http://www.seandeasy.com/expanding-a-drive-within-a-vmware-image/, or use vmware-vdiskmanager shipped with vmware workstation 2 How do I change linux screen resolution? Install tools, and then run vmware-config-tools.pl 3 VMotion: Unable to migrate, the VMotion interface is not configured The option is somewhat buried in the config dialogs. It's in -> Host configuration / Networking -> Properties of the vSwitch that has the VMKernel port attached to it -> Select VMKernel from the port list and click Edit... 4 What are the .sf files under my /vmfs/storage/? These are VMFS system files. 5 automatically start VMs when esx box reboots In VI Client, click on the ESX host and go to the "Configuration" tab. In the "Software" section, go to "Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown". Change the Startup option for the VM that you want to startup/shutdown with the ESX host. 6 I am trying to use bluetooth with my Fusion VMs, however, I couldn't find corresponding drivers Attach your OS-X installation CD to your VM, and install bootcamp. 7 In fusion, why cannot I write to my shared folder? According to this article, you can set if you want your shared folder to be RO or RW. You could set this in VM->Settings 8 How do I create a virtual disk with vmkfstools? vmkfstools -c 300G -a lsilogic /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/directory/newdisk.vmdk 9 The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state (Powered Off), but my VM is powered off and I want to power it on Check Events tab in your VI client, there might be more detailed error messages available. In my case, it was because the ISO image mapped to my CD ROM didn't exist. Other things that might go wrong with the ISO files are: if you map ISO from datastore, then they should be physically located in or mounted in a vmfs datastore or /vmimages directory. Linking directories into these datastores may not work as well. 10 How do I register a VM from command line? vim-cmd solo/registervm /vmfs/volumes/datastorename/path/to/your/abc.vmx 11 ESX3.5 got stuck at "Loading vmkernel module sata_vsw.o" Workaround: Turn OFF your cdrom device from BIOS, or remove it from your box. 12 ESX3.5 U3 got stuck at "scsi0: vsd" Reboot your VM 13 What is RDM, how is it different from VMFS? RDM, or raw-disk-mapping, and VMFS, or vmware file system, are two ways to access physical disks in a VMware virtualized environment. By default, a virtual disk is created in a VMFS volume. When guest operating systems issue SCSI commands to their virtual disks, VMware hyperviser translates these commands to VMFS file operations. RDMs, on the other hand, provides direct access to hard drives. RDM files are are special files inside a VMFS volume that act as a proxy for a raw device. RDM gives some of the advantages of a virtual disk in the VMFS while keeping some advantages of direct access to a physical device. 14 Using labmanager, how come I can't see the console screen when powering on VMs? Look at your browser configuration, you need to trust the lab manager server machine. Comments
Install tools, and then run vmware-config-tools.pl
3 VMotion: Unable to migrate, the VMotion interface is not configured The option is somewhat buried in the config dialogs. It's in -> Host configuration / Networking -> Properties of the vSwitch that has the VMKernel port attached to it -> Select VMKernel from the port list and click Edit... 4 What are the .sf files under my /vmfs/storage/? These are VMFS system files. 5 automatically start VMs when esx box reboots In VI Client, click on the ESX host and go to the "Configuration" tab. In the "Software" section, go to "Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown". Change the Startup option for the VM that you want to startup/shutdown with the ESX host. 6 I am trying to use bluetooth with my Fusion VMs, however, I couldn't find corresponding drivers Attach your OS-X installation CD to your VM, and install bootcamp. 7 In fusion, why cannot I write to my shared folder? According to this article, you can set if you want your shared folder to be RO or RW. You could set this in VM->Settings 8 How do I create a virtual disk with vmkfstools? vmkfstools -c 300G -a lsilogic /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/directory/newdisk.vmdk 9 The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state (Powered Off), but my VM is powered off and I want to power it on Check Events tab in your VI client, there might be more detailed error messages available. In my case, it was because the ISO image mapped to my CD ROM didn't exist. Other things that might go wrong with the ISO files are: if you map ISO from datastore, then they should be physically located in or mounted in a vmfs datastore or /vmimages directory. Linking directories into these datastores may not work as well. 10 How do I register a VM from command line? vim-cmd solo/registervm /vmfs/volumes/datastorename/path/to/your/abc.vmx 11 ESX3.5 got stuck at "Loading vmkernel module sata_vsw.o" Workaround: Turn OFF your cdrom device from BIOS, or remove it from your box. 12 ESX3.5 U3 got stuck at "scsi0: vsd" Reboot your VM 13 What is RDM, how is it different from VMFS? RDM, or raw-disk-mapping, and VMFS, or vmware file system, are two ways to access physical disks in a VMware virtualized environment. By default, a virtual disk is created in a VMFS volume. When guest operating systems issue SCSI commands to their virtual disks, VMware hyperviser translates these commands to VMFS file operations. RDMs, on the other hand, provides direct access to hard drives. RDM files are are special files inside a VMFS volume that act as a proxy for a raw device. RDM gives some of the advantages of a virtual disk in the VMFS while keeping some advantages of direct access to a physical device. 14 Using labmanager, how come I can't see the console screen when powering on VMs? Look at your browser configuration, you need to trust the lab manager server machine. Comments
The option is somewhat buried in the config dialogs. It's in
-> Host configuration / Networking -> Properties of the vSwitch that has the VMKernel port attached to it -> Select VMKernel from the port list and click Edit...
