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I need more performance out of my VMware environment
Step 1, 2 & 6 only applies to hosted products, but not ESX Server. The other steps are regarding hw or guest environment and will also apply to...
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Unable to connect to MKS: Host address lookup for server
When the client pc where the viclient is installed can't resolve the dns name of the esx host you get the following when trying to open the...
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What is CPU READY?
The amount of time a virtual machine waits in the queue in a ready-to-run state before it can be scheduled on a CPU is known as ready time.
The...
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Call "HostDatastoreSystem.CreateNasDatastore" for object "ha-datastoresystem" on ESX "esxhost" failed.
When trying to setup an NFS data store you get this cryptic error message and the data store is not mounted.
The problem might be permission...
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Where can I find a vSphere Client for Linux / Mac OSX?
In vSphere 5 vCenter includes an optional web server component that is much better than earlier based on Adobe Flex that makes it possible to access...
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What does ESX stand for?
ESX is an acronym for Elastic Sky X
GSX is an acronym for Ground Storm X
Both names were confirmed by VMware employee JMills in this thread:...
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Upgrading VMware Tools fails on Windows Server 2008 with the message "Error 1316. A network error occured while attempting to read from the file C:\Windows\Installer\VMware Tools.msi"
This situation has been repeatedly observed on many guests after upgrading an ESX environment from 3.5u4 to 4.0u1 on Windows Server 2008 guest VMs....
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Can I grow an existing virtual disk (.vmdk file)?
A VMDK file can be grown while no virtual machine is using it. Growng the VMDK only makes the virtual harddrive bigger - filesystem within the VMDK...
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Need to mount a snapshotted LUN or a LUN that was suddenly lost
You can't mount a snapshotted LUN and get immediate access to it. You might in some rare occations also lose a LUN even though you're not...
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vmx connection handshake failed for mks of vmfs
This error message indicates that your VM didn't start properly and was powered off. This typically happens if your VM is trying to start in 64 bit...
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How to update the uEFI BIOS from the Service Console of ESX4
Some newer IBM servers (such as the x3650M2) comes with an uEFI BIOS that is causing error messages on the console & vmkernel ():
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Is a raw lun (RDM) faster than a VMDK on a VMFS? Does physical or virtual RDM mapping make a difference?
It depends. Usually the difference is marginal.
VMware has published a performance benchmark
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How can I convert an existing computer into a virtual one? ..or a virtual machine into a physical one?
Converting a physical computer into a virtual one is also known as p2v (physical to virtual). Converting a virtual one to a physical one is also...
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"This installation package is not supported by this processor type." when installing vCenter 4.1
You are trying to install/upgrade vCenter 4.1 on a 32 bit host.
vCenter 4.1 only supports 64 bit Windows architectures and will no longer...
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What is the difference between ESX 3.5 and 3i? Foundation, Standard and Enterprise?
There are actually three different versions, namely ESX 3.5 ESXi Embedded and ESXi Installable. ESXi used to be called 3i.
Differences between ESX...
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Where can I find vmkusage for ESX3.x & ESX 4.x?
vmkusage used to be a very nice VMware provided non supported application that existed for ESX 1.5x and 2.x. In the beginning you had to download it...
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Active Directory and VMware snapshots
Few thoughts on snapshotting (and reverting to those snapshots) Active Directory Domain Controllers.
"Hey, I'm going to patch this Domain...
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I'm trying to install VMware Tools on Linux, but nothing happens
1. VMware Tools on Linux systems is not installed automatically
2. Many new linux distros now includes the open source version of VMware Tools...
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My VirtualCenter database is huge and slow, can I purge it?
VirtuaCenter database grows overtime, and may become slow. Databases with sizes over dozens of gigabytes are not unheard of. If the size becomes a...
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I have 64bit CPU but I can't boot/install 64bit guests?
You might see variants of this error: "Host CPU is incompatible with the virtual machine's requirements at CPUID level 0x80000000001 register...
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