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RE: Citix admits PCoIP is better than ICA on the LAN?

Paul Helter — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:51:47 GMT

I don't understand your post Bill, Warren was reiterating what was delivered at Citrix Synergy - found the area that Brian Madden was referring to: http://www.citrix.com/tv/#video/405 - at about 22:31 into the video. PCoIP is here and available today. You do not have to wait for the 'next version'! The software variant of this technology is coming soon, and has been demonstrated to a select few already - here's a demo of an early drop (almost 6 months ago): http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/tv/archive/2009/02/26/brian-madden-tv-episode-3-vmworld-europe-2009-news-amp-wrap-up.aspx - at about 14:49 minutes in.

One other clarification - Citrix HDX which is discussed in the first video has not been released to production and is only in demo/beta mode.

RE: Its official - VMware Developer Day @ VMworld 2009 SF CA - event dedicated to software developers

dmitrif — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:29:40 GMT

Look forward to it, thanks, guys

RE: VCP-310 Day 1：Pearson VUE考试中心注册并预约VMware VCP-310 on VI3.5考试日志

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RE: Updated log viewer

ullbergm — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:43:37 GMT

Currently it is hard coded for my environment, i need to do some cleanup and make it read from configuration files before it would be usable for anyone but me.

RE: Updated log viewer

Robex — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:27:42 GMT

It looks like a very interesting application !!

How can I test it ?

Thanks

RE: Citix admits PCoIP is better than ICA on the LAN?

Bill Myers — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:44:15 GMT

wponder it sounds like you are struggling to show customers anything tangible at this stage and it seems that VMWARE are simply trying to "sell the next version", which is typical of organisations that are behind in technology.

At the end of the day you do not have anything to show right now, yet alone something that a large enterprise will put into production (so blog all you want)

Good Luck with it mate (hope you truly find your supposed holy grail sometime in 2010)

RE: sanMelody works great in my tests

HughBorg707 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:38:18 GMT

My apologies for not following up. I got slammed with some network issues over the last week and still sorting out some stuff. I will post something soon.

RE: VMware VDI - Acquisition of ThinStall

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RE: VMware Developer Center - Welcomes Orchestrator API Developers

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RE: SPLUNK! Goes the Syslog Server…

dconvery — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:06:48 GMT

Matt -
Check out SNARE -> http://www.dailyhypervisor.com/2009/07/02/setting-up-a-splunk-server-to-monitor-a-vmware-environment

Dave Convery
VMware vExpert 2009
http://www.dailyhypervisor.com
http://twitter.com/dconvery

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RE: iMKS Build 404 Released

serif — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:54:12 GMT

Perfect - I hadn't noticed that option! Thanks again for your work!

RE: iMKS Build 404 Released

DanM — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:27:15 GMT

Hi,

I'm nowhere near my lab at the moment so I can't provide exact directions, but if you right-click the iMKS bar you should see an option to move the panel left-center-right. As you've noticed there are some quirks with iMKS and dual displays, some Windows boxes have a similar issue.

Nice to hear you've finding iMKS useful!

Cheers,
D.

RE: iMKS Build 404 Released

serif — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:41:44 GMT

If anyone else is experiencing this, here's a workaround:

Disconnect your external display. Start iMKS. Reconnect the display - the iMKS bar will remain in the correct location.

Hope that helps someone...

RE: sanMelody works great in my tests

fishbear — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:27:22 GMT

Thanks for your reply.

It will be good if you can share your experience with us.

I have not get to that stage to test ESX Initiator yet, I mainly tried Microsoft Initiator. I want to test the Microsoft Initiator then move to test ESX Initiator. but My problem with SANmellody is not from Initiator, but in configuring SANmelody itself. Let me tell you what I have done so far

The first testing with Microsoft Initiator:
I have setup ESXi (free downoad version ) in HP workstation XW6200, it was a testing enviroment. server was running OK. In one fo guest Win2k3, I have installed Microsoft initiator.

On another XP workstation, I setup as SAN TARGET by using a software called StartWind, and successfully establish connection between TARGET and Initiator. there is no drama.

in second test, it was using SANmelody.

