Re: File not found error when opening a VM (from non-Time Machine backup)
Thanks André, I checked the descriptor file, and you are right. The problem is the two missing data files. I have been using Fusion for years now, in exactly the same way, and I am really puzzled how...
View ArticleRe: AD Plugin for VMWare Orchestrator
I found a solution. The problem was extra information was being captured by orchestrators' command output. It was capturing the Result of Query, But Included a Line break/CR (Even when Piping Straight...
View ArticleRe: vShield Manager is not registered with the VC x.x.x.x
Is the Hostname for vCenter you entered into the vCloud Director GUI the exact same as the Hostname for vCenter entered into vCNS/vSM? These need to be 100% identical, as vCloud does a comparison to...
View ArticleRe: Problems virtualizing Windows 8 OEM using VMware Converter 5.1 and Player...
G'day, Thanks for your reply.Jimmy123 wrote:sure, i installed windows 8 from a ISO file whitout troublei could even install the vm toolsprobably something goes wrong with the P2V conversion I'm trying...
View ArticleRe: Problems virtualizing Windows 8 OEM using VMware Converter 5.1 and Player...
G'day, Thanks for your reply.Jimmy123 wrote: could you not try a conversion with the standalone converter boot CD ?from outside of windows 8Where do I find this? I can only see a download for the .EXE...
View ArticleRe: Help ! Datastore space issue??
Hi, Just to understand this: It's a 1TB LUN you mentioned. How much space was allocated to that VM? If you allocated 2TB through thin provisioning, you will of course will that disk.
View ArticleRe: Set up network Issue: Host Windows 7 and Guest Windows XP and Guest Linux
Folks,Hello. Thanks a lot for replying. I cannot find anything related to this topic in google.Can any folk tell me how to test whether 2 VMs can connect with each other besides using PING ip_address...
View ArticleRe: Help ! Datastore space issue??
Josh 25 Ive attached the specs for the datastore thanks for you help
View ArticleRe: Set up network Issue: Host Windows 7 and Guest Windows XP and Guest Linux
user1234567 wrote: I cannot find anything related to this topic in google. Are you crazy!? Look at the image below and change 7 to XP in the search string for XP Fix the Firewalls first! Once you've...
View ArticleRe: Help ! Datastore space issue??
Hi Spartacus, I'm very relucant to open Word documents posted online for security reasons - if you just want to show a screenshot it would be much safer as an image file such as PNG or JPEG. You've...
View ArticlevCenter Server Service stuck on Starting
Hello All, I ran in to a problem yesterday. One of my ESXi 5.1 hosts hung up. I had to hard boot it. As a result all the VMs on it were powered off which included my vCenter 5.1 server. AFter I brought...
View ArticleHow do I change NAT's host and router addresses?
I've been using Fusion 5 Pro with vmnet8 like this: Host Address: 192.168.8.101"router" address: 192.168.8.1DHCP: starting on 192.168.8.101 This used to work. But I just formatted my Mac and, as...
View ArticlevCloud Director 5.1 prepare host failed
We have a vSphere 5.1 cluster with 4 hosts mixed with ESXi 5.1 and 4.1. 3 of the 4 hosts are prepared and working in a vCloud Director 5.1 Provider VDC. Recently I upgraded the one left from ESXi 4.1...
View ArticleRe: vCloud Director 5.1 prepare host failed
I have since discovered there is a network issue between the host and our vCloud Director server. Waiting for that to be sorted.
View ArticleRe: Writing a file gives a permissions problem
I just ran into something similar today and wrote a guide on my blog on how to work around this. There are a few steps you need to complete, including those listed by freefall above. Here's the post:...
View ArticleRe: Help ! Datastore space issue??
You didn't show your snapshot manager - I'm interested in whether you've burnt space on snapshots. Can you show us what the snapshot manager shows? However, it appears you have a 925GB LUN, with a...
View ArticlePVSCSI w2k8r2 cloning BSOD
Hi All, I'm having a issues cloning windows 2008 r2 vm's with para-virtual scsi controller i get blue screen error 0x0000007b which is a general hardware failure.If i clones other vm's with LSi...
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