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vExpert Spotlight: Simon Gallagher
Incorrect Configuration of MTU on vSwitch Causes Packets to Drop (10
Cleaning up damaged restore points in VMware Data Recovery (1013387)
A lock on ADAM database files prevent the VirtualCenter Server service from starting
Security servers switch to only listening over HTTP after upgrading to VMware View 4.
Disabling Linked Mode for vCenter Server (1010432)
Using Log4j to configure mailboxd logging in Zimbra Colloboration Server
Using a Screen Resolution of 1024 x 768 in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Virtual Machi
Hard disk / RDM removal from a powered on virtual machine (1004910)
A week in virtualization
vExpert Spotlight: André Pett
VMware vSphere Storage Appliance FAQ (2001389)
Troubleshooting a database error that appears while using Capacity Planner
Retrieving health data fails with the error: Unable to retrieve health data from http
Troubleshooting vSphere Auto Deploy (2000988)
vMotion fails in ESX hosts with 10Gb uplinks (2001417)
After upgrading to vCloud Director 1.5, creating and deploying vShield Edge devices f
Cannot launch VMware Fusion 1.x when using Snow Leopard (1014031)
New Articles Published for Week Ending 1/7/12
vExpert Spotlight: Barry Coombs
Automatic and manual VMware Data Recovery backups fail (1014860)
Hardware Status tab error: No new host data available. Data will be updated in 5 minu
Guest operating system cannot connect to the physical serial port (1
Storing a virtual machine swap file in a location other than the default
Windows 2008 64bit fails to load: CPU not compatible with 64bit mode
Disabling the HotAdd/HotPlug capability in ESX 4.x virtual machines
Obtaining a VMware Converter 3.0 Enterprise License (1000041)
Securing vShield Zones CLI user accounts and the Privileged mode (10
Moving virtual machines between resource pools raises the warning: Incorrect CPU perc
vExpert Spotlight: Jonathan Franconi
Collecting Inventory with WMI fails with error: Provider load failure
VMware Capacity Planner cannot access machines on different domains witth error 21474
"URB timed out - USB device may not respond" message appears during reboot of ESXi fr
Orchestrator log files (1010956)
Troubleshooting a virtual machine that appears as invalid (1002367)
A week in virtualization
vExpert Spotlight: Darren Woollard
Verifying and troubleshooting networking connections that may cause VMware Converter
New Articles Published for Week Ending 12/31/11
New Articles Published for Week Ending 12/24/11
Configuring VMware View Client to bypass Internet Explorer proxy settings
Adding a virtual disk to a virtual machine that already has a virtual disk with the s
Multimedia Redirection support for Windows 7 clients in VMware View Manager
Installing VMware vShield App fails with the error: Previous installation of host ser
Confirming that sufficient hardware resources exist for VMware View deployments
Viewing performance charts fails with the error: This program cannot display the webp
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.0 GA with embedded DB2 database fails
Performance issues in VMware Server with bridged networking on Windows Server 2003 an
Supported configurations for PowerPath/VE with VMware vSphere 4.x (1
Cannot install client, agent, or connection server (1006304)
Determining display and screen resolution settings for PCoIP (102461
Installing and configuring the VMware View 4.5 Connection Server (10
vSphere Client might not display properly during a View desktop PCoIP session
Oracle Linux 6.2
Accessing a virtual machine that has either Windows 2008 or Windows 7 displays a blan
CentOS 6.2
Error when booting or shutting down virtual machines: CPU has been disabled
Growing a local datastore from the command line in vSphere ESX 4.x
vExpert Spotlight: Kendrick Coleman
Configuring logging for VMware vCloud Director cells (1026815)
Replacing vCenter Server 4.1 SSL certificates using the vpxd -p command fails with th
Collecting diagnostic information for vCenter Chargeback (1020274)
Creating Microsoft Sysprep packages on VMware vCloud Director cells
New Articles Published for Week Ending 12/17/11
vExpert Spotlight: Piergiorgio ?PJ? Spagnolatti
Searching the VMware Knowledge Base (9268797)
The VMware Data Recovery plugin cannot find the VDR appliance virtual machine
Increasing vCenter Server and ESX/ESXi logging levels (1004795)
Decoding Machine Check Exception (MCE) output after a purple screen error
vExpert Spotlight: Alastair Cooke
CentOS 6.1
Ubuntu 11.10
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Troubleshooting ESX and ESXi connectivity to iSCSI arrays using software initiators
Installing vCenter Server 5.0 fails with the error: Setup cannot create vCenter Serve
The datarecovery service in the VMware Data Recovery (VDR) appliance crashes with mes
A week in virtualization
vExpert Spotlight: Marcel van den Berg
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
New Articles Published for Week Ending 12/3/11
Increasing the size of a disk partition (1004071)
Troubleshooting a VMware High Availability cannot read /var/log/vmware/aam/aam_config
Cannot power off guest operating system because another task is in progress
Enabling debug logging for VMware Tools within a Windows guest operating system
