Can you please help me get rid of the annoying "to release input, press...
Using VMWare Workstation 8.0.1 build-528992Host OS is Windows 7Guest OS is CentOsWorking in full-screen mode Hey all, For some reason, these stupid hint balloons keep popping up when I'm in full screen...
View ArticleCheap Network card for ESXi??
Hello, I am installing ESXi to learn more about VMs, etc. My existing network (Netgear) is not supported. Can someone make a recommendation for a cheap SUPPORTED network card? Yes, I realize...
View ArticleNothing in VMware player responds
I have had a player set up for about 8 months now. I installed my OS (Windows7) and another program in it and all worked fine until I tried to access it today. When I opened and activated the player,...
View ArticleCheap NIC
Hi, I currently work for a charity and we are currently using hyper-v for our virtualisation and am looking to move to vsphere 5 due to the lack of usb and serial passthrough in hyper-v. I also now...
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Workstation 9 - ESXi 5.1 guest and 10GBe NIC
OK, I have a beefy machine running Windows 2012 Server and VMW Workstation 9. The machine has a dual port 1GB NIC and a dual port 10GBe NIC.All CPU features are enabled in the i7 3820 CPU, so all is...
View ArticleUnable to increase datastore size , Increase Button Grey out
Hi, really can use some expert advise, I can not find answers or solution anywhere else. Situation: we increase a 100 GB SAN disk to 175 GB (VMFS 5.58 1MB block) , but when we go to the datastore...
View ArticleVCM Collection on vCenter Appliance
How do you do a collection on a vCenter Appliance, as opposed to a Windows vCenter Server?
View ArticleSign on and discovery empty
I've been trying to work on some ldap settings in vcenter but have been experiencing a problem. On 5.1 when I log into the web client and click Administration I can see the sign on and discovery...
View ArticleRecompose a single vm with powercli?
Need a bit of direction please.I can get all info about a single vm, and the pool that it belongs to.I can send a recompose to an entire poolWhat I need to do is send a recompose to a single...
View ArticleNetwork Slow on Linux Host
I have very similar windows 2k guest machines (cloned from same source) running on Both Linux host (OpenSuse 12.3) and Windows host (Win7). On Linux host, a simple ping command from the Guest to some...
View ArticleError While connecting to the vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Service.
Hi I am getting the "Error While connecting to the vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Service" daily once, even thought my vcenter is working fine. Once i received this message, i will do the "Refresh...
View ArticleScanning with ThinApps
Hey Everybody, I work in a clinical environment, and one of the applications we are ThinApp'ing will be utilized by persons performing registration, and will require for documents to be scanned into...
View ArticleAgentless Anti-virus?
What do you recommend for agentless anti-virus? We are looking at Trend Micro's Deep Security product, but each host requires a dedicated virtual appliance. So far this sounds like we can't use DPM...
View ArticleHow do I read the BUlletin ID or Qnumber?
I was told that some patches may have 2 entries: a installer and an uninstaller.The difference was that these might be hotfixes that have not yet been incorporated into a service pack If this is...
View ArticleConfused about Update1 and esxcli VIB or Profile install
Our update manager has been flaky so I have decided to push 5.1 U1 via esxcli. I have done it a long time ago, but the proflie install seems new. So for the Zip bundle once I upload it, should i...
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.vmdk size doesn't match Disk size setting in Settings
Windows gave me a "drive space low" error today so I went to add some space to the virtual disk but noticed an odd discrepancy... Looking at the size of the actual .vmdk file, it's only 49.29 GB. When...
View ArticleConnecting host and client over bridged network when host is offline
I'm setting up a test-system using a laptop with VMWare Workstation.The host is a regular Win7 x64, and clients a mix of different machines - Win2k3, win2k8R2, Win7, WinXP and Linux.I wish the clients...
View ArticleOnly the First guest OS I boot up can see the network
Hello everyone, At work we currently work exclusively out of VMs. Usually we have more than one VM open at a time, but we always boot up and shut down multiple VMs everyone day. We are using VmWare...
View ArticleView 5.2 Desktop status stops at "startup"
Dear All, I have installed View 5.2 newly to implement in production environment currently running with View 5.1. In View 5.2 whenever I create new desktop pool (Linked clones as well as Full clones)...
View ArticleVMWare Player fails to install on Win7 x64 Home Premium
I have tried several times, and can't install VMware Player on my Win7 x64 Home Premium notebook. VMware Player.msi won't run. ( I had no problems installing it on my desktop, however.) Here's the fail...
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