Can Visual Studio 2013 and VMWare Workstation 10 coexist on the same machine?
i.e. without having to turn Hyper-V off before starting a VM?
View Articlevsphere replication standalone 5.5
Hi. i am so confused i use vsphere replication 5.5 standalone can i use 2 vsphere replication appliane with just one vcenter and 2 host ? and i want use second vspher replication for failback ?...
View ArticleBackup as image to different host
Back in the day of VM-server, I had 2 identical servers - one live, the other for backup. The backup server powered on at 3am each day and ran a script that shut down a VM on the server PC then copied...
View ArticleBase Layers and App Layers mobility
Is it possible to export Base Layers and App Layers form one Mirage deployment to another? It feels silly to re-capture all Base and App Layers when you have already done it just because you don't have...
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Get Guestos trough Powercli
Hi all, I wrote below script to get all Vm's in my Vcenters that don't have vmware tools installed. i am trying to include the vm's / guests operating system into the csv output as well and can't seem...
View ArticleSlow vStorage Migration on 10G network - 30MB/sec max
Greetings all,I am running into a performance problem with vStorage Migration and am hoping someone can help out. When doing a storage migration from one data store to another, I am only getting about...
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network issues after installing vshield app
Hi,i have install vshield app on a host, everything is ok! i have tested blocking and opening flows, and it was fine.. but, when i create a new virtual machine, there are no network response!! with...
View ArticleESXi OS Resources Usage
Hello community, I am being asked by a client to provide the actual CPU and Memory usage of a host for the ESXi OS itself, aka what is ESXi OS using for memory and cpu. I am trying to pull the...
View ArticleQuery Performance Manager Data for CPU Usage Fails
I was trying to run the below SOAP request to get the Performance data, but for some reason I'm getting an error shown below. Any reason why this would happen?I'm using ESXi 5.1RequestPOST /sdk...
View Articlehow can i see the list of IP's available and allotted to the VMware server?
I created VM's on Vmware server ESXi 5.0 and once its created could not find the IP allotted to that VM. I browsed and found that this might be because isolation.tools.setinfo.disable must be False....
View ArticleProblems with multiple displays in Workstation 7
Hey there! I'm using Workstation 7 on a Windows XP Pro host and a Windows XP Pro virtual machine with four displays.I had four 19'' displays and replaced them with four 27'' displays. Since then I...
View ArticleCan move-vm migrate a powered off VM to a DRS cluster?
When I try to move-vm a powered off VM to a DRS cluster destination, it says it can't migrate a powered off VM to a DRS cluster. I can explicitly name host destination and it works, but that...
View ArticleInstalling Windows Server 2012 in Workstation 9 or 10
I am trying to stand up a Windows 2012 server inside either Workstation 9 or 10 for testing. I have the same error that the pc needs to be re-started when the iso try's to fire up. I have tried...
View ArticleCopy / Paste doesn't work
I am using browser to access Horizon View 5.2 virtual desktops. I am also trying to configure Copy / Paste feature, but can't seem to make it work. Here is what I did sofar: Create OU for the Virtual...
View ArticleVSA Cluster 5.1.1.0 - How do I perform an automatic graceful shutdown during...
Hello,Thank you in advance for any help.I am currently running VMware Essentials Plus 5.1 with vSphere Storage Appliance 5.1.1.0. I have my VSA Cluster up and running in a 2 node cluster, and Vcenter...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5.0 appliance upgrade to 5.5.0a - how?
I have looked through every README and PDF I can find to get instructions on how to upgrade my vCenter 5.5.0 appliance using the upgrade file. I downloaded...
View ArticleWorkstation 10.0.1 annoyances?
Hi, After upgrading vmware workstation from 9 to 10.0.1 build-1379776 (window 7 host) I've noticed 2 annoying problems 1. I can't mount my usb stick anymore (linux guest) checking the vmware.log i...
View ArticleRandom VMware Workstation 10.0.1 Crash/Hang, Windows 7 Host and Windows 7 Client
When running VMware Workstation 10.0.1, the client OS occasionally freezes up and stops responding. It can happen to any of my virtual machines, but it happens to some more than others and I don't know...
View ArticleBUg: Mavericks + Win 8.1 + Fusion 5.0.3 + Android File Transfer
Yes I know that I am not running the most-current version and no, I did not search to see if someone else has reported this but here is my issue...posting this in a state of anger after I lost a doc...
View ArticleProblem adding second vmxnet nic - Windows 2008 R2 VM
I have a Windows 2008 R2 VM in my production environment currently with 2 virtual nics installed, one vmxnet3 and one e1000. I need to add a second vmxnet3 nic. The problem is when I add the additional...
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