Converter fails on Server 2008 R2 P2P
I am trying to P2V several servers running Server 2008 R2. They all fail at about 1 minute with the error: Failed: Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume.Error code: 2147754767...
View ArticleInstaller crashing. I currently have 4.1.3
My installer crashes as soon as get to the point where it asks for the license key. I currently have VMware Fusion 4.1.3 (730298) installed on OSX 10.7.5, and I and try to upgrade to the May 2013 Tech...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Scratch vs VM Swap Locations
Hi I'm running ESXi5.1U1 from an SD card with no local persistent storage. I configure persistent scratch location as per KB1033696. No problem var,log,download,core folders created and all is...
View ArticleFailed VCP5
Have failed VCP5-DV today miserably, 279 score being as you all know 300 a pass... not good enough after being studying on a row for quite a few days. Read the Bill Fergurson official guide VCP5 up and...
View Article"Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine." Error ov...
So here I am again. Running a V2V conversion on a Windows 2K8 box. I get the "Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine." error when I try the conversion. So I try running the...
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Vmware installation costume iso Areca Raid.
Hello.. Im trying to install vmware well ive installed it but i dosent see my raid storage array. I guess Areca is not by defult supportet whit the drivers i needs to see the Array!I tryed to integrate...
View ArticleVDP 5.1.x Read Only Web Access
hi guys Now since Web client is the only way to access VDP, is there a way to create a read only user that has access to VDP in any way?At least to check if the backup was OK. I create a read only user...
View ArticleFusion on Mac OS Mavericks 10.9
I'm testing Mac OS 10.9 Mavericks.I put fusion on it and it's working pretty good at the moment. the only thing that's not working is : " Use all display as full screen" I've 2 screens connected to my...
View ArticleWindows 7 - occasionally freezes, even switch back to MacOS isn't possible
Hi, we're using VMWare Fusion 5 on 4 brandnew iMac (late 2012) with fusiondrive (8GB RAM, 3TB fusiondrive). On each of these iMac's we've installed one Windows 7 VM (64Bit, 2 CPU, 3 GB RAM, 120GB...
View ArticlePersistent Issues with QLogic 10GbE nic - Appears and Disappears in vCenter
Please Help! We had a 10GbE card fail in a vitural host, 5.1 U1. We replaced the card with an identical card, but the nics never showed up in vCenter. After hours of fiddling with it, we installed...
View ArticleIs it possible to restore vmware guest OS and database from clonebackup ?
We use vsphere4.1 and guest OS (WIndows2008R2) and database(SQL server 2008R2 which is installed in guest windows2008R2 OS). If we take cloneback up guest OS partition and data partition which include...
View ArticleConsolidate Helper -0 snapshot issues
Hello, I am on esx5 using local datastores with plenty of space. I am using Veeam Backup to back up my VM's. Occasionally I will see a "Consolidate Helper -0" snapshot left behind on the VM. It...
View ArticleFedora 18 (3.9.5-201) and 8.0.5/6
I can't seem to get the modules re-compiled after a kernel update today. I had 8.0.5 running before the update, but haven't been able to get it working. I've been looking for an updated patch, but...
View ArticleUsing more than 8GB of ram for ESXi
I am using a Mac Mini with 16GB ram. When I installed ESXi, the most ram it will allow me to assign to the VM that ESXi is running in is 8GB. Is there a way that I can assign it at least 12GB of...
View ArticlevCenter Server 5.1 still using Default VMWare Certificate after using VMWare...
Hello,Like the title says, I am still receiving the Security Warning when starting vSphere Client after successfully running the Certificate Automation Tool.If I look at the certificate through the...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 services distribution
I am currently performing an upgrade from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1. I"ve decided to use split the services across 2 vCenters. I am wondering, wich services should go where, is there any recommandations...
View ArticleThunderbolt storage support (ESXi)
I think this may have been answered, but is there any way to support thunderbolt drives (or thunderbolt raid) ? I'm thinking about the mac mini as a home lab box, but would want DAS rather than iscsi...
View ArticleVCA
When you are deploying vca and connect via web browser and the installation starts, you get to the static IP and dns information. It says to perform those tasks and then relaunch the wizard to...
View ArticlevSphere Update Manager 5.1
We have installed vCenter 5.1 with multisite SSO and very thing is good. I do have one question that we have run when starting the Update Manger 5.1 install into hence posting to the community. Our SAN...
View ArticlevCenter permissions - local group doesn't seem to work
I've created a local group on my vCenter server and placed the local administrator account inside this group.I've then assigned this local group to the administrator role within vCenter at the highest...
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