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Index of VMware Knowledge Base Articles Continuous vMotion migration of a virtual machine between VMware HA hosts can fail with AlreadyExists error Editing the settings on the EVC cluster fails with the error: Method not found: ‘Vmomi.HostSystemArray EVCState.get_BadSoftwareHostsBlockingEVC()’ Unable to Power On virtual machine with “A General System error occurred: Internal error” Upgrading a VMware Fusion virtual machine from Windows XP to Windows 7 VMotion Migration of a virtual machine that uses NPIV fails When using Netgear ReadyNAS, the ESX/ESXi hosts lose storage connectivity "A specified parameter was not correct" Error in the VI Client Interface When Trying to Power On a Virtual Machine "Active Directory Server is not available" message is generated if AD credentials provided for QuickPrep are not valid "Adapter type doesn't match the disk type" Error Message "akautocf.iso not found" Error Message "Always on Top" Dialog Obscures Virtual Machine Window "Application failure hr = 0x80040154: (null)" Message Appears when Workstation or a Console Starts on GSX Server Host "Bean must be used in a Portal context" error message "Can't locate module..." log entries appear after patching or upgrading ESX "Could Not Allocate Requested Partition: Partitioning Failed" Error Message "Divide By Zero" Message When Installing Solaris 9 "Error - Not Connected, Connection lost" or "VM_E_DISCONNECT" Error when Accessing VMware Management Interface "Error: sysobjectid token not a parsable OID" in /var/log/messages when snmpd service is started on ESX 3.0.3 "esxupdate -l query" Output Shows Missing Package "Failed to Prepare Shadow VM for Recovery" Error When Using NetApp Arrays "floppy1: unexpected interrupt" Message Is Harmless "Internal Error 2738" when installing LMTools in a Windows guest "Log in as current user" feature fails if the machine name exceeds 15 characters "ls" Does Not List all Files in a Directory "Manage Virtual Networks" Not Available on Windows NT Hosts "Media capacity 899808 sectors appears invalid" error message is shown on the ESX console "MPC table is too large" error when rebooting host with large number of logical processors "No such device errors" in /var/log/messages.l when booting ESX Server 3.5 and later "No Such Object" Error When Authenticating Users or Groups, or Creating a Package "Out of Memory" error when running Inventory "Please insert the Disk:1" Alert Dialog Box Appears when Upgrading VirtualCenter 2.0.x & VirtualCenter 2.5.x to the latest version "Please insert the Disk:1" dialog appears when upgrading to VMware Update Manager Update 2 "Power on after opening this virtual machine" Does Not Work "Requested registry access is not allowed" is displayed when a non-administrator user tries to launch VI Client "Unable to change license status as the license server is not available" Error Received While Switching License Source to Evaluation "Unable to get datastore(s) capacity info from VC" messages after moving or changing object paths in vCenter or VirtualCenter "Unable to save snapshot file" Error Occurs When Taking a Snapshot "Unknown error (0x80005000)" occurs when you log on using LDAP Active Directory "Unresolved Symbols" Error When Upgrading ESX Server Using a Tarball "Unresolved Symbols" Error When Upgrading From ESX Server 2.0 to ESX Server 2.x "Upgrade Virtual Hardware" Appears on Hardware Tab When I Create a Virtual Machine Using Raw Disk or Raw Disk Mapping "Upgrade Virtual Hardware" message appears, even when using a raw disk. "URB timed out - USB device may not respond" message appears during reboot of ESXi from a USB drive "WARNING: vmklinux26: SCSILinuxQueueCommand:" logged twice a second after upgrading from ESXi 4.0 Update 1 to ESXi 4.0 Update 2 %HB Meter Displays an Incorrect Reading .GHO image files cannot be converted .host Shared Folder alias in My Network Places inaccessible or unavailable .NET Takes a Long Time to Instantiate the VimService Class / character may be replaced with %2f in vSphere Client /proc/stat does not report virtual machine CPU usage /sbin/modprobe Does Not Load USB Modules in ESX Server with /usr on Separate Partition /var/log/vmkernel reports "kernel: unable to read partition table" [Archived] ha issue slow ESX OpenManage [Internal] vSphere 4.1 Licensing and Sales FAQ 1801 PCI Resource Allocation Error when booting from SAN using a QLE4062 HBA http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Continuous vMotion migration of a virtual machine between VMware HA hosts can fail with AlreadyExists error Editing the settings on the EVC cluster fails with the error: Method not found: ‘Vmomi.HostSystemArrayEVCState.get_BadSoftwareHostsBlockingEVC()’ Unable to Power On virtual machine with “A General System error occurred: Internal error” Upgrading a VMware Fusion virtual machine from Windows XP to Windows 7 VMotion Migration of a virtual machine that uses NPIV fails When using Netgear ReadyNAS, the ESX/ESXi hosts lose storage connectivity "A specified parameter was not correct" Error in the VI Client Interface When Trying to Power On a Virtual Machine "Active Directory Server is not available" message is generated if AD credentials provided for QuickPrep are not valid "Adapter type doesn't match the disk type" Error Message "akautocf.iso not found" Error Message "Always on Top" Dialog Obscures Virtual Machine Window "Application failure hr = 0x80040154: (null)" Message Appears when Workstation or a Console Starts on GSX ServerHost "Bean must be used in a Portal context" error message "Can't locate module..." log entries appear after patching or upgrading ESX "Could Not Allocate Requested Partition: Partitioning Failed" Error Message "Divide By Zero" Message When Installing Solaris 9 "Error - Not Connected, Connection lost" or "VM_E_DISCONNECT" Error when Accessing VMware ManagementInterface "Error: sysobjectid token not a parsable OID" in /var/log/messages when snmpd service is started on ESX 3.0.3 "esxupdate -l query" Output Shows Missing Package "Failed to Prepare Shadow VM for Recovery" Error When Using NetApp Arrays "floppy1: unexpected interrupt" Message Is Harmless "Internal Error 2738" when installing LMTools in a Windows guest "Log in as current user" feature fails if the machine name exceeds 15 characters "ls" Does Not List all Files in a Directory "Manage Virtual Networks" Not Available on Windows NT Hosts "Media capacity 899808 sectors appears invalid" error message is shown on the ESX console "MPC table is too large" error when rebooting host with large number of logical processors "No such device errors" in /var/log/messages.l when booting ESX Server 3.5 and later "No Such Object" Error When Authenticating Users or Groups, or Creating a Package "Out of Memory" error when running Inventory "Please insert the Disk:1" Alert Dialog Box Appears when Upgrading VirtualCenter 2.0.x & VirtualCenter 2.5.x to thelatest version "Please insert the Disk:1" dialog appears when upgrading to VMware Update Manager Update 2 "Power on after opening this virtual machine" Does Not Work "Requested registry access is not allowed" is displayed when a non-administrator user tries to launch VI Client "Unable to change license status as the license server is not available" Error Received While Switching LicenseSource to Evaluation "Unable to get datastore(s) capacity info from VC" messages after moving or changing object paths in vCenter orVirtualCenter "Unable to save snapshot file" Error Occurs When Taking a Snapshot "Unknown error (0x80005000)" occurs when you log on using LDAP Active Directory "Unresolved Symbols" Error When Upgrading ESX Server Using a Tarball "Unresolved Symbols" Error When Upgrading From ESX Server 2.0 to ESX Server 2.x "Upgrade Virtual Hardware" Appears on Hardware Tab When I Create a Virtual Machine Using Raw Disk or Raw DiskMapping "Upgrade Virtual Hardware" message appears, even when using a raw disk. "URB timed out - USB device may not respond" message appears during reboot of ESXi from a USB drive "WARNING: vmklinux26: SCSILinuxQueueCommand:" logged twice a second after upgrading from ESXi 4.0 Update 1to ESXi 4.0 Update 2 %HB Meter Displays an Incorrect Reading .GHO image files cannot be converted .host Shared Folder alias in My Network Places inaccessible or unavailable .NET Takes a Long Time to Instantiate the VimService Class / character may be replaced with %2f in vSphere Client /proc/stat does not report virtual machine CPU usage /sbin/modprobe Does Not Load USB Modules in ESX Server with /usr on Separate Partition /var/log/vmkernel reports "kernel: unable to read partition table" [Archived] ha issue slow ESX OpenManage [Internal] vSphere 4.1 Licensing and Sales FAQ 1801 PCI Resource Allocation Error when booting from SAN using a QLE4062 HBA http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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2.2.18 Kernel Erroneously Loading SuSE Linux Modules on Linux Host 2007 Canada Daylight Saving Time (DST) Extension 2007 Daylight Saving Time Change for New Zealand, Haiti, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Honduras 2007 U.S. Daylight-Saving Time (DST) Extension 30 second delay when connecting to the View Server 32-bit Microsoft Vista Virtual Machines Might Fail 32-Bit Virtual SMP Solaris Guest Operating Systems Become Unresponsive if You Execute Certain CPU Commands 3D acceleration in ESX 4.x 3-D Games Might Cause Linux Hosts with Some ATI Cards to Freeze 403 Error on canned SRS reports 64bit guest operating systems are unable to boot with Paravirtualization support (VMI) enabled 64bit Linux guest using e1000 driver loses network connectivity or becomes unresponsive 64-Bit Linux Guests Panic with More Than 4GB of Guest Memory 64-bit Linux Host Doesn't Install 32-bit Compatibility Libraries by Default 64-Bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 AS Guest Hangs During VMware Tools Configuration 64-Bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Stops Responding During Installation 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 result in kernel panic error during installation on AMD NPTprocessor 64-Bit Solaris 10 Update 1 and Solaris Update 2 fail with triple fault on Intel Pentium M-Based systems Merom,Woodcrest, and Conroe 64-bit Uninstall of CM Remote fails HRESULT 0x80070002 HRESULT 0x80004005 64-bit Virtual Machine on a 32-bit Host Powers On with No Warning 64-Bit Virtual Machine Will Not Power On or Reports OS Not Found on ESX Server 64-Bit Windows Host May Crash with Blue Screen When Booting a Linux Paravirtualized Kernel 64-Bit Windows Performance Console Does Not Show VMware Performance Object 64bit Windows virtual machines generate errors when trying to use the VSS and NT backup -999: Unknown Error Occurs on Create, Deploy, Reset, or Start A "General fault caused by file" error message is generated when a "Insufficient space for provisioning operation" errormessage should be generated A "No available servers for this transfer" error is sometimes generated when the number of concurrent transfers is infact within the transfer slot limit A 32bit Non-PAE guest operating system may report incorrect memory size in ESX 4 A back-end failure between an SP and disk enclosures on EMC AX-series array may result in ESX 4.x hosts using theNative Multipathing Plugin to see only Standby paths A Benign Error Message Is Displayed When Enabling iSCSI on ESX Server 3i Embedded with the VI Client A Black screen with an exclamation icon appears when logging in to a Windows 2003 virtual machine A Boot Camp virtual machine fails to power on with a disk error A Case Mismatch Between the Backup Policy's Backup-List Mount Points and BACKUPROOT Might Cause VCBBackup Jobs to Fail A Cisco Nexus 1000v VEM installed on an ESX host fails to respond with the error: Failed to get card domain - returnederror 1 A cluster shows as Noncompliant on the Cluster Compliance tab A connected USB storage device is not displayed in a Windows virtual machine A CPU of the host is incompatible error appears and VMotion stops working after upgrading to vSphere 4.0 A customized virtual machine cannot join a domain after upgrading to Virtual Center 2.5 Update 3 A deployed package fails to power on due to a policy failure A detached datastore shows in the vSphere Client Datastores view after being disconnected A direct connection with remote desktop connection (RDP) to a Virtual Desktop Manager managed virtual machine fails A DRS cluster on vCenter Server 4.0 shows the warning: Load imbalanced A failure occurs when you power on a virtual machine on a Window Server 2008 host A failure occurs when you press any key in a virtual machine A general system error occurred: Failed to create journal file providerFailed to open "/var/log/vmware/journal/1269xxxxxx.x" for write A jar is not recognized error appears when installing the Performance Overview plug-in A Known Issue with the VDM Connection Server Might Affect Uptime of a Deployed Server A large number of simultaneous suspend virtual machine operations cause some operations to fail A large virtualized application is always corrupted and cannot be deployed A license error alarm is triggered after restarting the vCenter Server operating system A license error appears when logging in to Lab Manager A Licensed ESX Server 2.x Host Erroneously Appears to Be Using Evaluation Mode A lock on ADAM database files prevent the VirtualCenter Server service from starting A long operation fails with an Operation canceled due to a reset error A LUN fails to appear as a usable device during a rescan with the VMkernel log error: Peripheral qualifier 0x1 notsupported A Mapped SAN LUN Added to a Virtual Machine Is Not Visible from the List http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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A Microsoft Windows kernel bug causes the Windows system to fail/crash often issuing the error STOP 0x50 A missing database index slows vCenter Server A new installation of ESX does not boot on Fujitsu-Siemens BX630 Servers A Novell SUSE kernel 2.6.16.60-0.25 virtual machine stops responding when mounting a CD-ROM A Parser Error is generated when launching the Service Manager 9.0.0 API A powered-off FT-enabled virtual machine is automatically powered on by VMware HA A recovery or test recovery plan fails with virtual machines that have a pre-boot message A relocation error occurs when you try to start the VMware Tools control panel on a Solaris 10 U9 guest operatingsystem running on ESX 4.1. A SCSI Reservation Issue with MSA2012sa A second VirtualCenter server does not licence after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.0.2 A security alert is seen from external security software about a possible SMURF network attack A standard field can no longer be seen in the list of fields in Designer A template's regional settings change when deployed A Test Failover operation in Site Recovery Manager fails with the SRA message: Failed to create LUN snapshot A thin client connection prompts you to log in twice A time out occurs when exporting or importing a template or configuration A USB device does not function in the virtual machine A USB flash drive might become unresponsive after you disconnect View Client for Linux A user can gain access to an administrator's desktop session if automatic logon is enabled A VBScript error appears when you log in to a virtual machine A VDM Server in a Japanese domain cannot be resolved by a Windows Vista VDM Client. A View Composer desktop that is cloned and then used as a Parent VM might not be customized correctly A Virtual Disk Created in P2V Assistant Provokes a "Incompatible device . . ." Message in ESX Server 3.x A virtual machine alternates between an Orphaned and normal state in vCenter with the error: File layout not found incache, fetching from host agent A virtual machine appears powered on in VMware Infrastructure Client after it is powered off A virtual machine can freeze under load when you take quiesced snapshots or use custom quiescing scripts A virtual machine cannot be powered on and shows as unknown A virtual machine cannot boot after extending a base virtual disk that is part of a snapshot hierarchy A virtual machine deployed from a template shows the wrong disk size A virtual machine does not power on after removing an RDM on a NPIV system A virtual machine does not power on and displays in VMware Infrastructure Client as Invalid A virtual machine experiences a Monitor Panic and powers off after the error: Unable to retrieve the MSR lines fromthe "/dev/ttyS0" serial port: Operation not permitted A virtual machine fails to power on and requests the location of .LCK files A virtual machine fails with the internal monitor error: VMM64 fault 6 A virtual machine is frequently suspended when the host is running on battery power A virtual machine might fail due to a VMware Tools memory leak that occurs each time memory info is reported by theguest operating system A virtual machine operation fails and reports the error "Failure to create journal file provider" A Virtual Machine Removed from a Team Cannot Be Added Back to the Team if the Configuration (.vmx) File Has BeenRenamed A virtual machine running a SQL Server loses connectivity during a VMware Consolidated Backup or snapshotoperation A Virtual Machine's Computer Name May Not be Updated After Cloning or Customization A virtual machine's console in VirtualCenter is blank and shows the message: Unknown MKS event A VMFS datastore disappears after path a failover A VMFS volume is not available and VMkernel reports displays the error: Device size mismatch A VMware ESX 4.x host becomes unresponsive and displays a purple diagnostic screen after changing the value ofnetPktHeapMinSize A VMware product fails to install with error 1603 A VMware Service Manager Customer Survey is not sent after a call is closed A vSphere 4.0 VMware High Availability cluster may not failover virtual machines when ESX is configured with certainIP addresses A Windows 2000 virtual machine created using P2V Assistant fails A Windows 2003 virtual machine high CPU usage after a conversion from physical to virtual A Windows Security Alert Message Might Be Issued by the Firewall the First Time VDM Client or VDM Web Access IsUsed on Windows A Windows virtual machine boots and accesses the console slowly after a conversion from physical A Windows virtual machine fails to boot with the error: NTLDR is missing A Windows virtual machine reports less than the full 4GB of allocated memory A Windows Vista guest operating system might display incorrect CPU information when imported to VMware Server A Windows XP virtual machine may fail with an Unexpected Signal 10 when passing keyboard input to a Windows XPvirtual machine in VMware Fusion 1.1.1 http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! 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A Wrong DB Scheme error appears when starting Management Ability to customize the .ini file delivered to the client in Virtual Desktop Manager Abnormal CPU spike with Anti-virus installed in virtual machine Aborting an ESX Server 3i Bootup after an Upgrade Invalidates USB Key for Further Upgrades About Patch 3 for SRM 1.0 Update 1 Accented and composite characters are not displayed in the index for French-language online Help Access Delay on HP Insight Manager Web Page After Installing HP Insight Management Agents Version 7.2 Access Rights for USB Floppy Drive When Using Blade Servers Access to Misconfigured Virtual Devices Accessing a 1TB LUN from the Service Console Fails Accessing a storage device in vCenter Server fails with the error: Not initialized: vim.host.DiskPartitionInfo.BlockRange[] partition Accessing a vCenter Server using Web access or vSphere Client fails with an SSL certificate error Accessing a virtual machine that has either Windows 2008 or Windows 7 displays a blank console Accessing a VMware vCloud Director cell fails with the error: A remote error was encountered Accessing data on a FireWire harddisk from a guest operating system Accessing Host Hardware in a Virtual Machine Accessing the BIOS when the POST screen clears too quickly Accessing the console of a Windows virtual machine through Web Access in ESX 4.0 times out Accessing the Contents of a Virtual Machine Disk File from the Service Console Accessing the remote console fails with the error: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation Accessing the Storage View tab in vCenter 4.0 Update 1 fails Accessing the Storage View tab in vCenter Client fails Accessing the vCenter Database Entity-Relationship diagram in SQL Accessing the View Admin page fails with the error: Error 404 page not found Accessing the virtual machine's console directly from the command line Accessing USB storage and other USB devices from the service console Accessing virtual machines on an ESX4 host that will not boot Accessing VMware ThinApp licenses Accessing VMware vCenter AppSpeed via the web Accessing Winmodems and Winprinters on Linux Hosts ACE Management Server and Trust Relationships Between Multiple Domain Controllers ACE Management Server Leaks Private Virtual Memory ACE Master file fails to open because it is in use Acrobat Reader 5.0 Won't Run in a Virtual Machine Activating Lab Manager Licenses Activating the Data Import Wizard in infraEnterprise 8.0.0 Activating VMware Fusion fails with the error: Invalid Serial number Activating Windows or an application needs to be performed repeatedly Activating Windows Vista and Windows 7 Activating Windows when swapping between Boot Camp and a virtual machine in VMware Fusion Activation Limits Are Not Working for Groups Active Directory credentials required to create a linked clone in View Composer Active Directory scheduled scan fails with error message: Unable to retrieve group data ActiveX Console View Control Installation Error on Linux Activity on Host Causes Virtual Serial Port to Drop Data Actualizando ESX 4.0 a ESX 4.1 Actualizando una máquina virtual desde ESX 3.X a ESX 4.X Adaptec Initialization Timeout Adaptec RAID card in Dell PowerEdge 2650 is not shown in Dell OpenManage Web Interface Adapter Type dropdown menu missing vmxnet3 option on virtual machine running Suse Enterprise Linux Add CD/DVD-ROM drive operation results in a duplicate default name Add support for RAC and TNS configuration for Oracle 11g Database instances to vCenter Orchestrator Adding a Host Managed by Another VirtualCenter Server Leaves the Add Host Dialog Box Open Adding a CIF share fails with the error: Data Recovery could not add the Specified Network Share Adding a domain to the VMware View Composer service on the Connection Broker fails with the error: Bad DomainName Adding a ESX/ESXi 4.1 host to vCenter Server 4.0 fails with the error: interal error:vmodl.fault.hostCommunication Adding a host to a vNetwork Distributed Switch fails immediately with the error: Your session with VMware vCenterUpdate Manager is no longer valid Adding a host to vDS causes a port pumber exceeded error Adding a host to VirtualCenter fails with a general system error or vim.fault.NoPermission Adding a host to VirtualCenter fails with the error: A general system error occurred Adding a Legacy Virtual Disk to a Virtual Machine Downgrades It to a Legacy Virtual Machine Adding a licensed ESX host to VMware VirtualCenter Server fails with the error: Not enough licenses http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Adding a Managed Server yields Error '' hexadecimal value 0x1B, is an invalid character. Line5, position 12 Adding a network adapter to an ESX 2.x.x host Adding a network interface in Lab Manager to a post-configuration virtual machine Adding a new host to a VMware High Availability cluster fails with the error: User Not Found, Access Denied Adding a new user to the ESX host from the VMware Infrastructure Client Adding a New User to the Existing Group Does Not Inherit the User to the Same Group Adding a Paravirtual SCSI adapter to a virtual machine with a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 guest operatingsystem can cause boot failure Adding a Program to the Unity Applications Menu Adding a route for multiple gateways to the Service Console network Adding a SCSI passthru device on a SCSI adapter bus causes SCSI reservations on Windows clusters Adding a static route to an ESX host for an extra service console Adding a User or a Group Times Out When Lab Manager Is Connected to Large or Slow LDAP Service Adding a Virtual Disk on an Auxiliary Virtual SCSI Controller to a Virtual Machine Moves Other Devices to New PCISlots Adding a virtual disk to a virtual machine fails with the error: IDE disks cannot be hot added or there are no freeavailable IDE Controller slots Adding a virtual disk to a virtual machine that already has a virtual disk with the same UUID fails Adding a VirtualCenter Server in View Administrator and accepting error message "Unable to connect to ViewComposer" disables OK button Adding additional drivers to the VMware Converter Cold Clone ISO Adding additional storage to a Lab Manager environment Adding an ESX 3.0.2 host to VirtualCenter 2.5 fails with the error: Unable to access the specified host. It either doesnot exist or there is a network problem Adding an ESX 3.5 Update 3 host to vCenter Server fails with the error: Failed to find conversion from windows7srv-64to type: vim.vm.GuestOsDescriptor.GuestOsIdentifier Adding an ESX host into a Distributed Virtual Switch fails with the error: Unable to Create Proxy DVS Adding an ESX host to the vCenter inventory fails with the error: vmodl.fault.HostCommunication Adding an ESX host to vCenter inventory or accessing an ESX host directly with vCenter client fails: Bad username orpassword Adding an ESX host to vCenter Server fails with the error: A general system error occurred - string too large fordatabase Adding an ESX host to VirtualCenter fails with the error: A general system error occurred: at line number 7, not well-formed (invalid token) Adding an ESX or ESXi host to vCenter Server causes the error: The host type is not supported, or was added to acluster but does not support clustering features Adding an ESX or ESXi host to vCenter Server fails at 80% with error: Cannot install the vCenter agent - UnknownInstaller Error Adding an ESX Server fails Adding an ESX/ESXi host to a Cisco Nexus 1000V DVS fails with a DVS Operation Failed error Adding an ESX/ESXi host to the vCenter Server inventory fails with the error: Call "datacenter.queryconnectioninfo" forobject on vCenter Server failed. Adding an ESXi host to vCenter Server 4.0 fails with the error: Host cannot be added to the VCenter as there are notenough Virtual Center Agent Licenses Adding an existing disk to a new virtual machine in View causes the error: View Composer agent initialization stateerror (13): Unknown failure (waited 0 seconds) Adding an existing RDM to a virtual machine fails with the error: Error creating disk: The destination file system doesnot support large files Adding an extent fails with the error: Can't overwrite contents of active fb partition Adding an extent to a VMFS volume fails after increasing local storage space Adding and committing redo logs Adding another virtual disk to a Windows virtual machine in VMware Fusion Adding Devices to my system Adding disks to IBM OS/2 Warp guests Adding ESX host to VirtualCenter fails at 19% Adding Manual Markers to a Recording During Replay Adding More Than Three SCSI Adapters to a Virtual Machine Causes Error Adding new licenses to an existing centralized environment Adding or modifying secondary license administrators or support administrators on a contract Adding or subtracting scan locations for the ThinApp prescan and postscan Adding space to an ESX host virtual disk Adding SSH Keys to the Service Console so vmsnap Stops Prompting for a Password Adding storage fails with the error: error during configuration of host: cannot open volume ... Adding the RDM to a virtual machine fails with the error: File [datastorename] foldername/filename.vmdk is larger thanthe maximum size supported by datastore http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Adding the virtual machine deployed from a template to the VMware View desktop pool displays the warning: VirtualMachines In Use Adding the VMware SCSI Controller to a Windows guest operating system Adding three or four-day choices to lease times menu Adding trusted sites within the browser when using Update Manager configured with a proxy Adding USB Keyboard/Mouse to KVM may trigger a purple diagnostics screen Adding video resolution modes to Windows guest operating systems Adding VSS and removing the Filesystem Sync driver when upgrading VMware Tools in a Windows virtual machine Additional VI Client Sessions Unable to Connect to an ESX Server Host During a VMFS-2 to VMFS-3 Upgrade Addressing Microsoft ADAM security vulnerability MS08-035 in servers running VDM Adjusting CPU Resources Through the Management Interface Fails for a Virtual Machine with a Slash Character in ItsDisplay Name Adjusting ESX host Time Zone Adjusting scripts to accomodate some Solaris system configurations Adjusting the Data Synchronization task timeout values Adjusting the virtual SCSI adapter type in a VMDK file Adjusting the VMware High Availability failover timeout value Administration > Server Settings Is Not Available in VI Client Menu When I Try to Configure License Server onVirtualCenter Administrative credentials are required for Oracle and SQL Server databases when installing or upgrading vCenterServer Administrative rights requirement for use of VDM USB Driver Administrator access downgraded to read-only in VirtualCenter after read-only users are added Administrator Can Delete Private Virtual Machine Created by Users Administrator role cannot perform VMotion Administrator users do not have the ability to clone a virtual machine Administrator window does not list users after a query Advanced Configuration options for VMware High Availability Advanced Disk Usage and Setup Options Advanced GSX Server Security Recommendations Advanced NAT Configuration Supplement: Config Port and Allow Any OUI Advanced Settings options when creating or editing a desktop pool in VMware View Manager After a desktop is checked out, a printer added to the host might not be visible in the guest After a power outage or abrupt shutdown, vCenter Server service fails with the error: Windows No disk After a rollback is performed using the View Administrator, the desktop becomes unavailable in the desktop selectiondialog After an ESX host fails HA does not restart after rebooting After an upgrade to VirtualCenter 2.5, Sysprep does not prepare the guest operating system when deploying a virtualmachine from a template After applying an ESX patch, VMotion fails at 90% with the error: Checksumming not enabled on source machine After applying VMware Service Manager 9.0 RP03, the non-static Security Roles disappear from the Officer Detailsscreen After changing floppies in a USB floppy drive, the file list does not refresh with the new contents After cold migration on ESX Server, virtual disk with snapshot has the wrong CID After connecting VMware Infrastructure Client to VirtualCenter you see the error: Input string was not in a correct format After expanding the size of a VMDK disk that is attached to a shared bus adapter, virtual machines fail to power on After I Create a New Datastore, VirtualCenter's Inventory Shows Virtual Machines from Old Datastore After I Move a Host out of a Cluster, the VI Client Inventory Doesn't Show the Host's Virtual Machines After Installation, ESX Server 2.x Fails to Boot Due to Bad Partition Table After installing or upgrading to ESX/ESXi 4.1, the hosts report incorrect core/socket count After Installing VirtualCenter 2.0.2, VirtualCenter May Fail to Start After LUN Resignature, Unable to see that a LUN is Connected to a Host After migrating a virtual machine from ESX 2.5.x to 3.0.2, adding another disk file fails After readding the HDDs, the virtual machine boots into a PXE screen After Refreshing, VirtualCenter Reports Only the Memory Allocated to the Service Console and One CPU After repeated SAN path failovers, operations that involve VMFS changes might fail for all hosts accessing a particularLUN After uninstalling and reinstalling the vSphere Client, previously installed and ignored certificates do not result in asecurity warning After upgrade of VirtualCenter the Stacked Graph chart does not display virtual machine historical performance data After Upgrading An ESX Server Host, Installing Wyse Multimedia Support Fails From Command Line After upgrading Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM to the latest version, you might not be able to patch the kernel of ESX hostsattached to the vDS After upgrading ESX, esxcfg-boot fails with a More than one VMkernel found error http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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After Upgrading from ESX Server 2.5.x to ESX Server 3.0.1, CPU Hyperthreading Might Appear to Become Disabled After upgrading from VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 2 to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 3, VirtualCenter fails to start with Error42000 After Upgrading From VMware vCenter Lab Manager 4.0.0.1140, Unable to Upgrade Agent if VMs are Using HostSpanning. After upgrading the virtual hardware the virtual machine still shows that it is the previous version After Upgrading to ESX 4.0 Update 1 the wbemcli Query is Not Returning Output After upgrading to vCenter 2.5 Update releases intermittent database locking causes the VirtualCenter Server serviceto shut down After upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.0.2, Update 1, Update 2 or Update 3, the VMware VirtualCenter 2 Welcome pagedoes not render completely After upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2, you cannot attach a VMDK disk file to a virtual machine After upgrading to VMFS3 you cannot browse the datastore in VirtualCenter After upgrading to VMware Service Manager 9.0, the audit trail from VMware Service Manager 8.0 is not visible After upgrading to vSphere 4.0 Update1, virtual machines fail to power on with an error “Insufficient resources,No COS swap configured” After upgrading vCenter to 4.1, the transaction logs grow larger than normal After Upgrading Your Mac OS, You Are Prompted to Update VMware Fusion to the Version You Already Have After vCenter Server 4.0 is upgraded to 4.0 Update 1, a managed ESXi 4.0 host becomes unmanagable due toinsufficient unreserved memory on the host After you stage a baseline, a bulletin might be shown as Missing instead of Staged Agent installation fails if the fully qualified domain name of the View server contains Japanese characters Agent installation generates an error if the setup file is in a folder containing special Japanese characters Agent prompts for location of MSI file during uninstall Agent service command line opitons Alarm scripts fail after VirtualCenter 2.5 upgrade Alarms about the host connection state changing from green to red frequently occur Alert messages are logged when extents in a spanned volume go offline ALERT: MTRR: AddFixed: MTRR (mpn 0xc0) different between CPU Algorithm Used for Load Balancing While Placing Virtual Machine In a Cluster Alignment Offset on EMC Arrays All console networking suddenly stops in ESX 3.0.1 All ESX host options disabled after an upgrade to ESX 3.5 Update 2 All ESX hosts simultaneously show a status of Not Responding in vCenter All files on the disk do not match the size of the disk properties usage All hosts appear disconnected in vCenter Server All offline sessions associated with a View Connection Server are displayed after a rollback All servers stop collecting performance data after a local network outage All tasks fail with error runtime 429 - "ActiveX component cannot create object" All virtual machine consoles within Lab Manager displaying as Unavailable All virtual machine tasks fail in VirtualCenter because another task is in progress All virtual machines on the ESX/ESXi host experience 100% CPU usage Allocation Models for Organizations using vCloud Director Allocation of Network Devices Allocation of SCSI/RAID Devices Allowing SSH access to ESX hosts with public/private key authentication Allowing VMware ESX 3.5 to use Raw Device Maps (RDM) on Egenera pservers AltGr key combinations do not work in Linux virtual machines that are remotely accessed by VMware InfrastructureClient running in a Windows RDP or VNC session ALUA parameters in the output of ESX/ESXi 4.1 commands AMD PCnet Family Ethernet Driver Fails in a Windows NT Guest OS An "Unidentified Publisher" Message Appears When You Uninstall Workstation from a Windows Vista Host An ADAM error message appears when creating a pool An application does not have an Application menu entry and is missing a dock icon in Unity An Auto Switchover Started Event An email is not sent to the owner of the call or request when an object or note is added to the call or request in thecustomer portal An error appears when attempting to power on a Boot Camp partition running 64bit Windows An error is randomly seen stating that the database cannot be opened An error message appears after you enter the fdisk command with the absolute path of the disk An error message might appear when you use a 32-bit Oracle client of version 10.2.0.3 on a 64-bit operating system An ESX host fails to boot after increasing the Service Console or system memory An ESX host is unavailable after its password is changed An ESX host reboots to an Illegal OpCode message after upgrading ESX on a HP BL465C G5 An ESX host reports vmfs heap warnings when hosting virtual machines that collectively use 4TB of virtual disk storage http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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An ESX Server 3i Host Cannot Accommodate Simultaneous VI Updates An ESX/ESXi host remediation fails with the error: No supported hosts found for remediate An incorrect network configuration can cause installation errors with VMware Infrastructure Client plug-ins An NFC connection fault can occur during a block-level cloning operation An NFS share is periodically logged as Not Responding during non use hours Analysis: Excessive Paging Values May Not Indicate Memory Starvation Condition Analyzing SCSI Reservation conflicts on VMware Infrastructure 3.x and vSphere 4.x Antivirus Software Blocks SMTP Email Alerts From Stage Manager and Lab Manager Antivirus, Antispyware, and Firewall Products May Block Workstation Installer Apache Server Fails to Restart Requested by ACE Management Server Configuration Application APIC CheckAckVector Warning Apostrophes and quotes are being transformed into illegible characters after a spell check Application Automatic Updates in Combination with ThinApp Application Updates: Recommendations Application Crashes when Booting from IDE RAW Disk on Linux Host Application Discovery Manager fails to start after changing network configuration Application Error at Startup on Some Cyrix CPU Models Application Hangs or Crashes in Virtual Machine Application shortcuts or file-type associations are missing when deployed Applications and drivers that may not convert into virtual machines Applications May Run Slowly in Linux Guest Application's name changed to 'Application # x ' Applications running in a Windows guest experience screen drawing issues Applications that can cause keyboard problems with virtual machines Applications that use MDI might not display correctly in Unity View in Fusion 2.0.0 Apply Template to Request button is missing in VMware Service Manager 9.0 Applying a host profile fails with the error: Invalid argument Applying a Host Profile to a host or cluster Applying DRS settings to an ESX host generates an error Applying Microsoft security update MS09-012 can prevent View Manager from starting Applying operating system patches or hotfixes with minimal interrupt when using vCenter Server Heartbeat Applying the host profiles on an HP box with 10G NetXen fails with the error: msg = "Error during the configuration ofthe host: Input/output error: Input/output error" AppSpeed emails might be blocked by a spam filter AppSpeed fails to launch from the VI Client AppSpeed graph and legend do not display correctly when the resolution is lower than 1280x1024 AppSpeed probe displays status as 'down' but is processing traffic AppSpeed screen may be cut off when using a screen resolution of 1280x960 AppSpeed setup fails due to missing eth0 AppSpeed setup fails with a connection timeout AppSpeed setup fails with the error, Connection timed out. Verify the vCenter address and try again AppSpeed setup fails with the error: Failed to register AppSpeed with the vCenter Server AppSpeed UI connection through proxy with authentication Are full versions of SQL Server, Oracle, or other external databases supported? Are there any auditing reports for changes to the Administration settings? Array manager configuration fails to complete with the error message: Error while executing 'discoverLuns' command Asianux 3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and CentOS 5 SMP virtual machines intermittently hang at startup on Nehalemsystems Asianux Server 3.0 Service Pack 1 32-Bit guest is displayed incorrectly in the Summary Tab of VSphere Client afterinstalling VMware Tools ASSERT Error When Powering on a Virtual Machine Using a Physical Serial Port Assert Error While Running GSX Server on a SUSE LINUX 9.2 Host ASSERT, Monitor Panic and NOT IMPLEMENTED Errors Assigning a vShield for VMware vCloud Director license key in vCenter Server Assigning LDAP users or groups shows only 20 objects or the display process times out Assigning specific users to a persistent virtual desktop before first use Assigning startup types to Windows services on the source virtual machine Associating a Virtual Machine With a Particular Host Processor Attaching a MAI KEYLOK II software protection dongle 07F2:0001 device to an external USB hub can cause devicesattached to the hub to not function properly when connected to a virtual machine Attaching a vCenter Server to VMware vCloud Director Attaching an object to a call without reopening the call Attempting to activate license features produces an error Attempting to add a host to VirtualCenter produces a license error Attempting to add a host with powered-on virtual machines to an EVC-enabled cluster might fail in certain situations Attempting to add an automated desktop pool using linked clone technology fails after reinitializing the View Composerhttp://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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database and generates an "Invalid value for parameter vcConfigId passed to SVI function" error message Attempting to cancel a check-in after disconnecting and quickly restoring the network puts desktop virtual machine intoan invalid state Attempting to Install Dell OpenManage on ESX Server Results in "Could not reserve enough space for object heap"Error Message Attempting to join the ESX/ESXi host to an Active Directory domain fails with the error: Errors in Active Directoryoperations Attempting to log in to the ESX host via web access produces an error Attempting to remove a host from the inventory when it is connected to vDS generates an error Attempts to upgrade ESX with esxupdate fail with a No Disk Space error Atualização de uma máquina virtual criada em ESX 3.x para ESX 4.x Atualizando ESX 4.0 com taxa de 4,1 ESX Audio is not working in Windows XP virtual machine Audio within a VM has more latency than it does on the physical host. Audio, video or Skype in a Fusion virtual machine is not working Authentication from IBM Director Console to Director Agent Fails Authentication from IBM Director Server Console to Director Agent Fails With the "Target System Is Not CurrentlyAvailable" Error Authentication issues and UI issues occur on upgraded virtual machines that use Sysprep customization specifications Authentication using Athena biometric devices is not automatically attempted when logging in to a View desktop Auto Download of VI Client 2.5 Fails If VI Client 2.0.x is Installed on Windows Server 2003 SP1 Autofit Guest Doesn't Work on Linux Guest Running X Autofit guest option is not working for Windows 2003 Auto-launching a virtual desktop on a Wyse Thin Client Automate an Install by Skipping the EULA Agreement Automatic and manual VMware Data Recovery backups fail Automatic Application Updates of Virtual Internet Explorer Are Not Working Automatic assignment of IP addresses fails on non-English Windows 2000 Automatic Configure Option to Format a VMFS Volume from a Solaris Virtual Machine Fails Automatic deployment of AppSpeed probes that are listening on vNetwork Distributed Switch fails Automatic Tools Upgrade Requires Virtual Machine Reboot for IP Address and DNS Entries to Appear in VirtualMachine Summary Tab Automatic Update of VMware Tools Might Generate the Error "VMwareUser.exe Entry Point Not Found" Automatic Upgrade from Beta Bundle to GA RPM Install Does Not Remove the Beta Install Automatic Upgrades Cannot Be Performed for VMware Tools on Virtual Machines Running NetWare Automatic VMware Tools Upgrade Does Not Upgrade to the Latest Version on Virtual Machines With InsufficientSpace in the Root Partition Automatically connecting USB devices at virtual machine power on Automatically starting a virtual machine when the computer starts and a user logs in Automating the process of starting and stopping virtual machines on VMware ESX Automating the View login process Automating VMware Tools upgrade in vCenter Server 4.0 Auto-Start Is Not Run When Manually Restarting a Host in Maintenance Mode Autostart of virtual machines fails on an hosts when licensed with a Standalone Edition serial key Autostart of Virtual Machines Fails on Linux Host Auto-Upgrading Tools in NetWare Virtual Machines Produces Errors Availability of test automation tool plug-ins with Lab Manager Availability of two upstreamed drivers in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 and 2.6.33 Avocent ACS v6000 Virtual Serial Port Concentrator Avoid running the Workstation 7.1 installer from a file system path that includes a # character Avoiding Data Loss During a Scripted Installation of ESX Server Using Boot from SAN Mode Avoiding performance issues when using ESX/ESXi 4.x with NetApp storage devices with ALUA Avoiding Split-Brain in a LAN Axis 1.1 Client Incompatible with Java 1.5 Back up vCenter Chargeback database and configuration files Backing Up and Restoring Lab Manager Backing up and restoring the VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Database Backing Up ESX Server Virtual Machines Backing Up ESX Server with Tivoli Storage Manager Backing up Fault Tolerance virtual machines Backing up the ADAM database in VMware Virtual Desktop Manager and VMware View Manager Backing up the database in Smarts ADM Backing up the System State from the Primary server and restoring it to the Secondary server on Windows Server 2000and 2003 Backing up the System State from the Primary server and restoring it to the Secondary server on Windows Server 2008http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Backing up the virtual machine using a VMware Data Recovery appliance fails with the error: Failed to create snapshotfor [Datastore-Name] Backing up the vShield Manager database Backing Up Virtual Machine with vcbMounter from ESX Service Console Fails Backing up virtual machines from the command line Backing up virtual machines using the VMware Consolidated Backup Hot-Add feature fails Backing up virtual machines using VDR fails with the error: Failed to create snapshot. Error: 3948 Backing-up and restoring vCenter Server 4.x Backup Compatibility issues with VMware Consolidated Backup 1.0.3 Update1 and Virtual Center 2.5 Update1 withESX 3.0.X and 3.5 Backup or Restore Jobs Fail when ESX Server Firewall Enabled BackupExec Integration Module for VCB README Examples Reference Wrong Set of Scripts Backups affected by delayed or lengthy Datastore Browser directory listing Backups are failing in NetBackup and VMware Consolidated Backup snapshots are not removed Backups Fail if the Virtual Machine Name Contains Spaces Backups Using vcbSnapAll Without -r Transfer Data on the / Directory Balloon driver retains hold on memory causing virtual machine guest operating system performance issues Basic SCSI Storage Troubleshooting Beacon packets are sent even if the vSwitch is not configured to use Beacon Probing for Network Failover Detection Benign Error Message Appears in /root/upgrade.log After Upgrading from ESX Server 2.5.5 to ESX Server 3.5 Update1 Benign Error Message on initrd Recreation During Upgrade to ESX Server 3.5 Update 1 or higher Using esxupdate Benign Logging for System Peripheral Devices (PCI Class Code 0x0880) on IBM x3550 Servers Benign Warning Message for Freshly Installed or Upgraded ESX Server 3.5 or Later Host Benign Warning Message When Running vm-support Best Practice for Editing the Virtual Registry in ThinApp Best practice for specifying AppSpeed namespaces Best Practice Guidelines for Removable and Legacy Devices Best practices and advanced features for VMware High Availability Best practices for capturing an application Best Practices for Disk Allocation within VMware ESX Server 1.x Best Practices for Multi-Site SAN networks with the HP P4000 series of arrays Best practices for running Java in a virtual machine Best practices for upgrading SAN (Fiber, Switch or SAN Array) Best practices for upgrading to VMware View 4.0 Best practices for upgrading to VMware View 4.5 Best practices for using and troubleshooting Migration Assistant Best practices for using and troubleshooting VMware Converter Best practices for virtual machine backup (programs and data) in VMware Fusion Best practices for virtual machine snapshots in the VMware environment Best practices for VMware ESX or ESXi when scheduling SAN downtime Best practices for VMware View security server deployments Best practises for upgrading an existing VMware Desktop Manager environment from version 2.0 to 2.1 BeyondTrust software may interfere with VMware View Agent Service Bidirectional Parallel Port Behavior and Usage (Linux Hosts) BIOS Scan with QLogic HBA (QLA2462 and QLA2460) Can Fail BIOS update may be required for Xeon 5400 and Xeon 5200 BIOS versions older than 2.21 cause a failure to a blue screen in a Lenovo Thinkpad T61 after a network interruptionwhen running Offline Desktop Black screen after a P2V conversion of a Windows server using VMware Converter Black Screen during SuSE Linux 7.1 Guest Operating System Installation Black screen from View Client using PCoIP after reconnection Black screen when logging into a VMware View virtual desktop using PCoIP Black squares, boxes, windows or screens appear in virtual desktop Black View Client log in screen when using PCoIP Blackberry 7230 Devices Do Not Work on Linux Virtual Machines That Have Desktop Manager 4.0 Blackberry Devices Should Not Be Shared When in Use Locally Blank database after VirtualCenter upgrade Blank printing sometimes occurs when the compression level for the virtual printer in the guest is set to "No Images" Block size limitations of a VMFS datastore Blocked Connections when Using VMware Perl API to Connect to an ESX Server Blue Screen Errors after Installing VMware Tools Blue Screen Errors after VMware Tools Install Bluetooth Devices Are Shareable to the VMware VDM Session http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Bluetooth wireless keyboard or mouse does not work on host and guest simultaneously Boot camp virtual machine fails to boot Boot Camp Windows XP Virtual Machine prompts for activation in Fusion mode Boot Failure on a Windows NT 4.0 with SMP HAL Boot from SAN Disks Must Have Clean Shutdown and Reboot to Avoid File System Corruption Boot from SAN Requires /boot to Be on /dev/sda Boot from SAN Restrictions for ESX Server 2.5.x Boot Information Is Lost If MBR Location Is Changed During Upgrade Boot Option Update for Dual-Core AMD Opteron Systems Boot partition size check fails during installation of ESX 3.5 Update 2 and prevents upgrade Boot Process Stops After Upgrading ESX Server 3i to a Newer Version Boot volume goes read-only on failover Boot-from-SAN Fails with Gatekeeper LUN on Symmetrix Booting a VMware Fusion virtual machine from an operating system on a USB drive Booting a Windows guest operating system into Safe Mode Booting ESX Server Fails with Scrolling List of Binary Numbers Booting from an iSCSI LUN might be too slow or fail Booting from Dell Recovery CD fails when an external USB device is connected Booting from RAW Disk Supported Only on IDE Drives Booting from the NetWare 5.1 and 6.0 Installation CD Booting into Linux with Hyper-Threading Enabled Booting into Maintenance Mode for IBM x460 with ESX Server 2.5.4 or 2.5.5 Booting Linux RAW disks results in L 01 01 01 01 Booting SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 8 Guest Operating Systems into "Linux - Safe Setting" Mode CausesInfinite SCSI Resets/Aborts Booting VMware Data Recovery fails with the error: ext3-fs warning: maximal mount count reached reported on boot BootRun Service May Prevent Power On of VM Deployed From Template Break connection task fails while a remote site VMware Infrastructure Client is open Bridged networking disconnects unexpectedly with IBM X series Bridged networking does not work when loopback adapter is installed on host Bridged Networking Not Working with Teamed Broadcom NICs Bridged Networking Not Working with Teamed NICs BrightStor ARCserve Backup v9 for Linux Agent is Unable to Locate /vmfs on the Service Console Broadcom 57711E (bnx2x) NIC intermittently drops off the network Broadcom BCM5715S (NC326m) does not link at 100Mbps to a Cisco 2950 switch port Broadcom Network Adapters 5700 Rev 14 and 5701 Rev 15 Stop Transmitting Under Heavy Traffic Browse Button Disabled when Importing a Template Remotely Browse Datastores Option of the VI Client Cannot Recognize .vmdk File Created by vmkfstools Browsing datastores from VirtualCenter fails: Failed to log into NFC server Browsing to Hidden Files and Folders on a Linux Host Bug Number 2293 Running GSX Server on an Abit BP6 Motherboard Bug Number 2293 Running on a Multi-Processor Linux Host Build number for VEM400-201002001 and VEM400-201002011 listed incorrectly Build Number Mismatch When Installing VMware Tools In Guest Operating Systems By default, the check out folder uses the desktop display name Bypassing KMS license activation performed by View Composer on Windows 7 and Windows Vista operating systems. Calculated Next Run Time Is Incorrect When Spanning the Daylight Savings Time Change Calculating guest operating system CPU utilization using VMware vSphere Guest SDK Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 Guest OS Installs Slowly Calling vicfg-cfgbackup -r Results in Error Messages on Successful Reset Calls logged through infraEnterprise incoming email end up in the wrong partition Calls logged through VMware Service Manager incoming email end up in the wrong partition Campaq Survey Utility for Windows may cause unexpected reboots during the hardware identification process Can I uninstall Tomcat on my VirtualCenter 2 Server? Can I use Excel 2010 when setting up analytics? Can multiple servers connect to one VirtualCenter? Can not connect to VMware View Composer Can Red Hat Hugemem Kernel Be Used in ESX Server Guest Operating Systems? Canceled Tasks Are Always Shown in the Recent Tasks Pane Canceling a Connection on an Added but Disconnected Host Removes That Host from VirtualCenter Canceling a desktop check in and then rolling back a desktop prevents checking out the desktop at a later time Cancelling an Installer Action May Not Clean Up All Files Cannot access a virtual machine console with vCenter Server WebAccess Cannot access datastores while the array reports the 2/0 0x6 0x29 0x0 sense code Cannot access instances of vCenter Server in Linked Mode configuration after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.1 http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Cannot access LUN as it is marked as deactivated snapshot Cannot access the Lab Manager virtual machine console via VirtualCenter 2.5 Web Access Cannot access the SDK URL https://servername/sdk Cannot access the Service Console or manage virtual machines Cannot access VMware vCenter Configuration Manager jobs page Cannot add a datastore or add an extent after increasing the size of the disk or LUN Cannot add a host to VirtualCenter because a VirtualCenter error indicates that the management software is notrunning Cannot add a new virtual hard drive Cannot add a resource pool in during initial setup of Lab Manager if permissions are set at Datacenter level Cannot add a template to a configuration Cannot add a virtual machine deployed from a template to a resource pool Cannot add an ESX host to Cisco Nexus 1000V Distributed Virtual Switch Cannot add an ESX Server 2.5.x host to vCenter Server 4.0 when Check Host Certificates is enabled Cannot add an ESX/ESXi host with running virtual machines to an EVC enabled Cluster Cannot add ESX 2.5 hosts that are not SSL authentication enabled to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2 Cannot add ESXi host to a VMware High Availability cluster Cannot Add GSX Server Host to VirtualCenter Cannot add new ESX 3.5 hosts after upgrading from ESX 3.0 Cannot Add or Remove Devices in a Virtual Machine that has a Virtual Disk Created with P2V Assistant Cannot add storage in VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2 Cannot Add VirtualCenter Permissions for Users or Groups with Long Names Cannot Allocate Memory with Emulex Fibre Channel Adapters Cannot apply new licenses in VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Cannot assign IP address to a NIC after a physical to virtual conversion because a duplicate IP exists Cannot attach a disk backed up by VMware Consolidated Backup to a virtual machine hosted on ESX Cannot backup using VMware Consolidated Backup on the Fujitsu Eternus 4000 storage array Cannot Block DHCP Traffic for an ACE Instance on a Linux Host Cannot Boot Clustered Virtual Machines after Host Machine Resets Cannot boot ESXi on HP DL385 G2 servers Cannot boot or start a converted virtual machine Cannot break SRM site pairing after rebuilding the recovery site Cannot build the LM Tools ISO Cannot cast from source type to destination type Cannot change an ESX host's vpxuser account back to its default settings Cannot change the ESX Server Edition and ESX remains in an Unlicensed state Cannot change the preferred path of an RDM LUN mapped to a virtual machine Cannot change the screen resolution in FreeBSD 7.1 guests Cannot change the status of pre-defined event based alarms from Unset to Warning or Alert Cannot click the Set as Default button in the IPK Streams tab on a new security role Cannot commit a snapshot on a virtual machine that was once a template Cannot configure a VMware High Availability cluster with the option key das.bypassNetworkVerification=yes Cannot configure multi-monitor settings for non-persistent desktops connected through PCoIP Cannot configure the download location for patches in the Update Manager Cannot configure the iSCSI software adapter on ESX 3.5 with VirtualCenter 2.5 Cannot configure VMware High Availability when an ESX host has multiple service consoles Cannot connect ESX to VirtualCenter with error: a connection failure occurred Cannot connect HP t5730 thin client device to a View server Cannot connect through the security server Cannot connect to a remote CD-ROM drive using VMware Infrastructure Client running on XP/Vista/7 Cannot connect to a virtual desktop via the Security Server View portal Cannot connect to a virtual machine with Virtual Desktop Manager Cannot connect to a VMware View virtual desktop Cannot Connect to AS/400 after Workstation 3.2 Install Cannot connect to Dell OpenManage on port 1311 when installed on ESXi Cannot connect to ESX 4.0 host for 30-40 minutes after boot Cannot Connect to GSX Server Host from Windows NT 4 Client Cannot connect to network after upgrading virtual hardware Cannot connect to NFS network share Cannot Connect to Remote Client (CD-ROM or Floppy) from the Devices Tab of VMware Tools Cannot connect to the client CD/DVD drive by using Passthrough IDE mode Cannot connect to the remote server when downloading the Update Manager or Converter plugins Cannot connect to the WebAccess website Cannot connect to vCenter Server Cannot connect to virtual machine console through VMware Infrastructure Client or Web Access http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Cannot Connect to Virtual Machine on NFS Mount with Console Cannot Connect to Virtual Machines Stored on Network Drives Mapped as Drive Letters Cannot connect to VirtualCenter after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.0.2 and VMware Infrastructure Client 2.0.2 Cannot connect virtual machine CD-ROM to the CD-ROM of the host Cannot connect VMWare Consolidated Backup to Virtual Center after ugprading to VirtualCenter 2.X Cannot convert a template to a virtual machine after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 1 Cannot Convert a Windows 2003 Enterprise Ed (SP1) Machine to a Virtual Machine Cannot create a linked clone pool in View Manager 3.x Cannot create a new desktop pool after upgrading from Virtual Desktop Manager 2.0 to 2.1 Cannot create a new virtual machine in VMware Ace, Fusion Player, Server, or Workstation Cannot create a quiesced snapshot because the snapshot operation exceeded the time limit for holding off I/O in thefrozen virtual machine Cannot create a Resource Pool in a VirtualCenter cluster Cannot create a virtual machine in a DRS enabled cluster Cannot create a VMFS datastore using the Add Storage Wizard Cannot create an ACE package without VMware Tools installed to the virtual machine Cannot Create ESX Server SMP Virtual Machines After Adding Virtual SMP License Cannot create new snapshots on a virtual machine after removing a disk from the virtual machine Cannot create quieced snapshots if backup or system recovery applications are installed Cannot create virtual directories in VMware Service Manager Server Cannot create virtual on dvPortGroup when connected to the ESX host Cannot customize RHEL 5 images Cannot delete or copy files from a full VMFS filesystem Cannot deploy a new virtual machine from a template - Invalid configuration for device "1" Cannot deploy a pool in VMware View 3.x with a failed to perform an Active Directory operation error duringprovisioning error Cannot deploy a template or mount an ISO image to a Virtual Machine. Cannot deploy a virtual machine from a template after changing the NFS datastore IP address Cannot deploy a virtual machine from a template because the template VMDK file is locked Cannot deselect the Split into 2GB files option when destination is an HGFS shared folder Cannot discover shared disks on second node of Windows 2000 MSCS Cluster after first node is activated Cannot drag and drop virtual machines from one ESX host to another Cannot Edit Scripts in Mandrake Linux Guest Operating System Cannot Edit Serial Port Setting of a Virtual Machine Migrated or Cloned from a Linux GSX Server to a Windows GSXServer Cannot enable Fault Tolerance on backed up virtual machine Cannot enable HA on ESX hosts after upgrading VC and ESX Cannot enable or disable Field Level Audit in Service Manager 9.0 System Administration Settings Cannot enable the Update Manager plug-in Cannot enable Update Manager plug-in for VirtualCenter Cannot extend a vmdk over 1TB Cannot find the vmkdump tool in ESX 4.0 to analyze an ESX host failure Cannot find the VMware Tools CD Cannot Get Temporary Directory for Log File Cannot Hibernate When Virtual Machines are Running Cannot initialize VirtualCenter 2.0 database running on Oracle Cannot Install ACE Packages When the Host Has Another ACE Instance Running Cannot install client, agent, or connection server Cannot install ESX patch with a No upgrade path exists error Cannot Install Lab Manager Remote MKS Plugin or ActiveX Control Cannot install LM Tools to a template that belongs to a domain Cannot Install Oracle 8i in Virtual Machine Cannot install the .NET Web service extension on the Windows 2003 Server Cannot install vCenter Server 4.1 on Windows 2008 system with default port settings Cannot install VirtualCenter 2.5 when Symantec Security EndPoint Protection is blocking access to the SQL Serverdatabase Cannot Install VirtualCenter Server with MSDE as Database Cannot install VMware Consolidated Backup 1.5 Cannot install VMware Tools because a virtual machine's CD-ROM drive does not work Cannot install VMware Tools in Fusion after upgrading to Windows XP from Windows 98 or earlier Cannot Launch 3-D Games That Use DirectX on a Ubuntu 8.04 Host Cannot launch VMware Fusion 1.x when using Snow Leopard Cannot launch vSphere Client after installing in Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 Cannot license a machine in VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Cannot License VMware Workstation http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Cannot license your ESX host or connect ESX host to vCenter Server after converting a vSphere license fromEnterprise to Standard Cannot lock a View desktop Cannot log in as root to an ESX host because you do not have the proper permissions Cannot log in to a newly converted Windows guest and the converted machine uses a non-US keyboard layout Cannot log in to a View desktop Cannot log in to an ESX 4 host with vSphere Web Access Cannot log in to vCenter Server after editing the ADAM database Cannot Log In To VirtualCenter Server Using VI Client After VirtualCenter Server Upgrade or Installation Cannot log into a Windows 2008 virtual machine deployed and customized from template on VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 4 Cannot log into the ESX host service console after setting up Microsoft Active Directory authentication Cannot log into VirtualCenter 2.5.x on Windows Vista after installing VI Client 2.0.x, 2.5x, and vSphere Client 4.0 thenuninstalling VI Client 2.0.x Cannot login to VirtualCenter 2.5 without local administrator privileges Cannot make an ASR backup of Windows Cannot make PPTP connections to Windows virtual machines Cannot Manage ESX Servers With VirtualCenter After Upgrade to 3.0.2. Cannot migrate powered off virtual machines Cannot mount a CD-ROM as a volume on a NetWare 5.1 guest Cannot mount Windows share in ESX 4.x with a mount_data version is not supported error Cannot open Office documents from a SharePoint site Cannot open the console of virtual machines using Web Interface Cannot open Virtual Machine Console Cannot patch or upgrade ESX 4.0 hosts with vSphere Host Update Utility Cannot perform operations in VirtualCenter when using the Quest Vintela Authentication Services plug-in Cannot ping Windows XP virtual machine from outside Cannot Play Sound in Some Applications Cannot power off guest operating system because another task is in progress Cannot power off or VMotion a virtual machine Cannot power on a 64bit virtual machine in vCenter Cannot power on a hosted virtual machine after a migration Cannot power on a hosted virtual machine after changing something Cannot power on a hosted virtual machine after it fails Cannot power on a hosted virtual machine when nothing changed Cannot power on a local mode desktop Cannot power on a virtual machine Cannot power on a virtual machine and you receive an Admission Check Failed error Cannot power on a virtual machine and you receive an Object does not exist error Cannot power on a virtual machine because the virtual disk cannot be opened Cannot power on a virtual machine from VMware Infrastructure Client because of low disk space Cannot Power On a Virtual Machine with Too Many PCI Devices Cannot Power On after Adding a Virtual Disk as Root Cannot Power On an ACE Instance That Uses Kiosk Mode or Keyboard Logging Detection Cannot power on an ESX virtual machine after a failure Cannot power on an ESX virtual machine after a migration Cannot power on an ESX virtual machine after changing something Cannot power on an ESX virtual machine when nothing changed Cannot power on any VMware View virtual desktop in pool Cannot Power On Pocket ACE If You Previously Unplugged the USB Device Without Safely Disconnecting It Cannot power on virtual machine in VMware Workstation 6 when UNC path is used Cannot Power On Virtual Machine That Has two or More CPUs Cannot Power On Virtual Machine, Unable to Reserve Enough Memory Cannot power on virtual machines after adding a RDM on ESX 2.5.x with VirtualCenter 2.5 Cannot Power On Virtual Machines After Upgrading to ESX Server 3.0 Cannot power on virtual machines after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 if DRS is set to manual Cannot Power On Virtual Machines If You Start Workstation as root When Using a GL-Based X Server Cannot power on virtual machines in VirtualCenter Cannot Power on virtual machines on an ESX host Cannot Power On Virtual Machines on SuSE Linux 8.1, 8.2 or SLES 8 Hosts Cannot Power on Virtual Machines, "Not enough licenses installed to perform the operation" Error Message Cannot prepare a Lab Manager host that was removed from VirtualCenter without being unprepared Cannot provision new desktop virtual machines after changing the domain administrator password Cannot put ESX hosts in Standby Mode using vCenter Cannot reach iSCSI target after enabling iSCSI port binding on ESX/ESXi 4.x http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Cannot Read DVD, CD-RW or Multisession Media in a Virtual Machine Cannot re-add an ESX host to VirtualCenter Cannot Release Mouse Pointer When Command is Running in Command Prompt of a Windows Guest Cannot Remember VMware Web Site Password Cannot remote console to a virtual machine Cannot remove a datastore connected with NFS using Lab Manager Cannot remove a LUN extent Cannot Remove GSX Server After Canceling the Uninstallation Cannot remove snapshots after upgrading to ESX / ESXi 4.0 Cannot resignature a cloned LUN Cannot Restore OEM Operating System Into a Virtual Machine Cannot Retrieve Real MAC Address of Physical Network Adapter with VMware Infrastructure SDK Cannot run commands when you log into the ESX host using an SSH client Cannot save recipients that are added to Workflow Customer Approvals Cannot see a line item for add-ons when viewing licenses on the vSphere Client licensing page Cannot see any files when browsing datastores in vCenter Server 4.0 when ESX hosts are in Standby Mode Cannot See Network During Installation on Servers with Broadcom BCM5700 10/100/1000 NIC Cannot see new iSCSI LUN from LeftHand Networks iSCSI array Cannot See the /vmimages Datastores Directory When Attempting to Mount an ISO Image on a VirtualCenter 2.0-Managed ESX Server 2.x Host Cannot see your application in the AppSpeed UI Cannot Select the Location to Add a Virtual Disk Cannot shut down a Windows guest operating system from the VMware Infrastructure Client menu Cannot shutdown or reset guest operating system using the VMware Tools menu on the ESX host Cannot Specify Destination Folder on Non-Default Datacenter when Cloning Virtual Machines Cannot start Converter cold clone CD Cannot start the application after initial install Cannot start the VirtualCenter Server service after migrating the vCenter Server database to a new server Cannot Suspend while Taking a Snapshot Cannot Suspend Windows NT Virtual Machine Cannot sync Windows Mobile 6 device using mobility center Cannot undo revert snapshot Cannot upgrade an expired server license, the serial numbers are no longer available Cannot Upgrade VMware Tools in Windows 98 Guest Operating System Cannot upgrade VMware Tools on Red Hat Linux virtual machines after migrating it from ESX Server 2.5 to ESX Server3.0 Cannot Use CD-ROM Drive in VMware ACE Virtual Machine if Certain Settings Are Selected Cannot Use Disk.MaskLUNs on LUN 0 Cannot use iSCSI or NFS over an etherchannel bond to a Cisco switch Cannot use Parallel Port Device Through /dev/parport0 or /dev/parport1 Cannot use PSP_RR path selection policy with MSCS Cannot Use the Keyboard to Access a Virtual Machine Running a Linux Guest Cannot use Veeam SCP to copy files from an ESX host Cannot use VMware Update Manager to upgrade Nexus 1000V from 4.0(4)SV1(1) to 4.0(4)SV1(2) on ESX / ESXihosts running certain patch levels Cannot VMotion virtual machines in an EVC cluster after changing BIOS settings Cannot vMotion virtual machines on IBM 3650 M2 after a motherboard replacement Can't Delete More Than 4096 Directory Entries at Once on a VMFS Volume Can't Run Applications with the VMCI SDK on Windows Hosts Can't Specify Where to Put New .dsk and Insufficent Disk Space Doesn't Result in Error in VirtualCenter 1.1 Can't Upgrade Virtual Hardware when config.ini Includes msg.autoanswer=TRUE Can't Use USB Device in a Solaris Guest on VMware Server or Workstation Can't VMotion or Power on 64bit virtual machine CapacityIQ runs out of space and shuts down Capturing virtual switch traffic on ESX 2.X using tcpdump Capturing virtual switch traffic with tcpdump and other utilities Catalogs in VMware vCloud Director CD change fails on disk 2 during installation of Red Hat Linux 9.