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Free ESXi download still points to Update 3

Dave.Mishchenko — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:14:37 GMT

The download for ESXi on this page http://www.vmware.com/download/esxi/ lists Update 3 while here http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/ it is Update 4. Can the ESXi page be updated?

Not receiving license for 2.0.0

WDT-Mark — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:58:16 GMT

Hello,

From the download page I get this message:

Access Your Email to Activate Your License

Please click the link in your activation email to confirm receipt and gain access to your license.

If you have not received your email within 5 minutes, please check your spam blocker or email filters

I never have received an e-mail with this information. Is there some way to resend? Is there some other way around this? No SPAM filter or blocker running.

Thanks for your help!

Unable to activate license online - 404 error

tommieboy — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:07:06 GMT

I am having problems activating the license. If I click at the license activation link in the activation email, then for a few seconds the internet explorer goes blank eventually ending up with a 404 error. I did not receive a 'activation completed' mail. The link that shows the 404 error seems to contain some HTML code:

http://%3cspan%20class=eloquaemail%3epubliceval_licenceurl_base1%3c/span%3E%3Cspan%20class=eloquaemail%3EPublicEval_ESXiLicenceURL1%3C/span%3E&cmp=EMC-ESXiEvalActivation&li=activate

I've tried to active the license here: https://www.vmware.com/account/secure/productRegistration.do but then I have to provide a license code - which I don't have. Is there anybody who knows a work around?

Download manager

Dave.Mishchenko — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:31:22 GMT

Are there any plans for a download manager for vmware.com downloads? Some of the ISO and other downloads are growing in size and it might help for those with less than perfect Internet connections.

wrong MD5-Checksum for ESX-3.5.0-contents.zip?

PKl — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:19:58 GMT

Hi,

IMHO the checksum for http://download3.vmware.com/software/esx/ESX-3.5.0-contents.zip, published on 06/16/2008 is 36a764924bd260ef3270945d2299b70d not 97efca6a52a8c13e42a2db6240d2cd2b as mentioned on the site. The checksums for the patches do match.

Am I correct?

PKl.

Make vmware.com userfriendly

Sicaine — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:54:49 GMT

Hi,

mh every time i wanna download the vmware player, i have to register myself. Why? Why? Why? : |.

I own vmware Workstation 6 as well and last time i had to register myself again for the beta. I dislike the idea of registration myself everytime i wanna download something.

I mean i have a vmwareaccount and if i am logged in, i just want to download the stuff.

Tx a lot.

Download Patches Date Sort Arrow

joelgb — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:39:59 GMT

When looking at a list of patches (for me I am looking at ESX 3.0.1) Is it just me or is the "Release Date" arrow opposite of what it should be?

-Joel

Broken Link on ESX 3.5 Update 1

J.Wright — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:30:09 GMT

There is a broken link on the newly released ESX 3.5 Update 1

On the release notes, Under Plug-ins Updates, the vmware converter release notes link is broken. If you click on the link it says page not found

Fix

Add .html to the end of the URL

http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/vi3_vec_10u1_rel_notes.html

can somebody please rename me, now i am NOT forum compatible

daikyu — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:42:37 GMT

i cant modify my profile because its says: i am simply not existent.

while clicking on my user the forum software states:
System Error

* The specified user was not found.

maybe its because of the brackets [] but maybe a admin can clearify that.

thanks+regards peter

Create a user profile for person who frequently contact VMware Technical Support

n@rd — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:25:50 GMT

Dear VMware,

I am working within the Netherlands as a Technical Specialist, in this function we implement virtualization solutions for different customs.

Because the customer are registerd with their own company name, contact information, etc., i always need to supply my personal information separately.

I would like to know if there is the posibility of creating support profiles that can be linked to any customers active tickets.

I would save a lot of time, my personal information is always present and any updates for a ticket can be sent to my business mail instead of the customers registered email adres to which i often have no access.

Please give me your thought about this.

If it's not broke . . . .

JDLangdon — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:35:50 GMT

Here's a little advice regarding your www.vmware.com website, if it's not broke, don't fix it!

Every time you attempt to "improve" the website stuff gets moved and jumbled together which results in information being harder to find and slower to access. The first such "improvement" you made was with these forums, they you changed the knowledge base and now it appears that you've "improved" the patches and updates section.

In my personal opinion, the site was just fine the way it was, thank you very much.

Now, if you'll excuse me I have to go watch a demo on how to access the downloads sections to get the latest updates and patches.

Jason

Free T-Shirt

seanh1986 — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:29:31 GMT

Will There be any Real Rewards Available?

Forum users who reach the "enthusiast" level (50 reward points or more) will receive an exclusive VMTN Discussion Forums shirt! Other special prizes may be available for the very best of our forum users. Prizes will be handed out once quarterly. Stay tuned to the forums for more details!
source: http://www.vmware.com/community/help.jspa#questions

So how do I get my "exclusive VMTN Discussion Forum shirt" ?
*Wants to wear it out in public so that I can boast to innocent bystanders*

Suggesion for next version

thunderbird — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:25:33 GMT

Dear VMWare,

I've suggestions for next version of VMWare :

1. Hotswap HDD, I would like add new HardDisk while vmware is running, it's same with hotswap HDD in real life

2. Virtual Modem, I would like to trial an application that use modem as media to connect to other computer

Is it possible to do that?

Thanks.

Remember login credentials

sellenoff — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:04:59 GMT

Although I cannot provide specific examples at the moment, I've frequented vmware.com in the past and was constantly being asked to provide login information over and over again. I surf at many sites, and they never ask more than once per visit.

