Unable to Resize VMFS DataStore in ESXi 5.1
All, I am using an OpenFiler SAN as a VMWare Datastore. The current Datastore size was 1TB and I decided to increase the size of the LUN via OpenFiler to 2TB. However, this increased LUN size is not...
View ArticlePassthrough for DEC DNBT1 T1/E1 Card
Hi All, Does anyone know that ESXi 5.x Passthrough is supported for the legacy DEC DNBT1 PCI card? I tried to plug this card in the server but ESX seems unable to recognize it as I cannot found it in...
View ArticlevCenter running check script
Hi. Very new to VMA and Perl, just got the appliance installed and want to try writing a simple script to just check if vCenter is actually running - guessing you could simply try to connect to the...
View ArticleError: Unable to clone volume 'D'
Error :detected a write error during the cloning of volume windows bitmap driver volumeid Clonning a windows server 2003 machine, Tried twice getting the same error Once i converted it successfully 2...
View ArticleVM 2008R2 on ESX free 5.1 too slow
Hi everyone, first of all, I'm sorry for my english, I try my best. I have this issue that drive me crazy. Environment, ESX 5.1.0 1065491 free on server HP (Xeon Quad - 16 GB ram - 2 internal HD for...
View ArticleHistorical performance Data in vSphere Client?
Hello, i use ESXi 5.1 Essential as host OS and vSphere Client 5.1 for host administration. Actual i would need to explore some historical performance data . To enable historical data i tried to follow...
View ArticleVmware Horizion View - group policy
Hello, I was wondering if anyone else has had an issue that i am currently experiencing. Once view has provision the desktops some group policy's are not being set. The most evident ones are the...
View Articleissues with data transfers and speed copying data into virtual machine
i have as small vmware 4.1 enviroment. I have 30gb id like to transfer into a vm on my host. My san has 10gb iscsi connectivity. My front end switch where my VMs connect is 1gb. if i connect a usb...
View ArticleEpson PoS TM-H6000iv
I am wondering if anyone has experience with this printer or any other usb connected point of sale printer and vmware view? It seems to work when it wants to and disconnect randomly and I have to do...
View ArticleHuawei USB Modem on an ESXi 5 Host attaches as a SCSI device and returns NSIS...
We are attempting to use a Huawei USB Modem for one of our virtual servers, running Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, on a HP Proliant DL 380 G7 running VMWare ESXi, 5.1.0, 1065491. The USB Device only...
View Articleupgraded to vmWare Fustion 6 but cannot create from bootcamp
I have upgraded Fusion 5 to Fusion 6 and tried to upgrade my Bootcamp virtual machine and it kept giving me an error that I needed to delete the virtual machine. The message is Your Boot Camp...
View Articlecan we get 'esxcfg-scsidevs -m' output as xml file?
I want all output of esxcfg-scsidevs -m as xml file..what is the way to achieve this?
View ArticleVMWare Workstation 7.1.4 .vmdk corrupted in Windows
The physical hard disk that the virtual disk was located on was disconnected from the host machine. This happened whilst deleting a snapshot image from the virtual disk belonging to the guest machine....
View Articleunused/old ESXi 3.5 license wanted
Hi, i'm a student and want to install ESXi 3.5 update 5 on a old 32-bit dell server to learn and get experience in vmware-software and virtualisation. Unfortunately there is no way to get a free...
View ArticlevCD Application Initialization Failure Missing: com.vmware.vcloud.backend-core
Hi Hopefully someone can help me out with this, Just installed vCloud Director 5.5.0.1323688 on a RHEL 6 system, the Application initialization fails at Missing: com.vmware.vcloud.backend-core. I have...
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VDP Management service start failed and can't get into VDP panel
Hi everyone Now my VDP 5.5 can not start management service. I try starting many time and also try rolling back but it's still not come back to running stage.Screenshot below show me everytime I try to...
View Articleformat SSD disk
hi guys,i tried to format a SSD disk i used for cashing while i was on ESXI5.1 however i want to format it now to use it for cashing on ESXI 5.5 but got the below error.any suggestion how to format...
View Articlecant copy/paste from guest to host
i was searching trying to solve this problem but nothing, the problem is that i cant copy any file from the guest and paste in the host. I try to uninstall the vmware tools and install it again and...
View ArticleUNable to power onVM
Hi All, I got an issue today where in we were unable to power on the VM >>> strange thing to note is VM was registered on ESX1 -- I would do a vmotion to ESX7 and then try to power on the VM...
View ArticleMake VM available on Network
Hi Everyone, I am looking for some help to enable me to make a VM I have running on VMware Fusion available to my home network. Info as follows. Running VMware 6 on OSX MavericksVM is a Windows Server...
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