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• Paradoxum on vmware overview "Guest Operating System Support" homepage

  Hello there,

  you guys can help me by answering the following question:

  What is the difference of the supported guest operating system RHEL 5 and RHEL (32/64)?

  See in the table on the following link:

  http://www.VMware.com/technical-resources/advantages/guest-OS.html

  In addition, there are analogies like Windows XP and Windows XP (32/64) ?

  It is a paradoxum for me.    =)

  Can someone help me with this, please?

  BTW: I want to run a RHEL 5 x 86 (32 bit) as the guest on vSphere OS 5 and must be supported in case of disaster.

  Thank you very much and have a nice day!

  -JCCSysADM

  It is indeed a table very unclear.

  It is not the real compatibility list, but a comparison with other hypervisors.

  For a list of real OS comments compatibility, check here:

  http://www.VMware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=software&testConfig=16

• vCenter 4.1 Update 1 "Guest Operating System support customization"

  I was reading the release notes for vCenter 4.1 update 1. I noticed this statement regarding the additional customization support:

  "Additional support for customization of the operating system called: vCenter Server now supports the customization of the following systems: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x 32 and x 64)".

  (1) this means that we should not patch our model of Windows 2008 R2 with SP1, if we're still using vCenter 4.1 (without Update 1)?

  (2) in addition, it is possible that someone has already patched our model of Windows 2008 R2 with SP1. What would be the consequences or potential issues if some virtual machines have already been deployed and customized in vCenter 4.1 (without Update 1)?

  I doubt I'll see any error, warning or other if I tried to customize, but I want to assure you that it is not some underlying issues that would not easily noticeable.

  The reason is simple... SP1 is RTM and will be released in the coming weeks.

  First version of vCenter 4.1 can not support only because that there was not.

  Does not support does not mean that it is does not work (sorry for the pun).

  André

• bsod on guest operating system support

  I installed 2 guests on my esxi and when I try to create a virtual machine. He's still bsod on the third person. I use windows 2000 advance server on the buat comments he always bsod on the start screen or when installing windows. It is error page, kmode error, missing/corrupted to ntoskrnl.exe. Please just give me a solution thanks. ANW my server host using i7.

  You check the equipment, run memtest

  ---

  MCSA, MCTS, VCP, VMware vExpert 2009

  http://blog.vadmin.ru

• T of what guest operating systems will start the VMware Support for EFI?

  Is there a list of support guest OS for the EFI firmware?  Mianly supported by VMware - do not try, fail, call support technique etc etc.   My experiences on the TP forums, I guess that there is not.  Some OS (such as Windows Server) come with a screen to choose BIOS/EFI firmware.  If not, you need to go to setting > Hard Drive OPtions-> advanced _ > boot using EFI.  In particular there at - it versions of Linux that you give you option of BIOS/EFI firmware before the confutation of VM is complete, so the hard drive then be custom.

  We will officially support the EFI firmware for any guest operating system to which all the following conditions are met:

  • We list this guest operating system, supported in the VMware Compatibility Guide for operating systems and your virtualization product.
  • The guest operating system supports EFI in the operating system installation media.
  • Support the guest OS EFI has no catastrophic flaws (for example Fedora 12 x 64, FreeBSD 11, Centos 6.0 through all the 6.2 have catastrophic flaws).

  New computer virtual assistant of 11 workstation has only the option of EFI firmware for Windows clients.  Special mention, do not yet support us Easy Install for non EFI customers in 11 workstations.  For all other customer support EFI OSes, you can do a manual installation after choosing the EFI firmware in the virtual machine settings > Options > Advanced > Boot with EFI instead of the BIOS.

  I don't understand your concern about the personalization of the hard drive... Could you elaborate?

  See you soon,.

  --

  Darius

• Error: The "centos64guest" guest operating system is not supported.

  Hello

  Did someone met this kind of mistake? Error: the "centos64guest" guest operating system is not supported. This happens during the recovery after disaster, the 64-bit centos OS prompt never switch on after the opening of the option "IP address change. While my windows 2003 and 2008 R2 are successful.

  Hello

  According to the compatibility matrix, customization of CentOS VMs is not officially supported:

  http://www.VMware.com/support/SRM/SRM-compat-matrix-5-0.html --> Guest Operating Sysytem customization Support

  Michael.

• Guest operating system "fedora" is not supported.

  I try to install fedora os but I get this error:

  "Guest operating system"fedora"is not supported.