I do recall this is especially true when downloading trials, but it happened elsewhere also.

If I am already logged into the website, there's no excuse to make me re login, and in some cases, I had to reinput my address and contact information which is truly ridiculous.

I hope someone will address this, it makes surfing this site truly an annoyance, which is odd, since the quality of the software I've bought and used daily is excellent.

-Steve

e-mail support:send test-mails

mabra77 — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:45:32 GMT

Hi All !

I changed my emailaddress and was not able to manage this

So I created a new account, but I do not receive any notifications. This may be, because I have filters for the sender and I do not know, which address is used to notify me about changed postings. So I suggest:

show the mail-address which is used by support/forumspost

aplly a testmail-button, so one can verify, that the mail really was send/arrived.

Just my two cents. BTW:The webspeed is very, very slow. Too slow for a rich company

mabra77

vmware webcasts

dcoz — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:24:08 GMT

Hi all,

Sorry if this is te wrong forum but i could not see any other forum i could place this question into.

I was wondering if vmware do webcasts like (dare i say it) M$ that you can watch at your leisure?

Thanks

Cannot Download Any Thing: Eloqua Interferes

Kiki_Lavier — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:02:34 GMT

In the past few months, I have not been able to download any files from vmware, such as virtual appliances, ACE, and so on. I have registered twice, but for reasons that escape me, some Web page interferes. The URL where the failure occurs is http://now.eloqua.com/e/f2.aspx.

I can directly access www.eloqua.com and see that it is a marketing company. I don't know, but more and more marketing companies are black-listed, but I cannot verify if this one is.

I cannot download from vmware on two different physical PCs, one running Windows XP and the other running Vista.

Nor can I download from guest virtual VMs on either machine. VMs are running Ubuntu 704 on the XP machine and Ubuntu 710 on the Vista machine.

In all cases, the same error message apprears, which follows. Please help. I tried to follow some of the instructions, but Vista blocks me from performing some of the linked tasks, even though I ran the app as administrator.

Server Error in Application "Default Web Site"

HTTP Error 404.0 - Not Found
Description: The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

Error Code: 0x80070002

Notification: MapRequestHandler

Module: IIS Web Core

Requested URL: http://now.eloqua.com:80/e/f2.aspx

Physical Path: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\e\f2.aspx

Logon User: Anonymous

Logon Method: Anonymous

Handler: StaticFile

Most likely causes:

The directory or file specified does not exist on the Web server.
The URL contains a typographical error.
A custom filter or module, such as URLScan, restricts access to the file.
What you can try:

Create the content on the Web server.
Review the browser URL.
Create a tracing rule to track failed requests for this HTTP status code and see which module is calling SetStatus. For more information about creating a tracing rule for failed requests, click here.
More Information... This error means that the file or directory does not exist on the server. Create the file or directory and try the request again.

Server Version Information: Internet Information Services 7.0.

Download free VMWare for VCP

Sangokan — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:24:16 GMT

HI,

I am a new VCP. I have received a letter to download a free copy of VM Workstation. When i go to the store and finish the purchase process i dont see any place where i can fill the promotional code i have received to check out.

Can someone help?

Online checkout problem

eN0ch — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:05:02 GMT

Hi all,

Trying to buy a license for Fusion through online store, from Australia. Mandatory state/province submenu only has North American data (unlike the equivalent menu in account profile, which provides for Australian states among others). Should I just select whichever US state takes my fancy ? Or is there some other advice? Thanks.

Regards,
Lance <º))><

MacBook 2.16 OSX 10.5.1 WinXP

Buying On the OnLine Store : Better invoice

Althaz — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:56:10 GMT

Hello,

I have just bought the workstation.

The invoice is quite oversiplified. For the french regulations it should have the full adress and the different company numbers.

From the given invoice I cant actually determine who actually has sold the product.

Could someone give me the information (to get the tax back etc..) ?

Thank's

login error

MrElvey — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:29:40 GMT

Store Error
An application error has occurred. We apologize for the inconvenience, but please try back later.An application error has occurred. We apologize for the inconvenience, but please try back later.

Could give a more informative message when it's just an incorrect username or password!

VMware Server and supported Windows Host OS

oreeh — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:49:57 GMT

Please add a note to the VMware Server product page that Vista and XP are not a supported Host OS for VMware Server.

Most users seem not to be aware of this fact (example Windows crashing when starting the VM )

Temporary Maintenance - VMware Store?

JDLangdon — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:32:47 GMT

Can someone please explain to me why the VMware Store is almost always off-line for temporary maintenance?

I find it extremely ironic that a company which specializes in enterprise class, zero percent down, business solutions has to take it's on-line store, off-line on a weekly bases for temporary maintenance.

Jason

No direct download link

Code Monkey — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:17:53 GMT

It's really annoying not having a direct download link for vmware workstation updates. We're all legit on licenses at the company I work for, but I don't know the login credentials so I have to pester somebody else to download the updates when my system update wants them. Or if I remove workstation due to a conflict and reinstall it then I have to jump through all these hoops. Of course using gentoo doesn't help matters for something like this ;-{

I think given the number of torrents out there for the files that it is kind of ridiculous to not have a direct download, since obviously people are downloading them regardless. I suppose there is some legal reason, but I remember before with vmware 4 and 5 that it was so much easier to do updates. I like vmware, but I don't get it why you purposely annoy your legitimate, licensed users.