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 3 CD Creation Problems Using CD-R Drive CD or DVD drive is not accessible by the guest OS as a local device, only as mapped device CD or ISO image selection is empty when creating a new template CD/DVD-ROM Writing Using the "HOST cdrom" Command Is Not Supported CD-ROM Drawer Unexpectedly Closing (Linux Hosts) CD-ROM Drive Does Not Work in Virtual Machine http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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CD-ROM media change not noticed on a Windows XP host CD-ROM mount point "busy" when attempting to install VMware Tools in a Linux guest CD-ROM or networking does not work on the virtual machine after converting a physical Windows NT server Certain AMD Family 10h Processors are not supported by ESX Certain applications might perform poorly when run in a NetWare guest Certain Characters Cause ace_upgrade.exe to Fail Certain desktops fail to launch if the message security mode is changed from Enabled back to Mixed or Disabled Certain graphical elements are not drawn in a virtual machine running Windows Certain Latin Characters in Virtual Machine File Names Do Not Display Properly in VMware Management Interface Certain Linux virtual machines do not play sound after installing VMware Tools Certain Special Characters Cause Software iSCSI Initiator CHAP Configuration Corruption Certain USB devices might not successfully connect or disconnect to a virtual machine on Windows hosts Certain virtualized applications always run a second copy of the active native application Certificate Error Handling in SRM CGI Error or Blank Page when Clicking More Info in VMware Management Interface Change in Emulex driver options for ESX 4.0 Change Service Console Firewall Configuration After Installing Backup Agents Change the data collector logging level Change the Port Used by the vSphere Client to Connect Directly to the ESX/ESXi host Changed behavior of debug and full level logging in View 4.5 Changed Block Tracking (CBT) on virtual machines Changes do not appear after expanding the a VMDK in VMware Infrastructure Client Changes in /etc/fstab are missing after upgrading VMware Tools Changes in licensing for VI3 Standard Edition when upgrading to VI 3.5 Changes in software and hardware iSCSI configurations require you to reboot your host Changes in the Configuration of a Hardware iSCSI Card Not Reflected in the Properties Dialog Box Changes Made for Database Password or Maximum Number of Database Connections in VI Client Do Not Take EffectUntil the VirtualCenter Service Is Restarted Changes made to templates do not appear in VMware Service Manager after tagging the file Changes to a recovery plan step in VMware Site Recovery Manager are lost Changes to DRS in vSphere 4.1 Changes to Encryption Suites for Web Access and Administrative Access Changes to Fault Tolerance in vSphere 4.1 Changes to Security Profile Virtual Machine Delegate Are Not Displayed Until After Reboot Changes to vMotion in vSphere 4.1 Changes to VMware High Availability in vSphere 4.1 Changes to VMware Support Options in vSphere 4.1 Changing a forgotten root password on an ESX host Changing a MAC address in a Windows virtual machine Changing a time zone setting with Linux commands does not affect CapacityIQ Changing a Virtual Machine to Use a Different vSwitch Affects No Change Until Virtual Machine Is Restarted Changing an ESX host root password Changing an ESX Server's connection status in VirtualCenter Changing AppSpeed server IP address requires reinstall of probes Changing Beacon Probing settings using the command line Changing deafult ports in VI3 Client and Web Access Changing default SSH configuration Changing Disk Configurations While Cloning a Virtual Machine Can Trigger Unpredictable Behavior Changing Disposable and User Data Disk drive mappings in VMware View 4.5 Changing from passthrough to non-passthrough devices fails to take effect after a reboot Changing hostname of vCenter Server in Linked Mode configuration causes an error when launching vSphere Client Changing Hot Keys in Console Requires Restarting the Console to Preserve Settings Changing Lab Manager Virtual Machine NIC Emulation Type Changing Linux run levels Changing MBR in a Scripted Upgrade Produces an Anaconda Exception Changing or blocking the default ports 80 (http) and 443 (https) on ESX hosts Changing or keeping a UUID for a moved virtual machine Changing Paravirtualized SCSI Controller Queue Depth Changing Screen Resolution Causes System Failure in Windows Virtual Machine Changing Screen Resolution in a Linux Guest Operating System Changing the account that Site Recovery Manager uses to access vCenter Server Changing the AppSyncURL on deployed packages Changing the CIM host configuration variables in ESX/ESXi 4.0 Changing the default boot sequence for newly created virtual machines Changing the default password expiration policy in ESX 4.x http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Changing the default pathing policy for new LUNs Changing the default reboot time of a virtual machine after Automatic Updates are installed Changing the default SQL Express installation location for vCenter Server and Update Manager. Changing the default timeout for locked dvPorts Changing the default value of MaxBurstLength for the software iSCSI adapter might cause loss of connection with theEqualLogic storage system Changing the DefaultLocale language setting in config.xml Changing the download location for VMware Update Manager patch repository Changing the Host Name of a Machine Running ESX Server 2.x and below Changing the IP Address of a Lab Manager server Changing the IP Address of a Managed Server System in a Lab Manager Environment Changing the IP address of a vCenter Converter server Changing the IP address of an ESX host in a Lab Manager environment Changing the IP Address of the Existing VirtualCenter Server for Stage Manager Changing the IP Address of the Lab Manager Server After Moving the Lab Manager Installation Changing the IP address of the vCloud Director server Changing the IP Address Used by the Service Console of the ESX Server System Changing the IP address, default gateway, and hostname of the Service Console in ESX Changing the IQN target number on an ESX host Changing the language used by vSphere Client Changing the legacy license server in vCenter Server 4.x when a vSphere Client connection is not available Changing the load balancing policy in ESXi using Tech Support Mode Changing the location of ESX core dumps Changing the log location of vCenter Server 4.0 Tomcat services Changing the MAC address manually in Application Discovery Manager Changing the MAC address of a virtual machine Changing the maximum number of event records that View Administrator can display Changing the name of a Lab Manager server Changing the name of an ESX host Changing the Networking Configuration on the Host Machine Changing the number of spare, powered-on desktops in a View Manager 4.5 manual pool that is managed by vCenterServer. Changing the Owner of a Lab Manager Template or Configuration Changing the polling time for datastore paths Changing the Power Options in Virtual Machine Gives an Error Message if the Virtual Machine Is Powered On Changing the Queue Depth for QLogic and Emulex HBAs Changing the Remote Console Port in ESX Server Changing the Resolution on a Host Mac While a Virtual Machine Is in Unity View in Fusion 1.x Causes Mouse andDisplay Problems Changing the RSA key size for View component message validation Changing the Scratch Config partition on an ESXi 4.x host fails with the error: a specified parameter was not correct Changing the size and number of logs for hostd, vpxa, and vpxd Changing the size of the SQL Server Express transaction log Changing the SQL Report Server database log on credentials Changing the swapfile location of a virtual machine Changing the system time on an ESX/ESXi host produces a VMware High Availability agent error Changing the System Titles within System Administration does not change titles as seen on the .htm page Changing the Temp Variable on a Windows Host Changing the Timeout Value in C# .NET for Web Service Requests Changing the Transfer Server repository fails with the error: Error: 20501 - Problem verifying information for an imagerepository Changing the type of SCSI controller used in a Fusion virtual machine Changing the type of SCSI controller used in a Hosted virtual machine Changing the Type of SCSI Controller Used in a VMware GSX Server Virtual Machine Changing the Update Manager Download Service Patch repository location Changing the URL or IP address of a registered NFS datastore Changing the vCenter Server database user ID and password Changing the vCenter Server database user in SQL 2005 Changing the vCenter Update Manager IP address and preserving the Update Manager setup Changing the virtual network card from 10Mbps operation Changing the virtual SCSI controller of a virtual machine Changing the VMware View Client connection timeout Changing user assignment using the View Manager Command-Line Tool Changing vCenter Server resources allotted to vShield Zones virtual appliances Changing vCloud Director Java heap size to prevent java.lang.OutOfMemoryError messages http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Changing VirtualCenter log locations Changing VMware Tools Options Affects all Virtual Machines Checking CHAP authentication on the ESX Server Checking compliance of a host profile Checking connectivity to a VMware ACE Management Server Checking connectivity to Dashboard Checking data collection consistency Checking for disk corruption on the destination server after using VMware Converter Checking for insufficient memory resources Checking for insufficient slots Checking for previous installations of VMware hosted products Checking for resource starvation of the ESX Server service console Checking for Updates on Web Fails in VMware ACE Manager Checking for VMware SCSI Driver Checking import prerequisites in Lab Manager Checking logging for successful creation of a Provider Virtual Data Center Checking media integrity for ESX Server hosts installations or upgrades Checking media integrity for VirtualCenter Installations and Upgrades Checking network connectivity to target servers Checking networking connections between Converter end points Checking physical memory (RAM) on a Mac for VMware Fusion Checking the queue depth of the storage adapter and the storage device Checking the status of the virtual router Checking the uptime of the Collector in the ADM Appliance Checking the View Agent installation and status Checkout fails when the command line option "-checkout" is used with the option "-nonInteractive" Child Processes of Captured Applications Block the Application Sync Update Process chkdsk Refuses to Check an NTFS Volume in a P2V'd Windows NT Virtual Machine Choosing a Complete Install in the VMware Tools Installer Does Not Install Wyse DLLs Choosing a network adapter for your virtual machine Choosing a Screen Resolution When Running vmware-config-tools.pl Might Cause a "No Screens Found" Error Choosing the right fencing option Choosing the right number of systems to assess per collector CIM calls require a host reboot after upgrading to ESX 4.1 CIM Sensor Data on IBM 3850/3950 Servers CIM_ERR_NOT_FOUND: Error during upgrade to ESX 3.5 Update 1 Ciphers supported on ESX and vCenter Server Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) network information via the ESX command line and VirtualCenter Cisco Nexus 1000 Virtual Switch Manager connection to vCenter fails Cisco Nexus 1000V drops packets when Mac Pinning Cisco Nexus 1000V FAQs and Documentation Cisco Nexus 1000V installation and licensing information Cisco VEM software upgrade might fail if corresponding VMware VMkernel bulletin is not applied Clean installation of the View Connection Server fails when the default security on the parent directory of theinstallation directory is altered Cleaning up after an incomplete uninstallation on a Windows host Cleaning Up after an Incomplete VMware ACE 1.x Uninstall on a Windows Host Cleaning up damaged restore points in VMware Data Recovery Cleaning up the list of cached cached host connection entries in VMware Infrastructure Client cleanup_events_tasks_proc stored procedure fails to run on vCenter 4.0 Clearing the Created Packages list Clearing write protection on a Windows Server guest operating system CLI setup command does not accept 12-bit IP addresses Clicking Download and Install for the Performance Overview Plug-In results in an error Clicking Manage Paths for any shared datastore within vCenter Server causes the error: Item has already been added.Key in dictionary:'Vmomi.Host.PlugStoreTopology+Path' Clicking on a host or guest in VirtualCenter causes the host to go into Not Responding state Clicking on any object in VirtualCenter produces the error: Object reference not set an instance of an object Client Backups Fail with Firewall Enabled Client DVD/CD-ROM Drive Can Be Used Only for Data Discs Client fails to connect unexpectedly to a previously working virtual desktop Client network interruption fails to automatically reconnect to remote desktop Client-Side CD-ROM or Floppy Can Become Disconnected Clipboard Copy and Paste option is disabled in vSphere Client 4.1 Clock in a Linux 2.6 guest runs slowly until suspended and resumed http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Clock in a Linux Guest Operating System Jumps to the Wrong Time Cloned SUSE 11 virtual machine does not have network connectivity after reboot Cloned Virtual Machines Do Not Contain DNS Suffix Cloned virtual machines might show Error state after a transient failure Cloned virtual machines refer to the .vmdk file its source virtual machine Cloning a Diskless Virtual Machine Using VI Client Results in the Error Message, "A file was not found" Cloning a Large Disk Seems to Occur Slowly Cloning a Source That Contains File System Errors Might Result in a Damaged Copy Cloning a virtual machine fails at 10% with the error: The Virtual Disk is either corrupted or not a supported format Cloning a virtual machine in vSphere fails with the error Number of virtual devices exceeds the maximum for a givencontroller Cloning a virtual machine using customization fails at 40% with the error: fault.CustomizationPending.summary Cloning a VMDK file to an RDM fails with the error: The destination file system does not support large files Cloning a Windows Virtual Machine Fails if the Virtual Machine has a Nonstandard BootExecute Value Cloning an SLES 10 virtual machine and applying a customization fails Cloning and converting virtual machine disks with vmkfstools Cloning fails when source has multiple partitions or disks using the BlockClone method to ESX host Cloning individual virtual machine disks via the VMware ESX host terminal Cloning Individual Virtual Machine Disks via vMA and vCLI Cloning or migrating a virtual machine in a fully automated DRS cluster fails with the error: The operation is notallowed in the current state of the host Cloning or Storage vMotion fails at 18% with the error: "Failed to clone: Connection timed out" Cloning Using Same Default Name Stops Incrementing After Eleven Clones Cloning Virtual Machines in VMware vCenter and VirtualCenter Cloning with Customization Does Not Support Dynamic Disks Cloning, templates, and migration functionality is not available from the Virtual Infrastructure Client when directlyconnected to an ESX host Closing the Home Tab on a VMware Server Console for Linux Host Closes Connection to Server Cluster Service Fails to Start on a Node when Powered On from a Suspended State Cluster warning shown in vCenter Server when Remote Tech Support Mode (SSH) is enabled Clustering a Physical Machine with a Virtual Machine CMDB Link Type functionality in Service Manager 9.x Cold clone disc does not retain network settings Cold migrating a virtual machine fails with the dump file error: Win32 exception: Access Violation (0xc0000005) Cold migrating a virtual machine fails with the error: Failed to connect to host Cold Migrating a Virtual Machine from ESX Server 2.x to 3.0 Fails Cold migration fails with the error: Incompatible device backing specified for device Cold Migration from ESX Server 2.x Host to ESX Server 3.5.x Host Fails Cold Migration From ESX Server 3.0.x Host to ESX Server 3.5.x Host Fails for Suspended Virtual Machines Cold Migration From ESX Server 3.0.x Host to ESX Server 3.5.x Host Fails for Virtual Machines with Memory Snapshot Cold Migration of a Virtual Machine (While Powered Off) Might Lead to Data Loss if a Network Failure Occurs Cold migration or storage VMotion unexpectedly renames virtual disks Collecting and applying raw metadata dumps on VMFS volumes using dd Collecting data from Windows 2008 Servers in vCenter Configuration Manager fails with the error: Pre-condition failedbecause object was not initialized successfully Collecting Debug Information for VMware GSX Server Problems Collecting Debug Information for VMware P2V Problems Collecting Debug Information for VMware Workstation Problems Collecting diagnostic data for VMware Orchestrator APIs Collecting diagnostic information for Lab Manager 4.x Collecting diagnostic information for Site Recovery Manager Collecting diagnostic information for the VMware Infrastructure Virtual Disk Development Kit Collecting diagnostic information for the vSphere Client or VMware Infrastructure Client Collecting diagnostic information for vCenter Chargeback Collecting diagnostic information for VirtualCenter 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2 Collecting diagnostic information for VirtualCenter 1.3.1 and 1.4 Collecting diagnostic information for VMware ACE 2.x Collecting diagnostic information for VMware AppSpeed Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Capacity Planner Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Converter Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Data Recovery Collecting diagnostic information for VMware ESX 2.5, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.x Collecting diagnostic information for VMware ESXi Server Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Fusion Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Infrastructure SDK http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Lab Manager 2.x Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Lab Manager 3.x Collecting diagnostic information for VMware products Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Server Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Stage Manager 1.0.x Collecting diagnostic information for VMware ThinApp Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Tools Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Update Manager Collecting diagnostic information for VMware vCenter CapacityIQ Collecting diagnostic information for VMware vCenter Server 4.x Collecting diagnostic information for VMware vCloud Director Collecting diagnostic information for VMware View 3.x and 4.x Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Virtual Consolidated Backup 1.5 Collecting diagnostic information for VMware VirtualCenter 2.x Collecting diagnostic information for vSphere Client Plug-ins Collecting diagnostic information from an ESXi host that experiences a purple screen Collecting diagnostic information in a VMware Virtual Infrastructure Environment Collecting diagnostic information using the VMware vSphere PowerCLI Collecting from a UNIX system using the default filter set fails Collecting information about tasks in VMware ESX and ESXi Collecting information from the View Desktop Agent Collecting Inventory with WMI fails with error "Provider load failure" Collecting logs in vCenter Server fails with the error: Cannot create a diagnostic bundle Collecting performance snapshots using vm-support Collecting the Support Information Using the SupportLink Tab Under Settings Might Display an Error Collecting VIX diagnostic information Collections for Oracle Management Views are initiated, they do not return data. Collections in a Red Hat 5.4 or 5.5 environment fails with the error: Agent OS:2/Build:3/Major:5/Minor:x is not incompatibility table provided by collector Collector Gives Inaccurate CPU Count When Environment Includes Servers Using Hyperthreading Collector is unable to receive WMI probing tasks from the ADM aggregator or stand-alone engine Color Settings for the Virtual Printer Sometimes Get Overridden by Local Client Settings Column settings in the Calls Outstanding screen do not get saved in VMware Service Manager 8.0.0 Combinations of virtual and native Internet Explorer versions supported on various Windows platforms with ThinApp Command-line parameter -screenMulti enables Multimonitor for HP RGS desktops Commands to monitor snapshot deletion Committing Dynamically Added .REDO Logs after Virtual Machine Crashes or Is Forcefully Terminated Committing snapshots fails with the error: Too many levels of redo logs Committing snapshots from within the Service Console Committing snapshots on ESX/ESXi host from command line Committing snapshots or cloning a virtual machine with snapshots fails with the vmkernel log error: Conflict betweenread-only and non-read-only modes Committing snapshots when there are no snapshot entries in the snapshot manager Committing the snapshot _VCB-BACKUP_ fails with the error: Device or Resource busy Common Linux-based operating system operations Common Mac OS operations that may be needed with VMware Fusion Common vCenter Server and vSphere Client Windows paths Compacting Your VirtualCenter MS Access Database Company ID activation settings prevent login Comparing health monitoring between vSphere 4.0 and ESX 3.5 Comparison of product offerings for vSphere 4.x and VMware Infrastructure 3.x Compellent firmware upgrade causes dropped iSCSI sessions due to read cache issue Compiling and Deploying VMware Tools in Virtual Machines Without GCC Completely removing AppSpeed from your local Windows client Completing a clean installation using the ISO image if your installation or upgrade fails Completing a remote or scripted ESX Server installation Compliance Reports are executing the Most Recent Run before the Run dropdown populates Compliance Reports via Scheduler (Job Manager) are not available to manually run Components and versions required to run Capacity Planner Composite (Multi-Function) Devices Might Appear in the Device List as More than One Device ComputeResourceSummary.totalMem Returns a Negative Value Concurrent Cloning of Virtual Machines Using A Single Template With Guest Customization Fails Configuration Changes which Cause a Forced Reboot Configuration Editor Advanced Options in the Remote Console Configuration Editor Options in the Remote Console http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Configuration File Option Causes the Mouse Not to Work in Unity View in Fusion 1.0 Configuration Information Lost If ESX Server 3i Is Not Shut Down Properly Configuration of HeaderDigest and DataDigest elements for software iSCSI Configuration of Private VLAN (PVLAN) on vNetwork Distributed Switch Configuration of VMware HA for Previously Partial-isolated Hosts May Fail Configuration of VMware High Availability fails with a Panic error in the esxcfg-firewall.log file Configuration Settings for Creating an OS/2 Warp v4.52 Virtual Machine Configuration suddenly goes into an inconsistent state Configurations in a saved state do not deploy after upgrade Configure an Apache or an IIS Web server as a patch source for vCenter Update Manager Configure SQL Server Express for Experimental Use with Orchestrator Configure Update Manager Download Service to download only ESX 4.x patches Configure VMware Tools to dual boot Linux virtual machines Configure X Window for the USB mouse to have an exclusive connection to a Linux guest Configuring IPv6 with ESX and ESXi 4.1 Configuring a Duplicate IP Address for VMotion Causes an Error Configuring a firewall for use with Virtual Desktop Manager Configuring a legacy license server to manage ESX/ESXi 3.x hosts in vCenter Server 4.x Configuring a License Source on an ESX host Configuring a MIME Type for VMware ACE Policy Files Configuring a NIC device for the service console in a kickstart configuration Configuring a physical server to boot from CD Configuring a Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) on a vSphere ESX host Configuring a Virtual Machine to be Accessed by Remote Display Software. Configuring a virtual machine to be debugged with Microsoft Windows Debugger Configuring a Virtual Machine to Use More than One Virtual Processor Configuring a Virtual Machine's Hardware Configuring a VLAN on a portgroup Configuring a VMkernel port and enable vMotion via command line Configuring Active Directory authentication for ESX Configuring an ESX console session to timeout after inactivity Configuring an ESX host fails with the error: DestroyVmfsDatastore: can't delete partition 1 on lunnaa.5000cca216d1588 Configuring an ESX host for lm-agent installation Configuring an ESX host to display FQDN instead of IP address in vCenter without losing performance data Configuring an isolated AppPool in IIS when Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 is Installed on the vCM collector Configuring and testing alerts in VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Configuring and troubleshooting basic software iSCSI setup Configuring array manager in SRM fails with the error: Error while executing discover arrays command Configuring Centralized and Host based Environment for vSphere Client 4.x and vCenter Server 4.x Configuring CIB Results in Invalid Argument When Virtual Machine Is Powered On Configuring cipher suites and security protocols on a View Connection Server instance or security server Configuring cipher suites and security protocols on a View Connection Server instance or security server Configuring Custom SSL Certificates in VirtualCenter 2.5 Configuring disks to use VMware Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapters Configuring DNS with VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat in a WAN environment Configuring EMC CLARiiON storage arrays to allow ESX hosts to handle multipathing and failover Configuring ESX to use a 128-bit cipher for web access and the VI Client Configuring External Switch VLAN Tagging (EST) mode on a vNetwork Distributed Switch Configuring FAStT Storage for Failover and Multipath Visibility Configuring fibre switch so that ESX Server doesn't require a reboot after a zone set change Configuring Global Startup and Shutdown Options without the VMware Management Interface Configuring Guest Networking Without DHCP/DNS, or When the Physical Network is Not Available Configuring HA Task Fails or Virtual Machine Failover Does Not Happen Configuring HP StorageWorks D2D & VLS virtual tape libraries on ESX 3.x (Partner Support) Configuring HP StorageWorks D2D & VLS virtual tape libraries on ESX 4.x (Partner Support) Configuring IBM FAStT Storage Processor to Use Multipathing with HBA and Storage Port Failover Along withClustering Configuring IBM FAStT Storage Server for Multipathing Failover with Clustering (ESX Server 2.1) Configuring IBM FAStT Storage Server for Multipathing Failover with Clustering (ESX Server 2.5) Configuring inventory mappings in SRM fails with the error: Access to perform the operation was denied Configuring IPv6 on ESX 4.0.x Configuring Isolation Modes for the File System and Registry in ThinApp Configuring Jumbo Frames in ESXi 4.0 fails with the error: fault.RestrictedVersion.summary Configuring Jumbo Frames on a vNetwork Distributed Switch http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Configuring kiosk mode in VMware View Manager 4.5 Configuring Lab Manager to overcommit Managed Server (host) memory resources Configuring Linux Host for Optimal Performance and Virtual Machine Stability Configuring logging for VMware vCloud Director cells Configuring Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway for use with VMware View portal Configuring name resolution for VMware VirtualCenter Configuring network and database connections for VMware vCloud Director Configuring network load distribution for Fault Tolerance logging traffic Configuring Network Monitoring and Viewing the Network Status Configuring Network Switches for VLAN Tagging Configuring networking from the ESX service console command line Configuring or restoring networking from the ESX service console using console-setup Configuring Oracle databases for VMware vCloud Director Configuring patch source in vCenter Update Manager for Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM) Configuring PCoIP for use with View 4.0 Configuring promiscuous mode on a virtual switch or portgroup Configuring protection for a virtual machine in SRM fails with the error: Unable to create a placeholder virtual machineat the recovery site Configuring QLogic BIOS to Boot from SAN Configuring SAN Failover Using Two Storage Processors Configuring SMTP notifications for email alerts in Windows 2003 fails with the error: Permission Denied Configuring SNMP on an ESX 3.0.x host Configuring SNMP Traps for ESX 3.5 and ESX 4.0 Configuring SNMP traps in VirtualCenter Configuring Split-Brain Avoidance in a WAN Configuring Sun ONE as the LDAP Server for VMware Lab Manager Configuring Sun StorageTek disk arrays 6540, 6140, 2540, FLX380, FLX280 and FLX240 to work with VMware ESX3.5 and VMware ESXi 3.5 Configuring TACACS+ on Nexus 1000v fails with the error: All servers failed to respond Configuring tape drives and media changers on ESX 3.x Configuring tape drives and media changers on ESX 4.0 and up Configuring Tape Drives and Media Changers on ESX Server 2.x Systems Configuring the "Use deduplication for Local Mode operations" setting in View 4.5 can cause data corruption in thedatacenter copies of View desktops. Configuring the array manager in Site Recovery Manager fails Configuring the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) with ESX Configuring the ESX Server firewall to use a custom heartbeat port to communicate to VirtualCenter Configuring the ESX Server host firewall for SSH Configuring the ESXi Management Network from the direct console Configuring the External Reporting Database for use with a Microsoft SQL Server Cluster Node in VMware vCenterApplication Discovery Manager Configuring the guest operating system for use as a VMware View virtual desktop Configuring the locked.properties file Configuring the Loopback adapter in a Linux virtual machine Configuring the network adapter and protocol for SCO Open Server 5.0 Configuring the Novell Client GINA to work with PCoIP single sign-on Configuring the Same Virtual Disk with Different Modes Configuring the Same Virtual Disk with Different Modes Configuring the security settings for WMI in Application Discovery Manager Configuring the speed and duplex of an ESX Server host network adapter Configuring the SVGA Video Driver on Older Versions of Windows Virtual Machines Configuring the View Composer Domain fails with the error: The database has been reinitialized or is corrupt Configuring the virtual machine on an ESX 3.5 host fails with the error: Error during the configuration of the host:configSpec.flags.cfgVersion Configuring the Virtual Machine to Burn and Rip CDs Configuring the VMware vCloud Director cell maintenance message Configuring the X Server in 64-Bit Ubuntu Linux 5.10 Configuring the X Server in Red Hat Linux 7.x so VMware Tools Installs and Operates Properly Configuring USB device filters and redirecting Human Interface Devices (HIDs) in View Client for Windows Configuring vCenter Server permissions for View Manager users Configuring vCloud Director to Work with Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) Configuring View Connection Server to use encrypted messages for session initiation Configuring Virtual Guest VLAN tagging (VGT) mode on a vNetwork Distributed Switch Configuring Virtual Machines to Run on a Laptop Host Computer Configuring Virtual Switch VLAN Tagging (VST) mode on a vNetwork Distributed Switch http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Configuring VMDirectPath I/O for HP Proliant Servers. (Partner Supported) Configuring VMDirectPath I/O pass-through devices on an ESX host Configuring VMotion with Duplicate IP Addresses Creates an Error Configuring VMware HA fails when trying to contact a removed host Configuring VMware High Availability fails with the error: Cannot complete the configuration of the HA agent on the host Configuring VMware High Availability produces firewall errors Configuring VMware ThinApp to run from a non-default location Configuring VMware Tools Causes a Guest Running Turbolinux 10 Desktop to Hang Configuring VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat to delay automatic failover (manual failover) Configuring VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat to update BIND9 DNS Servers deployed in a WAN Configuring VMware vCenter Server to send alarms when virtual machines are running from snapshots Configuring VMware View Client to bypass Internet Explorer proxy settings Configuring vNetwork Distributed Switch (vDS) Virtual Adapters Configuring vNetwork Distributed Switch using vCenter Configuring vSwitch or vNetwork Distributed Switch from the command line in ESX 4.0 Configuring Windows Hosts for Use with USB Monitors (Sniffers) Configuring Workstation or GSX Server on a host with VPN Confirm permissions/credentials are correct for vCenter/VirtualCenter server user Confirm that correct TCP/IP ports are open on Virtual Desktop Confirming a virtual machine is unresponsive Confirming a virtual machine's snapshot delta disk layout Confirming if a desktop pool exists Confirming if a patch or software installation caused an ESX host reboot Confirming LM Tools is installed in a guest operating system Confirming local Administrator rights Confirming that the GINA is chaining correctly Confirming that the mode of ESX used is compatible Confirming that third-party interaction issues do not exist with the operating system in a VMware View environment Confirming that userinit is configured properly Confirming the correct SSL certificate configuration Confirming virtual desktop base image snapshot still exists Connected users do not display on the VDI Active Sessions tab Connecting a Remote CD-ROM or Floppy Drive to a Virtual Machine Fails with a No Permission Error Connecting a second mouse or keyboard directly to a Fusion virtual machine Connecting a USB device through an external USB hub might occasionally generate an error Connecting an external hard drive to a Fusion virtual machine Connecting to a CIFS Share on a Windows Server from the Service Console Connecting to a floppy drive fails with an error message in ESX Connecting to a VDI desktop with PCoIP displays a black screen and disconnects after 10 seconds Connecting to a View 4.0 desktop fails with the error: No desktop resource available Connecting to a virtual desktop fails with the error: The desktop resource is not available Connecting to a virtual machine's Remote Console fails with the error: The remote host certificate has these problems Connecting to a VirtualCenter Server Remotely Without New Certificates on the VirtualCenter Server Connecting to a VMware Virtual Desktop Manager 2.x Connection Broker fails with the error: Http error 500, internalserver error Connecting to an ESX host using a SSH client Connecting to ESX hosts from VirtualCenter after an upgrade fails with the error: Failed to install the VirtualCenteragent service Connecting to or checking out the virtual desktop fails with the error: This desktop currently has no desktop sourcesavailable or This desktop cannot be checked out Connecting to SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005 from VirtualCenter fails with the error: Not associated with atrusted SQL Server connection Connecting to the ESXi 3.5 host via VMware Infrastructure Client fails Connecting to the LDAP server using SSL in VMWare Service Manager fails with the error: Server Not Operational Connecting to the Terminal Services server fails with the Event ID 50 error Connecting to the VDR appliance for the first time fails Connecting to the virtual desktop from the VMware View Client fails with the error: Virtual Desktop in not available Connecting to the VMware Virtual Desktop Manager Connection Broker fails with the error: Your license key is invalid Connecting to vCenter Server or an ESX host using VI Client fails with error: Configuration system failed to initialize Connecting to View Desktop fails intermittently Connecting to View Desktop using View Client fails with the error: The view connection server connection failed. Anerror occurred in the secure channel support Connecting to View desktops using Web Portal fails with the error: Remote address is null Connecting to virtual desktops fails with a Desktop sources for desktop are not responding error http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Connecting to VMware Server using VMware Infrastructure Client Connecting to VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager fails with the error: Unable to start Site Recovery ManagerService Connecting to VMware View 4.0 using PCoIP fails with the error: Connect desktop failed Connecting to VMware View desktops using RDP fails Connecting to VMware View virtual desktops from a Wyse terminal fails with the error: No support tunnel Connecting to VMware virtual machines using the Windows Remote Desktop utility Connecting USB audio devices in a virtual machine Connecting USB devices to VMware Lab Manager virtual machines Connecting View Manager to vCenter Server fails Connecting VMware Infrastructure Client directly to an ESX host fails with the hostd log error: max connection Connection Broker behind the F5 Load Balancer fails outside of the network Connection Error When Using vmware-cmd in the Service Console Connection errors and blank screen when connecting to a View desktop using PCoIP Connection fails immediately when trying to open a VMware Infrastructure Client session to an ESX host Connection failure message when running the esxcli vSphere CLI under Linux Connection Problems with Axxon 64-bit PCI Parallel Port Cards on an ESX Server Connection server fails to start Connection Server service fails to start with busError message Connection server unexpectedly loses connection with VirtualCenter Connection to a Linux source fails despite correct SSH configuration Connection to Converter Enterprise server fails when service account restricted Connection to ESX Server Host Through VI Client Is Lost if You Attempt to Delete Several Virtual Machines at Oncefrom the Datastore Browser Connection to the switch module is lost for all systems in a blade server configuration when one system hits a purpleerror screen Connection to VMware Management Interface on Linux Host Times Out Connectivity issues with VMware Infrastructure Client after changing VirtualCenter and Web Service default ports Connectivity Problems with Management Interface, VirtualCenter Client, Remote Console, or Virtual Machine NetworkWhen a VPN Client Is Installed Connectivity to NFS Server Lost Connectivity to the Site Recovery Manager plugin in vCenter Server is lost after the message: Lost Communicationwith the Protected Side Server Consistent EMC CLARiiON LUN presentation to ESX hosts Console NIC fails to come up after allocation of adapters Console of IBM Director 5.20.1 sometimes does not list device driver details for ESX 3.5 Console OS (Service Console) Crashes after Device Allocation Console OS (Service Console) Hang While Copying a Large File Between SCSI Disks Console OS (Service Console) Locks/Hangs when MegaRAID Controller is Used Console OS (Service Console) lockups/VM shutdowns Console stops responding when connecting to VMware Server installed on Gentoo Linux Console tab error: Cannot issue a new session ticket because the maximum number of tickets have been issued Console view does not work when second gateway is added and removed Console web site fails to open with "Service Unavailable" Console Window Crash when Powering On Virtual Machine on Windows XP Host Consolidating snapshots Consolidating snapshots in VMware Fusion Consolidating vCPUs for an SMP virtual machine can improve performance for some workloads Consolidating virtual machine snapshots starts and completes immediately, but the snapshots remain Consolidation fails with error: "VirtualCenter must gather more information to enumerate the domains and workgroupsin the enterprise. This may take several minutes. Try again later." Consolidation of Large or Deeply Nested Snapshots Using VirtualCenter, SDK, or VCB Might Take Longer on ESXServer 3.5 than on ESX Server 3.0.x Consolidation systems stops responding at "Starting Analysis" or "Preparing Analysis" messages Contents of the virtual machine bundle in Fusion Context Switching Between Guest and Host Context-sensitive help not accessible in Internet Explorer 7 Continuously resetting the FCOE (CNA) card leads to a degradation of storage path redundancy Control+Alt key combinations in a virtual machine console Controling log file rotation and working around the lack of a /var partition Controlling LUN queue depth throttling in VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4 Controlling LUN queue depth throttling in VMware ESX/ESXi Controlling Which Virtual Machines and ACEs Run on a Host Conversion fails at 99% with the error "Unable to determine guest OS" or "sysimage.fault.OsVersionNotFound" Conversion fails on a source running Windows NT with a Dell PERC 3 or 4 disk controller http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Conversion fails when source image or disk file is 1TB or larger Conversion fails when source or destination do not support large files Conversion fails when the source file is accessed using a UNC path Conversion fails with PlatformError 1450 on Windows 2000 or NT Conversion fails with the error: Converter unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume Conversion of a NT4 hosts prompts for nonexistent hotfix file Conversion of a physical source with software mirrors fails Conversion of a Windows 2000 machine fails at 75% Conversion to an ESX host fails with vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument Conversion wizards fails with error Can't determine guest OS when converting a source running Windows 2003 Convert an ESX Server 2.5.x template to ESX Server 3.0.x template Converted machine fails to power on with the error: Stop:0X0000001 KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED Converter 3.0 Starter or Enterprise License Expiration Occurs on February 1, 2007 Even After Production License IsInstalled Converter 3.0.x quits without a warning if the number of tasks in the task list exceeds 400 Converter Agent fails to install on Windows NT with "Unspecified error in client manager" Converter Enterprise install error: Please provide a value for all of the required fields Converter Fails at 97%: "No Active Partitions", "Unable to determine guest operating system", or "unable to remapdrive" Error Message Converter Import Wizard reports the error: Unable to find the server Converter Plugin for VirtualCenter fails to install and rolls back unexpectedly Converter prompts for files when the source is Windows NT Converting a GSX Server Virtual IDE Disk to a Virtual SCSI Disk Converting a linked clone virtual machine to a full clone virtual machine Converting a machine fails with the error: the destination does not support 64-bit guests Converting a monolithic-sparse (single growable disk) to split sparse (split disk into 2GB files) Converting a Partition to VMFS-2 Converting a Password to Base64 for ThinApp Converter Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Hosts, or Fileshares Converting a physical blade server fails Converting a physical or virtual machine to a virtual machine that uses Raw Device Mapping Converting a template fails with the error: This Host or Cluster is not Valid Selection Converting a template to a virtual machine fails with the error: A component of the virtual machine is not accessible onthe host Converting a virtual disk into a Raw Device Mapping Converting a virtual disk to pre-allocated Converting a virtual IDE disk to a virtual SCSI disk Converting a virtual machine to OVF format fails when the target does not support large files Converting a VirtualCenter database running on Microsoft SQL 2005 Express to Microsoft SQL 2005 Standard Converting Amazon EC2 Windows Instances to VMware Workstation or VMware vSphere Virtual Machines Converting an encrypted virtual machine may fail Converting physical machines to virtual machines using VMware Workstation for Windows Converting thin and thick disks during clone operations using vSphere APIs Converting Windows-based physical computers or other virtual machines into VMware Fusion virtual machines Copied virtual machines do not show a Fusion icon in the Finder Copy / Paste with Management User Interface Causes Corruption. Copy and paste not working inside a virtual machine console on vSphere 4.1 Copying a Large File on a Windows Server 2003 Host with Microsoft File Sharing May Fail and No Longer ConnectAgain Copying a template from an ESX host to a remote ESX host in a different datacenter using SCP Copying a virtual machine in VMware Fusion Copying and pasting from a Windows guest to Linux host Copying Files from a Remote File System Fails When Replaying a Recording If You Click Go Live Copying large files from the service console to a CIFS-mounted Windows disk might cause file corruption Core Dump When Installing Service Pack in Windows NT Guest Operating System Core/HT masks are not available in B-Leaf Correcting a failed upgrade of View Connection Servers in a replicated group Correcting access to shared folders in Ubuntu for Fusion 2.x and 1.x Correcting problems when DNSUpdate encounters Secondary DNS Servers in VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Correctly configuring firewalls for data collection Correctly preparing a virtual machine template for deployment Corrupt heartbeat region – Problems accessing files on a VMFS datastore Corrupt redo log causes virtual machine to trigger errors while powering on Corrupted esx.conf file prevents network settings from displaying Corruption in Video Playback When Using Wyse Multimedia Support Could not find ACL in database given the parameters error when trying to share a library http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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CPU Affinity Violation on Hyperthreaded Systems CPU or Memory Resource Allocation Limit "Unlimited" box gets deselected if CPU or Memory settings are modifiedfrom VMware Infrastructure Client CPU Scheduling Affinity options not available CPU spikes to 100% with Virtual Desktop Manager Server CPU usage of an application differs in virtual machines compared to physical machines CPU usage spikes after installing VMware Tools CPU Usage Statistics Display Incorrectly in VirtualCenter and Management Interface CPU Usage Summary Might Appear as Negative Percentage, and Memory Available to New Virtual Machines Appears as Unavailable for GSX Server Hosts CPU Utilization of a Halted Linux Guest Stays at 100% CPU Utilization Peaks After Installing Dell OpenManage CPUID Feature Bit Warning when Powering on a Virtual Machine CPUPerf and CPUPerf2 Time Fields Crashed Workstation Virtual Machine Fails to Restart: VMDB_E_LAUNCH_PEER_FAILED Create Datastore Operation Might Fail if the Disk Also Contains the ESX Server Service Console File System Create/Edit Wizard Permits Entry of Pool Size Greater than the Capacity of Selected Datastores Creating a Virtual Machine on a GSX Server Host Might Fail Due to Insufficient Disk Space Creating a .dsk File Smaller than 1 MB Results in a vmware-authd Error Message Creating a 32bit DSN on a 64bit Windows machine Creating a custom virtual machine in Fusion Creating a desktop pool fails with permission issues Creating a desktop pool fails with the error: Customization failed for Machine Creating a desktop pool fails with the error: This VM naming pattern is already used by another desktop Creating a Fusion virtual machine with a disk image Creating a Linux Swap partition for ESX service console Creating a local VMFS volume generates the error: Error during the configuration of the host: Failed to update the diskpartition information Creating a Microsoft Windows Vista Beta Virtual Machine for Workstation 5.5.2 Creating a new call in VMware Service Manager 9.x fails with the error: An entry with the same key already exists Creating a new screen using VMware Service Manager Screen Designer Creating a new Service, Service Action, or Service Bundle in VMware Service Manger 9.x fails with the error: ObjectReference not set Creating a new virtual disk for an existing Linux virtual machine Creating a new virtual disk or RDM fails with the error: Operation failed because file already exists Creating a New Virtual Machine Creating a new VMware Account Creating a new Windows 7 virtual machine from an upgrade disc Creating a Partition Out of Left-Over Drive Space After ESX Server Is Installed Creating a product support package from VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager CLI Creating a product support package using the VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Web Console interface Creating a Provider Virtual Data Center in VMware vCloud Director Creating a QuickPrep user account for VMware View Composer operations Creating a report of performance metrics for each logical drive per system Creating a role and assigning virtual machine creation and management privileges to a Domain or Local User/Group Creating a second root user account Creating a secondary Service Console in VirtualCenter fails with the message: "Error during the configuration of thehost" Creating a Single Host and Centralized License file on the License Portal Creating a single-host license file to include VMware Consolidated Backup Creating a snapshot for a virtual machine fails with the error: File is larger than maximum file size supported Creating a static route for the VMware Channel Creating a static route for the VMware Channel Connection in a WAN environment Creating a virtual disk within a virtual machine with VMware Infrastructure Client fails with an insufficient disk spaceerror Creating a virtual machine from an existing virtual disk in Fusion Creating a virtual machine from VirtualCenter on an ESX host with NFS storage takes a Long time to complete Creating a Virtual Machine or Disk on Host Client Fails When You Try to Create a Virtual Machine Disk Larger than262GB Creating a virtual machine snapshot fails with the error: File already exists Creating a virtual machine snapshot fails with the error: The attempted operation cannot be performed in the currentstate (Powered Off) Creating a Virtual Machine Using an Existing Disk from a Legacy Virtual Machine Can Result in Anomalies Creating a virtual machine using Windows Easy Install Creating a vmkdump Partition using FDISK Command Line http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Creating a VMware View desktop pool fails with an unknown error Creating additional cells in VMware vCloud Director fails with errors Creating an Emergency Recovery Disk (ERD) or a Recovery Floppy Creating an Organization in VMware vCloud Director Creating an Organization Virtual Data Center in VMware vCloud Director Creating and deploying ACE and Pocket ACE packages Creating and editing config.ini on Windows Hosts Creating and Powering On a Virtual Machine Fails to Complete Creating and removing snapshots fails with the errors: "Invalid arguments" and "File exists" Creating Application to Connect to VMware Infrastructure 3 Gives Credentials Error Creating capture fails with "Unable To Write" error Creating CDs with Nero Burning ROM Creating consistent swiscsi LUN Target IDs in VirtualCenter Creating custom certificates for VirtualCenter 2.x with OpenSSL and Microsoft Certificate Services Web Enrollment Creating External (Provider) Networks in VMware vCloud Director Creating Floppy Images Creating floppy images for use with Fusion Creating linked clone virtual pools fails with the error: Failed to perform Active Directory operation. COM ErrorCode: -2147016646 Creating linked-clone desktops with the same VM name Creating logs in VDM for a desktop that is not part of a domain Creating Microsoft Sysprep packages on VMware vCloud Director cells Creating network pools in VMware vCloud Director Creating or changing a user account password using VMware Infrastructure Client fails Creating Raw Device Mapping (RDM) is not supported for local storage Creating snapshots fails and performing a backup with VCB causes a virtual machine to shut down Creating snapshots in a different location than default virtual machine directory Creating software RAID on Windows Server 2008 R2 fails with the error: Failed Redundancy Creating SQL views that display error or warning events from the event database Creating tasks in VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat to synchronize time between the Passive Server and the ActiveServer Creating valid object path names for VMware View pools Creating View desktops causes the vCenter Server error: The operation is not supported on the object Creating VLANs in VMware Workstation Creating vSwitches with custom names Creation of a virtual machine fails when using VirtualCenter Creation of named pipe or output file name in the form of any path in the service console fails Creation of New RDM for MSCS Cluster Node when Cluster Service Is Active on Another Node Criteria for choosing a dvPort binding type Critical VMware Security Alert for Windows-Hosted VMware Workstation Critical VMware Security Alert for Windows-Hosted VMware Workstation, VMware Player, and VMware ACE CSV export of Consolidatable and No Data reports returns incorrect data Ctrl+Alt+Del option is not available after upgrading to vSphere 4.0 Ctrl-Alt-Del During Guest Operating System Login Causes VMware Product Crash Ctrl-Alt-Del is intercepted by host and guest operating systems on a Windows host Ctrl-Alt-Insert key combination does not work over an RDP session Cursor Appears in Windows Server 2003 Virtual Machine after Mouse is Ungrabbed Cursor Pauses at the Edge of a Virtual Machine Window on Some Laptops Cursor Sticks in Upper Right Corner of Virtual Machine Display in Legacy Red Hat Linux 7.2 Virtual Machine Custom Attributes Are Not Always Being Displayed in VirtualCenter Client Console Custom Installation Using Unified Installer Fails When Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 or Later Custom Message Not Displayed on Japanese Windows Systems Custom Mouse Settings No Longer Work in Virtual Machine After VMware Tools Is Installed or Updated Custom Network Settings Are Removed During Product Upgrade Custom Network Settings Do Not Reflect on the Cloned Virtual Machines Custom or database dependent applications hosted on shared storage fail to start Custom script for suspend power event does not work in FreeBSD 7.1, 6.4, or 6.3 guest Custom Scripts Configured to Run During Virtual Machine Events Will Be Executed Even if the Execution of the ScriptsIs Disabled Custom scripts fail with errors when triggered by alarms Customization Breaks When Workstation, VMI, VCB, Converter, or P2V Are Installed on the Same Machine asVirtualCenter Server 2.x Customization fails with the following error message on VC Events: Failed to deploy template: Customization Failed Customization of a Template never runs after deployment Customization of a Virtual Machine on a Linux Guest Might Fail http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Customization of templates or clones in VirtualCenter may fail if third party software is installed Customization of Windows Vista or Windows 2008 fails Customization or Avoidance of the ThinDirect Redirection Message for Web Pages Redirected from Native InternetExplorer to a Virtual Browser Customization specifications dialog in deployment wizard is blank or empty Customization specifications dialog is empty Customized keyboard and regional settings are reset to US English when you deploy a virtual machine from aWindows 2000 guest operating system Customizing a Guest Operating System That Uses an LVM Other Than Microsoft LDM Fails Customizing a Solaris vApp Template Customizing a Windows NT vApp Template Customizing an admin rule fails with the error: response buffer limit exceeded Customizing Red Hat Enterprise 4 virtual machines in VirtualCenter Customizing the ESX Server Banner Page Customizing the vCloud Director User Interface Using CSS Customizing vMA Time Zone and Keyboard Customizing Windows 2003 Server templates results requiring Windows Activation CVE 2003-0786, CVE 2008-0891 and CVE 2008-1672 OpenSSL Vulnerability and ESX CVE-2007-3798 Tcpdump vulnerability and ESX CVE-2009-1252 and ESX Server 3.5 Dashboard feature is missing or not available Dashboard returns internal error message Data Center Insight to VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager connector fails Data Collection fails with error "Not enough server storage is available to process this command" on Windows NT Data collection fails with error runtime 481 - "Invalid Picture" Data Collection fails with message "Host could not be reached using PING on the resolved IP" Data Collection fails with runtime error 70 "Permission Denied" on a Windows 2003 server Data Collection fails with the error The service has not been started Data collection is slow Data collection task does not complete Data collection task stops responding and does not recover Data Collection Tool fails with a runtime error when run in the Japanese locale Data Corruption Might Occur if Unsupported iSCSI Targets Are Used Data corruption on Window Storage Server based NAS products Data Digest Not Supported on Windows Virtual Machines Data for a target server is incomplete Data Manager displays an error on start up and stops responding Data on Dashboard report is inaccurate Data Recovery appliance is unable to connect to the CIFS share Data Recovery Service for data not recoverable by VMware Technical Support Data redirection fails when domain user profile in master virtual machine is used to log in to a clone Data Security Best Practices - SSL keys for communicating with VirtualCenter and other applications Data Synchronization task stops responding, and may enter a restart loop Database support in VMware vCloud Director Database Upgrade Fails Due to Insufficient Disk Space Database Upgrade Fails if the Preserve Performance Data Option is Unchecked Datacenter option not available during placement process of a status change request Datastore appears empty from the datastore browser Datastore list is empty when editing or creating a persistent pool Datastore Mappings for Raw LUNs Not Removed Datastore name displays in red on the Service Console Datastore Renaming Fails When the VI Client is Connected Directly to ESX Server Datastore size and free space do not update when VMware Infrastructure Client is connected to VirtualCenter Datastore space usage is incorrect when using Lab Manager or Stage Manager Datastores and networks are moved to upgrade folders after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.0 Datastores in the pool show low or zero disk space Datastores no longer available during upgrade Dates appear in a wrong format on machines that use Windows 7 Daylight Saving Time (DST) Update for Venezuela, Indiana, Egypt, South Australia, and Brazil for 2007 Daylight Saving Time (DST) Update in Brazil and Argentina for 2008 Daylight Savings Time Change for Western Australia DB2 database issues after installing vCenter Server on DE locale DE (German/Deutsche) keyboard input is not handled correctly in desktops opened from View Client using HP RGSprotocol Dealing with iSCSI I/O Errors and Rejected Logins on iSCSI LUNs/Targets That No Longer Exist http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Debug Message Might Appear in esxupdate.log Debug scsi underrun / overrun errors in the VMkernel log Debugging a Request Sent to the Server to Create a New Virtual Machine Decoding Machine Check Exception (MCE) output after a purple screen error Decrypting the Detailed Discovery Java fingerprints in VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Dedicating specific NICs to portgroups while maintaining NIC teaming and failover for the vSwitch Default Firewall Filter Does Not Allow for DNS Traffic Over TCP Default login name and password for the VMware Data Recovery appliance Default Maximum Size of a File Allowed by VMFS is 144GB, Not 456GB Default passwords for VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager console and CLI Default vCenter Server certificates prevent some client applications from connecting to vSphere 4.0 systems Default Virtual Machine Location Folder Name Is in Japanese, with a Trailing Byte of 7C Characters, Which CausesError in Importing Definition of Disk.MaxLUN on ESX Server Systems and Clarification of 128 Limit Definition of the advanced NFS options Defrag/Suspend/Resume Causes Error when Resuming Defragmenting a disk Defragmenting and shrinking Fusion virtual machine disks Defragmenting VirtualCenter performance data indexes on a Microsoft SQL database Defunct cimservera processes seen on VMware ESX 3.5 running hardware management agents Degraded performance on ProLiant DL385 G5p Degraded service console backup performance after upgrading to ESX 4.0 or ESX 4.0 Update 1 Delay Separating Prompts Between Failed Logon Attempts Cannot Be Modified Delaying Integrity check intervals in VMware Data Recovery 1.0.1 Delays When Writing to a New Virtual Disk for the First Time Delete All snapshot operation results in a Consolidate Helper snapshot when a datastore has insufficient disk space Deleted Desktop Display Names are Listed in the Desktop List Deleted networks continue to appears in the Site Recovery Manager Configure Test Network dialog Deleted officers are emailed when an email is sent to the IPK group to which they belonged to Deleted the Management Network vSwitch on ESXi Deleting a datastore from the Datastore inventory results in the error: device or resource busy Deleting a datastore used by VMware Data Recovery fails with the error: cannot delete datastore, datastore is in use Deleting a probe in the AppSpeed Administration tab results in an error Deleting a snapshot fails with the error: A general system error occurred: concurrent access Deleting a virtual machine in Fusion Deleting a virtual machine template customization specification Deleting an orphaned virtual machine when the Remove option is not available Deleting ddb.deletable entries and snapshots left behind by VMware Data Recovery Deleting Discovery Addresses Causes Problems When ESX Server System Boots from iSCSI Deleting kiosk client accounts from Active Directory leaves View in an inconsistent state Deleting Parallels tools Deleting snapshots from vCenter Server Deleting snapshots in VMware Fusion Deleting snapshots of virtual machines with heavy disk I/O might cause host to be disconnected from VirtualCenter Deleting unnecessary AppSpeed server snapshots Deleting virtual machine pools take a long time in View Administrator Deleting virtual machines from protected inventory while SRM server is stopped produces the error: Object not foundor never existed Dell Controller and Software Components sensor not displayed under Health Status in VI Client Dell OpenManage 5.0 Fails to Display Controller Information Dell OpenManage 5.0 Reports Unexpected Sense Event Logs Dell OpenManage Does Not Show Storage Page on Servers with mptsci Drivers Dell PowerEdge 6850 Hosts Running ESX Server 3.0 Need A03 BIOS to Install 64-Bit Guests Dell Recovery CD fails to recover ESXi version 3.5 Dell Recovery Fails if a QLogic HBA is Installed on Host Machine Dell Utility