Vmware tools for Fedora 18/64 guest
Hi All, I am running Fedora 18/64 guest on the latest Mac OS host.Everything is fine except the vmware tools - installer cannot find the kernel headers.I installed everything: the new kernel (3.7.2),...
View ArticleUpgrading 5.0 to 5.1 w/ custom VIBs
Hi everyone, We have recently just upgraded our 2 datacenters with vCenter Server 5.1 and vsphere client to 5.1... now it's time for the hosts to get their upgrades. Currently at the data center I have...
View ArticleRe: Error deploying vsphere-wssdk-provider service sample
Did you follow the instructions for that sample? (located in vsphere-client-sdk/docs/samples-doc/vsphereviews.html#vsphere-ui) This sample uses the VMware's WSSDK library vim25.jar, located in...
View ArticleProblem setting NAT client to a fixed address
Hi, I'm running a Windows 7 virtual under Fusion 5 on Mac OS 10.8.2 and I need a fixed address on the guest. Following directions I found on the web, I modifies the dhcpd.conf file...
View ArticleRe: Error 1075 when trying to start vmware host agent on windows-8 64 bit
Compboy's soluton works with "VMwareHostd" service instead:http://communities.vmware.com/message/2111595#2111595 Remove "ProtectedStorage" as dependency using the Windows registry editor (export your...
View ArticleRe: ESX 5, iSCSI and VMWARE - Logical Drive Not On Preferred Path
Your servers and mine are same, you are good to go. As far as the build on IBM Vmware is concerned it will be exactly the same as Vmware, I beleive mine is 799.... something. I can confirm tomorrow...
View ArticleUsing hgfs with autofs
I am running a Fedora 10 VM on a Fedora 10 host machine. I need autofs enabled in the VM because software is upgraded in the VM via CDROM and USB drives. I now need the VM to have access to a directory...
View ArticleRe: cannot see second iscsi datastore
The volume is already mounted to the first esxi 5.1 host. So I am just trying to add this to the second esxi host. access is configured based on the iqn name. like I said, the esxi host see the device...
View ArticleRe: Upgrading 5.0 to 5.1 w/ custom VIBs
Hi, Third party VIB will be intact after upgrade Here is reference link...
View ArticleRe: ESX 5, iSCSI and VMWARE - Logical Drive Not On Preferred Path
I just checked IBM version of VMware 5.1U1 is supported by IBM as well as Vmware but not 5.1. so it is upto you to decide which way to go.
View ArticleRe: Upgrading 5.0 to 5.1 w/ custom VIBs
Thank you for the quick response. I have read that article. I get that it will be fine. I am unsure as to which choice to select in the above mentioned screen. I have only two options: Install or Force...
View ArticleRe: cannot see second iscsi datastore
Hi, From command line of this affected host , check whether this datastore is detected as snapshot. Also can look at latest vmkernel.log from this ESXI host Run this command on this host using SSH...
View ArticleDvvswitch Scripting Part 3 - Adding VMK Ports to a dVs - LucD
I'm attempting to use your functions to add vmk ports to an existing dVs My syntax is as follows: $dvkernname = new-dvswvmKernel -esxname $vmhost.name -dvswname $dvs -dvpgname $nfspg -ipaddr $nfsip...
View ArticleRe: Upgrading 5.0 to 5.1 w/ custom VIBs
Hi, What is physical host, HP, Dell or any other. If it is from HP, DEll or IBM, then you have to use ESXi 5.1 image from these vendor since they will contain all the VIB, you will not see these option...
View ArticleRe: PowerCLI: One-Liner - how to pass more than two vmnames to remove from disk
Get-vm vmname1, vmname2 | Remove-vm -deletepermanently As it says, this Will delete VMs...use with caution
View ArticleRe: VM Player & Windows 8
This gets wierder by the day, was trying to discover more about the problem yesterday when W8 updated Java in the background. Suddenly Windows Media Player starts to deliver clean crisp sound on the...
View ArticleRe: exporting a VM
Thanks for the suggestion but unfortunately it still says "operation not supported": PowerCLI C:\VPX\ps> $esx = Get-VMHost -Name 10.217.174.27PowerCLI C:\VPX\ps> New-vApp -Location $esx -Name...
View ArticleRe: configuring CPU and NICs
The problem is that my VM is supposed to provide two "cores per socket" and one "virtual socket", which can be specified in the vSphere client. The -NumCpu parameter has only one argument, so it isn't...
View ArticleRe: Did not pass VCP5 just now..
Does anyone know rouphly how many questions you missed based upon the score? Sounds like you may have only missed a few questions each time.
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