Unable to download

caliban — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:43:38 GMT

I received the email "Workstation 6.0 RC build is available", and went to http://www.vmware.com/wsbeta. I successfully downloaded the Release Notes and the User Manual. However, when I click the link (or button) to download 6.0B I get a 404. Help!

thanks for opensearch support

daikyu — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:23:57 GMT

hey nice you support opensearch on the new forums. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSearch)

now thats cool, highly appreciated and useful ! thanks for that

would you please be so nice and include opensearch also in the kb ?

shouldnt be a problem and makes much lives a little more comfortable

btw: is there a rss feed for updates only out there ?

thanks again,

best regards peter

please send RFC compliant email

devzero — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:31:01 GMT

Hi!

It`s not for the first time that mails from VMware being accidentally filtereded by our email system.

I`m not that deep into email and spam filtering stuff, but i trust our mail admin when he`s telling, that it`s primary VMWare`s fault that email being accidentally filtered.
Our mail system may be a little bit restrictive, but our spam filtering really works very well, so please send RFC compliant mail and stand to the rules.

this is from the logs:

... reject: RCPT from smtp-outbound-1.vmware.comhttp://65.113.40.141: 550 <vibeta-bounces@vmware.com>: Sender address rejected: undeliverable address: host mail1.vmware.comhttp://65.115.85.35 said: 550 <vibeta-bounces@vmware.com>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table (in reply to RCPT TO command); from=<vibeta-bounces@vmware.com> to=<<<<myname@mycompany>>>> proto=ESMTP helo=<smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com>

Since this didn`t happen for the first time that we had problems with mails from VMware , i`m posting it here.

furthermore, take a look at this one:
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=vmware.com

dnsreport telling about some little issue with the mailserver, too.

regards
Roland

Workstation / VMplayer / VMserver on Vista

continuum — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:34:14 GMT

Some how Vista can be regarded as a third possible host-platform: now we have Windows, Linux and Vista platform.

Can please someone compile a short overview of the known differences of Vista compared to Windows ?
Like...

is it possible to use physical disks with Vista ?
how to set Vista permissions to be able to edit RAM-settings of a VM ...
how to make sure bridged networking works with Vista
how to use shared folders with Vista

... just to name a few issues that are currently beeing discussed

Thanks

fusion download not working (after payment)

bram_ — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:19:10 GMT

hi,

I bought vmware fusion about 5 hours ago. Ever since I haven't been able to actually download the dmg as the download page is timing out...

Please advise,

- Bram de Jong

Disk mount-tool downloads are gone

continuum — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:44:23 GMT

What happened to the disk-mount tool and video-codec download links ?

It is impossible to find them.
Please fix the links

Ulli

Error on Site

tom howarth — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:13:59 GMT

Pleae can you investigate the following link http://communities.vmware.com/thread/21401?tstart=0

I receive the error contained in the text file.

Patchs Alerting

Ron_Cx — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:58:50 GMT

Hello,

Could VmWare set up a patch alerting system By RSS or mail ?

We can have newsletters for lots of stuffs but not for this.

Regards,

Ronald

VMWare EMAIL user groups?

hylton@conacher.co.za — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:49:59 GMT

I have been using VMWare Server on OpenSUSE 10.2 for about a year to run a single Windows program I cannot replace with an opensource one.

I have a few queries regarding how VMWare works and would like to learn from others queries. Email posts on the topics I can then store on my IMAP email store, for reviewing at any time.

The initial response has been, from an EXCELLENT user group for opensuse, that I have an RSS feed reader and join in the forums. This is unfortunately a route I would prefer not to take as I receive over 200 emails a day, from various sources, and some of them require replies. This email reading and answering takes me already about half a day using Mozilla Thunderbird. I have learnt a fortune from just lurking on the opensuse list and it is a similar list I am looking for VMWare.

If I need to switch programs to view RSS feeds, the desktop becomes cluttered as it is another program I must remember to use to get information.

Therefore is it not possible to have the forums also distributed, to those who want it, as an email?

Have different email lists ie one for VMWare announcements of new versions where only the moderator can post, and then perhaps a users list for each 'version' ie VMWare Player, VMWare Server and VMWare Workstation etc.

RSS is the way forward, I'm almost sure, but what is also rearing its head is ease of usability with the continued barrage of electronic communication we are subjected to.

Email has been around a lot longer and proven itself for ease of use. I personally do not want to be subjected to another program and something else I need to remember to do when I have my email working perfectly. email allows me to review, reply and possibly store the message and its thread, RSS to my knowledge doesn't allow remote storage of topic threads.

server 1.0.4 wrong download link

xerces8 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:20:50 GMT

On page http://register.vmware.com/content/download.html the content is about version 1.0.3 and not 1.0.4 as it should be.

Until is is fixed, people can use this link :
http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-installer-1.0.4-56528.exe

(for other links, just replace the version and build number to 1.0.4 and 56528)

Regards,
David

Change to Some Usernames

RDellimmagine — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:33:12 GMT

As we prepare for the new community platform, we've discovered that the upgraded version of our community software does not support the following six characters in usernames: / ? # , & ;

The reason for this is actually a good one: The new platform creates an easy-to-remember URL for each user based on his/her username, and so we must remove the above characters from usernames since they aren't interpreted properly in URLs.

The simple decision is to automatically update all such character to underscore _

I don't think this change affects very many people, and it only affects how your username displays, but I wanted to give everyone a heads-up.

Thanks, Robert

Message was edited by: RDellimmagine
I updated (a second time) the list of username characters that will change.

