Memory dump in virtual machine
One of our VMs is restarting frequently and is using a Windows Server 2012 R2.From the screenshot it have memory dump. Is this a hardware related issue even though it happened on a virtual...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 and Memory
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2764086/en-us I know this is a Windows section, but wasn't sure where else to ask. Either way with SharePoint 2013, they say to not use Dynamic Memory as it's an...
View ArticleVMware tools for FreeBSD 10.1
Okay, I've finally figured out that the IMT and the KB are way behind including any BSD content. I don't know if there is some bad blood or not, but, here is what I was able to find. 1. VMWorkstation...
View ArticleCreate Template from Scratch.
Hello All, I am new to Vsphere (VMware) and has not being really involved in much. We had template earlier and were deploying VM's using it . Now we have a requirement to create Template for new OS. So...
View ArticleTwo Networks on Same VM
Hello,We have implemented two SQL 2012 servers with AlwaysOn on Non-Shared Storage functionality. I have set up 1 NIC on each server that will be routable, i.e. normal VLAN IP on vSwitch0. Now I want...
View ArticleWindows 7 SP1 C drive disk space question
Hello, We are running a Windows 7 SP1 32Bit VDI environment on the following: ESXi 5.0.0vCenter Server 5.0.0vSphere Client 5.00View Horizon 5.1.0View Compose 3.0.0vShield Manager 5.02VMware Tools...
View ArticleWin server 2003 VM guest does not boot up
A little background here: I use this backup software "ShadwProtect" to backup my vm guest on one of my ESXIhost and restored it in another site's ESXI host.The first time I boot up, I faced an error...
View Articleusing RAMDISK inside a virtual machine
"RAMDisk" is a program that takes a portion of system memory and uses it as a disk drive. There are some advantages and disadvantages but RAMDISK increases performance in physical environment. Using...
View ArticleExternal Hdd with Windows XP Question
My dad had a desktop pc crash, the hdd is still good but he purchased another pc and I wanted to know how to go about turning that external Hdd into a virtual machine. I usually run paragon to make an...
View ArticleVendor ISO's or ISO from VMware
Hello, What is the recommended way/ VMware's best practice when installing ESXi on Server's like HP, Dell etc? HP and DELL provide customized image of ESXi 5.x. Should I use the vendor customized...
View ArticleMaximum traffic for a vmxnet3
Assuming there are no bottlenecks elsewhere, what is the maximum ingress network traffic that a single vmxnet3 adapter on a VM can receive from the network? Is it 10GBps (GigaBYTES per second) or 10...
View ArticleVirtual Appliance Configuration
If I use VMware studio to deploy a virtual appliance, the appliance will be configured with a CIM provider: https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/studio/studio21/va_user.pdf What does that give me...
View ArticleVM unable to obtain IP Address
In our environment, Virtual machine hosted on VMware was unable to connect to the network showing Limited connectivity error. When we diagnosed, we found that the VLAN in which the VM was associated...
View ArticleWin 2k8 Extend Volume and Disk Drive size but not reflecating on explorer
Hello, I extended vmdk using vsphere client from 200 to 300 GB. Extended windows volume with diskpart on server using commant prompt. The expanssion was successfull on Disk manager and diskpart and it...
View ArticlevCPU scheduling
I have a physical server with 4 sockets and 8 cores per socket. I have a VM with 6 vCPUs. Will those vCPUs always get scheduled on the same socket? Does ESXi always attempt to schedule them on the...
View Article(vSphere 5.1) Windows 2012 VM running Oracle DB freezes during netbackup...
I'm experiencing OS freezing during netbackup causing heartbeat failure from my application to database, thus causing application to shutdown. After days of troubleshooting, I realise that the disk...
View ArticleValidate SCSI-3 Persistent Reservation Failed - Windows 2008 SP2 - Cluster...
2 ESX nodes running ESXi 5.5 U2 with Standard VMware License in Cluster2 Guest servers running Windows 2008 SP2 Enterprise Edition x 32 bitBoth Guest Servers are placed across the ESX nodes (Cluster...
View ArticleGuest OS configuration from ESX.
Hi, I have few VM's (Windows and linux) and I wanted to configure its IP address( that can be static or DHCP) through some command or API. Is there any possibility for achieving this. I know if its...
View ArticleVirtual Active Directory PDC Emulator
VMworld Session ID: APP-BCA1373 – Virtualizing AD Best Practices The above link mentions that it is a best practice to have the AD PDC emulator physical, to avoid time skew. Is this still the current...
View ArticleGuest VM with CentOS6 doesn't has thinprint driver on ESX6
Hi all,I have a vsphere 6 environment and when I deployed guest VM with CentOS6(x86_64) and command to install VMware Tools from Vcenter.I can't find neither thinprint service or tpvmlp.conf in the VM....
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