Upgrade to Windows 10 (from Windows 7) in a VM.....?
Hi all, I am considering building an isolated Windows 10 box inside of a VM for evaluation (I trust Microsoft about as far as I can throw them). It needs to have internet access (for updates), but no...
View ArticleAutomation of VMWare - is VMRun better than straight up SSH?
I can't seem to get VMRun to work properly. I use ESXI and when reading around it was stated that it might be becoming deprecated. It apparently won't let you stop or restart a VM without knowing the...
View ArticleVms showing unkown and inaccissible
After I reboot San box and esxi hosts the data center note recognized by the hosts now the vms showing unkown and inaccessible and could not get to vcenter. I can ping the data center but I can't...
View ArticleDownloading a large VM
I have a need to download a relatively large VM from our ESXI infrastructure down to my local copy of VMware Workstation. I've done this in the past with a 1.4TB VM without issues. The VM has since...
View ArticleGroups / vApp
Hey all, Great work on the new release. One favor and something many have asked about before. How about groups or a modified vApp for VM's in Workstation? Often lab environments consist of multiple...
View ArticleVMware Pro Guest not starting until program is reloaded
I have VMware Pro loaded on a Windows 10 machine with a Ubuntu SIFT forensics guest OS. Every time I try to power the guest on it hangs on a black screen with the VMware logo and the loading...
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Customised OS in VMWare v sphere grid fails to boot with BSOD 7B error
I am able to load customised OS in VMWare v sphere grid and on booting i am getting BSOD 7B error.Do i need to load the vmware virtual disk scsi driver before customising? Please let us know what is...
View ArticlePowerCLI 6.5.x - Import-Module when executed via an C# and ASP.net fails with...
So this one is interesting... I have a self-service portal which I built for users to pull metrics from vRops, It runs on W2K12, C# / ASP.net and executes a PowerShell script which goes off and talks...
View ArticleNSX Firewall Rule Testing
Is there somewhere in NSX where I can test if a packet will be allowed or denied without having to generate the traffic from (or to) a VM?e.g. put in Source 10.10.10.100, Destination 10.20.10.100 and...
View Articlehow can i move vcenter licence from vcsa to another vcsa
i have vcsa 6.5 and i assigen license to it no i install anew vcsa 6.5 i need to unassigen vcenter licenes from the old one and assigen it to the new vcsa how u can do that
View ArticleVirtual NVMe Controller in supported guest OS - ESXi 6.5U1
Hello folks, I'm a little bit confused about the new virtual NVMe Controller in ESXi 6.5+. According to KB2147714 : "Virtual NVMe devices have reduced guest I/O processing overhead, which allows more...
View ArticleDefragmenting a guest OS in a VMm that uses sparse disks not always a good idea?
Hi Workstation Forum, It looks like there's an opinion that defragmenting a guest OS in a VM that uses sparse disks isn't always a good idea. What is said here makes...
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Using Wireless Adapter on ESXi
I basically need to download certain application using wget or apt-get however the VM (centOS) inside my ESXi 6.5 doesn't have internet connection, and to set up pfSense is too complex for me. So I...
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vRB 7 - Services in vRA Appliance is not REGISTERED
After deploying and registering the vRB to the vRA, the services were seen in vRA Appliance. 1. pricing-api2. vcbm-service However, the statuses are showing BLANK. I have tried to restart both vRA and...
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unable to login to vcenter server .( its appliance )
Hello All, I cant able to login to vcenter server . Its a appliance. I can login to directly. Please go through both images and guide to fix.
View ArticlePlacement of NSX-Controllers and DLR VM's
Hello, In an environment we have a bunch of 16-host clusters. We have one separate cluster purely for management systems. This is where vCenter and it's friend live. I know that the NSX manager can...
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Controller deployment error - Unexpected inconsistency
Hello all, I've been beating my head against a wall trying to deploy NSX in my home lab and was wondering if anyone else has seen this? I am deploying NSX in a nested 3 node cluster. I have vCenter...
View ArticleVMware WS 12.5.6 fails to compile on openSUSE Leap 42.3 with kernel...
VMware Workstation is having problems with openSUSE or vice-versa - again. 1) Installed openSUSE Leap 42.2 2) VMware Workkstation 12.5.6 compiles with kernel 4.4.62-18.6-default but the...
View ArticleVMware Workstation 12.5.7 build-5813279.x86_64 does not compile on...
Hello all I installed VMware-Workstation-Full-12.5.7-5813279 on openSUSE-Leap-42.3-DVD-x86_64 The installation goes fine but both vmnet-only and vmmon-only modules error out when compiling which means...
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VMware Postgres Service Error & Syslog Service error
I am getting some error on V center 6.0 for some services. I restarted the services as well but no use. What is the solution for the errors mention below:
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