VMware Communities : Unanswered Threads - Communities Website Feedback

What happened to VMWare & the website??

keithwoods — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:48:37 GMT

I used to remember its was easy to browse and navigate VMware
website, even selection a product for download. Unfortunately the amount of cognitive
effort now required to simple download a trial of something like VMWare Workstation,
or even the free player and try get it to do as it states on the web page +"Create: Use VMware Player to create
virtual machines with the latest 32-bit and 64-bit Windows and Linux"+,
is mind boggling.

Even posting this message I had to navigate through another
'user set up process' and select from a drop down with a bazillion entries for
the desired forum.

Sorry but not impressed!!

Website unavailabe???

DSTAVERT — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:02:47 GMT

Is it just me or have others experienced the communities timeout quite regularly?

My Communities link

dprabhakaran — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:59:58 GMT

Hello,
In the old web site there use to be link called "My Communities", which lists the communities I am interested in/subscribed for. But I did not see that link with the new web site. Can any one please let me know where the link is?

Thanks & Regards
Diwakar

Advanced Search function now has What, Where, When but is missing Who!

WoodyZ — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:19:37 GMT

Before the web site was upgraded, when using Advanced Search function, one could also search by Who or Author (I can't remember now how it was labeled) and this was very handy. What are the chances of getting that feature back?

please display the full post while typing an answer

continuum — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:05:53 GMT

please display the full post while typing an answer - it is a pain to always be forced to open the original post in a second browser tab just to see the full context.
This is the only forum that only displays one post while answering

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Shortened logins on forum

Anton V Zhbankov — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:19:38 GMT

Robert, when logins are shortened in threads at least it can be understood, although it looks reallly bad - after all we have not really long logins.

But what the hell is THIS? I see 600 pixels to right after last letter.

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how shall a new user find the Converter-forum ???

continuum — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:30:14 GMT

how shall a new user find the Converter-forum ???

I usually had this in "my communities" - and today I only found it again because it was listed in my recent posts.

Why should a new user search for this under the vCenter section ?

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support beyond the forum - how do you handle it ?

continuum — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:56:46 GMT

I don't know if this applies to anyone else ... anyway maybe we can find a way that suits all ...

What do you do if a problem can not be fixed with a short answer in a post and the user asks you if you can fix the issue via a remote-login ?

I specialize in vmdk and snapshot problems and in most of the cases this problems really require more work than a short reply.
So occasionally I agree to fix the issue via a remote-login. This happens more and more often since ESX 4 appeared.

In maybe 33 % of those cases the users are nice and keep their promise to make a donation or post a success report.
In the other cases the users make me regret having helped them at all.

Worst example so far : I spend a whole saturday night recovering data from a user-mistake on ESX 4 - the user promised to donate 1000 dollars.
When the work was done I never heard from that guy again.

Last case was yesterday night - all in all I spend maybe 2 hours on a deleted snapshot - 30 minutes via a remote-login.
The work was successful and the user promised to make a donation ... which of course never arrived.

Obviously a lot of frustration is building up ...
If it goes on like this I guess I will soon stop to invest more than 5 - 10 minutes for a users problems - just to avoid this feeling of beeing cheated.

Do you have similar experiences ? - if yes - how do you handle such cases ?

What do you do if you see a post and you know that you could fix the problem if you spend maybe a full hour on it - do you spend the time ?

Ulli

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Issues with the website

PayamDamghani — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:08:55 GMT

Seem like no emails are going out and could not download anything? Whats going on?

The Poor performance of this site in general

markzz — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:10:50 GMT

Hi there all.

I'm posting this question on the weekend as this seems the time when this site performs the best.

Yes I know it's the weekend, I'm at home I should be digging the gardens. The kids are hammering the Optus cable currently, but I can type on this forum without a 20 charactor lag..

Of course being in Australia I can't be sure there isn't a performance issue somewhere between me and VMWare's servers in the US, but hey I don't have this issue on the Microsoft Site or Citrix Site.

Above and beyond everything else this lacking performance must to the unenlightened appear that VMWare's site just doesn't perform well, likely due to the fact that it's vitalized on VMWare!

Come on guys. This is your forward facing/customer facing environment. Give it some resources, get some end to end monitoring in place. I understand this is not a critical business application which generates income directly, but indirectly it must sway the unenlightened peoples opinions.

Thanks for listening to my gripe

Regards

The unenlightened.

Spoke too soon the lags back..

Ibm license metric tool

rosswilliamson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:53:07 GMT

Has anyone ever had any issues with installing this product on thier vm host or had any issues after it was installed

STP data analysis using STP navigator

sujsada — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:03:24 GMT

Can anyone help me to analyse the STP data using STP navigator for checkin the performance?

Unusable slow yet again

wila — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:59:43 GMT

Yes it happened again.

Over the past few days, the forums slowed down and now it again takes minutes for any page to return.
This looks BAD and makes the site so (insert favorite curse word here) unusable.

I hate this forum software platform and I'm sure i'm not the only one here.
Of course we will have to wait until the evening due to the timezone differences before someone is even capable of looking into the problem, which makes it even worse. Where's the global aspect of that? Europe is not important?

Sorry for the rant, but it makes one so tired.

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whats wrong - can't post in beta-section

continuum — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:31:07 GMT

I tried to post to this
http://communities.vmware.com/post!reply.jspa?messageID=1363839
5 or 6 times now - with breaks inbetween.
I always get the same error

System Error

We're sorry but a serious error has occurred in the system.