Partition support in ESX 3.5 Deploy and power on failures occur when a host is upgraded or added to the vCenter Server Deploying a Lab Manager configuration to a Distributed Virtual Switch fails when the configuration has 20 or morevirtual machines Deploying a linked desktop pool fails with the error: Desktop Composer DiskFault: Selected parent VM is not accessible Deploying a Microsoft XP virtual machine from template fails Deploying a probe with non ascii characters fails Deploying a single virtual machine inside of a Lab Manager configuration fails with the error: An error in contacting thevirtual router occurred http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Deploying a template fails at 95% - 96% Deploying a template fails with the error: Failed to deploy template from a specified parameter was not correct Deploying a template or registering a template or virtual machine fails because the file name is invalid or too long Deploying a template with customization from a remote client fails Deploying a vApp from a vApp template Deploying a virtual machine from a template fails with the error: The operation is not allowed in the current state Deploying a virtual machine from a template generates a general system error Deploying a virtual machine from a template using customization fails with a fatal error Deploying a virtual machine from template times out with an error Deploying a virtual machine in Lab Manager fails with the error: Failed to log into NFC server Deploying an agent from the collector or collecting from Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 2008 fails Deploying an RHEL 5.4 template from vCenter 4.x to ESX 3.5.x customization fails Deploying AppSpeed probes fails when the AppSpeed server resides inside a vApp Deploying ESXi 4.1 using the Scripted Install feature Deploying Internet Explorer 8 Packages Fails Depending on Capture and Deployment Operating Systems Deploying new virtual machines on IBM SVC LUNs takes a long time to complete Deploying or Cloning to a SAN with SCSI Reservations May Crash the VirtualCenter Host Agent Deploying or recomposing a linked clone pool fails with the error: VMware.sim authentication fault Deploying or recomposing a pool fails with the error: View composer agent initialization state error (2) Deploying ThinApp packages using an Active Directory policy fails Deploying Virtual Machine from a Template Fails with a No Permission Error Deploying virtual machines fails with the error: Missing VM was not in the original query: vm-xxxx Deploying virtual machines using Citrix XenDesktop Server DCC 2.0 with VirtualCenter 2.5 fails with a Could not bereached at the specified address error Deployment fails when Fence IDs are exhausted Deployment of a fenced configuration fails with Directory not found error Deployment of a template fails due to fenced-only permission on the network Deployment of MDAC via Server Advisor (SUM) patches fails Descargando productos de VMware y resolviendo problemas de descarga Desktop check out only works when the client and server are located in the same locale Desktop refuses client connection or the connection is terminated unexpectedly Desktop Shortcut Is Missing after Registration of Virtual Internet Explorer 6 (Virt IE6) with ThinApp ThinDirectImplemented Desktop type search filter fails when field contains dash (-) character Desktop virtual machines with the agent service not running are reported as Ready in the View Administrator andclient connection fails Detail Discovery of AIX server using SSH fails with the error: UNKNOWN_ERROR_ON_CONNECT Detecting and Using CPU Features in Applications Detecting LUNs on IBM DS4500 Storage Arrays Detecting spyware Detecting viruses Determining and changing the rate of timer interrupts a guest operating system requests Determining detailed build number information for VMware ESX 3.0.x and 3.5.x hosts Determining detailed build number information for VMware ESX 4.0.x hosts Determining detailed build number information for VMware Fusion Determining detailed build number information for VMware View Determining Display and Screen Resolution Settings for PCoIP Determining how much RAM is installed in each slot on an ESX host Determining if a High Availability HA Virtual Machine Monitoring event caused a virtual machine to reboot Determining if a network traffic storm caused a VMware High Availability isolation response Determining if a port is in use Determining if a virtual disk is attached to another virtual machine Determining if a virtual machine is Fault Tolerant capable outside of vCenter Server Determining if a virtual machine is orphaned Determining if a virtual machine is using snapshots Determining if a VMDK is zeroedthick or eagerzeroedthick Determining if an ESX host supports 64bit virtual machines Determining if Intel Virtualization Technology or AMD Virtualization is enabled in the BIOS without rebooting Determining if multiple virtual CPUs are causing performance issues Determining if servers are excluded from data collection on the Collector Determining if the Current Session Is Still Active After Reboot Determining if the Data Synchronization task is configured correctly Determining if there are leftover delta files or snapshots that VMware vSphere or Infrastructure Client cannot detect Determining if virtual machine and ESX host unresponsiveness is caused by hardware issues Determining if you are running on a virtualized platform http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Determining if your VMware HA cluster experienced an Isolation Response Determining if your VMware Tools ISO image is corrupt Determining NIC firmware and driver version in ESX/ESXi 4.x Determining the amount of memory installed from ESX command line Determining the build number for VMware Consolidated Backup Determining the build number for VMware Data Recovery Determining the build number for VMware vCenter Lab Manager Determining the build number for VMware vCenter Stage Manager Determining the build number for VMware Workstation Determining the build number for vSphere Management Assistant vMA or VIMA Determining the build number for vSphere PowerCLI or VI Toolkit for Windows Determining the build number of VMware ESX and VMware vCenter Server Determining the cause of data files being rejected by the Information Warehouse Determining the IP Addresses Used By the Service Console Determining the most recent available build of Capacity Planner Determining the number of deployed virtual machines and virtual routers Determining the number of ESX host CPU licenses a server requires Determining the product version and build for VMware ThinApp Determining the root cause of vCenter status alarms continually changing from green to yellow Determining the status of VMware Fusion's host services Determining the status of VMware host services Determining the user in control of the Remote Console of a guest operating system Determining the UUID of a LUN Determining the Virtual Hardware version of virtual machines on an ESX host Determining VCB versions and build numbers Determining VMware Software Version and Build Number Determining whether a local desktop is checked out Determining whether virtual machines are configured to autostart Determining which Storage Replication Adapter is being used with Site Recovery Manager Determining why a single virtual machine is inaccessible Determining why a virtual machine does not respond to user interaction at the console Determining why a virtual machine was powered off or restarted Determining why a VMware ESX host was powered off or restarted Determining why an ESX host does not respond to user interaction at the console Determining why an ESX host is inaccessible Determining why multiple virtual machines are inaccessible Determining why the Snapshot Manager window does not appear Determining why you cannot create a new or consolidate existing virtual machines Developing a collection strategy based on network topology Device Manager displays dual-core AMD Opteron Processor 275 for a 64-bit Windows 7 virtual machine with a single-core vCPU Devices attached to hot-added BusLogic adapter are not visible to Linux guest DHCP and FTP Timeout Issues When Installing ESX Server Using Kickstart Diagnosing a VMware VMotion failure at 90-95% Diagnosing an ESX Server that is Disconnected or Not Responding in VirtualCenter Diagnosing slow deployment of templates or clones from VirtualCenter Diagnosing the Virtual Infrastructure Client when it fails to connect to an ESX host Diagnosing the Virtual Infrastructure/vSphere Client when it fails to connect to vCenter Server Diagnosing Vizioncore's vFoglight console memory heap error Diagnosing VMware VMotion failure at 10% Diagnosing why VirtualCenter is not sending email alerts Diagnostics Collection Tool (DCT) fails on Windows Vista Japanese Difference between USB device pass-through and VMDirectPath I/O Direct IO pass-through Differences Between Guest Operating Systems and Virtual Machines on an ESX Server System Differences in supported networking features between ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 Different Error Messages for the Same Event Difficulty Finding Search Results for VMware VirtualCenter Direct connection to desktop is no longer a global setting in VMware View Manager 3.0 Direct Console User Interface Display Incorrect During Shutdown/Restart DirectInput Error When Accessing a GSX Server Virtual Machine Locally DirectInput Error when Powering On a Virtual Machine on a Windows Host or from a Windows Client DirectInput Errors when Powering On a Virtual Machine Disable PAE in ESX Server 2.x Guest Operating Systems for Better Performance Disabling "Connect at Power On" for CD-ROMs and Other IDE Devices Disabling access to VMware Tools http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Disabling an ESX host's Web Access login page Disabling and enabling VMware Web Access on an ESX host Disabling Automatic Shutdown of Helper Virtual Machines After Converting Powered-On Linux Sources Disabling auto-registration to EMC CX-4 storage arrays Disabling Balloon Driver Disabling COM and LPT from the Virtual Machine BIOS Disabling Copy and Paste for a VMware ACE Environment Disabling drive redirection in View desktops when connecting with View Client or RDP Disabling ESX Certificate Checks in SRM Disabling Fast Path Volume Open Failure for iSCSI LUNs Disabling Fault Tolerance compliance checks on a cluster Disabling Flow Control on ESX and ESXi Disabling Host Spanning before placing a host in maintenance mode Disabling IPv6 for Linux distributions Disabling Kerberos realm authentication in View Connection Server Disabling keyboard mapping features in VMware Fusion Disabling Linked Mode for vCenter Server Disabling Logging or Storing the Log File in a Different Location Disabling masked host names and restore real host names or correlate pseudonym keys Disabling Network boot option from appearing in a virtual machine's BIOS Disabling NMI Watchdog in SUSE LINUX 9.1 Disabling or Turning Off VMware FT Disabling QLogic Controller in BIOS Results in ESX Server Crash Disabling REST API Authorization Cookies in vCloud Director Disabling sense code logging Disabling Server Update Manager automatic collections Disabling Shared Folders After the Next Session Disabling SSHv1 in ESX Server 2.1.x and Earlier Disabling SSL on View Client Disabling system beeps in a Vista virtual machine Disabling the client drive redirection feature Disabling the floppy drive in a virtual machine Disabling the Gnome-Panel in the Kiosk Full Screen Mode Disabling the HotPlug capability in ESX 4.0 virtual machines Disabling the loading of roaming profiles on the computer with the View Client installed Disabling the QLogic PCI Device in BIOS Results in a PSOD Disabling the vCenter Server Agent Disabling the VMware DHCP Service on the Host Computer Disabling the VMware NAT Service on the Host Computer Disabling the VMware Packet Filter on the Channel NICs Disabling the VMware Tools shrink option Disabling the vSphere Web Access service in vCenter Server Disabling the Windows Logon Screen Saver Disabling the Workstation Log File or Storing the Log File in a Different Location Disabling Time Synchronization Disabling validation of user accounts during View desktop launch Disabling VM Tools logging on a guest operating system in VMware Workstation Disabling VMotion on an ESX/ESXi host Disabling VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) Disabling VMware ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5 Evaluations Disabling VMware Guided Consolidation in VirtualCenter Disabling VMware High Availability (HA) Disabling vNetwork Distributed Switches Disabling Windows Security Center anti-virus notifications for vShield Endpoint Disconnect and Logoff options from the View client menu do not work when the virtual machine is set with "passwordprotection" option Disconnected USB Device Still Shown in VMware ACE Toolbar Disconnecting or logging out might corrupt an exFAT file system on a redirected local drive Disconnecting or Removing a Host Deletes a Scheduled Task Disconnecting Unused Devices to Improve Performance Disconnecting VMware Tools ISO File Discovering the ESXi 4.0 host using EMC Control Center 6.1 fails with the error: SSL certificate verification failed Discovery Process for iSCSI Software Initiator Appears to Hang ESX Server Discrepancy between vCenter Server and ESX host's datastore.info.vmfs.extent.diskName attributes Disjoint namespace prevents access to ThinApp repository in View http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Disk I/O problems and poor performance with LeftHand NSM160 iSCSI storage array Disk provisioning through vCenter Server's Scheduled Task feature fails Disk space error when running vm-support from an ESX Service Console Disk Space Is Not Cleared After Suspending and Resuming a Virtual Machine Disk Space Not Released on ESX Server or GSX Server When I Delete Hard Disk Display and Mouse Problems in Solaris 10 Virtual Machines Display Goes Blank When I Install Using Remote Interface on Intel Blade Servers Display issues with Mandrake Linux 10.1 Display Name of Virtual NIC Does Not Change after Upgrading VMware Tools Displaying a Large Active Directory Domain May Take Several Minutes Displaying an ESX host in vCenter by its FQDN or short host name Displaying VMware Tools Help on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS Guest Operating System Disruption of VMware Tools Service Can Cause Error Messages to Appear During Virtual Machine Reboot Distorted GNOME Login Screen in FreeBSD 8.0 DMZ Virtualization with VMware Infrastructure DNS and Routing information is blank in the Virtual Infrastructure Client DNS and WINS Information Sometimes Cannot Be Customized When Using File > Import DNSUpdate fails to update DNS servers running on Windows Server 2008 Do I choose the PVSCSI or LSI Logic virtual adapter on ESX 4.0 for non-IO intensive workloads? Do I need to update VMware Server or Workstation with a daylight-saving time (DST) patch? Do not attach a View Composer persistent disk to a linked-clone desktop with a hard drive that shares an IDEcontroller with another device. Do not close or disconnect from View Client before single sign-on is performed. Do Not Connect a USB Device to a Pocket ACE Instance Do not create View Composer linked clones using either a linked clone or a full clone of a linked clone as the MasterVM Do Not Edit Legacy Virtual Machine on a Network Drive Using VMware Server Console on a Remote Client Do not give the Administrator user name access to View Administrator Do not grant or revoke the System Administrator's role to satisfy database permission requirements when upgrading toVirtualCenter 2.5 Do Not Mix Components of VMware Server and VMware ESX Server Do Not Modify Drive Z While Running the Virtual Machine Importer Do not use both ESX and ESXi hosts in clusters with fault tolerant virtual machines Do not use Easy Install for Japanese guests if you need the ability to send Japanese keys to the guest Do Not Use Symbolic Path Link Names in the Programming API Does caching boost performance for infraEnterprise? Does Capacity Planner Differentiate Between Different Versions of the Same Application? Does ESX 4.0 support 802.3ad Dynamic? Does fragmentation affect VMFS datastores? Does IPSEC Work with Workstation and GSX Server Virtual Machines? Does Microsoft Windows Cluster Services work with ESX Server's NIC teaming features? Does rebooting VirtualCenter affect an ESX host or the virtual machines running on it? Does rebooting VirtualCenter Server affect running virtual machines? Does ThinApp Converter Support a Fusion or Server Virtual Machine Host? Does VMware support NetApp's ReplicatorX in Virtual Environments? Does vShield Zones perform protocol conformance tests? Domain administrators have full access to View Administrator Domain filtering is case sensitive for non-ASCII characters Domain local groups do not appear in View Administrator during desktop entitlement Domain login fails if snapshot is reverted Domain Policy causes error: "The configured domain "domain name is not valid for the Connection Server" Down NIC link state after installing ESX 3.5 Update 2 Downgrading a vSphere 4.x license to a ESX 3.5 license Downgrading from firmware 522A on PERC 4e/DI or 352B on a PERC 4/DC RAID controller Downgrading from Fusion 3 to Fusion 2 Downgrading the virtual machine hardware version Downgrading vCenter Server Heartbeat to a previous version Download of vSphere Client from ESX/ESXi host can fail Downloading and installing AppSpeed from Plug-In Manager fails Downloading and Installing VMware Fusion Downloading files through VMware Infrastructure Client fails with the error: Connection to server has timed out Downloading lputil, Emulex HBA Utility for ESX Server Downloading patches for ESX 3.5 Update 4 or earlier versions using Update Manager 1.x fails with the error: Metadatadownload failed Downloading patches from the VMware website http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Downloading the license file fails Downloading the UI module for AppSpeed fails Downloading the VMware Converter Boot CD Downloading VMware products and troubleshooting issues with downloads Downloading vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) Down-Rev Version of VMware Scripting API Doesn&rsquo;t Work with ESX Server 3.0.x Systems Drag-and-drop and copy-and-paste from guest to host does not work with KDE 4.1.x Dragging and Dropping Files from the Guest Shared Folder to the Host Fails Drive Letter Mount Points on the VCB Proxy Don't Match Drive Letters Seen from NT4 Virtual Machines Drive letters may change after deploying Windows Templates Driver CDs for ESX 4.0 that have not been re-released for ESX 4.1 fail to install Driver fails to load after change from BusLogic to LSI Logic Driver for NetXen NICs supports upto 31GB of physical RAM on ESX hosts DRS Affinity rules for more than 2 virtual machines are not honored DRS Might Be Disabled if DPM Is Used with HA Admission Control DRS migrations are not logged by VirtualCenter Dual Boot Hardware Profile Considerations for RAW Disks Due to a Licensing issue, rebooting an ESXi 4.0 host using a system management tool fails Due to a possible dead lock on rpmdb, upgrading ESX 4.0 to 4.0 Update 1 can fail or time out and leave the host in anunusable state Duplicate IP address detected Duplicate IP packet and Failover Issues with Beacon Monitoring Duplicate printers appear in a virtual desktop Duplicated Packets Occur when Beacon Probing Is Selected Using vmnic and VLAN Type 4095 During an ESX Server 3.0.x Scripted Installation on SCSI Controllers with cciss Driver, VMFS3 Volumes Might Not BeCorrectly Created During an ESX Server Upgrade, Old Versions of Upgraded Modules Are Not All Removed During Installation of ESX Server 3.0.2 or later the VMFS Partition Is Listed as Unknown on Partitioning Options Page During installation of the View Agent on an unmanaged machine, specifying a View Connection Server name with non-ASCII characters is not supported During installation the WinZip self-extracting file fails During test failover, the virtual machine fails to power on with the error: One of the parameters was invalid During the upgrade, the administrator can define a default VDM Connection Server for new users. Existing users stillmaintain their most recently used list which may not include this server. During the vCenter Server 4.x installation, the DSN is not listed During upgrade of VirtualCenter, setup states it cannot connect to the database with the given DSN During Workstation Installation on Windows Hosts, Windows AntiSpyware Displays Warnings dvPort connectivity lost due to physical link down dvPort connectivity restored dvPort down with loss of redundancy dvPort down with redundancy degraded dvPort uplink redundancy restored Dynamically Adding or Removing LUNs Not Reflected on ESX Server System e1000 drivers do not load after ESX 3.5 Update 3 patches are installed Easy Printer Setup Not Available in Windows 9x Guests ECC Agent support in ESX Edited Advanced Options In an HA-Enabled Cluster Do Not Take Effect Edited CSV files are rejected when uploaded to the Information Warehouse Editing a Virtual Machine with a Duplicate UUID.bios Editing an existing pool in the VMware View web admin interface fails with the error: One of required objects is notfound in the VirtualCenter server <IP address> Editing configuration files in VMware ESX Editing files on an ESX host using vi or nano Editing NAT and DHCP Configuration Files on a Windows Host Editing or viewing virtual machine settings fails with the error: Value Cannot be NULL Editing template customization specifications Editing the .vmx file for your Fusion virtual machine Editing the resource allocations of a virtual machine generates an error Editing virtual machine and host custom attributes, notes and annotations Effect of stopping VMwareVDMDS service on View 3.1 upgrade Effective BusLogic Qdepth is Limited to One on Windows 2000 SP3, 2003, or XP EIDE ATAPI Iomega Zip Drive Does Not Work in a Virtual Machine EIDE ATAPI Iomega Zip on Dual-boot Windows 95 or Windows 98 Virtual Machine Eject key does not work properly when a virtual machine is assigned to a physical drive in Fusion 1.0 Ejecting an external drive from the Mac while a virtual machine is running http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Eleven Connections Appear on the Database Server Even Though the User Set the Maximum Number of Database Connections to a Value Less than Ten Email alerts are not being sent/received as expected EMC AX150i iSCSI LUNs seen as snapshots on ESX hosts EMC RecoverPoint array discovery fails with the error: Read Timed Out EMM386 Errors Starting Japanese Windows 95 or Windows 98 Guest Operating System Emulex Driver Connecting to EMC-Symmetrix Can Lose Access to All Storage Targets Emulex Driver Is Not Supported with Agents in Shared Mode Emulex HBA Driver lpfcdd_2xx.o Fails to Load; LUNs Are Inaccessible Enable Browse Datastore for Users at Datacenter Level Enable Execution Tracing for Record/Replay Enable interleaved NUMA nodes on ESX/ESXi hosts Enable Network Card on Windows 2000 Professional or Server Virtual Machine Running McAfee VirusScan Enterprise8.5.0i Enable Retention of Sparse Files During Linux Conversions Enable the Bulk-Logged Option for SQL Server Database Before Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.x. Enabling (verbose) debug logging in LM 3.x Enabling 128bit encryption for SRAs that use SSL Enabling and Configuring Linux Core Dump Enabling ARP Redirect for Hardware ISCSI HBAs Enabling authentication failure auditing for Windows-based applications Enabling Auto Connect in the VMware View Client for users entitled to only a single desktop Enabling Belkin network USB hub in a virtual machine Enabling debug logging for the Virtual Desktop Manager Connection Server Enabling debug logging for the Virtual Desktop Manager Connection Server and Client Enabling debug logging for VMware Tools within a Windows guest operating system Enabling debug logging in Lab Manager 4.x Enabling debug logs in VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Remote Agent Enabling Debug Mode in your GSX Server and Workstation Virtual Machines Enabling DMA for CD/DVD drive Enabling dual monitor capabilities for Wyse Thin-Clients with TCX Enabling enhanced vmxnet adapters for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enabling EVC on a cluster when vCenter is running in a virtual machine Enabling fast auto-switchover on vCenter Servers with remote databases when the public NIC is lost Enabling Fault Tolerance fails at 42% with the error: Unsupported virtual machine configuration for Fault Tolerance Enabling Fault Tolerance on a powered on virtual machine fails with the error: Not enough resources Enabling Fault Tolerance on a virtual machine configured with a vmxnet3 vNIC fails Enabling Fault Tolerance on a virtual machine with an extended disk size fails with the error: Unsupported virtualmachine configuration for Fault Tolerance Enabling FTP for ESX Server Enabling Full Force Export on the Collector Enabling guest customization if it is greyed out Enabling Host Spanning fails on Lab Manager 4.0.2 attached to vCenter Server 4.1 Enabling IOAT and Jumbo frames Enabling license downgrade by disabling features Enabling logging for the VMware Authorization service Enabling Logging for the VMware Authorization Service Enabling Logging in to Helper Virtual Machine During Conversion of Powered-On Linux Sources Enabling NetQueue on Intel Gigabit Network Devices Using the igb Driver in ESX 4.x Enabling Networking After VMware Workstation is Already Installed Enabling or Disabling CD-ROM Autorun in Windows Enabling or disabling Lockdown mode on an ESXi host Enabling or disabling verbose logging on Qlogic and Emulex Host Bus Adapters Enabling root SSH login on an ESX host Enabling serial-line logging for an ESX and ESXi host Enabling server-certificate verification for Virtual Infrastructure Clients Enabling software iSCSI fails with the error: vmk_HeapCreate failed Enabling sound for Remote Desktop Protocol in a Windows virtual machine Enabling Support for NetQueue on Intel Gigabit adapters using the igb driver in ESX 3.5 Enabling Support for NetQueue on the Intel 82598 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller Enabling syslog on ESXi Enabling the Debug Monitor in your ESX Server Virtual Machines Enabling the NTP Client or other firewall ports through VirtualCenter fails with the error: Failure due to malformedrequest to the server Enabling the Update Manager plugin fails with error: Unable to locate VimSoapService25.dll http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Enabling the Use of Non-root User for Hot Cloning of Linux Source Machines Enabling the vCenter Server permissions required to modify virtual machine network settings Enabling the Veeam FastSCP firewall port in ESX 3.5 Enabling the Virtual Server Service status and hardware status plugins fails Enabling the VMware Converter plug-in in vCenter causes VMware Infrastructure Client or vSphere Client to fail Enabling the VMware vCenter Update Manager plugin generates errors Enabling time synchronization between the Mac and the Fusion virtual machine Enabling trivia logging in Site Recovery Manager Enabling trivia logging in VMware vCenter and VirtualCenter Enabling TSO in a Windows Virtual Machine Enabling Update Manager fails with the error: database unavailable or has network problems Enabling Update Manager plug-in when remotely accessing vCenter Server fails Enabling Verbose (Debug) Logging in Lab Manager 2.x Enabling verbose logging for View Composer related components Enabling Virtual Machine Interface (VMI) in a Linux kernel and in ESX 3.5 Enabling VMI with SLES10 SP2 32bit virtual machines on ESX Enabling VMotion for HP DL580 G3/G4 or ML570 G3/G4 Servers with Different BIOS Revisions Enabling VMotion on internal vswitch behind bridged-mode firewalls and other network appliances Enabling VMware SNMP Support Enabling VMware Update Manager fails Enabling VT on Intel EM64T Systems for ESX Server 3 Enabling Windows Single Sign-on support in VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2 Encryption for storing officer passwords in VMware Service Manager Ending an assessment in Capacity Planner Enhanced VMotion Compatibility (EVC) processor support Enlarged Console Window Borders when Running at 8-bit Color Ensuring Counters Are Unique Across ESX Server and VirtualCenter Versions Ensuring services or network servers are available to the application Ensuring that a virtual machine is not inaccessible due to a VMware vCenter or VirtualCenter issue Ensuring that Memory Limits Settings Are Applied Ensuring that there are enough network resources in a VMware View environment Ensuring that there are no conflicts between Group Policy Objects and View virtual desktops Ensuring the best experience running VMware Workstation and Player on a Linux host with the Compiz WindowManager Ensuring the correct guest operating system is selected Ensuring the correct VMware Tools ISO image is loaded Ensuring the guest operating system type is set correctly Ensuring the VMkernel parameter NFS.LockDisable is set to default Ensuring validity of Subscription Contracts to receive product upgrades Ensuring virtual machines stay on a specific ESX host Ensuring VirtualCenter Server is the only VMware product installed on host Ensuring Virtualization Technology is enabled on your VMware host Ensuring you have the correct VMware Channel configuration Ensuring your hardware is functioning correctly Ensuring your Mac has a network connection for VMware Fusion Ensuring your passive server meets minimum hardware requirements Entering a User ID into an VMware Service Manager officer record reports: User ID already exists Entering an invalid PIN for CAC authentication redirects to the login screen Entitled desktop users are displayed as "NULL/ NULL" in the Administrator console Entitlement Mapping for vSphere Erratic Pointer Movement in Full-Screen Mode on Linux Hosts Erroneous data merging by VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Error "Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers" Occurs When Extracting a Tar File Error "bugNr=2293" Appears or Host Machine Resets When I Use SoftICE (Windows) WinDbg (Windows 64-Bit), OProfile (Linux), or NMI Watchdog (Linux) Error "Not more than 12 logical volumes can stay in the disk" when converting a powered on Linux physical machine. Error &ldquo;Incompatible device backing specified for device &lsquo;0&rsquo;&rdquo; when Attempting to AttachVirtual Disk Created by P2V Assistant 2.x to ESX Server 3.0 Virtual Machine Error 1303 Occurs When I Uninstall Capacity Planner Data Manager Error 1500 appears during Windows Easy Install Tools installation saying that an install is already in progress Error 1720 occurs during install Error 1720 Seen During Installation of Lab Manager - Problem with Windows Installer Package Error after upgrading to vCenter Server and ESX 4.1: Unable to apply DRS resource settings XXXXX-FQDN-Hostname another task already in progress Error during provisioning or deploying a virtual machine http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Error during the configuration of the host: NFS Error: Unable to Mount filesystem Error during the configuration of the host: Unable to create Filesystem - NetApp LUN Type Should Be Set to VMware Error in Firewall Configuration File for Veritas NetBackup Causes Communication Failure Between Veritas NetBackupand Service Console Error in IMsgServiceAdmin::ConfigureMsgService: MAPI_E_NETWORK_ERROR atRedemption.RDOSessionClass.LogonExchangeMailboxEx Error in the VMkernel log and on the ESX console: TSC:27393110 CPU 0:0 ACPI:998: No memory detected in SRATnode 1 Error INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE (Raw Disk) Error is displayed when user removes smart card immediately after entering the PIN Error Message "COM object with CLSID {01DB3B63-2FB9-4167-944A-070981707145} is either not valid or registered" Appears When I Launch VirtualCenter Error Message About SCSIPORT.SYS Version or STOP 0x1E Error on Resulting Windows 2000 SP4 Virtual Machine Error Message Appears During a Virtual Machine Import or Conversion Error message appears when installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 using any SCSI or IDE disk drive on VMwarevSphere Error Message Appears When Upgrading VMware ACE Package Error Message Committing Changes to an Undoable Disk Error Message During Device Installation of Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Professional Guest OperatingSystems Error Message During Installation: error 1603: error installing Windows installer engine Error Message in VI Client Indicates That esx.conf.WRITELOCK Cannot Be Obtained Error Message Indicates That Database Upgrade Has Failed Error message indicates that the guest is trying to use PAE Error message logged when load balancer does not supply user-agent in HTTP header Error message might appear when creating linked clones Error message regarding shared SCSI/RAID Error Message when Attempting to Use VMware GSX Server Console is Not Informative Error Message, "EXT2-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended" Error Message: "Could not perform operation because this object is busy" Error Message: "Couldn't Allocate DMA Buffer" Error message: Cannot open root device. Please append a correct "root=" boot option Error Message: SCSI command to read VPROD page failed with status = I/O error Error Messages In /var/log/vmware/esxcfg-firewall.log During Installation of ESX Server Error messages might appear if you use more than one virtual network adapter on the same network Error Messages When Applying ESX Server 2.0.1 Patch 3 on Dell PowerEdge Servers Error Occurs when Attempting to Add More Than 1024 Addresses to the IP Address Pool Error Occurs When Opening the Console of a Migrating, Powered-On Virtual Machine Error Occurs When Reassigning Stranded Owners Before Deleting an Organization Error on the Performance Overview tab Error reading customization specification when deploying from a template Error Starting a Virtual Machine: Not enough memory Error when accessing VMFS volume: WARNING: J3: 1644: Error freeing journal block Error when attaching a baseline to an ESX Server host in VMware Update Manager Error when attempting to cold migrate a virtual machine in VirtualCenter Error when clicking the Hardware Status tab on an ESX host in maintenance mode Error when configuring Array Manager: Unable to display datastore groups. Replicated devices could not be matchedwith datastores in the inventory Error when converting a machine to an ESX virtual machine Error when installing VirtualCenter 2.0.2 with Oracle ODBC Error when logging a Shopping Cart request in the portal: Access Denied. You do not have access to this workflowtemplate Error when powering on a virtual machine or removing a USB device: Device USB is not supported Error when running vm-support if insufficient disk space Error when scanning ESX hosts: Patch Metadata missing Error when using Firefox 3.5 to access Lifecycle Manager webviews Error when using vicfg-iscsi to set up IP, subnet, and gateway separately Error while enabling View Composer Error: "3.0.0 is needed by VMwareWorkstationKernelModules-3.0.0-1491." Error: "Floppy will start disconnected" Error: "Guest OS has been shut down" While Trying to Install Windows 2000 Error: "Internal error 2336, 5:" Installing VMware Workstation 3.x Error: "Operating system not found" when Powering on a Migrated GSX Server Virtual Machine Error: "Permission Denied" When Starting a Virtual Machine Error: "This program is not executable" http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Error: "- stop: failed - are you running a virtual machine?" Error: "(USER) no log file/Panic without a VM" Error: "... stop: failed -- are you running a virtual machine?" Error: "Blocked Mailbox......!!" at VMkernel Load Time Error: "Bug 3419" when Starting Virtual Machine Error: "CPU has been disabled" When Booting or Shutting Down Virtual Machines Error: "Detected 4 CPU's installed but only 1 running!" Error: "execution of script failed" While Upgrading ESX Server Error: "Logon User Interface DLL msgina.dll failed to load" Error: "No host-only support seems to be installed" Error: "not in gzip format" or Error: "Hmm, this doesn't look like a tar archive" when Unpacking Error: "Ordinal Not Found" Starting Workstation on a Windows Host Error: "Ordinal Not Found: The ordinal 6880 could not be located in the dynamic link library MFC42.DLL." Error: "serial0: Unable to open the "COM10" serial port: The system cannot find the file specified" Error: "The device \\.\VMnet0 does not exist" on a Windows Server 2003 Host Error: "The host sound device is not available" Error: "The PCM sound device is not available (dev/dsp Device or resource busy)" Error: "The PCM sound device is not available (dev/dsp)" Error: "The PCM sound device is not available (dev/dsp: [other error])" Error: "Unknown serial type tty" Error: "vmware-serverd not running". Error: "X server doesn't support XKEYBOARD or XTEST" Error: "You must be root to install the GSX Server software" Error: "You must be root to install the Workstation software." Error: "Your X11 server lacks DPMS support." Error: Connection to local Site Recovery Manager https:/x.x.x.x:8095 lost Error: Not enough data collected to generate an availability report Error: Unknown serial type tty Errors from vmount service / vmountDriverSupport Errors Running Norton Ghost 6.5 Errors Using FSC Global Array Manager or SAN Array Manager Errors when gathering disk information during a physical to virtual conversion Errors when trying to upload host-based license file in VI Client Errors when using vSphere Client to power on a virtual machine that has files on a resignatured volume Errors: 6000002 or "The VMware Authorization Service is not running" Escolhendo um adaptador de rede para a máquina virtual Establishing reciprocity in Site Recovery Manager fails with the error: You do not hold privilege "System.View" onServiceInstance "DrServiceInstance" ESX 2.5 reports increased CPU utilization for idle Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 SMP virtual machines ESX 2.5, 2.0.x, and 3.5.x may stop responding when correctable memory threshold is exceeded on some ProLiantservers ESX 2.5.4 Hardware fault with exception type 14 on release_region on Dell 1955 blade ESX 2.x host cannot connect to VirtualCenter 2.x or disconnects from VirtualCenter 2.x ESX 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1000080: Kerberos Sercurity Update ESX 3.0.1 becomes unresponsive when connected to an HP MSA1510i iSCSI array with firmware version 1.32 ESX 3.0.1 Service Console stops responding with a COS Oops Error ESX 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1000073: Kerberos Security Update ESX 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002964: Security Update to the Perl Package ESX 3.0.2 Udpate 1, ESX-1001904, nVidia Forcedeth Interrupt Storm Fix ESX 3.0.2, ESX-1001902; cciss Driver Upgrade to 2.4.66, Support for 16+ Logical Drives ESX 3.0.2, ESX-1001903, bnx2 Driver Upgrade, Support for Broadcom 5709 Based Network Card (NIC) ESX 3.0.2, ESX-1001905, AMD CPU 64-bit Guest Operating System Support ESX 3.0.2, ESX-1001906, megaraid_sas Driver Upgrade, Support for the LSI Logic 1078 HBA ESX 3.0.2, ESX-1001907, SMBIOS Fix; PRE-enablement Support for AMD and Intel CPUs ESX 3.0.3 and 3.5.x Patches Appear in Depot Even Though VirtualCenter Manages Only 3.5.x Hosts ESX 3.0.x virtual machines fail to perform DNS translation ESX 3.5 cannot run some commands on the service console ESX 3.5 host becomes unresponsive with the purple screen error: deltadisk+0x4baa stack ESX 3.5 host fails to boot with mounting root error ESX 3.5 host in VirtualCenter shows disconnected, and is not receiving any UDP heartbeats ESX 3.5 host may see physical memory above 64GB as memory in use ESX 3.5 host remains in a disconnected state after being added to vCenter Server 4.0 ESX 3.5 Host Update Rollup Bundle Advisory ESX 3.5 hosts running ESX 3.5 Update 4 Release Async drivers might fail during boot time after installing ESX350-200910401-SG http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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ESX 3.5 installation requirement for Dell Poweredge 1950 ESX 3.5 installed using driver CD sometimes cannot be upgraded to ESX 4.x ESX 3.5 shows one port instead of four when using an HP NC150T PCI 4-port Gigabit Combo Switch Adapter ESX 3.5 Update 3 host fails to boot after installing ESX 3.5 driver CD ESX 3.5 vmkwarning logs indicate that the array does not support the SCSI 3 protocol ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200806812-BG: Critical Fix for August 12 Licensing Timeout Issue ESX 3.x configuration backup and restore procedure ESX 3.x Server and vCenter 2.x Editions ESX 3i Embedded - Issue with HP USB keys ESX 4 may generate a purple diagnostics screen or kernel panic after an upgrade due to an insufficient disk space ESX 4.0 and ESXi 4.0 shutdown and reboot commands ESX 4.0 and later VMware Tools installer attempts to load WDDM display driver on Window 7 virtual machine withhardware version 4 ESX 4.0 does not use power management features on some servers ESX 4.0 host configuration alarms not triggering ESX 4.0 host fails to boot after power operation with the error: fsck.ext3: Unable to resolve UUID ESX 4.0 host shows high memory utilization after upgrading ESX 4.0 hosts lose network connectivity when multiple service console interfaces are configured on subnets that useDHCP IP addresses ESX 4.0 Update 1 boot error: Can't boot system as genuine NUMA ESX 4.0 Update 2 Compatibility with Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module ESX 4.0 upgrade fails with the error: Unknown failure ESX 4.1 and ESXi 4.1 root passwords are authenticated up to only 8 characters ESX 4.x stops booting with error: Failed to copy esx.conf from initrd to filesystem ESX and ESXi 4.0 Update 1 hosts hosting passive MSCS nodes with RDM LUNs may take a long time to boot ESX and ESXi 4.x password requirements and restrictions ESX and ESXi not impacted by OpenSSL security vulnerabilities with CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0591, and CVE-2009-0789 identifiers ESX Boot-from-SAN Configuration with Xiotech Magnitude 3D 3000 Storage Array Might Not Boot Properly ESX build upgrade causes system fault and purple screen. ESX cannot access VMFS datastore after the VMware Consolidated Backup proxy server is connected to the VMFSvolume ESX Configuration Maximums ESX console message: XXXX MB of memory ignored because the system exceeded the supported host physical pagenumber ESX does not support 2 terabyte LUN sizes ESX does not support configuring both software and hardware iSCSI initiators simultaneously ESX error: No free space left on device ESX fails to authenticate some active directory users with "Authentication failure (ASN.1 encoding endedunexpectedly)" ESX fails to boot after adding a processor ESX fails to boot after installation on a server with more than 190GB of physical memory ESX fails to boot after upgrading IBM x3850 M2 or x3950 M2 BIOS to 1.07 ESX fails to boot from SAN with an MSA 1000 ESX fails to boot over iSCSI SAN connections ESX fails to boot when the disk containing the datastore with esxconsole.vmdk is detected as a snapshot ESX fails to boot with a Mounting root fs failed error ESX fails to boot with fsck error ESX full license is not overriding the evaluation license ESX has performance issues due to IRQ sharing ESX host appears to be halted or not responding ESX host becomes unresponsive after a rescan with QLogic iSCSI HW HBA ESX host becomes unresponsive during boot after the message: Enabling Interrupts ESX host becomes unresponsive during the boot process after adding a quad port network card ESX host becomes unresponsive on a Dell PowerEdge R900 server ESX host boot process fails to complete with a Kernel panic error ESX host boot stops at the error: VSD mount/Bin/SH:cant access TTY job control turned off ESX host cannot be reconnected to VirtualCenter after installing SSL certificates on the Host ESX host cannot connect to the licence server using the FQDN ESX host cannot contact License server because license server is not working ESX host can't write out new initrds while running esxcfg-boot or during an upgrade with esxupdate ESX host console message: Significant imbalance between NUMA nodes detected ESX host continually disconnects from the vCenter Server following an upgrade to ESX 4.0 ESX host disconnects from vCenter Server and hostd logs contain the error: Exception: Not Reached: @bora/vim/hostd/vmsvc/vmMisc.cpp:1610 http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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ESX host displays the message "Configuration changes were not saved successfully during previous shutdown" ESX host does not see all paths to the EMC CLARiiON ESX host enters a Not Responding state after connecting to VirtualCenter ESX host fails to boot from LUN that requires resignature ESX host fails to boot or experiences a purple screen error after power outage ESX host fails to boot: tg3 driver errors ESX host fails to connect to iSCSI target during ESXi 4.1 installation through iBFT ESX host fails to connect to VirtualCenter with the error: Failed to install the VirtualCenter Agent service ESX host fails to install or boot on an IBM x3650 M3 with QLogic iSCSI HBA ESX host fails to start or install with the error: The BIOS reports that NUMA node X has no memory ESX host fails while starting and displays 'Failed to initialize inter-processor time stamp' error message ESX host fails with a purple screen error after upgrading to Dell Open Manager 5.5 ESX host fails with a Spin count exceeded (logSerialIRQLock) - possible deadlock error ESX host in a VMware High Availability cluster fails to enter maintenance mode and stops at 2% ESX host intermittently disconnects from VirtualCenter ESX host is inaccessible after editing the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file with a Windows-based text editor ESX host is non-compliant even after application of host profile succeeds ESX host is unable to connect to NFS server ESX host loses network connectivity with a Broadcom bnx2 driver backtrace ESX host may stop responding or abruptly reboot on IBM xSeries 336 or 346 servers ESX host minimum firmware requirements for NetXen P2 10GB ethernet cards ESX host network flapping error when Beacon Probing is selected ESX host not responding in VirtualCenter ESX host or virtual machines have intermittent or no network connectivity ESX host reboots, becomes unresponsive, or experiences a purple diagnostic screen when logging into the serviceconsole ESX host requirements for link aggregation ESX host settings for environments with up to 80 virtual machines per host in a VMware HA cluster ESX host shutdown displays the message: Syncing hardware clock to system time [FAILED] ESX host stops responding and displays a purple diagnostic screen ESX host stops responding and displays a purple screen error after a storage rescan ESX host stuck "in progress" when entering maintenance mode ESX host unable to enter maintenance mode in a two node cluster ESX host writes failure message in the VMkernel log file every 2 minutes ESX hosts cannot see a new VMFS datastore presented by Dell MD3000i ESX hosts disconnect after building new a VirtualCenter Server with old Hostname and IP Address ESX hosts frequently stops responding after installing an ESX patch ESX Hosts Might Experience Read Performance Issues with Certain Storage Arrays ESX hosts show as disconnected after VirtualCenter upgrade ESX hosts stop responding in VirtualCenter after adding a virtual appliance ESX hosts stop responding with vCenter Server IP address blacklisted errors in the hostd log ESX host's UUID is not unique ESX hosts with a TLS LDAP configuration do not allow LDAP users to login ESX install fails with the error - initrd extends beyond end of memory ESX Logs Contain Warnings about vmk-iscsi Heap Usage ESX machines hosting passive MSCS nodes report reservation conflicts during storage operations ESX Memory Management on Systems with AMD Opteron Processors ESX might occasionally fail to boot from an iSCSI Clariion storage system ESX not working properly in VirtualCenter after IP address change ESX or ESXi appears as Not Responding in vCenter Server due to CD/DVD-ROM drive firmware issues ESX power on error: Unable to set VMkernel gateway as there are no VMkernel interfaces on the same network ESX reboots every time when attempting to push any I/O through ethernet cards ESX Security White Paper ESX Server 2.0.2 Patch ESX-1000271:No lspci Entries for Devices Assigned to VMkernel ESX Server 2.1 Boots Slowly When Probing for LUNs on a Shared Fibre Channel HBA ESX Server 2.1.x and 2.0.x Do Not Provide Expected Configuration or Information for Raw Disks ESX Server 2.5 Does Not Support More Than Ten Ports on Fibre Channel HBAs ESX Server 2.5.1 Fails to Boot on Systems with Adaptec RAID Controller ESX Server 2.5.2 or 2.5.3 with Microsoft Exchange Server in a Clustered Configuration not Recommended with EmulexHBAs ESX Server 2.5.4 and 2.5.5 Installation Stops on Sun Fire X4200 and X4100 Server Systems ESX Server 2.5.4 Installation Fails when USB 2.0 is Enabled in the BIOS ESX Server 2.5.4 Patch 7 ESX-1000068: An Error Is Displayed when Attempting to Install the VMware Remote Consolefor Windows ESX Server 2.5.4 Patch: Proc Node Not Updated When QLE2460 HBA Speed Changes to 2Gbps in BIOS http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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ESX Server 2.5.5: "kernel panic: Fatal Exception" After a Forced Reboot of RHEL4 U4 Virtual Machine ESX Server 2.5.5: Error Message Appears During Tools Installation ESX Server 2.5.5: Installation of IBM Director 5.20 Update 1 Displays Benign Warning Message Regarding libsysSp.soDriver ESX Server 2.5.5: Installation of IBM Director 5.20.1 Using ISO Fails ESX Server 2.5.5: IPMI Service Must be Started Manually After Installation of IBM Director 5.20 Update 1 ESX Server 2.5.5: Option to Avoid Server Reboot Prompt During Upgrade Using upgrade.pl ESX Server 2.5.5: Pegasus CIM Listener Does Not Operate Correctly on Some IBM Servers While IBM Director 5.20U1 Installs ESX Server 2.5.5: System with Mixed 4GB and 2GB HBAs Might Fail to Operate If Divided Inconsistently ESX Server 2.5.5: System with Mixed 4Gb and 2Gb QLogic HBAs Missing COS Device Files for SAN LUNs After Boot ESX Server 2.5.5: The Command /proc/version Shows Linux OS Redhat 7.1 (for ESX Server mode) and 7.2 (for UPand SMP mode). ESX Server 2.5.5: The mii-tool Does Not Operate Correctly on e1000 Network Adapter ESX Server 2.5.5: The vmware-cmd -H remote-host Command Does Not Work from a ESX Server 2.x Host for aRemote ESX Server 3.x Remote Host ESX Server 2.5.5: Unable to Boot IBM LS21 Blade into linux-up Mode ESX Server 2.5.5: Unable to Perform Scripted Installation Using Virtual Media ESX Server 2.5.5: Unable to Restore Data Backed Up Using Commvault 6.1 SP4 Server in Windows Virtual Machine ESX Server 2.5.x Installation Fails with "Kernel Panic: Attempting to kill the idle task!" Message ESX Server 2.5.x Installation Stops on Sun Fire X4200 and X4100 Server Systems ESX Server 2.5.x Installer Hangs when Designating /dev/sda3 to Contain a VMFS File System ESX Server 2.5.x Latest Known Issues ESX Server 2.5.x No Longer Supports Manual Creation of a Network Installation Floppy ESX Server 2.5.x Preauthentication Issue ESX Server 2.x Performance Monitoring Tools ESX Server 3 VMkernel Message Log Displays "irq not set up" Messages When Dell OM Services Is Installed ESX Server 3.0 Does Not Properly Support Upgrading Multi-Boot Installations ESX Server 3.0 Upgrade Terminated Abnormally ESX Server 3.0.0 Patch 8005537 Installs OpenIPMI Drivers ESX Server 3.0.0 Patch ESX-2533126: AMD fxsave/fxrstor Security Vulnerability ESX Server 3.0.0 Patch ESX-2666943: Patch for esxupdate ESX Server 3.0.0 Patch ESX-5465286: ESX Server System Crash During Virtual Machine Migration on AMD OpteronServers ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch Bundle ESX-5754280: Buffer Overflow Security Issue ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1000072: Timekeeping in Microsoft Windows 2000 SMP and the Windows MultimediaTimer Service ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1000081: Update to Host Agent ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1001204: Samba Security Update ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1001205: vixe-cron Security Update ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1001206: BIND Security Update ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1001207: Shadow-utils Security Update ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1001208: OpenLDAP Security Update ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1001209: PAM Security Update ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1001210: GCC Security Update ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1001211: GDB Security Update ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1001212: Kerberos Security Update ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1001733: Daylight Saving Time Update ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1002081; Fix for Time Gain in Windows OS ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1002436; Updates to VMware-esx-vmx For Detecting LSI Logic Controller ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1002437; Updates to VMware-hostd-esx ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1121906: Security Issues With texinfo ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1256636: CVE-2007-1877, Possible Denial of Service Attacks; VMware Tools MemoryLeaks ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-131737: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1870154: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-2221: Update to e1000 Driver ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-3003211: Security Update to Prevent Overwriting of Arbitrary Files ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-3069097: OpenSSL, Python, and OpenSSH Security Fixes ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-3083826: RHEL3 U5 Virtual Machines Hang, and Some Virtual Machine MigrationsCause ESX Server System to Crash ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-3194055: Security Update for gzip Vulnerability ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-3198250: VI Client for Unisys 32-way Server Update ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-3496682: Syscall Update ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-3616065: Third Party Code Library Security Update http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-3713510: Invalid MAC Address Can Cause ESX Server Host Crash ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-392718: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-4197945: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-4809553: Security Updates; Updates to Monitor ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-4921691: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-4969507: Time Zone Update Mechanism and Time Zone Rules Update ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-55052: Security Issue With Tools Provided With ESX Server ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-5752668: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-6530518: OpenIPMI Driver Update ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-7052426: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-7104553: 64-Bit Windows Guest Security Issue; VMware Tools Memory Leak; Boot FromNetwork ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-8095896: Crash when running with Dell OpenManage 5 with a QLogic Fiber Channelcontroller ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-9239363: Add support to the SDK for the removal and resizing of virtual disks ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-9716732: Daylight Savings Time for Brazil, Western Australia and Canada ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-9976400: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue ESX Server 3.0.1 Compatibility with NVIDIA Onboard Ethernet Ports on Sun x4100 and Sun x4200 M2 Servers ESX Server 3.0.1 Installer Does Not Detect Device Information Provided In the Driver CD ESX Server 3.0.1 Stops Responding After Installing Driver Update CD CCISS Driver v2.4.66-1VMS ESX Server 3.0.1 Support for Built-In NVIDIA nForce Gigabit Ethernet on Sun Blade X6220 Server Modules ESX Server 3.0.1, ESX-1161870: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue and Solaris 10 Networking Loss ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch Bundle ESX-6431040: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1000039: vmkernel Update ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1000070: Timekeeping in Microsoft Windows 2000 SMP, VMware Tools Update for 64-bit Virtual Machines ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1000075: LSI MPT SAS Driver Update ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1000077: Update to Host Agent ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1000078: Update to VMkernel; Fixes for Critical Issues ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1000079: Updates to Emulex Driver ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1001213: Samba Security Update ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1001214: vixe-cron Security Update ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1001691: BIND Security Update ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1001692: Shadow-utils Security Update ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1001693: OpenLDAP Security Update ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1001694: PAM Security Update ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1001723: Kerberos Security Update ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1001734: Daylight Saving Time Update ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002082; Fix for Time Gain in Windows OS, Support for 64-bit Guest Libraries, PBMs forSLES 10 SP1 ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002083; vpxa Upgrade Failure; Update to Allow Snapshot with RDM Disks Attached;Other VMware-hostd-esx.rpm Updates ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002084; Support for NetApp specific OpCode; VMkernel Updates ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002085; Updates to VMware backuptools ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002093; Update to VMkernel, Fixes for vmklinux Heap Allocation Failure, NetworkingIssues, Extraneous Warning Messages ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002094; Updates to VMware-hostd-esx ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002095; Updates to VMware-esx-vmx and VMware-esx-tools; Support for OEMWindows SLP ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002096; QLogic 4Gb HBA Firmware Upgrade ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002097; Updates to VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-vmkiscsi and VMware-esx-iscsi; Fix foriSCSI Path Bring-up Failure ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002100; Updates to VMware Tools; Fixes For Detecting LSI Logic Controller, Installingvmxnet Correctly, Compilation Failure With GuestSDK Header Files ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002101; Fix for VMware vdf Utility ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002422; cciss Driver Upgrade ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002423; Megaraid SAS Driver Upgrade ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002438; Support for PCI-X NICs on IBM System x3655 ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002957; megaraid2 Driver Fix for UNISYS Platforms ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002958: Update to kernel-VMnix ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002959: Time Zone Rule Updates ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002960: Fix for SCSI Reservation Conflict Issue ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002961: Update to VMware-esx-tools ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002962: Security Update to the OpenSSL Package ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002963; Fix for OpenPegasus Management Server http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002968: Security Update to the Samba Package ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002972: Security Update to the util-linux Package ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003176: WebCenter Updates ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003347: Security Update to the Samba Package ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003348: Security Updates to the Python Package ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003350: Fix for aacraid SCSI Driver Security Issue ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003351: Fixes for OpenSolaris Boot Delay and VMware Tools Installer ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003352: Virtual Machines on the ESX Server Host Do Not Power on Automatically ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003353: ESX Server Host Might Stop Responding When a CD-ROM Drive Is Accessed ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003354: iSCSI LUNs in the Pass-Through Mode Might Cause the ESX Server Host toStop Responding ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003355: I/O Transactions on SUN X4200 Servers Cause SCSI Timeouts ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003358: Fix for Remote Console Blackout ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003504: Fix for mptscsi_2xx Driver ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003505: Fixes Network Connectivity Issues with Intel e1000 Driver ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003506: PXE Clients Fail to Boot Through Network ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003508: Fixes for VirtualCenter Server Agent Crash, Hot Addition and Deletion ofLUNs Failure, Deletion of Virtual Machine Level Permissions; Support for VirtualCenter 2.0.x to Read Virtual Infrastructure 3.5 License Files ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003509: Fixes for NICs with RARP Broadcast and Hot Addition / Deletion of LUNsFailure ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003516: Snapshot of a Suspended Virtual Machine Fails with an Error; Fix forWindows OEM CDs Installation Failure; Virtual Machines Stop Responding When Updated with Symantec VirusDefinition ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003517: Security Updates to the e2fsprogs Package ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003518: Change in Default Multipath Policy;ESX Server Stops Responding Due toLow COW Heap Memory;ESX Server Hosts Stop Responding Due to a Spinlock Timeout;Fixes for SysAlert WarningMessage, Partially Disabled Processors ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003519: Fix for esxupdate Utility ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003520: Fixes for USB Subsystem and High-Speed USB HID ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003521: Security Updates to the libxml2 Utility ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004181: Virtual Machine Migration Might Cause ESX Server to Stop Responding ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004182: SNMP Traps Generated During VMotion; VMware Tools Not Installed onVirtual Machines; Powered Off Virtual Machines Unregistered in Maintenance Mode; ESX Server 3.0.x Hosts Managedby VirtualCenter 2.5 Might Not Respond ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004183: vcbSnapAll Generates Error Messages ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004184: Fix for OpenPegasus Management Server ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004185: Thumbnail Files Accumulate in ESX Server Host; Virtual Machine Does NotSynchronize With ESX Server Host Time; ESX Server Host Might ASSERT or Not Respond During SnapshotOperations ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004186: VMware VIX API Memory Overflow Vulnerabilities; VMware Tools LocalPrivilege Escalation on Windows-based GOS; Unable to Browse NFS or Networking Shares; Pre-Built Modules forVMware Tools ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004187: Service Console Security Update for the PCRE Package ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004188: Service Console Security Update for the net-snmp package ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004189: Service Console Security Update for Kerberos 5 ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004190: Service Console Security Update for unzip ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004721: Service Console Security Update for Cyrus SASL ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004723: Service Console Security Update for Tcl/Tk ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004725: VMware VIX API Memory Overflow Vulnerabilities ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004728: Security Update to Fix Local Exploitation of an Untrusted Library PathVulnerability in vmware-authd ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004822: Snapshot Operations Might Fail Under High I/O Stress ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004823: VCB Command-Line Utilities Might Contain Passwords ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004825: vmware-cmd Script Fails to Connect/Disconnect Devices on ESX Server 3.0.1 ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1005100: Issue in IDE Emulation and Hyperlinks in VMware Tools Help; Re-enableShrink Tab in VMware Tools; VM Applications return Errors;VMware Tools Service Might Fail on SLES 9 SP3VMs;PBMs for VMware Tools on SLES 10 VM ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1005101: IBM SVC Returns Check Condition Error; Warning Messages Appear AfterInstalling HP Insight Management Agents 7.90 ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1005108: Fixes for Replacing msvcrt.dll,VMware Tools Installed on Solaris 10U5,VMware Tools Upgrade from ESX Server 3.0.x GA to ESX Server 3.0.x;Third Party Library libpng Updated to1.2.29;LVM Allows Same Extent to Be Added ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1005111: Third Party Library libpng Updated to 1.2.29 ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1005112: Enabling Root Password Expiry; VirtualCenter 2.5 Displays an Error When ahttp://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! 