Poor video performance within application within VMware View
I am testing the virtualized PC with VMware view 5.1 environment. We have an application that spans multiple monitors with separate data displayed on each screen. When the application is shrunk so...
View ArticleVM on disk but not in Inventory
I have a VM that disappeared from inventory but is still in the datastore (not local). I believe it was turned off. I tried adding it back to the inventory but received a message that a vm was already...
View ArticleCan I upgarde 5.0 to 5.1a?
HiIve gone through the release notes and just a little confused about the upgrade path . Hope someone can help me Can I upgrade from Vcenter 5.0 to 5.1a directly or do I have upgrade 5.0 to 5.1 and...
View ArticlePublish catalogs in vCloud Hybrid
Hi, I have an account with vCloud Hybrid and have been trying to publish my own vApp templates. There is a public catalog published by VMware which has CentOS and WIndows templates. But i would like to...
View ArticleCannot copy/paste from WinXP host to WinME guest with VMware Player 5.0.2
I want to copy files from my Windows XP host OS and paste into my Windows ME guest OS. Unfortunately, it is not that simple. Does the copy/paste procedure require a shared folder? And what is the...
View ArticleHow do you hide the toolbar of an HTML Editor field by default?
Hi guys, I've added quite a few Text Area extension fields to a request details screen. By default, the HTML editor bar appears for all the fields, and you can click the Hide/Show button to hide it for...
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ESXi 5 shows a datastore with no free space but it's empty
Hi all, We have a HP P2000 FC storage and I did set up a new 2.4 Tb LUN and presented it to the ESXi cluster.All the hosts can see it fine ( Capacity 2.18 Tb and Free Space 2.18 Tb ). See highlighted...
View ArticleTrying to go as simple as possible: One floating VM from vCenter / ESXi....
Okay: So far, I've .. : 1. Failed at creating a pool of automatic linked clones with Quickprep: I need a KMS for that. Don't want to do that.2. Failed at creating a pool of automatic lined clones with...
View ArticleCan you use a home networked SAN for ISCI targets with Fusion 5?
Can you use a home networked SAN for ISCI targets with Fusion 5?
View Articlesuspend VM
when suspend button gets clicked, how does guest OS know suspend event is triggered? is there vmtools script? but I tried with my guest OS without vmtools installed, suspend button still works. thank...
View ArticleVCAP5-DCA exam issue
Hi, I had appeared for VDCA510 exam yesterday in India. During the exam i faced some technical issues so I had informed test center administrator. He called VSS support from PearsonVUE, who took remote...
View ArticleCan we upgrade VMWare workstation 7 to v8
Is there any way to upgrade VmWare workstation 7 to v8 without disturbing currently installed VMs. I tried to install VMWare 8 directly on VMWare 7 and looked at the option to upgrade. But it asked me...
View Articlevxlan config
I completed my install of vcd 5.1. I have vshield installed as well and I have attached my vcenter to vcd. my vcenter has multiple clusters and I have only installed the vcloud agent on one cluster in...
View ArticleRookie unable to get HP storageworks MSA60 to be seen
Hi, I've installed ESXi 5 on a HP DL380 G5 that has a Storageworks MSA60 with 9 300gb sas drives directly connected to it via a smart array P800 controller. Using Vsphere 5.1 I can see the P800...
View Articletook vcap5-dca exam today and had lab performace issues
For the most part the exam ran ok. I was very unimpressed with the performance of the lab environment. I can say that I had to skip two questions that I knew because the keyboard and mouse input would...
View Articlestorage unclaim
Hi experts, am more intrested to do tasks in esx command level.colud you please help me tto understand how storage lun unclaim works from esx/esxi end without removing the unused datastore from...
View ArticleVCenter 5.1 update 1 upgrade fails with "insert disk 1", now vcenter won't...
I’m having a problem with updating VCenter 5.1 to 5.1 update 1. I downloaded the ISO then mounted it on the VCenter server at our D/R site (it’s not gone “live” yet, so it makes a good test). I opened...
View ArticleGetting this error during the build step: Failed to communicate with VI server
Hopefully someone has some insight as to what may be causing this. Our VMware Administrator has given my Windows domain account the permissions listed in the Developer's Guide. However I've been unable...
View ArticleCannot open configuration file: File already exists
I've run into an odd problem with a VMWare host that underwent several hard reboots yesterday. Most all of the VMs are booting up fine but a few can not be powered on. The host is running ESXi 5.1...
View ArticleHow to build a firewall VM for ESXi 5
Hi everybody! Long time to see, now i have to return back the virtual project with VMWare ESXi in that i'm just newbie and i need you help.I'm struggling not know how to create a security layer for all...
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