10GbE Infrastructure Design
New to VMware, so hopefully this is an easy question . . . I am designing a new VM infrastructure and I want to do it right the first time. I have a NetApp Dual Controller FAS3210 SAN...
View ArticleRe: Undelete VMDK
Undelete vmdks is only possible when you take precautions on a daily base. There is a better than zero chance to recover the vmdk when all of this conditions are fulfilled:- the vmdk was thick...
View ArticleRe: applying host profile after auto deploy
do I need to reapply the host profile everytime the host reboots? or can the settings be fixed on subsequent reboots?
View ArticleRe: Undelete VMDK
Well, since I still had the data on my other machines/disks, I recreated the vmdk and started to copy again. I'm doing things in parallel know that I mostly know where everything is going. Thanks for...
View ArticleRe: A way to speed up shrinking of virtual drives.
I was wondering about the same thing - by the way - I occasionally use fsutil to create preallocated vmdks when I am in a hurry. If I remember right fsutil creates files in sparse mode. That means it...
View ArticleRe: VMware Remote Console SDK release 5.1
VMRC SDK 5.1 download is now available! * Download site: https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VSP510-VMRC-510&productId=285* VMRC SDK community page:...
View ArticleRe: Can I limit network bandwidth on a weekly or monthly basis?
you would probably have to route your traffic trhough some applicance, physical or virutal.vcloud director should also be able to do that iirc
View ArticleRe: VMware Remote Console SDK release 5.1
You are experiencing this issue with IE because of a difference between ActiveX and NPAPI. Our documentation generally explains how to handle browser differences, but we forgot the case of arrays...
View ArticleRe: TypeError for exception set in ResultSet
Yes, there is a known issue there. For now use a log trace and return null.Thanks for the feedback!
View ArticleRe: Experience with expanding virtual disks
I hope you dont use old copies of Partition Magic - that can leave ugly results. I would also suggest Windows 7 LiveCDs or extpart.exe from Dell.
View ArticleRe: Bridged connection Problem (Wireless)
JMartinez81 wrote: Hi! I've tried everyting mentioned on this post and still can't make my VM running Win 7 to Brindge the Wireless and/or Ethernet connection from the Mac. Please, does someone else...
View ArticleRe: unmountable boot volume
Andre - for that task just setscsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic" There is no need to add buslogic drivers to the LiveCD - changing the controller for the CD boots is way easier.And afaik VMware does not...
View ArticleRe: Auto Deploy and Host Profiles not applied after reboot
is there a way to apply the profile automatically? From this doc, it says the settings should be persistent on reboot...
View ArticleRe: Need Help with understanding the true performance capabilities of my...
So you have me intrigued by this alignment concept. I hadn't thought about it in this level of detail before. I found this site: http://www.tcpdump.com/kb/os/windows/disk-alignment/into.html which had...
View ArticleRe: Multiple VMs to Same iSCSI Target
I don't even want to tell you how long I spent trying to get the rsync replication to run directly between the two Synology units. The problem is that there's no way for me to trigger the replication...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 Client install failure
When I access a Host that requires me to upgrade the client on my desktop (Win 7 64bit) I get this error, my current client is 4.1.0 Error 1406 Could not write value ProductLanguage to key...
View ArticleRe: unmountable boot volume
OK, now all I get is a reply from a Windows 7 DVD that the specified location does not contain information about your hardware. I've tried both the LSI and vmscsi.flp files with the same result. Not...
View ArticleRe: Fusion 5.0.1 upgrade install of Windows 8 from XP, VMSCSI Controller
I actually had the exact same issue upgrading my Windows XP box. Yes you can edit the vmx and change the scsi controller into an IDE one which will fix this error. VMwareKB on Yoututbe put up a video...
View ArticleRe: Need Help with understanding the true performance capabilities of my...
Both servers are using less than a third of their RAM allotted to them. They both have 3.5 gig of RAM. Unfortunately the Lepers were already in the monastery. I just put them in a room that was less...
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