Re: vmdk file showing 0MB
The small .vmdk file is just a descriptor file which points to the -rdm.vmdk. The -rdm.vmdk file itself is a mapping file for a raw device map (RDM), i.e. a LUN on a storage system. I'm a little bit...
View ArticleRe: Blank screen after login into Windows Server after conversion
Issues like this are often caused by hardware related drivers and services. Are you able to access the VM with an RDP session?Maybe booting the VM into "Save Mode" will allow you to login and uninstall...
View ArticleRe: An error occurred during reconfiguration?
In the converter wizard that [disk controler] is set to auto .That's the point where you want to select "LSI-Logic SAS" for the Windows 7 VM. If you don't do this an IDE virtual disk will be created...
View ArticleRe: Привязка внешних IP для определенных виртуальных машын
Кривая схема, типа через нат пробросить определенные порты на вирутальных серверах?
View ArticleIdentity of Optical Drive incorrect in VMWare Fusion 5.0
I just upgraded to the latest version of VMWare Fusion 5.0.2I have a Mac Mini 2.3 GHz quad core i7 machine with 16 Gigs of RAMI am running Mac OSX 10.8.2I also just upgraded my Windows from Windows XP...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1 Host loses network connectivity after startup
Thanks for the answers. As for the logs: I can't really interpret the logs properly, but I see that there are some errors with the storage device (USB stick). Is there any handy way to copy the logs?...
View ArticleObserved IP range NONE problem
I have two Broadcom 5720 NIC connect to esxi host. One of the nic able to observe whole IP range but the another one showing 'none'. I did a extop and press 'n' shows no network traffic for that...
View ArticleRe: Partition Alignment
Hi, after investigating the output of fdisk or sfdisk I encountered an odd number of heads of the virtual disk: Disk /dev/sda: 1305 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track 255 heads is quite a lot I...
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Re: Another failure at 98% question
A very very late response but THANK YOU! What did end up working for me was going away from Converter Standalone and using VCenter itself. I personally would prefer to be able to Converter Stand...
View ArticleRe: ESXi / Vcenter licence question
My understanding of Essentials is that it can Manage 3 Servers and cannot manage more. It can however decouple servers and couple with new servers, at least based upon my experience up to now. I will...
View ArticleRe: why not choose for the free vmware
You CAN however Clone and Migrate with the Essentials system (which is essentially doing a insitu Backup). And by moving VM Images between the different machines you get the redundancy generally...
View ArticleRe: VCenter UM 5.1, upgrade Esxi 4 Host to 5.0
It's the 5.0 ISO that fails and I don't have the exact text in front of me, but it just says it's not valid
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Re: Issue Installing Mounting .iso Images in Windows 8
If you have a valid ISO Image you should be able to just assign the image to the CD/DVD in the Virtual Machine's Settings and then Windows should see it just as if it was an optical disc that was...
View ArticleRe: Using templates and reactivation of Windows Server 2008
Thank you for your answer. Since this is just a homelab VM and i don't intent to run multiple instances of it, I also think it should be ok to use an activated template for that purpose. Actually...
View ArticleRe: An error occurred during reconfiguration?
I selected that, tried again, failed the same way. Can i set the reconfigure virtual machine to no?
View ArticleRe: Identity of Optical Drive incorrect in VMWare Fusion 5.0
Your virtual optical drive is emulated, and should be listed as a "VMware Virtual CD-ROM drive." Your physical optical drive is not directly accessible by the guest operating system.
View ArticleRe: Identity of Optical Drive incorrect in VMWare Fusion 5.0
That "NEC" drive is probably the virtual drive. Google say the BE14NU40 is a USB drive - you can try forwarding it to the VM through the "Connect USB device" option.
View ArticleRe: Issue Installing Mounting .iso Images in Windows 8
that's perfect, thank you very much! Vern
View ArticleRe: An error occurred during reconfiguration?
Can you confirm the VM's .vmx file contains:scsi0.virtualDev = "lsisas1068"and the virtual disk (.vmdk file) is connected like to a scsi controller:scsi0:0.fileName = "Windows7.vmdk"If this is the...
View Article"The virtual machine is busy" error
I've been getting this problem lately: When trying to start a VM, VMware Player just sits there, doing nothing; the VM does not boot.Trying to close the VMware Player window brings up the error message...
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