4 What are the .sf files under my /vmfs/storage/? These are VMFS system files. 5 automatically start VMs when esx box reboots In VI Client, click on the ESX host and go to the "Configuration" tab. In the "Software" section, go to "Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown". Change the Startup option for the VM that you want to startup/shutdown with the ESX host. 6 I am trying to use bluetooth with my Fusion VMs, however, I couldn't find corresponding drivers Attach your OS-X installation CD to your VM, and install bootcamp. 7 In fusion, why cannot I write to my shared folder? According to this article, you can set if you want your shared folder to be RO or RW. You could set this in VM->Settings 8 How do I create a virtual disk with vmkfstools? vmkfstools -c 300G -a lsilogic /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/directory/newdisk.vmdk 9 The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state (Powered Off), but my VM is powered off and I want to power it on Check Events tab in your VI client, there might be more detailed error messages available. In my case, it was because the ISO image mapped to my CD ROM didn't exist. Other things that might go wrong with the ISO files are: if you map ISO from datastore, then they should be physically located in or mounted in a vmfs datastore or /vmimages directory. Linking directories into these datastores may not work as well. 10 How do I register a VM from command line? vim-cmd solo/registervm /vmfs/volumes/datastorename/path/to/your/abc.vmx 11 ESX3.5 got stuck at "Loading vmkernel module sata_vsw.o" Workaround: Turn OFF your cdrom device from BIOS, or remove it from your box. 12 ESX3.5 U3 got stuck at "scsi0: vsd" Reboot your VM 13 What is RDM, how is it different from VMFS? RDM, or raw-disk-mapping, and VMFS, or vmware file system, are two ways to access physical disks in a VMware virtualized environment. By default, a virtual disk is created in a VMFS volume. When guest operating systems issue SCSI commands to their virtual disks, VMware hyperviser translates these commands to VMFS file operations. RDMs, on the other hand, provides direct access to hard drives. RDM files are are special files inside a VMFS volume that act as a proxy for a raw device. RDM gives some of the advantages of a virtual disk in the VMFS while keeping some advantages of direct access to a physical device. 14 Using labmanager, how come I can't see the console screen when powering on VMs? Look at your browser configuration, you need to trust the lab manager server machine. Comments
These are VMFS system files. 5 automatically start VMs when esx box reboots In VI Client, click on the ESX host and go to the "Configuration" tab. In the "Software" section, go to "Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown". Change the Startup option for the VM that you want to startup/shutdown with the ESX host. 6 I am trying to use bluetooth with my Fusion VMs, however, I couldn't find corresponding drivers Attach your OS-X installation CD to your VM, and install bootcamp. 7 In fusion, why cannot I write to my shared folder? According to this article, you can set if you want your shared folder to be RO or RW. You could set this in VM->Settings 8 How do I create a virtual disk with vmkfstools? vmkfstools -c 300G -a lsilogic /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/directory/newdisk.vmdk 9 The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state (Powered Off), but my VM is powered off and I want to power it on Check Events tab in your VI client, there might be more detailed error messages available. In my case, it was because the ISO image mapped to my CD ROM didn't exist. Other things that might go wrong with the ISO files are: if you map ISO from datastore, then they should be physically located in or mounted in a vmfs datastore or /vmimages directory. Linking directories into these datastores may not work as well. 10 How do I register a VM from command line? vim-cmd solo/registervm /vmfs/volumes/datastorename/path/to/your/abc.vmx 11 ESX3.5 got stuck at "Loading vmkernel module sata_vsw.o" Workaround: Turn OFF your cdrom device from BIOS, or remove it from your box. 12 ESX3.5 U3 got stuck at "scsi0: vsd" Reboot your VM 13 What is RDM, how is it different from VMFS? RDM, or raw-disk-mapping, and VMFS, or vmware file system, are two ways to access physical disks in a VMware virtualized environment. By default, a virtual disk is created in a VMFS volume. When guest operating systems issue SCSI commands to their virtual disks, VMware hyperviser translates these commands to VMFS file operations. RDMs, on the other hand, provides direct access to hard drives. RDM files are are special files inside a VMFS volume that act as a proxy for a raw device. RDM gives some of the advantages of a virtual disk in the VMFS while keeping some advantages of direct access to a physical device. 14 Using labmanager, how come I can't see the console screen when powering on VMs? Look at your browser configuration, you need to trust the lab manager server machine. Comments