I rebuild XP workstation and installed a SANmelody (try version), I placed two hard disk (only partitioned, not formated).

howver I can not see any volume available, when I try to release the volum from the server, the message appear says that the volume has been released successfully, but in the protected volume list, it still show that all logical disks are protected, not released. If I create another disk, it will automatically moved to the protected volume list, hence, I don't have spare value available for the Initiator to connect. that is my problem, I try to download hte lite version, same problem. check the internet, don't see any one have mentioned this problem. a bit frustrated. hope you can give me some hint...
cheers Roy

RE: sanMelody works great in my tests

HughBorg707 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:51:21 GMT

Hi Roy,

I will pull together some information and see if I can put it on here. It was definitely a semi-steep learning curve for me to get the sanMelody working correctly, but once you do it works well.

Have you hooked up iSCSI targets to ESX at all or first time? Sorry to ask but it helps me to know where to aim the level of explanation.

Regards

RE: Roy Mikes announces esXpress comparison document

Teovmy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:27:45 GMT

I can only say thanks to PHD Virtual for taking the time to give me a great demo and opportunity to test it by myself. I think, no I'm for sure it is a product with potential. Great job guy’s, keep on the good work!

RE: sanMelody works great in my tests

fishbear — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:56:53 GMT

Sounds interesting, I am new to SANmelody, I also tried but failed to connect to VMware. I can see the spare disk in SANmelody but I can't add it to pool. error message: interal error. I don't know why,

have you experienced similar problem? any step by step instruction you can recommend? Roy

RE: iMKS Build 404 Released

serif — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:23:20 GMT

Dan,

I'm having an issue with iMKS and a dual monitor setup on OS X. When my secondary monitor is configured to use a higher resolution (1280x1024), the iMKS bar is drawn on top of the menu bar, which prevents me from clicking on the icons (it's like my click goes through to the menu bar underneath). When I switch the monitor to 1152x864, the iMKS bar goes under the menu bar, as it should. My Macbook Pro's display is set to 1400x900, FYI.

Additionally, the iMKS bar is centered across the extended desktop. I'd much prefer to see this centered on one display, underneath the menu bar. Is this possible?

Thanks for your work! This tool has been very useful for me, as I am a web developer and need access to test my sites on many platforms.

Tessa

RE: How to get a Datastore Report with PowerShell

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Below is what i get taking your above code pasting it in a text file saving it .ps1 Then trying to run it.

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RE: Add user on ESX 3.5

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I always use this for shell & home dir :

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RE: vClient Initiative - Future Display Protocol Direction

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RE: New Stuff Added to vSphere Upgrade Center

Badsah — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:00:49 GMT

The best place to post your question is on the vSphere Upgrade & Install forum as a "Discussion." Would you please do that?
http://communities.vmware.com/post!input.jspa?communityID=2922

Thanks.

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RE: Vmware doubt

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RE: Its official - VMware Developer Day @ VMworld 2009 SF CA - event dedicated to software developers

LucD — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:57:28 GMT

Great initiative. Looking forward to it.
The location looks fantastic.
Can't wait to see the indoor rain forest.

RE: The importance of a strong community

EdwinW — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:14:19 GMT

Must say really sums it up great post. Blogging for a while with some friends and collegues on www.vmguru.nl and feels good to blog about VMware products and stuff.

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RE: vSphere client for Linux (sort of)...

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A Linux, BSD, MacOSX client for esx/esxi has been "is coming", "coming soon" or the like for over 3 years. Meanwhile, some of us have gone to KVM, VirtualBox, etc. It's exceptionally sad really, that VMware couldn't pump out a Linux client BEFORE a windows client. Apparently, it works on vista/7. Just f#cking sad.

RE: VMware VI 3 Reference Card

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RE: VMworld 2008 "Guide to Automating the Virtual Datacenter"

A.Mikkelsen — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:39:46 GMT

Just so you all know, a new version of the ESX Health Scripts, has been released today.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/esxhealthscript

And we are looking for new developers.

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RE: Choose the right block size when you create vmfs datastore

cdc — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:35:37 GMT

Sub-block addressing removes the concern of an 18KB file using 1MB of space in a VMFS datastore that has a 1MB block size.

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RE: Vídeos com demos de novas funções do vSphere4

aandriolli — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:43:28 GMT

A propósito: os vídeos mostram como "roadmap", mas todas estas funções já estão disponíveis no vSphere4 lançado em maio de 2009.