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Virtual Machine is Powered on; Third Party Library libpng Updated to 1.2.29 ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1005115: Updated Third-Party OpenSSL Library ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1005117: Service Console Security Update to BIND ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1005118: ESX Server Might Fail with a Purple Screen When a Target Reset Is IssuedDuring Heavy I/O Conditions ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1006028: Updates the Samba Package Distributed with the ESX Server Service Console ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1006030: Service Console Update to Net-SNMP ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1006355: Perl Security Update to Service Console Package ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1006359: Security Updates to Web Access Components Tomcat and JRE ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1006511: Update for the e1000 Driver ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1006678: Security Update to VMware-esx-vmx ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1006679: Update to pam_krb5 RPM ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1006974: ESX Server 3.0.x Hosts in a VirtualCenter 2.5 Environment Enter a NotResponding State After Applying Certain ESX Server Patches ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1271657: OpenIPMI Driver Update ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1410076: RHEL3 U5 Virtual Machines and 64-Bit Guest Operating System Hang ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1541239: Not All Storage Targets Discovered When Using Emulex Adapters ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1917602: 16-Bit Applications Crash when Run in NT 4.0 Virtual Machines ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-2031037: CIM and Durable LUN Names ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-2066306: Kernel Crashes on AMD Hosts and Some Virtual Machines Crash DuringMigration ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-2092658: SNMP Agents Don't Return Full Virtual Machine Config File Path ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-2158032: ESX Server System Crashes During Virtual Machine Migration on AMDOpteron Servers ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-2257739: vmnics Operational Status, Storage Limitations and vmfs2 to vmfs3 Migrations ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-2559638: Security Issues With texinfo ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-3199476: vmxnet Shutdown Leads to System Crash ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-3416571: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-3996003: Daylight Savings Time for Western Australia, Brazil, and Canada ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-4825991: Update to the ESX Server Service Console Operating System NetworkInterface (vswif) ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-5011126: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-5031800: Security Update to Prevent Overwriting of Arbitrary Files ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-5095559: 64-Bit Windows Guest Security Issue; VMware Tools Memory Leak; Boot fromNetwork ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-5140477: Security Issues Authenticating SSL Certificates for Mouse, Keyboard andScreen Connections ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-5497987: VMFS Locking Message, NEC Storage Devices ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-5885387: Security Update for gzip Vulnerability ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-6050503: VI Client for Unisys 32-way Server Update and Sun X4200 M2 Server ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-6075798: pcnet32 Loads Instead of vmxnet ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-6657345: iSCSI Initiator Enhancements ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-6704314: VMware System Files Security Issue; VMware Tools Memory Leak ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-6856573: Syscall Update ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-6921838: Add support to the SDK for the removal and resizing of virtual disks ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-7281356: Time Zone Update Mechanism and Time Zone Rules Update ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-7302867: Panic After Removing USB Drive; aacraid_esx30 Driver Update To Fix /procNode Panic ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-7408807: Server Stops Responding During Boot With Missing Disks In RAID1Configurations ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-7557441: Unexpected Reboot of Virtual Machines Configured to Automatically Start orStop ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-7737432: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-7780490: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-8173580: Service console crash with Dell OpenManage; Crash when using NFS volumes ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-8174018 : Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-8253547: GCC Security Update ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-8258730: Security Updates, Updates to Monitor and LSI Logic SCSI Emulator Driver ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-8567382: GDB Security Update ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-8852210: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-9287937: LSI MPT SAS Driver Update ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-9617902: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-9865995: Storage Array Update, Raise LVM Maximum Heap Size http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-9916286: Third Party Code Library Security Update ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-9986131; OpenSSL, Python, and OpenSSH Security Fixes ESX Server 3.0.2 and ESX Server 3.0.3: Not Able to Download VI Client Installation Files ESX Server 3.0.2, ESX-1001908, e1000 Driver Upgrade, Support for New Network Interface Card (NIC) ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1001724; Security Updates ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1001725: BIND Security Update ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1001726: Shadow-utils Security Update ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1001727: OpenLDAP Security Update ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1001728: PAM Security Update ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1001729: GCC Security Update ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1001730: GDB Security Update ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1001731: Kerberos Security Update ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1001732: VMkernel Update: Fix for Duplicate Packet Issue ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1001735: Daylight Saving Time Update ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002086; Support for 64-Bit Guest Libraries, PBMs for SLES 10 SP1 ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002087; Fix for Time Gain in Windows OS ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002088; vpxa Upgrade Failure; Internationalized ESX Server 3.x Product Home Page;Update to Allow Snapshot with RDM Disks Attached; Other VMware-hostd-esx.rpm Updates ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002089; Support for NetApp-specific OpCode; Latent Ping Response; VMkernelUpdates ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002090; Update to VMware backuptools ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002424; Updates to VMware-esx-vmkernel and VMware-esx-vmx; Fixes for IssuesWith Incorrect IP header, Heap Allocation Failure, vmkping and ramcheck Failure; Support for OEM Windows SLP ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002425; Updates to VMware-hostd-esx ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002426; Fix for VMware vdf Utility ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002427: Update to the bnx2 Driver ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002428; QLogic 4Gb HBA Firmware Upgrade ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002429; Updates to VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-vmkiscsi and VMware-esx-iscsi; Fix foriSCSI Path Bring-up Failure ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002430; Updates to VMware Tools; Fixes For Installing vmxnet Correctly, CompilationFailure With GuestSDK Header Files ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002431; Updates to VMware-esx-vmx and VMware-esx-vmkernel; Fix For DetectingLSI Logic Controller, Support for PCI-X NICs on IBM System x3655 ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002435; VI Client Updates ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002965: megaraid2 Driver Fix for UNISYS Platforms ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002966: Update to kernel-VMnix ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002967: Time Zone Rule Updates ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002969: Security Update to the OpenSSL Package ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002970: Fix for OpenPegasus Management Server ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002971: Security Update to the Perl Package ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002974: Fixes for SCSI Reservation Conflicts; Support for EMC Invista ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002975: Security Update to the Samba Package ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002976: Security Update to the util-linux Package ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003175: Update to the esxupdate Utility ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003177: I/O Transactions on Sun x4200 Servers Cause SCSI Timeouts ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003179: Fixes for Remote Console Blackout, OpenSolaris Boot Delay, DuplicatePacket Issue; Support for Virtual Machines to Share Generic SCSI Devices ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003359: Security Update to the Samba Package ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003360: Security Updates to the Python Package ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003362: Fix for aacraid SCSI Driver Security Issue ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003364: Virtual Machines on the ESX Server Host Do Not Power on Automatically ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003365: ESX Server Host Might Stop Responding When a CD-ROM Drive Is Accessed ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003366: iSCSI LUNs in the Pass-Through Mode Might Cause the ESX Server Host toStop Responding ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003374: Fixes for VMware Tools Installer ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003513: Fixes for VMotion and Clone Operations Failure, VirtualCenter Server AgentCrash, Hot Addition and Deletion of LUNs Failure, Virtual Machine Level Permissions; VirtualCenter 2.0.x Failure toRead VI 3.5 License Files ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003514: Fixes Packet Latency and tg3 Driver Issues ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003515: Fix for VMotion Incompatibility, Network Connectivity Issues; Fixes for LUNs'Hot Addition and Deletion Failure, PXE Clients Fail to Boot Through Network, RARP Broadcast with NICs Failover ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003523: Security Updates to the e2fsprogs Package ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003524: Updates to VMware-esx-vmkernel, VMware-esx-vmx, and VMware-esx-apps ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003525: Fix for esxupdate Utility ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003526: Fixes for USB Subsystem and High-Speed USB HID http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! 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ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003527: Support for Ubuntu 7.10 GA ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003528: Security Updates to the libxml2 Utility ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004210: Virtual Machine Migration; Thumbnail Files Accumulate; SMTP Data PacketsGet Dropped; Virtual Machine Does Not Synchronize; ESX Server Host Might ASSERT or Not Respond DuringSnapshot Operations ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004211: SNMP Traps Generated During VMotion; VMware Tools Not Installed onVirtual Machines; Powered Off Virtual Machines Unregistered in Maintenance Mode; ESX Server 3.0.x Hosts Managedby VirtualCenter 2.5 Might Not Respond ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004212: vcbSnapAll Generates Error Messages ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004213: Fix for OpenPegasus Management Server ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004214: Software iSCSI Initiator Does Not Discard Stale Target Bindings ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004215: VMware Tools Update for RHEL 5.x ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004216: VMkernel LVM driver Might Stop Responding; VMware VIX API MemoryOverflow Vulnerabilities; Snapshot Operations Might Fail Under High I/O Stress ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004217: Service Console Security Update for the pcre Package ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004218: Service Console Security Update for the net-snmp Package ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004219: Service Console Security Update for Kerberos 5 ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004719: Service Console Security Update for unzip ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004720: Fix for bnx2 Driver Not Properly Reporting Simulated Hardware Failure ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004722: Service Console Security Update for Cyrus SASL ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004724: Service Console Security Update for Tcl/Tk ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004726: VMware VIX API Memory Overflow Vulnerabilities ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004727: VMware VIX API Memory Overflow Vulnerabilities; VMware Tools LocalPrivilege Escalation on Windows-Based GOS; Unable to Browse NFS or Networking Shares; Pre-Built Modules forVMware Tools ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004821: Security Update to Fix Local Exploitation of an Untrusted Library PathVulnerability in vmware-authd ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004824: VCB Command-Line Utilities Might Contain Passwords ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005103: Concurrency Issue in Retrieving the AboutInfo Data Structure; hostd AgentMight Crash While Getting Configuration Object for Snapshot Virtual Machine ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005104: vmware-cmd Script Fails to Connect/Disconnect Devices on ESX Server 3.0.2 ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005105: Fix for Data Loss in Serial Ports; IBM SVC Returns Check Condition Error;Warning Messages Appear After Installing HP Insight Management Agents 7.90; Fix for an issue in IDE Emulation;Applications in VMs return Error ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005106: ESX Server Might Stop Responding When Running ethtool on a BroadcomNIC ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005107: VMware Tools Service Might Fail on SLES 9 SP3 VMs; SLES S9 SP4 VMsFail to Start X Server; Fix for Hyperlinks in VMware Tools Help Page; PBMs for VMware Tools on SLES 10 VMs ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005109: Third Party Library libpng Updated to 1.2.29; LVM Allows the Same Extent tobe Added Twice to a Volume; Virtual Machines Might Stop Responding; Fix for VMware Tools Upgrade from ESX Server3.0.x GA to ESX Server 3.0.x ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005110: Fix for Replacing msvcrt.dll with an Older Version During VMware ToolsUpgrade; Fix for VMware Tools Upgrade from ESX Server 3.0.x GA to ESX Server 3.0.x Patch Installations; Fix forVMware Tools on Solaris 10 U5 GOS ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005113: Third Party Library libpng Updated to 1.2.29 ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005114: VCB Fails Due to Disk Lease Timeout; Enabling Root Password Expiry;VirtualCenter 2.5 Displays an Error When a Virtual Machine is Powered on; Third Party Library libpng Updated to 1.2.29 ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005116: Updated Third-Party OpenSSL Library ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005119: ESX Server Might Fail with a Purple Screen When a Target Reset Is IssuedDuring Heavy I/O Conditions ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006029: Updates the Samba Package Distributed With the ESX Server Service Console ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006031: Service Console Update to Net-SNMP ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006037: Perl Security Update to Service Console Package ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006356: Service Console Security Update to BIND ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006360: Security Updates to Web Access Components Tomcat and JRE ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006361: Security and Other Fixes for VMware-esx-vmx, VMware-esx-vmkernel, andVMware-esx-apps RPMs ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006362: Fix for QLogic Driver Issue When Resetting the Storage Target ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006363: ESX Server 3.0.x Hosts in a VirtualCenter 2.5 Environment Enter a NotResponding State After Applying Certain ESX Server Patches ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006364: Fix for kernel oops During VMware Tools Installation on 2.4.2 or 2.4.9 LinuxKernels ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006672: Update to pam_krb5 RPM ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006680: Fix for Proper Deletion of VMware Log Files; 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Synchronization Issue; Corrected Message for Path Failover ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006681: Virtual Machine Heartbeat Alarms Misreport Status; Hostd Stops Responding ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006968: Security Updates to the ESX Server Service Console Packages for libxml2 ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006979: hostd Exceeds Hard Limit for Memory Usage ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006980: Virtual Machine Is Powered On, on Multiple ESX Server Hosts; VMkernelMark Paths as Offline When SVC Is Not Ready After a SVC Reset ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006982: Security Update to the ESX Server Service Console Packages for bzip2 ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006983: Update to tzdata.rpm Package ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006984: Hyperthreading Status Reported Incorrectly on Non-HT Multicore Processorsfor ESX Server 3.0.2 ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006985: Mapping of Scripts in VMware Tools ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006987: VmPerl Compilation Fails During Patch Installation ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1007204: Virtual Machines Stop Responding When Disconnected from Serial Port;Required Patch for IBM FAStT Storage Arrays (DS3000, DS4000, DS5000 families) to Correct an Issue with Failover;Fix for a VMFS Issue ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1007205: Fix for vdf -P Command to Delimit the Output Values with Proper Spacing ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1007206: Qlogic iSCSI Driver Allocates Target IDs Greater than 255 ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1007207: CHAP Authentication Failure on ESX Server ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1007213: Fix for hostd RPM ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1007214: Permissions on the Service Console File System Change to Read-OnlyDuring Long NetApp Cluster Failover ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1007670: ESX Server Fails When a Guest Operating System Sends a Large DataPacket With Large Number of Scatter Gather Elements ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1007671: Fix to Remove Spurious I/O Error Messages ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1007672: Applying a Patch Bundle Updates Some Original Entries in syslog.conf File ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1007673: Security Update to SNMP in the Service Console ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1007674: Security Update to libxml2 in Service Console ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1007675: Updated vm-support Script ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1007676: Update for ESX Server With BCM 5700 Ethernet LAN Controller Cards ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1008405: ESX Server Might Stop Responding as Cache Is Cleared for Pages fromVirtual e1000 Driver; Fix for NOT_IMPLEMENTED error triggered by guest LSI drivers ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1008406: Security Update for Service Console Vim RPM ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1008407: Not Able to Download VI Client Installation Files ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1008408: Security Update for BIND RPMs in Service Console ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1008409: Updated Service Console Package OpenSSL 0.9.7a-33.25 ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1008417: Updates to esxcfg-firewall script to enable and disable FTP client service ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1008418: Updates to esxcfg-firewall man page ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1008419: Update to service console ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1008420: Update to VMware-esx-tools RPM ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1008421: Host code execution vulnerability from a guest operating system ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1009938: Virtual machines in Lab Manager environment might stop responding due toa heavy load on LUN ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1009944: Update to time zone information (tzdata) package ESX Server 3.0.2: Incorrect RPMs Might Remain on ESX Server 3.0.2 or ESX Server 3.0.2 U1 After Tarball Upgradesfrom ESX Server 3.0.1 ESX Server 3.0.2: Roll-Up Bundle for ESX Server 3.0.2 ESX Server 3.0.2: Roll-Up Bundle for ESX Server 3.0.2 ESX Server 3.0.2: Roll-Up Bundle for ESX Server 3.0.2 ESX Server 3.0.2: Support for EMC Invista ESX Server 3.0.3: Check Partition Size When Performing ESX Server 3.0.3 Upgrades ESX Server 3.0.3: e1000 Driver not Detected on Windows Vista Ultimate 32-Bit Guest Operating System in ESX Server3.0.3 ESX Server 3.0.3: Fix for NOT_IMPLEMENTED Error Message in LSI Emulation ESX Server 3.0.3: Patch Installation Fails if Directory Name Contains Spaces ESX Server 3.0.3: VMotion Requires 30% of Unreserved CPU on ESX Server Source and Target Hosts ESX Server 3.0.x Bundle Upgrade Log Files and Console Report Errors Even Though the Upgrade Is Successful ESX Server 3.0.x Host Is Unable to Use VCB License from VMware Infrastructure Foundation License File ESX Server 3.0.x hosts managed by VirtualCenter 2.5 may not respond after applying ESX Server patches ESX Server 3.0.x Hosts Shown as Disconnected after Upgrading VirtualCenter Server 2.x ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802403-BG: Improved Statistics Collection for Support Scripts, Fix for Patch IssueSeen After Upgrading from ESX Server 2.5.x to 3.5.0 ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802415-SG: Security Update to Samba Packages ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200805501-BG: Updates to VMkernel and Multiple RPMs ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200805502-BG: Update to VMware ESX Scripts ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200806401-BG: Updates to VMkernel and hostd http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! 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ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200806402-BG: Update to the Service Console Kernel ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200806405-BG: Update to VMware-esx-vmx ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808201-UG: Security and Other Updates to VMkernel, Service Console, and hostd ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808202-UG: Update to VMware-esx-scripts ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808203-UG: Update to VMware-esx-backuptools ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808205-UG: Updates to VMware-cim-esx, cim-smwg-1.0, and pegasus-2.5 ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808206-UG: Update to vmware-hwdata ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808207-UG: Update to VMware-esx-lnxcfg ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808209-UG: Update to VMware-esx-srvrmgmt ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808210-UG: Update to VMware-esx-drivers-net-ixgbe ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808211-UG: Update to VMware-esx-drivers-net-tg3 ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808212-UG: Update to the MegaRAID SAS Driver ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808214-UG: Update to the QLogic FC Driver ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808215-UG: Update to the Emulex FC Driver ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808217-UG: Update to Web Access ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808218-UG: Security Update to Samba ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808213-UG: Update to the MPT SCSI Driver ESX Server 3.5.0 Might Require Manual RPM Installation After Upgrading from ESX Server 3.0.1 or 3.0.2 ESX Server 3.x network adapter driver support for 32-bit and 64-bit Solaris 10 guests ESX Server 3.x Service Console NIC Assignment - Can't Associate Network Card with Service Console ESX Server 3i DHCP Configuration Might Fail at Startup ESX Server 3i Installable Can Boot Only from Hard Disk with Lowest or Highest SCSI ID ESX Server 3i License Information Lost When Recovery CD Is Used ESX Server 3i Local UI Can Display Random Messages When a DHCP Server Sends a NAK Packet ESX Server 3i version 3.5 occasionally fails to reboot the server when a reboot is issued ESX Server 3i, Patch ESXe350-200808203-C-UG: VI Client Update ESX Server becomes temporarily unresponsive under a heavy I/O load through aacraid driver ESX Server briefly stops responding while trying to load the driver for the Qlogic HBA ESX Server Checks Out Multiple Licenses When Name Resolution is Misconfigured ESX Server Configured for Active Directory Authentication Fails Due to Bad User ID or Password ESX Server Destination Option Is Unavailable in Converter ESX Server Displays "bugNr=34866" Console Message and Fails to Boot ESX Server does not detect CDP information on Intel MT or PT dualport NICs after native VLAN change ESX Server Does Not Recognize Second Host Bus Adapter SAS LSI3444E in IBM x3650 Type 7979 ESX Server fails to boot after a clean install due to different CPU steppings ESX Server fails to boot due to read-only file systems ESX Server fails to detect LUNs on IBM ESS Model 2105 ESX Server Fails to Discover Any LUNs when More Than 129 LUNs Are Presented to the iSCSI Initiator ESX Server Fails to Report NIC Events to the System Console ESX Server Graphical Installation Is Not Displayed Through DELL DRAC Remote Console ESX Server Hangs Loading vmkernel on some HP DL-7xx Servers ESX Server Host and Virtual Machines Not Responding after Clicking the Rescan Button to Scan for New StorageDevices ESX Server host fails to boot after installation or upgrade ESX Server Host Might Lose Access to iSCSI Targets from EMC CX3 Series Array ESX Server host network adapter compatibility ESX Server Hosts Disconnecting From VirtualCenter Server Due to Socket-Related Errors ESX Server hosts to be backed up should have access to the datastore in hot-add mode ESX Server Input/Output Device Compatiblity ESX Server Installation Fails When a Root Partition of 100GB or Larger Is Specified ESX Server Installation on an IBM x440 16-way Server Hardware ESX Server Installer Does Not Create VMFS and vmkcore Partitions Correctly ESX Server Installer Is Unable to Format VMFS File Systems ESX Server Is Unable to Boot from SAN on an Emulex LP1150 or LPe1150 HBA ESX Server limits access to the management LUN of the Dell MD3000 and Dell MD3000i storage devices ESX Server Management Interface reports "Unexpected Response" errors ESX Server Management Service fails when storage is refreshed in Virtual Infrastructure Client ESX Server Might Become Unresponsive when LUNs from IBM SVC Storage Array Are Removed ESX Server performance counters in standalone host ESX Server requires two rescans to detect all available paths to virtualized storage from Hitach Data SystemsNSC/USP arrays ESX Server Scripted Installation Fails to Find Kickstart Configuration File (ks.cfg) on USB CD-ROM or USB FloppyDrive ESX Server software fails to install when more than 128 LUNs are attached ESX Server Software Installation Fails when Fibre Channel Cable Connected to the Server http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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ESX Server Support for Microsoft Clustering Service with Windows 2003 SP1, R2, and SP2 ESX Server Support Regarding Red Hat 7.1-Red Hat 9.0 Operating Systems ESX Server System Management ESX Server Virtual Machine Running Windows Might Fail to Power On If Not Rebooted After VMware Tools Installation ESX Server Virtual Machines Running Windows NT 4.0 Guest Using the vmxnet Virtual Network Adapter Lose NetworkConnectivity ESX Server virtual machines stop responding due to shared storage connectivity issues ESX Server VMFS2 Volumes Contain .vmtx and .vmtd Files ESX Server VMkernel Does Not Recognise a Loaded IDE Controller and Displays an Error Message ESX Server with NIS Enabled Appears to Halt System with CIM-Identity or VMware_Identity Queries ESX System May Crash When Beacon Monitoring Is Enabled ESX virtual machine monitor (VMM) encounters a critical error and shuts down ESX Virtual Machine Won't Start (Insufficient Memory) ESX VMkernel log and ESXi messages log contain the messages: WRITE10/READ 10 past end of virtual device ESX VMkernel log reports a failure to establish iSCSI session connections to target portals ESX vmnic device numbering considerations for blade servers ESX/ESXi 4.1 with network card NC522SFP fails to install or upgrade with a purple diagnostic screen ESX/ESXi 4.x handling of LUNs detected as snapshot ESX/ESXi host becomes unresponsive at vsd-mount when booting after attaching SAN Storage ESX/ESXi host using NUMA fails to start or install due to excess installed memory ESX/ESXi hosts in a HA cluster randomly display the message: A possible host failure has been detected on <host> incluster <cluster> in <datacenter> datacenter ESX/ESXi hosts that take too long to power on are marked as failing to exit standby mode by vCenter Server ESX/ESXi installations on HP systems require the HP NMI driver ESX350-200803202-UG Patch; Multiple RPM Updates, Including VMware-esx-tools, VMware-esx-vmkernel, andVMware-hostd-esx ESX350-200811408-BG and ESX350-200811409-BG Cannot Be Installed on ESX Server 3.5 Update 3 ESX350-201002411-BG may cause problems booting on Fujitsu / Fujitsu-Siemens RX600-S2 and RX600-S3 esxcfg-boot fails with error: Could not load checksum manager ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200807812-I-BG: Critical Fix for August 12 Licensing Timeout Issue ESXi 4.0 df command shows visorfs at 100% usage, or available space is a negative value ESXi 4.0 does not include RPM format for VMware Tools ESXi 4.0 host configures HA but displays an error after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.1 ESXi console message: OEM Policy File is dirty. Settings not respected. ESXi does not support physical serial and parallel ports ESXi host disconnects from the VirtualCenter Server with a USB timeout error ESXi host is unable to generate support logs because local storage is full ESXi hosts experience intermittent lockups and purple screen errors after upgrading to ESXi 3.5 Update 4 ESXi hosts stop responding with the error: Backbone panicked: IP_CREATE_THREAD ESXi hosts without swap enabled cannot be added to a VMware High Availability Cluster ESXi patching fails when /var/tmp/cache partition is corrupt ESXi VMware Tools for Linux do not include pre-build kernel modules for unsupported guests and the RPM formatpackage for tools esxtop Disk Stats Can Reflect Multiple Paths esxtop statistics not being updated for certain HBAs esxupdate fails when using Microsoft IIS as the HTTP repository esxupdate Fails with Package Downgrade Warning esxupdate -l Query Shows Missing Packages and Wrong or Duplicate Package Versions etc/vmware-tools/locations file grows with each boot of 64-bit FreeBSD guests Ethernet MAC Address Changes from ESX Server or GSX Server Assigned Value to VirtualCenter Assigned Value EVC and CPU Compatibility FAQ Event Export .xls file does not contain domain user log in information Event log error when attempting to start a virtual machine Event viewer in vCenter Server indicates that the ADAM database is not backed up Events might not be recorded in the event database if the View Connection Server service crashes Events Tab is Blank After Database Upgrade Exceeding Host Bus Adapter Limit While Loading Driver Causes ESX Server Crash Exception occurred due to a bad disk geometry when installing ESX host Exception Vmomi Fault SystemError when Selecting Performance Tab on VI Client 2.0 Excess SCSI devices (LUNs) Do Not Have Device Mappings in the Service Console Excessive logging for SNMP in the ESX host messages log Excessive Network Error Messages Detected in Solaris 10 Virtual Machine Excessive Page Faults Generated By Windows Applications May Impact the Performance of Virtual Machines Exchange server peaks a virtual machine's CPU usage at 100% Excluding a physical NIC from network resource management http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Excluding the Virtual Machines folder from being backed up by Time Machine Executing Scripts at Virtual Machine Power On or Power Off Existing Scheduled Tasks Show Inconsistent Run Time After Daylight-Saving Time Exiting hung maintenance mode on ESX Server Expanding a Volume in a Lab Manager Environment Expanding the size of a Raw Device Mapping (RDM) Expanding Volumes in GSX Server Explorer pane issues seen in Infra v8 running Internet Explorer 8 Export Diagnostics Option in the VI Client Might Fail to Resolve Host Names on Other Domains Exported Excel Data Charts Show Different Values Than the Data Charts Within VirtualCenter Client Exporting a report to a PDF or XLS file in VMware Service Manager takes a long time Exporting a virtual machine fails with the error: vCenter Converter Agent System Error Exporting a virtual machine to an Open Virtualization Format (OVF) template fails Exporting collector and enterprise certificates Exporting compliance data Exporting diagnostic data fails on ESXi embedded Exporting esxtop performance data as a CSV file and manipulating it from the command-line Exporting templates and configurations fails Exporting the virtual machine to a virtual appliance in VirtualCenter 2.5 fails with the error: expected put message. goterror Exporting transaction list with commas in the transaction name shifts columns Exporting virtual machine performance data fails with the error: The metric group being selected does not supportrealtime statistics Exporting virtual machines from VMware Workstation to ESX Extend the default timeout periods for vCenter Server, ESX/ESXi hosts, and vCenter Update Manager Extended ASCII characters are not supported by all CIM client toolkits. Extended logging and disk threshold for logging GPO policies are not component-specific Extending a logical volume in a virtual machine running Linux Extending a RDM with snapshots can result in corrupted data Extending a VMFS Volume to Use New LUN Space After Expansion Extending partitions in Windows using DiskPart Extending the tablespace on an Oracle database Extending the Timeout Period for Helper Virtual Machine Startup External I/O workload detected on shared datastore running Storage I/O (SIOC) for congestion management External USB devices showing as Storage Adapters on Dell hardware using iDRAC Extracting Emergency Repair Disk or any other .zip file stored by the VMware vCenter Configuration Manager collector Extracting ERD file fails with the error: GetDiscoveryRuleByID (75) Path/File Access Error Extracting ESX Server 3i Version 3.5 Update 4 Installable Image Files for PXE Booting Extracting the vmkdump Core and Log File? Extracting the ks-first-safe.cfg and ks-first.cfg files for a scripted installation of ESX 4.0 Extracting the log file after an ESX or ESXi host fails with a purple screen error Extraneous Error Message on Systems With SAS 6/iR Integrated Controllers and Running Dell OpenManage Extremely Slow Performance for VCB backup on NetApp FC/iSCSI Extremely Slow Power on when Using IDE Virtual Disks F5 Load Balancer may interfere with VMware View Client Connectivity F8 key does not work on the EULA page of a Windows guest operating system installation Fail to log on to Web Interface Failed Detection of Some Disks When Using SAN Failed Detection of some E1000 NIC Cards During vmkernel Assignment Failed login to ESX host using VMware Infrastructure Client Failed or Interrupted VMotion with Storage Migration on ESX Server 3.x Host Failed Power On of Virtual Machines on Dual Monitor Linux Host Failed shutdown on a Mandrake Linux 8.0 guest operating system Failed to bind heartbeat socket using any IP Failed to Clone Virtual Machine Failed to create https proxy: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions. Failed to deploy template: a general system error occurred: unexpected customization error Failed to import workflow templates in VMware Service Manager Failed to List Users in Secured Domain Failed to read GRUB configuration error after performing a conversion Failed to register target vmhba32:T:L with PSA framework Failed to serialize result in hostd log file Failed Xwindows Startup During Netware 6 Installation Failing Suspend/Resume Scripts in a Turbolinux 7.0 Guest Operating System Failover to VMware FT secondary virtual machine produces an error http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Failovers with MSCS Can Take an Excessive Amount of Time Failure Connecting with 11 Remote Consoles Failure to Boot IBM e325 from CD Failure to Connect to CD-ROM Due to Incorrect Path Failure to connect to web interface Failure to create LUN snapshots when performing a Site Recovery Manager test failover Failure to enable Fault Tolerance for a virtual machine Failure to install VMware Tools: Cannot find the answer BINDIR in the installer database Failure to remove VMkernel port group after upgrading from ESX 3.0.x to 3.5 or 4.x Failure to set up an IRQ with an interrupt vector on ESX 4.0 hosts FAQ: Customer service for VMware users FAQ: Supported/Unsupported Devices and Configurations FAQ: VMware ACE 2.0.x Licensing FAQ: VMware Product Features and Functionality FAQ: VMware View 4.5 new features and licensing information FAStT Phantom LUNs Fault Tolerant virtual machines rapidly switch between ESX hosts when being powered on Favorites List Sometimes Is Erased Feature sets available by license mode Fedora Core 6 Virtual Machines Require LSI Logic Adapters Fetching the native path from within the virtualized environment Fibre Channel Adapters Not Showing in HP Insight Manager 7.0 File "perllocal.pod" Is Created in / Directory File level backups of a virtual machine fail, but full level backups work File Naming of ESX Server Version 3.5 Update 1 Deliverables File size of VMDK files may be smaller than the original when vcbMount performs a backup File System Becomes Read-Only on Ubuntu-7.0.4 with Existing SCSI Driver File-Level Backup of a Virtual Machine with an Uninitialized Disk Fails File-Level Backup with VCB Fails When Attempted with Six or More Virtual Disks on the Backup Proxy File-level backups fail with TSM 5.5.1 and VCB Filenames Garbled in Shared Folders Filenames over 64 characters in ESX Server ISO image may get truncated during content extraction. Files copied to a floppy disk are missing after ejection Files Sigmd5 and Filemd5s Are Missing in /var/lib/rpm Filing a Support Request Finding all enabled guest accounts Finding files leftover after a failed migration in Fusion Finding Hardcoded IP Addresses in Configuration Files on the Service Console of an ESX Server System Finding the Publish Date of a Knowledge Base Article Finding which version of ASP.Net is installed during a VMware vCenter Lab Manager installation Finding your VMware licenses on the Account Management Portal Firefox Browser Generates an Error or Crashes Firewall connections causing channels to drop in VMware vCenter Heartbeat Firewall Disabled Running Service Iptables Start Firmware upgrade on the storage array causes all LUNs to be detected as snapshots Fit Guest to Window and Full Screen Options Corrupt Display on Mandriva Linux 2006 Guests Running Version 6.8.99of the Xorg X Windows System Fix for an Interoperability Issue Between ESX Server 3.5 Update 1 and Foundry Switch Fix for vmware-cmd Uninitialized Value Errors Fixing a Fusion virtual machine that has grown larger than the allocated size Fixing a mouse or keyboard that is not working or is slow to respond in a Fusion virtual machine Fixing an unexpected signal 10 error in Fusion Floppy and CD-ROM Settings Are Dimmed When I Switch Between Other Hardware Options Folder Macros Have Changed As Of ThinApp 3.393 Folder Sharing not Enabled for Virtual Machines Running 2.6.18-rc2 Linux Kernels Fonts are distorted in Windows virtual machine For an MD3000i, the software iSCSI alias cannot be more than 31 characters long For ESX and ESXi, starting with ESX Server 2.x, do not change the default value of the Mem.AllocHighThresholdParameter For Multihost Clustering Using Clustered Virtual Disks, the LUN No Longer Requires a Single Path For resxtop, the -V Interactive Option Is Not Currently Supported For Solaris Operating System Installation Using Legacy Emulation for CD Devices Might Produce an Error Force mounting a VMFS datastore residing on a snapshot LUN results in the error: Cannot change the hostconfiguration Force replication between ADAM databases http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Forcing a localized vSphere Client installation to launch in English Forcing a Solaris 10 Virtual Machine to Boot in 32-Bit Mode on a 64-Bit Host Machine Forcing a virtual machine to power off in VMware Fusion Forcing host status from 7 to SCSI_HOST_OK is logged every few seconds in the VMkernel log Forcing the virtual machine's real-time clock to match its host on each power cycle Foreign Key constraint error on SH_LINK_LINK_TYPE_REF_FK when upgrading to VMware Service Manager 9.0 Formatting/Using Large Virtual Disks in a Windows 95 Guest Operating System Forward vpxa logs to syslog Foundation Checker results show an Internal Error in the IIS section Foundry switch cannot failover to standby switch FQDN Is Limited to 31 Characters during Lab Manager Installation Frame Buffer Error During Virtual Machine Resume Free space from an extent added to a VMFS3 datastore is not seen on the other ESX Server hosts FreeBSD 7.1 guest fails with odd number of virtual CPUs FreeBSD 7.1 guest with large amounts of memory can stall after splash screen appears Freeing ESXi inodes Freeing space when the /var/ partition is full Frequent Apache Shutdowns on Linux Hosts Frequent path state changes indicate storage problem Frequent PowerOn Reset Unit Attentions occur on device Frequent PowerOn Reset Unit Attentions occur on path FT Finalization fails even though all the other test cases have passed ftbackbone process for HA (High Availability) consumes almost 100% of the ESX hosts Service Console CPU. FTP from the Service Console does work after enabling ftpClient in the firewall settings ftPerl consumes 100% CPU after enabling VMware High Availability Fujitsu RX300 S5 fails with a purple diagnostic screen with "no symbols" on VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1 Full Screen Mode Crashes Workstation on a Linux Host with Certain Graphics Adapters Full Screen Toolbar Button Fails to Work Fully Qualified Domain Name Length Limit is Changed in ESX Server 3.0.1 and VirtualCenter 2.0.1 Fusion 1.x Does Not Support Multiple Displays In Unity View Fusion 1.x Virtual Machine Becomes Unresponsive When You Open a Document from a Fusion Shared Folder Fusion auto-updater fails to download update Fusion menu bar interferes with the operating system menu bar Fusion virtual machine data missing after installing guest operating system and restarting Fusion virtual machine may fail to power on when using an 8 processor Nehalem Mac Pro systems Fusion Windows Easy Install Does Not Work for Vista Gateway, Subnet Mask, DNS and Other Network Settings Might Not Be Maintained on New Virtual MachinesCustomized with a Static IP Gathering target system inventory data from the operating system gcc Errors on Slackware 4.0/SMP Host General VMware Tools installation instructions Generating a manual memory dump in a Windows virtual machine Generating a new MAC address for vswif in ESX host Generating a report to list file paths and names of files with specific extensions Generating a Timesheet report for officer time includes customer time Generating a vCenter Configuration Manager report that lists machine groups by machine Generating a Windows core dump from an ESX virtual machine Generating Domain Root CA signed certificates for vCenter Server Generating SSL certificates for VMware vCloud Director Generating VMware View server diagnostic log fails with the error: Broker name xxxx is not valid Generic SCSI Device Access Problems or Input/Output (I/O) Errors Getting "iScsiLibException: status(80000004): General OS-specific failure; Message=im_addDiscoveryAddress" whenconfiguring hardware iSCSI dynamic discovery address Getting a DHCP address in a Mandrake, Mandriva, and Sun Java Desktop virtual machines Getting a DHCP address in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Linux 9.0, or Red Hat Advanced Server virtualmachine Getting Events or Notifications of Events as They Occur Getting Lab Manager 3.0 licenses and VMware View licenses Getting performance graphs from ESX hosts to VirtualCenter Management server times out Getting Security Certificate with HTTPS to Work with VI SDK in Internet Explorer Getting the VMware Tools Icon Back on the Taskbar Ghost LUNs When Using IBM ESS Storage Gigabit Network Adapter Cannot Establish a Link Global accounts override Organization accounts Global and user environment variables in ThinApp AppLink syntax http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Gmail Notifier Causes Unexpected Switches Back to Host While Running Guest in Full Screen Mode GNOME Displays Shared Folders as Read-Only for Non-Root Users Google Searchbar Does Not Work with Novell Linux Desktop 9 Using Default Firefox Browser Grab on Keypress Might Interfere with Typing in Dialog Boxes Grabbing Input on Key Press Grabbing the mouse pointer in NetWare 6.0 Server and NetWare Server 5.1 Gracefully Shutting Down a Windows Guest When the Virtual Machine Powers Off Graphic Display Limited to Black and White in 32-Bit Solaris 10 Guest Running on Windows XP Professional 64-BitHosts Graphical Installer Might Fail to Load on IBM x445 Server with RSAII Adapter Growing a datastore from the Service Console in ESX 4.0 GRUB fails to install during an ESX installation with a device.map error GSX Server 3.x Virtual Machine Console Cannot Create Preallocated Disks Larger Than 2GB GSX Server Crashes when Powering On More than 32 Virtual Machines on a Linux Host GSX Server Displays Incorrect Information About User Account Running a Virtual Machine GSX Server Error: "<VirtualMachineName>.cfg Command not found" GSX Server Hangs on IBM xSeries Servers GSX Server Interactions with Windows Host Screen Savers GSX Server License Required for Host with Hyper-Threaded Processors GSX Server Reports Wrong Amount of Memory GSX Server Windows Host Crashes or Network Disconnects on Egenera BladeFrame Processing Blade GTK Warnings Appear When I Launch a SUSE 9.1 64-bit Host GTK+ Warning on Linux Host: Bluecurve Library Missing Guest Clock Stops After Host Resumes from Hibernation Guest Crashes If Display Settings Specify Too Large a Size on Too Many Monitors Guest customization in VirtualCenter 2.5 fails if TMP or TEMP environment variables have been modified Guest customization of Microsoft Windows 2008 Server 2008 R2 64bit fails with the error: Customization of the guestoperating system 'windows7Server64Guest' is not supported in this configuration Guest customization using Sysprep fails on Windows 2008 R2 64 bit with the error: Unable to query VMware Toolsinstallation path Guest customization with Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise and R2 Forces Administrator to Change Password Guest Does Not See CD Drive Set for Raw Access on Linux Host Guest installations might take a long time to install with Easy Install when a host connects to the Internet over a proxy Guest Kernel Reports a Fault When I Run Solaris 10 GA or Solaris 10 U1 in a SMP Virtual Machine Guest memory alarms not clearing in VirtualCenter Guest Memory Setting Recommendation for VMware SVGA II Adapter Guest Operating System Cannot Access Physical CD-ROM Drive on IBM Blade Guest operating system cannot connect to the physical serial port Guest Operating System Display Corruption Guest operating system displays BIOS update message Guest operating system doesn't detect BusLogic SCSI adapter Guest Operating System Hangs in Full Screen Switch Mode if Resolution Exceeds Host Capabilities Guest operating system information is incorrect in VMware Infrastructure Client Guest Operating System Loses Network Connectivity when Rebooted Guest Operating System Reports 10Mbps Speed when Host Adapter is 100Mbps or Higher Guest Operating System Standby Feature Removed in VirtualCenter Server 2.5 Guest Operating System that Does Not Support the Attach to Application Option in the Integrated Virtual Debugger forEclipse Guest operating systems that are supported for use with Guest Customization Guest Quarantine Printer Access Controls Traffic Only to Remote Printers Mounted by Host Guest Screen Fills Up with Green and Black Bands on Exiting from Full Screen Mode (SLES 10 64-Bit Host) Guest stops responding after connecting a USB CD-ROM Guest virtual machines lose connectivity with Windows host after upgrading to Workstation 7 Guest with Non-Standard Display Resolution Fails to Enter Full Screen Mode Guests display a solid white screen when very high resolutions are used on Mac or virtual machine in Fusion 1.x Guide to configure NTP on ESX servers Guided Consolidation analysis pauses and cannot be restarted Guided Consolidation button is missing in VirtualCenter 2.5 Guidelines for Extending a VMFS Volume Guidelines for generating and importing an SSL certificate for Virtual Desktop Manager Guidelines for generating and importing an SSL certificate from a Microsoft certificate authority for VDM HA Configuration Tasks Fail and an Error Message Appears When I Configure an HA Cluster HA fails to configure at 90% completion with the error: Internal AAM Error - agent could not start HaltingIdleMsecPenalty Parameter: Guidance for Modifying vSphere's Fairness/Throughput Balance Handling vSphere API arrays that are declared as xsd:anyType. http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Hangs/Shutdowns while Installing a Windows 2000 Guest Operating System Hard disk / RDM removal from a powered on virtual machine Hard Disk not found error message when installing or repairing a Windows XP virtual machine in VMware Fusion Hardware and firmware requirements for 64-bit Guest Operating Systems Hardware and Firmware Requirements for 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems Hardware detection issues may prevent an ESX host from booting or using a PCI card Hardware requirements for running VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager 5.3 and 6.0 HBA or VMNIC fail to load HBAs and other PCI devices stop responding in ESX 4.1 Health Status incomplete after HP Insight Manager installation Health status of all sensors visible in the localized versions of the VI Client is inconsistent with the English version Health Status only displaying partial information following re-install Health status option is not shown in VirtualCenter after upgrading ESX Health status tab unavailable after upgrading from VirtualCenter 2.5 to vCenter 4.0 Update 1 Heartbeat messages in an ESX /var/log/vmksummary log file Help Button on VMware Tools Properties Dialog Box Doesn't Work in CDE Help for VMware Tools Opens in Gedit Instead of in a Web Browser Hewlett Packard DL760 G2 Servers Issue Benign Warnings When You Load the VMkernel Hewlett Packard systems with a Smart Array P212, P410, P410i, P411, or P712m controller become unresponsive HHCTRL.OCX Error when Viewing VMware In-Product Help Hibernation with Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP High Availability fails to configure after an upgrade to ESX 3.5 Update 2 High CPU usage after upgrading VirtualCenter 2.x with MSDE database to VirtualCenter 2.5 with MS SQL Server High CPU usage and slow performance on all virtual machines on an ESX host High CPU Utilization of Inactive Virtual Machines High CPU utilization on a virtual machine after adding a VNIC High I/O traffic in RHEL virtual machines after upgrading its host to ESX 4 High packet loss when using Console OS (Service Console) networking High rate of Fault Tolerance failovers on Intel Xeon Processor 3400, 6500, and 7500 series History of Memory Usage for a Virtual Machine Does Not Appear in Original Host History Home directories are not automatically created for Domain Users on ESX/ESXi 4.1 hosts that are joined to an ActiveDirectory Domain Hook timeout error when accessing virtual machine console through VI Client Host Agent Always Returns "unavailable" for the Property ScsiLun.serialNumber Host And Other Configuration Data Missing After Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 Host Communication Fails with Corrupted Log File Host Computer Hangs when NetWare Client and Workstation Are Installed Host Connectivity Degraded Host Connectivity Permanently Lost Host Connectivity Restored Host CPU Spikes at 100 Percent After Deploying VMware ACE Package Host CPU usage spikes to 100% and issues Event ID 100 Host Crash or Display Corruption When Using Full Screen Mode Host Crashes at Power on with Bridged Networking Host exits maintenance mode after applying tools bulletin using VMware Hostupdate Utility (VHU/VIU) Host fails to mount root file system during boot Host Floppy Is Not Supported Host Hangs or Freezes When Virtual Machine Powers On Host Hard Drive on IDE 1:1 not Recognized by VMware Application Host Hardware status intermittently displays the alert: Processor 2 Status 0: IERR Host IP in vpxa.cfg retains old value after changing service console IP Host Laptop Hangs at Virtual Machine Power On Host Laptop Suspends when Releasing Mouse/Keyboard Host Names in Inventory Are Case Sensitive to SDK Host Operating System Resets when VMware Remote Console Is Used Host Power Management Causes Problems with Guest Timekeeping (Windows Hosts) Host Power Management Causes Problems with Guest Timekeeping on Linux Hosts Host Quarantine Seems to Alternate Between Zones Host Running VMware Server Should Not Use Guest CD-ROM Drive to Point to ISO Image Host Update Utility is unable to scan ESX/ESXi hosts Host USB device connections disabled error message is seen when launching VMware Workstation or VMware Player Host virtual networking is unavailable after an upgrade to Windows 7 Host X Server Crashes when Powering On Virtual Machine Host X Server Dies when Windows 2000 Guest Operating System Is Shut Down hostd and vpxa exceed hard limit for memory use during VMware Consolidated Backup http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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hostd fails to start with a Crypto Exception error hostd fails with a signal 11 error then fails repeatedly hostd is not responding and cannot be killed by the kill -9 command hostd log contains many updateChildResourceConfiguration entries hostd log message causing an ESX host to show as Disconnected or Not Responding in VirtualCenter Hostd Stopped Responding after Gradual Degradation of Response Time, Symptoms Vary Host-Only and NAT Virtual Networks Stop Working After I Upgrade to Workstation 5 on Windows XP Host Hot adding a virtual disk to a virtual machine from command line interface Hot adding hard drives after upgrading to vSphere fails with the error: License not available to perform the operation,hot plug feature required Hot adding memory in Linux Hot-add vCPU is not automatically activated in some SLES 11 guests Hot-adding memory to a Windows 7 virtual machine might causes the operating system to fail Hourly usage data in VMware vCloud Director How a linked clone joins the domain How can I determine if a VMFS volume is on local or SAN-based storage? How do I migrate a running 2.5.x virtual machine to ESX 3.x? How do I send system information from a vShield Zones appliance to technical support? How does Capacity Planner handle clustered servers? How Does ThinApp Converter Handle Multiple Installation Command Files? How is time integrity maintained between vShield agents and the vShield Manager? How many open screens are automatically remembered and reopened when logging back into VMware ServiceManager? How much throughput can a vShield agent handle? How to answer a virtual machine related question from command line? How to attach and configure an XRAID storage How to change language of vSphere email alerts How to Combine FLEXlm License Files How to configure user profiles in VMware View Manager 3.0 and 3.0.1 How to contact IBM Global Support for issues with Application Discovery Manager appliance hardware. How to create default alarms when upgrading to vCenter Server 4.0 How to delete and re-deploy a persistent desktop virtual machine without losing the persistent data How to Delete Raw LUNs Safely with ESX Server 2.5.x How to determine build number for vSphere CLI (aka) VMware Remote CLI and SDK for Perl (aka) VI Perl Toolkit How to Determine the Version of the Managed Server Agent How to disable automatic rescan of HBAs in ESX 3.5 How to Disable Guest Operations in the VIX API How to exclude A LUN from being managed by PowerPath on vSphere 4 How To Find the ThinApp Build Version of a Virtual Application How to free hard disk space on an ADM? How to FTP Files Larger Than 2GB Between ESX Server 1.x Systems How to import a virtual machine with snapshots How to import performance counters in VMware Capacity Planner How to increase the default maximum number of NFS mounts on ESX/ESXi hosting the default maximum number ofNFS mounts on ESX/ESXi hosts How to increase the performance of the VirtualCenter Database How to list and load driver/module parameters in ESX/ESXi How to Make the Host Mouse Pointer Follow the Guest Mouse Pointer How to manually backup and restore the vCenter Server 4.x ADAM instance data How to mount an .ISO image inside the vSphere Management Assistant How to reconfigure Update Manager after a change of the vCenter Server IP address How to Register a Managed Server to a Different Instance of Lab Manager How to remove the Forward To field on a v9 Service Manager Call screen? How to reset the command retry with dropped frames counter on a Qlogic host bus adapter How to resolve ADM discovery errors from CORBA fingerprint How to Run VMware Hosted Products on Systems on Which TSCs Are Not in Sync How to set up trusted certificates with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager How to setup SNMP on vSphere How to Terminate a Long-Running Operation How to upgrade VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager application from version 5.1.x to 5.3.x. How to use the LDAP Query Tester tool with VMware Service Manager How to verify the certificate fingerprint and thumbprint for vCenter Configuration Manager How to verify whether you can implement re-signaturing when seeing snapshot LUNs How to virtualize a browser such as Internet Explorer 6; set up ThinDirect redirection from native Internet Explorer tothe virtual browser; and install and register the virtual browser http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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HP Automatic Server Recovery in a VMware ESX Environment HP Lefthand DSMs for MPIO can cause locking and LUN accessibility issues on LeftHand arrays HP NC375T Quad Port Gigabit Server Adapter ports do not have network connectivity HP System BSODs after being P2V'd HP VMM service modifies the /etc/vmware/firewall/services.xml file HP&rsquo;s CIM Providers sometimes fail to load on ESX Server 3i version 3.5 Update 3 HTC Touch phone device fails to synchronize over USB HTTP Agent startup fails with the error: Timed out waiting for ACE reactor to start HTTP file access to ESX 3.5 restricts special characters in filenames HTTPS redirection does not occur when connecting a VDM 2.0 Client to a VDM 2.1 Connection Server or whenconnecting a VDM 2.1 Client to a VDM 2.0 Connection Server. I configured a vShield Zones firewall rule to block traffic between virtual machines on the same vSwitch but traffic isnot being blocked I Get a "Vmdb error -18: Null cross reference" Error When Attempting to Remove a Farm I/O devices that are no longer supported with vSphere 4.0 and new naming conventions for several adapters I/O error occurs when downloading a large file from the datastore browser or when exporting a virtual appliance to OVF I/O Error with Netware 6.5 GOS during controller failover I/O Meter Gives an Error Performance Counter Percentage That Is Less Than Zero I/O Performance of the Adaptec AIC 7890/7891 HBA Can Lead to ESX Server Failure I/O Stalls or Application Hangs on Virtual Machine Running on ESX Server 3.0 I/O Statistics in vSphere 4.1 I2C errors in vCenter IBM Athena x3850 M2 or x3950 M2 Servers Stop Responding When Booted into Debug Mode IBM Director 4.1 Does Not Report the Correct Mappings for ESX Server 2.0 IBM Director 5.10.3 Management Agent Installation Hangs IBM Director 5.20.1 Server Console Does Not Display Emulex Fibre Channel Card Information inInventory>Hardware>Adapter IBM HS20 (8843) Blade Not Automatically Rebooting at End of Scripted ESX Server Installation IBM System x3850 M2 and System x3950 M2 Servers Fail to Connect to 100Mbps Networks IBM X3650 fails to boot from SAN disk when local disk is present IBM x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 systems with an ServeRAID MR10K Controller may lose connectivity to attached disks IBM xSeries 235 Server Host Running Red Hat Linux 7.3 Hangs IDE ATAPI Zip Drives Not Working in a Virtual Machine IDE Raw Disk Boot Failures on GSX Linux Host Machines Identifying all virtual disks that point to a physical disk from the ESX console Identifying and addressing Non-Maskable Interrupt events on an ESX host Identifying causes of not being able to power cycle ESX Server virtual machines Identifying disks when working with VMware ESX Identifying issues with and setting up name resolution on ESX Server Identifying LUNs masked by ESX 3.x Identifying raw device mappings using VMware Infrastructure client Identifying shared storage issues with ESX 3.x Identifying Symmetrix devices using the esxcfg-mpath and symdev commands Identifying the ESX Service Console MAC address Identifying the firmware of an HBA Identifying the location of virtual machine files Identifying virtual machine Monitor Panics caused by faulty CPUs Identifying virtual machines running on an ESX host with an unresponsive service console Idle Loop Detection causing Windows 2000 SP4 virtual machine to lose time. iDRAC stops when the ESX NIC is loading If a call type is marked deleted and then recreated, all links to KB article searches with the type do not bring up olderdocuments with that specified type. If a license server becomes unavailable, ESX does not try to reconnect for a long time after the license server isavailable If a Netware client is installed on the master virtual machine, the user profile will not be redirected during the first log on If a refresh operation is initialized on a group of linked clones and the View Composer server is down, the refreshoperation will fail and leave some of the clones in an error state and some in the "Task halted" state If a Server Has Intel Dual-Core Processors (Tigerton), the VI Client Overreports the Number of Available Licenses If a snapshot is taken on a linked clone, refresh and recompose operations are not supported If a system has virtual network adapter, Guided Consolidation might compute a larger number of NICs for that system If a user data disk is added to a linked clone Windows might relocate the CD-ROM to a different drive letter than theoriginal drive letter the CD-ROM was assigned in the parent virtual machine If a user is entitled to two or more local desktops and is running them simultaneously, all error messages and dialogsare associated with the first desktop that you open If a user logs in to a View desktop on two clients at the same time, unexpected behavior can result. http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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If a View Composer desktop is cloned and then used as a Parent VM, a message tells you to reboot when you attemptto log in If a Virtual Machine Has Two Disks with Identical File Names, Stored in Different Locations, You Cannot Delete aSnapshot of This Virtual Machine If an ACE Instance Running in Kiosk Mode Is on a Host That Goes into Standby Mode, the Host Stays Locked If IBM Director 5.20.1 Agent Is Installed on ESX Server 3.5, the Director Console May Not List the Device Drivers If No DHCP Server Is Available When a Windows Virtual Machine Is Customized, the Virtual Machine Might Not BeAble to Join a Domain If the administrator's Active Directory password is changed on the Active Directory server but is not changed on theView Composer server, the administrator will receive an AdOperationErrorFault If the client loses connection to the server, refresh does not work on a desktop that is checked out If the disclaimer is configured and a connection is made from a VDM Client running VDM 2.0 to a VDM ConnectionServer running VDM 2.1, the connection is refused with an error message until the client is upgraded. If the installation path for a VDM Connection Server contains special characters, the VDM Connection Server servicestops or will not start. If the session timeout expires while Offline Desktop is running, the desktop selection dialog cannot be reopened If the View Connection Server installation path contains too many characters, the installation fails with an error message If Windows Firewall is enabled on the Windows Server computer that hosts View Composer, the VMware UniversalFile Access (UFA) service must be added to the firewall exception list. If your external URL is not configured correctly, you may see one of the following exception: java.io.IOException:readToken:Premature EOF in the log file. IIS application pool settings prevent login IIS Port Details are not Collected When Generating VirtualCenter Server Log Bundle Image Customization Error in VirtualCenter Task View Image customization specifications in VirtualCenter must have a NIC configured in order to create a desktop pool. Images added to an HTML editor widget in the VMware Service Manager Designer module do not appear in theapplication Imation SuperDisk LS120 Not Working in a Virtual Machine Implementing a Team Management Model for Virtual Machines Implications of enabling or disabling VMware HA strict admission control when using DRS and VMware DPM Imported System Images and Virtual Machines Have SCSI Virtual Disks Importing a Boot Camp partition in VMware Fusion Importing a configuration in Lab Manager fails with the error: The system cannot find the file specified Importing a large virtual machine fails with timeout error Importing a Parallels virtual machine fails: The virtual machine was not properly shut down Importing a virtual machine causes the error: unknown error generated by converter client Importing a virtual machine fails with a Cannot locate sysprep files error Importing a virtual machine using vCenter Converter fails with the error: Crypto Exception: error:02001005 whenimporting a virtual machine Importing an .sv2i File Fails If the File Is Located in a Path That Contains Japanese Characters Importing an Open Virtualization Format (OVF) virtual appliance fails with the error: Exception of type'System.OutOfMemoryException' Importing certificates issued by an OpenSSL CA Importing collector and enterprise certificates Importing custom SSL certificates into vCenter Converter for vCenter Server Importing external Godaddy.com certificates Importing System Groups from CSV to the Dashboard fails Importing template into Lab Manager fails with the parameter log error: Value cannot be null Importing updates with vmware-updateDownloadCli.exe fails Importing Virtual Disk to ESX Server Generates Error Referencing Bug 24092 Improperly formatted proxy addresses prevent metadata downloads Improperly removing