In VI Client, click on the ESX host and go to the "Configuration" tab. In the "Software" section, go to "Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown". Change the Startup option for the VM that you want to startup/shutdown with the ESX host. 6 I am trying to use bluetooth with my Fusion VMs, however, I couldn't find corresponding drivers Attach your OS-X installation CD to your VM, and install bootcamp. 7 In fusion, why cannot I write to my shared folder? According to this article, you can set if you want your shared folder to be RO or RW. You could set this in VM->Settings 8 How do I create a virtual disk with vmkfstools? vmkfstools -c 300G -a lsilogic /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/directory/newdisk.vmdk 9 The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state (Powered Off), but my VM is powered off and I want to power it on Check Events tab in your VI client, there might be more detailed error messages available. In my case, it was because the ISO image mapped to my CD ROM didn't exist. Other things that might go wrong with the ISO files are: if you map ISO from datastore, then they should be physically located in or mounted in a vmfs datastore or /vmimages directory. Linking directories into these datastores may not work as well. 10 How do I register a VM from command line? vim-cmd solo/registervm /vmfs/volumes/datastorename/path/to/your/abc.vmx 11 ESX3.5 got stuck at "Loading vmkernel module sata_vsw.o" Workaround: Turn OFF your cdrom device from BIOS, or remove it from your box. 12 ESX3.5 U3 got stuck at "scsi0: vsd" Reboot your VM 13 What is RDM, how is it different from VMFS? RDM, or raw-disk-mapping, and VMFS, or vmware file system, are two ways to access physical disks in a VMware virtualized environment. By default, a virtual disk is created in a VMFS volume. When guest operating systems issue SCSI commands to their virtual disks, VMware hyperviser translates these commands to VMFS file operations. RDMs, on the other hand, provides direct access to hard drives. RDM files are are special files inside a VMFS volume that act as a proxy for a raw device. RDM gives some of the advantages of a virtual disk in the VMFS while keeping some advantages of direct access to a physical device. 14 Using labmanager, how come I can't see the console screen when powering on VMs? Look at your browser configuration, you need to trust the lab manager server machine. Comments
Attach your OS-X installation CD to your VM, and install bootcamp. 7 In fusion, why cannot I write to my shared folder? According to this article, you can set if you want your shared folder to be RO or RW. You could set this in VM->Settings 8 How do I create a virtual disk with vmkfstools? vmkfstools -c 300G -a lsilogic /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/directory/newdisk.vmdk 9 The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state (Powered Off), but my VM is powered off and I want to power it on Check Events tab in your VI client, there might be more detailed error messages available. In my case, it was because the ISO image mapped to my CD ROM didn't exist. Other things that might go wrong with the ISO files are: if you map ISO from datastore, then they should be physically located in or mounted in a vmfs datastore or /vmimages directory. Linking directories into these datastores may not work as well. 10 How do I register a VM from command line? vim-cmd solo/registervm /vmfs/volumes/datastorename/path/to/your/abc.vmx 11 ESX3.5 got stuck at "Loading vmkernel module sata_vsw.o" Workaround: Turn OFF your cdrom device from BIOS, or remove it from your box. 12 ESX3.5 U3 got stuck at "scsi0: vsd" Reboot your VM 13 What is RDM, how is it different from VMFS? RDM, or raw-disk-mapping, and VMFS, or vmware file system, are two ways to access physical disks in a VMware virtualized environment. By default, a virtual disk is created in a VMFS volume. When guest operating systems issue SCSI commands to their virtual disks, VMware hyperviser translates these commands to VMFS file operations. RDMs, on the other hand, provides direct access to hard drives. RDM files are are special files inside a VMFS volume that act as a proxy for a raw device. RDM gives some of the advantages of a virtual disk in the VMFS while keeping some advantages of direct access to a physical device. 14 Using labmanager, how come I can't see the console screen when powering on VMs? Look at your browser configuration, you need to trust the lab manager server machine. Comments