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Downloads and Trial downloads should not be so hard to get

s0m30n3 — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:34:56 GMT

Why do we have to fill out all these massive forms to get a download? Man I almost switched to VirtualBox because it's becoming to much a hassle to update my programs (vmware converter, vmware player, vmware server), plus I wanted to try out some of the trials.

usabilty of the VAM-section is a joke

continuum — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:59:48 GMT

Usabilty of the VAM-section is a joke ...

I just tried to download this VM
http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/va/236283/download

after 30 minutes of clicking through stupid and ever repeating pages I gave up

why for Zarquons sake do I have to re-register and answer question you already should have answered hundreds of times ???

Ulli

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What about a section for "vmdk and snapshot problems" ?

continuum — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:13:37 GMT

What about a section for "vmdk and snapshot problems" ?

Nowadays the knowhow to handle this problems is the same among all platforms.
Today this posts are scattered all over the place and it is next to impossible to find the knowhow in time when you really have an urgent issue.

Ulli

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"The form has already been processed or no token was supplied"

phxrider — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:40:21 GMT

What is the deal with this error? I suddenly cannot update my article, have tried on 2 different computers, Linux and Windows so I think it's safe to rule out configuration issues on my end.

VMware Capacity Assessment Tool - Not getting all the info from Linux

MARTINHARRIS — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:24:04 GMT

We are assessing 25 Redhat Servers using the VMware Capacity Assessment Tool and are failing to grab the information about disk size, disk I/O, disk MB per second. We have I/O stat and VMware stat installed and running on each server.

Has anyone had any experience or problems with Linux server stats with the vmware tool?

Can't unsubscribe from email notifications

akus1 — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:14:07 GMT

I have email notifications turned off but I keep receiving emails of all posts to the VMware Workstation group. I checked my profile notifications settings but I don't see how to stop it there unless i want to uncheck notifications for future posts. Can anyone sugest how to make them stop? I really only wanted ntoifcation of the threads I was subscribed to.

I'm not a newbie with list or forums and this is weird.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Ray

dead link : VMware View Client with Offline Desktop

continuum — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:21:44 GMT

The download link to VMware View Client with Offline Desktop is dead

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My communities account is giving me a bizarro error

russellcthe2nd — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:24:12 GMT

When I log in I get the following:

Error code: UX59
Error date: Thu Jan 22 14:46:10 PST 2009
Err 4 user: Not logged in
Exception: VM-TCA-20044:Person Party with email address does not exists

Who do I contact to resolve this? I created a new account in the mean time but I'm unable to access all my previous account's stuff for obvious reasons. Its kind of important since my beta information is all tied to my previous account.

VMware Forum software is slow and makes inefficent use of screen real estate

Piggy — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:53:59 GMT

These forums contain a wealth of information but the web pages are sooo slow to display. I don't know if it's because of the number and placements of graphic files, Product Announcements and Get Help Here section that consume valuable real estate on every page (page 1 should be sufficient) or what but it is just very inefficient. This is not a new problem nor is it limited to any particular browser or broadband connection. It is just the way it has been since I can remember.

I would like to be able to quickly scan message subjects, paging forward and backwards, then drill into anything of interest, repeating the process until I'm done. The current software does not make this fast or efficient. There are so many good, high volume forums out there I would really like to see VMware implement something better like others do.

Am I alone or do others feel the same way?

Windows 7 questions all over the place ...

continuum — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:22:44 GMT

At the moment we have a lot of Windows 7 querstions all over the place - basically the answers are always the same.
What about making a temporary Windows 7 forum until the gold rush is over ?

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Previous / Next Thread

RDellimmagine — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:23:18 GMT

Hello All,

Jive is telling us that the recent crashes are caused by the "previous / next thread" function, because it consumes a lot of cpu to calculate the thread order. We've seen the problem since we implemented http://communities.vmware.com/home.jspa, which is encouraging more people to log in (which is good), but has increased overall load to the system.

So, the question: What is the impact on the typical power user if we turn off previous / next thread feature? It means if you go to a community and click a thread, you'll need to go back to the community and click the next or previous thread rather than just click next or previous on the current thread. Clearly it's a nice feature, but the question is whether you can live without it. Please let me know your thoughts.

Thanks, Robert

Robert Dell'Immagine, Director of VMware Communities

Rich text editor escaping too much

etung — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:05:07 GMT

DirectX 3D Applications Compatibility List has a table with a link in it. Sometimes after someone's edited it all the links will have a '\' at the end. Examining the markup and playing with the editor leads me to believe this:

The markup for a link in a table looks like: |[text|url]| where the outer pipes represent the column separators, the brackets are the link, and the middle pipe is the text vs URL delimiter. When I use this in the plain text editor and save, all is fine.

However, if someone then opens the document with the rich text editor, at first it looks alright - the RTE displays the table as expected. Previewing or saving, however, shows the markup now looks like |[text\|url]|, e.g. the RTE is trying to be smart and escape the pipe so it's not interpreted as a column separator (except it's not needed, since the link has higher priority over the table). Switching back to the RTE from the preview or saving shows the extra '\'s.

This would be fine if it were just me editing (I always use the plain text editor), but this document routinely gets edited by other people, some of who apparently like the rich text editor.

Request for Feedback on Search on VMware Communities

RDellimmagine — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:54:49 GMT

I'd like your feedback about site search on VMware Communities. I will use this to help prioritize development efforts on the platform.

