Re: Automatically pause all VMs when host goes to sleep?
Just as another point of data..... I routinely close the lid on my laptop which sends it into suspend state. (Suspend to ram) Even with VMs running. Upon opening the lid, the VMs also awaken, and the...
View ArticleRe: Fusion 5.0.3 and Ubuntu 13.04
I managed to reinstall vmware tools successfully. Here's what i did. before installing vmware tools run following command sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname...
View ArticleRe: AD Authentication works for some but not all users
... when all the users are in the same OU that are having issues?How did you configure the AD Identity Source ("Base DN for users")? André
View ArticleRe: problem installing View HTML Access
Ok, I got the problem. I was logging in as the local admin on the server. Make sure you login as the AD admin when installing the HTML Access plugin.
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Re: Updating vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 to 5.1 U1 fails
I ran the update and it took about 45 minutes. Quite annoying André
View ArticleRe: Fusion 5.0.3 and Ubuntu 13.04
yes as its a new release, officially its not supported. But I was surprised when I noticed that the easy install recognized the iso image of ubuntu 13.04 right away.usually new versions of OS have to...
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VXLAN vs Host Profiles
Hi, I'm trying to get VXLAN working with host profiles on a group of stateless hosts that I am setting up for vCloud Director use. I've successfully gotten the hosts to auto deploy with the right...
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Re: PowerCLI: Exception calling "CreateCollectorForTasks" with "1"...
Thanks people, that was the problem There's an issue with my script though - it sometimes doesn't correctly identify the creator of a snapshot - it gets it wrong and selects someone else - the wrong...
View ArticleRe: External access - confused!
Hi,On your connector, can you check what is set of Identity Provider Url? This is the URL we will send to for authentication. If you expect this to be gateway and you want the gateway to route to this...
View ArticleIs it possible to over allocate virtual CPU's?
I have a Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise server that only shows one CPU in the windows task manager even though I have added multiple sockets and cores. The ESXi server shows 4 CPU Cores and 1 physical CPU...
View ArticleRe: Very high and persistent disk usage after closing down VMPlayer.
A log file isn't required to tell you that yes, this is normal. You've suspended the VM and it's writing the contents of the RAM to the hard drive. I have a few doodads on my screen showing hard...
View ArticleRe: VDI solution or suggestions for lab infrastructure
So what exactly does the script do? Can you share?
View ArticleRe: Network routing for VMplayer Linux guest
Thanks for your suggestion about restarting VMNet. I'll see if I can figure out how to do this on Windows. Why do I want to use NAT? A VM running on a Linux host on the LAN is behind a firewall, so it...
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Error adding new disk to VM
Hi, I recieve this error when trying to add a new disk in vCenter. This error happens when I choose any datastore in the cluster. See image for the screenshot. How do I fix this error, steps would be...
View ArticleRe: Error adding new disk to VM
This seems because you have set affinity on Storage DRS.... you can see Cormac's blog regarding this options: http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/09/storage-drs-affinity-anti-affinity-rules.html
View ArticleRe: Is it possible to over allocate virtual CPU's?
When you say "I have added multiple sockets and cores", you mean on Edit Settings? Can you send a screenshot of the summary tab from the VM?
View ArticleAccessing VM Properties when Instantiating from VApp Template via AMQP
Hello, I am trying to determine whether VM's from an Instantiated VApp Template are using a certain Storage Profile. I am having great difficulty accessing this data without letting the task...
View ArticleRe: Network routing for VMplayer Linux guest
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe vmnetui.dll VMNetUI_ShowStandalone I tried running this in a cmd window. I get a popup error box saying "The operating system cannot run %1".
View ArticleRe: Problem with Promise vTrak e610f (NMP errors)
Hi Dexterous, I have the Apple version of the vTrak e610f and would like to provision it to use it with ESXi 5.1. Promise tech support mentioned that they have a beta firmware release that's not on...
View ArticleRe: Is it possible to restart course after time is expired
RebeccaG - Thanks so much for pointing this out - will send this to our UI team, perhaps some simple text will help,, most of the time this works but once in a while we get the "Expired Lab" buttton......
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