According to this article, you can set if you want your shared folder to be RO or RW. You could set this in VM->Settings
8 How do I create a virtual disk with vmkfstools? vmkfstools -c 300G -a lsilogic /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/directory/newdisk.vmdk 9 The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state (Powered Off), but my VM is powered off and I want to power it on Check Events tab in your VI client, there might be more detailed error messages available. In my case, it was because the ISO image mapped to my CD ROM didn't exist. Other things that might go wrong with the ISO files are: if you map ISO from datastore, then they should be physically located in or mounted in a vmfs datastore or /vmimages directory. Linking directories into these datastores may not work as well. 10 How do I register a VM from command line? vim-cmd solo/registervm /vmfs/volumes/datastorename/path/to/your/abc.vmx 11 ESX3.5 got stuck at "Loading vmkernel module sata_vsw.o" Workaround: Turn OFF your cdrom device from BIOS, or remove it from your box. 12 ESX3.5 U3 got stuck at "scsi0: vsd" Reboot your VM 13 What is RDM, how is it different from VMFS? RDM, or raw-disk-mapping, and VMFS, or vmware file system, are two ways to access physical disks in a VMware virtualized environment. By default, a virtual disk is created in a VMFS volume. When guest operating systems issue SCSI commands to their virtual disks, VMware hyperviser translates these commands to VMFS file operations. RDMs, on the other hand, provides direct access to hard drives. RDM files are are special files inside a VMFS volume that act as a proxy for a raw device. RDM gives some of the advantages of a virtual disk in the VMFS while keeping some advantages of direct access to a physical device. 14 Using labmanager, how come I can't see the console screen when powering on VMs? Look at your browser configuration, you need to trust the lab manager server machine. Comments
vmkfstools -c 300G -a lsilogic /vmfs/volume/vmfslabel/directory/newdisk.vmdk
9 The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state (Powered Off), but my VM is powered off and I want to power it on Check Events tab in your VI client, there might be more detailed error messages available. In my case, it was because the ISO image mapped to my CD ROM didn't exist. Other things that might go wrong with the ISO files are: if you map ISO from datastore, then they should be physically located in or mounted in a vmfs datastore or /vmimages directory. Linking directories into these datastores may not work as well. 10 How do I register a VM from command line? vim-cmd solo/registervm /vmfs/volumes/datastorename/path/to/your/abc.vmx 11 ESX3.5 got stuck at "Loading vmkernel module sata_vsw.o" Workaround: Turn OFF your cdrom device from BIOS, or remove it from your box. 12 ESX3.5 U3 got stuck at "scsi0: vsd" Reboot your VM 13 What is RDM, how is it different from VMFS? RDM, or raw-disk-mapping, and VMFS, or vmware file system, are two ways to access physical disks in a VMware virtualized environment. By default, a virtual disk is created in a VMFS volume. When guest operating systems issue SCSI commands to their virtual disks, VMware hyperviser translates these commands to VMFS file operations. RDMs, on the other hand, provides direct access to hard drives. RDM files are are special files inside a VMFS volume that act as a proxy for a raw device. RDM gives some of the advantages of a virtual disk in the VMFS while keeping some advantages of direct access to a physical device. 14 Using labmanager, how come I can't see the console screen when powering on VMs? Look at your browser configuration, you need to trust the lab manager server machine. Comments
Check Events tab in your VI client, there might be more detailed error messages available. In my case, it was because the ISO image mapped to my CD ROM didn't exist. Other things that might go wrong with the ISO files are: if you map ISO from datastore, then they should be physically located in or mounted in a vmfs datastore or /vmimages directory. Linking directories into these datastores may not work as well.
