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• Requirements VMware HA and DRS.

  On vmware site I was just brushing my knowledge on VMware HA and DRS and found a conflict. Someone can it confirm please.

  One of the requirements for VMware vmotion and DRS turns "the virtual machine configuration file must not reside on a VMFS located on the shared data store. . . "(Ref: http://www.vmware.com/support/vc13/doc/c2vmotionreqs12.html) "

  But VMware HA says one of the requirements as "cluster-enabled VMware HA, all virtual machines and their configuration files to .

  reside on the shared storage (Fibre Channel SAN, iSCSI SAN, or NAS iSCSI SAN), because you have to

  ' be able to power on the virtual machine on any host in the cluster " (Ref: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vmware_ha_wp.pdf ( )

  What does that mean? Or the constraint of VMware vmotion is wrong? I'm just confused!

  The first link is-old vMotion applies to Virtual Center 1.3 and ESX2.

  "The virtual machine configuration file should not reside on a VMFS located on the shared data store '... This applies to 2 ESX hosts. At the time, the virtual machine configuration (.vmx) file was located locally on the ESX host, run the virtual machine in/home/default vmware...  This file have been moved to the local directory on the target host during vMotion...

  This was changed to ESX3, who, with Virtual Center 2, introduced also HA...

  For HA to work all the VM files must reside on the shared storage. This makes all slender VM files available to other hosts of clusters at all times. (difficult to extract different files from a host of dead).

  / Rubeck

• Can I have VMWare Player and Virtual Box to the same PC?

  Can I have VMWare Player and Virtual Box to the same PC?

  Can perform the same two times?

  Hello

  Yes, that's correct.

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  Wil

• Linux VMware Tools and their dependencies

  Hello

  I want to install VMware Tools on one Linux Virtual MACHINE created with Workstation 10.x for Windows.

  Ce Linux distribution drift since Ubuntu 13.10.

  Je would like to know What packages are needed for a correct installation et configuration of these Tools.

  Also, I have would like to know If there is a Ubuntu repository where to download and install the latest version of these Tools.

  Thank you

  Good bye

  What is the difference between VMware Tools and Open Virtual Machine Tools?

  Copy and paste this question into Google!

  By chance, you have your repository in order to always download the latest version?

  I use only VMware tools and always uninstall first Open Virtual Machine Tools and also use - clobber-kernel-modules = if necessary when installing the VMware Tools on the distributions that have Open Virtual Machine Tools installed.

• Issue of license VMware Workstation and VMplayer

  Hi all:

  
  

  Can anyone help to answer this question.  Thank you in advance.

  
  

  I have a valid license of VMware Workstation 9, can VMware Workstation and the VMplayer separately install on two computers and use them in business environment?

  The VMware Player delivered in the Installation of VMware Workstation is not separable from the installation of VMware Workstation or VMware Workstation license.  If you want to run VMware Player by itself then you must download the VMware Player installer, which installs only VMware Player not VMware Workstation.  You cannot cut files VMware Workstation installed between two systems.  So if you want to use it commercially you must buy a license of VMware Fusion!

  I hope that now this is clear enough for you to grab!

• VMware Workstation and Hyper-V are not compatible. Remove the Hyper-V system role before running VMware Workstation

  Ouch. I just started to do some Win Phone 8 and development Win, and all simulators are needed for development.

  This means that a dev to Win8 may only work on their host... I'm sure it would work in a virtual machine.

  Can I make for happy? (Hyper V might have to win here... sigh).

  VMware Workstation and Hyper-V are not compatible. Remove the Hyper-V system role before running VMware Workstation

  Once you install the Hyper-V role on your host, your host is no longer running Windows 8 as the native operating system.  It runs Hyper-V as the native operating system, and Windows 8 runs as OS management within a privileged under Hyper-V VM.  With the Hyper-V role installed, * everything * runs in a virtual machine under Hyper-V.

  So to run a virtual machine under my computer in Windows 8 under Hyper-V, you must be able to run a nested VM.  It's possible with Hyper-V, the hypervisor host, but with the updates in custody, I mentioned above.

• VMWare Player and VLAN

  Hi all out there.

  I have a problem regarding virtual local networks and virtualization. The configuration is as follows. Our developers are about to get virtual machines with Linux (centos) guests on their desktop computers. Host machines are Windows 7 boxes with sufficient CPU, RAM and disk space. Each box has only one NIC installed and connected to the internal LAN. On this single cable Lan, there should be 2 VLANS:

  1. vLan id 100 for windows hosts (configured as default vLan on the switch ports)
  2. vLan id 199 for the machine virtual (different configuration for routing/firewall/proxy)

  The network for the virtual machine must be set to bridged, because making web development, developers must be able to access Web servers installed on the virtual machines via a browser.

  The original plan was to use VMware Player, install Linux, configure the vLan in the comments, and it works. But no package has left the virtual machine when you ping the default gateway of the vLan 199. To me, it seems that something is declining for all packages on vLan the vLan 199.

