Resolution in Ubuntu 13.04 (Retina Display)
I'm trying to use VMware Fusion 5.0.3 in a MacBook Pro with Retina display (15 inches). The idea is to run Ubuntu Linux 13.04 in a virtual machine, but I'm having problems with the screen resolution....
View ArticleHow to change Effective Policy in Hosts and Cluster View?
Hi - I struggle to change Effective Policy from Default to "Custom" in vCOPS Host and Cluster View. I notice I can go to the Group View, create a Group and assosiate a custom policy with the group....
View ArticleRe: Windows 7 OEM and VMWare Fusion?
Typically OEM versions of Windows comes with a PC and is tied to that PC.In the EULA is usually state that you are only allowed to run that copy of Windows on that specific PC. So not to get in any...
View ArticleRe: Smartcard reader – USB devices
You set them at the Agent but gets downloaded to the Client at connect. // Linjo
View ArticleRe: vmtoolsd.exe User instance doesn't run
Thanks WoodyZ, that's gold. Now just to try and sort out the new issue with my screen resolution on the external monitor (Thunderbolt Display Resolution not available in Windows 7 Guest)
View ArticleRe: Windows 7 OEM and VMWare Fusion?
I just bought a retail copy of Windows 7 OEM, so it's not tied to a machine yet.What I'm worried about is installing Windows with VMW, then months later when I do my regular OS X install and I...
View ArticleRe: Added SATA drive can't login to vSphere
Does anyone have any input?Since I was able to log in via SSH are there logs I could look at to find out why the vSphere client becomes inaccessible?
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Re: Windows 7 OEM and VMWare Fusion?
Why would you have to reinstall Windows because you upgrade or reinstall OS X? If you do as one is supposed to and make proper backups of the Virtual Machine then one can just restore it from backup...
View ArticleView Storage Accelerator & ESXi 5.1 still an issue?
Just recently updated all of my hosts from ESXi 5.0 U2 to ESXi 5.1 U1. Noted the following in the release notes:ESXi 5.1 Update 1 Release Notes Enabling or Disabling View Storage Accelerator might...
View ArticlevSphere vCenter5.1U1 and SSO on MS SQL 2012
I see in the notes "What's new" for vCenter 5.1 Update 1, that Microsoft SQL 2012 is now supported. Has anyone tried this yet? vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1 Release Notes We are currently in the proccess...
View ArticleRe: changing vm storage drs automation level
Sorry, forgot to mention that I re-fetched the datastore cluster object after adding VMs to it, and also after changing the sdrsautomationlevel with Set-DatastoreCluster. Unfortunately, it still had...
View ArticleRe: changing vm storage drs automation level
The ExtensionData property is handled a bit differently, compared to regular PowerShell variables and their properties.Did you also try with the UpdateViewData method as I suggested ?It might be a...
View ArticleRe: Converter unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume Error code...
Solved my problem as well. The Visio key was the issue. Thanks!
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Resetting a host to evaluation mode
I installed ESXi 5.0 a few months and applied the free license. Since then I've upgraded to 5.1. I want to try and "reset" the license so I can get the 60 days eval while retaining the VM's on the...
View ArticleRe: Resetting a host to evaluation mode
You can run an installation with preserving the VMFS datastore(s), which however will require that you re-configure networking, ... and re-add all your VMs to the inventory after installation. André
View ArticleRe: VMware iPAd Client Display/Connection Issues
have you figured out that bug in vCenter / vcma?. I have 5.1 running in my environment. I cannot get the ipad app to work.... worked with 5.1 thought. I have vcma 1.2.
View ArticleRe: How to export into a CSV VMs that are powered on in a cluster
Try this, $cluster = "cluster name"Get-cluster $cluster | get-vm | Select-object Name,Powerstate | where-object{$_.powerstate -eq "PoweredOn"} | export-csv "C:\vm\csv.csv" -Brad
View ArticleRe: Windows 7 OEM and VMWare Fusion?
Does VMWare have a built in backup tool, or would I need to do it manually?
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