Fail to connect virtual device ide1:0
I cannot access my hos CD rom drive from within my Windows 7 virtual machine. Currently using VM player 6.0.3. I get an error on start up saying "Fail to connect virtual device ide1:0". The error...
View ArticleRe: Virtual Domain Controllers Locking Up
I have gone 48 hours without any issues since making the NIC change. Not entirely sure as to why this was the solution... I have used the e1000 NIC in this environment for a few years. So to sum up...
View ArticleCan't add SuperMicro IPMI BMC to DPM
Hi! I have two SuperMicro servers in a lab environment, and am trying to get the IPMI credentials configured. Both work, and are running ESXi, and I can connect using the SuperMicro-supplied IPMI...
View ArticleRe: Auto Deploy not respect rules - vSphere vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1
Hi, thanks, I tried but just test-complience, showed me just hostname ist "ItemList" as {} so don't know that it means because documentation is not clear. It is not matching my rules? But I found, that...
View ArticlePassed VCP on second attempt...some thoughts
I passed with a 322 which is not great at all, but I feel is fair based on how well I felt about the material. I have an undergraduate and graduate level degree so I am no stranger to test taking, but...
View ArticleRe: Open and Extensible: Community Content on VMware Solution Exchange
Will the sub-community posts roll-up to this parent community? If that is not the case, I can see those posts getting less attention as they'll only be seen by folks monitoring those specific areas.
View ArticleRe: Installing VMware vSphere Hypervisor without CD
Hi You can do it by using the Virtual Drive option in iLO/RSA by mounting the ISO file as a virtual CR-ROM. You might have to change the boot priority in BIOS in case Hypervisor doesn't start...
View ArticleReferencing NFS datastores from performance manager on hosts
I'm having an issue tieing together performance metrics from a host to the datastore they reference.When calling QueryAvailablePerfMetric method against a host, it will return counters with an instance...
View ArticleRe: Open and Extensible: Community Content on VMware Solution Exchange
Mark - we want to keep the sub-community related discussions (which are content specific) separate from the product related discussions. However, we can periodicallyroll them up for better visibility....
View ArticleRe: Windows 2012 R2 Losing network connection random
for now the vm's running okim gonna wait until after the weekend and see if its still loosing connectionsbut i think disabling ip v6 will do the trick
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Re: vCenter Web Client - How do you cancell a VMtools install (iso not...
This is what I had to do, it's NOT through the web client... Connected with the thick client, powered down the VM and powered it back on. This web client is pretty lame. If VMware is going to shove the...
View ArticleRe: upgrading from 4.1 to 5.1/5.5 how may clusters
did you check the vmware HCL list for your old server?usualy alot of servers are supported just keep in mind if you have older server that your cluster is on the correct evc mode level your oldest...
View ArticleRe: Virtual Domain Controllers Locking Up
One thing you may consider when the GOS in question fails, take a snapshot, then use vmss2core to create a memory.dmp from the .vmsn. You can copy the .vmsn (will be the size of the VM memory) to your...
View ArticleRe: How to compact VMDK and reduce disk size with VMware Workstation?...
I'm having essentially the same problem with VMware Player 7.0. The procedure that used to work in previous versions to compact a VMDK after zero-filling it, is now not working. When I hit "Compact"...
View ArticleRe: vCD Health Check?
did you look at vcops 5.6? there is an adapter you can install so you can connect your vcloud directorkeep in mind that vcops is now vrealize.
View ArticleRe: [WS11.x] vmware-vdiskmanager error
dariusd wrote:VixDiskLib: Invalid configuration file parameter. Failed to read configuration file.That error message is spurious and can be ignored. Things like this are rather irksome as it has...
View ArticleUnable to upgrade PowerEdge 2950-III from 5.1 U1 to 5.5 U2
Hi,I am upgrading our vSphere environment from 5.1 to 5.5. I upgraded vCenter first using appliance upgrade method. I upgraded Update Manager (in-place) to 5.5 and successfully upgraded a "similar"...
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vCenter Web Client - Update VMtools and/or mount the VMtools CD
OK, I'm testing a VM 2012 R2 server and want to add the "VMCI Guest Introspection", I've already installed the tools and just need to add it. I need to mount the VMtools iso to the CD/DVD of my VM.The...
View ArticleRe: ESXi5.1 上のWindows Server 2008R2 MSCSをWindows Server 2012に
こんにちは。手順は、流れ的にはよさそうです。細かいところだと、VMware-Toolsのアップデートもあったほうがよいと思います。ただ、MSCS（Win2008なので、一応WSFCと言っておきます）のアップデートなので、こまかい手順への落とし込みが成功のポイントになる思います。たとえば、WSFCのリソースをどのタイミングで停止するかとかが、机上確認だけだと大変そうです。あと、切り戻しのためのバックア...
View ArticleNetworking issues - can't reinstall
Hi, I cannot access the internet in VMWare Fusion 7.0.1 on my Macbook Pro with OS 10.10.1. The only real solution I saw was to uninstall and reinstall Fusion, however, when I went to install it after...
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