  The questions are:

  • VLANs are supported by VMware Player or workstation after all?
  • They are supported in a configuration like that?
  • How do we? Must be setup in Windows as well?

  Help would be very nice

  Greetings

  Joachim

  The default virtual network Editor is not installed with VMware Player and you will need to transform automatic bridging and define VMnet0 to use vLAN199 and then bridge network adapter to the Virtual Machine should work.

  For the workaround you can run VMware-player-* .exe - e c:\vmptmp from a command line and then search for the c:\vmptmp\network.cab file and extract (double-click on the .cab file) vmnetcfg.exe (virtual network editor) file in the working directory of VMware Player usually 'C:\Program Files\VMware/VMware Player', you can create a shortcut and place it with the shortcut of VMware Player If you want easier access.  NOTE: It takes several minutes for the VMware-player-* .exe to extract all then be patient.

  Post edited by: WoodyZ - view Original, January 19, 2012 07:41 - removed, first paragraph, that in fact it has been copied from another answer I did earlier and by chance this response.

• Upgrade VMware tools and hardware on vSphere

  Hello

  After a few questions, I seem to be a host to complete my move to vSphere, and I'm looking at the next steps - VMWare tools and update virtual machine hardware.

  Now, it seems reasonable to me to upgrade to VMWare tools, but the material I'm undecided.

  As I see it, VMware tools requires a reboot, I won't be able to do in working time, but that's just a reboot (sure of 60 odd servers, but still it is probably worth the time spent), but the material of vmware seems not critical for me? VMS seem to be running ok (Mix of Linux, Windows 2003 and Windows 2008) and I wonder if I'll get all the benefits of the upgrade of these? Is there something that puts me in danger if I let the computer virtual hardware version 4?

  It is mainly a question I have organize downtime, and the upgrade seems not smooth at all (completely detach existing NIC? Loss of MAC address I linked to the servers of licenses etc.) so if there is no benefit at this point, I'll be ok to keep the version 4?

  All advice appreciated, if I missed anything big I'd appreciate knowing what!

  Thank you!

  Hello.

  You will miss out on some of the new features Virtual material, but if you're not having performance issues it is in somewhat of a moot point.  The biggest potential problem is leaving all these VMs v4 and runs the risk of another (or one that follows) version of vSphere perhaps not material no longer v4 support.  Hardware upgrades are inevitable, so it's really just a matter of do it now or do it later.  If you are comfortable delaying the inevitable, so there is no reason to upgrade to v7 now.

  Good luck!

• VMware View and MS Windows 7 License Manager

  I'm looking to install VMware View and use Windows 7 Ent or

  Pro as the guest operating system.

  What are the Microsoft Licensing options?

  Is the use of a server KMS, the best solution, or should I just

  use a key in the specification of customization, as I did with Windows XP?

  If you have a deployment of medium to high, I suggest to use a KMS server to validate the license. If you enter your MAK license and deploy several pools or in the pool even over and over again. each time Windows will activate using a new MAK license until they are all exhausted.

  I just went through an installation of KMS server, and I have to say was one of install it more simple I've ever done.

  Here are some links to help:

  http://www.toddlamothe.com/deployment/Office-2010-KMS-host-server.htm

  http://www.toddlamothe.com/Windows/setting-KMS-server.htm

  Mike...  VM, virtually!

• VMWARE Workstation and VMWARE Player

  I have a simple question: what is the difference between VMWARE Workstation and VMWARE Player.

  I have 2 PCs at home and have Windows Vista Home Edition and Windows XP Pro, I want to install Windows 98, to play older games.

  VMWare has free download, will this work? what I need?

  THX

  I used the two products but I prefer VMware products for my virtualization needs, which neither include playing games.

  In all sincerity, if you already have Windows 98 SE and the game sitting there, then I was going just to download VMware Player and test it.  You could probably do that more quickly then go through all that.

  If the Alien vs Predator game talk you is indicated to Aliens versus Predator (video game) and its system requirements, then I would Imaging VMware Player, that's all you need to give it a go and if you don't like not the performance or you can't find a VMware Player fairly easy to work with then try Microsoft virtualization product.

• Problem with the mouse and the network after the upgrade VMware Tools and hardware to virtual machine

  Hello world...

  I just upgrade my ESX 3.5 servers to vSphere 4.1. All this work is very well with the upgrade right now.

  After that, I tried to mise a niveau of VMware Tools and hardware of VM for my virtual machine and the problems started.

  I tried with two different VM (the two Windows 2003) and the problem appears for the two VM.

  I don't want to test another VM of the different operating system now, I'm afraid to go too far with update of Pentecost the problem I have now.

  I tried two VM to be sure that the problem is not only on a virtual machine.

  First of all, the mouse.

  My mouse has jerky movement. The button works, but sometimes I have to click several times to select what I want.

  I tried to uninstall the mouse in Device Manager and reinstall, but not really Pentecost improvement which (buttons works better, but... not so sure).

  Second problem.