Link to the forums

vmteam@eu.effem.com — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:51:41 GMT

Is there a reason that, depite the forum url being http://www.vmware.com/community, the forums are linked on the "Support" section of VMWare's webite, and not the "Communities" page?

VMware Computer Bag (gone)?

iskh — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:56:41 GMT

After VMware did a revision (overhaul) of their website.. I can't seem to find their VMware computer bag anymore?

Has VMware stopped completely selling merchiandises?

/ish

(Or anybody know where I can get one?)

How do you shorten urls ?

continuum — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:41:23 GMT

How do you shorten urls ?

Some guys know how to do it - some others don't .
I am one of the second group

Reward-point counter is broken

continuum — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:51:43 GMT

Yesterday I had 95** points - now I have 99** points.

I didn't post all night - nor did I receive so many points for correct posts.

By the way - this is my 6000th post - and I think the post-counter is right.

Stupid me - if I had only spend a 10th of the time with useful work I would be able to buy a flight -ticket to VMware world

Looks like news.vmware.com is down again

jik — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:22:42 GMT

I am once again unable to access news.vmware.com. It's been down for at least a few days.

The last time this happened, it was because VMware had decided that they were no longer going to support the newsgroups. There was a sufficiently large hugh and cry that they reversed themselves and put the server back on-line.

Is the same thing happening again? Is this a legitimate outage, or another attempt to stop supporting the newsgroups? If the former, when will it be back up? If the latter, why do we have to keep going through this?

Awarded points visible in recent messages

Frank_D — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:15:09 GMT

Hi,

Most of the time I check the progress of the threads I contributed to via my user profile. This also gives me the opportunity to check my status level and see if I'm awarded points for being helpful.

But when I'm awarded points It's really hard to find them, sometimes a user will award points to a post you have submitted a couple of weeks ago.

So my question is, when a post is marked helpful or correct can this be shown in the Recent Messages section of your profile?

Please display full post while answering

continuum — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:11:52 GMT

Most of the times when I answer a question I also have to open the post in another browser tab to see the full-context.

No other forum-software I have seen only displays the last answer like the Jive-software does.
Please add this when changing the software.

Ulli

Website broken

fabianl — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:18:16 GMT

Hi.
I have sent 2 emails over the last few days (through the website feedback form) in regards to your website and so far no response or fix, pretty poor service considering i am a potential customer.

When i register to get an Eval product key i submit my details and i get the following error:

Internal Error

The VMware web store encountered an error while processing your request. We're sorry for the inconvenience. If you choose to report this error, please mention error code MY16

Very annoying indeed, i would imagine that a large portion of business comes through the website and dont understand how vmware thinks its ok to have the website broken for at least 2 days now with no notice to potential customers.
Surely when errors like this occur they get send to a monitoring system and techsupport picks these up automatically, the customer should not even have to raise this issue.
I hope you can fix this within a reasonable time frame.
Regards,
Fabian

Video-contest still open ?

continuum — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:51:11 GMT

Please fix the Video-contest site.
Looks like you still accept entries ...
Got an entry that is in a state of "pending" now since 6 days.

Why do you allow to send in videos if the dead-line is over ???
Very uncool

Ulli

VMWare Users Groups Registration broken

egerlach — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:37:13 GMT

The VMWare Users Groups Registration is broken. The URL http://www.vmware.com/a/events/vmug/ takes me to a blank page. Is there another URL I can go to as a temporary workaround?

VAC Locator - How do I register as a consultant?

kingneutron — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:01:20 GMT

--I would like to start picking up vmware-related jobs in the SC area - how can I register with the VAC locator?

TIA

Post a Pic?

AustinPowers — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:29:48 GMT

Is there any way to insert a jpg in a post?

type: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException on Search ordered by relevance

foolswisdom — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:53:37 GMT

type: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException on Search ordered by relevance

Exampe:
http://www.vmware.com/community/search.jspa?threadID=&q=VPC+image&objID=&dateRange=last7days&userID=&numResults=15&rankBy=9

Result:
Welcome,

An error in the system has occurred. Please contact the system administrator if the problem persists.

