Do I need a Snapshot?
If I keep suspending and resuming my virtual machine do I need to use a snapshot, or am I misunderstanding what snapshots are for? Thanks I'm using Workstation 10
View ArticleRe: Repair / Recover VMFS Volume
Hilatest commandline-only version see http://vm-sickbay.comearlier version with graphical interface http://sanbarrow.com/iscsiworkshop/moa64dvd.iso Please dont use any older versions - I update them...
View ArticleRe: Login attempts result in "Account not authorized."
Hi, Thanks for providing such detailed information. The issue you are experiencing is not caused by the VMware Software Manager - Download Service software you are running on your machine. It has to do...
View ArticleCrackling audio
When using a USB headset on the guest VM I get badly garbled and crackling audio, particularly when moving windows around. I've found this solution (VMware KB: Improving audio quality when using USB...
View ArticleRe: Do I need a Snapshot?
Snapshots are like a "picture" you take of a VM. The most common case uses for them are: a) backup software like VEEAM.b) when installing something that you suspect it will break the VM. In the first...
View ArticleRe: Login attempts result in "Account not authorized."
Hello again Stoimen, Oddly enough, I have no problem downloading VMware products directly from the My VMware web site: So my account is most definitely authorized for product downloads. This is...
View ArticleRe: Outlook
I can't think of any reason that View would impact the size of that file. Have you verified that the same configuration, gpo, etc is being applied to the View desktops as it is to the physical...
View ArticleRe: BDE 2.2 Bootstrap failed
Yes. The mysql node failed due to "yum_package[mapr-core] (mapr::prereqs line 105) had an error" could you SSH to the mysql node (as user serengeti) and run 'sudo yum install mapr-core' ? It might...
View ArticleApplication failure. hr = 0x80040101: Failed to initialize virtual machine
I'm getting this message then trying to start TP. I'm running Windows 10 RTM as host, newly installed. I have no virtual Machines created. It's the default installation of TP. Any clues? My laptop is a...
View ArticleRe: Do I need a Snapshot?
I'm suspending/resuming my virtual machine out of laziness/impatience. It starts quicker and all the programmes/files I need are already open. Is that the wrong thing to do? Thanks
View ArticleBest Process for P2V for OS X Server (ESX 5.5)
We have purchased some new Mac Pro hosts for use with our VMWare environment and we want to convert some physical Mac servers to VMs. I am currently planning on following this process: Create new VM...
View ArticleESXI 6.0 Build 2809209
Hi Guys,downloaded the latest ESXI 6.0 updates Build 2809209.i was wondering if this update will fix the issue vmware tools with Windows 8.1 ?
View ArticlevRealize Operations multi vcenter report
Hello, I had a ask today about adding multiple vCenters as solutions to vROPS 6. I think this should be okay. But this became a bigger ask of pulling in a unified report across the two vcenters - can...
View ArticleKernel 4.1.2 needs a patch for Workstation vmnet module
I'm still running Workstation 8.0.6 build-1035888 on Linux. Specifically Fedora 22.The recent Fedora update of kernel version 4.0.8 up to 4.1.2 rendered my kernel modules out of date and I found that...
View ArticleRe: v7 not saving screen position
Please realize that this forum is a User-supported forum, not an official Support channel for VMware. There *are* VMware employees that do monitor and answer posts, but not all the time. So most of...
View ArticleRe: BDE 2.2 Bootstrap failed
I ran the 'sudo yum install mapr-core' without any issue. (see the attached screenshot) It took about 3-4 minutes to download/install all the packages. BTW All the nodes including the mysql node and my...
View ArticlePatching vCSA 6.0 -- Inclusive?
I have recently upgraded my infrastructure to using the new vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 -- my instances list themselves at build 2656761. When I look at the Product Patches page I see that there are...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 6 'Empty Inventory' due to permissions
You may need to add the same permission to the vCenter and Datacenter, but uncheck 'Propagate'
View ArticleRe: Where is the vcenter v6 C# client installer hiding?
Thanks man that was it. It must have been to much work for them to put that link on the vcenter splash! I know they are trying to force the web client down our throats yet it still has the achilles...
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