Archive for 'VMware' Category
Adjusting ESX Server Time Zone
Source: VMware KBTV >>
This video teaches you how to change the time zone on your VMware ESX host. This information is helpful in situations where the wrong time zone was selected during installation. The video was created using VMware ESX 4.0, but the same basic steps apply to other versions of VMware ESX.
Note: An [...]
Downloading and Installing VMware Fusion
Source: VMware KBTV >>
Sometimes a simple download and Install runs into problems. This video details downloading and installing VMware Fusion. This video is helpful if:
You cannot download VMware Fusion
Download stops intermittently or does not complete
The Fusion installer .DMG does not mount or install
Your serial number is not accepted and you receive this [...]
Social Media at VMware
Source: VMware KBTV >>
In this short video you’ll learn what social media activities are going on within the Global Services and Support group at VMware from Rick Blythe, Social Media Specialist. If you’re interested in following these Twitter accounts, follow:
@vmwarecares
@vmwarekb
Rick Blythe, Social Media Specialist at VMware
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How to install VMware Tools in a Linux VM using a Compiler
Source: VMware KBTV >>
This video details installing VMware Tools in a Linux guest operating system using the gcc Compiler. This video was created using VMware ESX 4.0, but the same basic steps apply to other VMware products. The guest operating system in the video is CentOS, but this applies to other distributions of Linux as [...]
New Virtual Reality Blog: “Hyper-V passes Microsoft’s checkmarks exam: isn’t that always the case?”
Source: VMware Partner Central >>
While browsing through the Microsoft Virtualization website, I stumbled across this table included in the Cost Saving section that presents cost and feature checklist comparison between Hyper-V/System Center with few vSphere editions. While Microsoft’s spin on the theoretical cost advantage of Hyper-V/System Center over vSphere isn’t surprising (I am not going to [...]
Answering Customer Questions about Project VRC Phase II Report
Source: VMware Partner Central >>
Project Virtual Reality Check (VRC) recently released an update to their ongoing performance analysis of Terminal Services on three commercial hypervisors: VMware vSphere 4, Microsoft Hyper-V R2, and Citrix XenServer 5.5. This Competitive Flash is to help VMware Partner Sales Teams understand VMware’s positioning in regards to the performance analysis and [...]
Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 09
Source: VMware Newsletter >>
Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 09
A lot of you have been very busy this week, patching ESX hosts(That would be you Jason ) and hopefully reading all the excellent articles being aggregated on [...]
Windows 7 Virtual PC XP Mode is not supported in Fusion (1017526)
Source: VMware Newsletter >>
Windows 7 Virtual PC XP Mode is not supported in Fusion
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While running a Windows 7 virtual machine: · You are not able to use Windows XP Mode · The Microsoft Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool reports the [...]
Virtual Microsoft Excel cannot send email as an attachment (1018984)
Source: VMware Newsletter >>
Virtual Microsoft Excel cannot send email as an attachment
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When you use ThinApp to capture Microsoft Excel 2007 on a system that has Microsoft Office 2003 in the native environment, you cannot send a workbook as an attachment [...]
Creating custom certificates for VirtualCenter 2.x with OpenSSL and Microsoft Certificate Services Web Enrollment (1003921)
Source: VMware Newsletter >>
Creating custom certificates for VirtualCenter 2.x with OpenSSL and Microsoft Certificate Services Web Enrollment
(1003921)
This article provides instructions to create custom SSL certificates for VirtualCenter 2.x with OpenSSL and Microsoft…
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Enabling Support for NetQueue on the Intel 82598 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (1004278)
Source: VMware Newsletter >>
Enabling Support for NetQueue on the Intel 82598 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
(1004278)
This article provides steps to enable support for NetQueue on the Intel 82598 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller. Note: NetQueue is enabled by default on ESX [...]
Adding a static route to an ESX host for an extra service console (1005212)
Source: VMware Newsletter >>
Adding a static route to an ESX host for an extra service console
(1005212)
· Packet loss when using two service consoles · Intermittent packet loss with two service consoles · IP requests arrive at second service console IP but [...]
Unable to remove source and replica virtual machines associated with View Composer desktop pools (1008704)
Source: VMware Newsletter >>
Unable to remove source and replica virtual machines associated with View Composer desktop pools
(1008704)
During the course of View Composer operations, linked clones are created, managed, and deleted by View Connection Server. Under certain…
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Installing VMware Tools on a Windows guest fails with the error: The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation (1016563)
Source: VMware Newsletter >>
Installing VMware Tools on a Windows guest fails with the error: The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation
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· Installing VMware Tools on a Windows guest fails · You see the error: The system [...]
Cannot find the VMware Tools CD (731)
Source: VMware Newsletter >>
Cannot find the VMware Tools CD
(731)
I cannot find the VMware Tools CD. Why didn’t I get this CD as part of my purchase? The installers for supported guest operating systems that have VMware Tools are packaged [...]