  Please select a guest operating system in the general page under the settings of the VM Options tab. »

  I tried in vain.

  Help, please!

  Oh yes, do not use Easy Install. Use the option 'I'll install later' and then follow the instructions I posted in my previous post.

• List of supported guest operating systems

  I'm looking for alist of all supported guest operating systems. Can someone help me?

  here

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/GuestOS_guide.PDF

  and here

  http://blogs.VMware.com/guestosguide/

  http://www.VMware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=software

• Free virtualization software takes supported Windows 7 as operating system host and Windows Server 2003 as a guest operating system?

  People,

  Hello. I need to install the Windows 7 host virtualization software, and then install Windows Server 2003 as a guest operating system.

  VMware Workstation supports Windows 7 as operating system host and Windows Server 2003 as a guest operating system, but it's not free download.

  People know that supports virtualization software free Windows 7 as operating system host and Windows Server 2003 as the operating system invited?

  Thanks in advance.

  As I said in your previous post, VMWare Player is a free download and does not support Win7 as host and Win2k3 as a guest.  VMWare Player is also included with VMWare Workstation, you can imply that most of the time something that supports VMWare Workstation as a guest operating system is also a guests supported for the reader.

  And unlike previous versions, player 3 includes the ability to create virtual machines base.  For many people, especially those who are starting just in virtualization, player is sufficient.

  VMWare Workstation, although not free, can be installed as a 30 day trial.  After the trial, you can not start your virtual machines in my computer, but because the player is included in the installation, you can still run your virtual machines in the drive without having to uninstall anything.  So just install Workstation.  After the trial expires, if you wish that the advanced features of the workstation, then buy it.  If not, just continue to use the drive.

• Can not find Workstation 11 documents that specify host for Linux operating system support

  I had all the versions of the workstation since version 3 or 4, and in all cases, Workstation ran on a Linux OS support.  For now, I have both Debian and Red Hat Linux workstations and prefer to stay with Red Hat for my work of VMware Workstation. However I find no actual docs for workstation 11 who tell me what rev of Red Hat Linux is supported. Also, I don't see the real support as available contracts more. Once upon a time, you could buy support workstation. I already have systems of vSphere 5.5 to work and they have full support, but I can't support 7 x 24 production on my computer it seems. in any case, what is the actual supported Red Hat Linux tricks? 6.6 worm or am I stuck goes Red Hat 7?

  Thanks to anyone who really knows.

  response to me here:

  After a bunch of research, I get to a page that tells me to get the compatibility guide:

  VMware Workstation 11 Documentation Centre

  Who gets finally me:

  http://www.VMware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php

  Which is useless for workstation because it lists only the products of ESXi.

  Always to research... and I get this:

  http://www.VMware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=software

  Nope... It does not help... I select "Host OS" and is told to go elsewhere:

  The host operating system compatibility information has been moved to the following location:

  
  

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/2100429

  
  

  Host operating system support information (2100429)

  Goal

  Supported host operating system data are removed from the Compatibility Guide VMware (VCG) to other articles of the basis of knowledge (KBs).
  This article KB then told me to go somewhere else to:
  VMware KB: Supported hosts for VMware Workstation operating systems

  Operating systems supported for VMware Workstation guests (2088579)

  your da!
  The answer is that 11 workstations is supported on some types of Linux and the most notable are:
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 (note: 7 RHEL is horrible)
  The answer is therefore a flat NO WAY for Debian or one of its close brothers.  Strictly big business Linux here.
  Nice hide details in seventeen deep research.

• Surface Pro 3 - errors when you try to start a guest operating system 64-bit

  I get the following errors setting up an Ubuntu guest operating system.

  This virtual machine is configured for 64-bit operating systems. However, the 64-bit mode is not possible.

  This host supports Intel VT - x, but Intel VT - x is disabled.

  Intel VT - x can be disabled if it has been disabled in the BIOS/firmware settings or host was not powered by bicycle since changing this setting.

  (1) check that the settings BIOS/firmware activate Intel VT - x and disable "trust execution."

  2 turn on the host if either of these BIOS/firmware settings have been changed.

  (3) turn on the host if you have not done since the installation of VMware Workstation.

  (4) update of the BIOS/firmware from the host to the latest version.

  I've been Googling this problem since yesterday and so far, I have not come to any possible solution. Certainly, I can install the 32-bit linux flavor, but that doesn't help me when I run the installation to other 64-bit operating systems.

