Retina Support Difference Fusion 6 vs Fusion 5
Is there a difference in the support for retina displays between Fusion 5 and Fusion 6? I have Fusion 5 and currently when using my W7x64 VM on the retina display (no ext monitor) I leave the "Use...
View ArticleVirtCenter 5.1 Shutdown on its own.
I have vCenter service stop running on my vCenter Server that is running view 5.1, and it has happened twice while recomposing a pool. I don't think the two events are related. I'm running vCenter...
View ArticleRe: Script to automate the initialization of disks and creating new volumes...
Its win server 2003. It is having powershell v2 I guess. Thanks for the info. I will upgrade the powershell and try running the script.
View ArticleSlow OS even in safe mode after a month of normal operation.
Hello, Just last night my vm host essentially came to a halt. I believe the cause was running out of resources. Anyways after a reboot everything seemed fine. However, one of my vm now is running...
View ArticleRe: Slow OS even in safe mode after a month of normal operation.
Welcome to the Community - with it running fine once you moved it to another host sounds llike the first host being constrained by a resource either memory or CPU -
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Re: The VM that wouldn't die --or-- How the %^$^%$ do I shut down a suspended...
Thank you WoodyZ for that suggestion. I did not know about .vmss files. There were no .lck folders/files since Fusion was not running. I deleted the .vmss file, then started the VM. It started up from...
View ArticleRe: How to monitor Failed backups in VDP?
Good ol Avamar Light. We are (unfortunately) a full scale Avamar shop for all our backups. It is an amazingly complex and unforgiving product (don't reboot your VDP appliance during the blackout...
View ArticleRe: Is there an alternative to the "su -" command on ESXi 5.1 hosts?
It appears the sudo command doesn't exist either. I get the following error: -sh: sudo: not found
View ArticleRe: Is this behaviour normal with Master isolation?
Thanks Duncan, Yes, I have all of this available. I have opened an SR (#13370413009) and will upload the files today.I shall post some screenshots here later too Cheers
View ArticleRe: changed domain admin password -SSO
I faced this situation in not long ago... SSO can't survive a simple reboot... correction can't survive a password change!?
View ArticleRe: Reverse DNS
Hi Hans, Actually it is a known issue where when using UDP, the first message arriving from a remote source may get an IP source tag instead of a DNS name. Thanks for taking the time to report - helps...
View ArticleRe: Windows not installing from iso in NFS datastore
Hi All, Thank you for your suggestions. I did upgrade the hardware and got hold of other ISO images of Windows to play with. My original Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit ISO still does not work but I am able...
View ArticleHow do I quit the community?
I've been told to use the 'Actions' menu. The 'Actions' menu does not have a way to quit.Here is the 'Actions' menu to appears to me: Start a discussion Write a document Upload a file Invite friends to...
View ArticleDropbox sharing?
As it happens I got a Parallels upgrade announcement at almost the same time as I got the VMWare Fusion 6 announcement. The one feature that caught my eye was in Parallels. Apparently P can now share...
View ArticleCan't modify network card type. API PUT virtualHardwareSecion/networkCards FAILS
I'm trying to modify the network interface card type using the API call and I'm getting an error. First, here's the call to retrieve the current information: GET:...
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fusion 6 - upgrade vm from win 7 32bit to win 8.1 32bit gives "This PC can't...
hello, i was trying to upgrade a win 7 32bit vm to win 8.1 rtm 32bit in fusion 6.0.0.running the setup from within windows, after asking for updates, i get the following error:"This PC can't run...
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Re: Fusion 5 crashes after "copy" command in Win7
So I have exactly the same issue. Screen shot attached. Copying files within Windows 7...and the Finder copies pop up. I never know if they are leaving traces of these files on my system and taking up...
View ArticlePassed VCA-DCV
So I took the exam this afternoon and passed. It wasn't super easy but if you are familiar with VMware products and their functionality you will be ok. The video covers a portion of topics but not...
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Re: migrating vcenter
I just want to clear up a few things. I already have a vcenter install and connected to a mssql database. sso is currently on the vcenter server and inventory service is on the update manager server....
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