi hosts using Vyatta as a router
Hello,I created 2 ESXi hosts in a vmware workstation 9 machine. So that they can ping each other, I have installed a vyatta virtual router on the same vmware workstation.The IP config of the ESXi hosts...
View ArticleESX 5.1 Hosts can't ping each other in nested Workstation 9 lab
I am building out a home lab and I can not get the hosts to ping eachother. Below is my lab info and the steps I have taken. Lab Build-out: Physical Server1x Physical Server running Windows 7 with...
View ArticleESXi 4.0 208167 initial install used 80G of hard drive space
Hi, I am setting up an old HP Proliant DL360 G5 server with two 146SAS hard drives, managed by HP Smart Array P400i controller. With RAID 1+0, the logical disk is about 136G. After installing the...
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Strange vCenter Bug
I ran across a very strange bug in vCenter/vSphere. I partitioned 10 delta disks that all point back to the same backing. All of the disks insist that they exists in vCenter as seen below.However...
View ArticleNetwork problems
Host Open SuSE 12.2Guest Windows 7 32 BitNetwork Bridged The Network comes and goes - can't think of a better way to describe it.SOmetimes it is fine and then I will be unable to ping the virtual...
View ArticleESX 5.1 Hosts can't ping each other in nested workstation 9 lab
I am building out a home lab and I can not get the hosts to ping eachother. Below is my lab info and the steps I have taken. Update: to sum this problem up in one sentece, the two hosts cannot ping...
View ArticleDatastore Missing?
Running ESXi 5.1.0 with local storage and had some VMs crash. Found one of the Datastores was missing. Rebooted ESXi and the Datastore is still missing and the VMs show up as "Unknown (inaccessible)"...
View Articleesxi 5.1 pxe boot error -- Failed to load COM32 file menu.c32
Hello I need to install esxi 5.1 through pxe, for this I followed VMware document....
View ArticleVMWare ESXi 5.1 update 1 with multicast. Everyone be aware
I am not a VMWare expert and my main knowledge is in networking but I've used ESXi 5.1 update 1 enough. We have a ESXi 5.1 update 1 environment that has been having issue for almost six months now....
View ArticleProblems with setting DNS on VMs (NAT)
Hello,I'm unable to set a preferred DNS server on my VMs. All VMs are using NAT (VMnet8). My preferred DNS server is 192.168.21.134, however, when I boot one of my VMs into Windows it receives DNS...
View ArticleNested ESXi 5.0 with Workstation 9 Networking issue
I am using a standalone desktop with 16 gig memory with windows 7 and installed workstation 9. I have created my based configuration, DC, ESXi-host1, ESXI-host2, ESXI-host3 and ESXI-host4. I have...
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SRM 5.1.1 strange behavior
Hi all, I installed a DR infrastructure as follow : protected site:1 VM vCenter 5.1 with SQL Express 2008 R2 SP1HP SRA on the vCenter server for EVA storage1 VM SRM 5.1.1 with SQL Express 2008 R2 SP1...
View ArticleServer keeps turning off
My VPS keeps turning off. It happens randomly, sometimes more than once a day, sometimes daily, sometimes weekly. its been happening for a few weeks. Cant see anything in the vps logs, resource use is...
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