Re: No vmdk files exist, but script says All VMs backed up Ok!
Your config file clearly says not to back up any .vmdk files. VMDK_FILES_TO_BACKUP= I would expect to see something like this if you want all the .vmdk files VMDK_FILES_TO_BACKUP="all"
View ArticleSerial port emulation
I have a windows xp box that I want to convert into a vm instance, a program that runs on the box requires a serial port to connect a dongle to communicate with the program so that it detects whether...
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Re: shared folders backing up using other computer - Workstation 9
Any files that are being written to at the same time they are being backed up the copies are subject to corruption (whether or not done from Guest or Host)!
View ArticleRe: How to determine if xcopy is being utilized for storage vmotions
Great thanks for the info. That helps me if I am running esxtop while the svmotion is taking place. But what if I need to know after it happened whether xcopy was used? Or how can I tell based on...
View ArticleHow to connect to Oracle database on VM1 from VM2 with 11gClient
Hi All, I have a VM running Windows7 x64bit, I loaded oracle server x64bit and created a database. The database functions fine and the listener is up and running for the database. I created a...
View ArticleRe: A Couple of Newbie Questions
Is it possible that you have mistyped the ESXi IQN on the target access control? Could you try change to instead use the IP address for access in the Windows 2012 target settings?
View ArticleUsing default Update Manager Baselines
I'm looking to get an idea of when the default baselines that come with VUM are NOT sufficient. Do the default "critical patches" and "non-critical patches" baselines work in most scenarios? When...
View ArticleRe: HP UPS - graceful shutdown
Yes, it is possible, we have implemented it at our customer datacenter using an HP R5000 UPS with the additional HP network module...
View ArticleRe: Checking VT-x enabled from a 32-bit Linux guest running on Esx - 4.1
Thanks for your reply David.We were trying a few tests and it seems that if we boot a guest with VT-x disabled in BIOS, 'cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep lm' in the guest has no output. This means that ESX...
View ArticleRe: Checking VT-x enabled from a 32-bit Linux guest running on Esx - 4.1
You can also set the following configuration option in the VM's configuration file to hide the 'lm' flag: monitor_control.disable_longmode = TRUE
View ArticleRe: Workstation 8 + Ubuntu 13.04 Module compile error
On a Debian/Ubuntu system you can get WS8 running on 13.04 with the default kernel working, by doing this: # Become rootsudo -i # Do a couple of pre-requisitesapt-get install build-essentialln -s...
View ArticleBest Memory allocation and management
Dear Members: Planning whether to go for for Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit or Windows 8 Professional 64-bit (as host), keeping in mind better management and maximum possible memory that I could allocate...
View ArticleRe: Durable client, reconnect and detecting interest
That is right, that only covers the case when the client restarts. Otherwise, in case when there is just a connection loss, the problem is that there may be multiple connections and queue redundancy,...
View Articlevmware esxi desconecta los usuarios de red
Buenas Noches Pongo a ustedes el siguiente problema, Tengo un servidor hp dl380 tiene dos maquinas virtuales instaladas con windows server 2012, cada maquina tiene su adaptador de red independiente y...
View ArticleRe: Mac Pro compatibility with installing ESXi 5.0
I found an old macpro 2,1 and wanted to get esxi 5.1 on it as a backup incase my xserve dies. I started with a unetbootn esxi 5.1 USB, that freezes. So I took that bootia32.efi previously posted and...
View ArticleRe: Best Memory allocation and management
Both Windows 7 and Windows 8 x64 editions require 2GB or RAM (at least as far as Microsoftt says). Therefore if you want more than 6GB allocated to VMware on such a host machine you host would...
View ArticleWin 8: Automatic repair couldn't repair your PC - What to do?
I have VMWare Fusion running on a Mac Book Air. Installed Win8 fine. An install of Visual Studio hanged and I had to reboot Win 8, After the reboot, I can't get Win 8 to start, it says that the...
View ArticleRe: VMware View 5.2 PCoIP Poor Performance
That could be it. Are the server CPU's newer? Post Nahalem? Also what is the client access device? That will make a difference. with tweaks made between 5.0 - 5.1.1 you should be able to get good host...
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