Re: ESXi 5.1: vmsvc warning guestinfo RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect...
I revently got this error after trying to clone a cloned copy of a CentOS 5.6 VM. I imported CentOS OVF from scratch, updated tools and hardware and cloned from template in vCenter and no problem. If I...
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VMware used Memory KB = Guest OS Pysical Memory -> 2008R2:free...
Hi, so the descrioption field says it almoust. It wanted to test the porting of an Software from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008R2.I wantet to test the memory usage when both VM have the...
View ArticleRunning Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon in a WorkStation 7 guest?
I am having trouble getting Cinnamon to run properly in a 64 bit Linux Mint 13 cinnamon 64bit virtual machine on my Win7X64 host.What happens is that Cinnamon does not start so it defaults to Gnome...
View ArticlePrivileges for Tags in vSphere 5.1
I was wondering what privileges are required so a role will include the ability to assign Tags/Categories. I have tried some obvious privileges but my tag/category section in the web client is still...
View ArticleRe: An internal error occurred in the vSphere Client. Details: Index was...
It works perfectly with another user. But it's a temporary workaround at best and I'd like to get this working on my existing Windows user.I used Revo Uninstaller to do full, clean uninstall (folders,...
View ArticleVMWare Workstation 8 in Linux no letting activate
helo, i just installed my vmware workstation 8 in a SLES 11 sp 2 i have the license key for 3 pc's of workstation, then it prompts get license key, and it directs me to buy workstation, which i already...
View ArticleRe: How to improve e-mail download/upload speed of Eudora on Leopard Server...
Actually, the purpose of using VMware Fusion was to be able to run Rosetta-requiring applications like Eudora and Palm Desktop on Mac with OS X 10.8.4 (Mountain Lion) until a true replacement for such...
View ArticleVMotion between 2 Hosts with different CPUs
Hallo, I have a server in my homelab that I use for VMsphere studies and I want to get a second machine to test advanced features like HA, Vmotion etc.My first server has an X9SCM-9 board with Xeon...
View ArticleRe: How to list all Folders inside of a datastore and sent an email..
How about something like this: $VIServer = "YourVIServer"$EmailFrom = "Sender@Email"$EmailTo = "Recipient@Email"$Subject = "Email Subject"$SMTPServer = "YourSMTPServer" Connect-VIServer...
View ArticleRe: vsphere 5.0 tuning and maintenance
Hallo, I'm in a quite simmilar position as you are and I found the same issue with MPIO to be true for our enviroment.I just went ahead and tested it on a LUN that had only semi-critical VMs on it and...
View ArticleReattaching VMFS 5 storage to ESXi 5
I have deleted VMFS 5 storage to move it to new box but it seems like weird that I can't use this storage WITHOUT formatting. Every time I try to attach it ask me for formatting drive. I do not want to...
View ArticleRe: datastore getting low on space
I'm not sure what you are talking about software raid? we have a datastore from a SAN that is 2 TB. It's filling up. There is a dynamic disk on the guest OS which the 256 gig virtual disks are a part...
View ArticleRe: Reattaching VMFS 5 storage to ESXi 5
Did you delete the Vmfs storage inside Configuration -> Storage and the selected "delete"?If so the bad news is the Vmfs filesystem is deleted in that process not just removed. Maybe you can recover...
View ArticleError Message Unable to open file "/Users/GreggPC/Documents/Virtual...
I have been using VMWare Fusion for years and today, got a message that it cannot find the file. I tried to go in and open the security snapshots and it will not allow me to open any of them either....
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Re: Reattaching VMFS 5 storage to ESXi 5
Yes, that's how I removed . Never thought of googling on how to remove storage as it should straight forward and also removed all VMs stored on this drive from inventory. Anyway, What is correct way of...
View ArticleRe: xrandr showing one virtual display, mirroring it to each monitor in...
Bump. Any ideas? I'll probably spend tomorrow migrating away from fusion and start advising everyone I know to not use it.
View ArticleVMFS VolInfo: invalid magic number 0x00000000
I am referring your article on sanburrow.com on how to recover VMFS3 with LINUX Live CD. I have tried everything but this error is kind of dead block for me. VMFS VolInfo: invalid magic number...
View ArticleRe: Reattaching VMFS 5 storage to ESXi 5
To just unmount but preserve the filesystem go to Configuration -> Storage -> right click on the storage and select unmount.Now you can hot swap the drive if it's supported by your hardware or...
View ArticleRe: vCSA - what is the default "upgrade" user for?
No ideas on this one? I am almost positive this account would fail a PCI audit.
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