  I was able to resolve the issue, after most googleing. I'm always a little surprised that it works, but hey, Ubuntu is installing.

  I installed Microsoft Visual Studio, including phone windows SDK (must be included).  I disabled and then Hyper-V by issued this command in a shell of administrator command:

  bcdedit/set hypervisorlaunchtype

  If you want to reactivate it, you then type this command

  bcdedit/set auto hypervisorlaunchtype

  WinSupersite credit for the tip (link http://winsupersite.com/mobile-devices/surface-pro-3-tip-hyper-v-vs-connected-standby)

  Once I rebooted and restarted Vmware, I could start Ubuntu and start the installation process.

• Most recent version of the guest operating system as the host of the basic version?

  H there, just a quick question.

  Would this work if guest operating system is 10.7 but host operating system is 10.6.8? I use 4 Fusion

  Very much appreciated.

  Technically by the OS X ALS detail you can only virtualize a legally virtalizable version of Mac OS X (Client) under him.  In other words under OS X 10.6 Client ALS detail allows to be virtualized so so technically the only legally virtalizable version of Mac OS X is Mac OS X Server 10.5.x/10.6.x that which is technically required by the SLA in detail and what is technically possible are two different things.  In other words we can virtualize OS X 10.7 (Client or server) but ALS retail for OS X 10.7 requires it be done on OS X 10.7.  Now VMware and VMware Fusion or not apply this requirement and it is up to the user to work in the product EULA and or SLA.

  BTW I don't remember if VMware Fusion 4 supported OS x 10.7, but if it's a selectable BONE in the wizard, then you can try though in violation of ALS retail for OS X 10.7 If you use a retail OS X 10.7.

• RDRAND is accessible to a guest operating system?

  I can't seem to find any documentation on this one way or the other.  Is the RDRAND statement (aka Intel Secure Key) presentations/accessible to a guest operating system with the latest version of the Player on a system with a processor Ivy Bridge?

  Thank you!

  Support for RDRAND was introduced with version 9 of virtual equipment.  As long as your virtual machine has virtual version 9 or higher and RDRAND is available on your physical CPU, it will be available at the prompt.

• The VM startup slow down, delay long before the guest operating system begins startup

  Evaluation of VMWare to set up the VM for the maintenance of the software. Set up a virtual machine, install Windows 7 SP1 32-bit, everything works well. Once started, the performance is excellent.

  The symptom is that when you start the virtual machine, either starting from cold boot or suspend, there is a significant delay before the power of VMware on / start screen is displayed. Once it appears, the operating system starts starting (or the recovery of wakefulness) quickly and performance is normal after that. During the start-up period, the whole system is insensitive, host and guest operating system.

  See the extract of newspaper below to 09:54:28.619 moment where the delay occurs followed by the entry concerning 09:55:11.625 time when start continues, a delay of 43 seconds during which nothing seems to happen and the system does not respond. After that, everything is fast.

  Any ideas or suggestions?

  More info...

  VMware Player version 6.0.1 build-1379776

  Host PC: Dell Optiplex, Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 3.00 GHz ABLE to

  Installed memory: 4.00 GB (3.25 GB usable)

  Boot disk C: Intel SSD, 180GB (where the VMware is installed)

  Data disk F: Seagate 1 TB (where the virtual machine)

  SE host: Windows 7 Professional 32-bit SP1

  Guest OS: Windows 7 Professional 32-bit SP1

  excerpt from VMware.log:

  2014 02-19 T 09: 54:28.619 - 05:00 | VMX | I120: VMMEM: initial booking: 1442MB (1024MB = MainMem)

  2014 02-19 T 09: 54:28.619 - 05:00 | VMX | I120: MemSched_PowerOn: minGuestSize ball 104857 (80% size required min 131072)

  2014 02-19 T 09: 54:28.619 - 05:00 | VMX | I120: MemSched: mem reserved (in MB) min max recommended 128 2493 2493

  2014 02-19 T 09: 54:28.619 - 05:00 | VMX | I120: PShare: activated 1 1 Adaptive scanRate [16, 400]

  2014 02-19 T 09: 54:28.619 - 05:00 | VMX | I120: MemSched: mem 5159 262144 np 35890 pg 590258 anon

  2014 02-19 T 09: 55:11.625 - 05:00 | VMX | I120: MemSched: numvm 1 locked pages: num 0 max 605661

  2014 02-19 T 09: 55:11.626 - 05:00 | VMX | I120: MemSched: locked Page limit: host 638514 config 638208 dynam 613853

  2014 02-19 T 09: 55:11.626 - 05:00 | VMX | I120: MemSched: minmempct 50 minalloc 0 admitted 1

  2014 02-19 T 09: 55:11.626 - 05:00 | VMX | W110: NUMA: application of automatic dimensioning VM ignored

  configuration (.vmx) VM file:

  . Encoding = "windows-1252".

  config.version = '8 '.

  virtualHW.version = "10".

  scsi0. Present = 'TRUE '.

  scsi0.virtualDev = "lsisas1068".

