Enabling user world core dumps during boot
Hi, I have a process that crashes early during boot time and I'd like to generate a core dump to understand the crash.Normally, when the system is already running, I do the following: - SSH into the...
View Articlehow to create multiple vlans in vmware workstation
Hi All, I have a desktop with 16gb of RAM. I have installed Windows 7 and VMware workstation 10. I am running my virtual ESX Lab. I have couple of ESXi hosts -- DC -- VC --- openfiler and couple of xp...
View ArticleGuestOS=WinhyperV
We have found 2 tweaks that can help us boot and operate WinHyperV machines in VMWare. Solution #1tweak the VMX, adding these 4 lines:mce.enable = TRUEhypervisor.cpuid.v0 =...
View ArticleNested ESXi 5.1 and iSCSI Shared Storage
Folks: I'm unable to get my nested ESXi servers to see the shared iSCSI storage I've set up for them. I'm using iSCSI for the ESXi host that holds the ESXi guests, so I have a successful iSCSI...
View ArticleVMware Tools for ESXi Not Running and Not Installed
(nested) ESXi Tools not working.I installed a nested ESXi 5.5 onto a physical ESXi 5.5 host and installed the tools on the virtual ESXi5.5.However both the C# client as the Web Client do not report...
View ArticleNested VM ESXi resource settings.
Hello, Hopefully a relatively easy question to answer.. I have at home a 16gb quad core PC which I am using (or plan to) as my lab environment, to this end I intend to run Workstation 10 on windows 7...
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Unable to setup HyperV on VM 8 machine, CPU settings problem
Hi everyone, I was following this link to Run Hyper V on VMware workstation. How to run Hyper-V nested in VMware Workstation - 4sysops Step2 says: In the Virtual Machine Settings dialog box, enable the...
View ArticleNested Eval Vrsion of ESXi 5.5 in Free ESXi
OK, I am trying to play with the advanced features of ESXi and I want to install a nested eval version of ESXi 5.5 in my ESXi 5.5 free version. Doing a little research, I did the following: Install...
View ArticleRunning VM Player in Virtual Win 7 Home Premium
Hi I want to run VM Player on a virtual Win 7 machine (Host is a Mac)This is so I can run my XP Pro which has an unsupported HP scannerI understand about editing the vmx file but after I reboot all I...
View ArticleNo storage device listed on "Select a Disk to Install or Upgrade" while...
Hi, I am trying to install ESXi 5.5 inside KVM. I followed the steps given in https://communities.vmware.com/message/2322858#2322858 i.e.1) Applied the QEMU patch (using qemu verion 1.7.0)2) Provided...
View ArticleCan I nest 5.1 inside 4.1 esxi?
I kinda screwed the pooch yesterday and haphazardly upgraded my lab machine (that has 48GB RAM) from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1.The upgrade went fine, but I hadn't picked up on the 32GB RAM limitation in...
View ArticleESXi inside KVM - This Virtual Machine is configured for 64-bit operating...
Hi All,I am using nested virtualization where I have installed ESXi 5.5 inside KVM. However,I am unable to spawn a VM with 64-bit VM (ubuntu 12.04) on my ESXi host and getting the following error:...
View ArticleNested Hyper v in esxi 5.1 and tried to manage through vm 2008r2
A nested hyper v in esxi 5.1 and tried to manage it through hyper v manager in 2008r2 server.Created a vm win-7 installation takes place succesfully but while starting the vm it automatically restarts...
View ArticleRegarding home lab
Hi All, i want to know that what is the best way to create a home lab, I have two PC one is i5 with 8gb memory and other one is i7 with 32 gb memory. should I install windows OS on my i7 machine and...
View ArticleNested lab hardware configuration AMD FX
Hi AllI plan on setting up a nested ESXI 5.5 home lab on top of VMware Workstation 10. What I want to do is practice with ESXI 5.5, 2012 server and setup a few other VM's. What you thing about below...
View ArticleCloning Nested ESXi 5.5 hosts in Workstation 10 - IP address issue
Hi All, Is it possible to clone ESXi host VMs within workstation without any problems ? If so, then, when I tried to do so, the cloned VM always gets the same IP address as the parent VM. >> I...
View Articlevmtoolsd not running on nested ESXi
Hi Jim, I have 2 nested ESXi running with esx-tools-for-esxi-9.7.0-0.0.00000.i386.vib installed but both of them the daemon is not starting (I assume vmtoolsd is the right service to check) From nested...
View ArticleESXi VM frequently loses network connection (9 vnics)
Hi, I have a setup where I have 8 ESXi VMs on one physical ESXi host. Each ESXi VM has 9 virtual network adapters, e1000. Several times a day, 2 or 3 network adapters suddenly show up as "down". Host...
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Not able to install ESXi5.5 on VMware workstation 10 on ASUS K55V laptop
Hi, I am not able to install ESXi 5.5 on VMware workstation 10, Am not sure whats wrong. Installation getting stuck attached the output. In BIOS i can see its VT-Enabled and in the VM as well i have...
View ArticleNested ESXi - Issue while adding cloned ESXi hosts to same datacenter in vCenter
Hi All, I have installed an ESXi5.5 VM on top of WOrkstation10 and made a clone of it. Both of them are accessible and working fine on their own. However, when I try to a add these hosts to vCenter, it...
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