Please reply to this thread with specific problems you encounter with search on VMware Communities.

Known Issues:

Search on “Windisk_GetVolumeDiskExtents” doesn’t return results, but search on “Windisk Get Volume Disk Extents” does. See http://communities.vmware.com/thread/117513
Search terms with dots in them don’t return results properly, e.g. svga.enableOverlay. See http://communities.vmware.com/message/910941#910941
Search for “VT or AMD” returns threads but no users; search for “VT || AMD” returns threads and users. The two should be equivalent.
If you select an community in the Where box in advanced search, it doesn't search in sub-communities. It should. See this thread below.

Planned New Features / Fixes (will come automatically when we upgrade the platform in the first half of 2009):

For multi-word searches, change the default from OR to AND (to be more like Google search)
Add search by author
Group search results by thread
Better search scoring (for ordering results by relevance)
Indexing of Office2007 attachments (in addition to Office2003 attachments, which are the only Microsoft Office attachments currently indexed)

I look forward to your feedback, and I'll summarize our plan once I have the feedback compiled. Thanks, Robert

Robert Dell'Immagine, Director of VMware Communities

Please display the full post or at least the last five or ten answers while inside the "post reply" form

continuum — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:53:13 GMT

Please display the full post or at least the last five or ten answers while inside the "post reply" form - it is very anoying to always have to go back and open the post in a second browser tab just to get the full context.
This is the only forum I know which does NOT do this

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Be careful - the preview function can delete a post

continuum — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:39:38 GMT

Be careful - the preview function can delete a post. It just happended to me ...
After typing a longer post i hit "preview" - which then deleted the content.
As the "back-button" is defunct there was no way to get the post back ...

So always copy any text to clipboard before you hit any button

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Planned Downtime for Communities Upgrade: October 25

RDellimmagine — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:49:19 GMT

See Planned Downtime for Communities Upgrade: October 25 for details. Regards, Robert

Robert Dell'Immagine, Director of VMware Communities

Disallow "div class" tag in posts

etung — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:54:44 GMT

Firefox 3.0.3 and Safari 3.1.2 (5525.20.1) on OS X 10.5.5. Re: PL2303 USB-SERIAL has messed up formatting, with the text spilling into the next post. This is because of an extraneous div class="current" tag (Re: USB-Serial Adaptors and Fusion and 10.5.2, with the same content, doesn't have the tag and displays properly).

Please increase cookie timeout

Scissor — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:13:38 GMT

I am forced to log back in on the forums every 24 hours. I assume it has something to do with cookies and timeout values. Can you please please please increase the time that each login is valid for?

System Error, status code 500

etung — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:20:32 GMT

Grumble. Another lost post.

System Error

We're sorry but a serious error has occurred in the system. If you are a system administrator please click "more details" below for more information about this error.
More Details

* Status Code: 500
* Exception Type: null
* Error Message:
* Request URI: /post.jspa
* Stack Trace:
o com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.SessionMap.put(SessionMap.java:161)
o com.jivesoftware.community.action.PostAction.loadToSession(PostAction.java:1483)
o com.jivesoftware.community.action.PostAction.execute(PostAction.java:1064)
o com.jivesoftware.community.action.PostQuestionAction.execute(PostQuestionAction.java:72)
o sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1149.invoke(Unknown Source)
o sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
o java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invokeAction(DefaultActionInvocation.java:358)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invokeActionOnly(DefaultActionInvocation.java:218)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:192)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.FlashInterceptor.intercept(FlashInterceptor.java:40)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.DefaultWorkflowInterceptor.doIntercept(DefaultWorkflowInterceptor.java:175)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:86)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.ValidationInterceptor.doIntercept(ValidationInterceptor.java:115)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:86)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.JiveObjectLoaderInterceptor.intercept(JiveObjectLoaderInterceptor.java:55)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.webwork.interceptor.FileUploadInterceptor.intercept(FileUploadInterceptor.java:233)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.I18nInterceptor.intercept(I18nInterceptor.java:151)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.JiveIOCInterceptor.intercept(JiveIOCInterceptor.java:694)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.jivesoftware.community.action.LocaleInterceptor.intercept(LocaleInterceptor.java:71)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.JiveLoginInterceptor.intercept(JiveLoginInterceptor.java:42)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.AuthInterceptor.intercept(AuthInterceptor.java:60)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.ExceptionMappingInterceptor.intercept(ExceptionMappingInterceptor.java:186)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.ModuleCheckInterceptor.intercept(ModuleCheckInterceptor.java:49)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionProxy.execute(DefaultActionProxy.java:116)
o com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.DispatcherUtils.serviceAction(DispatcherUtils.java:225)
o com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher.doFilter(FilterDispatcher.java:202)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.JiveFilterDispatcher.doFilter(JiveFilterDispatcher.java:53)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.filter.SetResponseCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetResponseCharacterEncodingFilter.java:62)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:118)
o com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:52)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.JiveActionContextCleanUp.doFilter(JiveActionContextCleanUp.java:46)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.filter.PresenceFilter.doFilter(PresenceFilter.java:106)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.filter.SetRequestCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetRequestCharacterEncodingFilter.java:73)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o org.directwebremoting.servlet.DwrWebContextFilter.doFilter(DwrWebContextFilter.java:91)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o com.jivesoftware.community.upgrade.UpgradeFilter.doFilter(UpgradeFilter.java:43)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.filter.ApplicationInitializedFilter.doFilter(ApplicationInitializedFilter.java:95)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o com.jivesoftware.base.database.dao.DAOContextCleanUpFilter.doFilter(DAOContextCleanUpFilter.java:32)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
o org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
o org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
o org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
o org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:563)
o org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
o org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:263)
o org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
o org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:584)
o org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
o java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
* java.lang.NullPointerException

Communities Planned Downtime August 23

RDellimmagine — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:34:04 GMT

See Planned Downtime for Maintenance Upgrade August 23. Downtime will be from 7am to 3pm Pacific on Saturday, August 23. We are rolling out the user interface improvements documented in VMware Communities Proposed Homepage Design.