  SATA0. Present = 'TRUE '.

  memsize = "1024".

  MEM.hotadd = 'TRUE '.

  scsi0:0. Present = 'TRUE '.

  scsi0:0. FileName = "BCDEVVM.vmdk".

  SATA0:1.present = 'TRUE '.

  SATA0:1.filename = "E:".

  SATA0:1.DeviceType = "cdrom-raw"

  ethernet0. Present = 'TRUE '.

  ethernet0. ConnectionType = "bridged".

  ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000".

  ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE".

  ethernet0. AddressType = 'generated '.

  USB. Present = 'TRUE '.

  EHCI. Present = 'TRUE '.

  ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35".

  Sound.Present = 'TRUE '.

  sound.virtualDev = 'hdaudio '.

  sound.fileName = 'speakers (SoundMAX Integrated D.

  Sound.AutoDetect = "FALSE".

  MKS. Enable3D = 'TRUE '.

  Serial0.present = 'TRUE '.

  Serial0.FileType = "thinprint".

  pciBridge0.present = 'TRUE '.

  pciBridge4.present = 'TRUE '.

  pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

  pciBridge4.functions = '8 '.

  pciBridge5.present = 'TRUE '.

  pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

  pciBridge5.functions = '8 '.

  pciBridge6.present = 'TRUE '.

  pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

  pciBridge6.functions = '8 '.

  pciBridge7.present = 'TRUE '.

  pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

  pciBridge7.functions = '8 '.

  vmci0. Present = 'TRUE '.

  hpet0. Present = 'TRUE '.

  usb.vbluetooth.startConnected = "FALSE".

  displayName = "BCDEVVM."

  guestOS = "windows7"

  NVRAM = "BCDEVVM.nvram."

  virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted".

  gui.exitOnCLIHLT = "FALSE".

  powerType.powerOff = 'soft '.

  powerType.powerOn = 'soft '.

  powerType.suspend = 'soft '.

  powerType.reset = 'soft '.

  extendedConfigFile = "BCDEVVM.vmxf".

  gui.lastPoweredViewMode = "full screen".

  UUID. BIOS = "56 4 d d2 32 bb c9 b7 bd 3 c d2 46 59 38 e3 e6 f2"

  UUID. Location = "56 4 d d2 32 bb c9 b7 bd 3 c d2 46 59 38 e3 e6 f2"

  Replay.Supported = "FALSE".

  Replay.FileName = «»

  scsi0:0. Redo = «»

  pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17".

  pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21".

  pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22".

  pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23".

  pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24".

  scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "160".

  usb.pciSlotNumber = "32".

  ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33".

  sound.pciSlotNumber = "34".

  vmci0.pciSlotNumber = '36 '.

  SATA0.pciSlotNumber = "37".

  scsi0.sasWWID = "50 05 05 62 bb c9 b7 b0.

  ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00: 0C: 29:E6:38:E3.

  ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = '0 '.

  vmci0.ID = "1508260067".

  vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728.

  cleanShutdown = 'TRUE '.

  softPowerOff = 'TRUE '.

  USB:1.speed = '2 '.

  USB:1.present = 'TRUE '.

  USB:1.DeviceType = "hub".

  USB:1.port = "1".

  USB:1.parent = "-1".

  SATA0:1.AutoDetect = "FALSE".

  tools.syncTime = "FALSE".

  unity.wasCapable = "FALSE".

  tools.remindInstall = "FALSE".

  toolsInstallManager.updateCounter = '1 '.

  checkpoint.vmState = «»

  Monitor.virtual_mmu = "automatic".

  Monitor.virtual_exec = "automatic".

  USB:0. Present = 'TRUE '.

  USB:0. DeviceType = 'hidden '.

  USB:0.port = "0".

  USB:0.parent = "-1".

  USB. Generic.AutoConnect = "FALSE".

  serial1. Present = 'TRUE '.

  serial1. FileName = "COM1".

  floppy0. Present = "FALSE".

