Intel ARK now shows EPT as supported (EPT Not Supported in Haswell i7)
Hey Guys, I've been waiting to buy a Haswell laptop for nested 64-bit labs and just discovered that Intel does not support EPT in Haswell:Virtualization Technology List Unless the technology has...
View Articlelacp esxi 5.1
I got a lacp port channel on 2 nexus switches that I coonected my esxi host to. one vmnic0 its connected to nexus1 and vmnic4 its on nexus2. I configured my dvswitch and enabled lacp and on the port...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller Cards
Hi All, Does anyone have experience and best practice recommendations for configuring a PERC H700 controller in an ESXi...
View ArticleRol para solo crear maquinas virtuales
Hola, Estoy intentando crear un rol para diferentes usuarios que solo deje crear maquinas virtuales en un host esxi 5.0.Le pongo los permisos que en teoria necesita pero no me deja crear maquinas y si...
View ArticleApprox how much time do I have left for VCP5?
Took the class back in March and have started my study path..... Haven't heard any plans of vSphere 6 yet and I heard that its usually announced after VMworld. Typically its 6 months after that. Can...
View ArticleSpecify Number of Cores per Socket New-VM cmdlmt
Is there a way to specify the number of Cores and the number of Sockets in the New-VM cmdlmt. I can't seem to figure this out. Should I be looking at a different cmdlmt? I am using powercli version 5.1...
View ArticleESXi 5.1u1 + 3ware 9650SE on Haswell
Hi, I'm currently in the middle off a hardware upgrade for my home ESXi 5.1 (u1) machine, which I use for testing and training towards certifications (mostly microsoft) The specs for the machine are...
View ArticleUnknown command or Namespace error.
Hello team, We have an ESXi version 5.0 server . There are few vm's running on it. I want to configure snmp on this ESXi.But the problem is when i execute the below command : # esxcli system snmp set...
View Article3D Acceleration for OS X clients
Yesterday I created an OS X Mavericks DP1 virtual machine from scratch in Fusion 5.0.3. No problem installing VMware Tools. I wanted to test Apple Maps, but it didn't work. After discovering 3D...
View ArticleLatest ReactOS vmware image doesn't run in TP
Hi, Just wanted to try the latest ReactOS VMware image in the TP and it doesn't run in there.Without upgrading the hardware to HW10, I end up seeing a driver install for a sound card and then a VM...
View ArticleChange the "Guest OS" from in a guest using tools
I'm sure this must have been asked before, but I can't find it anywhere on the internet... What I want to do is to have our guest update the "Guest OS" field that is displayed in the VMware client. The...
View ArticleVMWare Workstation 9 and 4TB drive
Hi, I recently tried to use a 4TB to backup and run my VM's from. However it keeps on corrupting the VM's. I have tried using MBR and GPT as well as partitioning the drive so that eacg partition is...
View ArticleMouse ungrab / release problems - VMware Player 5, Windows 8 host, Debian...
VMware Player 5, Windows 8 host, Debian Wheezy guest - with VMware Tools installed. I have some strange behaviour that is quite irritating. The mouse is automatically grabbed when I mouse over the...
View ArticleNeed to extend disk(vmware). Need to determin what disk is what partition
So I need to extend a disk for one of our ubuntu machines.The VM has 4 disks.The problem is, I dont know which disk is what partition. I have /med/mongoDB and /med/mongoDB-backupBoth of them are...
View ArticleNeed Help to upgrade ESX
Dear Team, we are planning to upgrade our ESX3.5 GA release to ESX3.5 U5a, need ur assitance to download 3.5 U5a iso/zip and how to upgrade esx3.5 GA release to esx3.5 U5a. regards\Mr VMware
View ArticledebugCtl in vmware player
Hi,I'm playing around with the debug functions of the x86 processor and specifically trying to work with debugCtl functionality (http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/24593_APM_v2.pdf, page...
View ArticleVSphere Hardware Requirement
I'd like to install vsphere 4 but afraid to do that without consulting an expert on vsphere. I'm running windows 8 64bit with 4gb ram but only . Do you have a hardware requirement in installing vsphere 4?
View ArticlevCenter 4.1 database update to vCenter 5.1?
Hi all, I have another question :I made a backup of my database sqlserver 2005 vCenter 4.1.I would like to restore it on new vCenter 5.1 database.Is it possible? vCenter can update the database up to...
View Articleproblem with mcafee DLP Device control on virtual machines winxp
Hallo, We are using view 4.5 and ESX 4.1.I have the problem that we are using DLP 9.1 with EPO 4.5 and have the problem that when we use in DLP USB sticks with serial nummer they are not working...
View ArticlevCenter 4.1 and View connection server on the same machine?
Hello I have 2 hosts with vmware ESXi 4.1 managed with vCenter 4.1 running on Win2008 R2. Is it VM.I have another VM on Win2008 R2 and there is installed view connection server for VDI. Is it possible...
View Article