Re: 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...
View ArticleRe: Identity of Optical Drive incorrect in VMWare Fusion 5.0
MarAndreas is correct. My previous answer does not apply to USB drives.
View ArticleRe: Android Tablet Access
Does the android vmview give me what I need. Can I connect to the free ESXi 5.0 with this and access my VM's.The impression I get, is a vmview broker? is needed for this to work is this part of...
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Re: Identity of Optical Drive incorrect in VMWare Fusion 5.0
The image below shows the Host/Guest CD/DVD Info and the Guest sees it the same as the Host. So are you saying that in spite of the fact the Guest sees the physical CD/DVD that it is still emulated?...
View ArticleRe: How to install windows 8 on esxi 4.1 ?
Doesn't work for me ...I get following BSOD message:SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED No tools installed and i also tried it with the rom file from the vmware player ...
View ArticleRe: Identity of Optical Drive incorrect in VMWare Fusion 5.0
CLearly, I have no idea what I'm talking about. Please ignore me.
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