RE: CPUs ou Cores?

aandriolli — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:02:20 GMT

Importante deixar claro que a limitação de 8 vCPUs por VM permanece, independentemente da forma como forem distribuidos. Não dá pra criar uma VM com 4 quad-cores, por exemplo.

RE: Vmware doubt

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RE: Expand vmdk files

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RE: Sample script to mount lvm volumes

sudarsan — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:23:41 GMT

Thanks for the comment, red0mark.

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1273439#1273439 is also discussing this.

-Sudarsan

RE: AD Domain Login Fails when the Computer's Snapshot is Reverted to a Point in the Past

Gabriel Maciel Ottawa — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:39:07 GMT

Hi Peg,

RE: Xtravirt Virtual SAN Released

Gabriel Maciel Ottawa — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:51:43 GMT

Hi there, Since PHD Virtual bought Xtravirt, the download paged was moved here: http://www.phdvirtual.com/component/jdownloads/?task=view.download&cid=10 . Gabriel

RE: Xtravirt Virtual SAN Released

zenomorph — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:05:30 GMT

Hi there Gabriel, Just had a look at the Xtravirt website and seems the Appliance isn't available, cannot find any links to download it? Thanks

RE: AD Domain Login Fails when the Computer's Snapshot is Reverted to a Point in the Past

Peg — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:59:46 GMT

This describes my issue exactly but I can't figure out how to "remove the virtual machine from the Windows domain" and then "join".

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RE: SPLUNK! Goes the Syslog Server…

MattG — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:32:03 GMT

Unfortunately, no. I am waiting for the Splunkbase VMware version that uses native VMw APIs. I was led to believe that it was coming some soon, but it is still not here.

-MattG

If you find this information useful, please award points for "correct" or "helpful".

RE: SPLUNK! Goes the Syslog Server…

dconvery — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:21:23 GMT

Matt -
Thanks for the info. Do you know of any logging server out there that can collect these logs with any efficiency? I know the Java app is clunky, but I didn't find anything that could collect logs via WMI AND plain text logs from Windows. Its a shame there is no sysloggin facility built into Windows.

Dave Convery
VMware vExpert 2009
http://www.dailyhypervisor.com

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RE: SPLUNK! Goes the Syslog Server…

MattG — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:19:20 GMT

The current VMware app in Splunkbase base requires Java on the Splunk server and is clunky. I am anxiously awaiting an updated version that uses VMware native APIs to pull the data.
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RE: New Graphics and Icons from VMware

Gabriel Maciel Ottawa — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:43:27 GMT

Thank you for the update!

RE: Sample script to mount lvm volumes

red0mark — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:58:06 GMT

Sudarsan,

I've tried the method in the shell examples and have a question as it related to doing this using the VDDK API's flat file. e.g. VixDiskLib_Open() & VIXDISKLIB_FLAG_OPEN_READ_ONLY flag.

Can the VG name be modified if the flat file was opened this way. I'm getting the following errors...

~~root@shuttle vmdiscover~~# vgrename YafuWk-3orv-WuXR-0Kf9-HuLk-1uRA-Ip6xNe vmwarelvm
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RE: VCB - how to backup a selected (specific) disk or disks using vcbExport - and a useful script to do it

Dracul — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:00:40 GMT

Zipfile is posted in http://viops.vmware.com/home/thread/1421

Comments and Questions I will try to answer

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RE: VCB - how to backup a selected (specific) disk or disks using vcbExport - and a useful script to do it

Justin Turver — Sun, 24 May 2009 22:12:14 GMT

fyi "sdelete" from Sysinternals (aka Microsoft) will zero-out deleted data too if anyone needs another option:

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RE: In the style of Mark Russinovich I give you "The case of: the wrong VM CPU counters"

JMills — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:45:27 GMT

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RE: Hyper-V incluido en la versión Windows Server 2008 R2 soportara la migración en caliente

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RE: vcb Management Console 1.0.6 Beta

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RE: SRM Installation - IBM DS4800 - IBM SMSRA Restriction [bug?]