a disk from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 guest causes it to fail Improvements in handling thin provisioned devices Improving Network Performance in a Windows Virtual Machine Improving Sound Performance in a Virtual Machine Improving Virtual Machine Sound on a Linux Host In a non-persistent desktop pool, when decreasing pool size, it may take longer than expected to delete virtualmachines In Cases Involving Software iSCSI, All Paths to a LUN Are No Longer Accessible and an Infinite Abort Loop Results In certain configurations, Storage VMotion fails and the virtual disk or RDM is destroyed In Certain Fibre Channel Environments, VMotion Does Not Succeed and the Virtual Machine Remains Running on theSource Machine In Fusion 1.x Windows Explorer Becomes Unresponsive or Quits When You Access Fusion Shared Folders In specific situations, the results of the cat command might return truncated results http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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In the forward Internal screen an Officer is still listed as a member of the IPK group even after removing the IPK Groupfrom an Officer's record In the Guest Operating System Setup in the New Virtual Machine Wizard, the "Other OS" Field is Empty In the Snapshot Manager of VirtualCenter, some snapshots have a green icon In View 3.1.0 and 3.1.1, the View Agent must be installed after all third-party applications in the guest system In View 4.5, creating a Windows XP desktop pool with the Sysprep customization specification option "Automaticallylog on as the Administrator" causes problems with the View desktop state. In VirtualCenter, deleting a virtual machine that is in the cloning state does not remove the VDM configuration entry.No new attempt to clone the virtual machine will be initiated. In VMware Player for Windows, Changing a Virtual Machine's Network Type Does Not Work In VMware Service Manager 9.0 Designer when modifying the Customer Portal Request Submission screen, youcannot delete the: Forward To field In Windows Guest on Windows Host, Hide Property Cannot Be Set for Files in Shared Folder of Guest In Windows Guests on Windows Hosts, USB Devices Fail to Load Drivers After Virtual Machine Is Rebooted In Windows Guests, Upgrading VMware Tools from Workstation 4.5 to Workstation 5.0 or 5.5 as a Different UserFails to Remove Old VMware Tools Version In Windows Guests, Upgrading VMware Tools to Workstation 5.0 or 5.5 Version May Not Remove Old Version ofVMware Tools In Windows XP Guests, Some Isochronous USB Devices Can Cause the Guest to Crash While They Work Correctly onthe Host Inaccessible CD-ROM in DOS Virtual Machine Inaccessible Virtual Machines Are Named "Unknown VM" Inaccurate Monitoring and Health Status seen in VI Client, vSphere Client, VirtualCenter, or vCenter Server INBOUNDMAILIA stored procedures are not invoked when processing inbound emails Incompatibility between McAfee for Mac and VMware Fusion can damage virtual hard disks Incompatibility between QLogic 8100 Series CNA Driver and ESX / ESXi 4.x CIM Provider Incompatible HA Networks appearing when attempting to configure HA (High Availability) Incomplete jobs in Job Manager do not get cleared Incomplete SOAP Message Sent to the Web Services API Can Increase CPU Usage in ESX Server Host orVirtualCenter Server Incomplete Uninstallation Prevents Installing an Update Inconsistent Datastore Labels in Cluster Inconsistent names of ThinApp child processes appear in Task Manager Inconsistent ODBC Driver Versions Cause Apache to Crash Inconsistent Windows virtual machine performance when disks are located on SAN datastores Incorrect account credentials prevent deploy or undeploy operations Incorrect Configuration of MTU on vSwitch Causes Packets to Drop Incorrect Context View for Virtual Machine Datastore Usage Appears When Using Internet Explorer Enhanced SecurityConfiguration Incorrect device paths for LUNs displayed in Storage Summary Incorrect Error Message When a Virtual Machine Backed Up on ESX Server 2.x is Restored to ESX Server 3.x Incorrect Input Text in Configuration Wizard Can Cause Unhandled Exceptions Incorrect List of Network Cards During VMware GSX Server Installation Incorrect value for vmklinuxHeapMaxSizeMB in ESX 3.5 Update 4 causes ESX to fail Incorrect version of LSI Logic Storage Adapter driver causes provisioning issues when you deploy Windows XP linked-clone desktops in View 4.x with View Composer. Increase in memory consumption while working with VDDK Increase logging level for storage Increasing queue depth on HBAs with a large number of LUNs/paths causes vmklinux heap depletion Increasing RDP color depth in a Windows XP virtual machine Increasing the amount of CPU assigned to a virtual machine Increasing the amount of memory assigned to a virtual machine Increasing the amount of RAM assigned to the ESX Server service console Increasing the block size of local VMFS storage in ESX 4.x during installation Increasing the color quality from 16-bit to 24-bit in a Windows XP virtual desktop Increasing the disk timeout values for a Linux virtual machine Increasing the number of ports assigned to a VMware View virtual switch Increasing the size of a disk partition Increasing the size of a Linux ext3 virtual machine disk Increasing the size of a virtual disk Increasing the Write Timeout Value for Conversions to ESX Destinations Increasing VirtualCenter timeout settings Information about VMware vCenter Configuration Manager DCOM Information concerning antivirus programs in virtual machines Information Missing in Performance Report File http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Information Related to Upgrade of VMware Tools in Windows Virtual Machines on ESX Server 3.5 Infra: Receiving this error when adding a not to a call: Notes can only be added by the current user - Note AdditionDenied InfraEnterprise compatibility INIT errors, slow or poor performance on Red Hat Linux 9.0 guest Initiating more than 16 concurrent tasks through VMware Infrastructure Client takes a long time Initiating passive discovery in VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager fails Injecting SCSI controller device drivers into Windows In-Place Upgrade Only for Virtual Machines with RDM Disks Inserting a floppy fails when file has a VFD file extension Inserting data into the database fails with the error: An error has occurred while inserting detail discovery results Insight Manager may cause SCSI reservation conflicts Insmod Qla2300_7xx Fails with Unresolved Symbols When Booted with Linux or Linux-up Kernels Install and reboot of 64-bit FreeBSD 7.1 guest takes a long time with four virtual CPUs Install Error: "Another installation is in progress". Install Error: "vmserverdWin32.exe - Entry Point Not Found." Install McAffee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5.0i and Add a Network Adapter Install of Windows XP via RIS is taking a long time Install PowerPath/VE for VMware vSphere by using vCenter Update Manager Install PowerPath/VE for VMware vSphere by using vCenter Update Manager and UMDS Install required Microsoft Windows patches Install System Prerequisite Check Shows Warning for Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) Install/Applying the license generates an Insufficient Privileges error Installation and Registration of a Virtual Browser That Includes ThinApp ThinDirect to Redirect Web Pages from NativeInternet Explorer to a Virtual Browser Like Internet Explorer 6 Installation Fails During Service Console Installation on Disk Arrays That Are Greater Than or Equal to 1TB Installation Fails with Wizard Interrupted Message and Logs msxmlx.inf Error Code 1 Installation failure on Dell 1650 and 2650 servers Installation of 64-Bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Updates 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8 SMP Kernel Occasionally Fails withAnaconda ImportError Message Installation of ESX Server 2.5.5 Fails on HP BL460c Using iLO and USB CD Drive Installation of ESX Server Fails on HP BL685 if the Emulex Card Is Disabled from the BIOS Installation of ESX350-200805501-BG or ESX350-200806401-BG causes esxtop to cease functioning Installation of Lab Manager Managed Server Might Fail When /vmimages/labmanager Directory Exists Installation of Lab Manager Server Returns Error Message, "No valid NIC cards" Installation of Mandrake Linux 8.0 guest stops responding Installation of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or 2008 fails on virtual machines running Windows Server 2008 R2 that areconfigured in a Microsoft Cluster Installation of patch using vihostupdate fails ESXi hosts without asociated LUN Installation of Red Hat Linux 7.2 and 7.1 stalls Installation of some RPM packages might be skipped during upgrade to ESX 3.5 Update releases. Installation of the MKS plug-in fails Installation of VMware Workstation fails with an invalid drive error Installation of Workstation 7 fails with an error indicating that you must have CPU support for CMOV, PAE, TSC, andFXSAVE instructions Installer Crashes During RPM Transaction While Upgrading ESX Server 2.x to 3.0 Installer places SQL Express DB on Windows default drive Installer requests for system service runlevels during installation Installer Starts Even if VMware ACE Manager is Running Installing a Broadcom 2045 Bluetooth 2.0 USB device driver crashes a client system Installing a custom signed certificate for SSL remote console connections Installing a Guest Operating System as 32-Bit on a 64-Bit Host Installing a Linux operating system in virtual machine fails Installing a shared printer in Windows Vista guest operating system Installing a Storage Replication Adapter on a 64bit platform fails with the error: Unable to find any array script file,please check your SRM installation Installing a SUSE LINUX guest operating system from DVD Installing a Virtual Machine onto a Blank RAW Disk Installing a VMware Service Manager license Installing and activating McAfee Security Center for VMware Fusion Installing and Configuring ESX Server on HP and IBM Blades Installing and Configuring NTP on an ESX host Installing and configuring the Backup Exec VMware Consolidated Backup Integration Module Installing and configuring the Loopback adapter in a Windows virtual machine Installing and uninstalling the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat packet filter driver http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Installing Apple hardware drivers (Boot Camp drivers) in a Windows virtual machine Installing Applications from Multiple CD Discs Installing CD-Writing software on an IBM OS/2 Warp 4.x.x guest can crash the system Installing Cisco Nexus VEM on an ESX or ESXi host fails with error: Encountered error VibFormatError Installing Cisco Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM) on an ESX host using the command line Installing Converter plug-ins through vCenter fails Installing Dell OpenManage 4.4 with ESX Server Installing DOS/Windows 3.x as a Guest OS Installing drivers for ESX fails: The CD provided is not valid VMware ESX Server Driver CD Installing ESX 2.5.3 on Sun Fire x4100 and x4200 Servers Installing ESX 3.5 on a Dell PowerEdge R905 throws "not able to find any drivers" error Installing ESX 4.0 and vCenter 4.0 best practices Installing ESX 4.1 and vCenter Server 4.1 best practices Installing ESX on a Server with Software RAID Manager Installing ESX Server 2.5.2 and HP Insight Manager Agents Installing ESX Server 3.0.0 or 3.0.1 on Sunfire V40Z Server with Dual-Core AMD Opteron Processors Installing ESX Server 3.x on IBM e326 or Dell-1850 Causes Keyboard to Become Unresponsive Installing ESX Server on 16-way IBM x440, x445, or an IBM Server with a RXE-100 Installing ESX Server on a 16-way IBM xSeries 440 Installing ESX Server Throws an "Anaconda Error" in the Partitioning Options Screen Installing ESX Server using NFS over TCP Installing ESX/ESXi fails while booting with the error: MBI=0x000100d8, entry=0×00100212 Installing ESXi 4.1 on DELL PowerEdge 2950 fails with the error: Loading module megaraid_sas driver Installing ESXi 4.1 on HP Proliant BL servers fails with the error: lvmdriver failed to load Installing ESXi Installable onto a USB drive or SD flash card Installing GSX Server on a Non-Server Windows Host Operating System Installing GSX Server on a Slackware Host Installing GSX Server Silently on a Windows Host Installing Guest Operating Systems from ISO Images Installing Licenses for ESX Server 3.x Installing Linked-Mode and ADAM Installing LSI Logic CIM Provider on ESX Server Installing Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition, when Microsoft SQL Native Client Driver already exists, fails Installing MS-DOS in a guest operating system on Fusion Installing NaviAgent on ESX 3.x and 3.5x Installing Navisphere agents on an ESX host Installing Netware 6.0 as a Guest Operating System Installing NetWare 6.0 Server for the first time fails Installing nLayers ADM Services Installing Older Workstation Packages on Workstation 6.5.0 Installing on Systems Using an IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Card or on a System with Baseboard ManagementController Installing or uninstalling Workstation 7.1 Release Candidate on a Windows host might cause a network or USB devicedriver issue Installing or upgrading to vCenter Server 4.1 fails on a non-US English MSSQL with the error: ODBC error 22007 Installing or upgrading VMware Tools from the ESX console Installing OS X Server Snow Leopard on an i5- or i7-based Macbook Pro fails with the error: The CPU has beendisabled by the guest operating system Installing OSP tools packages on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 after uninstalling VMware Tools tarball packagefails with a cpio error Installing Red Hat 7.0 in a Virtual Machine Installing Red Hat 8.0 in a Virtual Machine Installing Red Hat 9.0 in a Virtual Machine Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 2 as a Guest Operating System Installing RP02 for Service Manager fails with the error: The Microsoft Visual J# 2.0 Redistributable Package isrequired by the rolling patch tool Installing Service Manager 9.0 fails with the error: The Microsoft Visual J# 2.0 Redistributable Package is required bythe rolling patch tool Installing Service Manager 9.0 patch fails with the error: The upgrade failed : requested registry access is not allowed Installing Solaris 10 6/06 Fails with Disk Errors Installing Solaris 10 as a 32-Bit guest operating system on a 64-Bit host machine Installing sound drivers in Windows 95 Installing SuSE Linux 8.1, 8.2 or 9.1 on a virtual machine fails Installing SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 8.x in a Virtual Machine Installing TCP/IP in Windows 95 http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Installing the AppSpeed plugin fails on Windows 7, Windows 2008, or Windows Vista Installing the Managed Server Agent for ESX Server Fails Installing the Packet Filter Driver on a NIC team Installing the Performance Overview plug-in in VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 4 and above Installing the Sound Blaster Drivers in a Windows Server 2003 Virtual Machine Installing the Tivoli Storage Manager Client on the Service Console Results in an Error Installing the View Agent on Windows XP disables the Welcome Screen and Fast User Switching Installing the View Agent will not remove registry entries, stop services, or remove directories when there is an activeView Session on Windows Terminal Server Installing the VMware Authorization Service Patch for GSX Server 2.0.0 for Windows Installing the VMware ESX/ESXi 4.x driver CD on an ESX 4.x host Installing the VMware vCenter Configuration Manager agent in a Windows environment using a command prompt Installing the VMware vCenter Configuration Manager HTTP Agent fails after renaming the collector enterprisecertificate Installing the VMware View Agent fails with the error: Internal Error 2502 Installing the Volume Shadow Copy Service with VMware Tools Installing Update Manager fails with the error: 1406 Installing Update Manager fails with the error: Error 1325.UpdateManagerData is not a valid short file name. Installing Update Manager with Unified Installer Might Fail if Disparate Databases Are Used Installing vCenter Configuration Manager Agent using Remote Command Installing vCenter Configuration Manager license fails with the error: Access Denied Installing vCenter Converter Standalone on a localized Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 might fail Installing vCenter Server 4.0 fails with the error: Error 25205. Error loading license key to LDAP Server Installing vCenter Server 4.1 fails with the error: Error 28022. Setup failed to setup 'VMwareVCMSDS' DirectoryService instance. Installing vCenter Server 4.1 on a Windows 2008 R2 operating system indicates a missing SQL 2005 driver Installing vCenter Server 4.1 on a Windows 2008 R2 system fails Installing vCenter Server 4.x does not complete with Windows Server 2008 Installing vCenter Server using the MS SQL Express database option fails with Error 25060 Installing vCenter Update Manager 4.x best practices Installing vCM collector service fails with the error: Verify that you have sufficient privileges to install system services Installing View Agent 4.0 fails with the error: Error 28014 Unable to close the firewall Installing virtual machines and configuring preferences in VMware Workstation Installing virtualization software within a virtual machine Installing VMware ACE Manager or VMware ACE Package on a Computer with a Different VMware Product Installing VMware Converter 4.2 fails with the error: Error 29454 Setup failed to register VMware vCenter Converterextension Installing VMware Products on a PDC or BDC Installing VMware Products on Unsupported Linux Distributions Installing VMware Service Manager on Windows Server 2008 fails with the error: Error 1920.Service IISADMIN(IISADMIN) failed to start Installing VMware Tools from Virtual Infrastructure Client Does Not Eject CD-ROM from a Solaris Guest Installing VMware Tools generates a general system error Installing VMware Tools in a Fusion virtual machine running Windows Installing VMware Tools in a Linux guest from a text mode screen Installing VMware Tools in a Linux virtual machine using a Compiler Installing VMware Tools in a Linux virtual machine using RPM Installing VMware Tools in a Novell NetWare virtual machine Installing VMware Tools in a Solaris virtual machine Installing VMware Tools in a Windows NT Service Pack 3 Guest Installing VMware Tools in a Windows virtual machine Installing VMware Tools in an Ubuntu virtual machine Installing VMware Tools in VMware Fusion fails with Error 1316 Installing VMware Tools in X Windows Version 4.1.x or Earlier Causes Linux Guest to Hang Installing VMware Tools on a Linux Guest Operating System fails with the error: Unable to build the vmci module Installing VMware Tools on a Linux virtual machine using the .RPM produces the error: service vmware-tools does notsupport chkconfig Installing VMware Tools on a Windows 2000 Terminal Server virtual machine does not complete Installing VMware Tools on a Windows guest fails with the error: The system administrator has set policies to preventthis installation Installing VMware Tools on Virtual Machines Fails If Guest OS Is Set to Other Installing VMware Tools requires manually compiling modules for 32bit and 64bit SuSE Linux Enterprise Server SP3guests Installing VMware Tools when Upgrading a Legacy Virtual Machine with Nonpersistent Mode Disks Installing VMware Update Manager 4.1 fails with the error: Error 25085 http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Installing VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Agents on a Windows machine manually Installing VMware vCenter Configuration Manager license Installing VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager fails with the error: Failed to update Perl installation directories. Installing VMware vCloud Director software on additional servers Installing VMware vCloud Director software on the first server Installing VMware vShield App fails with the error: Previous installation of host services encountered an error Installing VMware Workstation fails to generate SSL keys Installing VMware Workstation in openSUSE 11 Installing VMware Workstation or VMware Tools fails with the error: 1327 Invalid Drive Installing vShield agents in vCenter Server resources with multi-byte characters in the name Installing vShield Edge fails with the error: Edge is powered-off Installing vShield Manager components on VMware vCloud Director Installing when SAN Devices Are Connected to a QLogic Host Bus Adapter Installing Windows 2000 in a Virtual Machine Installing Windows 95 in a Virtual Machine Installing Windows 98 in a Virtual Machine Installing Windows 98 using a floppy disk Installing Windows NT in a Virtual Machine Installing Windows Vista or Windows 7 in a Workstation virtual machine fails with the error: unattended answer filecontains an invalid product key Installing Windows XP in a Virtual Machine Installing Windows XP to a physical partition in VMware Workstation fails with the error: vmscsi driver could not befound Installing Workstation 5.5 May Fail on a Windows XP Host That Has Symantec LiveState Recovery Installed Installing Workstation on a Slackware Host Installing Workstation outside the 64-bit Windows 7 default directory causes the installation to fail Installing Wyse Multimedia Support in ESX 3.0.2 InstallRequired on the agent that is installed on the collector DCOM timeouts with Event ID 10010 InstallShield Sometimes Stops Responding When Upgrading From Any VMware Consolidated Backup Version Prior to1.5 Instance customization fails for Ace master Instance Customization Fails If the Initialization Script Is Placed in the ACE Resources Directory Instructions for Mac VDM Web Access with RDC 1.0 Insufficient Privileges to Install ThinApp ThinDirect.msi for the ThinDirect Plug-In for Native Internet Explorer Insufficient virtual machine video RAM Integrating a Build System with VMware Studio Integration scan aborts with an error about duplicate key rows in 'dbo.ER_RESOURCE' with unique index'IX_ER_RESOURCE_UNIQUEID' Intel 82576 Gigabit Ethernet Controllers are not recognized after an upgrade or fresh Install Intel 82598EB 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port not working after upgrading to ESX 4.0 Update 2 or ESX 4.1 Intel IGB driver is not included with ESX 3.0.2 Update 1 Intel MT or PT Dual Port NICs drop CDP packets on ESX/ESXi 4.0 hosts Intel PCI-X Network card EEPROM corruption Intel PRO/1000 Network Adapter Configuration and Compatibility Issues Intel PRO/1000 XT Adapters in IBM eServers Cause Hangs and Unexpected Reboots Intellimouse Not Recognized in a Guest Operating System X Server Interactions with Host Screen Savers Intermediate snapshots of View Composer replicas might be removed by the VI client Intermittent SSL Warnings Appear During Logout Intermittent Virtual Machine Failures with NIS-Enabled ESX Server Hosts Internal Error Encountered When Installing GSX Server on a Windows Server 2003 Host International Keyboard Configuration on a Linux Host Internationalized versions of VMware Infrastructure 3.5 Update 1 show different build numbers between VirtualCenterand the VI Client Internet Explorer 7 fails if you use a smart card to log in to Outlook Web Access in a Windows Vista Guest Interpreting an ESX host purple diagnostic screen Interpreting SCSI sense codes Interpreting virtual machine monitor and executable failures Interrupt rebalancing does not work with some NICs Invalid Access Mode specified in Endpoint: httpAndHttps Invalid collector version status seen for a Collector in the Detail Discovery Dashboard Invalid destination error when attempting to restore a virtual machine from a VMware Data Recovery appliance Invalid pin number in the BIOS descriptions of interrupt routing entries cause undefined ESX/ESXi behavior Invalid Search DN message received when configuring ACE Management Server to use LDAP authentication. Invalid string position error when cloning or deploying a virtual machine http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Invalid views in a VirtualCenter database Invalid VMware HA cluster resulting from reversion to snapshot InvalidArgument fault when creating a virtual machine InvalidException Error Occurs When Virtual Machine and Host Do Not Belong to the Same Distributed Virtual Switch Inventory Collection appears to complete successfully but no data is recorded Inventory Collection Fails with Error "Generic Failure" -2147217407 on SWbemServicesEx (WMI) Inventory Collection fails with error -2147217900 - "Syntax error in string in query expression" Inventory collection is slow across WAN Inventory data collection on Linux Servers does not return RAM (memory) values Investigating an out of resources error on a datastore Investigating busy Fusion virtual machine files Investigating busy hosted virtual machine files Investigating disk space in Mac OS X Investigating disk space on an ESX host Investigating ESX virtual machine resources Investigating hosted virtual machine lock files Investigating hosted virtual machine resources Investigating if a hosted virtual machine is powered on Investigating if an ESX virtual machine is powered on Investigating network devices and device settings as a cause of VMware Converter failures Investigating operating system CPU usage Investigating operating system disk space Investigating operating system memory usage Investigating permissions for Fusion virtual machines Investigating power on permissions for ESX virtual machines Investigating power on permissions for hosted virtual machines Investigating server group types Investigating the health of a VirtualCenter database server Investigating virtual machine lock files in Fusion Investigating virtual machine resources in VMware Fusion Investigating whether a Fusion virtual machine is powered on Invoking Processes on Deployed Virtual Machines by Using SOAP API IOMMU Check test case fails with Workbench 1.0 GA (Core Refresh) IP address and AD account of a desktop remain after it is deleted from a pool IP address error when trying to configure an ESX host for VMotion IP address listed with 256 in place of 0 (zero) during install IP Address of Linux Guest Shown as "Unknown" in the VMware Management Interface IP conflicts occur if using fenced mode and default gateway does not match configuration gateway iPod Driver Doesn't Load in Guest IPSec error within a Windows virtual machine IPv6 guest operating system support IRQ Sharing Might Impact Performance Is a server reboot required on ESX hosts to see newly presented LUNs from an EMC Symmetrix SAN? Is Running Older VMware Tools in ESX Server Guests Supported? Is there a character limit on the Comments field in a knowledge article in VMware Service Manager? Is there a way to create a report based on who the group was when the SLA breach occurred on a call? Is there a way to disable VMware Service Managers auto creation of Temporary customers? Is there a way to stop out-of-office emails from creating new calls? Is virtual machine clustering supported? iSCSI adapters cannot establish a connection to an NetApp iSCSI storage array iSCSI and Jumbo Frames configuration on ESX 3.x and 4.x iSCSI LUNs are not accessible after rebooting the host until a rescan is performed iSCSI Port Binding fails with error: Add NIC failed in IMA iSCSI rescan takes longer time than expected when using port binding with a single VMNIC iSCSI storage volumes configured with ESX/ESXi hosts are lost when the active storage controller fails ISO not found error or MediaFileDoesNotExist Issue with Determining the Default System Volume When Converting Dual-Boot Virtual and Physical Machines Issues caused when Parallels Tools is installed in the virtual machine Issues reconfiguring or powering on virtual machines after upgrading from ESX 2.x to ESX 3.x Issues Running Google Earth on a Workstation Windows Guest Issues Upgrading from ESX Server 2.5.x to ESX Server 3.0 or ESX Server 3.0.1 VmPerl Scripting API Issues viewing Storage Views, Performance Overview, and Hardware Status when OpenSSL 1.0.0 version or higher isused to create self-signed certificates Issues When Configuring Protection for a Virtual Machine Hosted on a Cluster Issues when PXE booting virtual machines http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Issues When Running GSX Server on a 64-Bit Linux Host Issues when vCenter Server and License Server are installed on ESX 3.x hosted virtual machines Issues with Disk Space Required to Create VMware ACE Package Issues with storage related commands when using thin provisioned LUNs with your storage array Issues with ThinApp and Microsoft Office 2010 Issues with virtual printing: printers sometimes do not appear in the View desktop or printers mapped from a differentclient appear Issues with VMware Modules on a Red Hat Linux 7.3 Host with a BIGMEM Kernel It is recommended that you upgrade VDM Client machines to use Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) 6.0 Japanese characters in external URLs do not display correctly Japanese desktop display names do not display properly when using Web Access with Linux Japanese Keyboards on Linux Hosts: Some Keystrokes are Not Working Japanese Windows 95 OSR2 Guest Operating System Hangs Loading Jdisp.sys Java commands result in a command not found error Java in Virtual Machines on VMware ESX: Best Practices JavaScript Links Within a Website Not Correctly Redirecting to Virtual Internet Explorer When ThinDirect Is Set for theEntire Website Joining a cloned virtual machine running vCenter Server to the original virtual machine fails with a licensing error instatus.txt Joining a VMware vCenter Lab Manager template to a domain Joining a Windows guest domain using VMware vCloud Director Joining Linked Mode when installing a second vCenter Server fails with the error: linked mode operation failed witherror [255] in jointool*.log Joining or isolating a vCenter Server instance from a Linked Mode Group when protected by vCenter Server Heartbeat Jumbo Frames Are Not Available on VMkernel Networking Interfaces in ESX Server 3i Jumbo frames are not supported on vmxnet2 NICs for virtual machines running FreeBSD Jumbo Frames support with Broadcom NICs Keeping powered on virtual machines separated from powered off virtual machines Kernel Debugging Messages in System Log Kernel panic during ESX host upgrade after disabling HBA in BIOS Kernel Panic with Emulex 7000/8000/9000 card while installing ESX 1.x Key features of VMware vCenter Chargeback 1.5 Keyboard and mouse stop working in virtual machine console after vMotion Keyboard Malfunctions after Releasing Mouse Cursor Keyboard Mapping Explained (Linux Hosts Only) Keyboard or mouse do not work in a virtual machine Knowledge search in VMware Service Manager 9.x does not return correct results after using the Clear Form function Known issues affecting Dashboard reports and scenarios Known issues affecting data accuracy Known issues affecting data collection Known issues causing Collector failure Known issues when installing or upgrading VirtualCenter Known issues with the Data Synchronization task KRB5 error code 68 while setting Active Directory authentication on ESX 3.5 and 4.0 hosts Kudzu Presents Non-Readable Characters Lab Manager 4.0.2 MKS plugin cannot connect to Lab Manager 4.0.1 or earlier virtual machines Lab Manager Activity Log is Truncated Lab Manager cannot communicate with vCenter Server 4.0 Lab Manager configurations are only deploying to one datastore Lab Manager installation requirements Lab Manager MKS console browser plug-in on Windows can be installed only by a Windows administrator Lab Manager Networking - basic information Lab Manager reports Hosts and Resource Pools as disconnected or not available Lab Manager virtual machine fails to power on with the error: File unspecified file name was not found Lack of support for USB 2.0 drivers on Windows Me, Windows 98, and Windows 95 LAN and SAN traffic during VMware Consolidated Backup operations Large I/Os Are Split into 64KB Units When Using LSILogic Driver Large Network Transfers Can Cause a Solaris 10 Virtual Machine's Network Connection to Stop Responding Large snapshot delete operations time out in VirtualCenter large temporary redo files in VCB proxy Latency Problems with the Virtual Machine Console View Launching a client connection from the command-line Launching a virtual machine if it is not listed in Virtual Machines Library window Launching multiple Adobe CS3 projects simultaneously causes a failure Launching VMware Workstation on a Linux host displays the warning: The host's Linux kernel yield() functionality ishttp://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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disabled Launching Workstation 5 Produces a GtK-WARNING Message on SuSE Linux Host Launching your Boot Camp partition in VMware Fusion Leap seconds in Virtual Infrastructure 3 Leaving Full Screen Mode Causes Host's X Server to Restart Leaving the client on the login screen without any activity for a few minutes stops the log in process. Legacy Emulation for DVD and CD Drives Legacy vmware-toolbox Script Tab Settings Revert to Default After VMware Tools Upgrade Legato Networker hangs with 0% progress when VCB Integration module is used Lenovo ThinkPad T61 laptops may fail to a blue screen with BSOD STOP: 0x40000080 when disconnecting a networkcable LGTO sync error interrupts remote virtual machine connectivity libX11.so.6 32-Bit Libraries Not Found on x86 Linux Host License Administration Using an Options File License Assignment and Transfer Form (LATF) and Account Change Form (ACF) License Check Fails to Operate for VMware Consolidated Backup Foundation Edition in Served Mode License File Generation for academic and commercial licenses License File Is Moved from the Location Specified During Installation License keys for VMware Service Manager 8.x and 9.0 License keys for VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager 5.x and 6.x License keys for VMware vCenter Application Stack Manager 3.x License keys for VMware vCenter Configuration Analytics Manager 3.0 License keys for VMware vCenter Configuration Manager 5.2.1 and 5.3 License Serial Number on Direct Console Support Information Screen Is Not Consistent for Evaluation Licensing Mode License server cannot read license file if name is too long License Server Directory Support for Simplified License Management License Server timeout when trying to connect to an ESX host License Server Writes Log Data to User Directory Licensing an ESX 4.0 host fails with the error: The license key entered does not have enough capacity for this entity Licensing an ESX host by pointing to a License Server through VMware Infrastructure Client fails Licensing an ESX host using the command line Licensing ESX 3.x in a centralized environment Licensing ESX 4.x, ESXi 4.x, and vCenter Server 4.x Licensing ESX Server 2 and ESX Server 3 Mixed Environments Licensing for ThinApp information Licensing information for vCenter Chargeback 1.0 Licensing Lab Manager 3.0 Licensing Lab Manager 4.0 Licensing Lifecycle Manager Licensing Site Recovery Manager 1.0 Licensing Site Recovery Manager 4.x Licensing the free edition of ESXi 3.5 Licensing ThinApp 4.x Licensing vCenter AppSpeed 1.0 Licensing vCenter Server Heartbeat 5.5 Licensing VirtualCenter 2.5 fails because it is configured for evaluation mode Licensing VMware Fusion 3.0 Licensing VMware Server 2.x Licensing VMware vCloud Director Licensing VMware View 4.x Licensing VMware View Manager Licensing VMware Workstation 7.x Lifecycle of a Provider Virtual Data Center and Organization Virtual Data Center Limit of virtual CPUs raised from 128 to 192 after ESX 3.5 Update 1 Limitation of Disaster Recovery Failover LUNS for Some iSCSI Arrays and Some Hosts Limitations on VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) and Multipathing Limitations on Volume Migration When You Import a Virtual or Physical Machine Limitations Regarding Mouse Configuration When Running Unity Mode on Linux Hosts Limitations Regarding Preserving Network Settings When Updating to Workstation 6.5 Limitations Regarding Taskbar Location for Linux Guests in Unity Mode Limitations to application support in ThinApp Limited configurations are supported for VMware HA and ESX Server 3i hosts Limited Disk Throughput from Windows with BusLogic Adapter Causes Performance Problems Limiting iSCSI LUN Access Based on IP Address Does Not Work for Software iSCSI Limiting the Number of LUNs Visible to a Server http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Link Never Comes Up on the HBA When I Attempt to Boot from SAN Using LPe1150 Linked clone deploy or recompose results in the error: View Composer agent initialization state error (6): Unknownfailure (waited 0 seconds) Linked clone deployment power prerequisite Linked Clone Desktop creation or recompose operations can fail with the message VcUnexpectedErrorFault(reason=DuplicateNameFault) when the replica folder is not present in VirtualCenter Linked clone desktops do not power on after a successful recompose Linked clones are not deleted if a failure occurs during the deployment of several AppSpeed probes Linked Mode vCenter does not replicate if the time between vCenter servers are inaccurate Linked-clone lifecycle in VMware View 4.5 Linking a NIC to a virtual switch using the esxcfg-vswitch &ndash;L command produces a segmentation fault. Linking an Imported Virtual Machine to the Source Virtual Machine or System Image Links in the Getting Started Tabs for Some Inventory Objects Might Not Be Displayed Linux 2.6.x Kernel Support Linux based file systems become read-only Linux Bridge module cannot handle packets larger than the maximum transmission unit Linux File Level Restore does not mount all filesystems Linux Guest Clock Runs Slowly on ESX Server 2 Linux guest clock runs slowly on ESX Server 3.0 Linux Guest Display Splits into Multiple Panes with Identical Content Linux Guest Hangs on Shutdown, Reboot, or rmmod (Kernels Prior to 2.6.5) Linux Guest Moved to a System with Different Processor Type Panics During Boot Linux Guest Operating System (Running Most 2.2.x kernels) Hangs When Booting Linux Guest Operating System (SMP Linux Host only) Performance Problems Linux Guest Operating System Fails to Appear Properly When Legacy Virtual Machine Is Resumed in Workstation 5.5 Linux Guest OS may become unresponsive after hot-adding memory from under 3 GB to over 3 GB Linux host with grsecurity patches restarts the host unexpectedly when running a virtual machine Linux Hosts That Use the evdev Driver for Keyboards Do Not Map Keys Correctly in Any Guest Linux Kernel's Out-of-Memory Process Killer Can Terminate Virtual Machine to Free Memory Linux SMP kernels might stop responding with an error: NMI appears to be stuck Linux virtual machine continuously reports errors related to the CD-ROM drive Linux virtual machines shut down instead of rebooting Linux Web Access User Names Cannot Begin with a Hyphen List of possible CL_CALL_LOGGING.OPEN_FLAG values and their meanings in VMware Service Manager Listing SAN LUNs that are not in use by a datastore Live clone of a virtual machine with an independent disk fails LM Tools with SIDgen Fails on Windows 2000 With Mac Services lmgrd fails to start if path to .lic file too long LMTools Crashes when System Settings Tab Is Selected Load Balancing ACE Management Servers with chain.crt Certificates Load Based Teaming in vSphere 4.1 Load percsnmpd After the VMkernel Load Sharing of Network Traffic Might Not be Optimized for Flexible Virtual Network Adapter in a Teamed Configuration Loading a custom fingerprint in VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Loading licenses disables features Loading Parallel Port Driver Modules in the Service Console Generates Warnings in the ESX Server Boot Logs Local console session causes error message Local SMB Storage Capacity Information Displayed in the Lab Manager Web Console Is Incorrect Local user persistent disk is displayed as a network drive in My Computer Local users created on ESX and ESXi 4.1 systems cannot log in Locating a hosted virtual machine's files Locating the installation directory of a VMware product Locating the virtual machine bundle in VMware Fusion Locating virtual machine log files on an ESX host Locating VMware Workstation Serial Number Location of ESX log files Location of ESXi log files Location of log files for VMware products Location of Site Recovery Manager log files Location of the Guided Consolidation logs in vCenter Server 4.0 Location of vCenter Server log files Location of VDR log files Location of VirtualCenter Preinstalled MIB Files Location of VMware View log files http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Lockdown mode configuration after upgrading from ESXi 4.0 to 4.1 Lockdown mode does not lock down machine Locking SpeedStep, PowerNow, or Cool'n'Quiet on the Host to a Constant Speed Lockup/Reboot Loop During a Windows 2000 Guest Operating System Installation Log files grow to excessive size Log in as current user feature requires DNS suffix and AD domain to match Log Monitor Affects Virtual Application Startup on 32-bit Windows 7 Log rotation and logging options for vmware.log Logging 0/3 and 0/5 errors when using NetApp ONTAP version less than 7.2.2 Logging an incident via the customer portal fails with the error: There are no Call Templates available for you to log anIncident Logging in to a VDR appliance for the first time fails with the error: Could not log onto the server. The connect attempttimed out. Logging in to Lab Manager as an LDAP user fails with the error: Error connecting to LDAP server" Logging in to the CapacityIQ Administration Portal in Firefox generates certificate error Logging in to the Nexus 1000v VSM within the vCenter Server fails with the error: Access Denied Logging in to the Site Recovery Manager Recovery Site with vSphere Client causes an SSL error Logging in to the virtual desktop fails with domain connection error Logging in to View Client using the "Log in as current user" option fails Logging in to VirtualCenter with VMware Infrastructure Client fails with the error: The request failed because of aconnection failure Logging in to VMware Service Manager fails with the error: Parser Error Message: Unrecognized attribute 'type' Logging in to VMware View Manager fails with the error: display protocol ... is busy processing a request Logging in to WSTester on the Service Manager installed on a Windows 2008 server fails with the error: (405) methodnot allowed Logging into the View Admin Console is slow Logging into the VMware Data Recovery appliance from vCenter Server fails with the error: The connection wasunexpectedly closed Logging into the VMware Service Manager system that has Integrated Security enabled fails with the error: InvalidUser Id or Password Logging into the VMware View desktop fails with the error: This desktop currently has no resources available Logging into the Web Console fails even when role and account are setup in vCenter Configuration Manager (VCM)and SQL Server Logging into vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1 with vSphere Client produces the error: Request failed due to ssl error Logging into VirtualCenter fails with the error: Bad username or password Logging into VMware Service Manager fails with a configuration error Logging on to an ESX host with Windows session credentials fails Login to vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1 using vSphere Client 4.1 fails in Linked Mode environments when vCenterServer Update 1 and vCenter Server 4.1 use a different HttpsProxyPort Login using WebAccess fails on VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6 upgrade or installation Long delay when booting from SAN using a QLE4062 HBA Long Pauses during Guest Operating System Boot Long Pauses Related to CD-ROM Drive Activity Looking up Managed Object Reference (MoRef) in vCenter Server Losing Configuration Information from Template to Deployed Virtual Machine Loss of Network Connectivity in Fenced Configurations Loss of network connectivity on SLES8 virtual machine Loss of network connectivity on some Sun servers using NVIDIA network controller Loss of network connectivity when port security is configured on the physical switch Lost Interrupts During Installation of 64-Bit Linux Guest Operating System Running a Uniprocessor Kernel Lost or Degraded connectivity to storage device Lost pings and delays in the physical switch during NIC teaming failback Lost redundant path to storage device Lost SCSI reservations can occur when using HP Blades and the Virtual Connect Module Low memory conditions might impact SCSI status Low Network Throughput in Windows Guest when Running UDP Application Low swap keeps patches from installing LSI storage controller errors in vmkernel logs LUN detected as a snapshot because LUN presentation settings were incorrect LUN filtering mechanism during RDM creation LUN suddenly becomes unavailable to one or more ESX hosts LUNs on Active/Passive arrays may trespass when connected to a running ESX 4.0 host LUNs with IDs Greater Than 128 Are Not Exported to the Console at Boot Time MAC and IP address conflict in a virtual machine Mac System Software Unexpectedly Disables Intel VT in Fusion 1.0 http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Machine data class collection fails during transform if CPU_COUNT is greater than 32 Maintaining write ordering and write-through integrity using NFS in an ESX environment Maintenance mode of AppSppeed Server's host hangs Making Autofit Guest and Fit Guest Now Options Work for Windows 95 Guests Making Masked LUNs Settings Persistent Across Reboots on ESX Server Making Studio Max Viewports Display Correctly on a Linux Host with a Windows XP Guest Making sure you can use the CD/DVD drive in a Fusion virtual machine Managed Server Installation Requirement for No Virtual Machines Deployed Managed Servers page is not updating/refreshing Management Controller firmware information not displayed in hardware status Management Interface Creates More Than 16 Core Dump Slots on a Shared SAN LUN Management Interface File Manager Does Not Display the File System Tree Management Interface May Write Partitions Incorrectly Management User Interface Does Not Recognize File Names with Spaces Management User Interface fails to add a Raw Disk Mapping on ESX 2.5.x Managing an ESXi host with the ESXi Management kit Managing storage using PowerCLI Managing virtual machines using PowerCLI Manipulating a file on a Datastore fails with the error: device or resource busy Manual changes might be needed to use networking in copied virtual machine Manual changes might be needed to use networking in copied virtual machine on Open Enterprise Server SupportPack 1 and Support Pack 2 Manual Intervention Required for ESX Server iSCSI Software Initiator to Communicate With iSCSI Storage Manually adjusting the IP address pool reuse waiting timeout Manually Building VMware Tools Kernel Modules in SLES and SLED Guests Manually building VMware Tools kernel modules in Ubuntu guests Manually Configuring a Virtual Machine to Use the e1000 Network Adapter Driver Manually created officers linked to matching customers imported through Directory Integration get deleted Manually creating a VMFS volume using fdisk and vmkfstools -C Manually deleting linked clones or stale virtual desktop entries from VMware View Manager Manually enable vSphere solutions Manually forcing VMware Fusion to use specific network interfaces or connections Manually install the VMXNet driver in Windows NT Guest OS on ESX 3.0.x and ESX 3.5 Manually installing and uninstalling the Internet Explorer MKS plugin for Lab Manager Manually installing and uninstalling the Lab Manager Agent on an ESX Host Manually installing McAfee VirusScan Plus in VMware Fusion Manually Installing the VirtualCenter Agent Manually migrating the AppSpeed server fails and you have a snapshot present Manually regenerating core dump files in VMware ESX Manually reloading the ESX host physical NIC driver when vmnic stops passing traffic Manually Setting Cluster IP Address for Clustered VirtualCenter Server Manually Uninstalling GSX Server on Linux Hosts Manually uninstalling the Internet Explorer MKS plugin Manually uninstalling VMware Fusion Manually uninstalling VMware Workstation from Linux hosts Manually upgrading/re-installing the Active Discovery Service for WMI in VMware vCenter Application DiscoveryManager (ADM) Map Console does not display in VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Mapping a world virtual machine number to a virtual machine name in a vm-support dump Mapping VMware High Availability Heartbeats and Communication Paths Masking a boot device might make /bootbank unavailable on an ESXi system Masking a LUN from ESX and ESXi 4.0 using the MASK_PATH plug-in Masking LUNs fails to mask the last path Master virtual machine templates do not appear in VMware View Manager Maximum desktop spanned screen resolution Maximum number of supported devices reached Maximum number of supported paths reached Maximum supported volumes reached McAfee one year free anti-virus subscription in VMware Fusion Mechanisms to determine if software is running in a VMware virtual machine MegaRAID2 Driver May Cause Disk I/O Lockups on the Service Console Memory access violation after P2V conversion Memory and Handling Leak in Scalability Environment Memory Errors on Hosts with More than 2 GB of RAM Memory Errors on Hosts with More than 4 GB of RAM http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Memory health status information is not provided for systems without memory sensors Memory hot-add fails if the assigned virtual machine memory equals the size of its memory reservation Memory leak in QueryPerfData Memory limits if installing Windows NT 4.0 with no service pack Memory Slider Control Might Be Missing from Virtual Machine Settings and Wizard on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10Hosts Memory Usage shows as a Negative Number when looking at the Summary Tab of a Resource pool Message about "tainted" drivers in Red Hat Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux guest operating systems Message on an HA-enabled ESX/ESXi host: Could not reach isolation address: non specified Messages log contains "floppy0: disk absent or changed during operation" Messages log contains "snmpd[1129]: /proc/net/dev data format error, line ==||" Metadata files of a powered-on virtual machine might be deleted from shared storage Microsoft applications fail to activate Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) support on ESX Microsoft Cluster Service Cluster Administrator shows only one NIC Microsoft Cluster Service Doesn't Start Microsoft Cluster Service Fails When All Paths to the Boot Disk of the Active Node Become Unavailable in a Boot fromSAN Configuration Microsoft Clustering Using Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT) Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator and SysPrep Clones Microsoft Money under Fusion 1.0 does not correctly perform on-line banking activities Microsoft NetMeeting not available for RDP connections in VMware View Microsoft Network Load Balancing Multicast and Unicast operation modes Microsoft NLB not working properly in Unicast Mode Microsoft smart card removal group policy does not work with View smart card SSO Microsoft SQL Server Service Pack Installation Problems Microsoft SQL servers cannot handle non-ASCII names for datacenters after you upgrade to VirtualCenter 2.5 Microsoft Windows 64-bit operating systems (Vista, 2003, and 2008) randomly fail Migrated Virtual Machine with Undoable Disks and .REDO Log Causes Reboot or Disk Errors Migrating a Lab Manager Environment Migrating a powered off virtual machine across hosts in different datacenters fails with the error: A specified parameterwas not correct. host Migrating a virtual machine fails with the error: Validation migration exception - Permission to perform this operationwas denied Migrating a virtual machine from ESX 2.x to ESX 3.x fails with the error: Invalid Configuration for Device '1 Migrating a Virtual Machine from ESX Server 2.1 to 2.0.1 Might Degrade Performance Migrating a virtual machine from one host to another within a cluster fails with the error: Unable to create schedulergroup for migration worlds Migrating a VirtualCenter 2.5 database from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 Migrating a Workstation virtual machine to vSphere Migrating an Access Database to MS SQL Server 2000 Migrating an ESX 3.x virtual machine with snapshots in powered-off or suspended state to another datastore mightcause data loss and make the virtual machine unusable Migrating an existing vCenter Server database to 4.1 using the Data Migration Tool Migrating an SRM server to run on a different host Migrating Service Console and/or VMkernel port from Standard Switches to Distributed Switch Migrating the vCenter Server 4.x database from SQL Express 2005 to SQL Server 2008 Migrating to a new vCenter Server with the Cisco Nexus 1000v DVS Migrating vCenter Server to a different host machine Migrating virtual machines Migrating virtual machines between vSwitch or PortGroups to vDS or dvPortgroups Migrating virtual machines from hosts running ESX 1.5.2 to ESX 3.x Migrating virtual machines with Raw Device Mappings (RDMs) Migrating VirtualCenter from Microsoft MSDE 2000 to Microsoft SQL 2005 Express Migrating VMI-enabled virtual machines to platforms that do not support VMI Migrating with VMotion to a Target Machine with a Maxed-Out Networking Switch Fails Migrating/Clone fails from a local disk to a NFS share Migration Agent fails on a system with a recovery partition Migration from VMware Server Back to GSX Server or ESX Server Has Restrictions Migration of VirtualCenter or vCenter Server backup to 64-bit server fails due to previous vCenter Server 4.1 installation Migration or power on operations fail in VMware environments using NFS datastores Migration to a different processor Migration Upgrade with VMotion Supports Upgrades Only from Specific Versions of ESX Server 2.x Migration with VMotion between some Intel Xeon Pentium 4 processors causes some 64-bit versions of Windows to exithttp://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Migration with VMotion Causes the Creation of Incremented Files when Migration of a VirtualCenter 1.0.x VirtualMachine Fails Migration with VMotion Does Not Complete if an External Console is Open Migration with VMotion Fails When Destination Host Cannot Find Swap File Minimum permissions required for View Composer Minimum required permissions for Storage VMotion Minimum System Requirements for Installing ESX Minimum system requirements for installing VirtualCenter 2.x and below Minimum system requirements for installing VMware vCenter Chargeback 1.5 Minor Spelling Error in the VMkernel Logs Misdetected Network Driver on a Mandrake 7.2 Guest Operating System Mis-identified NIC on Mandrake 7.2 guest OS Misleading information in esxcfg-vswif man page Misleading timeout errors occur when rescanning iSCSI storage adapters Missing folders prevent VirtualCenter Server service from starting Missing KMOD package for Ubuntu 10.04 Missing LUNS after upgrading to ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 5 or ESX/ESXi 4.x Missing or incompatible software packages that prevent data collection Missing Performance Data in VirtualCenter 2.5 Missing performance statistics in performance graphs Missing SCSI journal on the VMFS-3 datastore Missing VirtIE6.txt or other <VirtualBrowser>.txt file for a virtual browser with ThinDirect implemented Mixing Virtual IDE CD-ROM with Physical SCSI CD-ROM Devices Can Have Adverse Effects MKS Console Does Not Appear Over Remote X Authentication MKS console fails to open with the error: the process /usr/lib/bin/vmware-vmkauthd-start failed to launch properly MMR might fail after restarting a virtual machine in vCenter MMR requires overlay support. Modified coldclone.iso CD fails to boot Modified logo is not displaying properly on reports in VMware Service Manager Modified NVRAM Settings Might Prevent Virtual Machine from Powering-On Modifying advanced virtual machine settings using vSphere Client Modifying DNS and WINS settings using vCenter Configuration Manager Remote Command Modifying firewall behavior for multiple ports using esxcfg-firewall Modifying Linked Mode Configuration on Windows Server 2008 R2 fails with the error: setup failed to copyLDIFDE.EXE from System folder to %windir%\ADAM Modifying the default password settings for the vpxuser account Modifying the DHCP settings of vmnet1 and vmnet8 in Fusion Modifying the ESX Server Device Allocation from the Console OS (Service Console) Modifying the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) for a Windows virtual machine Modifying the hot keys setting Modifying the Server Advisor post deployment automated collection wait time Modifying the virtual machine's network using a local user account with appropriate permissions fails Modifying the VMware Fusion 3 menu bar item Modifying WINS settings using vCenter Configuration Manager Remote Command Monitoring events in VMware View Manager 4.5 Monitoring system resources for Collector tasks Monthly scheduled tasks do not execute More Servers Are Listed on the Dashboard Than I Expected More Than Two Concurrent Deployments from the Same SAN-based Virtual Machine Template or Across a FirewallMight Fail Motorola IMfree USB device not properly detected by 32-bit Windows guest on 64bit Ubuntu 5.10 host Mounting a virtual disk as a MacOS volume Mounting an ISO as client device fails with a Please specify a valid image file error Mounting an ISO image fails with the error: Invalid file type Mounting an NFS storage device fails with the error: MOUNT RPC Failed with RPC Status 13 Mounting CD-ROM Generates Error Message, "Bad Superblock" Mounting Installation Disk Using HP iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) Causes Installation Errors if System ROM is Out ofDate Mounting root fails after installing ESX 3.5 when local storage exceeds the 2 terabyte limit Mounting VMFS File Systems on the Console Operating System Mouse and keyboard stop working after upgrading to Fusion 3.x Mouse and SVGA Drivers Fail to Uninstall from Virtual Machines with Windows NT 4.0 SP6a as a Guest OperatingSystem Mouse cursor and networking stops working after installing VMware Tools on a Windows virtual machine convertedhttp://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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from Microsoft Virtual Server or Virtual PC Mouse Cursor Freeze when Resuming a Virtual Machine Mouse Disappears or Moves Erratically Mouse Does Not Function Properly in Linux Guests That Use X.Org 7.1 or Higher Mouse does not function properly on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2.1 guest on ESX 3.0.2 or 3.0.3 Mouse does not work inside virtual machine when MouseWorks is installed Mouse in Fusion 2.x stops responding when Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) is installed Mouse movement is erratic when VMware Tools is installed on Windows NT 4 Japanese version for the first time Mouse movement is not smooth in a Fusion virtual machine Mouse Moves Erratically at Login Screen for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Guests Mouse not working after installing VMware Tools in converted virtual machine Mouse or keyboard stop functioning during installation or upgrade of ESX Server system Mouse Pointer Disappears on Solaris 10 Virtual Machines with Xsun Mouse pointer does not track the movement of a redirected USB human interface device Mouse pointer in View client does not match mouse position in the virtual desktop when text display size has beenincreased Mouse Pointer Not Grabbed and Released Correctly by NetWare Guest Mouse Pointer Pop-Up Hints Appear When You Use Remote Console Through Citrix Mouse problems with Windows 3.1x guest Mouse stops working with Open Server 5.0.6 and 5.0.7 MP5 Moved Virtual Machine Does Not Retain Information About Applications Displayed in the Mac Dock Moving a datastore using SSMove Moving a Plain Disk to GSX Server 3 Moving a single virtual disk using Storage VMotion Moving an ESX/ESXi 4.x host with vDS from one vCenter Server to another Moving automated persistent desktops to another cluster Moving or copying a virtual machine within a VMware environment Moving or Copying Virtual Disks in a VMware Environment Moving the VirtualCenter SQL database Moving View-managed desktops between vCenter Servers is not supported Moving virtual machines between resource pools raises warnings: Incorrect CPU percentage Moving virtual machines with Storage vMotion Moving VirtualCenter to a different datastore MSA Storage Not Detected by HP Insight Manager 7.1.2 and 7.2.0 with ESX Server 2.5 mscorsvw.exe process in a vSphere Client package blocks ThinApp sandbox deletion MSCS cluster configured in Windows 2000 cannot access the shared RDM LUN MSCS Clustering Can Trigger an Unnecessary Failover to the Backup Server on the IBM FastT Series Arrays MSCS Node fails when powering on with a Cannot open the disk MSCS Requires 2Gb Fibre Channel HBA on ESX Server 2.5.5 MSCS Requires 2Gb Fibre Channel HBAs on ESX Server 2.5.5 MSCS Requires 2Gb Fibre Channel HBAs on ESX Server 3.0.1 MSCS Support for Both 4Gb and 2Gb Fibre Channel HBAs on ESX Server 3.0.2 or Later MS-DOS Performance Problems with EMM386 Turned On MSI Advertised Shortcuts and Thinapp MSI attempts to repair natively installed application MSI installation fails with an error about already installed versions MSI options dialog appears during VirtualCenter 2.5 install msvcp71.dll is removed after uninstalling ESX/ESXi 3.5 VMware Tools or upgrading from ESX 3.5 to 4.0 Multimedia Redirection support for Windows 7 clients in VMware View 4.5 Multi-monitor desktop in Virtual Desktop Manager shows only one desktop in middle of screen Multimonitor does not work when the two monitors have different resolutions Multipath Configuration for MSCS with N+1 Configuration Multipathing policies in ESX 4 Multiple Access to Same Partition Multiple conversion attempts of Windows 2008 and Hyper-V source machines fail Multiple display support in Virtual Desktop Manager Multiple duplicate characters for a single keystroke when working in the VMware console Multiple log in prompts appear during login after implementing RSA Multiple Rescans Might Be Required for Detecting New LUN Paths and Removing Existing LUN Paths Multiple scheduled remote command jobs are overwritten Multiple snapshots are not preserved when converting a virtual machine Multiple Virtual Machines Slow to Resume Multiple VMFS Upgrades Multiport Emulex (LP9802, Firmware 1.91A1) Cannot Boot from SAN on the Second Port (Passive Path) for MSA-1000 Active-Passive Storage Array http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Must Use Physical Compatibility Mode for Shared Disks When Using Microsoft Clustering Service with Raw DeviceMappings Mutiple replicas are created when the MasterVM has a mapping to a non-existent ISO image file My Computer Does Not Hibernate and I Receive the Error Message, "Insufficient System Resources Exist to Completethe API" My Dell PowerEdge 8450 hangs when I reboot it. The hang occurs while the driver for the Symbios Logic SCSI storage controller (sym53c8xx.o) is loading. Name servers are removed during install when PEERDNS is set to no Naming conventions for single-port and multiport Emulex HBAs in ESX Naming one or multiple versions of a virtual browser with ThinDirect redirection NAT Does Not Work After I Add New Port to Forwarding List Navigating in text mode in a NetWare Server guest Navigating the Stage Manager Web Console Generates Microsoft SQL Server Database Error Navigation Pane Shows No Details When Capacity Planner Data Manager Starts Negative Numbers Sometimes Appear for Disk Sizes in SMC 2.1 on the Solaris 10 Operating Environment and Update1 Neoteris VPN Client May Cause Windows Guest to Crash Nessus Generates a Warning for Vulnerability at Port 9 with the Ascend Router Nessus Generates a Warning Indicating a VERITAS Backup Exec Security Advisory for Windows Servers NetApp Best Practices for configuring NFS Heartbeat settings NetApp LUN is reported as unsupported in the VMkernel logs for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1 NetApp NFS datastore mounts, but is not accessible NetApp Snap Manager backups fail for LUNs with large numbers of virtual machines NetApp storage arrays not correctly detected after upgrading to Site Recovery Manager 1.0 Update 1 NetBackup Integration Module for VCB README Examples Reference Wrong Set of Scripts NetWare 5.1 Guest Resets while the Operating System Is Starting NetWare 6.0 Server Service Pack 5 Crashes When Stack Dump Exceeds the Valid Memory Limit NetWare 6.5 Guest Hangs During Installation NetWare 6.5 Server Service Pack 3 and 5 installations stall after selection of Ethernet driver on a guest with non-passthrough Raw Device Mapping NetWare Server guest inaccessible if installed as RDM virtual machine using the same LUN as a prior Windows NTRDM guest installation Network adapter change needed for some VMware Products running Windows Vista Network adapter does not appear in the Virtual Infrastructure Client NetWork Adapter Error Message After Installing VMware Tools on 32-Bit Ubuntu Guests Network Adapter Not Found When Virtual Machine Importer Migrates a Windows NT 4.0 Virtual PC Network Adapter Team Stops Working After ESX Server Upgrade Network adapters are not detected with NetXen 10 Gigabit Ethernet NIC cards Network Boot of Virtual Machines Network cable of a virtual machine appears unplugged Network configuration for hosts in an HA cluster with VMkernel network adapters on the same subnet Network configuration in VMware View virtual desktops Network configuration of a recovered virtual machine during Site Recovery Manager failover fails with the log error:Network Device Not Found Network connection drops and never recovers on systems under heavy networking and processor load Network connection failure for template virtual machine deployed from Lab Manager Network Connectivity Is Lost and "WARNING: Uplink: 1925: Couldn't allocate pkt for frame copy" Appears in the Log Network Connectivity Issues with IBM eServer BladeCenter HS20 Network Connectivity Issues with Virtual Network Adapters in Promiscuous Mode Network Connectivity Lost After Applying ESX Server 2.5 Patch 1 (Build 12883) Network Connectivity Lost Due to Physical Link Down Network connectivity might be lost during ESXi 3.5 boot Network connectivity requirements for VMware View Manager 4.5 Network errors after copying a virtual machine Network Failure Between Guest and Physical Network Network failure when ESX/ESXi loads the bnx2 driver in a shared VLAN environment Network I/O Resource Management in vSphere 4.1 with vDS Network loss when migrating to a virtual distributed switch Network Not Starting in Linux Guest Operating System After I Install VMware Tools in Virtual Machine with vmxnetAdapter Network operations in vSphere Client fail with the error: The type initializer for 'xr' threw an exception Network performance issues Network receive packets dropped at the virtual switch Network redundancy message when configuring VMware High Availability in vCenter Server Network traffic fails when a vSwitch VLAN ID is configured with HP VCM Ethernet Network profile External VLAN ID http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Network-based backups do not work against ESX 3.0.x Networking Does Not Work in Workstation, VMware Player, or VMware Server Virtual Machines Running on MandrivaLinux 2006 64-Bit Hosts Networking Error: IP address already assigned to another adapter Networking is turned off in a Linux virtual machine after an RPM upgrade of VMware Tools from ESX 3.5 Update 4 orearlier to ESX 4.1 Networking Issues in Lab Manager Configurations Using SUSE Linux 9.3 Templates Networking might not work after you install Windows 95 Networking performance data is missing when the VMXNET3 adapter is used Networking screen is blank NetXen NC510F 10GB adapter not detected NetXen NX 2031 Cards Support No More Than 128 GB of RAM on a Machine New features in VMware View 4.5 New Formula for Performance Data Collection in Capacity Planner 2.6 New installation of ESX 4.0 with AMD 6 core processor fails to boot New LUNs Not Detected on QLogic HBAs New snapshots are not detected by the