How to install vmhgfs along side open-vm-tools
So I've noticed that with latest versions of vmplayer and workstaion throw up a warning and say we should use open-vm-tools. On ubuntu 14.04 this does not include a shared file system driver. I've...
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Windows GuestOS disable write cache
Hi, I am trying to disable the write cache in Windows 2012 R2. Every time I change the setting to "Quick Removal" and reboot the server it gets reset back to the better performance. On a Physical...
View Article1 VMware Host 1 Virtual Machines(Win2k12) - Give VM all Resources of Host
Currently I have multiple VMware hosts, one of these hosts we want to be able to use all the resources available on the host to the VM. Specs of Host:Lenovo RD4402 x Intel Xeon E5-2430 v2144GB Memory6...
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BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 49s! [vmtoolsd]
The issue is with a crash of vmtoolsd on SUSE (3.0.101-0.7.23-default #1 SMP Tue Aug 19 15:56:19 UTC 2014 (26d8f4e)). Let me know if there might be other diagnostic info else where on the system to...
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32 bit VMWare installer says I need a 64 bit CPU
Hello all, I have an older computer that I am trying to install VMWare on. It uses Lubuntu with Wily Werewolf 15.10. I selected the VMWare 10.0 32-bit installer for linux and downloaded the file...
View ArticleHow to have working network eth0 with vmxnet3 without VMtools ?
Hi, How to have working network eth0 with vmxnet3 without VMtools ?Meaning , after VM machine was created , and network interfaceWas configured , there is no network response.Ping to IP configured on...
View ArticleRHEL 6 VM frozen in quiesced snapshot creation for backup purposes
Hi everyone. My RHEL 6.1 virtual machines running on ESXi hosts 5.1.0 get frozen when the backup procedure tries to get a quiesced snapshot. I have to reset the virtual machines from VMware console....
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VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vcpu-0)
hello there, pls i'm new to using vmware. i am getting this error trying to starting up virtual machine i av created "Failed to lock the file Cannot open the disk...
View ArticleWhat level of permissions does vCenter Server require on a VM host?
If I want to fully manage a VM through vCenter Server, what level of permissions does vCenter require to the host OS (if any)? I have a VM which will be locked down by a vendor, where no accounts with...
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number of Vmotion done on a VM
Hello, I need know how many times an Virtual Machine has done the VMotion. I have the operation manager but I can't any report about.it's possible know how many times an virtual machine has done the...
View Articleworkstation pro v12 won't run more than 5 guests???
Greetings, I run Ubuntu 12.04-LTS on a laptop on Workstation v9, works great, but I'm overloading the laptop. I bought a new office PC with enough power, disk, and memory to run this half of the world...
View ArticleSupport and Compatibilty VMware Tools against Windows Server 2008 R2 and...
Hi VMware, We are in the process of migrating to WS 2K8R2 and WS2K12R2.I am seeking information like support and Compatibility of VMware Tools against Win Server 2008R2 and Win Server...
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RHEL 7.2 and open-vm-tools
Hi, We are running RHEL 7.2 virtual machines with open-vm-tools-9.10.2-4.el7.x86_64. When quiescing is triggered by snapshot, it fails with freezing filesystem error: Jan 25 20:02:03 vmp-sat6-01...
View ArticleGetting Esx and guest Vms Performance Data Using Vmware Sdk vmware.vim C#
I'm using vmware sdk for .net to get overall data from an esx host and its guest vm's i've connected to esx server and got some data from guest like max cpu,max memory,ip and etcnow i want to get...
View ArticleUpgrade of vmware tools fails from 9.10.5-1 to 10.0.5
Hi, I am trying to upgrade vmware tools on centos but installation fails because of dependecy resolution issue. Setup1:OS : CentOS 6.5VMWare tools installed : 9.4.0 Trying to upgrade VMWare tools to :...
View Articlevmware tools failed
Hi,I have installated a Virtual machin with windows 2012 R2 on platform esxi 6.0 When try setup vmware tools , i receive the following messagge: setup cannot continue. the microsoft runtime dll...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Ping "General Failure"
Hi, I am seeing an issue with Windows Server 2008 R2 and wonder if anyone has any idea's? At random the ping response will report "General Failure" when pinging a remote host. Pinging...
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random vm's display "tools not running" in vcenter
vcenter displays random machines showing tools not running. However when you login to the vm the service shows it is running. Windows 2008 r2.A restart or reboot of vm does not fix. Hosts and vcenter...
View ArticleQuestion about USB storage usage
Hi All, I have a question about USB storage usage with VMWare Fusion running from MacOS. I have created a simple virtual machine with Win10 installed on it. The virtual machine itself is created and...
View ArticleUsb 3 External Disk
Hi, it's possible to conect a usb 3 external disk to a ESXi host directly and mount the drive? The idea is transfer iso's images to the datastore, because my network swith is too slow, and i want to...
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