Cl3gh0rn — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:42:47 GMT

Hi Imran,

You need a spare disk per ‘Datastore Group’ and only when testing the recovery plan. If you are doing an actual failover you do not need any spare disks.

SRM determines if a Datastore (LUN) is suitable for Protection by 2 criteria:

1) If it is being replicated / mirrored
2) If is has a virtual machine on it

When you create your Protection Group, the wizard asks you to ‘Select a Datastore Group for this Protection Group’. If you have VMs that extend across multiple Datastores (and the LUN is being mirrored) then these LUNs will be grouped together as a Datastore Group and made available for Protection. A Datastore Group has a 1 to 1 mapping to a Protection Group.

I hope this makes sense.

However, you do not really want to configure your VMs so that they extend across multiple Datastores as this limits the granularity of your SRM setup in how many protection groups, and therefore how many recover plans you can create.

A good example can be found on Page 17. of the SRM Evaluator Guide: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/srm_10_eval_guide.pdf

You may actually find that you will want to reconfigure and / or reposition some of your VMs after you have put in SRM. Once SRM is in and you start testing failovers you may find that it makes sense to have a bunch of VMs, perhaps hosting a particular service or application residing on the same LUN; Allowing them to be put in the same Datastore Group and failed over together.

Ramble ramble.. So I think that after all that the answer is: You will need a spare disk per Protection Group you want to Test. However, if you want to test 1 Protection Group at a time, you will only need 1 spare disk.

HTH,

Dave

RE: SRM Installation - IBM DS4800 - IBM SMSRA Restriction [bug?]

khani3 — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:58:19 GMT

Hi

I have question that you might be able to help me,

I have been told that i might require a disk per lun when failing over with SRM + SRA

Is this the case?

Imran

RE: VCB - how to backup a selected (specific) disk or disks using vcbExport - and a useful script to do it

dconvery — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:56:41 GMT

This is gret stuff! Would you mind posting it on VI:OPS - http://viops.vmware.com ?
This will allow you to post the comments above along with the actual scripts.

Dave Convery
VMware vExpert 2009
http://www.dailyhypervisor.com

Careful. We don't want to learn from this.
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RE: VCB - how to backup a selected (specific) disk or disks using vcbExport - and a useful script to do it

Dracul — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:24:41 GMT

I don´t know how to post files here, but I´m ready with the full backup solution.

interested people can write to me I´ll mail the scripts

Thomas.Hierl"add"sca.com
please set the subject to:VCB-Backup I´ll send it Home because I´m in Holyday tomorrow

here the readme-File:
Author Thomas Hierl SCA Packaging Containerboard Deutschland GmbH

Szenario:
3 ESX-Server 3.5 connected to SAN with 3 VMFS-Volumes (Data1, Data2, Data3) and 2 RDM´s (DB-Server and Fileserver)
VCB Backup Proxy with c: d: e: k: (drive K is San 3,6TByte)
d:\VCB
k:\Backup -> Target for other Backups
k:\mnt -> Where VCB creates the Backups
k:\Save_NT01 -> Target of File Backup if the Fileserver
k:\Save_VM -> Target of the vmdk, vmx and vmfx Files Image Backup of VM-Ware Boxes

What does it
these Scrips are backing up all nessesary Data using vcbExport and browse-start over the SAN (not Network)
it needs for 620GB round about 3,5 hours for all the vmdk´s and about 1hour for the Changes on our Fileserver

Start Points over scheduled Tasks
K:\Backup\backup_vmdk.bat -> Backing up all nessesary images to k:\Save_VM
K:\Backup\Start_BKUP.bat -> Backing up the Fileserver Data to k:\Save_NT01 and all other Backups to k:\Backup
K:\Backup\Clean_Log.bat -> Moving and cleaning the logfiles

Veritas Backup exec is saving every day the Target Directory to Tape
k:\Backup
k:\Save_NT01
k:\Save_VM (only Weekly)

Needet software
Robocopy
WinSCP
Putty

Usefull software
Eraser (cleans the unused space with '0000' perfect to compress the vmdk-files (180GB -> 62GB)
Please install on all Servers witch Drives contain much deleted Files

This current version of Eraser is maintained by Garrett Trant. (http://www.heidi.ie)

Sami Tolvanen, the original author of Eraser was a student in the university of technology in Finland.
You can learn more by visiting his home page at http://www.tolvanen.com/sami/

Installation and Operation
S0000625 = vcb Proxy and Backup Server (real HW with connection to SAN See VCB-Installation)
S0001176 = Fileserver (c: d: = vmdk, e: = RAW (Virtual used for the Backup Files script))
EC084479 = Virtual Center (c: d: = vmdk)

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts add:
10.112.83.190 VMware ec084479.ecdomain.net #VMware VirtualCenter
this is needet for the SSL because the certificat name is VMWARE and not the real name of the Virtual Venter. Shit bug.