type: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: can't get the 25characters at position 131047 - illegal read ahead
at org.htmlparser.lexer.Page.getText(Page.java:924)
at org.htmlparser.nodes.TextNode.toHtml(TextNode.java:102)
at com.jivesoftware.base.filter.HTMLFilter.doAdvancedFilter(HTMLFilter.java:398)
at com.jivesoftware.base.filter.HTMLFilter.doFilter(HTMLFilter.java:303)
at com.jivesoftware.base.filter.HTMLFilter.applyFilter(HTMLFilter.java:286)
at com.jivesoftware.base.FilterChain.applyFilters(FilterChain.java:97)
at com.jivesoftware.forum.database.DbFilterManager.applyFilters(DbFilterManager.java:144)
at com.jivesoftware.forum.database.DbFilterManager.applyFilters(DbFilterManager.java:152)
at com.jivesoftware.forum.database.DbFilterManager.applyFilters(DbFilterManager.java:155)
at com.jivesoftware.forum.database.DbFilterManager.applyFilters(DbFilterManager.java:170)
at com.jivesoftware.forum.database.DbForumMessage.getBody(DbForumMessage.java:450)
at com.jivesoftware.forum.proxy.ForumMessageProxy.getBody(ForumMessageProxy.java:104)
at com.jivesoftware.forum.database.DbQuery.highlightResult(DbQuery.java:544)
at com.jivesoftware.forum.proxy.QueryProxy.highlightResult(QueryProxy.java:158)
at com.jivesoftware.forum.action.SearchAction.getHighlightedText(SearchAction.java:629)
at org.apache.jsp.searchresults_jsp._jspService(searchresults_jsp.java:1325)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:94)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:324)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:292)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:236)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:237)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:157)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:704)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:474)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:409)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:312)
at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcherResult.doExecute(ServletDispatcherResult.java:81)
at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.WebWorkResultSupport.execute(WebWorkResultSupport.java:109)
at com.jivesoftware.base.util.webwork.ServletDispatcherResult.execute(ServletDispatcherResult.java:40)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.executeResult(DefaultActionInvocation.java:258)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:182)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
at com.jivesoftware.forum.action.JiveExceptionInterceptor.intercept(JiveExceptionInterceptor.java:63)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
at com.jivesoftware.base.action.JiveObjectLoaderInterceptor.intercept(JiveObjectLoaderInterceptor.java:56)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
at com.opensymphony.webwork.interceptor.FileUploadInterceptor.intercept(FileUploadInterceptor.java:71)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionProxy.execute(DefaultActionProxy.java:116)
at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.serviceAction(ServletDispatcher.java:272)
at com.jivesoftware.base.util.JiveWebWorkServlet.service(JiveWebWorkServlet.java:62)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:237)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:157)
at com.jivesoftware.util.SetResponseCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetResponseCharacterEncodingFilter.java:53)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:186)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:157)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:118)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:52)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:186)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:157)
at com.jivesoftware.base.PresenceFilter.doFilter(PresenceFilter.java:113)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:186)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:157)
at com.jivesoftware.util.SetRequestCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetRequestCharacterEncodingFilter.java:48)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:186)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:157)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:214)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal(StandardContextValve.java:198)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:152)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:137)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invokeNext(StandardValveContext.java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:929)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:160)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:799)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:705)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:577)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:683)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Can't Log in with Firefox

Atamido — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:13:23 GMT

I can't login to the forums using Firefox. If I click on "reply" then hitting the Sign In button just takes me to back to the same Sign In screen. If I click on "Login" then the Sign In button just takes me back to the forum, but not logged in. Works fine in Internet Explorer.

This is with two Firefox 2.0.0.6 installs on different networks. The only add-on of note on one is Flashblock.

(grudgingly posted through Internet Explorer)

http://now.eloqua.com/e/f.aspx

shulett — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:10:01 GMT

Your form requested some company data and linked to the above site. But it just stalls. I'll try it later if it just got overloaded but thought you all might want to know about it.

2006 VMworld presentations

esiebert7625 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:28:09 GMT

The main link for this no longer works. Is there a new link that will go to the list of all the 2006 presentations?

http://www.vmware.com/community/vmworld

The individual links still work if you know the URL like this one...

Networking Scenarios & Troubleshooting - http://download3.vmware.com/vmworld/2006/tac9689-b.pdf

File not found error on technical paper

esiebert7625 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:41:55 GMT

This recently posted document can no longer be accessed...

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/virtual_networking_concepts.pdf

Browse Certified Virtual Appliances

Ken.Cline — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:24:03 GMT

In the Virtual Appliance marketplace (http://www.vmware.com/appliances/), please add a category for "Certified Appliances". This category would be a cross-section of all the other categories and would include ONLY those VA's that have gone through the VMware certification process.

Getting Error 500

tom howarth — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:53:16 GMT

Every time I attempt to answer a post I am recieving Error 500 messages form the forum.

Can Not Submit Community VIrtual Appliance

TuxDistro.com — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:29:34 GMT

We have been creating virtual appliances for quite some time now and posting them to the site. All of sudden we are getting access denied when trying to submit. Can someone help or explain why this might be?

Protest against bad and unfriendly working conditions

continuum — Thu, 17 May 2007 16:58:04 GMT

1. we don't get technical help or info to do our work better
2. our posts are being censored
3. we can not edit or delete our own posts while VMware guys can
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This s u c k s and I no longer feel welcome at all

Ulli

2006 Board Warrior Shirt update

Daryll — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:19:57 GMT

Hey guys,

I know it's been a couple weeks since I've said anything about this, and thanks for your patience by the way.

I've just gotten out of a meeting with one of our systems folks, and we're going to try to automate the shirt distribution. Considering the number of people deserving of a Board Warrior shirt, it's probably the fastest way to get the distribution going without totally derailing all of my other work.

In the next two weeks, we're going to build a web form, designed spefically for people who are deserving of a Board Warrior shirt, for them to be able to submit their shirt size and mailing address. Of course, we do need to put some security measures in place so that people do not submit random requests for shirts, so building the page (although the fields are simple) will take a bit of time and testing.

I will provide you all with an update when I know more about how long it's going to take to get this ball rolling once again. I'll also provide to you guys regular updates on our progress in this manner.

Thanks again for your patience and understanding.

-Daryll

Forums has incorrect "answer count."

jkugler — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:48:40 GMT

I've looked through a few posts in other topics, and it seems that most of them have this at the top:

"This question is not answered. Helpful answers available: 2. Correct answers available: 1."

But they *all* say that. Even if there are no answers at all. In this thread: http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=705862 there are no answers yet, but it still says that. Is there a bug in the forum software?

What the heck is this?

esiebert7625 — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:28:01 GMT

Now I can't even download software from VMware's website because I bought from HP. I click the download link and login and I get this message and am re-directed to HP's website where I have to fill out all sorts of forms just to download a new copy of VirtualCenter. This is a total bunch of crap, thanks VMware for giving me another reason not too buy from HP anymore and further alienating me as a VMware customer. What's next will I have to start using HP's VMware support forums?