Local users are unable to access local or remote Tech Support mode on ESXi 4.1
vExpert Spotlight: Jonathan Medd
ESX hosts in APD may appear Not Responding in vCenter Server (103098
Starting the VI Client fails with the error: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could n
Network adapter in the Windows 2008 R2 SP1 virtual machine disappears
VMware Tools displays the message: Out of date (2009096)
Local or Active Directory Domain users on ESX and ESXi 4.1 systems cannot log in
vExpert Spotlight: Tom Howarth
Virtual machines fail to power on after upgrading to vSphere 4.0 Update 1 with the er
Manually updating the Server Advisor content for Unix (1024251)
VMware Data Recovery File Level Restore within a 64-bit Debian-based Linux operating
Converting a physical or virtual machine to a virtual machine that uses Raw Device Ma
Update Manager Client becomes disabled randomly (1007099)
Cannot extend a vmdk over 1TB (1008528)
Virtual machine does not power on when there is high CPU reservation
A week in virtualization
Guest post: VMTN Community and Social Media
Clash between snapshot and non-snapshot device (1008079)
Site Recovery Manager site pairing fails with custom certificates (1
Adding an ESX/ESXi host to the vCenter Server inventory fails with the error: Call "d
Diagnosing VMware vMotion failure at 10% (1003734)
Removing the ThinPrint software installed by VMware Tools (1013363)
vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1 for download is build 208156 but when installed is 208111
VirtualCenter Server with multiple IP addresses changes the IP address while the serv
Correlating vCenter Server and ESX host build numbers to update levels
vExpert Spotlight: Andrew Hancock
Top 5 Planet V12N blog posts for week 48
Top 20 Articles for November 2011
VMware ESXi 4.1, Patch ESXi410-201101201-SG: Updates ESXi 4.1 Firmware
Generating custom or default SSL certificates (1029944)
vExpert Spotlight: Marek Zdrojewski
A week in virtualization
Virtual machine does not boot after being converted from a physical Red Hat machine
vExpert Spotlight: Hal Rottenberg
Data entered in the Implementation script field of the Closure Task screen in VMware
Disabling the client drive redirection feature (1006850)
VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) cannot configure Storage Replication Adpaters (SRA
VMware ESX 4.1, Patch ESX410-201110201-SG: Updates the VMware ESX 4.1 Core and CIM co
New Articles Published for Week Ending 11/26/11
Configuring vSwitch or vNetwork Distributed Switch from the command line in ESX/ESXi
vExpert Spotlight: Sohrab Kasraeian Fard
Configuring tape drives and media changers on ESX 3.x (1000024)
Update Manager upload operation fails with the error: A web exception has occurred du
vExpert Spotlight: Michael Letschin
Verifying sufficient free disk space for an ESX/ESXi virtual machine
vCenter Server Service fails to start with the vpxd.log error: ODBC error: (28000)
Virtual machines with customizations fail to deploy when using Custom SSL Certificate
Downloading patches from the VMware website (1021623)
General vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) licensing information (20023
Powering on virtual machine on an NFS server fails with the error: Unable to retrieve
Guest Post: How to write a book or blog (Part 3)
Unable to start the VMware vCenter Web Service after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.0
Manually installing and uninstalling the Internet Explorer MKS plugin for Lab Manager
Disabling balloon driver (1002586)
Using VMware Converter to convert Microsoft Cluster (MSCS) nodes to virtual machines
New Articles Published for Week Ending 11/19/11
Tape device incorrectly detected as ALUA device on ESX/ESXi hosts (1
Guest Post: How to write a book or blog (Part 2)
My VMware Data Preparation Assistant FAQ (2008940)
Multipathing policies in ESX/ESXi 4.x and ESXi 5.x (1011340)
Exchanging Lab Manager and Life Cycle Manager licenses for vCloud Director licenses
Top 5 Planet V12N blog posts for week 46
Disabling host name masking and restoring real host names or matching the pseudonym k
Troubleshooting access rights, policies, and permissions preventing data collection
Port requirements for Shavlik NetChk Protect (2007451)
Guest Post: How to write a book or blog (Part 1)
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Tools (1010744)
All ESX hosts simultaneously show a status of Not Responding in vCenter
Host fails to recognize ESX installation (1034729)
Reverting to a snapshot in vCenter Server shows the error: This object has already be
Deleting a vmdk file for a virtual machine that is no longer used fails: Device or re
A week in virtualization
SAP Three-Tier Benchmark on vSphere 5 Achieves New Levels of Performance
vExpert Spotlight: Erik Scholten
VMware Fault Tolerance FAQ (1013428)
Upgrading vSphere Client fails with the error: Error applying transforms. Verify that
vCenter Server 4.x and 5.0 upgrade fails with Oracle Database upgrade error: error oc
.NET Takes a Long Time to Instantiate the VimService Class (87402)
Hardware status tab is blank when upgrading from vCenter Server 4.0 to 4.1
New Articles Published for Week Ending 11/12/11
Adding an ESX host to vCenter Server fails with the error: Cannot install the vCenter
Windows 7 templates fail to configure after deploy with the error: Windows Setup enco