Recompose Wizard after upgrading to VMware View 4.x New Target LUNs Do Not Appear During Rescan of HDS 95xx Array New virtual machine creation fails with unable to access file message New Virtual Machine on ESX Server 2.0.2 Host Not Created with Specified Configuration Parameters New VMFS Volumes Exposed to the VCB Proxy Requires Rescan New vmkerrcode Utility Displays VMkernel Errors Newly extented VMFS datastore fluctuates between the old size and new size Newly Installed RPMs Are Listed as Wrong or Duplicate Versions when System Time Is Rolled Back nForce Ethernet NIC Loses Connectivity on ESX 3.5 NFS corruption with VMI kernel in SLES10 SP2 NFS Datastore greyed out after reboot of ESX NFS media storage constantly switches between unreachable and reachable NFS mount with NetApp failing - permission denied error NIC configuration reverts from full duplex to half duplex when the host is rebooted NIC Failover Configuration for Blade Servers NIC is missing from virtual machine configuration NIC team failover, failback, or VMotion results in loss of network connectivity NIC teaming in ESX Server NIC Teaming load balancing does not work with global vSwitch configuration on ESX 3.5 NIC teaming using EtherChannel leads to intermittent network connectivity in ESXi NIC Teaming with Different Device Capabilities Throws a Warning NICs added to a virtual machine with a Linux guest operating system by using hot add are not activated automatically NICs of VMotion Switch Cannot Be Part of Virtual Switch Configuration with ESX Server 2.x Hosts NICs show as 100MB when they are 1GB NLB Cluster can't route to remote subnets in multicast mode. No access to machines on different domains: Error "2147481648" during test connections. No Audio During Video Playback After Guest Operating System Resumes From a Suspend State No available Disk/LUNs showing in Add Storage Wizard No buffer space available errors appear in Windows Event Log No controller found error appears when ESX is booted on Cisco UCS B200 M1 blade server No Distributed Power Management support in AppSpeed No ESX/ESXi support for CPU-only or memory-only NUMA nodes No manpage for resxtop Remote CLI in Remote CLI Package No more space for the redo log error when attempting to start a virtual machine No Network Connection from Service Console with e1000 NIC, or lspci Shows "Unknown Device" No Protection Against Deleting a Disk Backing File That Is Also Used by Another Powered-Off Virtual Machine No results returned in custom report on the Stats_Core data source No snapshots are listed in View Administrator when you are creating a desktop pool using linked clone technology No Splash Screen for VirtualCenter 2.x autorun Installer No storage devices visible with Broadcom iSCSI offload-enabled adapters No ThinDirect redirection of web pages from native Internet Explorer to a virtual browser such as virtual InternetExplorer 6 (Virt IE6) No users appear when attempting to entitle a virtual desktop No values for Disk Queue and Disk Busy are returned on a custom report from the Stats_Core data source No virtual desktops are available in the Administration screen No warning message is generated that desktops are checked out when you uninstall the View Client with OfflineDesktop Non ASCII Characters Are Not Supported in DRS Rule Name and in Advanced Options Setting of DRS Non Supported Upgrade Options for VMware Tools on ESX Server 3.5 or ESX Server 3i version 3.5 http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Non-administrator users cannot save changes to VMware Tools Scripts Non-ASCII characters in the default check out folder name cause check out to fail Non-ASCII file names are not supported. View does not support non-ASCII file names Non-ASCII user names and passwords for VirtualCenter are not recognized by View Composer Noncompliant check for files do not work Non-English Filename Might Not Work Properly with Windows NFS Server Non-English regional settings cause errors Non-Ethernet Network Interface Cards in a Virtual Machine Nonpersistent Disk Mode: Changes Lost at Reset Non-US date and number format regional settings may cause errors in Stage Manager and Lab Manager Not Able To Burn CDs or DVDs in Virtual Machines with Linux 2.4 Kernel Supported Guest Operating Systems Not Able to Power on Solaris 9.0 Virtual Machine and "Bad PBR Sig" Error Message Seen After Installing the OperatingSystem Not all groups are returned from Active Directory when trying to add permissions in VirtualCenter Not all Inventory Data Uploaded to Dashboard even if Force Full Export is Used and Data is Collected Correctly Not Enough Licenses error when using SMP or SAN on VMware Infrastructure 3 Starter Edition Not enough licenses installed Not for Resale (NFR) licenses Not receiving activation email for evaluation and free products NOT_IMPLEMENTED Errors in Windows NT, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 virtual machines on ESX Server 2.0 and 2.1 NOT_IMPLEMENTED Errors When Installing Netware 6.5 SP2 on ESX Server 2.1.x Nothing Appears in VirtualCenter Virtual Machine Console Window if Neoteris 4.0 Activex SAM is Installed Nothing happens when printing from a Fusion virtual machine Novell NetWare 5.1 Installation Fails on Pentium 4 Hardware NPIV-enabled virtual machines fail to create VPORTs when run on ESX/ESXi hosts with Emulex HBAs NUMA Settings for Unisys ES7000-7600R with ESX 4.0 Number of Network Cards Supported During Default Installation of Solaris 10U3 64-Bit Virtual Machine Number of virtual machines that can be run simultaneously in VMware Worksation Number of Virtual Machines That Can Share a VMFS-2 Volume Concurrently with ESX Server 2.0 and 2.0.1 Number of Virtual Machines That Can Share a VMFS-2 Volume Concurrently with ESX Server 2.1 Numeric keypad is not working in a virtual machine NVIDIA network card driver fails to load after upgrading to vSphere Observed IP range does not show network in ESX or ESXi Obtaining a VMware Converter 3.0 Enterprise License Obtaining LUN pathing information for ESX hosts Obtaining process information in ESXi Obtaining the Data Dictionary for VMware Service Manager 8.0.0 Occasionally the Virtual Machine Does Not Recognize That a New Floppy Disk Has Been Inserted in the Drive ODBC errors when using VirtualCenter and Update Manager with an Oracle Database Officers do not appear in the Recipient List of the Forward Task Internally screen Offline Desktop does not work if the virtual machine resides in an NFS datastore Offline Patch Bundle ESXe350-200804401-O-BG Might Not Install Offline SSO fails for checked out desktops (individual or pooled) if the last user who logged on was not in the currentdomain used for the current check out Older Guest Operating System Exhibits Unusual Behavior Older Versions of Nero InCD Affect Memory Availability for Virtual Machines Older Versions of Nikon Capture Editor Might Crash Workstation Host or Virtual Machine Older Windows Virtual Machine Loses Static IP Address When Powered On under Newer VMware Product On a Windows XP Professional 32-bit guest, the e1000 NIC driver is not automatically available even though thee1000 vNIC is supported On certain Linux guest operating systems, the VMware Tools process vmware-user does not start automatically On ESX hosts, DHCP failures might occur in the service console during heavy loads On ESX Server 3.5, Inaccurate Health Status Warnings Are Issued on Some HP Systems with a PROCHOT Sensor On ESX Server Systems with Multiple PERC 4 Controllers, LUNs Become Temporarily Inaccessible After Upgrading thePERC 4 Firmware On ESX/ESXi 4.0, A TPM-related warning is issued even though TPM is unavailable on the system On Host without VMware Server Installed, Script Created with Programming API Can't Find libcrypto.so.0.9.7 andlibssl.so.0.9.7 On Intel Woodcrest-Based Hosts, installing certain 64-Bit Windows operating systems in virtual machine causes virtualmachine to crash On Japanese Hosts, You Cannot Upgrade from an English Version of Workstation On Linux Hosts, the libXrender Library Must Be Installed for Workstation to Work Correctly On Linux Hosts, Workstation 5.5 Release CD Contains rr_moved Directory On Macs with More Than One CD-ROM Drive, Physical CD-ROM Drives Cannot Be Moved Between Running VirtualMachines http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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On NUMA Systems With More Than 64GB RAM, ESX Server Host Might Fail to Boot On Older Virtual Machines with Windows 95, VMware Tools Upgrades Are Sometimes Incomplete On provisioning a linked clone desktop a new unmounted disk labeled SviInternalDisk appears On rare occasion, View Administrator might display IllegalStateException errors On Some Linux Guests with SELinux Enforcing Mode Turned On, Uninstalling VMware Tools Makes the File SystemRead-Only On some Windows XP embedded devices, the "Auto-connect to this desktop" menu setting is unchecked when in factthat setting is enabled On Systems Set to a Non-English Locale, VirtualCenter Does Not Install Correctly if the Installation Path Contains Non-English Characters On the desktop summary page, the value selected for Do not power on virtual machine after creation does not displaycorrectly. The policy follows what has been selected in the desktop wizard. On Ubuntu 8.04 Hosts with X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90, You Might Not Be Able to Run Multiple Virtual Machines On Virtual Machines Running SLES 10 Beta or SLES 9 SP4, Xwindows Fails to Start On Windows Host, Team Fails to Power On After New Ethernet Adapter Is Added to 64-Bit Virtual Machine in Team >Settings > Connections On Windows Vista Hosts, You Must Sometimes Enter the Serial Number After Installation On Windows XP Guests, VMware Tools Installation Hangs Guest After I Use Fast User Switching Feature On Windows XP local mode desktops, smart card authentication fails after you check out the desktop One host shows a Storage Initiator Error while all other hosts show SCSI Reservation Conflicts One LUN could not be opened only using fullvm backup mode error in VMware Consolidated Backup One or More Virtual Machines Crash When a Virtual Machine Is Rebooted Online Help Does Not Appear for the VirtualCenter Database Upgrade Wizard Online Help Is Not Displayed on Windows Server 2003 and 2008 Until You Enable JavaScript Only administrator users can open VMware Tools on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 guests Only enhanced vmxnet (and vmxnet3) adapters support jumbo frames Only install the View Manager Composer Agent if you want to deploy View Composer linked clone desktops Only one Seagate SCSI device can be supported by an ESX/ESXi host Only One Virtual Machine Appears in Legato NetWorker IM GUI After Backing Up Multiple Virtual Machines Only One vmhba for Each Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Controller Opening a command or shell prompt Opening a virtual machine console fails with the error: Unable to get the window handle for the "AxQuickMksAxCTL'control Opening a virtual machine console with Web Access fails with the error: Connection actively refused Opening an exported VMware Service Manager report in Excel fails with the error: File error: Data may have been lost Opening Mac documents in a virtual machine Opening Performance Overview chart fails with the error: Chart could not be loaded Opening Snapshot Manager Causes Workstation to Crash on Linux Host with Faulty Version of librsvg Opening the VMware Service Manager Server Console fails with the error: MMC could create the snapping Opening virtual machine console fails with the error: The server actively refused the connection OpenSSL security vulnerability with CVE-2009-3555 identifier does not affect vCenter, ESX, and ESXi Operating system networking references and tutorials Operating System Specific Packages fail to install on RHEL 5.3 Operating System Specific Packages fail to install on Ubuntu 8.10 if Ubuntu Multiverse Repository is used Operation on File Failed with Portion of File Locked Operations on VMware Fault Tolerance-Enabled Virtual Machines In Lab Manager Might Fail OpManager Network Monitoring Software 7 cannot connect to snmpd on ESX host Opteron System with Node Interleaving Fails to Load VMkernel After Upgrading to ESX Server 2.5.3 Optical drive connects to guest when trying to use with drive with the host in VMware Fusion Optimizing iSCSI software initiator performance and NIC teaming Option to generate IP address or virtual machine name using an application is always disabled Option to Import Machine disabled in VMware Infrastructure Client Oracle 11G R2 32 bit client fails with a segmentation fault when run in a RHEL 5.4 64 bit virtual machine Oracle charactersets supported by VMware Service Manager Oracle charactersets supported by VMware Service Manager 9.0.0 Orchestrator log files Orchestrator security overview Order of tasks in a VMware Consolidated Backup snapshot operation Organization and Location linked to a Customer are not populated with a new call logged through an incoming email Orphan Virtual Machines Other Users Cannot See Virtual Machines I Create Out of Office email reply is continuously logging calls into infraEnterprise Out of Range DSUB Analog error when installing ESX 3.5 Outages are not closed in VMware Service Manager Overview of 3i serial number http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! 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Overview of Active Directory integration in ESX 4.1 and ESXi 4.1 Overview of Lab Manager log files Overview of migration compatibility error messages Overview of upgrading from VMware Infrastructure 3.x to vSphere 4.x Overview of VMware Tools Overview of VMware Tools for VMware Fusion Overview of vShield Manager 4.1 logs Overview performance charts might not be displayed for clusters or resource pools OVF Import task fails when you use VMware Infrastructure Client 2.5 to import an OVF package P2V Assistant 2.1.2 Does Not Co-exist with Any VMware Product That Ships VIE Version 2.2.5 or Higher P2V Assistant Appears to Copy a Partition That Is Set Not to Copy P2V Assistant Cannot Clone a Windows NT 4.0 System that has a System Utility Partition P2V Assistant Fails to Reconfigure an Imported Virtual Machine P2V Assistant Installation Failure P2V Assistant Support with ESX Server 3.0 P2V Clone of Windows NT Guest with Security Update MS04-011 P2V fails when the target NFS datastore is mounted to a Windows Server running Unix services. Packaged HOSTS file does not work with virtualized application Packets are duplicated when you configure a portgroup or a vSwitch to use a route that is based on IP-hash andBeaconing Probing policies simultaneously PAE Message during installation on Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Solaris Operating Systems onWorkstation 5.0 or earlier Page Cannot Be Displayed Error Message Appears After Clicking Login to Web Access on ESX Server 3.0 Host Page Cannot Be Displayed Error Occurs When Attempting to Access Lab Manager After Installation Page Fault and Reboot Installing VMware Tools in a FreeBSD Guest OS Page Fault error on Pentium 4 host Panic error on ESX Server host with Neterion Network Adapter when booting into Service Console Paravirtualization Option Is Not Disabled for Unsupported Operating Systems Partial discovery when attempting SSH detailed discovery Partition table fails to update active partitions Passing host wireless adapter network traffic to guest virtual machines Passing the OVF descriptor is unable to pass XML element envelope Password aging in ESX Console Operating System Password must be entered multiple times at service console login Passwords cannot contain high-ASCII characters Past Month stats rollup job fails in VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 1 running with Microsoft SQL 2000 SP4 on MicrosoftWindows 2003 Standard Server SP2 Past Week stats rollupvc40 SQL Server job fails to complete after upgrading to vCenter Patch for OpenManage Installer with ESX Server 2.5 Patch Installation Might Require Obsolete Bundles to be Included in the Patch Depot Patch Installation Using esxupdate Fails Because 2nd-Level Dependency Is Not Installed Patch return values from Assessment Templates Path Failover Might Not Complete Successfully with LSI3444E Under High Stress in ESX Server 3.5 Update 1 Path Failover on Symmetrix LUNs Is Not Working on ESX Server Path redundancy to storage devices are degrading Path Thrashing due to dissimilar ESX/ESXi PSA claim rules PCI Alert Logged for IDE Controller PCI Card Installation and Removal Recommendation for ESX Server PCI card installation and removal recommendation for ESX/ESXi pcidivy-www.pl Standard Behavior Notes PCMCIA Devices in a Virtual Machine pcnet32 loads Instead of vmxnet on ESX 3.0.x PDF Document Page Content Does Not View within Firefox Browser Pegasus (cimserver) memory leaks reported in ESX 3.5 Update 2 and later Pegasus Error Message Seen While Upgrading or Installing ESX Server 3.5 Update 1 Pegasus install queue failure error on restarting ESX Server PeopleSoft application performs poorly in virtual machines Per Virtual Machine Licensing Perfmon counters in a P2V Windows machine show NULL values Perfmon does not start logging when all VMware-specific counters are selected for a virtual machine performanceobject Performance chart issues when a DE locale vCenter Server installed on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 32-bit or 64-bit accesses DB2 database Performance charts do not appear and Tomcat fails Performance charts do not display after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.0 http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Performance charts fail after Daylight Savings changes are applied Performance charts in VirtualCenter 2.5 are incorrect or blank Performance Collection fails with a performance library trust error Performance Collection fails with error 258 - "PDH returned - The wait operation timed out" Performance Collection on Windows XP systems may not gather Processor or Memory Metrics which are required forConsolidation Scenarios Performance Counters Used to Generate the Disk I/O Value in Consolidation Scenarios Performance Dashboard Enterprise Summary shows no servers, only the Industry Average Performance Data Is Not Available from VMware Infrastructure Client Performance data is not collected if the time on the vCenter Server has been modified to a future value Performance Data Is Not Displayed in VI Client Connected to VirtualCenter 2.0 Server after an Upgrade Performance data shows zero utilization Performance Implications of Multiple ESX Server Hosts Running REDO Log Files on a Single VMFS-2 Volume Performance Improvements with Virtual Infrastructure API 2.5 Performance in Solaris 10 Guest Improves with Sun Patch Performance Issue (for VI SDK 2.0) with JDK Versions Prior to JDK 1.5.0_08 Performance issues caused by excessive chain length Performance issues on Windows 2008 terminal servers Performance issues with bridged networking on Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2008 host operating systems Performance module (vcpSysPerf) crashes in OLEAUT32.DLL with Windows Error Performance module (vcpSysPerf) fails in PDH.DLL with an error Performance Not Confirmed for Virtual Machines Hosted on a Linux NAS Appliance Using NFS Performance of Isochronous USB Devices in Workstation 5 Windows Virtual Machines Performance of Outgoing UDP Packets Is Poor Performance Optimization for Service Console Network Interface (Virtual Switch Interface) Performance Overview charts do not work Performance Overview charts fail with STATs Report Service internal error Performance Overview charts might fail to display if VirtualCenter is upgraded without stopping the VMwareInfrastructure Web Access Service Performance Overview Charts Might Not Be Displayed If the VirtualCenter Server Uses Oracle Database Performance Overview data is not displayed after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.0 or vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1 Performance Overview error: Cannot create JDBC driver of class Performance Overview might not be displayed if the VirtualCenter Server uses SQL Express Bundled Database Performance Overview plug-in is disabled when VirtualCenter Server is connected to remote SQL Server Performance Overview Tab Might Not Be Displayed When VI Client and VirtualCenter are Running on SeparateMachines Performance Overview, Hardware Status, vCenter Server Status and Storage View Plug-ins do not appear if thevCenter Server host is renamed Performance Problem on 64-Bit Windows Hosts with Intel EM64T Processors Performance problems in ESX Server 3.x virtual machines with four virtual processors on hosts with hyperthreading Performance statistics rollup failure due to arithmetic overflow errors Performance tab in VirtualCenter shows the error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object Performance tab in vSphere 4.0 fails: Root element is missing Performance task uses 100% CPU on the collector and does not make any connections to remote machines Performing a backup and restore of a VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager database Performing a disk check Performing a disk repair in Mac OS Performing a recompose in VMware View causes the error: profile redirection error Performing a rescan of the storage Performing a rescan on the array manager configuration fails with the error: An error occurred while data was beingloaded from a Clariion Performing a restore or restore rehearsal of a virtual machine in the VDR appliance fails with the error: Trouble writingfiles Performing a scripted install or upgrade of the VMware View Agent or Client without rebooting the desktop Performing a server restart or shutdown when VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat is installed Performing a Silent installation of the View Client and View Agent Performing a VMotion causes succeeds with warnings: Insufficient video RAM Performing a Windows repair on a Windows XP virtual machine in Fusion Performing an emergency shutdown of all powered-on virtual machines on an ESX host Performing an end-to-end backup and restore for View Manager 3.x or 4.x Performing an offline upgrade from ESX 3.x to ESX 4.x Performing an Operation Simultaneously on Large Number of Virtual Machines Might Cause hostd to Stop Responding Performing hardware diagnostics Performing local administration of vCenter Server Heartbeart from an account that did not perform the installation Performing Storage vMotion on a virtual machine with I/O Intensive workload results in a timeout error http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Performing V2P (virtual to physical) migrations PermGen Memory Size Increases by 10MB When Using Java Stubs Generated by Axis 1.4 Permission Problem if Host Had Been in Lockdown Mode Permissions Error on Windows Guest File Produces Incorrect Error Report Permissions given to a group or user disappear after a reboot of the ESX host Permissions Issue with Starting a Virtual Machine on a Windows Vista Host Permissions on Configuration Files (.vmx) and Their Effects on Virtual Machine Functionality Permissions Required for VMware vCenter Lab Manager Service Account in VMware vCenter Persistent Binding Issue with Raw Device Mapping Persistent Bindings Not Saved During Reboot Persistent pool is unavailable when a new user attempts to connect Phantom COM ports on Windows 98 and Windows 95 Physical (Raw) Disk Fails to Boot, Hangs or Returns an Error Physical drive failure on a storage array Physical host shutdown while using multi-initiator zoning or an outdated Microsoft Storport driver may result in loss ofLUN access for VMware ESX hosts Physical Link Down with Loss of Redundancy Physical Link Down with Redundancy Degraded Physical raw mapped drives are now showing up as unknown and unallocated Physical USB CD-ROM devices attached to ESX/ESXi hosts are not listed as available choices for adding SCSIpassthrough devices to a virtual machine Ping from an ESX host fails with the error: Operation not permitted Ping reply fails with a hardware error on a Windows virtual machine Pinging the ESXi host IP fails after reboot Placing a host in maintenance mode when networking operations are triggered Planning Partitions for ESX Server 2.5 Playing Flash video in full screen freezes the guest in VMware Fusion Plugins failing after VirtualCenter hostname change Plugins, extensions, and applications experience errors after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.0 from VirtualCenter 2.5.x pNIC loses connectivity on servers with Intel 82571 NICs Pocket ACE Is Storing Session Data on a Remote File System and Displays the Error Message, "This Pocket ACEmay have reduced performance." Pocket ACE Performance Issues Pocket ACE Performance Test Creates Inconsistent Results Pool configuration for View Manager does not show all datastores Pools or virtual machines remain listed in VirtualCenter after being deleted in View Manager Poor graphics and mouse performance in a virtual machine running Windows Poor Network File Copy performance between local VMFS and shared VMFS Poor network performance on Windows 2008 Server Poor Network Throughput Between Virtual Machines on the Same ESX Server Machine Poor Performance in a DOS Virtual Machine with EMM386 Poor performance on Windows 2000 guest after installing VMware Tools Poor performance: Windows NT virtual disk on SMP host machines Poor remote console performance to a virtual machine through VMware Infrastructure Client Poor TCP performance can occur in Linux traffic-forwarding virtual machines with LRO enabled Poor virtual machine application performance may be caused by processor power management settings Poor virtual machine performance in VMware ESX, ESXi, or vSphere Population of /etc/mtab with the /vmfs Virtualized Mount Point for ESX Server Systems Port already in use when installing VirtualCenter Port and firewall requirements for NFS and SW iSCSI traffic Port Forwarding in VirtualCenter cannot use Tomcat ports Port requirements for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure / Manager Port usage by discovery rules in VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Portgroup connectivity restored Portgroup redundancy restored Ports Needed for ThinApp Converter Ports on a vSwitch are not freed when hot removing network adapters from virtual machines Possible data corruption due to error during NPIV VPORT discovery process Possible Hardware Fault - "0:00:00:12.996 CPU0:1024)PCI: 1650: failed 4 000:08.0" Possible Hardware Problems with Dell PowerEdge 1400SC and 2450 May Lead to ESX and GSX Server Instability Possible loss of application monitoring heartbeats during virtual machine migration or snapshot restoration Power Off Source System option is missing in vCenter Converter Standalone Power off tasks in VirtualCenter fail during pool deletion because the virtual machines are already powered off Power on Virtual Machine in VMware ACE Manager to Install VMware Tools Power supply status displayed as red when supply unit is removed http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Powering off a virtual machine on an ESXi host Powering Off an ESX Host Using the Dell DRAC Web Interface Causes a Sudden Power Off Powering off an unresponsive virtual machine on an ESX host Powering off the virtual machine does not reset the Guest Mem - % column in the Virtual Machines tab Powering on a Fusion virtual machine Powering on a Fusion virtual machine fails due to insufficient disk space Powering on a hosted virtual machine Powering on a virtual machine configured with 8 vCPUs fails Powering on a virtual machine fails with an internal system error Powering on a virtual machine fails with the error: A general system error occurred Powering on a virtual machine fails with the error: limit exceeded Powering on a virtual machine fails with the error: One of log LCK file is corrupt Powering on a virtual machine fails with the error: The VMware Authorization Service is not running Powering on a virtual machine fails with the error: VMDK invalid file layout Powering on a virtual machine fails with the error:/bora/lib/string/str.c:204 Buffer too small Powering on a virtual machine from within vCenter times out Powering on a virtual machine or accessing the console fails with a handshake error Powering on a virtual machine or trying to remove storage fails with errors "Unable to access a file since it is locked" or"Resource is in use" Powering on a virtual machine pauses at 95% while waiting for a question to be answered Powering on an ACE instance fails with the error: This Virtual Machine is partially synchronized from an earlier session Powering on an ESX host's virtual machine Powering On Imported Virtual Machine Causes VM Additions Program to Install Automatically Powering on multiple virtual machines may cause system to run slowly Powering on the virtual machine fails with error: The UUID <uuid>.vmdk already exists Powering on the virtual machine fails with the error: Feature vSMP not licensed, requires 8 have 4 Powering on the virtual machine fails with the error: The file specified is not a virtual disk (15) Powering on the virtual machine with snapshots fails Powering on virtual machines fails with the error: MAX VCPUs limit is reached Powering on virtual machines fails with the error: Too many PCI devices are already configured Powering on Virtual Machines with Multiple PCI Devices Might Fail Powershell - Encountered end of line while processing a string token Pre-assignment of user desktops in a dedicated pool in VMware View 4.5 Predefined Lab Manager user roles and rights Preferred or Active Path Cannot Be Changed when There Is Heavy I/O on the LUN Preferred path behaves like MRU if preferred paths are not specified in fixed path policy Preliminary Configuration for Boot-from-SAN Premature Storage Heap Exhaustion Might Occur on ESX Server Hosts with More than 32 Core Physical CPUs Preparing a ESXi host in VMware vCloud Director fails with the error: Unknown host boot type 99 Preparing new hosts fails if a new vCenter is added without deleting old vCenter Prerequisite for Playing Tony Hawk 4 in a Virtual Machine Presence of a Removable Storage Device Might Prevent Converter from Successfully Converting a Physical Machineto an ESX Server Virtual Machine Pressing ALT + F1 on a remote console of a VMware ESX machine does not leave the banner screen Pressing Alt+Ctrl+Delete while on the login screen for a checked-out desktop freezes the keyboard in the guest Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del in ESX 4.0 service console powers down all running VMs on host and reboots host Pressing the Middle Button on a Thinkpad Releases the Cursor preupgrade.pl Script Recommends Change in Network Configuration Before Upgrade from ESX Server 2.x to 3.x Preupgrade.pl Script Triggers a Warning When Run on ESX Server 3.0.x System Prevent Users From Manually Resizing the MKS Console Dialog Box in Mozilla Firefox 3 and Later Prevent VMware Tools from starting automatically in a Linux guest Preventing Boot Camp from appearing in Fusion's Virtual Machine Library Preventing closed calls from reopening when emails are sent to VMware Service Manager 8.0.0 Preventing data loss during upload due to "black hole" proxy Preventing database corruption Preventing MAC Bridging on a Windows XP Host Preventing Non-Root Users from Using the Service Console to Power Off or Reboot ESX Server Preventing periodic writes to a SSD drive Preventing RDP from redirecting USB flash drives Preventing the DHCP Server on a Virtual Network from Serving a Physical Network Preventing the Virtual Machine from Changing Host Volume Preventing virtual machine users from using VMware Tools Preventing VMware Player from prompting to install software updates Print from Windows XP/Vista over an Apple Airport Base station network connection Printers are not mapping to View Client desktop virtual machines http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Printing from within a virtual machine in VMware Fusion Printing Knowledge Base Articles Private GSX Server Virtual Machines Are Viewable in VirtualCenter Private VLAN (PVLAN) on vNetwork Distributed Switch - Concept Overview Privileges required for the VixDiskLib operations Probe deployment fails with error: communication problem between the server and probe Problem Adding USB Flash Drives on Linux Guests Problem Booting a Linux Raw Disk: L 01 01 01 01 01 01... instead of a LILO: prompt. Problem connecting to VMware Server (Linux) Problem Installing VirtualCenter 1.4 with Web Service Problem Opening Document in Shared Folder from Windows NT Guest Problem powering on 64bit guests on a host with an Intel EM64 VT-Capable processor Problem restoring free port groups on a Distributed Virtual Switch after all proxy switch ports on host are utilized Problem Upgrading VMware vCenter Lab Manager Due to Permission Issues Problem with Concurrent File Creation and Expansion on ESX Server VMFS Volumes Problem with Shared HBA and Dedicated HBA Using Same Driver Problem with Virtual Machine Created from Symantec LiveState Recovery Backup System Image with More Than OnePartition Problems Burning CDs to IDE CD-ROM Drive on Linux Hosts with 2.4 Kernel Problems Communicating with the Host using Host-Only Networking Problems Connecting a Virtual Floppy Drive when Norton Antivirus is Running on the Host Problems Connecting to the Server Configuration or Help Desk Web Applications Problems downloading Adobe Flash and launching View Administrator 4.5 on a Windows XP machine that is originallyconfigured with Internet Explorer 6 and upgraded to Internet Explorer 7 Problems Ejecting a CD from SCSI CD-R drive. Problems Finding Network Card after Booting with a Norton Ghost Boot Floppy Problems Finding the VMware Remote Console Log File Problems Importing .sv2i Files on Host Machine Running Windows NT SP6a Helper Problems in Windows Guest on Windows Host with USB Devices That Self-Disconnect Problems in Windows Guests with Workstation or GSX Server Full Screen Mode, Autofit Guest, and Fit Guest Now Problems Installing VERITAS Backup Exec Agent in the Service Console Problems Installing VMware Tools in Guests Running Windows 98 or Windows 98 SE Problems Installing VMware Tools When the Guest CD-ROM Drive Is Locked Problems Installing Windows NT 4.0 Guest OS Across Multiple Disks Problems Launching VMware Remote Console from the VMware Management Interface Problems Occur if You Unplug a Pocket ACE while the Pocket ACE Is Running Problems reading or booting from DVD/CD-ROM media Problems Resolving misc_register and misc_deregister Problems Running Direct3D Graphics Applications Problems Running DirectDraw/DirectX Graphics Problems Running in Full Screen Mode on a Linux Host Problems Running VMware GSX Server Using Remote Desktop or Terminal Services Problems Starting Acrobat Reader 5.0 in a Windows Guest Operating System Problems Starting Management Interface on a Debian Host Operating System Problems Starting X in a SuSE Linux 7.1 Guest Operating System Problems Suspending Windows 98 and Windows 95 Guest Operating Systems Problems Switching VMware ACE to Full Screen Mode Problems Using Pseudocolor (8 bit, 256 color) Displays Problems Using Some USB Devices in a Virtual Machine Problems When Suspending a Host Laptop with Running Virtual Machines Problems When Using Emulex Fibre Channel Cards in Extreme Failover Conditions Problems when using your own SSL certificate Problems with ACE 2 Virtual Printer Output Problems with CD Autorun on the Host Operating System Problems with Configuring qla4010 Card when ESX Server Boots from iSCSI Problems with Microsoft Security Patch Installed Problems with USB Devices That Have a Power Management Feature Problems with vmware-serverd on GSX Server Linux Hosts Problems Writing to CD-R or CD-RW Media Process stuck in an uninterruptible sleep state Processes started by the View Agent and View Client Processing messages in VMware Service Manager results in a log spew in the Application Event log Processor License Limit Alert Processors and guest operating systems that support VMware Fault Tolerance Product activation for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Product Compatibility Between VMware Stage Manager and VMware Consolidated Backup Product Compatibility Between VMware Stage Manager and VMware Lab Manager Product Compatibility Between VMware Stage Manager and VMware Lifecycle Manager Product Compatibility between VMware Stage Manager and VMware Site Recovery Manager Product Compatibility Between VMware Stage Manager and VMware Update Manager Product key field in Windows Easy Install does not accept serial number Programming API Allows Client to Unregister a Virtual Machine while It Is Running Programming API Can Crash Due to Power Off or Power On of Virtual Machine Programming API CopyFileFromHostToGuest( ) and CopyFileFromGuestToHost( ) Reset Permission Bits Programming API Does Not Always Report Failure of VixVM_CopyFileFromGuestToHost( ) Programming API Incorrectly Powers on Virtual Machine without Execute Permission Programming API May Crash if Client Uses an Invalid Host Handle Programming API Might Crash if Client Calls VixHost_Disconnect( ) Twice Programming API Might Not Show Current Value for Virtual Machine Power State Programming API Returns Undefined Error Code in Some Situations Programming API VixHost_FindItems( ) Returns Lowercase Path Names for Virtual Machines on Windows Hosts Programming API VixVM_Open( ) Function Leaks Memory Prompted to Save XVM File When Launching VMware Remote Console from VMware Management Interface Propero workSpace Server Agent Settings Protected Service Discovery task does not run when vCenter products are in evaluation mode Protecting data from accidental loss Protecting VMware Converter 3.0.3 with VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Protocol error from VMX returned when backing up virtual machines Protocols Option in Package.ini Providing feedback on a knowledge base article Provisioning a desktop pool fails with the error: Provisioning error occurred on Pool Desktop_ID because of aconfiguration problem Provisioning a desktop pool fails with the error: Provisioning error occurred on Pool Desktop_ID because of a timeoutwhile customizing Provisioning a desktop pool fails with the error: The status of vCenter at address VC_Address is unknown Provisioning a linked clone fails with the View Manager error: Provision error (missing) Desktop Composer VcFaultmessage Provisioning linked clone desktops fail with the error: View Composer agent initialization state error (18): Failed to jointhe domain Provisioning linked clone pools on a vDS Provisioning operation fails when the desktop pool name is not unique in that VirtualCenter location Provisioning the desktop pool fails with the error: Provisioning error occurred on Pool Desktop_ID because of aresource problem Provisioning the desktop pool fails with the error: View Composer agent initialization state error (16): Unknown failure(waited 0 seconds) Provisioning View Desktops using post-configuration scripts PS/2 keyboard stops working with ESX Server after upgrading to ESX Server 3.5 Update 5 PSP configuration for a device is not updated after changing the default SATP PSP Purging old data from the database used by vCenter Server 4.x Purging old data from the database used by VirtualCenter 2.x Purging samples before upgrading to VMware vCenter Chargeback 1.5 Purging stats data fails in Oracle Database with a bind variable error Purple screen error during Fiber Channel Changes PXE and kickstart on ESX 4.x QLA2462 Is Reported as QLA2432 - QLA2460 Is Reported as QLA2422 QLogic HBAs may reset every 497.1 days of ESX uptime causing fiber channel fabric disconnects QLogic Host Bus Adapter does not show any targets on the iSCSI array Qlogic qla4052c iSCSI Host Bus Adapter cannot see the storage array QLogic SAN Surfer TCP ports Querying SNMP with snmpwalk on ESX 4.0 returns the output: No more variables left in this MIB View (It is past theend of the MIB tree) Querying the Application Discovery Manager Configuration Management Database Querying the VMware Tools State Before Starting the Virtual Machine Reports an Unrecognized Property Error QueryPerf does not return any data when queried against vCenter Server QueryPerfComposite Requires startTime and endTime for Real-Time Metrics QueryPerformanceCounter behaves improperly inside a virtual machine when /usepmtimer is used with some WindowsHALs Question About Internal Network Number During Installation Queued Legacy Template Upgrades Block Subsequent Tasks from Running Quick Overview of VMware Transactional Purchasing Program (TPP) http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Quick Search on VMware Service Manager Oracle systems does not return services with blank Title field QuickBooks cannot save a company data file on a shared or mirrored folder, error -6176, 0 Quitting the application from the Mac dock does not work in Unity View in Fusion 1 Random Network Disconnections in a Virtual Machine Rapid removal and reinsertion of smart cards during PCoIP sessions might cause Vista desktops to fail Raw Access DVD/CD Drive Starts VMware Tools Installer Twice Raw Device Mapping option is greyed out Raw device mappings for a virtual machine in Lab Manager Raw Disk Guest Operating System Conflicts with Windows Host FAT Filesystems RDM Creation Using Command Line Fails RDM filesystem inconsistencies caused by automatic disk defragmentation RDM LUN Disappears and Reappears on HP EVA XL Model Storage Array RDM Virtual Machines Show as VMFS Virtual Machines After Being Migrated from ESX Server 2.x Hosts to ESXServer 3.0.1 Hosts Using VMotion RDP connections to machines running View Agent that are not initiated through View Manager are no longer blocked bydefault RDP hides the Safely Remove Hardware icon from remote users who are not administrators Re-adding an ESX host to an EVC cluster Reading Files from DVD Optical Drives Seems to Consume an Unusual Amount of Time on HP ProLiant DL380 G4Servers with ESX Server 2.5.3 Read-Only Access Assigned to Administrators on All Objects in VirtualCenter Read-Only NFS Datastore Doesn't Allow Browsing for ISO Images Real-Time Statistics Data Has Gaps for the Host in VirtualCenter 1.x After Being Managed by VirtualCenter 2.0 Rebalancing fails for existing virtual machines if linked clones are moved another local storage Rebooting an ESX 3.5 host reboot causes the error: Initialization for vmfs2 failed with -1 Rebooting an ESX host and restarting the Management agents takes longer than normal Rebooting an ESX Server host Rebooting ESX fails after installing ESX 4.0 on an IBM x3650 M2 or IBM x3550 M2 Rebooting ESX/ESXi when Storage vMotion is in progress might create a duplicate virtual machine with the same name Rebuilding the virtual machine's .vmx file from vmware.log Rebuilding virtual machine swap files when swap files do not point to a replicated datastore Receive "lsilogic_monitor.c:768 assert" Message When Installing NetWare 5.1 SP6 or 6.0 SP3 in a Virtual Machine Receive calibrate_APIC_clock warning on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 (64-bit) guest operating system Receiving Java errors when restarting VMware vCenter ADM from the GUI Recomendaciones para instalar ESX 4.1 / ESXi 4.1 y vCenter Server 4.1 Recommendations about Installing Adobe Flash Player to Watch the ThinApp Setup Capture Video Recommended Configuration for HP BL35P Blade Server with ESX Server Recommended configuration maximums for NIC ports on ESX/ESXi 4.1, 4.0 and 4.0 U1 Recommended disk or LUN sizes for VMware ESX/ESXi installations Recommended Microsoft NLB Mode for vMotion Recompose operation from Windows XP to Windows Vista generates a warning message from ESX Recomposing a linked clone with one controller type to a Master clone of another controller type results in all disksattaching to the new controller type Recomposing desktop pools in VMware View fails with an illegal state error Recomposing desktops in VMware View fails with the error: Specified AD container partial distinguished name is notvalid Reconfigure Connection Broker and Security Server Instance Pair Reconfiguring Host-Only Networking Due to an IP Address Conflict (Windows Hosts) Reconfiguring InSight_vmware for VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager when it does not start properly Reconfiguring the vCenter Orchestrator principal (public) IP address Recovering a forgotten VMware Account Portal password Recovering a lost partition table on a VMFS volume Recovering a missing or corrupted replica virtual machine Recovering an ESX host from GRUB prompt Recovering from a failed uninstallation or removal attempt Recovering from a failed VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat switchover Recovering from a failover Recovering the content of delta disks using the UpdateVirtualMachineFiles_Task API Recovering virtual machine templates lost in a vCenter Server upgrade Recovery from Inadvertent umount /vmfs Operation Recovery of a lost or deleted virtual machine configuration file (.vmx) on an ESX Server Recovery of a Missing Volume after Meta LUN Expansion of an Aligned VMFS Volume through Management Interface Recreate vSphere 4.0 lockdown mode behavior in vSphere 4.1 Recreating a corrupt or missing VMDK header/descriptor on hosted products http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Recreating a missing virtual disk (VMDK) descriptor file for delta disks Recreating a missing virtual disk (VMDK) descriptor file for disks split into 2GB files Recreating a missing virtual disk (VMDK) descriptor file for imported ESX 2.x virtual machines Recreating a missing virtual machine disk (VMDK) descriptor file Recreating a VMware High Availability Cluster Recreating pass-through Raw Device Mapping (RDM) files for a virtual machine Recreating Service Console networking from the command line Recreating the ECMSRSUser Red Hat 4 U4 64-Bit Guests Kernel Panic, Out of Memory Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 (Multiprocessor Kernel) Locks Up in a Virtual Machine Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 Guest Operating System with BusLogic Reports Kernel Panic During Installation Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 virtual machines do not detect more than 4GB of memory Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3.0 64-Bit Guest Produces Error on Intel VT Host Red Hat Linux 2.1 Workstation Guest Operating System on ESX Server Virtual Machine Fails to Install with BusLogicVirtual Adapter Red Hat Linux 7.3 Graphical Installer Hangs Red Hat Linux 8.0 Installation Fails on Uniprocessor Virtual Machines with More Than 4GB of Memory Red Hat Linux 9.0 Guest Runs Slowly or Issues INIT Errors Red Hat Linux Virtual Machine Migrated Between Hosts with AMD and Intel Processors Causes Kernel Panic WhenPowered On Red Hat Virtual Machines Can Hang due to Red Hat Network Monitor Problems Redhat 4 conversion fails or the virtual machine does not boot after successful conversion RedHat and CentOS virtual machine show warning messages when starting the udev daemon Redirected USB device is not usable after a desktop reconnection Redirecting a USB boot device from View Client might make the system unresponsive or unusable Redirecting a USB flash drive might take several minutes Redirecting a web page from within a document from native Internet Explorer to a virtual browser with ThinAppThinDirect Redirecting logs to a RAM drive on a diskless thin client Redirecting USB audio devices in View Client for Windows Redirecting USB audio devices in View Client for Windows Redirecting vmrun's Standard Error Causes a Hang with the start Command Redirecting Web Applications to Virtual Internet Explorer 6 with ThinApp ThinDirect Reduced Network Performance using Compaq dual-function Ethernet Reduced performance when administering ESX hosts in vCenter Reducing disk volume size using VMware Converter fails Reducing FT logging traffic for disk read intensive workloads Reducing the activity log file size Reducing the size of the VirtualCenter database when the rollup scripts take a long time to run Re-Editing a Virtual Machine Before a Previous Edit Completes Fails Re-Enabling the Active Directory's Enable Validation Setting Does Not Take Effect Reformatting the local VMFS partition's block size in ESX 4.x (post-installation) Refresh Inventory Mappings Can Make Display Unresponsive at Sites That Support More Than 7 ESX Hosts Regaining keyboard and mouse control after reboot on NetWare 6.5 Server Regenerating expired SSL certificates after 2 years Registered Virtual Machines Do Not Appear after Downgrading from VMware GSX Server 2.x to GSX Server 1.x Registering a 64-bit version of parsemif fails with the error: Unexpected error; quitting Registering a resource or datastore in Lifecycle Manager fails with the error: The plugin VMware3 cannot be found Registering a virtual browser with thinreg fails to implement ThinDirect redirection, but <VirtualBrowser>.msi succeeds Registering or adding a virtual machine to the inventory Registering the virtual application to complete deployment Registering VMware License Keys Registry Editor error when installing VirtualCenter Server. Registry entries are not removed in Windows Terminal Servers when uninstalling the View Agent is complete Reiniciando los agentes de administración en un Servidor ESX o ESXi Re-Installation Asks You to Use Existing Database After Uninstallation Removed It Reinstalling Lab Manager Fails When a Previous Installation Process Is Canceled During the SQL Server Setup Reinstalling the Patch Manager Agent service on Windows Relaunching Multiple ACE Instances Running in Kiosk Mode Might Cause the VMware Player Menu to Appear Relayout Virtual Machine Operation Fails Relocation Task Reports as Successfully Completed Even Though Virtual Machines Have Not Actually Been Relocated Remediating an ESX host fails with the error: A general system error occurred: Invalid argument Remediating ESX Server 3.5 Update 2 or earlier by using VMware Update Manager 1.0 Update 2 or later might fail Remediation Fails if the Localized Version of a Patch Is Not Available Remediation Might Fail Through Update Manager http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Remediation of a Windows virtual machine might fail with File Is Not Signed message in the Windows Event Viewer Remediation of CVE-2009-3731 on VMware Server 2.0.2 Remediation of ESX350-2008114XX-XX Might Produce Errors Remote Browsing Is Case-Sensitive on ESX Server Machine Remote CLI "esxcfg-nics -l" Does Not Show MTU for Physical NICs Remote CLI 1.1 Released with ESX Server 3i Version 3.5 is Incompatible with VI Perl 1.0 Remote command to change client DNS settings Remote command to replace Windows Hosts file Remote configuration features not available Remote Console Disconnects from Virtual Machine Remote console does not open with error "Access to the specified device, path, or file is denied" Remote Console Fails to Launch from Management Interface in Internet Explorer Remote Console on Windows XP Client Returns Error: "Cannot Find TCP Protocol." Remote Console UUID Alert Dialog Box Lacks Buttons Remote Desktop unexpectedly quits when connecting to a Vista peer from a Vista virtual desktop Remote Floppy Does Not Work in Solaris 10 Operating Environment, Update 1 Remote login to ESX hosts using SSH with enabled RSA keys instead of passwords Remote MKS Requests to ESX Server Virtual Machines Fail Sporadically from a Multiprocessor-Based WindowsSystem with VI Client or Remote Console Remotely deleting the agent EcmMachineActionLock.dat lock file from multiple Windows systems using a script Remove ThinPrint software installed by VMware tools Removing a Cisco Nexus 1000V from vCenter Server Removing a datastore from an ESX host fails with the error: unable to remove partition 1 Removing a linked vCenter Server from vSphere Client fails with the error: vCenter server not connected Removing a standard (replica) connection server from a cluster of connection servers Removing a user assignment from a virtual desktop Removing a View Manager ADAM Instance Causes an Error Removing a Virtual Machine from VirtualCenter Removes Shared .dsk Files Removing a vNIC within a guest operating system leads to Fault Tolerant virtual machine corruption Removing an ESX host with running virtual machines from VirtualCenter Removing an unknown guest from the inventory generates an object reference error Removing Cable from One Port on an HBA and Connecting to Another Port on the HBA Causes Both Ports to Fail Removing ccagent from ESX Server 2.5.2 (ccagent Is Running Instead of serverd) Removing duplicate or orphaned ESX hosts from Lab Manager Removing snapshots causes "unable to find device: XXXXX-vmname-xxxxx-delta.vmdk" errors in vmkernel logs Removing snapshots in VMware Data Recovery fails with the error: -error 3942 Removing the Getting Started tab in VirtualCenter 2.5 Removing unwanted plug-ins from vCenter Server Removing VEM400-200906002-BG from an ESXi host Removing VMware HA Advanced Options fails with the error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object Removing vmware.mui.kid Cookie After ESX Server Upgrade Renaming a datastore when virtual machines are running on the datastore Renaming a running virtual machine and its files Renaming a virtual machine and its files Renaming a virtual machine disk (VMDK) Renaming a virtual machine in VMware Fusion Renaming or removing a datastore in ESX after creating a pooled desktop causes unexpected behavior Renew Disk Lease task appears in the VMware Infrastructure Client every 40 seconds Repair Maintenance does not complete or fails in vCenter Site Recovery Manager Repairing a PPTP VPN connection through NAT in Fusion Repairing a virtual disk in Fusion Repairing a virtual disk in Fusion 3.1 and Workstation 7.1 Repairing boot sector problems in Windows NT-based operating systems Repairing the Capacity Planner Collector's Database Repeated Characters when Typing in Remote Console Repeated Extent Operation of the Same LUN to Existing VMFS volume Might Cause Data Corruption Repeated Keystrokes Occur in Terminal Window on Linux Guest Repetitive VmkDev Log Entries After Installation of Management Agents Replace Existing VMDK with New VMDK Replace XML Special Characters with Valid XML Equivalents Replacing a SAN LUN Causes ESX Server to Behave Unexpectedly Replacing a Windows 2003 Server in the Event of a Failure Replacing an ESX host on which a View Composer linked-clone pool is installed. Replacing CPUs on an ESX host Replacing Existing VMDK by Using FileOperation.replace Returns an Error http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Replacing or Regenerating an SSL Certificate for the Management Interface Replacing the Existing Statistics Rollup Stored Procedure Reports or scenario results are incorrect or missing some servers Required license file required for VMware Site Recovery Manager evaluation Required MPS Table BIOS Settings for ESX Server on ProLiant Required NetBackup Integration Module Components Installed on VCB Proxy Required permissions for VCB backup and restore operations Required permissions for VMware Consolidated Backup or VMware Converter backup and restore operations whenusing NetBackup Required ports for configuring an external firewall to allow ESX and vCenter Server traffic Required settings for USB audio devices shared using the Virtual Desktop Manager Client Required VMware vCenter Converter ports Requirements for importing a virtual machine from VirtualCenter Requirements for upgrading to or installing VirtualCenter 2.5 with a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Database Requirements when using trusted certificates with VMware Site Recovery Manager Re-registering a linked clone in VirtualCenter changes the BIOS UUID of the linked clone Re-registering orphaned virtual machines Rerun VMware Tools to change the resolution in your guest operating system Rescan SAN on ESX Server 2.5.x System after Modifying the Starting Sector of a Partition Rescanning a fibre channel HBA for SAN LUNs from qlogic BIOS utility Rescanning after adding or removing LUNs generates a purple diagnostic screen with message: qla4xxx: mappingsout of sync - stopping Rescanning all HBAs fail when there are NPIV virtual machines powered on Rescanning iSCSI HBAs results in the log spew: Header length field exceeds actual payload length. Payload truncated Rescanning of SAS storage adapter might take more time Rescans Might Cause CD-ROM Drives Attached to vmhbas to Become Inaccessible from the Service Console Rescuing a running virtual machine with dd when datastore metadata is inaccessible Reserved or overhead ports for virtual switches Reset and Restart Options Do Not Work with NetWare5 and NetWare6.5 Guest Operating Systems Reset Sensors In VI Client Returns General System Error Resetting a virtual machine using View Manager stops at 95% Resetting an alarm to green via the vSphere SDK Resetting Persistent Bindings in ESX Server 2.0.x and 2.1.x Resetting Persistent Bindings in ESX Server 2.5.x Resetting saved dialogue box answers for Virtual Infrastructure Client Resetting the Availability Report Results Resetting the HTTP Session Timeout and Regenerating the SSL Certificate After Upgrading ESX Server Resetting the SMTP configuration in the Web.Config file Resetting the vCloud Director Database After a Failed Installation Resetting the VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager console administrator password back to default Resetting your VMware Account Portal password Resignature thrashing between multiple VMware ESX 4.x hosts Resignaturing multiple copies of the same LUN at the same time fails with the error: Cannot change the hostconfiguration Resignaturing VMFS3 volumes from the command line Resignaturing VMFS3 volumes from the VMware Infrastructure Client Resizing a Fusion virtual disk fails Resizing a LUN used by a Raw Device Map Resizing a virtual disk in VMware Fusion Resizing virtual disks on virtual machines deployed by VirtualCenter Resolve two passive servers Resolved Issues in ESX Server 3.5 Update 1 and ESX Server 3i Update 1 (Embedded and Installable) Resolving a "VMWare converter agent interface version is not compatible" message Resolving Conflict between Shared Folder and Mapped Network Drive Resolving hardware or driver issues on channel NICs Resolving mail loops in VMware Service Manager 8.x Resolving SCSI reservation conflicts Resolving the AppSpeed setup error: Unable to receive inventory updates from vCenter Server Resolving the CID mismatch error: The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created Resolving the error: The virtual machine is unable to reserve memory Resolving the Fusion error: The file specified is not a virtual disk Resolving the VirtualCenter error: The type initializer for vpxClient.VMconfig.CPUID threw an exception Resolving the VMware Fusion error: The virtual machine is unable to reserve memory Resolving two active servers Resolving two passive servers http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Resolving virtual machine IP address conflicts issues Resolving vMA credential store corruption Resolving VMware Community Forum issues Resource alarm thresholds truncated after upgrade from VirtualCenter 1.3 to 2.0.1 Resource Distribution chart on Cluster Summary tab only shows some hosts Resource pool administrator group cannot create a new virtual machine or deploy a template to that pool Resources in Use Error for CIFS Datastores Resources that are not scanned are incorrectly deleted in VMware Service Manager 9.x Restart or Shutdown of an ESX Server 3i Host Does Not Fail Over Virtual Machines to Other Hosts in the Cluster Restarting a virtual machine's user interface in VMware Fusion Restarting boot.sh with VMware Fusion Restarting hostd (mgmt-vmware) on ESX hosts restarts hosted virtual machines where virtual machineStartup/Shutdown is enabled Restarting management agents when Virtual Machine Monitoring is enabled may cause virtual machine reboots Restarting Services for the Service Console to Resolve Connectivity Problems Restarting the ESX/ESXi host configured with a vDS fails with the error: The distributed Virtual Switch correspondingto the proxy switches d5 6e 22 50 dd f2 94 7b-a6 1f b2 c2 e6 aa 0f bf on the host does not exist in vCenter or does not contain the host Restarting the Management agents on an ESX or ESXi Server Restarting the Orchestrator configuration service intermittently reports the error: Unable to load class for JSP Restarting the software iSCSI stack Restore Fails When Backup Client Agents Are Configured With Hostnames Restore Fails When Using vcbResAll With &ndash;b prompt Option Restoring a Snapshot Fails with Insufficient Permissions Error Restoring a virtual machine with VMware Data Recovery fails with the error: Trouble writing files, error -3956(Operation failed) Restoring the contents of a blank VMware Fusion Applications Menu Restoring VMware Consolidated Backup images on vSphere 4.1 Restricting Use of Certain Features Restricting User Authentication and Security Settings Restrictions on the number of vShield agents and virtual machines supported by vShield Zones Restrictions on User Names When Using Instance Customization for ACE Packages Results of pre-built reports do not match results of a similar custom report Resuming a suspended virtual machine causes an access violation error Resuming a Suspended Virtual Machine Stored in a ReiserFS4 File System May Cause the Guest and Host OperatingSystems to Hang Resuming a Virtual Machine Fails After Changing Password Resuming or performing a vMotion of a 64-bit virtual machine results in application instability and/or poor performance Retaining resource pools when disabling VMware DRS clusters Retrieving and setting limits for the guest resources of a virtual machine Retrieving the port state of a DVPort with an API Retrieving the ScsiLUNDurableName Through the MOB in 3.0.x Retrieving the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Logs and other useful information for support purposes Retry on Read Error Returning to an Earlier Version of VMware ACE Manager Reusing a Capacity Planner installation Revert to Installed Environment Not Working as Expected Revert to snapshot causes virtual machine to be suspended Reverting a desktop back to the anchor snapshot after creating a new snapshot prevents future check outs Reverting a snapshot fails in VirtualCenter with the status: In Progress Reverting a snapshot fails with a permission denied error Reverting from a Snapshot Fails to Capture the Earlier Change in RAM Reverting to a pre-existing snapshot can cause incremental backups based on Changed Block Tracking to becomeinconsistent Reverting to a Previous Version of the VMware ACE Application While Preserving Virtual Machines Reverting to Snapshots of Virtual Machines with Hot-Added RDM Virtual Disks in Physical or Virtual Mode CausesVirtual Machines to Hang RHEL 3 virtual machine throws an "Unable to mount root fs" error RHEL 5 CPU spike after vMotion RHEL 5, FC 7, and CentOS 5 Guests Installed with Virtualization Affects Performance of Virtual Machine RHEL4 virtual machines running Oracle/Java randomly kill processes by OOM killer Right-Clicking or Removing a Disconnected Host Generates Error Messages rm -rf on a directory with more than 380 files fails for ESX Roles of officers do not change when the officer template is modified Rolling back an ESX installation from 4.x to 3.x http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Rollup Bundle for ESX Server 3.0.3 Update 1 Rollup jobs for vCenter database running on Oracle fail with error message PLS-00201 identifier stats_rollup3_procmust be declared. Rollup jobs run on only one instance of VirtualCenter if two or more instances of VirtualCenter access the same SQLdatabase Root partition on an ESX host becomes read only Root users cannot login after upgrading from ESX 3.5 to ESX 4.0 Route based on IP hash is not supported with Cisco UCS B200 M1/M2 blade servers that use UCS 6100 Series FabricInterconnects Routing between Two Host-Only Networks RPC Failure Error while Creating Trust Relationships between Windows 2003/2008 Servers or Domain Controllers RPM Install Failures on Mandrake 8.0 Host RPM Version Numbers from CD and Tarball Upgrades Don't Match RSA II Card Causes Hang After 76.5 Days on IBM xSeries Server Run cos-rescan.sh on Lowest Numbered Host Bus Adapter First Running "esxcfg-mpath -l" Might Report Incorrect Number of LUN Paths Running 3D applications on Intel hardware with older driver versions might cause the virtual machine to fail Running a checked build on Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 Running a Detail Discovery Support Package from the command line Running a manual integrity check on a VMware Data Recovery deduplication store Running a TestFailover fails when using vCenter Site Recovery Manager with 3Par Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) Running an X Server Other than Xfree86 Running custom quiescing scripts inside Windows virtual machine with ESX 3.5 Update 2 and later Running dm_query in VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager fails Running ESX in a virtual machine fails Running esxupdate query displays two similar Update 2 entries after installing ESX Server 3.5 Update 2 re-releasefrom an ESX Server 3.5 Update 2 GA installation. Running fdisk -l Fails to Display Local Storage in Some Situations Running GSX Server on a Stratus ftServer or NEC Express5800 System Running GSX Server over a Network Running guest screen savers on Linux hosts with a XFree86 3.x X Server Running HP Insight Manager 7.2 on a ESX Server 2.5 Machine Running in Full Screen Mode on a Dual Monitor Linux Host Running Management Agents on ESX Server 2.5.x in linux-up or linux Modes is not Supported Running Maximum Number of Virtual Machines on Some Windows Hosts Running Microsoft Exchange 2007 in a virtual machine distorts RTP streams Running Microsoft Windows 2003 32bit Guests with the /3GB switch in boot.ini results in performance or stability issues Running Microsoft Word and Microsoft Powerpoint Packages Captured in Different Locales Only Displays One Locale Running multiple vCenter Server processes simultaneously causes Qlogic iSCSI HBA port errors Running Multiple Versions of Microsoft Outlook Against the Same Data Files Causes File Corruption Running Multiple Virtualization Products on an Intel Mac Running Oracle without DBA privileges Running out of disk space on local storage volumes Running Quicken and Workstation on the same host fails with Event ID 26 Running Scripted Installation Fails When Port Number of Remote Server Is Not 80 Running SRM tools to configure automatic IP customization of recovered virtual machines on the Disaster Recovery sitefails Running SSH detail discovery without a password in VMware vCenter application Discovery Manager Running Symantec Veritas NetBackup fails with the error: Status Code 57 Running the Command esxupdate query Does Not Show Obsolete Entries After Upgrading ESX Server 3.0.x to ESXServer 3.5 Update 1 Running the esxupdate command fails with dependency error: Requested VIB rpm_vmware-esx-vmkernel64_4.0.0-2.17.261974@i386 conflicts with the host Running the maintenance plan fails with the SQL Server error: 15404 SQLSTATE 42000 Running the Server USB CD-ROM test case fails with the error: Server USB CD-ROM asks user to install STAF onSolaris VM Running the vmware-config-tools.pl script on a Linux host fails due to kernel version mismatch Running the Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon.exe) on a 64-Bit Host Running ThinApp Thinreg /a on a Virtual Browser Gives Error Message: File Does Not Exist Running vcbRestore command to restore VCB backup fails with error Running vCenter Server 4.0 on a Windows 2008 R2 system results in a log spew in the Windows Event Viewer Running vCenter Server Heartbeat in a MSCS Cluster Running Virtual Machines within Virtual Machines Running VirtualCenter in a Virtual Machine Running vmkfstools Remote CLI with --queryfs requires full path name http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Running VMware Software on a Red Hat Linux 8.0 or an Updated Red Hat Linux 7.3 Host Running VMware Virtual Machine Consoles and VMware Management Interface Connections Over Internet ProtocolVersion 6 Running vSphere CLI 4.0 commands against ESX/ESXi 3.5 systems Runtime error when temporary directory path contains non-English characters Safari 5.0.1 does not run on a Windows XP guest with PCoIP Smartcard authentication enabled in View Agent Sample Configuration - ESX