Re: can i use vmkfstools -i to convert splitted vmdk file?
"Remove Snapshot" will merge the deltas from the 00000x.vmdk files into their base .vmdk files. In your case - with 2 virtual disks - you'll end up with a "Virtual Machine.vmdk" and a "SBS 2011.vmdk"....
View ArticleRe: can i use vmkfstools -i to convert splitted vmdk file?
Thanks a lot! I'm copying the vmdk's right now to have a backup and remove the snapshots when done.If the Server boots with the new vmdk's (without) snapshots i'm going to convert them. I'll write a...
View ArticleRe: Unable to connect ESX host to vCenter
Hi, All the host and vCenter version are 5.0. As I told, I am unable to see consolidate snapshot for that VM. It is throwing me an error: "The available memory resources in the parent resource pool are...
View ArticleRe: Why does Primary server (public) IP get disabled when WAN failover is...
Thanks, I was hoping that the IP would stay online, but I guess there's no need to with the other IP's still available. Even though I'm not going to use the automatic DNS updates, etc, this will at...
View ArticleWorkstation 9 promiscuous mode
How do I enable promiscuous mode for an ESXi guest in Workstation 9 on a Windows 8 system?TIA!
View ArticleRe: Daily email report
You could do it by putting the logic that creates and sends the emails in an IF block like, IF ($VariableContainingSnapshots) {logic creating and sending email}. This way if the snapshot variable is...
View ArticleVMware Guest OS shutdown despite adequate space
We had a Guest OS shutdown and refuse to start saying the datastore was out of space, yet the datastore had 60 GB of available space. Has anyone seen this before? If so, what did you do to sort it out?
View ArticleTest for local primary bucket
How can I find whether the primary bucket is hosted locally for any given entry in a partitioned region? I am working with large objects in my partitioned region and I want to optimize operations on...
View ArticleRe: ESX/ESXi licensing information using Power CLI
Hello Luc, Need your help on this. Thanks
View ArticleRe: Workstation 9 promiscuous mode
There's nothing like promiscuous mode in VMware Workstation. Are you just asking or are you experiencing a network issue? André
View ArticleRe: vCenter license requirement
From http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing.pdf (page 7)vSphere Essentials and Essentials Plus Kits are self-contained solutions and may not be decoupled, or combined with other vSphere...
View ArticleAlarm for VM Profile Compliance: noncompliant
Is it possible to set an alarm for "VM Profile Compliance: noncompliant" status indicated in the VM Storage Profile Tab of a Virtual Machine?
View ArticleRe: VCA
I have tried a few things to change the ip address, however it still will not stick. I need to change the default settings in command line from dhcp to static. I have done numerous searches on vmware...
View ArticleRe: Why does Primary server (public) IP get disabled when WAN failover is...
Hi,the ip is still online, but only on the active node. Therefor you have 2 ip addresses for each server. Management and channel. The management could you use for maybe rdp sessions. Channel is for...
View Articlevmhgfs not working on 3.9 linux kernels
I'm running Fusion 5.0.3 on a 2011 Macbook Pro, with Fedora-18 x86_64 as a guest. It's been working quite well up until a recent kernel update. Fedora 18 recently updated from 3.8X kernels to 3.9.2....
View ArticleRe: Workstation 9 promiscuous mode
A co-worker has ESXi installed in workstation 9 and has an Exchange 2013 guest in that ESXi host. He is having connection issues with that exchange server. I'm just checking possibilities...thx!
View ArticleRe: Protocol failure in VMware view administrator 5.1
You will see this error if there's an issue with one of the remoting protocols (RDP, PCOIP) on the VM. You should check the agent log files to see which protocol is reporting the error and what the...
View ArticleRe: Daily email report
Thanks for the reply, let me see if I can figure it out if not ill take you up on your offer...
View ArticleRe: VMware View Agent 5.2.0 PCoIP over WAN fails
We had a similar issue and went through this:VMware KB: Connecting to a View desktop with the View Client displays the error: The connection to the remote comput… Not sure if you had seen this yet or...
View ArticleVMware Wokstation Hostd not running
Hi every one i reinstall my Windows 8 and install vmware workstation 9.0.2 but each time i try to activate my shared vm in preferences it says " workstation cannot connect to workstation server". i...
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