Robert

Is there any way of using the RSS feed on a forum that requires login?

dave.english — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:18:57 GMT

I'm in the Workstation 6.5 Beta forum, but to view it I need to login.

Is there anyway to use the RSS feed link for it, it doesn't work for me in Thunderbird?

I guess that when I try to add the group, it just redirects to login.do & Thunderbird rejects that as not valid RSS.

A public forum such as Server 2.0 Beta works fine for me.

Regards

VBS delete script

zaccc — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:26:11 GMT

I do not know whether I am in the right place. I need VBS script that deletes full backup, but the name of backup is constantly changing. For example, 137-0 and 138-0. I have tried with the script for a time but then I deleted incremental backup in folderu. At the end should make a log that is deleted backup. It should varibal script but I do not know to write the script. You can we help?

VI:OPS

yorkie — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:56:10 GMT

Moderators,

We are currently running the pilot of VI:OPS at http://vpp-dev-1.vmware.com and getting a significant uplift in users and content. Each couple of days we are doubling page views and visitors, but we are not ready for the size of these communities yet, without your help.

Some history: the whole premise of VI:OPS is based on constant and many customer requests along the lines of "You are VMware, you have been doing his the longest, what is a good way to do....". Our response for a long time has been white papers, or buy services, or we don't know - just finding the right person or the the right information is a challenge and this slows down our customers' success with virtualization.

Last year, in 2007, we launched a prototype called http://viops.vmware.com where we tried out the idea of putting virtualization patterns online. This had remarkable pull with our customers, via the CAC and other forums, but in terms of content it proved challenging - why would customers want to publish their practices to benefit others? Although customers DO share these practices via the CAC email alias, they are reluctant to do so online on a portal.

This year, we have relaunched the effort with an evolved approach - building on last year's efforts with a tweak in the approach we have got some momentum - but what does being a success mean? It means, quite simply, that VMware customers can find answers to common problems much more quickly than they can today. For example, a large insurance company in the US has already used the virtualization metrics to get over a long-term problem that has been holding their virtualization back - what do I measure (what do other people measure).

Our customers are looking for simple, proven practices to give them a "leg up", to get them started with something better than their current blank piece of paper. Some other customers are looking to contribute their thoughts on these approaches, but mostly within select groups like CAC. Partners are lining up to provide markitecture but we are focusing them on proven practices - they must provide content with a context (what is the problem his solves?) and a solution (prescriptive, actionable content). VMware staff are lining up to provide content because we listen to customers and learn from them and we are a natural responder with the best practices we hear about and help deliver.

Without VI:OPS, where do all these practices go? They are spread around the internet, they are lost in email, they are invisible in conversations at VMworld - the sooner we capture these, the more we can establish the common ways of doing things (patterns) and the more we can get on with delivering more value.

I am starting this thread because I want your feedback as both experts in virtualization and the communities, and I want you on board and helping the VI:OPS pilot - we are going to be making a splash at VMworld and I'd like you all to be part of it.

Thoughts, ideas, feedback, on the following:

Structure of the VI:OPS site - Strategy, Standards, Security, Management, Availability (Automation is going to be merged into Management)
Moderation of the VI:OPS site - helping drive content, not just correcting?
Your thought leadership - what do you have the time, inclination for?

Steve

System Errors, Thread Not Found, Old Posts

RDellimmagine — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:53:40 GMT

We've been working with Akamai on some issues, and they are asking for more data about specific problems the community is seeing. If you see any of the above errors starting July 18, it would be very helpful ifyou could log them as follows:

a. Reply to this thread with the exact URL and the exact time (with the timezone) where saw the error.
b. Go to support.akamai.com and fill out the form there, taking special care to put B-3-30FGMP in the case field.

Also, please note that login and registration will be unavailable July 18, 6:30pm to July 19, 12:30am PDT (6 hours), and the entire site will be unavailable July 18 from 7pm to 8:30pm PDT. If you have problems during this window, it's likely because of the maintenance.

Thanks very much! Regards, Robert

Robert Dell'Immagine, Director of VMware Communities

Another irritation logging in

LeoL — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:01:48 GMT

Each morning I try to get into the WS 6.5 Beta forum from a "favourite" on my browser.
Instead I am taken to a log in page. - Fair enough - But it then does not take me to my requested page it takes me to a generic page. So I have to select my favourite again.
Minor, I know, but yet another irritation with this very irritating BB software

Leo

Planned Maintenance, June 5, 6pm - 7pm Pacific

RDellimmagine — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:44:38 GMT

VMware Communities will be unavailable on June 5 from 6pm to 7pm Pacific for planned maintenance while we upgrade some infrastructure components.

Robert Dell'Immagine, Director of VMware Communities

VMTN forum errors are back?