connecting to physical switch via VLAN access mode and External Switch VLAN Tagging(EST Mode) Sample Configuration - Network Load Balancing (NLB) Multicast Mode Configuration Sample Configuration - Network Load Balancing (NLB) Multicast mode over routed subnet - Cisco Switch Static ARPConfiguration Sample Configuration - Network Load Balancing (NLB) UNICAST Mode Configuration Sample configuration of EtherChannel / Link aggregation with ESX and Cisco/HP switches Sample configuration of virtual machine(VM) VLAN Tagging (VGT Mode) in ESX Sample configuration of virtual switch VLAN tagging (VST Mode) and ESX Sample Configuration: Port Channel with ESX and Force10 Switch Sample switch port configuration - TRUNK Mode with VLAN Pruning SAN LUNs damaged after ESX installation, upgrade, or reinstall SAN LUNs Not Visible in VirtualCenter UI but Visible in MUI SAN Support for GSX Server SAN volumes are not visible in the Conversion Wizard SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise USB flash drives do not work in an RDP session SAS Link and Port Failovers with the Intel Modular Server Running Update 3 and Later Versions of ESX 3.5 and ESXi3.5. SATA CD ROM drive is not functional on Dell PowerEdge R805 SATA CD-ROM drive is not functional on the Dell PowerEdge systems after ESX installation SATA Controller Support in ESX 3.5 SATA optical drives experience erratic behavior and the message: hdx: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused(ireason = 0x 1) Scan for Updates operation fails with the error: Update Manager has failed Scan of host fails after upgrade to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 3 Scanning the ESX host using VMware Update Manager fails with error: failed to deploy upgrade agent Scheduled jobs do not run Scheduled task displays incorrect Next Run time Scheduled Task Panel Has Blank Entries for Tasks Scheduled task to download updates fails to run and shows as queued in VirtualCenter 2.5 Scheduled Tasks Do Not Show Correct Time When Timezone Is Changed Scheduler cell size on six-core processors SCO UnixWare kernel panics when configuring network Screen changes made in VMware Service Manager 8.x Screen Designer do not take effect in Windows 2008 server Screen Resolution Does Not Change After VMware Tools Installation on Windows Vista Screen saver in Linux guests can cause guest applications in Unity view to become unresponsive Screen turns black at the end of Turbolinux 10 Server installation Script Run via VMware Tools Run Now Option Doesn't Work Scripted Installation Hangs When VMFS Partitions Are Not Contiguously Listed in the Kickstart File Scripted Installation of ESX Server Fails When Network Switch Is Configured with a Large STP Forwarding Delay Scripted Installation Prompts for Keyboard and Language Selections Scripted Installer Space Requirements Scripting API Memory Utilization Continues to Increase when Repetitively Retrieving Performance Statistics Scripting the ESX Server Installation Scroll Up mouse wheel operation using a VI Client does not work in 32-Bit IBM OS/2 Warp 4.x.x guest SCSI Device Not Recognized on SUSE Linux 9.2 SCSI events that can trigger ESX server to fail a LUN over to another path SCSI reservation conflict errors reported on all hosts at the same time, with one host reporting the error: remote porttime out SCSI Reservation conflicts from an HP MSA 1500 Array. SCSI Reservation Conflicts when using OpenFiler iSCSI Storage Devices SCSI Reservation Failures on HDS USP or NSC SCSI Reservation Failures on Hitachi USP or NSC Arrays SCSI Reservation Failures on HP XP Storage Arrays SCSI Reservation Failures on Nihon Unisys SANARENA 5200 and 5800 Arrays SCSI Reservation Failures on SUN StorageTek 9985 and 9990 Arrays SCSI Reservation Issue with Fibre Channel HBAs SCSI Target is unrecognized on DELL PowerEdge servers with PERC 5 controllers SCSI: device set offline - command error recovery failed http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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SDK Applications intermittently disconnect from vCenter Server SDK Managed Object Browser Search function does not work after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.1 Searching for a specific user when attempting to assign user permissions in vCenter Server fails Searching in Japanese Windows NT Guest Causes Windows Explorer to Crash Searching the VMware Knowledge Base Searching the VMware vCenter Configuration Manager SQL database for a specific column name Searching the VMware vCenter Configuration Manager SQL database for a specific string Second Swap File is not Being Utilized Secondary virtual machine cannot be powered on as there are no compatible hosts that can accommodate it Securing Credentials in vMA 4.1 Securing vShield Zones CLI user accounts and the Privileged mode Security policies that may cause login issues Security Response to BugTraq 15998 (CVE-2005-4459): Vulnerability in NAT Networking Security Response to Bugtraq 19732, "VMware ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability" Security Response to BugTraq 284020: VMware Authd Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Security Response to BugTraq 327064: Privilege Escalation on the Host when Running VMware Workstation 4.x Security Response to BugTraq 330184: Local User on Linux Host Can Gain Escalated Privileges Security Response to BugTraq 332286: Non-root User Can Delete Files in Any Directory Security Response to BugTraq 343055: Denial of Service Attack Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Software Used in VMwareGSX Server and ESX Server Security Response to BugTraq 343055: Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in OpenSSL Security Response to BugTraq 343055: Installing OpenSSL Patch to Correct Vulnerabilities in VMware GSX Server2.5.0 and 2.5.1 Security Response to CA-2002-18, OpenSSH Vulnerability Report Security Response to CA-2002-23: Installing OpenSSL Patch to Correct Vulnerabilities in VMware GSX Server 2.0.0and 2.0.1 Security Response to CA-2002-23: OpenSSL Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities Security Response to CA-2003-24: Buffer Management Vulnerability in OpenSSH Security Response to CAN-1999-0516: Audit Warns of Possible Unauthorized MIB Access Security Response to CAN-1999-0524: Unblocked ICMP Packet Vulnerability Security Response to CAN-1999-0525: ICMP Packet Vulnerability Security Response to CAN-1999-0655: Vulnerability when running Services on Unprotected Network Ports Security Response to CAN-2002-0655: OpenSSL 0.9.6d and OpenSSL 0.9.7-beta2 Denial of Service Vulnerability Security Response to CAN-2003-0190: Audit Warns of Possible Timing Attack Vulnerability in Open SSH-portable3.6.1p1 Security Response to CAN-2003-0386: OpenSSH 3.6.1 Vulnerability when Restricting Host Access by Numeric IP Security Response to CAN-2003-0985: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Using mremap() in Service Console Security Response to CAN-2003-0987: Audit Warns of Possible Apache Vulnerability in mod_digest Security Response to CAN-2004-0230: Audit Warns of Possible Denial of Service Vulnerability Security Response to CAN-2004-0415: 2.4 Linux Kernel Kernel Memory Vulnerability Security Response to CAN-2004-0488: Possible Apache Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Security Response to CAN-2004-0492: Audit Warns of mod_proxy Vulnerability Security Response to CAN-2004-0554: Floating Point Exception Vulnerability Security Response to CAN-2004-0700: Vulnerability in mod_proxy Security Response to CAN-2004-0885: Audit Warns of Possible mod_proxy Vulnerability Security Response to CAN-2004-0940: Apache Vulnerability in mod_include Security Response to CAN-2004-0975: Audit Warns of Possible openssl Vulnerability Security Response to CAN-2004-1235: Audit Warns of Possible Vulnerability in the uselib Function in the 2.4 LinuxKernel Security Response to CAN-2004-1237: User May Cause Crash on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 when Auditing isEnabled Security Response to CAN-2005-0001: Local Users can Gain Elevated (root) Privileges on Multiprocessor Machines Security Response to CAN-2005-0444: Vulnerability When GSX Server or Workstation Searches for gdk-pixbuf LibraryNot Installed on Host Security Response to CERT 412115: AMD PCNet Windows Driver Security Vulnerabilites Security Response to CERT Advisory CA-2003-24: Buffer Management Vulnerability in OpenSSH (ESX Server 2.x and3.x Not Affected) Security Response to CERT Alert TA04-078A: Installing OpenSSL Patch to Correct CERT Vulnerabilities in VMwareGSX Server 2.5.1 Security Response to CERT VU#867593, CAN-2003-0542, CVE-2006-3747: Apache HTTP TRACE and vulnerabilitiesto configuration file content Security Response to CERT VU#911878: Possible Information Leak with Hyper-Threading Security Response to CVE-2002-0840 Apache 2.x / 1.3.x SSI Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Security Response to CVE-2003-0020: Audit Warns of Possible Vulnerability when Using Terminal Emulation and thehttp://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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cat Program Security Response to CVE-2003-0386, OpenSSH Remote Client Address Restriction Circumvention Security Response to CVE-2003-0693, OpenSSH Buffer Management Bug Advisory Security Response to CVE-2005-2177: Denial of Service Bug Found in the Way ucd-snmp Uses Network Stream Security Response to CVE-2005-2700 Apache SSLVerifyClient Bypass Restrictions Security Response to CVE-2005-2798, OpenSSH GSSAPIDelegateCredentials Enabled Security Response to CVE-2005-3273 and CVE-2006-2444 Security Response to CVE-2006-1342 and CVE-2006-1343 Security Response to CVE-2006-3547, VMware Player .vmx ide1:0.fileName Parameter Overflow Denial of Service Security Response to CVE-2006-3918: Possible Cross-Site Scripting Exploit in Apache Using Expect Headers, Seen inFlash SWF File Security Response to CVE-2006-4980: Buffer Overflow in the repr() Function in Python Security Response to CVE-2006-6097: Path Traversal Flaw in the Way GNU tar Extracted Archives Security Response to CVE-2007-1861 Security Response to CVE-2007-3843 Security Response to CVE-2007-4059 and CVE-2007-4155: ActiveX Vulnerabilities in IntraProcessLogging.dll andvielib.dll Security Response to OpenSSL 20030219: Vulnerability to OpenSSL Timing-based Attacks in VMware Server Products Security Response to Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in VMware Management Interface Security Response to RHSA-2006:0635-0 and CVE-2006-3467, XFree86 Security Update Security Response to RHSA-2007:0095, "Critical: krb5 security update" Security Response to US-Cert VU#464113: TCP/IP Stack Vulnerability Security Response to Windows Flaw That Exposes iTunes Users Security Response to XFree86 and X Server Integer Overflow Flaws Security Response to XSec-06-05, "VMware 5.5.1 for Windows arbitrary partition table delete issue" Security Response: False Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Report Security Response: False Email about RedHat Buffer Overflow in ls and mkdir Security Response: Security Information for ESX Server 1.5.2 Security Response: Audit Warns of a Possible Port 1311 "Infinite Request" Vulnerability Security Response: Installing OpenSSL Patch to Correct CERT Vulnerabilities in VMware GSX Server 3.0.0 Security Response: Local User on ESX Server Service Console Can Gain Escalated Privileges Security Response: SSH Version Installed with ESX Server May Be Vulnerable Security Response: Suppressing Apache Server Details in HTTP Response Security Response: VMware PGP Public Key for Security Alerts Security Response: Vulnerability of RPCI Mechanism to a Denial of Service Attack Security threat with SSL certificates created with MD5 hash Security Updates to Service Console Kernel Security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Active Template Library might affect VMware Web Access Security vulnerability in CAPICOM redistributable Security warning appears when you run the automatically downloaded vSphere Client installer Security warning displays when running ThinApp Capture from a network share Segmentation Fault Error When Launching Local Console on VMware GSX Server for Linux Host Segmentation Fault Error When Starting VMware Management Interface on Linux Host Segmentation Fault when Copying to Large VMFS Volumes Segmentation Fault while installing Turbo Linux 4.0 Seleccionando un adaptador de red para su máquina virtual Selecting DNS and Routing properties on an ESX host fails Selecting Hitachi SAN Host Mode Selecting Multiple Virtual Machines and Attempting to Migrate Them All Concurrently Might Fail Sending Ctrl-Alt-Ins to Guest Operating Systems that Expect this Key Combination Sending hostd logs to a remote syslog server Sending print screen commands to virtual machines running in Fusion Sensor value does not appear to be exact value you specified Serial port performance lag (Linux hosts) Serial Port Performance Problems on a Linux Host Server Cannot Boot into the Linux SMP Kernel from the Service Console for Debugging Server Clocks are Different by xx:xx Min Server Configuration Manager Collector service starts but immediately stops without errors Server Groups on Dashboard do not update when changed from Collector Server on Localized Operating System Fails to Recognize Certain Locales Server rebooting after HP Management Agents installation completes Server with AMD Opteron CPUs Logs SRAT Messages and Doesn't Enter NUMA Mode Server Won't Boot from SAN After I Add a New LUN ServeRAID 8i Controller's Battery Shuts Down when Adapter Is Shared by Service Console http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Serverd on VMware Server (Windows) Crashes if Datastore Path Is More Than 247 Characters Service Console Can Lose Network Connectivity if not Configured Properly Service console does not recognize runtime changes made to the LUN size Service Console might lose network connectivity on a server with more than 128GB of memory installed Service Console Networking Stops Working When Using the vmxnet_console Network Driver and Upgrading ESXServer Service Console Redundancy for VMware High Availability Service Level Management reports display an incorrect number of failed Service Level Agreements Service mgmt-vmware restart may not restart hostd Service Recovery Manager Site Paring Fails with Custom Certificates Service Type is not available as a selectable option in the criteria list of IPK Workflow Rules Service-Console-Only Mode Does Not Load megaraid_sas Driver Automatically for ESX Server 3.0.1 Services do not start when ESX host boots Services Running on the Passive Server Servlet Error accessing Web UI / Scripted Install - monitor and transfer back Session Timeout Produces Unexpected Behavior When the Direct Connect to Virtual Desktop Option Is Enabled Set netPktHeapMinSize=32 and netPktHeapMaxSize=128 to Enable Jumbo Frames and NetQueue Setting a MAC address for a virtual machine in VMware Fusion Setting a static IP address for the Remote CLI appliance Setting a static MAC address for a virtual NIC Setting a Windows 98 virtual machine to 16-bit color results in an error about adapter type Setting all virtual machines to automatically upgrade VMware Tools at next power-on Setting COW heap values on Lab Manager Setting Custom Video Memory Size in Fusion Setting default desktops for Thin Client devices Setting Isolation Response and Restart Priority values at the cluster level in VMware Infrastructure Client Setting Linux Host Screensaver Options in the Workstation Global Configuration File Setting Minimum CPU Percentage for Virtual Machines Fails Setting Multiple Isolation Response Addresses for VMware High Availability Setting Network Adapter Speed in ESX Server Setting Performance Intervals to Less Than a Past Day Setting Performance Intervals to Less Than a Past Day Setting the congestion Threshold Value for Storage I/O Control Setting the Customization Script for Virtual Machines in VMware vCloud Director Setting the Customization Script from the REST API in VMware vCloud Director Setting the DiskMaxLUN Configuration Setting Greater than 8 in an IBM x120 Blade Server Setting the e1000 InterruptThrottlerate parameter to improve ESX 3.5 system stability Setting the ESX Server Edition while licensing the ESX host Setting the guest and host to access the same Microsoft network server for NAT causes networking problems Setting the license key from the command line Setting the Maximum Outstanding Disk Requests per Virtual Machine Setting the number of cores per CPU in a virtual machine Setting the Queue Depth for an Emulex HBA on ESX Server 3.0 Setting the resource expiry and testing garbage cleanup functions Setting the Startup and Shutdown Options for a Virtual Machine without Using the VMware Management Interface Setting the ThinApp Sandbox Location on a Portable Device or Mobile Device, Such As a USB Drive Setting up a pruning job in VMware vCenter Configuration Analytics Manager Setting up a static IP address in a Windows virtual machine when using bridged mode in Fusion Setting up a test infraEnterprise environment that is a replica/copy of a production environment Setting up a VMKcore partition to capture purple screen output Setting up a VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager appliance as an aggregator or collector Setting up an MSCS cluster fails with the error: Hot-add of scsi1, scsi1:0 failed Setting up Four Virtual IDE Devices Setting up MAPI for incoming emails in VMware Service Manager Setting up mirrored folders for your Mac and virtual machine Setting up SVGA Driver on a Windows 95 RAW Disk Setting Up the RemoveSandboxOnExit Parameter Causes Mozilla Firefox to Fail Setting up the Shared Recovery Site feature in VMware Site Recovery Manager 4.0 Setting up tools and UI logging in Fusion Setting up VMware Update Manager service for isolated networks Setting up VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager with Partner Storage Arrays Settings changes are not saved in VMware Workstation Settings changes to a native application populate the deployed instance incorrectly Settings missing in deployed applications Settings tab is missing in the Display control panel of a PCoIP connected virtual machine http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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sg_inq command takes a long time to run on ESX 4.0 and later Shared configurations are no longer shared after upgrade Shared EMC Symmetrix LUN detected as snapshot with incorrect SPC-2 bit settings Shared Folder Not Visible in Windows Me, Windows 9x or DOS Guest Shared Folders Disabled in VMware Standalone Player Shared Folders Don't Appear on Virtual Machines Running Red Hat Linux and SELinux Shared Folders Might Not Appear for Ubuntu 6.04 Hosts with Windows Guests Shared Folders Not Working with SUSE 9.1 Guest Shared Folders Use UNC Path Shared LUN Fills Up When Upgrading ESX 2.5.x Legacy Templates Using VirtualCenter 2.0.x Shared Printers not working after applying Security Update 2009-001 for VMware Fusion SharePoint Server 2007 performance issues Sharing a composite USB device can shut down the guest operating system Sharing a folder from your Mac to a virtual machine Sharing a printer with a Windows virtual machine using Apple Bonjour Sharing a virtual disk between multiple virtual machines Sharing a virtual machine between users in Mac OS Sharing files between virtual machines on ESX Short URL for VMware Knowledge Base Articles Shortcut checkboxes in the VDM Client installer are not set when upgrading from Beta 2 to the release build Shortcuts for Native Applications Override Shortcuts for ThinApp Packages Should I install VMware Tools for vShield Zones virtual machines? Shut Down appears in the Start menu when users connect to a View desktop with PCoIP or HP RGS Shutdown and suspend guest menu options are missing Shutting Down the Stage Manager Server System or Service Does Not Affect Deployed Virtual Machines SIDgen Generates Error Because Of Account Access to Folders Simultaneous access to two ESXi installations on USB flash drives causes the system to display panic messages Simultaneous migration with vMotion is limited when crossing resource pools Simultaneously powering on a large number of virtual machines that use software iSCSI as the storage protocolcauses some power-on failures Single sign on (SSO) does not work correctly when the HP RGS display protocol is used to connect Single Sign On (SSO) does not work with Windows virtual machines over PCoIP when interactive logon messages areenabled in a group policy Single Sign On (SSO) Occasionally Fails When Using Passwords with Fewer than Six Characters Single sign on does not work when connecting from View Portal on Mac OS to a Terminal Server desktop back end Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 4.0 Upgrade FAQ Site Recovery Manager 4.0 installation error: unexpected error code: -1 Site Recovery Manager 4.0 service does not start after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1 Site Recovery Manager 4.1 installation fails to start SRM service on Windows 2008 R2 Site Recovery Manager Batch IP Customization fails with error: vim.fault.InvalidLogin Site Recovery Manager continuously logs Failed to ping the remote site Site Recovery Manager does not detect replicated LUNs Site Recovery Manager Failover operation may fail when using MirrorView Site Replication Adapter and Asynchronousreplication Site Recovery Manager fails to start after removing or upgrading the SRA (Storage Replication Adapter) Site Recovery Manager maximum VirtualCenter Server name length Site Recovery Manager registering virtual machine task fails during failover with the error: Creating VM timeout Site Recovery Manager reports the error: You do not hold privilege "System > View" Site Recovery Manager service does not start and is always in the Starting state Site Recovery Manager Service stops responding when Resynchronizing with the SRA. Site Recovery Manager shadow virtual machines on the recovery site lose their vDS settings after a test failover Site Recovery Manager Test Failover fails intermittently Site Recovery Manager test failover with iSCSI LUNs results in error: "failed to recover datastore" Size of the Oracle Database Table Increases Unnecessarily Skipping drives in VMware Consolidated Backup operations SLES 10 64bit virtual machine becomes unresponsive with the error: The CPU has been disabled by the guestoperating system SLES 10 Linux Guest Operating Systems Can Cause Poor Networking Performance in Virtual Machines SLES9 64-bit with (GRE) tunnel - File transfer fails - Disabling TSO Slow Floppy Performance Slow Inbound Network Performance with Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server/Citrix License Server in a VirtualMachine Slow login for View desktops Slow login when running Novell Client in View Virtual Desktops Slow Network Performance in GSX Server Virtual Machines http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Slow Network Performance when Using Windows Browsing on the Host Slow Performance with Dell PERC Controller Slow power on and storage operations with the HP Smart Array P410i controller Slow reboot of vSMP virtual machines on ESX when a lot of guest memory is page-shared Slow VM performance or Web UI response problems Slow VMware Consolidated Backup performance with software iSCSI initiator Smart card removal behavior does not work during PCoIP sessions on Windows 7 and Vista desktops Smart card removal group policy setting does not work on Vista desktops after RDP reconnection Smarts ADM drive space is full SMP System Showing One CPU when Multiple CPUs Are Present SMP virtual machines running Linux using the TSC clocksource stop responding or stall Snapshot configuration query does not return all devices on ESX 3.5 Snapshot Engine inadvertently deletes independent persistent disks in some cases Snapshot feature is disabled for the Boot Camp partition virtual machine Snapshot LUN detection in ESX 3.x and ESX 4 Snapshot LUNs are not removed after completing Test-Failover when using SRM with EMC RecoverPoint SRA Snapshot operation fails because the file already exists Snapshot Operations Submitted Directly to an ESX Server Host During Storage VMotion Corrupt Virtual Machine Data Snapshots not removed after using esXpress to back up virtual machines Snapshots structure disappears after removing and deleting virtual disks SNMP MIB module file download SNMP trap information incorrectly displays in 3rd party monitoring software SNMP Traps about Virtual Machine State Not Being Sent SNMP traps are not being sent to the service console SOAP Error Encountered While Using Java and Axis 1.3 Socket Timeout During GetUpdates Soft lockup messages from Linux kernel running in an SMP-enabled virtual machine Software iSCSI cannot find targets Software iSCSI connections drop and reconnect when doing any I/O Software iSCSI LUN paths do not recover after going offline, or reconnect randomly Software issues that prevent accurate data collection Solaris 10 1/06 (Update 1) and Solaris 10 6/06 (Update 2) guests with virtual SMP might stall when powering on Solaris 10 64bit virtual machine reboots continuously after a fresh install Solaris 10 CDE Workspace Does Not Fit on the Screen Solaris 10 guest cannot eject ISO image mounted as CD-ROM Solaris 10 guests might become unresponsive when halted Solaris 10 Guests with SMP May Hang When Powering On Solaris 10 U1 Guest Operating System Is Not Supported on EMC CLARiiON Series and Symmentrix Series StorageArrays Solaris 10 U4 virtual machine becomes unresponsive during VMware Tools upgrade Solaris 10 U4 Virtual Machines Might Not Properly Configure Virtual Parallel Port Solaris 10 U4, 64-bit graphical installation fails with the default virtual machine RAM size of 512MB Solaris 10 U5 fails to install when using Installation Helper Solaris 10 Virtual Machine Can't Find 64-Bit Kernel Solaris DHCP Clients Might Not Get Hostname if DHCP Server Is Not Solaris Solaris guest keyboard layout does not retain non-US layout setting Solaris Guest Operating System Support Solaris Third-Party X Tools Solaris Update Manager fails after installing VMware Tools Solaris virtual machines might not power on on virtual hardware version 7 Solaris Warning "Stopped tracking Time of Day clock" Solaris10U1 Virtual Machines Might Not Properly Discover and Configure the Virtual Floppy Device, Virtual ParallelPort, or Virtual Serial Port Solution Licensing Some 64-Bit Linux Distributions Do Not Perform Character Set Conversions for Workstation Some Alarms Disappear After Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 Some Applications Fail to Load Successfully After Upgrading VMware Tools in a Windows NT SP6a Guest andRebooting Some Applications in Linux Guests Do Not Work in Unity Mode Some Dell BIOSes may have duplicate interrupt routing entries in the ACPI table Some events cannot trigger alarms Some Features Not Available to Legacy Virtual Machines in Workstation 5 Some Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters Are Not Initialized When Boot BIOS Is Enabled Some File Systems Unable to Support Very Large Files Some Human Interface Devices may appear in the VDM Client Devices menu. Devices that are required for localhttp://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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usage (such as keyboards and mice) should not be shared to the Guest virtual machine Some IBM servers are missing ESXi or have corrupt Recovery CDs Some Intel NICs lose network connectivity after rebooting the ESX host Some kickstart commands for scripted installations of ESX 4.0 have been deprecated or are not supported Some Objects Are Visible Prior to Logon in 1.x Compatibility Mode for the VMware Infrastructure SDK Some Performance Data Is Not Displayed After VirtualCenter Upgrade Some Prechecked Items Cannot Be Checked Back to License Pool Some reasons why ESX servers may have problems accessing SAN storage when using Emulex HBAs Some space missing from a new VMFS data store due to hidden files Some USB Devices Fail During ESX Server Installation Some vDS networking information is not available when you connect directly to a host using the vSphere Client Some Virtual Machines Might Not Power On Even if Their Reservation Is Less than the Unreserved Capacity of TheirParent Resource Pool Some Virtual Machines with VMware-Tools installed may hang upon storage rescan on VMware ESXi 3.5 hosts Some VNC Server Applications Cause Error Messages When You Go into Unity Mode Some Windows Programs Don't Run with Fit Guest to Window Sometimes a recompose or refresh operations can fail in some cases with the message "VcUnexpectedErrorFault(reason='Incompatible device backing specified') Sorting and scrolling in the Virtual Machines tab in vCenter Server is slow Sound Adapter Driver Unavailable for Workstation 64-Bit Windows 2003 and 64-Bit Windows XP Guests Sound Does Not Work in Virtual Machines Running Windows 2003 Server 64-Bit Enterprise Edition R2 Sound Loops over One-Second Interval in 64-Bit Virtual Machine on Multiprocessor Host Sound not tested in 32-bit and 64-bit FreeBSD guests Sound on Windows Host Computer Shows Unexpected Behavior Sound problems in Windows virtual machines Sound stops working in Windows Vista guest operating system after waking from sleep Sounds might not play as expected in redirected audio devices in Virtual Desktop Manager and View Manager Source host does not support a location change location for a virtual machine swap file causing VMotion to fail Source of Time Returned by VMGuestLib_GetElapsedMS in a VMware Guest Sources for VMware Player documentation Spaces before or after the View Server name causes connection failure during View Agent installation Specifying a DNS Server for ACE Instances That Use Instance Customization Specifying the Installation Folder for VMware ACE Specifying the keyboard layout when connecting with VNC client Specifying the License Server used by VMware vCenter Server Specifying the MAC address when creating a virtual machine through vSphere APIs Specifying the NIC teaming policy from the command line in ESX 4.0 Specifying which patch binaries and metadata to download with the Update Manager Download Service Split and Combine license keys on vSphere SQL cluster node fails with the error: System failed to flush data to the transaction log SQL Express installation fails with the error: an instance with the same name is already installed SQL query to locate a column and its associated view or table in the VCM database SQL Script to capture event log data SQL Server 2005 tempdb database continues to grow after starting a VirtualCenter 2.5 Service SQL Server Recovery Model Affects Transaction Log Disk Space Requirements SRAT Table Broken Message in ESX Server SRM Array Managers fails to discover replicated NetApp NFS volumes SRM dr-ip-customizer: dash or hyphen character in MAC address causes error SRM fails to start, log shows Failed to initialize SOAP adapter: Failed to read Windows certificate store SRM: Configuring DRS properties for a protected virtual machine SRM: How Changes to Virtual Machine Storage Affect Protection SSL2 Is Required for the Return Proxy of ESX Server 3.x SSMove does not work if a datastore is disabled (3.0.2 only) SSmove fails with the error: vCenter Operation has taken too long STAF Testing Automation Tool Installs a lib File That Is Incompatible with the Workstation Software Stage Manager Datastores Tab Does Not Display Current Capacity After Creating or Deleting Virtual Machines Stage Manager Installation Fails in Compressed or Encrypted Folders Staged bulletins get cleared after remediation Stale samba/smb mounted on /tmp - Cannot power on virtual machine Standard Rules Regarding Shared SCSI/RAID devices? Starting a virtual machine fails with the error: Failed to get exclusive lock on the configuration file Starting a virtual machine generates a Syntax error Starting a virtual machine that has VirtualCenter and license server installed (Chicken and Egg Problem) Starting and Stopping Recording of Virtual Machine Activity from Within the Guest Starting License Server and VirtualCenter Server services http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Starting SNMP service with vicfg-snmp sometimes fails Starting the Guided Consolidation process results in high CPU usage Starting the vCenter Configuration Manager collector service fails with the error: Configuresoft ECM Collector is not avalid Win32 application Starting the vCenter Converter Import or Export wizard fails with the error: Unable to connect to Converter server Starting the Virtual Machine Importer from the Command Line Starting the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Starting View Composer service fails with the error: The service did not respond to the start or control request in atimely fashion Starting virtual machine produces the following error "Thin/TBZ disks cannot be opened in multiwriter mode" Starting Virtual Machines Automatically when the GSX Server for Linux Host Boots Starting VirtualCenter Server service after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.1 fails with the error: Win32 exception:Access Violation (0xc0000005) Starting VMware Infrastructure Client fails when connecting to VirtualCenter Starting VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager fails with the error: wrong DB scheme version Stateless event alarms repeatedly trigger actions that are set to run only once Stateless VMware ESXi Server Version 3.5 Update 4 Using PXE Booting Static DNS server setting is lost when a recompose is performed from a Windows XP virtual machine to a WindowsVista virtual machine Static IP Address Lost After Virtual Machine Is Migrated Static IP settings lost after conversion Static MAC Address Set in .vmx File on ESX Server Is Overwritten when Virtual Machine Is Powered Up inVirtualCenter Server Statistics purge procedure might cause intermittent deadlocks in statistics roll up procedures Statistics Returned by the VmPerl Scripting API Might be Wrong Statistics Rollup Stored Procedures&mdash;Optional Parameters and Diagnostics Statistics Settings For 5 Minute Interval Duration Might Not Be Saved Status type in HP SIM set to Critical for a host placed in standby mode by DPM Stop All Virtual Machines Before Upgrading Stop Code 0x0000007B (inaccessible boot device) after upgrading a virtual machine's virtual hardware to version 7 Stopping or starting VMware vCenter Orchestrator Stopping the VMware Tools Service in a Workstation 5 Windows Guest Stopping, starting, or restarting the VMware vCloud Director service Stopping, starting, or restarting vCenter services Storage Certification form does not have an option to enable ISCF support in Workbench FC Plug-in Storage controller failover causes iSCSI targets to go offline Storage device connectivity restored Storage device path redundancy restored Storage Devices Connected to McData FC Switch Through QLogic Adapters Occasionally Do Not Reappear AfterReboot Storage devices require zeroedthick policy by default Storage Drivers for ESX 3.5.x and Microsoft Windows XP When Using the VMware LSI Logic Storage Adapter Storage Drivers for the VMware LSI Logic Storage Adapter Are Not Available in Windows XP Storage IO crash consistency with VMware products Storage LUNs on NetApp 960 become unresponsive during GFiler takeover/giveback operation Storage Management Service fails to initialize with the error: com.ibatis.common.jdbc.exception.NestedSQLException Storage page (virtual machine or media) is not refreshing/updating Storage path failover might cause kernel panic in Linux kernels if using a virtual LSILogic adapter (Parallel or SAS) Storage sizing guidelines for pools spanning multiple datastores Storage timeouts on Windows 2003 guests due to insufficient COW heap Storage View tab does not work after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1 Storage View, Hardware View and vCenter Service Status not working when using custom SSL certificates Storage Virtual Appliance (SVA) becomes unresponsive if it presents LUNs to the ESX/ESXi host on which it is running Storage vMotion between ESX 3.x hosts fails with the error: Request failed because remote server [the vCenterServer] did not respond Storage VMotion fails to complete validation with the error: The requested Storage VMotion would move a virtualmachine's disks without assigning the virtual machine a new home Storage VMotion fails with a generic DMotion error Storage vMotion fails with error: A general system error occurred: Migrate: Received request to migrate TO whenalready migrating 'to' (2) Storage vMotion fails with the error: A general system error occurred: Storage VMotion failed to copy one or more ofthe VM's disks. Please consult the VM's log for more details, looking for lines starting with "CBTMotion-" Storage VMotion fails with the error: Failed to unstun VM after disk reparent Storage VMotion fails with the error: virtual machine has virtual disk in link-clone mode Storage VMotion fails with the errors "File is larger than the maximum size supported by datastore" or "Insufficient diskhttp://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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space on datastore" Storage VMotion of independent disks leaves behind DMotion delta files Storage vMotion of virtual machines from one host to another within a cluster fails with a CPU mismatch error Storage VMotion operation fails with the error: Insufficient disk space on datastore Storage vMotion operations occasionally fail Storage vMotion or migration fails to convert disk from thick provisioned to thin provisioned when moving within samedatastore Storing a virtual machine swap file in a location other than the default STP may cause temporary loss of network connectivity when a failover or failback event occurs Stuck in Starting Sate When the Virtual Machine Power On Times Out Stuck Modifier Keys Subnet and Routing issues in VMware vCenter Heartbeat Subnet Mask of VMkernel Port Group Changes During Upgrade from ESX Server 2.5.x to ESX Server 3.5 SUM updates fail with the error: Unknown error - variable gbDLStatus is not set Summary of Security Notifications for VMware Products Summary tab of vSphere Client displays a "Reboot Required" message after you patch an ESX/ESXi host Sun 6180 Array LUNs lose network connectivity after rebooting the ESX host Support and Licensing of ThinApp&rsquo;s Virtualized Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Windows 7 Support Contracts FAQs Support Diagnostic Collection Tool fails with error "WinHttp.WinHttpRequest: The URL is invalid" when run on aSecurity Server Support for dynamic disks and GPT disks in VMware Consolidated Backup and VDDK Support for GB 18030 characters display on Windows XP and Windows 2000 Server hosts Support for Guest Customization on Localized Guest Operating Systems Support for IMAP, POP3, and SMTP by IN_MAIL80.dll in Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) environments Support for NetQueue on ESX Server 3i version 3.5 Update 2 Support for OEM Windows installations Support for OpenPegasus CIM Management Server in ESX Server 2.x dropped Support for the scsi_device_reprobe() API in VMKLinux in ESX 4.0 and 4.1 Support for VDM Web Access with Mac OS Is Experimental Support for VMware Consolidated Backup Support for VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) and multipath software Support for Windows 7 and the Aero theme Supportability of Linux virtual machines that have an updated kernel Supported 2.x Guest List Is Not the Same in Management Interface and VirtualCenter Supported browsers for VMware vCloud Director Supported configurations for PowerPath/VE with VMware vSphere 4.0 Supported encryption protocols for joining ESX/ESXi to an Active Directory server to perform user authentication Supported Guest Operating Systems Supported Guest Operating Systems in VMware Fusion Supported processors for VMware Workstation 4 and above Supported ThinApp installation methods and usage Supported USB device models for passthrough from an ESX or ESXi host to a virtual machine Supported vCenter Server high availability options Supported Versions of Mandrake Linux Supported versions of Windows for McAfee VirusScan Plus installation Supported Virtual Network Adapters for Virtual Machines in Microsoft Cluster Service Clusters Surrogate Pairs Are Not Supported for the Path to the Workstation Installation Directory SUSE 9 Linux 32-bit Installation Identifies AMD Opteron Dual 32-bit/64-bit Computer as 64-bit Only Suse Linux 10.3 cloned virtual machines boot and run slowly on ESX 3.0.1 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 SP3 Guest Experiences Monitor Panic in SMP Mode on Host with AMDOpteron Processor SUSE Linux for Enterprise Server for VMware Overview Suspending a Virtual Machine on an ESX Server 2.x Host Causes "Timed Out" Exception Suspending and Resuming Debian-Based Linux Guests Breaks the Network Connection SVGA Driver Install Problems on a Windows 98 RAW Disk SVGA Driver Setup on a Windows 98 RAW Disk SVMotion causes errors on the RCLI but completes successfully SVMotion fails with error "cannot find virtual machine with path" svmotion.pl fails with the error: Parameter --vm has the wrong value Swapping CDs when software installation needs multiple discs Swapping the Option and Command keys in a virtual machine Switch Desktop option behaves incorrectly when users are connected to more than three desktops at the same time Switching an RDM between physical and virtual compatibility modes Switching between text consoles in a Linux virtual machine http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Switching between the SVGA II and WDDM video drivers in Windows 7 Switching Mac OS to Single User Mode Switching on Disk Pre-Allocation for Flat Target Virtual Disks Switching Shortcut from Network Share to Shared Folder Switching to Unity View Might Cause Failure When Sheet Dialog Box Is Open in Virtual Machine Window in Fusion 1.0 Switching to Unity View While a Snapshot Operation Is in Progress Can Result in Unpredictable Display Behavior inFusion 1.x Symantec Ghost Corporate Edition 8 Client Fails to Install on Host with Workstation Installed SYMAPI Client Crashes Virtual Machine Symbolic Links Do Not Work in Folders Shared Between Linux Hosts and Windows Guests SYNC driver writes to the Windows Event log when an exception occurs Synchronizing ADM with an external database fails with the error: Complete-sync export failed: ZIP file must have atleast one entry Synchronizing Archived CSV Files to the Information Warehouse Syncing AppSpeed with vCenter's username or password changes Syntax for username and password for update server in AppSyncURL Package.ini parameter Sysprep customization fails with the error: Software Licence agreement for Windows has been tampered with Sysprep Customized Clones of Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Vista Virtual Machines Prompt ForNetwork Location Selection Upon Power On Sysprep does not keep the Language settings for locale/regional Sysprep fails with domain name error Sysprep file locations and versions Sysprep no longer runs on template after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2 Sysprep on Windows Server 2003 does not run Sysprep runs unexpectedly at each deployment of a cloned template Sysprep workflow during linked clone creation in VMware View 4.5 System Administrator role in Lab Manager cannot be edited System Becomes Unresponsive When CD Package Creation Is Canceled System Clocks Running at a Slower Speed in the Guest Operating System System does not clear RAID controller cache during shutdown System Does Not Enter bootfromsan-text Installation Mode System Error Message, "Spin count exceeded (EventQueue, 448) - possible deadlock" System Requirements for VMware Products System Resources Error When Shrinking Disk System Time Accounting Incorrect for Software iSCSI Systems Hang when Booting in VMkernel Mode After Adding New Host Bus Adapter Systems running HP Insight Manager report continuous SNMP spurious entries in the Messages log Systems with MMIO regions larger than 2GB are not supported Systems within a specified range of IP addresses are not discovered Tabs in a collapsible section are not hidden when the section is collapsed Taking a snap shot fails with a Disk Read error Taking a snapshot fails with a Volume Shadow Copy Service error Taking a snapshot fails with the error: Failed to take a memory snapshot, since the virtual machine is configured withindependent disks Taking a Snapshot of a Virtual Machine with Independent, Non-Persistent Disks Fails Taking a snapshot with virtual machine memory stuns the virtual machine while the memory is written to disk Taking AppSpeed snapshot using the VMware vCenter AppSpeed interface Taking More Than One Snapshot of a Suspended Virtual Machine Produces an Error Taking Snapshots of Virtual Machines With Virtual Disks on Different Datastores Can Cause Datastores to DisappearFrom the VI Client Target limitations with Qlogic qla4xxx drivers Tasks and Events tab not showing proper Descriptions Tasks that need to be carried out before taking a ESX host out of vCenter Lab Manager for hardware maintenance TCP and UDP Ports required to access vCenter Server, ESX hosts, and other network components TCP capture in a virtual machine shows incorrect TCP checksums TCP Offload features on all NICs must be disabled before installing vCenter Server Heartbeat TCP Packets from a Source Windows 2000 Virtual Machine Stop Reaching the Destination Windows 2000 VirtualMachine Unless Zerocopy is Disabled TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO) over IPv6 with e1000 Virtual Adapters TCP/IP performance tuning TCPIP Warnings in VMKernel Log Tech Support Mode for Emergency Support Template customization fails on Windows Vista with the error: Object reference not set to an instant of an object Template deployment fails at 95% with a Customization Failed error Template deployment for Windows XP SP3 fails to complete http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Template File Names Not Updated in Managed Object Browser Template shows as Disconnected in VirtualCenter Template Upgrade Fails with Error "Name Already Exists" Template Upgrades Do Not Work If the Host Is Running ESX Server 2.x Templates Are Missing from Inventory Temporary directory on the VMware Consolidated proxy is not cleaned up after a successful backup Test Connection fails both Remote Registry and Perfmon tests Test Connection fails despite correct credentials Test connection fails with error -1073738824 - The specified object is not found on the system Test or real failover using Site Recovery Manager 1.0 Update 1 is slow Testing a VMware Fault Tolerance Configuration Testing network connectivity with the ping command Testing network connectivity with the ping command on a Mac Testing port connectivity with Telnet Testing the Monitoring Virtual Machines functionality in VirtualCenter Testing the packet filter and NIC compatibility Testing the physical memory of the host or console hardware Testing virtual machine storage I/O performance Testing VMkernel network connectivity with the vmkping command Text does not display correctly in the View Administrator Text does not wrap in the history screen after a note is added Text entered into a task at completion is not saved to Task History Text is jagged in View session Text loses formatting when pasted from a View desktop using PCoIP The "admsnap start" Command Issued from a SUSE 10 Virtual Machine Hangs Instead of Reporting an ErrorMessage when All Paths Are Down The "Connect Exclusively to this Virtual Machine" Option Does Not Appear on the VI Web Access CD/DVDConfiguration Screen The .asl, .asd, and .ase files in the application executable directory (from ThinApp AppSync updating) The /var/log partition appears to be full even after removing files to free disk space The /var/log partition of the ESX host runs out of space due to vmkiscsid.log growth The /var/log/lastlog file has very large size on a ESX host The /var/log/messages log on the ESX 3.x host reports the error: Cannot locate module block-major-XX The ACE Keystroke Logging Detection Feature Gives False Positives for Some HP Keyboards The ACE Management Server Configuration File for the Kerberos Network Authentication Protocol Does Not TakeEffect The ACE Server Configuration Web Application Does Not Support Secure Remote Connections The Add button is greyed out in the iSCSI Static Discovery Tab The Add Extent wizard includes a warning message regarding data loss after extending a LUN The Administrator role does not have permission to access a virtual machine's CD/DVD-ROM device The alarm triggers for virtual Machine disk usage and network usage report numbers over 100% The AppSpeed button and tab are unavailable The AppSpeed deployment status bar displays In Progress when deployment fails The AppSpeed Event list displays the same date for the current day and the previous day The Authorization checkbox in Administration menu has been turned off after applying a rolling patch on VMwareService Manager 9.0 The Balloon Driver, vmmemctl, Is Unaware of Pinned Pages The Call and Request icons disappear from the toolbar when changing the partition in VMware Service Manager 9.0 The command "/usr/bin/killall -q -s KILL VMap" fails and returns the error code 1 The Configuration Program vmware-config Might Set Incorrect Permissions on SSL Key Files The Connection Broker service fails with the error: An HTTP error occurred: status code=500 The connection to the View Connection Server may be lost if the user immediately cancels while opening a desktop The connectors remain when component workflows are deleted from workflow templates The content type text/html of the response message does not match the content type of the binding (application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8) The Converter plugin is missing from VMware Infrastructure Client The Correct Desktop Shortcut Icon Does Not Appear The Current officer in the Call Details Info Panel is incorrect after upgrading from VMware Service Manager 8.0 toVMware Service Manager 9.0 The Delete After First Use Setting Does Not Work if the Desktop is Reset The desktop pool wizard only displays one datastore if the pool is created from a template with any snapshots The distinguished name of the Active Directory container where the computer accounts of the linked clones will becreated is not validated when creating a desktop pool The Edit Image operation fails with the error "Specified AD container partial distinguished name is not valid" afterperforming a recompose if you have recently changed the AD container in the pool http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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The Enhanced Virtual Keyboard Setting Might Not Persist After a Workstation Upgrade The error message "insufficient disk space" may mean that their is a network connectivity problem and not a lack ofdisk space as the message indicates. The error message, "HTTP redirect request must be confirmed by the user" is displayed while HTTPS redirection failswhen connecting a VDM Client running 2.0 to a VDM Connection Server running 2.1. The ESX 3.x dmesg log reports the error: Failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadpter The ESX 4.x upgrade script requires an IDE CD-ROM device The ESX host does not have persistent storage The ESX Server Management service fails when scanned by network security scanner The ESX Service Console displays the message: The Execute Disable/No Execute CPU feature is not enabled for thismachine The ESX service console is not connected to the network The ESX/ESXi host takes a long time to boot when the DNS servers are unreachable The esxtop Storage VM Screen incorrectly lists virtual machines running on NAS/NFS storage The esxupdate command with the -f/--force switch fails The esxupdate -l info command displays the bundle build date as the release date The esxupdate -l query command lists an incorrect time stamp after upgrading to ESX Server 3.5 Update2 The esxupdate query command does not provide the correct baseline The ethtool -k command incorrectly reports tx_csum and TcpSegmentationOffload settings The fdisk command might fail on Dell PowerEdge R805 Server with both DRAC5 remote media and a physical USBCDROM attached The first attempt to add a domain administrator to the VirtualCenter configuration in View Manager fails The free space reported in VMware Data Recovery never increases The functionality of the the Caps lock key sometimes reversed The Getting Started tab in VirtualCenter 2.5 does not display properly The Hardware Status tab displays the error: Hardware monitoring service on this host is not responding or not available The Hardware Status tab fails to display in vSphere Client with the error: Not authorized to access this service The Host Update Utility fails with error: The Type Initializer for 'VIUApp.Vua.UpgradeAgent' threw an exception The hostd service keeps stopping with a backtrace after an ntpClient ruleset error The hostd service takes a long time to start on an ESX host which uses AD authentication The Infra: OLA indicator is resetting when an officer saves a call where the indicator has already breached The IP Addresses in Instance View and Help Desk Are Out of Order The IPK Statistics - Calls Resolved on First Contact is displaying incorrect results in VMware Service Manager 9.0 The iSCSI target name appears blank in the path view of the Storage Adapters panel The Knowledge Base has a new look The letter indicators for infraEnterprise call statuses (I, P, etc) are not displaying correctly on a call linking diagram The Licenses tab under Administration on VirtualCenter frequently goes blank The logon interface wsgina.dll fails to load The Manage Files Option Always Shows VMFS Available Space as 976.56GB The Map Disk Region task appears repeatedly in VirtualCenter after using VMware Consolidated Backup The message Could not read registry entry License Edition appears in vpxd log after starting VMware VirtualCenterServer service when using VC Foundation license. The Migrate Virtual Machine wizard displays the message: The virtual machine must be powered off to perform thisfunction The mouse fails to respond in the virtual machine console The mouse fails to work in a VMware Fusion virtual machine The Mylex BusLogic driver is missing in Red Hat Advanced Server 3 Beta The Network Configuration section of the Management Interface does not load. The passive server has less available space than the active server The path status for the CLARiiON iSCSI storage system changes from dead to active and from active to dead The Performance Overview tab fails to display with the error: Navigation to the webpage was cancelled The Performance Overview tab within vCenter Server reports the HTTP Status 404 error The Pocket ACE Deploy Utility does not detect some high-capacity USB hard drives when running on the MicrosoftVista operating system. The Power On alarm is not triggered when the virtual machine is powered on The Power On Task Scheduled on Virtual Machines Fails After Migration The primary virtual machine remains powered on in live mode, but fault tolerance is not established The Repair option in the installer does not repair the Offline Desktop component The right Shift key does not work when using an RDP session inside a PCoIP session The same virtual machines are repeatedly reconfigured if cloned from a template The SandboxNetworkDrives Parameter in Package.ini in ThinApp The SandboxRemovableDisk Parameter in Package.ini in ThinApp The Search button in a Call Search screen is not visible in VMware Service Manager 9.0 The Service Console Fails to Connect to the Network The snmpwalk Tool Displays Incorrect Product Version and Build Number http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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The Storage Management Service fails to initialize with error: The session is not authenticated. The System Tools folder is missing after rebooting the Ubuntu 10.04 host OS in Workstation The testFailover operation in SRM with SRDF SRA fails with the error: a testFailover operation fails due to a licenseissues The tg3 network driver fails to load during ESX boot The ThinApp Converter log files The ThinApp Sandbox Is Not on the Portable Device or Mobile Device, Such As a USB Drive The ThinDirect.msi File in ThinApp Program Files for Implementing ThinDirect Redirection to a Virtual Browser The UpgradePath parameter in Package.ini for ThinApp application update files The user_events view does not retrieve desktop reconnection events The vCenter Configuration Manager console display is corrupted The vCenter Server database Event Task Cleanup stored procedure fails to run The vCenter Server vpxd log reports this message: Resource module 'xxxx' not found. Using from default locale The vc-support command uses a 64bit DSN application and cannot gather data from the vCenter Server database The VDM Administrator User Interface Can Only Be Accessed Through a VDM Connection Server in a Standard orReplica Installation The VI Client Might Override the Language Preference Setting The View Agent cannot be installed on the same machine as Citrix XenDesktop (Citrix Desktop Server) virtual desktopagent. The View Agent installation may show the virtual printing component but actual printing support may not be available The View Composer disk mounting subsystem may fail when the target ESX host cannot contact a server providingshared NAS storage The View Composer server shuts down after losing the database connection The View Composer service fails to start after the Composer DSN password is changed The View Connection broker event log reports the error: Missing VM was not in the original query: vm-xxxx causingpools to wait for agent The View Connection Server does not distinguish between original and cloned virtual machines The View Connection Server might become unavailable at regular intervals, such as every 24 or 48 hours The View Manager user that runs vCenter Server requires additional user permissions to run View Composer invSphere. The virtual desktop connection fails when automatic login is enabled in the virtual machine The Virtual Desktop Manager Security Server fails to start with Event IDs 104 and 105 The virtual machine configured with an RDM device hangs while booting or takes a long time to boot The virtual machine debug driver was disabled for this virtual machine message displays in event log The virtual machine does not power on when 3D acceleration is enabled The Virtual Machine Occasionally Hangs While Running RHEL 3.0 Update 3 or Update 4 The virtual machine remediation using VMware vCenter Update Manager fails The virtual machines in VMware View 4.5 are stuck in the Provisioning or Customizing state The VirtualCenter message of the day keeps reappearing The VirtualCenter Server fails to start when installed on a Domain Controller with a non-English operating system The VirtualCenter Server might crash when using an older ODBC driver with Oracle 9i The VirtualCenter Server service does not start after deploying or upgrading VirtualCenter Server with MS SQL 2005 The VirtualCenter Server service fails during initialization with the error: Win32 exception The VirtualCenter Server service fails to start after the service was stopped or restarted The VirtualCenter Server service fails to start with error: Failed to read instanceUuid from instance config The VirtualCenter Server service fails to start with the error ORA-01654 The VirtualCenter Server service stops when vCenter Server and the vCenter Server database are separated by afirewall The VirtualCenter service fails after moving virtual machine files to another host for a different instance of VirtualCenter The VirtualCenter service fails to start with an error indicating that a folder does not exist The VixDiskLib_Clone API does not create a disk against vCenter Server The VMkernel log indicates that the TCP/IP heap is below 9% The VMkernel log is flooded with the message: Skipping pshare: alloc failed on node <x> The VMkernel log reports the log spew: owner xxxxx is not free on volume 'datastore' The VMkernel log reports the log spew: usbdev_ioctl: REAPURBDELAY The vmkernel logs report a warning containing LinChar and LinuxCharWrite The vmkernel.log includes the event: PShare chain length too long The vmkfstools -N Command Is Not Supported for ESX Server 2.1 The vmnet module remains loaded when VMware Server is shut down The vmsnap and vmres Scripts Do Not Work with Generic SCSI devices The vmsnap and vmres Scripts Do Not Work with Raw Disk Mapping The vmsnap.pl and vmres.pl Scripts May Not Honor scsi#:#.present and scsi#:#.mode .vmx Options The vm-support script takes a long time to complete The VMware Channel is connected dialog The VMware Converter agent fails to install with a general system error or SSL exception http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! 