Is Virtual Center 4.1 Supported on Windows Server 2008 R2?
KB ID 0000379 Problem ES! it is, if in doubt see the compatibility matrix. But you have tried to install it and seen an error? Error: This product can only be installed on the following 64-bit operating systems: Windows XP SP2 or above Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Solution Essentially this just a bad error message that bears no resemblance the the actual problem! The REAL REASON you are seeing this error is because you re...
Using Openfiler and vSphere ESX / ESXi 5
KB ID 0000380 Problem Openfiler is a free NAS / SAN prebuilt Linux distribution, that can provide iSCSI storage to your VMware environment, it’s ideal for small setups (This video was made with all the devices running in VMware workstation 7, on my laptop. That’s two ESXi servers, a vCenter server, and the Openfiler iSCSI target server). Solution Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links Openfiler Thanks to...
Resizing Windows Volumes / Drives in VMware vSphere / ESX
KB ID 0000381 Problem This article is primarily geared towards making your guest virtual machines hard drives LARGER, If you want to SHRINK or make the drive smaller then see the following article. Resizing Guest Hard Drives using the VMware Converter Solution Re sizing a Guests Hard Drive (Make it larger) 1. On the properties of the VM select the hard disk in question and locate its size. 2. Enter the new size and hit OK. Note:...
VMware – Ubuntu Screen Resolution Problem
KB ID 0000411 Problem I have a guest VM on my vSphere test rig that’s running Ubuntu 10.10. That I use for testing, for a while I could not get the screen resolution above 854×480 (For wide screen or 16:9 format). Solution Note I’m assuming you already have the VMware tools installed! 1. Shut down your guest machine, open the VMware VI client and go to the settings of the guest machine. go the the hardware tab...
VMware – Datastore Browser shows “Searching Datastore….”
KB ID 0000401 Problem I did a VMware VI3 to vSphere (4.1 U1) upgrade today. While bringing all the guest machines across, suddenly I could no longer browse the datastore, I only had one more guest to “Add to the inventory”, and all the mission critical machines were already migrated. I tried rebooting the virtual center, I tried restarting the ESXi host machines, still it sat saying “Searching...