  Hello

  I know what you want to say as I've seen sometimes as well. But especially on older hardware or if there are problems with regard to particular resources. For example I saw this on an ESX host (yes I know product different) where there was a problem with the storage not enough providing IOPS / s.

  I saw also this on older versions of Linux (IIRC 7) workstation where the host had an Atom based CPU, there I updated to more RAM and a more recent version of the workstation and the problem disappeared.

  Then I also saw it on the 4/5 merger when my host operating system was out of memory and I tried to start another operating system to prompt anyway.

  I do not consider a normal behavior for the slow start and does not respond, it is an indication that the hypervisor is seeking some resources, but does not receive them fast enough.

  The reasons can be many. Indeed things like antivirus could be biting you if she tries to analyze all files (including virtual disks) at their opening.

  FWIW, I also understand the support response as would be expected if your host is a bit thin on the resources (for example, trying to start a VM 1 GB on a host Win7 with only 3.5 GB of RAM) and if the virtual machine runs OK after the initial startup delay, it's mostly just an annoyance.

  --

  Wil

• Performance problem with the guest operating system

  Hello gurus - I have one of the most unusual questions, I ran into a few time.   Here it is:

  I have a guest w2008R2 OS - installed in a 5.1 version of VM 7 vSpherer - which has an Emulex LPe 12002-E 8 GB dual HBA port is assigned to the as 2 PCI (1 device per port) via DirectPath devices

  The guest operating system has an application that performs backup tests.   WWPN of the HBA is zoned in the fabric and declared in the interface of Compellent Storage Center and everything is good here. the application creates a replay of a volume, mount it as a drive, read all the blocks, then dismantles and moves then repeat the process with what ever additional volumes should be safeguarded.   It is so cool I have do this with a VM right and not a physical host?  (would be cool if I had work NPIV but that's another story, not with technology HBA vendor support...)

  So, what's the problem?   Well, the bed the mounted disk backup will work extremely slow as slow as 5MB\sec flow, then during any other activity takes place on the system the flow jumps up to 150MB\sec all of a sudden and will continue to run fast for a long time and finish jobs on time with each work taking a little more than an hour.  But when the slow going the same work (all jobs are the same, they are simply by reading all the blocks of a bunch of 200 GB volumes and wrote a set of NULL value, do not forget this is just test) takes up to 10 hours to complete.

  I think that what is the culprit?   POWER MANAGEMENT.

  I have just about each performance counter and the journal of events known to man and I don't see anything abnormal on the table, ESXi virtual machine, nothing.  But what I see in the newspapers is any kind of activity that could happen in a transparent manner to save energy.

  FACTS on this case:

  -Reservation of memory is defined (it must be for directpath otherwise, you can't power on the virtual machine)

  -Booking CPU - has not been defined before an hour ago, I gave her just a small reserve for this rule, so I do not know if this will help alleviate the slow flow, or have an effect on what I think is a question of power (unit linked) management

  -windows power management is set to high performance never-ever - but not until an hour there doesn't I changed advanced settings for USB Disabled------turned off.  PCI peripheral energy saving setting was already off.  Which is in contradiction with my theory.  But maybe, just maybe, something is broken somewhere, or could be a bug... blah blah blah

  -the HBA, Emulex, as it appears in Device Manager in the guest OS doesn't have a power management tab to disable the feature, I don't see that the adapter VMXNET3 had this tab, and I turn off the power save setting to be conservative, do not think that it was the culprit, but as there is no real data running through the NIC.  The data is simply to be read from the disk mounted, not copied on any wire Ethernet.  never the less, in the Emulex properties is a Details tab and a selection of power data, and performance data indicate you what power mode, the device is, as well as feeding supported systems.  D0: full power, but D3, which shows as supported by the device, is an energy saving mode.   I could not yet attend the setting at the time of slow activity, my good intention as soon as possible. He is currently shooting in D0, full power.

  This is so what I have to offer on this, I hope that its just...   If I'm missing something, or if others have experienced this massive loss of unknown flow without reason and have resolutions, please share.

  If there is a way for me to disable power on the Emulex HBA management inform you please, I don't mind if I stop to enter the firmware, if that was even possible.  But if possible I would disable it immediately before any new tests are executed.

  The root cause of this issue has never been identified by VMware support which for me is a question of ugly.  Reservation of CPU for the VM using directpath IO with HBA installed in it corrected the problem.  I'd be leary with direct path IO.