  After you restart the server after VMmware tools and hardware virtual machine, the network link not working anymore.

  When I go to my network card configuration, IP settings are reset in DHCP mode.

  If I go again all my IP settings, Windows says:

  The IP address is hidden from the network and Dial-up connections

  folder because it is not physically in the computer or is a riser

  It does not work. If the same address is assigned to both adapters and

  they become active, only one of them will use this address. This may result

  in the incorrect system configuration. You want to enter a different IP address

  address of this adapter in the list of IP addresses for this card in the list

  Advanced IP address in the dialog box

  If I answer Yes to this, I have to enter a new IP address, and of course, this is not what I want to do.

  If I don't answer, the network working again.

  I think it is a strange message but the work of the vSphere maybe network now.

  Anyone have any idea why my work network and mouse as this upgrade after.

  All other VM that is not upgraded so far works great.

  Thanks in advance...

  (1) make sure that your hardware acceleration is safe enough. I got the upgrade down my hardware acceleration several times already.

  (2) sounds like the new drivers for your NIC cards took over and VMware is basically a new card NETWORK for you. Follow these steps to disable it:

  (a) open a command prompt

  (b) type (without quotes): 'set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices = 1' and press ENTER.

  (c) type (without the quotes): "start devmgmt.msc"

• How to do a clean reinstall of vmware fusion and windows 7 x 64? Please HELP back to HAppy

  Initially, I installed vmware fusion and windows 7 x 64 about 2 to 3 months ago. Everything was fine until quite recently when vmware or windows has become very agitated and would freeze on me after 2-3 minutes whiles work in windows 7 and the merger. Will have to restart merger every 2 to 5 minutes or more.  So as a result, I went to my local apple store (thinking that I had a problem to apple/mac) and they recommended I uninstall windows and vm fusion. then re-install fusion vmmware and windows .Although this second time I missed something because instead of installing windows taking under an hour and a half, the facility has taken from one day to the next and never finished.

  When I rebooted vmware, I get the message.

  Fusion 3.0 or 3.1?

  "The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an error."  Windows cannot continue. To install windows click ok to restart the computer, and then run the Setup again. »

  How to return to a functional copy of the fusion of windows 7x64and the first time I installed windows, 2 to 3 months ago, that it took me another installation of winds article take the day after and don't ever finish?

  PLEASE NOTIFY

  brian35

  VMware Fusion (menu bar) > help > Search > type uninstall, then select uninstall a Virtual Machine by our care...

  There are two...

  Uninstall a Virtual Machine using the Finder

  Uninstall a Virtual Machine by using the Virtual Machine library

  The go back and select uninstall VMware Fusion

• Conversion of computer virtual vmware ESX4I and windows product activation server.

  Hello

  I tried to use vmware vmkfstools and convert import vmware server VM to ESX4i, none of them will cause Windows VMs to product activation trigger with no grace period windows so I can't use VMs on ESXi. How you can work around this problem.  I guess that I searched a lot on this subject, but no clear answer found to date.

  Thanks in advance

  MS may have made changes in their software to detect the cloned software and changes to the underlying host.

  http://www.VMware.com/solutions/whitepapers/msoft_licensing_wp.html

• VMware DRS and VMware HA

  I'm allowed to use VMware DRS and HA but I'm not familiar with what exactly they can do for me and how they might relate to Vmotion.  I turned on my 2 hosts of vmotion, but I guess my virtual machines do not automatically move from one host to another one grave host fails, until it is completely configured.   Could someone give me a quick description and point me in the right direction on how I can use?

  I have licenses for the company for the full suite of vsphere.

  DRS - distributed Service Resouces

  This process will recommend to move a virtual machine for performance reasons.  This can be set to automatically move virtual machine.  We have defined it this way and it works very well.  VM move on their own see and at night.

  HA - high availability

  If a host goes down, this service starts the VM who have been on this subject, to another host automatically.  The virtual machine will be turned off unexpectedly well.

  FT - fault tolerance

  This feature is introduced in ESX4 and keep a copy running on another host.  If the primary host fails, the other takes over with no downtime.  It is currently limited to VM with one vCPU however.

  DRS and HA are configured in the properties of a Cluster.  If you do not have a cluster, right-click on a datacenter in VC and create a cluster.  Move the hosts in the cluster.  Drag and drop works fine.  Right-click on the cluster, and then select both.  Once activated, you can configure the DRS and HA.

  Charles nights, VCP

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• Kernel panic reproducible when using VMWare Fusion and Cisco VPN

  I can reliable reproduce a kernel panic when I use VMWare Fusion and Cisco VPN set.

  Using either done alone causes no problem.

  I'm on a mac book pro using the latest updates from Apple for Leopard.

  My question is: How can I report this to VMWare without having to pay for support?

  When I go to the VMWare fusion support page he wants me to pay for an incident.

  I really do not want to pay them to help solve a kernel panic.  (They pay me .)

  Announcing the details here (don't forget to join the panic.log as in HOWTO: ask (and answer) Questions) will work.