Thank you for choosing a VMware product from Hewlett-Packard.
The process to download your product has changed.
Please click: www.hp.com/go/vmwaredownload to register and download the software.
You will automatically be re-directed in 10 seconds if you do not do so.

Can we have some space for member's chat ?

nitinsahi — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:45:02 GMT

Hi,

This forum is really of great help.I think it could be great if we can have some kinda chat applet where we can discuss case studies and some complex issues.

After I took the training for VCP , i am divoting my maximum time to this forum and trying to learn vmware as much as possible.

Can it be possible to chat with members across globe ??

Thanks
Nitin Sahi
nitinnitin50@gmail.com

change userid

kalex — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:02:17 GMT

hello,

when my vmware account got created i somehow managed to use my email address as userid for vmtn forums. is it possible to change the userid to something else other than my email address? if so, how can i do it?

thanks

alex

unlinked my VMTN Forum Account, can't connect it to new account

pengo — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:44:31 GMT

Hi,

I have unlinked my VMTN Account from my companys VMware store account, and want to connect my VMTN account to my new private account.

But... I need a password, a password reset or what ever, since I never entered a password when joined the Forum a long time ago.

I need some help!

//Daniel

Post Time Hosed?

AustinPowers — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:09:39 GMT

I made a post yesterday 7/16 at 3:39PM CST GMT+5 in the Virtualization General Discussion - Topic: novell client 4.91 sp3. And that is the time that shows on the post.

But in the thread listing for that forum it shows that post as today 7/17 at 5:42AM.

Whassup?

Helpful/Correct Point System Question

seanh1986 — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:24:45 GMT

How does this system work?

It looks like you get like 1 point for every post you make... (maybe?).

How many points do you get for a "helpful" and/or "correct" post?

It's not really important, I'm just curious. Thanks.

Ranking Table similar to Experts Exchange

tom howarth — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:47:52 GMT

now that the top ten has returned to the familar 2 rankings, we have no chance of offering congratulation to those forum posters on the acheivement of Champion status.

It would be nice if there was a table of Gurus, Champions and Virtuosos and a auto post to show that somebody had moved into the senior bracket on the forums.

BackTrack 2.0 Download link not working

BobMaier — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:53:50 GMT

The link for downloading BackTrack 2.0 is not working. All you get is a "Page not found."

The download link that is not working is
http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/www.offensive-security.org

This link is located on page http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/592

Thanks

Forum moderators

oreeh — Sat, 19 May 2007 16:00:43 GMT

There seem to be new moderators (Eric for example).
It would be nice if someone updates the list in the "VMTN User Moderators" announcement.

Or post the list here...

Testing search changes

JohnTroyer — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:17:41 GMT

We are testing a few changes here on the VMTN Forums.

We are changing to the default search behavior from OR to AND. Previously, searching for "service console" was equivalent to "service OR console". It is now equivalent to "service AND console".

We think that this will improve your search results. If you have difficulty or suggestions about search, please let us know in this thread. Note that the forums implement a full Boolean search syntax.

The documentation has not yet been updated to reflect these changes.

All Products Comparison Page?

au_gth — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:31:16 GMT

Spent the last week or two playing around with the free products and reading up on what the non-free and trial products can do. In the process, I found that in addition to the documentation that's spread across your site, a product-wide comparison page might be helpful for VM-newbies to get a grasp on what products you offer and what differentiates them.

Or perhaps a list of diagrams showing the most basic option (running a VM on your own desktop) right up to the the most comprehensive (http://www.vmware.com/files_inline/images/products_vi3_diagram.gif)?

Some items that surprised me along the way -
1. The snapshot-tree in VMware Workstation is excellent for those in tech support roles - I'm surprised you don't brag about this feature more?
2. I couldn't find a straight up comparison of GSX server vs. ESX server (many differences, obviously)
3. There is little point evaluating ESX server on a single CPU with an IDE drive...
4. VI3 is a bundle, not a product per se.
5. The http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/ site is more technical

PS: Since I'm in the webpage feedback forum--
I'd definitely prefer an SSL-secured page whenever providing information - standard practice, I would have thought. Sales-related and forum-related information request pages are all currently insecure.

Education Forum

Fatovich — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:02:02 GMT

I have not been on these forums for very long but I notice that there are a lot of topics regarding VCP certification scattered across various forums.

I think it would be usefull to have all VCP related posts in a single forum, not only would it help candidates (thats me) find info. It would also clear non related posts out of other forums.

Other than that so far these forums are a great resource.

Regards,

Joel

Idea on how to make Forums even better

juchestyle — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:56:32 GMT

Hey guys,

So we have novice, enthusiasts, experts, masters, etc right?

I am only a couple points away from master now and I am trying to go after the vcp this year. Despite having a respectable level on the forums I was thinking how much studying I want to do to be prepared for the vcp test and even more so for the job that I do. While I predominantly hang out in the Strategy and Planning forums I haven't put as much effort in the other areas of discipline, and I think I could really benefit from doing so.

You know what I was thinking would really make this virtual landscape even better?

Instead of the ladder approach that we have right now, where a person can spend all their time in one functional area. What if there was a way to create and also ENCOURAGE people to have good working knowledge of many different areas of the virtualization landscape?

What if there was say a Black Belt level on the forums? This might mean that a person has a certain amount of Points from all the disciplines. Maybe white belt level is something like 5 points in each and every forum location. Maybe the next level is 50 points from each and ever level and so on.

