VM not seeing the DigiCom USBAnywhere USB Modem
have windows 2008R2 VM with USB controller but when I start the VM, the DigiCom USBAnywhere hub and USB modem are not recognized. This is first USB device I've tried to connect to a VM. What should...
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automaticaly OS Installation on VM & more !
Hello professionals I have an issue, what hopefully can be solved by you. Task is :Autmatic OS istallation on the VM, the OS have to do some Jobs ( testings ).After the Job, the VM Need to do it again...
View ArticleClone a VM with snapshots
Got a question: I have a VM with several snapshots.....none that we need to keep. I need to clone this VM. Can I do so without the snapshots interfering?
View ArticleGames Crash when trying to run in WinXP SP3
I have been using Windows XP SP3 in VMWare for playing old games. The games crash and close themselves. I like to know if I have to install any video drivers for playing these games. Below is the...
View ArticleLivePC Image
Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and VMware application. Please I will need somebody's support with following issues. yesterday after downloading and installing mokafive, I discovered that my smart...
View ArticleIncrease disk size and guest partition w/o shutting down
Good day, I think that you can do this but I just want to make sure... I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 guest configured with two partitionsOS partition on C: and an application partition on D:each of...
View ArticleCannot convert or preinstall VM drivers on Server 2003
I have an old Windows Server 2003 we are retiring, which I am simply trying to make a VM of to preserve it in case anyone wants the old data off of it. I'm using vSphere 5.1, and VMware Converter hates...
View ArticleOracle Linux 6.5 don't see additional CPU
I installed Oracle Linux 6.5 2.6.39-400.212.1.el6uek.x86_64 #1 SMP . Te OL is seeing only one CPU. I am adding other CPU trough vSphere but they are not showed either as offline or online. Does anybody...
View ArticleSound device missing in Linux VM
Hi there, I recently created a VM with a Linux distro, Ubuntu 12.04 using ESXI 5.5. The problem I am facing is the software I need to run on the guest OS requires a detected sound card. I have checked...
View ArticlePerformance issue with Guest OS
Hello Gurus - I have one of the most unusual issues I have run into in quite sometime. here it is: I have a w2008R2 guest OS - installed in a vSpherer 5.1 VM version 7 - that has an Emulex LPe...
View ArticleShould Virtual Machines be powered down before removing snapshots?
Suppose I discover a high transaction volume virtual machine with a very big, very old snapshot disk.Is it recommended to power off the virtual machine before committing the snapshot? What factors...
View ArticleImpact of removing vCPUs on Virtual Machine Stability
I have some SUSE Linux VMs that are not utilizing all of their vCPUs. If I power off the VMs and remove a vCPU, what is the risk to the stability of the operating system when it boots up with one less...
View ArticleInstalling Windows 7 From .ISO File
First, I've been doing searches most of the day on this without luck. In 2010 I bought Windows 7 Pro (downloadable) that consisted of three files - an executable and two .box files. Running the...
View Articlevmware player 4 opensuse 12 vmware tools problems
using vmware player 4 (on windows host) and trying to install vmware tools in an opensuse 12 guest which uses linux kernel 3.7i still get "vmxnet.c:525:4: error: unknown field" errors when running...
View ArticleDoes RDP get modified through the connection server in any way?
Does the View connection server modify RDP when it's brokered through the connection server? I had a user (off shore) say that they're getting better performance from RDPing (8) directly instead of...
View ArticleCPU Usage & Memory Utilisation VimService Connect Method Error
We have our vmware environment, and from that we are able to find out allocated memory & CPU through dot net API and we also want to find out its CPU and memory utilization (Max, Min, Avg). We...
View ArticleSnapshots and Disk Usage
When committing a snapshot on a VM, are there risks involved if your free space inside the Guest OS is low more than if you have plenty of space?
View Article2012r2 vm fails to join domain with customization template
my 2012r2 vm is fialing to join the domain with my customization template. For domain I used mydomain.com and username I used user@domain.com still does not work any idea?
View ArticlePerfMon Counter groups - VM Processor and VM Memory
When trying to run PerfMon from my local workstation (Windows 7) against a Windows 2003 or Windows 2008 guest OS (on vSphere 5.1), I can see the Performance Counter groups for "VM Memory" and "VM...
View ArticleStrange problem: VM won't start with more than 4032 MB RAM assigned
Hello I encountered a very strange problem with a Windows 2003 VM and have no idea how to solve it. The problem started when the VM was cold migrated from an old host to a new one, got a VMware Tools...
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