Unable to access CentOS on Vmware Workstation 12 via putty.
Hello, I have installed CentOS 6.5 (64 bit) on VMware workstation 12 on Windows 10 host machine.Configured the IPv4 network settings like IP address etc manually. When trying to access CentOS via putty...
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Auto start a VM if the VM goes down
Is there a way to auto start a VM in the event that it shuts off due to updates or hangs for any reason? I have a VM that shuts down once in a while and is a production server.
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Upgrade to VCSA 6.5 and Mixed environment with ESX 5.5 and 6.5
I am planning to upgrade to vCenter 6.5, and upgrade all hosts to ESX6.5, but few of my hosts are not compatible and cannot receive anything above 5.5 U3. Due to this I am planning on having a mixed...
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static IP address for datapower VM
I am using the IBM Virtual DataPower for developer VM (DPVM) image under VMWare Player 12. The DPVM has 4 virtual NIC. I think I need to use static IP address for each. The host is Windows 10...
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Network Bridging not available after Upgrade
VMWorkstation 12.5.5 build-5234757Host Ubuntu 16.04 After upgrading to 12.5.5 build-5234757 I am no longer able to bridge to my local ethernet interface. If I do not update the vmtools on the guest...
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vmfs local data storage restore
Hi please help, I have raid 5 Local DS that is mnounted but I can add the storage this is happned after the local boot disk failed (I beleve it was raid 1)So I did a clean install on a USB the server...
View ArticleGenerate MAC address for an virtual network interface inside a VM hosted on...
Hi Folks, As of part of a college, i was trying out having OVS bridge inside an Ubuntu VM and adding a port on the bridge. This port is connected to eth1 of the VM. eth1 has MAC address generated by...
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Debian 8 and ESXi 6.0 : Advice about open-vm-tools
Hi I've just installed ESXi 6.0. My VMs on Debian 8 are using open-vm-tools in stable version (9.4.6).In backports the version is 10.1.5. Do you think I should use backported version ? Thanks.
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Hi There, Would you guys know if there is a way to make my vSphere "Annotations" into "Tags"?Thanks,Michael
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Expand volume ESXi 6.0
Hi.I've tried to expand a volume of a virtual Windows Server 2012R2 machine. The vm has only one volume (100GB).First I used the vm workstation, in properties, Utilities/expand, entered 170GB, but all...
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somehow my vm servers interchange name
My vm ware interchanges the vm name. How do I cahnge it back? I cannot use rename because the rename sql will still be sql.
View ArticleCustomizing main dns suffix with spec (on windows)
I am hitting a bit of a problem. My dns naming scheme is different from my windows domain naming shcheme. The virtual machine will typically be named aaa.company.com while it will belong to the...
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Workstation 10 Setting Permissions on Shared VMs Getting Error
I've set up a handful of VMs to create a test domain and i'm running into an issue. In 'Select Users and Groups' i select my domain and i get a partial list of users/groups. When i try to search for an...
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Unable to edit the VM machine settings
I have created a VM machine through Vsphere client. Now if I click on edit settings to increase the HDD space and RAM it throws an error that restricted VMware settings as shown below. Could you help...
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How is the default gateway configured via DHCP in VMs?
Hi all,I am working with Kali Linux and enabled DHCP. Now I have a dynamic IP address assigned of 192.168.81 and a default gateway of 192.168.81.2. What I don't understand is, how does Kali determine...
View Article2 Questions about IT..
Not able to understand the IT job market? I wanted to do know if Middlesex University's Network Management & Cloud Post Graduate Program, Is the program worthy of network or cloud related jobs ? Is...
View Articlevmware-tools problem with Oracle Linux 5.6 fresh install
Just wanted to share a solution to a problem I ran into recently that I didn't happen to find answers to from googling around, in case someone else runs into it. Oracle recently released install media...
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VMware Fusion latest update incompatible with Outlook 2016
Hi Bros, I have a problem with the latest update of VMware Fusion 8.0. After the update, I cannot highlight the content of my e-mail for copy and paste in the Outlook 2016 and the font selection shows...
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I am running a Windows XP professional VM on a newly purchased HP laptop running Windows 10 using VMplayer for Windows 10I ran a Windows XP professional VM on my old Dell laptop and was able to share...
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How Do I Emulate the Compaq Presario Model 5700T Computer In VM Ware?
Good afternoon. When I was a little boy, the greatest PC treasure I had was a Compaq Presario Windows 98 PC. It was a special premium, business model owned by my uncle. After I got off from elementary...
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