Re: using VMWare Player 5, how can I access a web server running in a VM via...
Assuming 192.168.1.100 is your host's IP address, http://192.168.1.100:8200 should work. Any yes, a firewall could certainly be involved if this does not work. André
View ArticleInterface Issues using Unity - Fusion 5
I'm having some frustrating issues with the Fusion interface when using Unity mode. I work mostly in Windows but need both OS's. Have a 2 year old 15" Core i7 MB Pro with 8MB RAM. I have 2 Cores and 3...
View ArticleRe: VMServer cannot mount vmdk after reboot
I got the issue resolved, The parition table had become corrupt. I repaired it using the active@ partiton recovery boot cd/ISO, then fdisk /mbr from a freedos disc. After that, she boots again! I...
View ArticleRe: Esxi 5.1 pci passthrough broken
Darius, Sorry, I realized my error after rereading your post. Attached is an extract of the vmkernel log for the time period that the problem was happening. If you need me to expand the extract, I...
View ArticleRe: Esxi 5.1 pci passthrough broken
My reason is slightly different in that I use it on a host which already has another device passed through. This means I cannot add or remove USB devices or anything while the VM is powered on. Hence...
View ArticleRe: Interface Issues using Unity - Fusion 5
Sorry, I realized I didn't give OS information. Mac OS 10.7.5 Windows 7 on a Boot Camp partition
View ArticleRe: Cannot Open Disk issue
According to the virtual disk (...s0xx.vmdk) files, the virtual machine was created on a hosted platform (e.g. VMware Workstation). The 2GB-sparse format is not supported by the ESXi host. What you can...
View ArticleRe: While trying to setup View Planner and running the test in local mode the...
There can be many issues in the desktop VM. The View Planner agent service is not running in the desktop VM. You can check in the event viewer to see what kind of error is happening. The most usual...
View ArticleRe: VMware.VimAutomation.VdsComponents
You can do that with PowerCLI itself, no need to install DVSPowerCLI for that. foreach($dvSwinGet-VirtualSwitch-Distributed){ Get-VirtualPortGroup-Distributed-VirtualSwitch$dvSw | Select@{N="dvSw...
View ArticleCan't mount datastore after reboot
Hi there, im having trouble mounting a Datastore partition after rebooting my ESXi 5.0. The Volume is not mounted automaticly.A manual mount shows the following: "Error on...
View ArticleRe: VMware.VimAutomation.VdsComponents
I don't think the DVSPowerCLI snapin is supported on a 64-bit client for now.And afaik there is no method to make it work, it's caused by the way the snapin is written I'm afraid.
View ArticleRe: Cannot Open Disk issue
ok.... so what if we don`t have access to the hosted platform machine, is there anything I can do with the file locally
View ArticleRe: powercli script to capture cpu & mem usage stats
You can use the Start and Finish parameters on the Get-Stat cmdlet for that.In the example above the Start parameter says to go back for 30 days.
View ArticleRe: Cannot Open Disk issue
You can download the tool from http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1023856 (see "Attachments").To convert the virtual disk to an ESXi supported format runvmware-vdiskmanager.exe -r "Digipos Book PC SP1.vmdk" -t 4...
View ArticleHow do you update a single vm host with update manager
I have a single vmware esxi 4.1 host at a remote site and vcenter is a virtual machine on it, along with 2 other vm's. It is the target for SRM as well.Anyway I was trying to remediate updates in...
View ArticleRe: How do you update a single vm host with update manager
I would just run the update with vihostupdate:http://communities.vmware.com/people/vmroyale/blog/2010/12/27/single-use-vihostupdate-how-to-for-esxi-4x
View ArticleRe: Testing vSphere ESXi Free Hypervisor, clon baremetal server?
Right now I need to test vSphere in a lab but later it will be a small server in production. I got an "Asus P8H77-V LE" motherboard yesterday and I just give it a try, it worked! vSphere detected the...
View ArticleRe: vmware view for windows RT (metro/start screen)
Add me and the Va Lottery too!Windows Phone 7.5Windows Phone 8Windows Surface RTWindows Surface Pro When? When? When?
View ArticleRe: Testing vSphere ESXi Free Hypervisor, clon baremetal server?
IMHO forget about software RAID and rather think of a good backup. There are a couple of great backup applications freely available (e.g. Veeam ZIP, Trilead Explorer, ...) André
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