Peter_vm — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:19:03 GMT

Just got this one:

"Always use this editor" doesn't work

RDellimmagine — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:28:26 GMT

The "Always use this editor" function on the rich text editor and the plain text editor currently doesn't work. This bug started expressing itself about 3 weeks ago when we made a configuration change (turned off autosave) that increased performance noticeably. Since turning on autosave again is not an option, Jive has provided a fix that we will implement the week of May 12 or 17. I'll report again when I have an exact ETA for deploying the fix. Regards, Robert

Robert Dell'Immagine, Director of VMware Communities

Request for LCM & StageManager communities

Erik Bussink — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:41:37 GMT

Will the GA of these products, will there be dedicated communities forums for these products ?

One year old PMs come in - with new date

continuum — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:40:37 GMT

Recently I got an PM-notification about a new PM.
The PM was originally send to me about 10 or 11 months ago.
Now it was resend with a fresh date on it.
Looks like the PM-message -system leads a life of its own

Unread Private Messages are nowhere to be found

Peter_vm — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:06:03 GMT

I have indication of two unread Private Messages, but I cannot find them. All messages listed below are shown as read.

Already read threads turn dark blue again

Peter_vm — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:03:09 GMT

After a while (few hours), already visited threads are being shown as unread again.
That is very confusing and irritating.

System Error on post

Peter_vm — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:57:38 GMT

System Error
We're sorry but a serious error has occurred in the system. If you are a system administrator please click "more details" below for more information about this error.

More Details
Status Code: 500
Exception Type: null
Error Message:
Request URI: /post.jspa
Stack Trace:
com.jivesoftware.community.impl.DbForumMessage.prepareInsertIntoDb(DbForumMessage.java:1964)
com.jivesoftware.community.impl.DbForumThread.addMessage(DbForumThread.java:550)
com.jivesoftware.community.proxy.ForumThreadProxy.addMessage(ForumThreadProxy.java:122)
com.jivesoftware.community.action.PostAction.createMessage(PostAction.java:1289)
com.jivesoftware.community.action.PostAction.execute(PostAction.java:1018)
com.jivesoftware.community.action.PostQuestionAction.execute(PostQuestionAction.java:72)
sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor983.invoke(Unknown Source)
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invokeAction(DefaultActionInvocation.java:358)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invokeActionOnly(DefaultActionInvocation.java:218)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:192)
com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.FlashInterceptor.intercept(FlashInterceptor.java:40)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.DefaultWorkflowInterceptor.doIntercept(DefaultWorkflowInterceptor.java:175)
com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:86)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.ValidationInterceptor.doIntercept(ValidationInterceptor.java:115)
com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:86)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.JiveObjectLoaderInterceptor.intercept(JiveObjectLoaderInterceptor.java:55)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.opensymphony.webwork.interceptor.FileUploadInterceptor.intercept(FileUploadInterceptor.java:233)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.I18nInterceptor.intercept(I18nInterceptor.java:151)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.JiveIOCInterceptor.intercept(JiveIOCInterceptor.java:694)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.jivesoftware.community.action.LocaleInterceptor.intercept(LocaleInterceptor.java:71)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.JiveLoginInterceptor.intercept(JiveLoginInterceptor.java:42)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.AuthInterceptor.intercept(AuthInterceptor.java:60)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.ExceptionMappingInterceptor.intercept(ExceptionMappingInterceptor.java:186)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.ModuleCheckInterceptor.intercept(ModuleCheckInterceptor.java:49)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionProxy.execute(DefaultActionProxy.java:116)
com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.DispatcherUtils.serviceAction(DispatcherUtils.java:225)
com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher.doFilter(FilterDispatcher.java:202)
com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.JiveFilterDispatcher.doFilter(JiveFilterDispatcher.java:53)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
com.jivesoftware.community.web.filter.SetResponseCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetResponseCharacterEncodingFilter.java:62)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:118)
com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:52)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
com.jivesoftware.community.web.JiveActionContextCleanUp.doFilter(JiveActionContextCleanUp.java:46)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
com.jivesoftware.community.web.filter.PresenceFilter.doFilter(PresenceFilter.java:106)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
com.jivesoftware.community.web.filter.SetRequestCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetRequestCharacterEncodingFilter.java:73)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
org.directwebremoting.servlet.DwrWebContextFilter.doFilter(DwrWebContextFilter.java:91)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
com.jivesoftware.community.upgrade.UpgradeFilter.doFilter(UpgradeFilter.java:43)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
com.jivesoftware.community.web.filter.ApplicationInitializedFilter.doFilter(ApplicationInitializedFilter.java:95)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
com.jivesoftware.base.database.dao.DAOContextCleanUpFilter.doFilter(DAOContextCleanUpFilter.java:32)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:563)
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:263)
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:584)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Message created in community 2424 cannot be added to community 2437

Has Communities Site Performance Improved?

RDellimmagine — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:25:01 GMT

Following the upgrade of the VMware Communities infrastructure on February 22 from a 2-node cluster to a 3-node cluster, our system monitoring shows that site performance has improved. There is still more we need to do, and we continue to work on it. But meanwhile, I wanted to check your perception of site performance.

So, let us know -- is it better, the same, worse? Is it great, acceptable, unacceptable? Thanks!

Robert Dell'Immagine, Director of VMware Communities

VMware Communities Down for Maintenance

RDellimmagine — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:28:16 GMT

VMware Communities is going down for maintenance shortly, around 5:30pm Pacific on Friday, Feb 22, for about 30 minutes. I apologize for any inconvenience this causes.

