vmware.log missing information
Hi!I was wondering if somebody can please enlighten me, I have noticed some of the information is missing from vmware.log file on the VM.For eg: I am investigating if there was any problem on...
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Hello, One one of our client servers crashed a few days . The server is running server 2008 r2. The server is a Xendesktop 7 server where multiple users connect to it using Citrix. The server has 12...
View ArticleHow to fix the VMWARE ERROR DOWNLOADING KICKSTART FILE ON Redhat linux 6.0
Hi Team, While deploying RHEL6.0 i am getting error "VMWARE ERROR DOWNLOADING KICKSTART FILE ON Redhat linux 6.0" Please let me know how to fix this issues. Thanksvmware tech
View ArticleTasks and events pane is blank/ empty
HiSeveral of my virtual machines have an empty tasks and events pane. I use vcsa, there is enough space in /storage/db. The size of the vcenter server db is appropriate to the number of hosts and vms....
View ArticleSnapshot status from within a VM
Looking for a way to check if there are any snapshots currently on VM I am running in. ESXi 5.5, Guest OS is RHEL6. I can look at things like cpu and memory limits and reservations, plus host swap...
View ArticleWin2008 R2 additional memory resources
I've got a Win2008 R2 server on VMWare 5.5 that has a custom app hard-coded to use half of the memory allocated to Windows Server. Win Server is only taking 8gb from vmware, but I want it to take...
View ArticleHow to differentiate RDM on LINUX, weather its in Physical or Virtual...
Hi Team, Sub: How to differentiate RDM on LINUX, weather its in Physical or Virtual compatibility mode Currently I am working on Product that supports VMware infrastructure. we were using RDM on VMs...
View ArticleVMWare Tools Fails to Install - Guest OS Windows 8.1 - vSphere 6.0
Hi, I am having issues installing VMWare tools on a Windows 8.1 guest. I recently upgraded from ESXi 5.5 to 6 and used the automated upgrade. I logged on to one of my Windows 8.1 VMs and noticed that a...
View ArticleHow to do a stop/start with list csv/excel
Hello, I've 6 server esx in my compagny, and i would like create a script for stop all vm with specific order. How i can do that? My goal is for the weekend intervention, and i need to stop one by...
View ArticleHow to know the vendor and model of RDM lun on LINUX with assigned as virtual...
SUB:How to know the vendor and model of RDM lun on LINUX with assigned as virtual compatibility mode Hi Team, if we assign RDM with Physical compatibility mode on LINUX, then we have scsi command to...
View ArticleIn guest VM, how to get files from datastore
Hello My requirement is to download certain files from datastore to guest OS. My guest OS is linux based system. The files I need to download to guest will contain some configuration parameters. If...
View ArticleIs it possible for a guest system to spy host system when using virtual...
Hi all, I want to prepare virtual maschine which will be used to connect through vpn with one of my clients. There are some other programs and devices that I have to install in order all of this to...
View ArticlePXE Boot Solution for VDI
How to PXE boot the Zero Client in Horizon View to access the linked clones using TFTP server. We are planning to use the old desktops as the Zero Clients. We want to boot from the PXE boot to access...
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VMware disk I/O issue with Oracle Linux guest x86_64 and Windows 8.1 host...
Hi All I am using VMware workstation 10. When I start my Oracle Linux 5.6 machine on it, the disk utilization goes to 100% and hangs the whole system. I see only two processes eating the I/O. The...
View ArticleReclaiming disk space after deleting virtual hard drive
Hello forum, I have to temporarily create a 200GB virtual disk and attach to a virtual server. The purpose of the disk is for moving some files across different servers. Once the files have been moved,...
View Articlevm disk full shutdown
Hi guys, We are trying to wipe disk device that mounted to vm.But when became one of disk wipe state is %100 then auto shutdown VM.We need slove this problem.Can u help me please.Best Regards.
View Article.VMX or Virtual Machine Advanced Configuration Parameters !! VCAP5-DCA Advice...
Hello I noticed that some but not all settings in both .VMX & VM Configuration Parameters are a like ! So:- If it is a two places configuration "if not single place" What will overrides here VMX...
View ArticleUse VMWare's own VMware Tools, or native open-vm-tools with CentOS 6.6 and...
Is there any advantage to keeping the native open-vm-tools that come bundled with CentOS 6.6 and 7.0, versus removing them and replacing them with the VMware Tools that can be installed through...
View ArticleVMware Client Integration Plugin 5.5 on OS X
I had the client integration plugin working once. Last time I tried to use it, which is probably many months ago, it worked fine.Now when I try to upload files, I receive message from the 5.5 web...
View ArticlevCPUs on a DB2 VM
Is there a guide for right-sizing the number of vCPUs on a virtualized DB2 database?
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