Supported host upgrades using vSphere vCenter Update Manager 5.0 (10
Upgrading to vCenter Server 5.0 fails with the error: Could not connect to DataBase w
Changing the load balancing policy in ESXi using Tech Support Mode
vExpert Spotlight: Tim Washburn
Creating a link from the Customer Portal Screen to a Knowledge Bank (KB) Article in a
After upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.0.2 (Update 1, Update 2 or Update 3), the VMware V
vExpert Spotlight: Julian Wood
Supported VirtualCenter high availability options (1024051)
vCenter Server with a DB2 database fails when adding hosts (1035782)
Cold migrating a virtual machine fails with the error: Failed to connect to host
VMware Data Recovery backups fail with the error: failed, error -2241 (Catalog File i
Cold migration or deploying template fails with the error: Cannot connect to host
VMware Update Manager fails to start after a fresh install (2000615
Unable to power on a virtual machine due to an invalid value (100851
A week in virtualization
vExpert Spotlight: Gabrie (Gabe) van Zanten
Cannot update the network configuration in vCenter Server (2009227)
Preparing an ESXi 5.0 host fails with the error: Cannot PUT a file
Troubleshooting Migration compatibility error: Virtual machine has CPU and/or memory
CVE-2009-1252 and ESX Server 3.0.3 and ESX Server 3.5 (1012207)
Minimum system requirements for installing the vSphere/Virtual Infrastructure Client
New Articles Published for Week Ending 11/5/11
Manually enable vSphere solutions (1021265)
Installing VMware Converter 4.2 fails with the error: Error 29454 Setup failed to reg
VMTN forum moderator elections
VMware View 5 resource optimization
VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Plug-in ? Feature List (1009689)
Installing VMware Tools in vSphere (2004754)
ESXi 5.x boot delays when configured for Software iSCSI (2007108)
vExpert Spotlight: Justin Lauer
Top 5 Planet V12N blog posts for week 44
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware ESX/ESXi using the vm-support command
Storage vMotion of a Virualized SQL Server Database
vExpert Spotlight: Niclas Borgström
Storage vMotion fails with a generic DMotion error (1009113)
When using NetXen 1G NX3031 or multiple 10G NX2031 devices, ESX hosts fail to boot wi
Windows virtual machine configured to use LSI Logic SCSI controller reports the warni
Windows virtual machine configured to use Bus Logic SCSI controller reports the warni
vCenter Service Status and Hardware Status errors when trying to update host data
Difference between VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.0 Standard and Enterprise e
Preparing vSphere 5.0 for VMware vFabric Data Director (2006198)
Comparing ESXi 4.1 and ESXi 5.0 Scaling Performance
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager TestFailover task fails with the error: Module D
DO NOT ARCHIVE, EDIT or DELETE sat 656p IT USE ONLY - DO NOT RETIRE THIS DOCUMENT
ThinApp AppSync does not update changes to ThinDirect.txt for a virtual browser with
VMware vCenter CapacityIQ privilege displays as: XXX privilege.Global.com.vmware.Capa
vExpert Spotlight: Scott Vessey
Company details are not displayed when creating a new contract in Service Manager
Cannot log in as root to an ESX host because you do not have the proper permissions
VMware Tools installation fails with the error: Error 1719 - The Windows Installer Se
4 simple resource optimizations for VMware View 5
SQL Server Recovery Model Affects Transaction Log Disk Space Requirements
New Articles Published for Week Ending 10/29/11
Checking media integrity for ESX/ESXi host installations or upgrades
Unable to create snapshot: Operation failed because file already exists or Cannot com
The Host IPMI System Event Log Status alarm is triggered repeatedly
Access to storage refused by iSCSI array (2001449)
Creating a quiesced snapshot in a Window 2008 R2 virtual machine generates Event IDs
After upgrading to vCenter Server 5.0, the vCenter Service Stats and Hardware Status
vExpert Spotlight: Brian Knudtson
Top 5 Planet V12N blog posts for week 43
Reusing a Capacity Planner installation (1001688)
ESX/ESXi 4.1 Update 2
Cannot boot or start a virtual machine converted by VMware Converter
Viewing a virtual machine's console in VMware Infrastructure Client fails with the er
Stop Code 0x0000007B (inaccessible boot device) after upgrading a virtual machine's v
Replacing SSL certificates for VMware vCenter Update Manager by using the Update Mana
vExpert Spotlight: Henk Arts
SSMove does not work if a datastore is disabled (1009056)
Workstation versions 7.1 through 7.1.2 do not install on post-2.6.34 Linux kernels
SF Bay area VMware users: Sign up for a focus group
Guest Post: Thank You for Participating in the Developer Survey
Requirements when using trusted certificates with VMware Site Recovery Manager
VMware Update Manager fails with error Failed to install VMware Update Manager guest
A week in virtualization
vExpert Spotlight: Giuseppe Guglielmetti
Not for Resale (NFR) licenses (1012581)
New Articles Published for Week Ending 10/22/11
vCenter Server stops responding after adding an ESX host to Inventory
vExpert Spotlight: Brian Atkinson
Creating a user and changing the password in vShield (2005950)
View Agent Installation fails during upgrade (1029866)
IBM x3850/x3950 reports alert for component OEM System Integrator defined 1 SEL Fulln