How to fully hide the tool strip in vmware workstation 8.0
HI all, I have Vmware workstation 8.0 running on my windows 7 PC and what really bugs me is the little tool strip up the top. I have tried going into exclusive view but that doesn't work. I am running...
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PCoIP and Windows 7: Screen lock and unlock questions
We have a Windows 7 Pro 64-bit VM, running over PCoIP to a zero client. Everything works great (except for no Aero ). The VM is on a domain. One thing I noticed is when I lock my screen, there is...
View ArticleFusion 5.0.2 and Ethernet/WIFI Virtualization Behavior
In Fusion 4.x, I was able to enable Ethernet on the guest image while leaving the host Ethernet disabled. In Fusion 5.x, this does not seem to be possible anymore. Is it still possible to enable...
View ArticleNo sound Windows 98 SE VMWare 5.0.3 (1040386)
Just managed to get this OS installed and whilst I've managed to update the display drivers (courtesy of VMWare Tools) I have been having persistent troubles with the sound - I've googled the problem...
View ArticleP2V Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine
Hi All! I am (for the first time) trying to do a P2V conversion.Target machine is a remotely located SBS2008. I have installed the vCenter Converter Client 5.1 on my local laptopI installed the agent...
View ArticleOne VM to multiple clients (Digital Signage Solution)
We're looking for a solution for digital display/dashboard. We have a Horizons View system and multiple HP thin client devices. What we would like to do is a one VM running a dashboard and have it...
View ArticleError ! : Cluster VM Mapping And Resources Issue
Greeting, I got issue 20130731-02:10:38 CollectConfigs : 13 seconds20130731-02:10:40 VMmark2 : Checking Client Time Sync20130731-02:10:40 Tile 0 : Prime Client Time 1375297840 : Client...
View ArticleESXi 5 critical Issue
I have 20 standalone ESXi 5 Servers in the vmware farm . For some reason we did not put them in cluster & SAN is not attached. all 20 esxi 5 servers have only their local storage . I am facing many...
View ArticleVMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) Defense schedule for 2013 (Revised July...
The VMware Certification team is pleased to announce the Revised VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) Defense schedule for 2013. Registration for all VCDX Defenses listed here are open in myLearn....
View ArticleHA Question
Hi all, I have a few remote sites with one ESX 5.0 host running a couple VM's. I usually enable HA on the one host cluster so if the host crashed it would start the VM's back up. Is this necessary on...
View Articlehelp connecting usb device. Vmware fusion 5.0.3. osx 10.6.8
hello all I have a usb device specifically the alfa awus036nh that won't connect to fusion. i am running a backtrack vmware image on osx 10.6.8. First what i do is a click the usb button on the top...
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Network Settings Disabled DCUI
hi guys I had some networking issues so I had to remove one vmnic from the management network made of vmnic0 - vmnic1. I had to remove vmnic0In six servers removing vmnic0 worked OK, but in this server...
View ArticleControlling multiple VM's across multiple hosts?
Hi, Apologies for what is clearly going to be a newbish question as I've just started using PowerCLI yesterday. I have 6 Host servers with 10 VMs on each and each VM with a snapshot. I've created a...
View ArticleNew Equipment Rolling In... How to Move View environment??
Hi,We are upgrading all of our old hosts some of which contain our very small View Deployment (10 desktops). We do have 3 pools. But I am wondering how I would go about getting these back onto the new...
View ArticlevclVApp.status, VclQueryResultAdminVAppRecord.status, and the vclQueryService...
I am attempting to use the query service to get a filtered list of vApps and I am seeing some weird results. The status attribute is of type number in the vApp object. The documentation for the...
View ArticleCan I Do Seeding with ABR?
We are setting up SRM (5.1) protection between two sites that will be configured with ABR (array-based replication).There is a sizeable amount of data to replicate and I suspect the initial copies will...
View ArticleLong time to Rescan Disks
Hi I am having some issues with my new implementation of vSphere 5, this is my enviroment: 1.- I have 3 Host with ESXi 5.0 update 1. BL465 G7 (ROM Firmware A19 03/19/2012, ILO3 Firmware 1.28 Jan...
View Articlestorage capacity reports issue
Hello, In our environment we intentionally leave 20% free space on all datastores to prevent any issues. All the VM’s are thick provisioned, but this 20% intentional overhead is causing our ‘time...
View ArticleUpgrading ESX 3.5.0 build 110268 to ESXi 5.1 or latest
I need to upgrade our current VMware ESX 3.5 cluster to the ESXi 5.1. To sum up the migration, we will be using all new hardware for vsphere 5.1, ESXi 5.1, and new iSCSI SAN. Current/existing cluster...
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Low WAN speed
Hi, all, I've been using ESXi 5.1.0 (1065491) for a couple of months. I have three Windows Sever 2003 VMs on it. Light use on all. Only one physical NIC is being used on the host. The good: on the LAN...
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