The reason I think this would be a great way to structure the way these forums work is because someone who has knowledge and experience from many sides of the house can arguably give better advice because they take into account more than what is just on the surface of a question, or an answer.

Additionally, I know how much I love to go after the next icon. If I knew that I needed to have knowledge of other areas to move up, I wouldn't just hang out at my favorite stomping ground, ie Strat and plan. I would be checking in at many other areas as well. And, this cross training would make me more valuable in my job. Being able to answer questions, being able to suggest strategic solutions to help the business I work for do things better faster cheaper is the real name of the game, right???

I love the forums because they are incredibly powerful, I am suggesting the next logical evolution of this incredible tool.

Thoughts, ideas, suggestions?

Respectfully,

How to Set up Newsreader with VMTN

ArtK — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:59:04 GMT

I really hate clicking through all these web pages.

How do I set up a NewsReader (Windows Mail) so that I can use it with the fourms?

Thanks

Requesting Vi3 Eval Licenses

CoreyIT — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:13:33 GMT

Why are VMWare VI3 Eval licenses not sent after you request to download an evaluation version of VI3 and it states you will be receiving an email shortly?

Also how come after sending four emails, two the same address a week apart and two emails to sales requesting an evaluation license we have not received responses after waiting over 3 weeks.

We are not blocking emails since we received an email with license keys after signing up for Lab Manager, and we receive all the regular junk mail from VMWare about their product offerings but they wont send you an email with Eval licenses when a customer wants to make a legitimate evaluation and purchase. Upgrading from 2.5.3 to Vi3.

If the service is being offered through the web site with no indication or mention that one has to CALL, then you should not have to CALL to receive an evaluation. Likewise one would expect a timely response to 4 polite emails requesting assistance in the matter.

Turn ON Email Updates

hharold — Fri, 18 May 2007 13:39:36 GMT

Hello there,

i have been struggling with this for a while, and till now no one seems to be able to solve this for me.
That is why i thought to drop this in the forum.

Once upon a time, i received my watch updates through email.
But all of a sudden the emails stopped, and i cannot get them to start sending again.
I have tried disabling/enabling forum updates; changing email-accounts; disabled all spam filters, etc etc etc.
Still nothing here.

Can anyone help me ?

cheers,

Harold

Post Editing Time

petedr — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:08:16 GMT

I know last year a change was made where you could only edit your post for 1 hour. It seems like that time is now 1 day. Does anyone know if a change has made to this. Just wondering.

Testing Questions on by default

JohnTroyer — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:21:35 GMT

We're also exploring ways of improving Q&A behavior and points. For now, we've turned on "Mark this topic as a question" to be turned on by default, instead of off.

Again, let us know what you think.

Defaultly checked: "Mark this topic as a question"

Vliegenmepper — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:29:11 GMT

Hi Guys,

I suggested this before in another thread, I would like to see the "Mark this topic as a question" checkbox defaulty checked.

Almost all the threads contain a question and I constantly keep telling the people to read this first: http://www.vmware.com/community/help.jspa#questionrp

I personally get a bit sick of this because it keeps me from earning any helpful/correct points and ignoring the people that don't mark wouldn't be the right way IMHO

Cheers,
Kenneth

Search is inadequate?

voipfc — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:21:16 GMT

When I tried searching for threads I participated in, only one of them showed up.

Does the indexing mechanism search the whole content of the thread, or does it index the user name separately from the thread content? In any case my old threads should still be available.

Unless there as has been some purging of old indexes it must be broken

Remove the OLPC virtual machine posting as there is no VM image to download

BadSanta — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:53:42 GMT

I am all for the OLPC project, however I am a bit upset that someone put a bogus OLPC VM posting on 6/16/2007. If you follow the link it goes to the OLPC website, but nowhere on the site is there are a place to download the VM image, if one even exists. Please don't allow people to abuse the posting of new virtual machines with bogus virtual machines that don't even exist strictly for the reason of advertising their site (even it is for a great cause like the OLPC).

-BadSanta

VMTN URL advertised via forum spam - Please help!

dseagrav — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:38:50 GMT

One of your users is spamming forums around the internet advertising their product. A user named "V-Kernel" is spamvertising the URL http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/881
They use an automated posting robot to simultaneously post to many forums. Google for the text "Virtual Appliance for Capacity and Chargeback reporting" and you will find it. The forums at Insanely Mac have been hit multiple times.
Can someone please threaten these guys with delisting or otherwise make them stop?

Account Problems

Harlan — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:20:32 GMT

I had a older forum account with I user name that I signed up for in a hurry and decided to open another account with a new user name. I found that it was not possible to re-use the email address that I had used for my original account, so I used a different email address for my new account. I would however like to close down my old account, so that I can use my main email address as used with the older account, with the new account. I would therefore like to know how I can do this or how I can contact VMware in order to make this request?

RSS link broken on current users page

Liz — Fri, 11 May 2007 11:31:57 GMT

The link http://www.vmware.com/landing/currentusers.html which I was sent to after the survey shows an RSS feed, which I would be interested in, only http://subscriber.simplefeed.com/vmware/ isnt a valid host...

Microsoft Virtual Machines - Links Broken

howardcat — Thu, 03 May 2007 19:07:08 GMT

Has anyone been able to download any of the Microsoft Virtual Appliances?

If you do a search for "microsoft", you will see several listed, but the download links all end up dead at microsoft.com.

Thanks in advance!