Robert Dell'Immagine, Director of VMware Communities

Don't break native "back-button" of browsers

continuum — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:16:28 GMT

The forum drops already entered text so often that you either should

force users to copy their text to clipboard before hitting the "post message" button - or better
stop breaking all browsers native "back-button"

Loosing entered text is already anoying - in a normal forum you just hit "back" and then at least get the chance to get back your text.

Missing post

optimizer — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:12:38 GMT

I posted on the Workstation forum. It did not show on that forum.

I happened to click on the Desktop which has a list of posts, and there it was.

I went back to Workstation forum and it wasn't there. I presume it'll appear at some time, but it got to the desktop forum list first.

Interesting - Feedback doesn't give text entry block to key in message! Nice. PS site doesn't display well with IE. <edit>It looks like it did take 3 letters of text after all, I was too quick for the system.

optimizer — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:11:31 GMT

The

<edit.> ....intermittent problem. So Badsah, there is no screenshot available as you asked via PM! The edit window is back.

"Login as me Badsah, edit, and see whats happening" - Actually, on 2nd thoughts, don't login as me (as you said you couldn't anyway, which would also be a generally accepted practice). I can instead get you a screenshot of it if it happens again or any other problems I see in the future.

I don't know why using PM, unless it's just quicker way to do a message. We're not talking anything that couldn't be a message.

<edit> Kinda like taking an old small car in to the shop with faulty carb that only acts up when it's cold.

It's time to cut losses, make it work well, and drop a Hemi in.

Thanks, Opt

System error while trying to open thread

wila — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:51:30 GMT

Hi,

Just got the following when trying to open thread Gateway Timeout Error on Posting Reply and Re: Gateway Timeout Error on Posting Reply
System Error We're sorry but a serious error has occurred in the system. If you are a system administrator please click "more details" below for more information about this error. More Details
When i clicked on more details i got the same thing, no details.

VMTN down and up?

Peter_vm — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:14:12 GMT

Starting at 6:04 pm Pacific time

Internal Server Error - Read
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Reference #3.3dc13e40.1202263437.c936d84

Three minutes later...

Service Temporarily Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

Up after another couple of minutes.

Wiki syntax documentation

wila — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:23:02 GMT

If you run the "quick tour" you get a comment that you can create content using a so called wiki markup.
Now that's all fine (great i would say) but where's the documentation on what the markup is that you need to use?
It's not a universal markup, e.g. wikipedia markup is not the same as open wiki markup is not the same as the markup i developed in the past for a wiki engine... you get the point.

There's some markup that is similar between most engines though, but here we have specialized markup so you can reference to old threads in the forum for example. Guess it is standard jive markup, but then again how do we know?

PS: I now learn it from looking at how someone else posts by temporarily using the reply with the quote button and not reply but it is painful and slow. You might as well not use it then...

Feature request: Remembering back/foward page position

BenConrad — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:40:59 GMT

I'd like to request that the forum software keep track of the page position that my browser is at so that when I return to the parent / child web page the page position is the same.

A good example of what I'm talking about is www.slashdot.org. Go half way down the main page and choose 'Read More' to read the threaded discussions. Go half way down the threaded discussions page then click the back button. Your browser will go back to the original parent page location. Click the forward button, you are brought back to the proper location on the threaded discussions page.

Another nice thing to have is if you are 3-4 pages deep reading a VMWare thread and you want to go back to reading the community posts where you left off you should be able to click 'Up to Discussions in Installation and Upgrade' and be brought to the same location in the community where you left off. Instead what happens is that when you click on 'Up to Discussions in Installation and Upgrade' you are brought to page 1 of the community. The fix for this seems to be to click the 'back' button until you are a the proper community page. Very clunky.

Ben

Reset?

Peter_vm — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:43:38 GMT

Forum is very slow again (60-90sec). I have just experienced this error:

HTTP Status 503 - This application is not currently available

type Status report
message This application is not currently available
description The requested service (This application is not currently available) is not currently available.

Apache Tomcat/6.0.14

Private e-mail address disclosed

Peter_vm — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:49:55 GMT

Please comment on:
http://communities.vmware.com/message/802359#802359

Yet another VMware forum error

osde.info — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:24:02 GMT

System Error
We're sorry but a serious error has occurred in the system. If you are a system administrator please click "more details" below for more information about this error.
More Details

