Disable Copy/Paste to remote console.
Dear Team, How to disable copy/paste to remote console. regardsMr VMware
View ArticleUnable to Upgrade Windows Server 2003 to 2008 after Server has been P2V'ed
After Virtualizing numerous Windows 2003 Servers we have then been unable to upgrade any to Windows 2008, looks like the upgrade has worked successfully but when the Server reboots after it just stays...
View ArticleWindows OS Activation.
How are you guys activating you Windows OS's after they VM is built from a template? I do not have Microsoft SA so I can't use a single key per OS level. I do however have all the ESXi hosts licensed...
View ArticleClone virtual machine but noticed Windows 2008 key gone
Dear All, I cloned one virtual machine of Windows 2008 R2 and I want to use this cloned machine with NEW NAME, I will remove the old machine which I used to clone originally. So, with this intention I...
View ArticleWIndows Server with Multiple IP addresses in different VLANS
What I'm trying to achieve:- One Windows 2008 R2 server Virtual machine with 6 vNIC's each with different IP address from different VLAN & connected to port group of corresponding VLAN.Now how do I...
View ArticleNeed to Install Windows Update on VMware Infra VMs
Dear Team, I have below list of VMware Inra VMs running on ESXi5.1 U1, from last 1 year we haven't install Windows Update on these VMs but recently we have infra audit in that Auditor raised a point...
View ArticleShared Folders option on Vmware tool ESXi
On the VMware Tools custom install, there is an option for shared folders. I know how this works on workstation. How does it work on ESXi? I can't find any documentation on it. I have a test lab...
View ArticleIs it possible to programmatically change the network adapter from inside the...
I am using vmware Player 6. I use my laptop at home and at work. My work is in a vmware image to keep it separate from my personal area (host). From home, I connect to my work via vpn. The problem is...
View ArticleVmware Tools won't install in XP Pro Sp3 guest
I think VMware tools is supposed to install drivers for these (Vga adaptor and SCSI which are unknown devices in my device manager) but it hangs in safe and normal mode on my xp after manually run...
View ArticleCant login after cloning - administrator account disabled
This is on ESXi 5.0 U3 I cloned a Win2K8R2 VM that was a domain member, but using the wizard, I selected the clone be a workgroup member with the intent of joining it to the domain later. In any...
View ArticleProblems installing vmware-tools on ubuntu
Hi, I've been triying to instal vmware-tools-4.0.0 on ubuntu server 12.04.4 LTS kernel version 3.11.0-15-generic. During the configuration I have many problems to define the C heders path (see...
View ArticleHow to quiesce Linux OS when making snapshot for backup
Hi, We use Symantec Netbackup to backup our VM's (creates snapshot of the VM and then backups the original vmdk's)Since Linux is missing the VSS functionality that Windows provides I wonder how to...
View ArticleAll virtualization platform supports vpshere 5.1 VMs
Dear team, We r currently using vsphere 5.1 in our environment. as per customer request we need to export VM and ship it to customer site. it depends they use any virtualization platform such as Hyper...
View ArticlePatching for VMware Infra VMs
Dear team, montly basis we are patching all VMs except VMware infra VMs, now we r planning to patch VMware Infra VMs also.I have below list of VMware infra VMs, just want to know which VMs we have to...
View ArticleDelete the vmdk content
Dear Team, How to delete vmdk content before deleting vmdk file from datastore. so that no one will be able to recover the data from that vmdk. regardsMr VMware
View ArticleVirtual Machine defrag missing in ESXI 5.5?
I am running a vCenter vSphere 5.5 with sever 5.0 and 5.5 hosts. Each host has several virtual machines. I have been able to defrag the guest OS's within each virtual machine, however according to...
View ArticlePut a personalized MAC Address different from Vmware OUI
Hi Guys, I'm facing a problem. In the past I changed the MAC address of one specific machine. I was able to put MAC address different from Vmware OUI, I needed edit vmx file manually and change the...
View ArticleGuest customization gets fail after deply a VM from template.
Hi I have template win server 2008 standard R2(64-bit) ,when i deply VM from that template VM is not booting facing below attached issues .Need help how to resolve ASAP. I did hit on ok on ok button as...
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Co-Stop metric
Dear Team, I have one VM which is having 32vCPUs , just want to confirm wheather below co-stop metric value is fine or do i need to take some action. regardsMr VMware
View ArticleWindows 2012 VM - Heartbeat vNIC
So we are currently building a medium sized 2012 SQL cluster with always on technology enabled. We have decided to move the heartbeat network to a dedicated set of network cards so as not to...
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