ESXi 5.1.0 crashes under heavy network load
I have a VM that has an NFS-based disk. When I do something IO (and possibly VM-network) intensive on the VM, ESXi crashes.The motherboard is an Intel DH57JG, the chipset is Intel H57, and the Ethernet...
View ArticleCannot cancel app layer finalization, nor delete Reverence CVD
I was recording an app layer, and decided that I did not want to record it, so I canceled it in the mirage console. I reverted to a previous snapshot, prescanned and created the app layer that I...
View ArticlePer Device Level vs Level Metrics
Recently I have been writing scripts to collect metrics from my environment and had set all collection levels to 2. However for metrics such as toalReadLatency, the data did not seem to collect until...
View ArticleBasic XML parsing using E4X syntax
Hi there, I'm going crazy with E4X parsing. I'm trying to parse a rather simple XML document but I can't seem to find a way to parse what I need. I'm trying to extract vApps name (only 1 vApp in this...
View ArticleGetting Lotus Notes in Fusion to open URLs in Mac Browser
Running Lotus Notes 9.0 in VMWare 5.0.3 on Mac OS X ML 10.8.4. I have set the preference in LN to run on the OS preferred Web Browser. I have set the preference in VMWare to "Open Web Files and links"...
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Windows 8.1 Pro/Ent Preview Guests - Windows Net Performance Halting, Barely...
I have a powerful Windows 7 x64 Ultimate workstation. On it I have installed VMware Workstation 9. It's fully up to date. Windows 8.1 Pro Preview and Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview Guests can barely...
View ArticleVM's moving back to there original folder locations?
Dear All,We seem to have a GHOST working overnight. When we move a set of VM's from the root folder to sub-folders which they seem to do with no issues. The following morning they have returned back to...
View ArticleAutoDeploy plugin 5.1 just not working...
I've installed the 5.1 AD plugin, added hosts, added depots, but the AD hosts say (inactive) and the createDeployrule function returns a "java.lang.nullpointer" error. Please tell me what config step I...
View ArticleIs full clone to a network path broken in WS9?
I've used Vmware WS 7.1 for years in testing and created 500+ full clones to network paths but I get an error for every attempted variation I try in WS9.0.2 Using the clone wizard at the dialog page...
View ArticleDay 3 blog post and summary
Day 4 coming soon.... I'm almost caught up! http://www.vjason.com/2011/07/23/vmware-view-4-6-bootcamp-day-3-network-considerations-and-best-practices/
View ArticleVDI study project
Hello, I have a problem that looks like this: I try to create a VDI infrastructure project for studying purposes with the following requirements:- 1 server which hosts the virtual machines and some...
View ArticleNotes blog post on Network Considerations Video
I post a blog up today on my notes and summary of the 'Network Considerations and Best Practices' video. It is mainly a summary of the points discussed and I do recommend watching the video,...
View ArticlePromiscuous mode on a virtual adapter
I've searched through forum posts, and they are confusing to say the least. Here's what I'm trying to do: I need to have the virtual adapter for one of my servers set to promiscuous mode. I'm using a...
View ArticleCertification Transcript
Hello all together, I'm new here and I've passed yesterday my VCP5.1-DCV exam.Can anyone tell me, how long it takes until the exam appears in my transcript?Is it then possible to print a certificate...
View ArticleInstallation of vCloud Director
Hello, I'm trying to install vCloud Director from a pre-built appliance I downloaded from VMWare pages (vCloud-Director-VA-T2-5.1.2.0-1069180_OVF10.ova).When I deploy it using vCenter on an ESXi host...
View ArticlevCenter (vCSA) is effectively behaving read-only - bogus licensing issue?
vCenter: vCSA 5.1.0.10200 Build 1235310Hypervisor 1: ESXi-5.1.0-799733-standardHypervisor 2 (image provided by Fujitsu for Fujitsu servers): (Updated) ESXi-5.1.0-799733-standardI recently noticed that...
View ArticleWant to migrate network from Vspher standard switch to vsphere distributed...
Hi All, Kindly let me know , we are planning to migrate network from Vspher standard switch to vsphere distributed switch.Which is better to configure either Data Center level or Cluster level..? If we...
View ArticleVMPlayer does not show drives D and E
Guys, New to VMPlayer, but working deep in vCenter.I have pulled a virtual server off the network and am trying to spin it up in VMplayer.It spins up fine.It is a Windows 2008 64bit R2 SQL Server.It...
View ArticleHow to add extra memory to root file system in UNIXware7.1.3 VM
Sir I have installed unixware7.1.3 on vmware workstation previously and I have allotted 8GB to the whole system. I want to add extra space to the existing system by using another virtual harddisk added...
View Article32 Bit Virtual Machine on 64 Bit Host
I moved a windows 2003 32 bit machine to a 64 bit host. I would like to upgrade the virtual machine to Windows 2008 R2, is there anyway I can make the virtual machine 64 bit? The host is running ESXi 5.
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