* Status Code: 500
* Exception Type: null
* Error Message:
* Request URI: /post.jspa
* Stack Trace:
o com.jivesoftware.community.impl.DbForumMessage.prepareInsertIntoDb(DbForumMessage.java:1964)
o com.jivesoftware.community.impl.DbForumThread.addMessage(DbForumThread.java:550)
o com.jivesoftware.community.proxy.ForumThreadProxy.addMessage(ForumThreadProxy.java:122)
o com.jivesoftware.community.action.PostAction.createMessage(PostAction.java:1289)
o com.jivesoftware.community.action.PostAction.execute(PostAction.java:1018)
o com.jivesoftware.community.action.PostQuestionAction.execute(PostQuestionAction.java:72)
o sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor958.invoke(Unknown Source)
o sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
o java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invokeAction(DefaultActionInvocation.java:358)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invokeActionOnly(DefaultActionInvocation.java:218)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:192)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.FlashInterceptor.intercept(FlashInterceptor.java:40)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.DefaultWorkflowInterceptor.doIntercept(DefaultWorkflowInterceptor.java:175)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:86)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.ValidationInterceptor.doIntercept(ValidationInterceptor.java:115)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:86)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.JiveObjectLoaderInterceptor.intercept(JiveObjectLoaderInterceptor.java:55)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.webwork.interceptor.FileUploadInterceptor.intercept(FileUploadInterceptor.java:233)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.I18nInterceptor.intercept(I18nInterceptor.java:151)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.JiveIOCInterceptor.intercept(JiveIOCInterceptor.java:694)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.jivesoftware.community.action.LocaleInterceptor.intercept(LocaleInterceptor.java:71)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.JiveLoginInterceptor.intercept(JiveLoginInterceptor.java:42)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.AuthInterceptor.intercept(AuthInterceptor.java:60)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:31)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.ExceptionMappingInterceptor.intercept(ExceptionMappingInterceptor.java:186)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.ModuleCheckInterceptor.intercept(ModuleCheckInterceptor.java:49)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:190)
o com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionProxy.execute(DefaultActionProxy.java:116)
o com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.DispatcherUtils.serviceAction(DispatcherUtils.java:225)
o com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher.doFilter(FilterDispatcher.java:202)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.webwork.JiveFilterDispatcher.doFilter(JiveFilterDispatcher.java:53)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.filter.SetResponseCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetResponseCharacterEncodingFilter.java:62)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:118)
o com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:52)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.JiveActionContextCleanUp.doFilter(JiveActionContextCleanUp.java:46)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.filter.PresenceFilter.doFilter(PresenceFilter.java:106)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.filter.SetRequestCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetRequestCharacterEncodingFilter.java:73)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o org.directwebremoting.servlet.DwrWebContextFilter.doFilter(DwrWebContextFilter.java:91)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o com.jivesoftware.community.upgrade.UpgradeFilter.doFilter(UpgradeFilter.java:43)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o com.jivesoftware.community.web.filter.ApplicationInitializedFilter.doFilter(ApplicationInitializedFilter.java:95)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o com.jivesoftware.base.database.dao.DAOContextCleanUpFilter.doFilter(DAOContextCleanUpFilter.java:32)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
o org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
o org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
o org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
o org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
o org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
o org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
o org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:263)
o org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:190)
o org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:283)
o org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:767)
o org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:697)
o org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:889)
o org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:690)
o java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
* java.lang.IllegalStateException: Message created in community 2401 cannot be added to community 2003

regards
clive (aka osde.info)
http://www.vizzr.info

Can we have daily report on forum Resets?

Peter_vm — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:39:28 GMT

With times reported on reset activity. It gets on my nerves.

Javascript Errors

dalepres — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:40:36 GMT

It seems you have dropped the RTE altogether. Good choice. And great job on finally fixing the performance issues.

So now here are a couple nit-picking (but still important, I think) issues. Whenever I begin a new post, I get the two errors.

New problem - This won't let me attach the files using the image icon in the PTE toolbar and the attach files box at the bottom only takes one file. So this will be 5 posts to get all the javascript errors reported.

Private Messages Notification

rsa911 — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:46:58 GMT

Since the Load balancer install, I'm facing weird behaviour from the private messages notification and globally from the P.M. feature itself
the "My content" button turns orange, notifying a new PM, but once I open my inbox, I either see no new message or worse, the most recent messages are not displayed at all !
Same behaviour with IE 7 and Firefox 1.5
I tried closing the browser, cleaning the cache cookies etc.. but still the same issues !

Any idea ?

On the other hand performance has improved since the load balancer introduction... it's still far from the old forum sw but already a nice improvment ... so keep up the good work

Thanks

Maintenance 4-6pm PST TODAY, Monday, Nov 12

JohnTroyer — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:41:38 GMT

We're going down to reconfigure the application today -- scheduled for 4pm. Sorry for the late notice, but we're ready to go and want to move as quickly as possible.

I hope that some people are watching this community via email and will get the msg.

We're moving to a clustered configuration, which should help with system overhead as well as an individual app server going down.

Scheduled maintenance time is 2hrs.

Reply button and Rich Text editor - load java errors in IE6

Peter_vm — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:34:45 GMT

I still see this happening. Is this issue being worked on?

Forum Printing -- please add to the 'improvements needed' list :)

tlyczko — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:28:32 GMT

Today I printed something instead of saving it some other way.
The results were pretty horrible.

When some of the dust has settled from the numerous needed fixes/changes, etc., would someone please create and implement on the forums site a good print.css stylesheet that will appropriately render forum threads reasonably nicely on a printed page??

Thank you, Tom

Threaded view does not render properly

Peter_vm — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:23:09 GMT

For the last two days threaded view often does not display properly.

Fixed the database access problem this week..

ericni — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:29:22 GMT

Just thought I would add a thread that mentioned that of the 3 performance problems we had this week, we solved the largest. We are now focusing on the second problem, and believe we have a solution for the 3rd. Since implementing databased configuration changes, we have not seen a failure of this type since. This was a big step forward, it was the problem that had been defocusing the rest of the performance work. Now that we have solid connectivity to the database, tackling the other issues is much eaiser.

We hope to make significant progress again next week.

Eric

VMware communities.

Do PMs work ?

continuum — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:37:24 GMT

Is the PM - messagesystem working reliable ?

VMware Communities Known Issues document not clear

Peter_vm — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:27:51 GMT

Please redesign "VMware Communities Known Issues" document, so we would know clearly which issues has been successfully resolved and which ones are still outstanding.

http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-1000

Please follow a good standard layout as it has been presented in "Release Notes" for other VMware products.