BackupDisk.vbs (thi is the script which is backing up the VMDK´s and starting the get_vmx.bat)
fill these Constants
Const VCB_INSTALL_PATH = "D:\VCB"
Const HOST = "VMware" '// Name of the Virtual Center (see Host-File)
Const USERNAME = "*********" '// Username of the Virtual Venter
Const PASSWORD = "*******" '// Password of the VC-User
Const ESX_PASSWORD = "*******" '// Password for the Rootaccount for the ESX-Server
Const BACKUPROOT = "K:
mnt"

get_VMX.bat (is creating the script and starting the script to copy the .VMX files to the Backup destination)
this line:
echo open root:%3@esx1.aschaffenburg.packaging.sca.se >> d:\vcb\PuTTY\script.tmp
You have to type in the DNS-Name of the ESX-Server which has a connection to all VMFD-Volumes (Data1-3 etc...)
User for the Copy is root and the Password is defined in BackupDisk.vbs

Have fun with it

Dracul

RE: Fiber Channel Zoning and ESX

Gabriel Maciel Ottawa — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:10:40 GMT

Hi Dave, I prefer soft zoning and single initiator zones - multiple targets. Regards, Gabriel

RE: Acrobat Reader 5.0 Won't Run in a Virtual Machine

Lou Corriero — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:38:46 GMT

You are awesome! This was killing us and the patch worked beautifully. Thanks!

RE: VMware at SAPPHIRE 2009 and the 2009 ASUG Annual Conference

jorad — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:43:19 GMT

Hi Iwan,

See also today's blog by Michael Hesse on production support for VMware vSphere. The support of databases generally depends on the support by the DB vendor in question.

Regards,

Joachim

RE: Announcing the VMware Coffee Talk Live Webinars - First Wed. of the Month 9:00 am - 10:00 am PST

heyitspablo — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:39:22 GMT

Lamw Thanks much - having some really weird keyboard problems here... let me try again..

RE: Announcing the VMware Coffee Talk Live Webinars - First Wed. of the Month 9:00 am - 10:00 am PST

lamw — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:36:03 GMT

Hey Pablo,

Looks like you have a malformed link for the Friday session pdf.

=========================================================================
William Lam
VMware vExpert 2009
VMware ESX/ESXi scripts and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/
vGhetto Script Repository
http://twitter.com/lamw

If you find this information useful, please award points for "correct" or "helpful".

RE: VMware at SAPPHIRE 2009 and the 2009 ASUG Annual Conference

Iwan — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:42:52 GMT

Hi,

Where can we find the official support statement from SAP that it supports DB instance in Production?

I saw a document last year that said SAP supports its ERP on ESX 3.5 except for Production DB instance.

thanks
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RE: Virtualization Endorsements by Zia Yusuf and Peter Graf at SAP Virtualization Week

brad — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:25:30 GMT

A really interesting green computer technology I found is desktop virtualization. It's where multiple people can use the same computer at the same time each with their own monitor, mouse and keyboard. This saves a lot of electricity and e-waste. A company called Userful recently set a virtualization world record by delivering over 350,000 virtual desktops to schools in Brazil. They have a free 2-user version for home use too. Check it out: userful.com

RE: Fiber Channel Zoning and ESX

Dave — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:37:32 GMT

I found this article interesting, mainly because I agree with it, but mostly because it seems to contradict VMware documentation. Curious about your thoughts on this, from page 36 of the Fibre Channel SAN Configuration Guide:

RE: RHEL4 U3, RHEL4 U4, SLES9 SP3, and SLES10 File Systems Might Become Read-Only

mng299 — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:54:06 GMT

I have problem downloading the rpm also and i already start to see this issue on SLES9 SP3.

