Re: Resizing a Windows Server guest
I have a minimum standard of 1 vCPU / 4GB RAM / 60GB disk for my Windows 2008 VMs, but if I think the application will call for more resources, I'll add a vCPU and some memory. I also tend to look at...
View ArticleRe: OSX 10.8 as guest - additional HDDs don't mount on startup
I'd also like to add that if VMware is aware of the issue with using IDE virtual hard disks in a Mac OS X or OS X Virtual Machines then why does VMware allow one to choose IDE under the circumstances...
View ArticleRe: Lync 2013 VDI plugin only works with RDP protocol
The bit-ness of Lync needs to match that of the View Desktop. Can you confirm that they match?
View ArticleRe: Consolidating BladeCenter blades to ONE x3755 (7163)
Another way to look at this is to take the sum of each current blade's average Mhz usage, and the sum of each average memory usage. If you are close to maxing out the single server that you want to...
View ArticleRe: OpenSuse 12.3 host, missing dependency
What kernel are you running ini openSUSE 12.3?. After a clean install and applying the online update kernel 3.7.10-1.11-desktop showed no problem for me (fat first Iorgot to install the kernel-devel...
View ArticleRe: SATA DLT Tape drive i/o errors
This could be intresting: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1016407
View ArticleRe: Error: Unable to connect to the Converter helper server on the...
Welcome to the Community - CHeck the network between the machines - make sure vlans are configured correctly and the necessarey ports are open.
View ArticleRe: vmotion between clusters
Frank is correct you can only vmotion live machines (between hosts) using the web client which will eventually be the only client used anyways so I might as well get use to it
View ArticleTesting VSA failure
Hi guys what is the best way to test or simulate a failed host to see if VSA and HA actually work? My current setup is with 3 hosts. Thank you
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1 Host local datastore freezes
I confirm. There are no messages like previous in vmkernel.log (before downgrading there was first messages about 20-30 minutes ESXi uptime).Of course no datastore freezing too.Tested with heavy load...
View ArticleFile Sync vmtools driver for linux gone in 5.1U1?
Is the File Sync driver for linux gone in the new 5.1U1 tools? It is no longer an option when installing---and I dont see it running(in case it was defaulted or embedded somewhere).
View ArticleRe: Suppress Reboot Message?
you can find the settings in the C:\Program Files\Wanova\Mirage Service\Wanova.Desktop.Notifications.exe.config file. You can edit this with notepad. To my knowledge there is no way to "disable" this...
View ArticleRe: Suppress Reboot Message?
you will also need to restart the services to get this to take effect
View ArticleRe: Suppress Reboot Message?
Ah, I looked at the file. I won't be editing THAT any time soon! Thanks for the info!
View ArticleRe: When I try to start vSphere Replication on a VM receiving an error...
Hi, It might be one of these:- VM is not using virtual hardware version 7 or later- VM has a pass-through RDM disk- VM is actually a VM template Can you check and post here if the issue is resolved?...
View ArticleUsing VMware Standalone Converter with NAT
Hi all, I have been searching the interwebs but haven't been able to find much regarding this issue... We are currently in the process of setting up a VMware environment to be able to sell IaaS...
View ArticleRe: Snapshot report on how often
Just adding some more info. It appears that this is causing the issue? Method invocation failed because [System.Object[]] doesn't contain a method named 'CreateCollectorForEvents'. At...
View ArticleMessage of the Day Pop-Up in vSphere-Web Client
I am trying to find out a way to have a logon banner pop up when you log into the vsphere web client. I am accomplishing this in vSphere Client by utilizing the Message of the day, but it doesn't pop...
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