Thank you.

Please add a disconnect after * minutes timer - configurable in preferences

continuum — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:05:01 GMT

I found out that hanging around here longer than about 70 - 80 minutes makes me agressive.
Can you please add a timer that logs me off after 60 minutes ?

Sorry - this is no joke at all

Missing link to original post in post/edit box

continuum — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:24:10 GMT

In old forum it was impossible to view the full post while answering but it at least had a link to open the full post in another window.
The new forum no longer has this link.

Now I have to copy the already entered text into clipboard - hit goback button to see the original full context - then go back to edit and paste already typed text again.
Very nasty behaviour

Please display full context when ever inside a edit / post page

swap the user name and user level icon?

shshjun — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:52:29 GMT

nice to see the user level icon is back in the topic list. it looked a bit weird though as it's not alligned. should be much better if we swap them:
user_name user_level_icon --> user_level_icon user_name moderator indictor

Slow back button

mcwill — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:25:32 GMT

With the speed ups to the site over the last couple of days, usage is getting a lot better however there appears to be aspect that is causing a lot (IMHO) of unecessary slowness.

When hitting the back button from a message view to return viewing a community thread list it appears that the view instead of coming from local cache is refreshed to update time of last posting (and also include new postings?), whilst it may give a "live" view on the thread list it is very annoying on a mobile browser (eg: mobile safari) as this thread list can take up to 15 seconds to regenerate. As a comparison, viewing an individual message thread renders in approx 5 seconds.

Is there any chance that an option can be added to each users profile that allows them to opt back to a "static" thread list?

Thanks,
Iain

Centering of page

frankjg — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:20:25 GMT

It would be very helpful if after reading a certain topic and returning to the discussion page that that discussion page was centered on the last topic read. As it is now one must scroll thru all the topics to return to the last topic read.

Frank

New Editor?

SCC — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:50:27 GMT

It appears a new editor is in place? If so, this is a positive improvement.

don

Is this totally untested?

dalepres — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:22:28 GMT

When I try to submit a create a post, there is no text editor available on the default rich text tab. Clicking the Plain Text tab doesn't work. There are javascript errors on the page. I am using IE7 on Vista X64.

The only way I was able to submit a post was to submit the post with no subject and then, along with the error notification that there was no subject (inappropriatly called Title in the error message), the rich text editor finally showed up. Now I will try this same workaround in the desktop forum to see if I can post the question that brought me here today in the first place.

Opening any page is taking anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute or two. The perormance issue that is reported on the forums home page to have been fixed is very much not fixed yet. Or if it is fixed, I would certainly have hated to seen how bad the performance was before the fix.

I reviewed the list of known issues in the new forums. Wow. I just can't help wondering if this was tested at all. It doesn't reflect well on VMWare at all to have so many broken features and so many known issues yet the new forums were put into production anyway.

Conspiracy Theory

jonheal — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:28:31 GMT

Maybe Microsoft (Virtual PC) has teamed up with Parallels to create a DOS attack!!!

Don't like the way that it is organized and displayed

kaychan — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:25:10 GMT

I find the screen is very confusing . Very hard to find topics and search for special topics with keywords. I am very much prefer the old forum. Please switch it back.

Minor Problems ??????????

Kltaylor — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:51:26 GMT

On the main page for the communities it says you will reboot at the top of every hour because of minor problems.

Well from what I can see it is more than minor problems. I have been trying to do some research to my problems and the site is so slow and degraged since the changes that I have had to start looking other places.

WHen are you going to roll back to the old site which was 100% better than this.

Standards are slipping..

virtdaz — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:06:09 GMT

This site is a perfect example of what happens when there is Outsourcing, too many management layers or types, technical people with littlle knowledge about implementation, marketing taking priority over technology and a IPO.

it is sad to see how vmware standards are slipping away...with every release of vmware you guys are cutting off more and more features off the ESX servers and more and more moving things to management platforms running on windows.

9/25 Report

Texiwill — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:28:22 GMT

Hello,

Performance has improved so that the system is now usable. Still there exist a few issues.

1) Switch your Post to Plain Text and you will see that the text starts wrapping around 30 characters instead of the width of the screen. Can this be fixed, it is very annoying.... Rich Text has no issues but I just do not like the interface.

2) Is there a way to just refresh the forum part of the screen instead of the whole thing? Pulling in all the stuff on left or right is the slow part of the forum now. If a button/link was added to just refresh the middle section life would be better.

3) When coming back from posting a reply it would be nice if the forum autoupdated. See #2 above as well.

4) It would be very nice if there was a way to know which posts you have yet to read. I do not want to mark all as read, I want to know which I have yet to read.

Best regards,
Edward

Color Scheme

JDLangdon — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:32:45 GMT

Having a color scheme that is brighter on the left side then it is on the right side beings out the illusion that the right eye is getting weak and it will strain itself to compensate for the difference.

Anyone who is sitting in front of a computer monitor all day longs will find this new color scheme very unpleasing.

Jason

Line wraps not working with firefox

Gabrie — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:32:26 GMT

Running FireFox 1.5.0.4 I noticed that some lines or not wrapped at the end. Unfortunately my company pushes 1.5 as only version, can't test on 2.x.

Gabrie

Pretty Please with Sugar On It Go Back to the Old Forum Software

walterwatts — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:30:08 GMT

We're beggin' ya.

Life is too short.

Walter