The alternate solution is reboot the VM, but i do not think this is a wise thing to do when on production server.

Thanks
-MNG299

RE: Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 4

guirusoft — Mon, 04 May 2009 06:49:54 GMT

Hi,

i have the same problem, i dont know the solution. I stoped all services virtualcenter but i recevied the same error for display:

4. Deploy statsreport.war...
No se esperaba RUNNING en este momento.

I need help.Regards.

RE: More ESX Drivers!

bhickey72 — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:40:09 GMT

Can you post any more details? I'm also trying to use this NIC in a vmware lab environment. But I've got the latest and greatest kernel which is version 2.4.21-57.ELvmnix and when I try to use your driver it tells me it was compiled with 2.4.21-27.

I was wondering if you upgraded to 2.4.21-57.ELvmnix and could send me a precompiled driver?

thanks,

RE: Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 4

thehyperadvisor — Sat, 02 May 2009 04:01:32 GMT

Sorry but I have been away from the site for awhile studying for MCITP exam. Did you ever get this issue resolved?

hope this helps - thehyperadvisor.com

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RE: VMware Corporate Icons - Really nice icons for you to use in your PPT ;)

heyitspablo — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:31:38 GMT

Killermachine188,

Glad you like them,,thanks for your feedback.. at the time it was a little bit easier sending them out as a ppt.. I agree it would be nice to have them available for easier viewing as standalone,... I can ask our web team to add this to thier endless list of things to do.. thanks again,, glad they were useful
pablo

RE: File Management - Veeam FastSCP for VMware Infrastructure

ssbarnea — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:36:49 GMT

It doesn't install on Windows 7 because they included a check for OS version in the installer.

RE: VMware Corporate Icons - Really nice icons for you to use in your PPT ;)

killermachine188 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:18:57 GMT

Looks realy nice.
But why are you embeding the icons in a powerpoint presentation? I think it would be better to have a collection of standalone icons.

RE: Xen Desktop confirmed dead on arrival

Citrix XD is better — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:06:36 GMT

You are full of bs. I have witnessed the two products Citrix XenDesktop and VMW-VDI and it's not even a contest. We witnessed a Citrix-XD running ESPN as well as you would see on your tv. In a side by side test, VMW failed. Very choppy video and distorted sound. The difference was much greater when they induced latency. I was asked to provide feedback for the demo and it was a no brainer...Citrix won.

RE: Announcing the VMware Infrastructure SDK for Java (Tech Preview)

heyitspablo — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:17:16 GMT

Michael - I think you question was answered..on our Java forum Thanks for posting.

Regards

RE: Close....but no cigar......

jamieorth — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:16:41 GMT

I have not tried to disable HA - don't know if that would make it through the change management process, but I have thought of it. What I have discovered by looking at logs from the last month is that I have the same 5 VM's that fail, no matter what host they are on....so I will be looking closer at that and talking about it in the next blog.

Regards...

Jamie
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RE: Planned Maintenance, April 24, 7pm to midnight Pacific

RDellimmagine — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:20:22 GMT

This maintenance was successfully completed.

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RE: VDI - Cardinal Healthcare - Webinar

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RE: Tolly Report : Virtual Desktop Implementation VMware View 3 Premier vs. Citrix XenDesktop Enterprise 2.1

Josh — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:03:45 GMT

Hi Warren,

My company is interested in going the VDI route, but has been caught off guard by the VECD license requirement by MS.

I have asked this question in VMTN, but didn't get an answer, thought you might have some insight.

Do you know if it is a legal or implementation reason that Server 2003 can't be deployed as a desktop via View?

If its a legas reason, 'nuff said. If its they way VMware set it up, any idea on how I could go about talking to someone to get that changed?

If we could deploy Server 2003 as the client OS via View (using Server 2003 Datacenter licenses and avoiding VECD), it would make deploying View much more of a possibility.

If I need to provide further details or you have some suggestions on who I should talk to instead, please let me know.

Thanks and have a good one!

Josh

RE: Hello world

Bisti — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:23:45 GMT

What is the exact error that you get?

RE: Hello world

margaret edelduok — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:49:14 GMT

i cannot logon to my SAP vmware.please help,i'm stucked.