Network issue on a VM
Hello, I have three ESXi 5.5 hosts in a cluster. All ESXi hosts are configured with a single dvSwitch with multiple port group (each on a separate VLAN). I can vMotion any VM from one host to any...
View ArticleScsi errors in windows 2003 VM
Hi Team , I am getting continues error messages in the events log , please help to resolve the issue.When issue started: 1 week back the vm got hanged and was not able to access through RDP , I have...
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Partial installation of VMWare Tools
I am working on a product and we need to be able to have people properly shutdown the VM. For security reasons we don't want the entirety of the VMWare tools suite installed by default (most of it is...
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VMWare Error : Unable to find VMWare child window
i am running linux mint 17.1 as guest on vmware on windows 8.1.in the virtual machine my touchpad's vertical scroll (two fingures) function did'nt work, so i came across an .exe on web(Using your...
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Windows 2003 R2 SP2 VM Blue Screen on vSphere 6.0U1a platform
Hello all, I have several Windows 2003 R2 SP2 VM's(32bit and 64bit) running on vSphere 6.0U1a platform, but they crash and reboot randomly. I saw the below error message in the windows system...
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QueryChangedDiskAreas API Failing with FileFault Error.
Hi All, We have enabled CBT for VM, and while trying to get the ChangedDiskAreas using QueryChangedDiskAreas API, and failing with FileFault ErriorError caused by file...
View ArticleWindows 7 check for updates hangs for hours?
I've just installed Win 7 32 Bit on Fusion 8 Pro on a Macbook Pro using the easy set up and it installed fine I think. I can install things like antivirus and chrome but I can't seem to update the...
View ArticleVirtual Serial Port
I P2V'd a Windows 7 machine in a doctor's office that has a serial port which is needed to connect to a proprietary Healthcare instrument. The instrument works fine & would be expensive for the...
View ArticleWinXP VM will not start if I assign it more than 512KB of RAM
I P2V'd a Physical XM Pro machine that had 1GB of physical RAM installed. I am using Fusion 8 on a mac mini (El Capitan) with 16GB of RAM to play the XP Pro VM but it will not start if I assign it any...
View ArticleApple OSX 10.11 support in ESXi 6.0
VMware Guest OS compatibility list saying ESXi 6.0 supports OSX 10.11 butI couldn't find OSX 10.11 OS option in CreateVM wizard in ESXi6.0 and 6.0 Update1. Is it missed?
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Windows 10
With Windows 10 there are a bunch of new features. I have been looking around but I haven't found anything yet concerning the feature credential guard. Based off of the information I am finding, I...
View ArticleVMWARE Tools WARNING: Failed to get size of IP buffer / Failed to get nic info
Good morning,i have a problem with a Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Server virtual machine on ESX 5.5 Enviroment.Every about 30 days thisserver brings out the following warnings related to VMware Tools, in this...
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VMware security advisory VMSA-2016-0001 relating to "shared Folders"
SO, I just received this advisory from VMware in my inbox, and I don't quite understand how this is related to ESXi. I'm aware of shared folders when working in VM workstation and fusion, I've done...
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Sometimes VMware tool service is not running on Windows 2012 R2 guest VM on...
Hi, all: I encounter this issue:Sometimes VMware tool service is not running on W2K12R2 guest VM.If I restart the VM, the VMware tool service can run normally. I deployed 144 VMs but only a few numbers...
View ArticleCan anyone suggest me the vmware logs analysing tools??
HI , Manually It is very difficult to read the entire log so please suggest me the good vmware log analysing tools to save my time and for quick solution. Thanks,Rajesh
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vShield 5.5.4.1 cpu usage
We have recently deployed the vShield 5.5.4.1 manager, and we are seeing serious cpu usage. This is causing alarms about twice an hour.vShield Manager Warning VMware Backbone CPU Usage 1/12/2016...
View ArticleHello I'm Keith
I have a situation that I'm not sure how to fix. I used a W2K8R2 shell and built I RHEL 5.10 Server using a DISA Kick start disk. When I go to install VMware tool the guest system that is being...
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Hostname not found
hey guysi tried to install backtrack 5 r3 gnome 64-bit on vmware 12 pro and i completed all the steps till installing ubuntu center. for intalling ubuntu software center i entered the command apt-get...
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WDDM Driver issue starting with 8.15.1.32
Hello, This is more of a heads up article than a request for help. We have had several customer reports for our application that after upgrading VMware tools they began experiencing crashes when...
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