10 How do I register a VM from command line? vim-cmd solo/registervm /vmfs/volumes/datastorename/path/to/your/abc.vmx 11 ESX3.5 got stuck at "Loading vmkernel module sata_vsw.o" Workaround: Turn OFF your cdrom device from BIOS, or remove it from your box. 12 ESX3.5 U3 got stuck at "scsi0: vsd" Reboot your VM 13 What is RDM, how is it different from VMFS? RDM, or raw-disk-mapping, and VMFS, or vmware file system, are two ways to access physical disks in a VMware virtualized environment. By default, a virtual disk is created in a VMFS volume. When guest operating systems issue SCSI commands to their virtual disks, VMware hyperviser translates these commands to VMFS file operations. RDMs, on the other hand, provides direct access to hard drives. RDM files are are special files inside a VMFS volume that act as a proxy for a raw device. RDM gives some of the advantages of a virtual disk in the VMFS while keeping some advantages of direct access to a physical device. 14 Using labmanager, how come I can't see the console screen when powering on VMs? Look at your browser configuration, you need to trust the lab manager server machine. Comments
vim-cmd solo/registervm /vmfs/volumes/datastorename/path/to/your/abc.vmx
11 ESX3.5 got stuck at "Loading vmkernel module sata_vsw.o" Workaround: Turn OFF your cdrom device from BIOS, or remove it from your box. 12 ESX3.5 U3 got stuck at "scsi0: vsd" Reboot your VM 13 What is RDM, how is it different from VMFS? RDM, or raw-disk-mapping, and VMFS, or vmware file system, are two ways to access physical disks in a VMware virtualized environment. By default, a virtual disk is created in a VMFS volume. When guest operating systems issue SCSI commands to their virtual disks, VMware hyperviser translates these commands to VMFS file operations. RDMs, on the other hand, provides direct access to hard drives. RDM files are are special files inside a VMFS volume that act as a proxy for a raw device. RDM gives some of the advantages of a virtual disk in the VMFS while keeping some advantages of direct access to a physical device. 14 Using labmanager, how come I can't see the console screen when powering on VMs? Look at your browser configuration, you need to trust the lab manager server machine. Comments
Workaround: Turn OFF your cdrom device from BIOS, or remove it from your box.
12 ESX3.5 U3 got stuck at "scsi0: vsd" Reboot your VM 13 What is RDM, how is it different from VMFS? RDM, or raw-disk-mapping, and VMFS, or vmware file system, are two ways to access physical disks in a VMware virtualized environment. By default, a virtual disk is created in a VMFS volume. When guest operating systems issue SCSI commands to their virtual disks, VMware hyperviser translates these commands to VMFS file operations. RDMs, on the other hand, provides direct access to hard drives. RDM files are are special files inside a VMFS volume that act as a proxy for a raw device. RDM gives some of the advantages of a virtual disk in the VMFS while keeping some advantages of direct access to a physical device. 14 Using labmanager, how come I can't see the console screen when powering on VMs? Look at your browser configuration, you need to trust the lab manager server machine. Comments
Reboot your VM
13 What is RDM, how is it different from VMFS? RDM, or raw-disk-mapping, and VMFS, or vmware file system, are two ways to access physical disks in a VMware virtualized environment. By default, a virtual disk is created in a VMFS volume. When guest operating systems issue SCSI commands to their virtual disks, VMware hyperviser translates these commands to VMFS file operations. RDMs, on the other hand, provides direct access to hard drives. RDM files are are special files inside a VMFS volume that act as a proxy for a raw device. RDM gives some of the advantages of a virtual disk in the VMFS while keeping some advantages of direct access to a physical device. 14 Using labmanager, how come I can't see the console screen when powering on VMs? Look at your browser configuration, you need to trust the lab manager server machine. Comments
RDM, or raw-disk-mapping, and VMFS, or vmware file system, are two ways to access physical disks in a VMware virtualized environment. By default, a virtual disk is created in a VMFS volume. When guest operating systems issue SCSI commands to their virtual disks, VMware hyperviser translates these commands to VMFS file operations. RDMs, on the other hand, provides direct access to hard drives. RDM files are are special files inside a VMFS volume that act as a proxy for a raw device. RDM gives some of the advantages of a virtual disk in the VMFS while keeping some advantages of direct access to a physical device.
14 Using labmanager, how come I can't see the console screen when powering on VMs? Look at your browser configuration, you need to trust the lab manager server machine. Comments
Look at your browser configuration, you need to trust the lab manager server machine.