-Howard

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition Virtual ...
www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/649 - 13k - 2007-05-02

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Virtual Appliance - VMTN Virtual ...
www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/650 - 13k - 2007-05-02

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition Virtual Appliance ...
www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/651 - 13k - 2007-05-02

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Virtual Appliance - VMTN Virtual ...
www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/node/650 - 13k - 2007-05-02

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition Virtual ...
www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/node/649 - 13k - 2007-05-02

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition Virtual Appliance ...
www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/node/651 - 13k - 2007-05-02

Better private messaging in forums

Abaronov — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:24:00 GMT

Hi there,

I think it would be nice if private messages would automatically go to my email. This is similar to how watch this topic works. Right now its difficult to use private messages because people do not monitor it and there is no notification icon or anything that will tell me if I have a new message. As the result, I often cannot reply on time and people who I try to contact reply too late.

Thanks,
Andrei

Turn Off Email Updates?

themonsterman — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:27:35 GMT

Hello,

I just joined this VMware discussion forum a few days ago. Now, my mailbox is getting flooded with entries that I don't care about. How can I prevent the emails? I just want to log into the forum and check things manually.

Thanks.

Signature-line on every post

continuum — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:31:04 GMT

I'd like to add something like a signature line like in other forums that just says:

Don't send PMs that ask me to look into some posted problem ...

FAQ / HOWTO section

oreeh — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:00:05 GMT

I want to bump this up again.
In the last weeks there were some really good posts containing useful FAQs / HOWTOs - especially for new users.

One good example of this is the following from Eric http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=81121

I know that the User Solutions forum is there to serve this need.
Unfortunately new users tend to search for a FAQ / HOWTO section instead since they are used to it from other forums.

Old link on Workstation evaluation page?

RDPetruska — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:20:28 GMT

Please check the link from the Workstation Evaluation page. It appears that it sends you to a page where Workstation 5.5.1 is the latest version. See http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=626664&#626664 for details.

Where can we report bad appliances so that they get sorted out ?

continuum — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:47:03 GMT

Does anyone from VMware occasionally checks the post to the appliances section ?

If not - please , please do so.

Not removing bad appliances from the list does no good - neither to the writers of good appliances nor to the idea of appliances in general.

We are about to spoil a good idea if we go on like this

Please just check this two examples:
http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/803
http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=43897&tstart=100

The first one is rated a five-star appliance !!!

Access to workstation beta forum

clive_long — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:17:41 GMT

Hello

I am logged on to VMWare forum as I can see "Welcome clive_long" in top RH corner of the screen.

On home page, link VMware Beta discussion forums are NOT displayed. all I see is a message "You must be logged on to access these forums". But I am logged on!

I then select the Workstation Forum. I select the link to "Beta discussion". I am prompted to sign on (I am already signed on). I enter my forum userid and password and finally get into the WS Beta forum.

Is this expected behaviour?

Thanks

Clive

Wiki beta test..

ericni — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:55:37 GMT

Hi,

I'm looking for a few community folks to beta test a wiki environment I'm currently building as part of a extended community effort for VMTN.

I will be running a small beta program, allowing users to login, read, edit and submit content on a wiki that will be hosted on vmware.com. If you are interested in engaging and providing me feedback, send me some email at:

enielsen@vmware.com

I am looking for people who engage in the field (customers or SE/FE's) who can upload real content items. (scripts, FAQ's, readme's) The site will collect and allow people to edit content.

I will be somewhat selective, so let me know if you are love wiki's, or you have operational experience in the field.

Thanks

Eric Nielsen
Technical Marketing
VMware

Exam Forum

chrisbuzby — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:49:22 GMT

A forum to discuss the tests / what to train with, etc....

Duplicate Ids?

tshilson — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:48:26 GMT

I think I have a Jive problem. I have two ids with questions. I expected them all to be under the same id. My id is tshilson. I think the second id is tshilson in bold. One of the questions is here: http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=79423&tstart=0

Another question is here: http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=77406&tstart=0

I expected the first question to show up with the second question but it did not.

All help appreciated.

Tom

Can't submit support request on non-Windows browser

hcaley — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:22:44 GMT

Isn't this a little silly? Attempting to submit a support request from my Firefox browser in Linux gets me an error message that I need to install an addon that will allow Windows Internet Explorer to run, which of course won't work on Linux. Personally, I could whip up a browser-neutral support submission CGI in a couple of hours work. Why can't VMWare?

Anyone ever received his T-Shirt

fraber01 — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:05:37 GMT

Hi all! The Forum rules say that when you achieve 50 points you should receive a T-Shirt from VmWare... I've never received mine... Do You???

By the way... a T-Shirt or a Coffee mug would be great too :P

So please tell me if anyone of you ever received anything from vmware!

Not all VMware employees have a VMware logo assigned

oreeh — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:15:58 GMT

example puneetz

404: Xyratex 4200

Ken.Cline — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:32:55 GMT

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=606028&#606028

Links to: http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/resources/779

404

Also would be nice to have a description of some kind on all of the Tech Resource entries

spell checker update

oreeh — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:37:01 GMT

How about an update of the spell checker

It's funny that this tool doesn't recognize many of the VM related terms, like
VM, VMotion, DRS, SMP, vSMP, virtualization and even VMware.

Hewlett Packard ProLiant DL360 in Tech Resources

Ken.Cline — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:29:04 GMT

From: http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=77438&tstart=-1

Click on: http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/resources/776

Error: 404 / Not Found

Search function crashes

vmjoe — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:43:43 GMT

I try to search for the term "mac" in the section "VMware Converter 3.0". If I choose a Date Range greater than "Last 7 Days" the search script crashes with an java.lang.IllegalArgumentException