Re: Will there be a September release of the VMware Workstation Technology...
Based on the development of WS 9 I would bet there won't be another TP. With the beta expiring on October 15th they typically would release the GA a few weeks before. However this is a total guess.
View ArticlePersona Management sync issues for certain files/folders (broken pinned icons)
I recently noticed that users who logged off too quickly from a linked clone pool after their first session would be greeted by white/blank icons for the default pinned applications on the task bar....
View ArticleRe: Mac OS 10.8 VM cannot join VLAN/different subnet than host with Fusion 5
FIXED IT--partially, at least. It had to do with the packet being truncated by VMware. According, I configured VLAN1 on the host, and in the hardware settings, chose "Jumbo Packet Size". I then...
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Re: Will there be a September release of the VMware Workstation Technology...
Based on the last two major release of VMware Fusion there were only 2 TP releases and the GA Release was released prior to the last TP expiring, so it's a good guess!
View ArticleRe: Mac OS 10.8 VM cannot join VLAN/different subnet than host with Fusion 5
Have you set the Guest's OSes Network Adapter's MTU to also use Jumbo (9000)?
View ArticleRe: Mac OS 10.8 VM cannot join VLAN/different subnet than host with Fusion 5
I did; it immediately reverts to Standard (1500) after saving. Not sure if its an OS X bug or a VMware bug.
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1: Attach 4TB physical (raw) drives to a VM - possible?
If you get it to work - it won't be supported, RDMs are not supported on local storage. The maturity is ESXi is complimented by the enterprise-nature of its design, where as local SATA disks are...
View ArticleRe: Mac OS 10.8 VM cannot join VLAN/different subnet than host with Fusion 5
In an OS X 10.8.3 Virtual Machine, it holds for me from the System Preferences... > Network... however you can also use the following command in a Terminal: Syntax: networksetup -setMTU...
View ArticleError: Unknown Namespace software
Hi Guys, I was trying to remove a VEM (Cisco Nexus 1000v component) from one of the ESXi 4.1 host using the following command: esxcli software vib remove -n cisco-vem-v140-esx --maintenance-mode but...
View Articlescript to gather VM' vmdk path and datastore canonical name
Hi Can somebody please help with a script that I am working on I am trying to gather all VM's and the datastores on which their hard drive reside on along with the canonical name of the datastore this...
View ArticleRe: vSphere 5 support for Exchange 2013?
Exchange, like any other application, doesn't see the Hypervisor. Your OS, presumably Windows 2012, is supported by vSphere 5. Asking whether a particular version of an application is supported just...
View ArticleQuestion about Resource Pool CPU MHz Limit in Resource Pool
I recently went through the vSphere ICM class and had a question that the instructor couldnt answer. In creating a resource pool, under CPU Resources window, Limit section of the window, there is a...
View ArticleRe: vCloud Director 5.1 prepare host failed
I end up downgrade the host back to 4.1 and afterwards the prepare went smoothly. VMware support suggested following steps if I want to use ESXi 5.1, which is not tested by me: Took an ESXi 5.1 host...
View ArticleRe: Mac OS 10.8 VM cannot join VLAN/different subnet than host with Fusion 5
That brought about the beach ball. The guest is 10.8.4, so I'm gonna check the developer notes to see what Apple changed from 10.8.3.
View ArticleRe: Question about Resource Pool CPU MHz Limit in Resource Pool
Since you are running under Fusion - the max CPU will be dependent on the number of vCPUs assigned to the VM -
View ArticleRe: How to install the view agent on windows image and upload to connection...
I waited 30 minutes and also hit the refresh button several times but nothing happened.So i placed it in the folder called "discovered virtual machine" that was there.i hope that does not mess things...
View ArticleRe: Change datastore - insufficient disk space on datastore
I'm not sure whether I understood the issue correctly. However, what I could think of is that the target datastore may not have been created with the required block size (8MB for virtual disks of up to...
View ArticleRe: SATA virtual disk greyed out?
ESXi VMs can use SATA disks, as long as the VM is using the latest virtual hardware version (as André mentioned). Go into the Virtual Machine menu > Settings> Compatibility, and reconfigure the...
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Re: new vSAN feature -- which versions will get it??
From the current state of the product (and speed VMware team is catching up) I think ETA is ~6 months.P.S. It was fun asking VMware team "why should anybody buy an entry level EMC?" and hear the answer...
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