Using Mirage + Persona Management
Hi I am aware that Mirage uses VSS functionality on Win7 endpoints. We plan to use VMware Persona Management standalone installed on the Mirage managed desktops to ensure users get the same persona if...
View ArticleRe: How to start up in safe boot or safe mode INSIDE a virtual machine?
donnyh02 wrote: WoodyZ, What did you do to get Snow Server installed on your MBP Retina? This has stumped me. I installed it the same way I install every OS in a Virtual Machine, from an ISO Image....
View ArticleRe: Mass vApp Deployment
I've used PowerCLI to do this type of thing for disk performance testing. It works great, especially with version 5.1 R2. Give this a shot....
View ArticleRe: Lost vCenter root password
To reset the root user password in the vCenter Boot the virtual appliance and navigate to the console for the virtual machine in the vSphere Client.Click in the console and press any key to display the...
View Articleconfigure jumbo frame for ip san with 10G NIC and vpshere 5.0
hi all, i would like to turn on jumbo frame for my vpshere 5.x primarily for my ip-san for now. what i need to configure after i turned the jumbo frame on my switch and ip storage on my vpshere5.x?...
View ArticleHow to recover or reset password in ESXi 5.1
We have few ESXi 5.1 host with a problem on root login. We added a bunch of ESXi host in Power Keeper in that list of servers few host not added properly and we lost access to root. Those hosts are...
View ArticleRe: VMware player wont install on windows 8?
The log showed a 1603 error so have a look at: A VMware product fails to install with error 1603 (1009167) However if by chance you have Avast AntiVirus or Internet Security installed you may have to...
View ArticleRe: vcenter aborts installation !
thank you so much for your continu supporti've executed the ccommand but the results are :/opt/likewise/bin/domainjoin-cli --loglevel verbose --logfile . join ESXI-support.lan info ZAQWSX!@#...
View ArticleRe: Which product for running multiple releases of OS X and Windows?
Both EMC and Apple are American companies. I doubt it Apple will tell VMware their wording of the SLA for say Germany is incorrect. Apple is still a big blackbox (they hardly communicate) and the...
View ArticleRe: Failed to open disk !!
It seems like VCB is trying to place a lock or trying to mount the files which are failing. I would also ask you to ensure that your VCB has an access to your cluster / VM;s
View ArticleRe: How to start up in safe boot or safe mode INSIDE a virtual machine?
When I start the install on the Retina, it gets through the first couple of screens, then it says it can't install on the computer. I am guessing this might be because it's older (maybe less than...
View ArticleRe: migrate VMs between linked vcenters 5.1
Unfortunately not. We would need to remove from the inventory of a vcenter and add it back to the other Vcenter.
View ArticleRe: migrate VMs between linked vcenters 5.1
If you wanna try to move to a different data store then you can consider V2V as well.
View ArticleRe: HP NC375T quad NIC and ESXi 5.0 - NIC's dropping
On HP's driver website for the NC375T it says:Reboot Requirement:Reboot is not required after installation for updates to take effect and hardware stability to be maintained.However, I'm usually...
View ArticleWS9: VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vmui)
A Dell tech came by and changed out the motherboard on this Dell T3500 because of a broken fan connection and it caused the server to overheat. Once everything was plugged in I went ahead and booted...
View ArticleRe: configure jumbo frame for ip san with 10G NIC and vpshere 5.0
Hi, If you want to enable Jumbo frame on ESXi DVS ( virtual switch ) then you need to have jumbo frame enabled on physical switch and storage adapter too if required. Basically on all the interface in...
View ArticleRe: Bridged network will not work for Win7/8 but OK for XP
I had this exact issue this morning. The solution was to check Device Manager on the HOST machine. I saw that VMWare Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1 and VMWare Virtual Ethernet Adapter for...
View ArticleRe: How to start up in safe boot or safe mode INSIDE a virtual machine?
I installed Mac OS X Server 10.6.3 from an ISO Image I created of the disc purchased directly from Apple, not of a disc that came with a Mac.
View ArticleRe: Pushing Updates - Only Deltas?
Thank you! I had remembered reading about that in your book. Cannot believe it slipped my mind.
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