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The VMware Data Recovery client fails to connect to the VMware Data Recovery Appliance The VMware Data Recovery plugin cannot find the VDR appliance virtual machine The VMware High Availability (HA) agent fails at 96% after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5.0 The VMware Management Interface May Become Inaccessible After Security Setting Changes The VMware Service Manager 9.0 Call X has been logged email notification logs a new call instead of updating theexisting call The VMware VirtualCenter Server service fails to start with an Error code 2 The VMware Workstation command vmware-fullscreen.exe fails to launch the virtual machine The vmware-cmd -l command fails from the service console The vmware-cmd -l command generates an error The vmxnet Driver Is Not Installed if the vlance Driver Is Selected When vmware-tools Is Installed The vmxnet Network Adapter Device Status of a Virtual Machine Shows in the ESX Server System as Disconnected The vmxnet3 network adapter displays incorrect link speed on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 The vpxd log records _PING_SERVER_ message every 5 minutes The vpxd.exe process spikes to 100% CPU usage when DRS is enabled in a cluster The vSphere Client overview performance charts use zeroes to denote missing data samples The vSphere SDK SSPI.cpp sample does not compile with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Microsoft Visual Studio2008 The Vstor2 UFA Virtual Storage Driver service fails to start The Warning " WARNING: VSCSI: ResetWatchdog: Retry 0 on handle 260 still in progress after xxx seconds" isChanged to a Log Entry The Wow64 Parameter in Package.ini for ThinApp The X Window System does not work on SCO Open Server 5.0.6 or 5.0.7 ThinApp installation type can be changed only by first removing the assignment ThinApp MS Office 32bit Help system may malfunction when deployed to 64bit systems ThinApps in View Administrator show an assignment but the Assignments tab is empty ThinDirect Redirection of Web Page Ports from Native Internet Explorer to a Virtual Browser ThinDirect.txt Syntax for Redirection from Native Internet Explorer to a Virtual Browser Such As Virtual Internet Explorer6 Thinkpad T41 CD-ROM Drive Stops Working after VMware Installation Third party launcher may cause an error on Fusion launch Third-Party Software and the New VMware Service Console Firewall Time Can Be Set to Synchronize Between Guest Operating System and Console Once Every Minute, Not Second Time drifts in virtual machines and the service console due to the HPET misreporting its frequency Time falls behind in a virtual machine when the guest operating system writes to previously unwritten regions of itsvirtual disk Time falls behind in a virtual machine when the memory of the virtual machine is paged from disk by the VMkernel Time in a Linux 2.6 guest operating system runs faster than real time due to lost tick overcompensation Time in a Linux virtual machine jumps backward when using clock=pit Time in a virtual machine advances slowly on a Linux host when using a desktop product Time in virtual machine drifts due to hardware timer drift Time in VMware ACE Virtual Machine Runs Slowly After Host Resumes from Standby or Hibernate Time out in application Starting/Stopping Time runs slower than real time due to lost timer interrupts Time runs too fast in a Windows virtual machine when the Multimedia Timer interface is used Time Sync Option Becomes Disabled During Upgrade VMotion Unless the Virtual Machine Is Power Cycled Prior to theMigration Time Synchronization in Guests Deployed from OVF Templates Time zones unexpectedly change on virtual desktops Timekeeping best practices for Linux guests Timekeeping best practices for Windows Timesync problems in Netware 6.5 Tips for configuring Microsoft SQL Server in a virtual machine Tips for editing a .vmx file Tips for Repairing the VMDK File for a Crashed Workstation or GSX Server Guest on a Windows Host Tips on using a Macintosh keyboard To run Cisco Nexus 1000V together with Update Manager in your vSphere 4.0 environment, you must upgrade toUpdate Manager 4.0 Update 1 Patch 2 Too Few VMware ACE Shortcuts Appear on End User's Desktop Too many vmware.log files created on VMFS datastores results in delays or failure to power on virtual machines Tools Install Remains Enabled After Guest Shutdown Tools show as "Not Running" in VirtualCenter virtual machine Tools Status is Reported Incorrectly After Host Upgrade to ESX Server 3.0.2 Total SCSI IOPS option is only available with real time data when vSphere Client is connected to vCenter Server Tracking ESX host user logins and activities http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Traffic Shaping Configurations Do Not Appear for Virtual Machine on ESX Server 2.0.2 Host Traffic-Shaping Configuration Is Lost When Migrating or Upgrading Virtual Machine From ESX Server 2.x to ESXServer 3.0 Transaction log for vCenter Server database grows large after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.1 Transient failure recovery due to watchdog timeout Transmit performance is poor on NetXen's P3 based 10GB NICs Transparent Page Sharing (TPS) in hardware MMU systems Transparent Page Sharing is not utilized under normal workloads on Nehalem based Xeon 5500 series CPUs Trouble with Swap Files When Upgrading from a Previous ESX Server Release Troubleshooting [L20]Out of disk space (NFChannelOutOfDiskSpaceException) errors Troubleshooting [L9]Exceeded the maximum disk usage on the Active server errors Troubleshooting a "Desktop not available" message Troubleshooting a .kext file error when installing VMware Fusion Troubleshooting a [L9]Exceeded the maximum disk usage on the PASSIVE server error Troubleshooting a blank console when viewing virtual machines through a firewalled connection Troubleshooting a Cannot find page file error when powering on a virtual machine Troubleshooting a Cannot generate diagnostic bundle for ESXi 3.5 error Troubleshooting a converted virtual machine that experiences poor performance Troubleshooting a Couldn't setup IRQ error in ESX 3.5 Troubleshooting a dashboard password reset not allowed message Troubleshooting a Data Manager application initialize failure Troubleshooting a database error that appears while using Capacity Planner Troubleshooting a database upgrade failure for vCenter Server Troubleshooting a datastore or VMFS volume that is full or near capacity Troubleshooting a failed connection to the virtual machine host in ThinApp Converter Troubleshooting a failed install or upgrade of VirtualCenter - Error 1305 Troubleshooting a failed installation of VMware Tools in Linux Troubleshooting a failed suspend, start up, or snapshot in Fusion with the error: Operation on file failed Troubleshooting a failed VirtualCenter Installation Troubleshooting a failed VirtualCenter Upgrade Troubleshooting a failed VMware Tools Installation in a Windows Operating System Troubleshooting a failed VMware Tools installation in Fusion Troubleshooting a failed Windows 7 installation in Fusion Troubleshooting a failing Fusion installation Troubleshooting a failing ThinApp application Troubleshooting a failure that occurs during a rescan of storage adapters Troubleshooting a failure to deploy or undeploy a virtual machine Troubleshooting a Fault.MemorySizeNotRecommended.Summary warning when migrating Troubleshooting a Fusion virtual machine that uses 100% of the guest CPU Troubleshooting a Fusion virtual machine that uses 100% of the Mac's CPU Troubleshooting a general system error that occurs when powering on a virtual machine Troubleshooting a kernel panic while using Fusion Troubleshooting a License Server that has stopped responding Troubleshooting a log in failure that occurs on a converted virtual machine Troubleshooting a LUN that is extended in size past the 2TB/2047GB limit Troubleshooting a missing CD/DVD-ROM drive in a Windows virtual machine Troubleshooting a non-responsive virtual machine Troubleshooting a NoQueueHandler error Troubleshooting a Service Console connection failure Troubleshooting a set of File Filters that is reset to C:\Protected\** Troubleshooting a single virtual machine failures on an ESX host Troubleshooting a slow network connection in Fusion Troubleshooting a snapshot process that fails to initialize Troubleshooting a specified file already exists on the server error when using Web Access Troubleshooting a stuck mouse in the Workstation virtual machine Troubleshooting a virtual machine outage across multiple hosts connected to the same array Troubleshooting a virtual machine that appears as invalid Troubleshooting a virtual machine that does not power on after a LUN is extended Troubleshooting a virtual machine that fails during preparation Troubleshooting a virtual machine that fails to boot with STOP 0x7B error Troubleshooting a virtual machine that fails to clone from VirtualCenter Troubleshooting a virtual machine that has become unresponsive because of an ESX host Troubleshooting a virtual machine that has stopped responding Troubleshooting a virtual machine that is unresponsive because of configuration issues Troubleshooting a virtual machine that stops responding or fails when the CD-ROM entry is ATAPI http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Troubleshooting a virtual machine that was moved out of scope Troubleshooting a VirtualCenter Client / Virtual Infrastructure Client Installation Troubleshooting a VMware ESX Server Upgrade Failure Troubleshooting a VMware High Availability cannot read /var/log/vmware/aam/aam_config_util.def error Troubleshooting a VMware Infrastructure Client Administration console that shows Evaluation after CommercialLicenses are installed Troubleshooting a Windows blue screen in a Fusion virtual machine Troubleshooting a Windows Vista virtual machine that shows only single processor Troubleshooting a Windows XP guest warning about BusLogic SCSI drivers Troubleshooting a wizard interrupt error for VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2 Troubleshooting a Workstation runVM failed unrecoverable error Troubleshooting access rights, policies, and permissions preventing data collection Troubleshooting access to shared and mirrored folders in Fusion Troubleshooting activation prompts for a Boot Camp partition in Fusion Troubleshooting agent component installation or upgrade issues Troubleshooting an Attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state error Troubleshooting an error when trying to export a virtual appliance Troubleshooting an error when uploading a license file Troubleshooting an ESX Firewall Process that is not responding Troubleshooting an ESX host that cannot connect to Lab Manager Server Troubleshooting an ESX host that does not boot Troubleshooting an Exception: Assert Failed error Troubleshooting an incorrect or mismatched disk configuration Troubleshooting an out of storage space condition Troubleshooting an Unable to connect error in ThinApp Troubleshooting an unresponsive guest operating system in VMware Ace, Fusion, Player, Server, Workstation Troubleshooting application dependency and capture issues Troubleshooting Application Error in VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager Troubleshooting automatic update failures Troubleshooting blocked inbound network traffic on Windows Vista or 2008 after installing a VMware product Troubleshooting checklist for VMware Converter Troubleshooting cloning problems Troubleshooting connectivity issues between the agent, client, and connection server in VMware Virtual DesktopManager Troubleshooting connectivity issues to an NFS data store Troubleshooting connectivity to the Connection Broker server Troubleshooting Console Error -2147217911 Troubleshooting creating virtual disks Troubleshooting damaged operating system components that cause conversion failure Troubleshooting Dashboard report settings Troubleshooting data collection failure on target servers Troubleshooting data corruption on EMC Celerra systems running DART OS v5.5 and v5.6 Troubleshooting database access Troubleshooting datastore creation errors Troubleshooting desktop pool creation problems Troubleshooting Detected as a snapshot and Disallowing access errors when they occur cluster wide Troubleshooting Email Issues Troubleshooting errors resulting from non-ASCII names Troubleshooting ESX and ESXi connectivity to fibre channel arrays Troubleshooting ESX and ESXi connectivity to iSCSI arrays using hardware initiators Troubleshooting ESX host preparation Troubleshooting ESX Server and ESXi connectivity to iSCSI arrays using software initiator Troubleshooting ESXi 4.1 Scripted Install errors Troubleshooting failed VMware Tools upgrade in a Virtual Machine on an ESX/ESXi host Troubleshooting fibre channel storage connectivity Troubleshooting file, volume, and disk access problems during conversion Troubleshooting Fusion registration after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Troubleshooting Fusion startup issues Troubleshooting Fusion virtual machine performance for disk issues Troubleshooting Fusion virtual machine performance issues Troubleshooting Fusion virtual machine startup issues Troubleshooting gaps in performance data or missing performance data Troubleshooting guest operating system customization issues using VMware vCloud Director Troubleshooting guest operating system failures in VMware Ace, Fusion, Player, Server, or Workstation Troubleshooting HA issues http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Troubleshooting host architecture incompatibility Troubleshooting Host Spanning Transport Networks Troubleshooting hosted disk I/O performance problems Troubleshooting import or export failures Troubleshooting importing a Boot Camp partition into Fusion Troubleshooting IP-Hash outbound NIC selection Troubleshooting iSCSI array connectivity Troubleshooting issues with IPK Workflow Rules in infraEnterprise Troubleshooting issues with Single Sign On in a VMware View environment Troubleshooting issues with Unity in Fusion Troubleshooting issues with video in View Manager Troubleshooting issues with virtual CD and DVD drives. Troubleshooting issues with your Mac OS X password Troubleshooting LDAP query errors Troubleshooting LUN connectivity issues Troubleshooting Mac architecture incompatibility Troubleshooting MaxDiskUsage errors Troubleshooting migration compatibility error: Currently connected device uses backing which is not accessible Troubleshooting migration compatibility error: Currently connected network interface uses network, which is a virtualintranet Troubleshooting Migration compatibility error: Currently connected network interface uses network, which is configuredfor different offload or security policies Troubleshooting Migration compatibility error: Currently connected network interface uses network, which is notaccessible Troubleshooting migration compatibility error: Device is a connected device with a remote backing Troubleshooting migration compatibility error: Device is a SCSI controller engaged in bus-sharing Troubleshooting migration compatibility error: The operation is not allowed in the current state Troubleshooting Migration compatibility error: Unable to migrate: Insufficient memory resources Troubleshooting migration compatibility error: Virtual machine has 2 virtual CPUs but the host software only supports 1 Troubleshooting Migration compatibility error: Virtual machine has CPU and/or memory affinities configured, preventingVMotion Troubleshooting Migration compatibility error: VMotion from source host to destination host is unsupported because ofVMotion protocol differences Troubleshooting migration compatibility warning: Device uses backing which is not accessible Troubleshooting migration compatibility warning: Migration will cause the virtual machine's configuration to bemodified, to preserve the feature requirements for its guest OS Troubleshooting Migration compatibility warning: No guest OS heartbeats are being received Troubleshooting migration compatibility warning: Reverting to snapshot would generate error (warnings) on thedestination host Troubleshooting missing .vmsn or .vmdk files in Fusion Troubleshooting missing driver and Windows file errors during reconfiguration Troubleshooting missing Fusion 3.x and Workstation 7.x licenses Troubleshooting Missing or Incorrect Licenses on the Portal Troubleshooting missing templates Troubleshooting network connection failures Troubleshooting network connection issues caused by firewall configuration Troubleshooting network connection issues caused by proxy ARP Troubleshooting network connection issues caused by Windows network routing Troubleshooting network connection issues using Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Troubleshooting network connectivity problems with a single virtual machine Troubleshooting network connectivity with External Switch Tagging (EST) mode Troubleshooting network connectivity with Virtual Switch Tagging (VST) mode Troubleshooting network issues by capturing and sniffing network traffic via tcpdump Troubleshooting network issues with the Cisco show tech-support command Troubleshooting network settings causing a Data Synchronization failure Troubleshooting networking and Internet connection issues in VMware Fusion Troubleshooting Nexus 1000V vDS network issues Troubleshooting no records or results returned by a report, dashboard, or graph Troubleshooting not enough licenses when connecting an ESX host to VirtualCenter Troubleshooting parent virtual disk errors in Fusion Troubleshooting performance issues in VMware vCenter Heartbeat Troubleshooting permissions errors when connecting to VirtualCenter with the Virtual Infrastructure Client Troubleshooting pooling issues Troubleshooting poor local storage controller performance Troubleshooting poor network performance caused by a faulty fiber connection http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Troubleshooting printer connection issues in VMware Fusion Troubleshooting Problems in GSX Server Troubleshooting product installation failures Troubleshooting QuickPrep customization problems Troubleshooting reconfiguration task failures Troubleshooting registry security issues Troubleshooting remote console connection problems in VMware Server Troubleshooting resource issues in VMware vCenter Heartbeat Troubleshooting screen resolution issues using VMware Tools in a Linux guest operating system Troubleshooting server component installation or upgrade issues Troubleshooting slow template deployment on a single template Troubleshooting snapshot failures in VMware Ace, Server, or Workstation Troubleshooting software failures and errors that prevent successful data collection Troubleshooting SSH issues with ESX Unix collections Troubleshooting Stop errors when using Boot Camp virtual machines Troubleshooting Storage I/O Control Troubleshooting Storage Performance Issues Troubleshooting SVGA drivers installed with VMware Tools on Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 running on ESX 4.0 Troubleshooting TCP connectivity issues from the ESX service console Troubleshooting template deployment or cloning when it fails Troubleshooting the "getgrnam failed" error message when booting ESX 3.5 Troubleshooting the Add Storage Wizard error: Unable read partition information from this disk error Troubleshooting the build process in VMware ThinApp Troubleshooting the database data source used by VirtualCenter Server Troubleshooting the failed process of adding a data store from a Windows Services NFS device Troubleshooting the firewall policy on an ESX Server Troubleshooting the Fusion network connectivity error: Could not connect Ethernet0 Troubleshooting the Fusion virtual machine error: No bootable device found Troubleshooting the installation of 64bit guest operating systems Troubleshooting the LM Agent and checking the installed version Troubleshooting the migration compatibility error: The VMotion interface is not configured (or is misconfigured) on thedestination host Troubleshooting the migration compatibility error: Unable to access the virtual machine configuration: Unable to accessfile Troubleshooting the missing table vpx_dual error in VirtualCenter Troubleshooting the View Manager Event log message: Missing VM was not in the original query Troubleshooting the VirtualCenter agent service when it does not start Troubleshooting the VMware Consolidated Backup error Backup snapshot already exists Troubleshooting the VMware ESX Server Management Service when it will not start Troubleshooting the VMware High Availability error, Unable to contact the primary host in a cluster Troubleshooting the VMware VirtualCenter Server service when it does not start or fails Troubleshooting ThinDirect Redirection Message, But No Launch of the Virtual Browser and No Redirection to theVirtual Browser Troubleshooting timekeeping issues in Linux guest operating systems Troubleshooting transaction logs on a Microsoft SQL database server Troubleshooting Unity and User Access Control issues in Fusion Troubleshooting 'unknown device type 12' dmesg errors Troubleshooting unresponsive guest operating system issues Troubleshooting USB device connection and functionality in a Fusion virtual machine Troubleshooting USB devices using USB quirks in Fusion Troubleshooting USB issues in Virtual Desktop Manager Troubleshooting USB redirection problems Troubleshooting User Connection Issues in Virtual Desktop Manager Troubleshooting using a Boot Camp partition in Fusion Troubleshooting vCenter Server database configuration issues Troubleshooting VI3 License server network connectivity or name resolution issues Troubleshooting vim.fault.invalidlogin in VirtualCenter logs Troubleshooting Virtual Internet Explorer 6 (Virt IE6) Without ThinDirect Redirection Troubleshooting virtual machine applications and the dock in Fusion Troubleshooting Virtual Machine Console problems Troubleshooting virtual machine default gateway connection issues Troubleshooting virtual machine network connection issues Troubleshooting virtual machine performance issues Troubleshooting virtual machine TCP/IP connection issues Troubleshooting virtual machine TCP/IP issues by pinging the loopback address http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Troubleshooting virtual machines that are stuck in a customizing state Troubleshooting virtual machines that lose disk access Troubleshooting VirtualCenter and View Manager connectivity and operation Troubleshooting virtualized applications running in a Windows Terminal Services environment Troubleshooting virtualized applications that do not run in ThinApp Troubleshooting VMFS-3 datastore issues Troubleshooting VMotion CPU feature requirement error messages Troubleshooting VMware High Availability (HA) Troubleshooting VMware Server Installation Issues Troubleshooting VMware ThinApp installation issues Troubleshooting VMware Tools transforms errors Troubleshooting VMware vCenter Configuration Manager login errors Troubleshooting VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat channel drops Troubleshooting VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat synchronization failures Troubleshooting VMware View Security Server failures Troubleshooting vmware-hostd service if it fails or stops responding Troubleshooting Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) quiesce related issues Troubleshooting when a virtual disk is either corrupted or not a supported format Troubleshooting when a virtual machine loses network connection after VMotion Troubleshooting when Data Collector does not function, launch, or no tasks run Troubleshooting when data synchronization tasks do not complete successfully Troubleshooting when networking in the virtual machine fails Troubleshooting when no data or new data appears on the Dashboard Troubleshooting when the Conversion wizard does not complete successfully Troubleshooting when VMware Channel is incorrectly configured Troubleshooting when you are unable to access the VMware Stage Manager or Lab Manager web interface Troubleshooting when you are unable to select hardware templates Troubleshooting why a console session closes Troubleshooting why you cannot add a template or configuration Troubleshooting why you cannot connect an ESX host to VirtualCenter - Not enough licenses installed Troubleshooting why you cannot see iSCSI LUNs after upgrading to ESX 3.5 Troubleshooting Windows 2003 guest operating system performance issues on ESX 3.0.1 Trying to add an ESX host to the inventory in vCenter Server / VirtualCenter causes multiple errors Trying to change the disk format of an FT-enabled virtual machine while migrating across datastores results in a fault Trying to clone vmdk file fails with error: read passed end of file TSO is enabled on SLES 10 every time VMware Tools service is restarted Tuning ESX Server 3.5 for Better Storage Performance by Modifying the Maximum I/O Block Size Turbolinux 10 Desktop Guest Operating System Turn Off Warning About VMware Tools Version Turn on Fault Tolerance option is disabled Turning Off Debugging Might Not Work Turning off the PC speaker for all virtual machines Turning on or enabling Fault Tolerance for a powered-on virtual machine with lazyzeroed virtual disks fails Two or More NICS in a VirtualCenter Machine Prevent Addition of ESX Server to Farm Two service consoles lose connectivity when one service console is disconnected Two unique hosts with the same host name are merged Two Windows virtual machines configured for multicast NLB do not converge Types of supported Virtual Disks on ESX Types of Symantec LiveState Recovery and Norton Ghost System Images Supported for Import Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and Ubuntu 7.10, 64-Bit SMP Can Stall When Running, Installing, or Booting on an Intel Host Ubuntu 9.04 does not include vmmouse driver UDP packet loss with MSI interrupts on VMXNET3 UFA agent does not install on Windows virtual machines Unable to access destination store after increasing it in VMware Data Recovery 1.2 Unable to access shared folders after upgrading to Workstation 6.x Unable to access the admin console and host agent service does not start Unable to access the specified host Unable to access VMware Virtual Infrastructure WebAccess if customized ports have been set Unable to add a host to vCenter and cannot establish SSH connection using the hostname Unable to add a P2V virtual machine or a virtual machine deployed from a template to the SRM protection group Unable to add a physical mode disk mapping (RDM) to a virtual machine stored on an NFS datastore Unable to Add a Virtual Disk to a GSX Server Virtual Machine Unable to add an ESX host to VirtualCenter 2.5 Unable to add and license an ESXi 3.5 host to vCenter Server 4.0 Unable to add EICON Diva ISDN card via PCI Passthrough into a virtual machine http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Unable to add ESX 2.5.x host to VirtualCenter Server Unable to add ESX 3.0 or higher hosts to vCenter Unable to add host to a Cisco Nexus 1000V switch Unable to apply DRS settings with error "Insufficient CPU Resources" Unable to assign Active Directory group permissions on vSphere Management Assistant 4.1 if Likewise Enterprise isused Unable to boot ESX/ESXi after QLogic ISCSI Dual Port Adapter is installed on an IBM Server Unable to Boot from SAN After a Firmware Upgrade on the Fibre Channel Switch Unable to Cancel Import of Virtual Machine or System Image Unable to change objects in the Lab Manager user interface Unable to claim the LUN back after unmasking it Unable to commit virtual machine snapshots because another task is in progress Unable to configure HA after upgrading from ESX 4.0 Update 1 to Update 2 Unable to configure NTP from the Virtual Infrastructure Client Unable to configure VMware High Availability because the Default Gateway cannot be reached Unable to configure VMware VMotion network on same subnet as iSCSI Unable to connect a CD-ROM to a Windows Vista virtual machine Unable to connect to an ESX host using Secure Shell (SSH) Unable to connect to any desktop when using the Juniper Network SSL Appliance Unable to connect to AppSpeed user interface after upgrading vSphere 4.0 Update 1 Unable to connect to iSCSI storage using the software initiator Unable to Connect to the ESX Host that is already added in Virtual Center and shows disconnected Unable to connect to the vCenter Update Manager when it is configured to use non-default ports for http and https Unable to connect to the VMware virtual network adapter inside Windows guest operating system after ESX losesconnectivity due to a network or power outage Unable to connect to View desktop via PCoIP through the Web Portal Unable to connect to View Desktops using RDP Unable to Connect to VirtualCenter Remote Database During Installation Unable to connect to VMware View desktops using PCoIP Unable to Console to VM from VI Client. Error connecting: Connection terminated by server, ret -1 err 10054 Unable to create a trust relationships between Domain Controllers Unable to create a VMFS datastore a Xyratex or Overland Storage array Unable to create a VMFS3 partition on a metaLUN or LUSE LUN Unable to create a VMware View virtual desktop pool Unable to create more than one vmknic on the same subnet Unable to Create or Delete Virtual Machines from VMware Management Interface; Virtual Machine Files ContainCertain Non-ISO-Latin-1 Characters Unable to create snapshot: Operation failed because file already exists or Cannot complete the operation because thefile or folder [DatastoreName] VMname/VMname.vmx already exists Unable to create snapshots on Windows guest operating systems Unable to Create Virtual Disk on a Mapped Network Drive Unable to customize a Linux virtual machine Unable to delete a virtual machine in VMware Ace, Player, Server, or Workstation Unable to Delete Snapshots After Restore From Backup Unable to deploy a template from an internal network to an ESX host in a DMZ network Unable to deploy configuration from Lab Manager Unable to deploy from a Windows 2008 R2 template Unable to deploy linked clones and provisioning fails with the error reject prepare Unable to deploy virtual machine in resource pool due to DRS error message Unable to deploy Virtual Machines due to network configuration issues Unable to Disconnect Virtual CD-ROM or Floppy Disk Unable to discover new LUN on Windows Virtual Machine (Windows 2003 server) with Multipath S/W installed onGuest Unable to download latest ESX patches using VMware Update Manager Unable to download patches using VMware Update Manager Unable to download the vSphere Client from an ESX/ESXi 4.1 host Unable to edit the settings of the template in vCenter Server 4.1 Unable to Edit Virtual Hardware in Management Interface Unable to edit VM bios from Virtual Center Unable to enable iSCSI because the IQN value is blank Unable to enable Update Manager plug-in Unable to Enter a Virtual Machine's BIOS Configuration from the VI Client Unable to Enter Full Screen Mode when Host Video Driver Reports Incompatible Refresh Rate to Guest Unable to find firewall information in ESXi 4.0 and ESXi 4.1 Unable to find memory information for guest operating system using legacy defaults http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Unable to format or initialize a virtual machine's virtual disk Unable to get an exclusive access to the VirtualCenter repository Unable to grow or expand a VMFS volume or datastore Unable to import a backup image or third-party virtual machine Unable to import an Entrust SSL certificate in View 3.0.1 Unable to import ESX/ESXi 4.1 upgrade package to VMware Update Manager 4.1 Unable to import virtual machines or templates into Lab Manager from vCenter Server Unable to increase audio playback speed in Windows Media Player Unable to Install and Register a Virtual Browser (Such As Virt IE6) with the ThinDirect Plug-In, After Running ThinregWithout /a Unable to install ESX on a Dell server with a Serial ATA drive Unable to install ESX using kickstart containing spaces from a NFS source Unable to install ESX/ESXi on local storage as the disk is grayed out Unable to install hardware video drivers in virtual machine Unable to install Norton Antivirus 2008 in Windows Vista 64bit guest operating system Unable to Install or Update Sun Solaris Guest OS Unable to install SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Unable to install the license server on Windows Server 2008 Unable to install VMware Certification tools using VMware Workbench Installation Helper Unable to install Windows 2008 R2 64bit as a virtual machine Unable to launch virtual machine when Fusion is not in the default location Unable to Launch VMware Tools Help in Solaris 10 Unable to license an ESX 3.x host after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.x Unable to load DLL 'vmlicense.dll' HRESULT: 0x800736B1 Unable to load vSwitch after ESX reboot Unable to log in to a cloned Windows Vista virtual machine using the Administrator account Unable to Log In to the VI Client Unable to log in to vCenter Server using Web Access Unable to Log In to VMware Management Interface Using Non-Latin Characters Unable to log in to VMware View desktops when using Imprivata Unable to log in when Active Directory contains a very large amount of users Unable to log into Webview after modifications to Active Directory group Unable to login to a virtual desktop due to Windows logon software (GINA) error Unable to login to Dashboard Unable to login to the ESX 4.0 service console after upgrading from ESX Server 2.5.x Unable to login to the VMware View desktop when using PCOIP Unable to manage or edit VMware Server 2.0 virtual machines using the VMware Infrastructure Client Unable to migrate or create virtual machines on an NFS volume in VirtualCenter Unable to mount a Samba share Unable to mount local VMFS partition in ESX 3.0.x when using SATA/SAS disks Unable to mount NFS datastore Unable to mount NFS datastore from NetApp storage array due to incorrect configuration Unable to open a VMware Workstation virtual machine in VMware Server Unable to Open Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel Attachments in a Captured Microsoft Outlook Application Unable to Open Registry Key Error Occurs when Lab Manager Tools Is Configuring Guest Unable to open the Remote Console from the VMware Infrastructure Client Unable to pass a guestinfo parameter from a virtual machine to an ESX host using VMware Tools and vmware-cmd Unable to perform a Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)-enabled backup of the virtual machine using Backup Exec2010 R2 Unable to perform operations on a virtual machine with a locked disk Unable to Ping a Virtual Machine Using the IP Address or External IP Address Displayed in the Stage Manager WebConsole Unable to ping gateway from Service Console Unable to ping virtual machines even though there is network connectivity Unable to Power On a suspended virtual machine using the VMware Infrastructure Client Unable to power on a virtual machine after a volume resignature Unable to power on a virtual machine after hot-migrating from ESX 4.0 to ESX 3.0.3 Unable to Power On a Virtual Machine After Virtual Hardware Upgrade if the Virtual Machine Has AdditionalAppend/Undoable Mode Disk on Different Datastores Unable to power on a virtual machine due to an invalid value Unable to power on a virtual machine on a Windows 64 bit host when running in a Terminal Services or RDP sessionor in Fast User Switch mode Unable to power on a virtual machine with an attached SCSI device after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 Unable to Power on virtual machine due to a Licensing error Unable to print to eDoc PDF virtual printer http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Unable to provision desktops using linked clones Unable to provision desktops using regular clones Unable to Receive Data at Output File Connected to Serial Ports 3 and 4 in Fedora 7.0 (2.6.22 Kernel) Guest OperatingSystems Unable to Recognize New SAN LUNs After Command Line Rescan Unable to reconnect to a View desktop from inside a VPN tunnel Unable to record audio from the virtual sound device Unable to re-enable host-spanning following the connection of Lab Manager to a new vCenter Server Unable to register a virtual machine from an NFS datastore Unable to Register vSphere Essentials License keys Unable to remove a datastore from the vCenter Server database Unable to remove a network adapter from a virtual switch or Enable Beacon Probing Unable to remove a virtual machine or template from the vCenter Server database Unable to remove a vmnic from a vSwitch in vCenter Server Unable to remove or create an NFS datastore Unable to remove source and replica virtual machines associated with View Composer desktop pools Unable to remove vCenter Server or an ESX host from VMware vCloud Director Unable to rename or delete a VMkernel portgroup after upgrading ESX Unable to Repair the Host in VMware vCenter Lab Manager Unable to Reserve Memory Message on SuSE Linux 8.2 Host Unable to restart VirtualCenter after SQL Server fails Unable to resume a suspended virtual machine after migration Unable to retrieve performance charts using VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Unable to Revert the Minimum Memory for Virtual Machines via the Management Interface Unable to revert to a snapshot of a virtual machine taken on a different CPU architecture Unable to run 32bit applications in a 64bit guest operating system Unable to run ESX host commands after using the su command Unable to run esxupdate update command after removing a bulletin that has hostd VIB Unable to Run Tools Upgrader for Autotools Installation and Upgrade Unable to scan ESX hosts using Update Manager 4.0 Unable to see domain users from within vi client connected to virtual center server Unable to see performance charts in vCenter Server Unable to see the LUNs when connected to vCenter Server Unable to see the mapped drives and printers on View desktops Unable to see the snapshots during pool creation Unable to select some system groups in the Consolidation Scenario Wizard Unable to set default gateway: An error occurred while communicating with the remote host Unable to Set Password After Installing VMware ACE Upgrade Package Unable to set the Parent Organization through a resolution rule when creating Organizations during a Person Import inVMware Service Manager 9.0 Unable to shutdown Windows using the Shutdown Guest option Unable to stage updates on ESX 3.5 hosts using VMware Update Manager 4.x Unable to start snmpd after ESX upgrade Unable to start the VMware vCenter Web Service after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.0 Unable to start vCenter 4 after upgrade from 2.0.2 Unable to start vCollector virtual machine Unable to Start Virtual Machine on ESX Server 2.x Hosts Managed by VirtualCenter 2.0 Unable to Start Virtual Machines Using vmrun When the Path is Set in Environment Variable Unable to submit a VMware Service Manager Customer Portal Submission form Unable to Switch to Full Screen Mode in Workstation on Linux Hosts That Use Kernel Frame Buffer Unable to take a quiesced VMware snapshot of a virtual machine Unable to Turn Off Help Hints in Workstation 5 Running on a Windows Host Unable to upgrade an ESX/ESXi host using the Host Update Utility Unable to upgrade existing VMware Tools Unable to Upgrade from VMware vCenter Lab Manager 4.0 to 4.0.1 Unable to upgrade host using esxupdate or import an ESX 4.1 upgrade bundle into Update Manager 4.1 Unable to upgrade the Cisco Nexus 1000v module on an ESX/ESXi host Unable to upgrade VMFS file system: Function not implemented Unable to use a SCSI pass-through device in a virtual machine Unable to use Apple Infrared Remote in a Windows virtual machine to control applications Unable to use custom SSL certificates with VMware vCenter Chargeback Unable to use mouse in virtual machine on Windows 7 host Unable to use Snapshots or perform a backup on virtual machines configured with bus-sharing Unable to View aacraid Driver Details on ESX Server 2.5.4 Using IBM Director 5.20 Console Unable to view Adobe PDFs using Microsoft Internet Explorer after spyware compliance http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Unable to view Linked Mode servers in vCenter Server when logging in using a non-administrator account Unable to view schema tab using the Web Operator Unable to view the Performance Chart for disks on virtual machines that use NFS storage Unable to VMotion a SMP virtual machine after upgrading from Starter Edition Unauthenticated Sessions Dropped Immediately Unclaiming all paths to a storage device while several paths are dead makes the device unavailable when laterattempts to reclaim the paths are made Undeploy or Checkout Takes a Long Time Under certain conditions, the View Composer Agent may initiate a reboot of the clone, executing the power-off script Understanding "VMM fault" and "VMM64 fault" virtual machine monitor and executable failures Understanding a "Failed to ack TLB invalidate" purple diagnostic screen Understanding a "Lost Heartbeat" purple diagnostic screen Understanding a "Spin count exceeded" purple diagnostic screen Understanding an "ASSERT" or "NOT_IMPLEMENTED" purple diagnostic screen Understanding an "Exception 13" and "Exception 14" purple diagnostic screen Understanding an "Exception 6" purple diagnostic screen Understanding an "Oops" purple diagnostic screen Understanding and using Lab Manager Understanding High Availability Host Isolation Response with Network Attached Storage Understanding how Virtual Desktop Manager 2.x pool types translate into View Manager 3.x pool types Understanding Invalid Opcode messages Understanding networking types in hosted products Understanding networking types in VMware Fusion Understanding SCSI host side NMP errors/conditions in ESX 4.x Understanding snapshots and AutoProtect in VMware Fusion Understanding support for serial devices with ESX Understanding the Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) database Understanding the Memory Active and Memory Usage indicators on the Performance tab Understanding the messages: Connectivity to NFS Server Lost and Connectivity to NFS Server Restored Understanding the Shutdown Delay setting for ESX hosts Understanding the storage path failover sequence in VMware ESX 4.x Understanding the ThinApp sandbox and isolation modes Understanding Unity and the Windows System Tray in Fusion 3 Understanding user roles and access rights Understanding VI3 Licensing: Server- and Host-Based Licensing Models Understanding VI3.5 Licensing: Server- and Host-Based Licensing Models Understanding virtual machine snapshots in VMware ESX Undocumented SRM utility srmcfg.exe may display unreadable output Unexpected Behavior Using Key Combinations (Linux Hosts) Unexpected Bundles Included in Remediation Through VMware Update Manager Unexpected Cursor Behavior in Windows Virtual Machine with "Snap To" Mouse Control Panel Option Enabled Unexpected Exit During Windows 95 Guest Operating System Installation Unexpected Restarts of Virtual Machines on ESX Server 3.0.1 Might Occur When Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 orWhen Adding ESX Server 3.0.1 to VirtualCenter 2.5 Unhandled exception error is generated when using the VMware Infrastructure Client Uninitialized Value Errors in Boot.log After Upgrade Uninstalling and manually installing VMware Tools in VMware Fusion Uninstalling Guided Consolidation before installing vCenter Server 4.1 fails with error: Internal Error 25030 Uninstalling HP Insight Manager Uninstalls SNMP Uninstalling Lab Manager 2.4 and Reinstalling Managed Server Agent Software Generates NFS Datastore Error Uninstalling Open VMware Tools included with Linux distributions Uninstalling the VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Remote Agent using Remote Command Uninstalling VCB Using Add/Remove Programs Hangs Uninstalling vCenter Server 4.0 fails Uninstalling vCenter Server Heartbeat Uninstalling VMware Tools in a Novell Netware virtual machine Uninstalling VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Uninstalling with ThinReg fails Uninstalling, reinstalling, and upgrading VMware Fusion Unintended IBM FAStT LUNs Causes vmkernel Load Time to Increase Significantly Unisys ES7000/7600 requires ehci USB module to be disabled for Console Manager to work Unity applications display incorrectly if the monitor configurations for a guest are changed in Unity mode Unity is not working across multiple monitors in Fusion 1.x Unity Mode and Framebuffer Memory Allocations for Linux Hosts Unity View not supported when multiple users are logged into Windows http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Unity, copy/paste, and drag-and-drop do not work after restarting a virtual machine with auto-login enabled Unix Agent Upgrade via Remote Command fails with the error: ECMU Enable Remote Command AdvancedParameters does not exist UNIX Collections Fail with the error message:Results file does not exist Unix or Linux collections for some collection types fail Unix or Linux data collection fails with unknown key error UNIX Terminal successfully stores the SSH keys but Data Collection fails with an error about SSH keys not beingstored UNIX/Linux patching contents provided by VMware Unknown devices appear on a Linux guest operating system after a virtual machine hardware upgrade Unloading Device Drivers from VMkernel Is Not Supported Unlocking View virtual machines in VirtualCenter Unmanaged View Agent installation fails if computer description is zero length Unpresenting a LUN containing a datastore from ESX 4.x and ESXi 4.x Unregistered packages do not restore file-type associations correctly Unregistering a Virtual Browser That Has ThinApp ThinDirect Implemented for Redirection Unresolved Symbols Logged During Application of ESX Server 3.0.0 or 3.0.1 VMnix Patches Unsigned Network Driver Messages Unstable issues on bnx2x driver Unsupported Features in the ESX Server 2.5.1 Version of the adp94xx Driver Update Manager 4.0 Update 2 might display an incorrect conflict resolution message when you scan ESX/ESXi 4.0hosts managed by Cisco Nexus 1000V Update Manager 4.1 patch repository features Update Manager and Converter Enterprise Plug-Ins Are Not Available in the VI Client Update Manager cannot perform patch remediation on virtual machines Update Manager causes VMware Infrastructure Client to display the Reconfiguring virtual machine task for Linux virtualmachines Update Manager Client becomes disabled randomly Update Manager Configuration with an Internet Proxy Might Fail if Proxy Port Has 5 Digits Update Manager does not download host updates Update Manager fails to download updates and metadata Update Manager fails to remediate a host with the error: The host <hostname> has a VM <vmname> with VMwarevCenter Update Manager or VMware vCenter installed Update Manager fails to remediate an ESX 3.5 host with the error: Pre-install failed for ['VMware-esx-scripts.i386'] Update Manager fails to remediate ESX/ESXi 4.1 hosts with the error: No metadata found for the platform:embeddedEsx, 4.1.0, INTL Update Manager fails to remediate with an invalid value error Update Manager fails to scan a host with error: DB Scan Error: Descriptor of release <patchname> not found invmware-vci-log4cpp.log Update Manager fails to scan an ESX 4.0 host with an unknown error Update Manager fails to scan an ESX 4.0 host with an unknown error when using an Oracle database Update Manager fails to scan an ESX host with error: Unknown failure Update Manager fails to scan an ESX Server for updates when using non-default Web Services HTTP port Update Manager fails to scan hosts with HTTP Error 404 and Java heap space errors Update Manager fails when performing a scan Update Manager fails with error: The pre-check for cluster remediation shows that <hostname.com> is not suitable forupgrade. integrity.fault.HostUpgradeUnsuitableDatastores Update Manager fails with the error: Metadata for patch missing Update Manager host patch download task incorrectly reports a failure Update Manager host tasks might fail in slow networks Update Manager incorrectly reports host upgrade as failed when DHCP assigns a new IP address to ESX/ESXi host Update Manager install or upgrade fails if authentication credentials contain a semicolon Update Manager installation fails with the error: Error 25003. Setup failed to create database tables Update Manager patch download fails with the error: Patch Metadata Not Found Update Manager Plugin appears to install correctly but remains available for install and cannot be enabled Update Manager prevents VirtualCenter from starting due to locked port Update Manager scan fails Update Manager scan fails if ESX host time is incorrect Update Manager scan fails on ESX 3.0.3 host with VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 3 Update Manager service fails to start and the errors 1920 and 27519 display Update Manager service stops after scanning an ESX host Update Manager upgrade fails with the error: The Wizard was interrupted before vmware could be completed installed Update Manager upload error: A web exception has occured during file upload Updated License Not Shown in the Help > About Panel Updated Localized Resources Not Installed When Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.0.2 or Any VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Updatehttp://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Release Updates to your VMware VI3 Starter Licenses Updating an ESX host using vCenter Update Manager Updating ESX 4.x to a newer released update Updating ESXi 4.0 with the Remote CLI fails with the error: signature mismatch: metadata.zip Updating ESXi Hosts by Using Update Manager, VMware Infrastructure Update, and the Remote CLI Updating rollup jobs after the error: Performance data is currently not available for this entity Updating Server Advisor content for Unix manually Updating Server Advisor content for Windows manually Updating the Number of Ports on the Lab Manager Network Switch Updating the SQL login credentials for VirtualCenter Updating the ThinApp ThinDirect.txt File with the ThinDirect.adm Administrative Template or Manually Updating the X Configuration File of a Linux Guest So That Higher Resolutions Work When an LCD Is Rotated toPortrait Mode Upgrade Fails if VirtualCenter Database Name Has More than 20 Characters Upgrade from VDM 2.1 agent to the VMware View Manager agent fails Upgrade from VirtualCenter 2.0.x to VirtualCenter 2.5 fails with an error Upgrade Migration of a Virtual Machine Can Create a Duplicate RDM Upgrade Migration with VMotion Can Fail if CPU Utilization or I/O Load on a Virtual Machine or Host System Are TooHeavy Upgrade of a GSX Server Template Fails with Invalid Datastore Format Message Upgrade of a VMFS2 Volume with Block Size Larger Than 8MB Fails Upgrade of Legacy GSX Server or Workstation Templates Triggers an Error Message Upgrade of Legacy Templates Fails After Upgrading Shared LUN to VMFS-3 from Another Host Upgrade paths for ESX/ESXi hosts Upgrade the Jetty Web server embedded in VMware vCenter Update Manager by using a security fix Upgrade to ESX 3.5 on systems with separate /usr partition requires manual intervention Upgrade to ESX Server 3.5 Update 1 Installation Creates Two Apache Version Files Upgrade to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 3 fails with the error: Invalid command line argument 'Upgrade to VMFS 3' link is disabled in VI Client after ESX Server host is upgraded Upgrade.pl Script Generates "Failed to Upgrade" Error Messages Upgraded Linked Clone Pools cannot see New Snapshots Upgrading a Fusion virtual machine from Windows Vista to Windows 7 Upgrading a linked-clone desktop from View 4.0.1 to View 4.5 can fail with the following error: "View Composer agentinitialization state error (2)". Upgrading a Virtual Machine Upgrading a Windows XP virtual machine to Windows 7 on VMware Workstation 7.x Upgrading an ESX 3.x virtual machine to ESX 4.x Upgrading an ESX host that is managed by Lab Manager Upgrading an ESX host using esxupdate Upgrading an ESX host with VEM400-200909001-BG installed fails if host is part of DVS Upgrading an ESX/ESXi 4.0 host to 4.1 including the Cisco VEM module Upgrading an Obsolete Virtual Machine Upgrading an Older Virtual Machine when it has Mixed Disk Modes Upgrading ESX 3.5 to ESX 4.0 or ESX 4.1 with VUM might fail though the check of the storage space passes Upgrading ESX 4.0 to ESX 4.1 Upgrading ESX fails with the error: Unable to enable interface. This address may be in use by an other host. Upgrading ESX Server 1.x Virtual Machines for Use in ESX Server 2.x Upgrading ESX Server on a Sunfire x4200 M2 stops responding on reboot when loading "forcedeth.o" Upgrading ESX/ESXi 4.0 hosts with installed Cisco Nexus 1000V to ESX/ESXi 4.1 Upgrading ESXi 3.5 hosts with OEM server vendor&rsquo;s specific components to ESXi 4.0 Upgrading from beta builds of View Client with Offline Desktop to View Manager 3.0 requires that you manuallyuninstall the beta build and then install the new build Upgrading from ESX Server 1.5.2 Patch 4 or 5 to ESX Server 2.0 (build 5257) Using the upgrade.pl Script Upgrading from ESX Server 2.0.2 or ESX Server 2.1.3 to ESX Server 2.5.x Upgrading from ESXi 3.5 to ESXi 4.0 fails when the host is trying to reboot Upgrading from SRM 1.x to SRM 4.x fails with the error: Subject name does not match between the extension andcertificate. Upgrading from VDM 2.0 Agent build to the current View Agent generates a runtime error Upgrading from VDM 2.1 to View 3.x using a clustered setup Upgrading from VMFS-2 to VMFS-3 Can Make VI Client on ESX Server System Unresponsive Upgrading from Workstation 5.0 VMware Tools to Workstation 5.5 F&F Beta VMware Tools Fails to UpgradeHGFS Driver Upgrading Lab Manager fails with Error 28047 Upgrading Lab Manager fails with the log error: Invalid NIC IP address error http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Upgrading My VMFS-2 Volume Failed Due to Insufficient Free Space Upgrading Openssh Without an Error Message Upgrading or patching an ESX 4.x host that has EMC Power Path installed prevents the rpowermt utility fromdiscovering LUNs Upgrading Red Hat Linux Guest and VMware Tools Upgrading Templates Across Incompatible ESX Server Hosts and VMFS Versions Fails Upgrading the ESX/ESXi number using Update Manager fails with the error: VMware Update Manager had an unknownfailure Upgrading the hardware version of Windows virtual machines might require driver updates Upgrading the VMware Service Manager database fails with the error: database is currently configured for compatibilitymode 80 Upgrading the VMware Service Manager database fails with the error: No records were found to upgrade Upgrading to ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5 Best Practices Upgrading to ESX 3.5 Update 3 Causes Local VMFS Volume to be Unrecognized Upgrading to ESX 3.5 Update 3 causes local VMFS volumes to be unrecognized Upgrading to ESX 4.0 and vCenter 4.0 best practices Upgrading to ESX 4.0 Update 1 fails with glibc errors Upgrading to ESX 4.1 and vCenter Server 4.1 best practices Upgrading to ESX 4.1 fails: Active Directory must be disabled Upgrading to ESX Server 3 Version 3.5 When the Root Partition Is Nearly Full Might Cause Incomplete SystemConfiguration Upgrading to ESXi 4.0 using Update Manager or the Host Update Utility fails with the error: ERROR: Unsupported bootdisk Upgrading to Lab Manager 3.0 patch 1 Upgrading to Site Recovery Manager 4.0 Update 1 fails with the error: can't open perl script "e:\program": no such fileor directory Upgrading to Site Recovery Manager 4.0.1 fails with the error: Failed to update Perl installation directories Upgrading to Update 1 using vihostupdate fails with the Cisco Nexus 1000V installed Upgrading to vCenter Server 4.0 fails with the error: Setup cannot create vCenter Server Directory Services Upgrading to vCenter Server 4.0 fails with the error: setup failed with an unknown error during DSN validation Upgrading to vCenter Server 4.1 fails when the installer upgrades the database Upgrading to vCenter Server 4.1 fails with the error: Trigger, procedure or function created with PL/SQL compilationerror Upgrading to vCenter Server 4.x when using vCenter Server Heartbeat to only protect vCenter Server Upgrading to VirtualCenter 1.1 from a Previous Version with a Large Database Takes a Long Time Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 fails with a database error Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 fails with the error: Failed to initialize: Number of fields deserialized is not correct Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 fails with the error: Warning 25032 Upgrading to VMware Data Recovery (vDR) 1.2 that use virtual disks (VMDK) or raw device mappings (RDM) for adedupe datastore Upgrading to VMware Data Recovery (vDR) 1.2 where Windows Network Shares (CIFS) are used as a dedupedatastore Upgrading to VMware Data Recovery 1.1 fails with the error: Could not restore the Data Recovery applianceconfiguration Upgrading to VMware Service Manager 9.0 fails with the error: The ALTER TABLE statement conflicted with theFOREIGN KEY constraint "AGREEMENT_MTRX_MATRIX_REF_FK" Upgrading to vShield Zones 4.1 Update 1 stalls at: Initializing... Upgrading to Workstation 4 when Workstation 3 License is Not Present Upgrading vCenter Server 2.5 to a later update or to vCenter Server 4.x when using vCenter Server Heartbeat toprotect vCenter Server and SQL Server Upgrading vCenter Server 4.0 to 4.1 fails with the error: Exception Thrown while executing SQL script Upgrading vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1 fails Upgrading vCenter Server fails with the error: DSN is pointing to an unsupported ODBC driver Upgrading vCenter Server Heartbeat 5.5 to vCenter Server Heartbeat 5.5 Update 1 Upgrading vCenter Server Heartbeat fails with the error: Invalid License data Upgrading vCenter Server Heartbeat from an earlier version to a later version Upgrading vCenter Server Heartbeat from an Evaluation Version to Production Version Upgrading vCenter Server to a newer version fails with multiple schema errors Upgrading VDI/View environment if Virtual Desktops are Powered On Upgrading View 3.1 to 3.1.1 clears View Connection Server settings from LDAP Upgrading virtual hardware in ESX 4.0 may cause Windows 2008 disks to go offline Upgrading virtual hardware to version 7 requires reinstallation of vmxnet driver Upgrading VirtualCenter 1.4 with Optional Modules Selected Fails with an Error Upgrading VirtualCenter 2.5.x Update 3 or earlier fails with the error: The DSN points to an older version of databaserepository http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Upgrading VirtualCenter results in the the error: A General system error occurred: pending vpxa update Upgrading VirtualCenter triggers false CPU and memory usage alarms Upgrading VMware Consolidated Backup Version 1.0.x to Version 1.1 Causes the Installer to Hang Upgrading VMware GSX Server Upgrading VMware Tools and virtual hardware on multiple virtual machines Upgrading VMware Tools Fails in Legacy Virtual Machine Running Linux with an Old Version of the X Windows System Upgrading VMware tools fails with the error: Error 1316 A network error occurred while attempting to read the file Upgrading VMware Tools from Workstation 6.5 to 7.0 might fail on a Solaris 10 guest Upgrading VMware Tools in a Deployed VMware ACE Virtual Machine Upgrading VMware Tools in a virtual desktop causes PCoIP connections to fail Upgrading VMware Tools on multiple virtual machines Upgrading VMware Tools using Automatic Tools Upgrade or Update Manager fails Upgrading VMware Tools Using RPM on a Linux Guest Imported from Workstation Might Fail Upgrading VMware vCenter Application Discovery Manager using the update_runner.pl script Upgrading vSphere Client fails with the error: Error applying transforms. Verify that the specified transform paths arevalid Uplinks on an ESX host do not show as uplink interfaces within a Cisco Nexus 1000V switch Upload and download fails on VI Client's datastore browser Upload of ISO to Media Is Not Working Uploading and downloading files to and from a datastore fails Uploading collected data when Collector cannot directly access the Information Warehouse (Dashboard) Uploading diagnostic information to VMware USB 2.0 Mouse Does Not Function During Installation USB audio device produces distortion in guest operating system USB Connect option is not available from the Remote Console USB Device Configuration May Cause Error During System Boot USB Devices Are Not Available on Some Linux hosts, the VM > Removable Devices > USB Devices Menu Is Empty USB Devices Disconnect from Guest Operating System During Snapshot and Power Operations USB Devices Don't Work Well with Linux 2.4.x Kernel Host Systems USB devices not supported in ESX host virtual machines USB devices sometimes stop functioning and need to be unplugged and reattached to resume operation. USB Drive Doesn't Play Music CD in VMware ACE Virtual Machine USB Errors on Linux Hosts USB floppy drives are not supported in ESX/ESXi 4.0 USB headset with microphone does not work with PCoIP USB Is Not Working after Upgrading to ESX Server 3.0.2 USB Keyboard Does Not Work When Connected to a Rear Port of Dell PowerEdge 2950 Server USB passthrough on Virtual Desktop using a redirected local USB printer cannot print USB redirection for VoIP with View Clients USB redirection in View Client is not supported for certain desktop configurations USB redirection over RGS fails for HP thin clients running Windows XPe USB redirection performance is affected by processing speed USB sound device does not work in a virtual machine USB support for ESX/ESXi 4.1 USB thin client redirection does not work with a Wyse thin client Use of large pages can cause memory to be fully allocated Use of Trend Micro PC-cillin with Host-Only Adapters May Cause Host to Crash User account granted Administrator role at cluster level in vCenter cannot power on virtual machines User and system disk columns are empty when provisioning a View Composer pool User authentication fails for VMware ACE after changing the administrator password User cannot access a company created by another user in the current session User configured ScratchConfig settings are removed after rolling back from ESXi 4.x to ESXi 3.5 User ID Password Special Character Restriction User login fails with the error: You are not a member of any organization in vCenter Lab Manager User names with more than 20 characters are not supported by VDM Web Access User with Administrator rights on a Resource Pool cannot create a virtual machine User with 'Create' privilege cannot create virtual machines on host client User-configured resource settings for virtual machines might not be retained when you remove a host from a DRScluster UserDuct_Open fails during Crossdup with VMK_WOULD_BLOCK or Waiters List Not Empty Warnings Users accessing View Administrator or View Portal might be prompted to select a certificate Users can login to VMware View, but cannot see the desktop Users no longer have permission to browse datastore after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.0 Users with no workflow permissions can see Requests in their Workload outstanding screen in VMware ServiceManager 8.0 http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Using .vbs scripts for file operations on the sandbox and host filesystem Using /proc/vmware Nodes Using 4G Brocade Switch Version 5.0.4 Causes Failover to Fail on ESX Server Systems Using a Custom SSL Port When Accessing Lab Manager Using a Fixed Path or Round Robin pathing policy in Datacore SANmelody and SANsymphony displays the error: Pathvmhba33:C0:T0:L2 is down. Affected datastores: "SANSTORAGE1" Using a Microsoft or 3rd party software iSCSI Initiator in a VMware environment Using a non-standard SSH port for Linux conversions Using a remote command to shutdown Windows systems Using a Remote Desktop Connection When Installing VMware Tools Causes the Installation to Stop Responding onWindows XP Guests Using a reverse proxy with VDM Using a Screen Resolution of 1024 x 768 in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Virtual Machine Using a Two Processor License on a Four Processor GSX Server Host Using a VNC Client to Connect to Virtual Machines Using a Windows Guest Booted in PAE Mode Causes the vlance Hardware Not to Start Using a Windows Host as an Archive Server for Backups via vmsnap Using an alternate keyboard layout for a virtual machine in VMware Fusion Using an API to create a virtual disk when connecting to vCenter Server Using an ESX 3.0.x and ESX 3.5 host in the same cluster Using an ESX host as an NTP server Using an Old Version of Thinreg to Implement ThinDirect in a Virtual Browser Using Analysis for Consolidation in VirtualCenter Server For the First Time Might Result in Non-Responsive VI Client Using Application Sync to rollback problematic updates Using Bridged Networking with a Wireless NIC Using Citrix MetaFrame XP in a Windows 2000 Virtual Machine Using crontab to Schedule vmsnap Backups Using DHCP based Network Templates Using DHCP on the Console OS (Service Console) Using Dynamic disks as RAW disks Using ESD or ARTS with VMware Workstation on Linux Hosts Using esxcfg-nas to unmount a disconnected NFS datastore Using esxtop to identify storage performance issues Using FDISK to Create Multiple Partitions Using Fixed Path pathing policy on EqualLogic iSCSI arrays without port aggregation results in slow performance Using Full Screen Mode on a Linux Host with Certain Display Adapters Using Fusion on Snow Leopard running in 64bit kernel mode Using hardware NMI facilities to troubleshoot unresponsive hosts Using HP StorageWorks MSA 1000 with ESX Server Using HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 Technology with VMware ESX and ESXi 3.5 Update 3 Using IBM BladeCenter with QLogic Fibre Channel Switches Using iLO2 Virtual Media or IRC (Remote Console) Fails on Either a ML570 G4 or DL580 G4 Using IPK Notification workflow rules on Call Suspension Using iSight in Mac OS X After Using in a Virtual Machine Corrupts Video Using MD5sum to verify the integrity of copied files Using Memory Managers in a DOS Virtual Machine Using Multiple Section to Delete Templates from the Templates Inventory Might Fail Using multiple storage groups with Consolidated Backup Using NAT between the vCenter Server system and ESX hosts Using Network Load Balancing (NLB) with VMware Server Products Using Novell Clustering Services with NetWare Virtual Machines Using Parallel Ports in a Virtual Machine Using PCI DSS compliance rule 10.5.4 to check for remote logging returns NON-COMPLIANT Using performance collection tools to gather data for fault analysis Using Persistent Binding with Some QLogic Drivers Using PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) to Install Guest Operating Systems over a Network Using RAW Disks in ESX Server Using RDP to connect to a Windows 2003 virtual machine fails with the blue screen error: KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED_M (1000008e) Using remote assistance to shadow users working in virtual desktops Using Remote Desktop from a Guest to Connect to the Host Machine Freezes the Computer Using returnBusyOnNoConnectStatus Fails in a Non-Windows Virtual Machine Using Safe Boot Using Samba shares with vcbRestore on ESX Server Service Console using domain logins Using SCP to Copy Files to or from an ESX Server System http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Using SNMP with VirtualCenter 2.5 and ESX 3.5 Using Storage VMotion to migrate a virtual machine with many disks may timeout Using TCP Wrappers causes virtual machine console connections to fail on ESX 3.5.x and VirtualCenter 2.5.x Using tcpdump captures when testing new custom fingerprints Using Tech Support Mode in ESXi 4.1 Using Telnet to test VMware Data Recovery Appliance connectivity Using Test Management Network to Resolve the DNS Host Name Is Unreliable Using the Apple iSight camera in a Windows virtual machine Using the command line to add permissions directly on the ESX host Using the Command-Line to Install VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Agent Using the Data Migration Tool to upgrade from vCenter Server 4.0 to vCenter Server 4.1 fails Using the disk screen in esxtop to expand the CID, TID, and LID to determine the amount of I/O that a virtual machine(WID) is using Using the esxcfg-auth --usecrack command to set password complexity Using the ExternalDLLs parameter in Package.ini configuration file for ThinApp Using the Federal Support Log Scrubber (beta) for VMware Support Bundles Using the Intended Task Bar with Windows Host and a Guest in Full Screen Mode Using the MacBook Air's Remote Disc feature with Fusion Using the nfpktfltr command line options Using the proper upgrade bundle when upgrading an ESX/ESXi 4.x host to a newer version Using the SoftICE Debugger in a Virtual Machine Using the SoftICE Debugger in a Virtual Machine Using the ThinApp Setup Capture Wizard to Virtualize an Application (Video Included) Using the vCenter Server datastore browser to download or copy a powered-on virtual machine's .vmx and .nvram filesfails Using the vCenter Server virtual machine as a VMware View unmanaged desktop Using the View Manager vdmadmin.exe command line utility Using the VIPerl Toolkit Web Services Debug Utility Using the Virtual Network Editor in VMware Workstation Using the vmres Utility Using the vmsnap.pl and vmsnap_all Utilities Using the VMware Knowledge Base Using the VMware Management Interface with Mozilla Firefox Browser May Cause Problems Using the VMware SCSI Disk Driver for Windows Guest Operating Systems Using the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Utility DNSUpdate.exe (DNS) Using the Windows System Configuration utility Using thin provisioned disks with virtual machines Using ThinApp ThinDirect to Set Up Redirection from the Native Internet Explorer to a Virtual Browser Such As VirtualInternet Explorer 6 (Virt IE6) Using Thinreg with a limited user account Using two VirtualCenter Servers with different databases on a single Oracle server fails Using USB Devices in a Virtual Machine on a 64-Bit Linux Host Using USB passthrough in the View virtual machine fails Using USB Storage Devices on the ESX Server Service Console Using USB When ESX Server Disables It Using vcbMounter from the command line Using vcbRestore to restore a virtual machine Using vCenter Heartbeat With SRM 4.0 Using vCenter Update Manager to patch ESX/ESXi hosts added to Cisco Nexus 1000V DVS Using Virtual Ethernet Adapters in Promiscuous Mode on a Linux Host Using VirtualCenter 2.0.1 UI Option to Upgrade Legacy Virtual Machine Hardware on ESX Server 2.x System Does NotWork Using VirtualCenter Reinstall Repair for Corrupted Installations Using Virtualized Internet Explorer 6 with a Legacy Web Application That Requires It Using vMA as a syslog server to collect ESX and ESXi logs Using VMotion to Migrate a Running Virtual Machine from ESX Server 2.1 to 2.0.1 Using VMware Converter to convert Microsoft Cluster (MSCS) nodes to virtual machines Using VMware Converter to convert Virtual Iron Machines to VMware virtual machines Using VMware Converter to convert XenServer virtual machines to VMware virtual machines Using VMware Converter to restore a backup created with vcbMounter fails Using VMware Fusion 1.0 with the Cisco VPN Client Using VMware SCSI Driver in Windows 2000 Guest Operating Systems Using VMware Tools drivers on Window Preinstallation Using VMware Workstation virtual machines in Fusion Using vmware-cmd from a remote location in VMware Server http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Using VNC (Virtual Network Computing) with both guest and host systems Using VPLEX Metro with VMware HA Using vShieldZones 1.0 with ESX 4.1 Using wildcards to create a group of similar servers or software Using Windows 7 Virtual PC XP Mode in Fusion Using Windows Event Viewer to identify the cause of an unresponsive or failed virtual machine Using Windows Firewall and Dual Network Interface Cards with VMware View Servers Using WinSCP with ESX Server 3.0 Using Wyse XP embedded (XPe) thin client to access my Virtual Desktop Manager virtual desktop Using XFree86 4.x in a Linux Virtual Machine Using Your ACE Option Pack Validate network ports on ESX Validate the VirtualCenter guest customization specification if you intend to use one Validating ESX host configuration after purple screen errors Validating guest customization when preparing a virtual machine template for deployment Validating host memory Validating the .vmx settings of a virtual machine Validating the .vmx settings of a virtual machine in Fusion Validating the integrity of an ACE Management Server third party CA SSL certificate Variable value messages when starting vSphere Client VC Fault error in VMware View when attempting to create a pool VCB Backups Fail When Transport Mode Is Set to nbdssl VCB cannot find virtual disk files when the path from the VCB proxy is connected to the standby storage processor onan active/passive array VCB command line interface (CLI) utilities VCB Commands Return Wrong Version on ESX Server 3.0.1 Host VCB hotadd fails with error message: Error: Operation failed because file already exists. /vmfs/volumes/UUID/vm(vm-helper)/vm(vm-helper).vmx VCB is performing very slow on ESX 3.0.2 VCB syntax error when running prebackup.bat script - (command.wsf 22,3 jscript syntax error) vcbMounter backup fails with error: A general system error occurred: vmodl.fault.MethodNotFound. esx hostd logsreport: Failed to find the guest family for guestos vcbMounter Fails and Reports the Exception: "vmodl.fault.HostNotReachable" vcbMounter fails on SSL certificate verification with mismatch error vcbMounter fails with a 5104 error vcbMounter fails with error: Cannot open disk file: Error: Failed to create temporary file vcbMounter fails with the error: "Unexpected extra arguments encountered" or "Unexpected command line option" vcbMounter fails with the error: Cannot create directory vcbmounter fails with the error: Connection refused vcbMounter returns a Visual C++ Runtime error vcbSnapAll command fails vCenter Agent Pre-upgrade Check tool fails with a .NET Runtime 2.0 Error vCenter Agent Preupgrade Check Tool generates the error: A cryptographic error occurred vCenter agent service does not install or upgrade on ESXi 4.0 hosts vCenter alarms are not triggered if another alarm on the same object is disabled vCenter Chargeback uninstaller failed to remove some or all of the relevant services, registry entries, files, and folders vCenter client connection to VirualCenter using SSL fails with the error: SSL Handshake on client connection failed vCenter Client Virtual Machine Console tab is black when running through remote desktop (RDP) vCenter Configuration Manager Deployment Patch Staging jobs get scheduled automatically for 12/30/1899 vCenter Configuration Manager services do not start after modifying the service account vCenter Configuration Manager upgrade or installation fails with a generic error vCenter Consolidation Service usernames and passwords must use only ASCII characters vCenter Converter Plugin installation fails: Failed to register the extension vCenter Database Upgrade to ESX/ESXi 4.0 Fails with Oracle 10gR2 vCenter Heartbeat displays VMware vCenter License as not available vCenter Heartbeat does not failover the active vCenter Server if it loses connection to the database. vCenter Host Profile usage causes an incorrect IP address assignment via static DHCP vCenter operation times out with the error: Operation failed since another task is in progress vCenter Orchestrator fails to install when Terminal Server is running vCenter Server 2.5.x may fail to start after upgrade vCenter Server 4.0 installation error: Setup cannot create vCenter Server directory Services instance vCenter Server 4.0 Storage Status displays as Unknown vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1 for download is build 208156 but when installed is 208111 vCenter Server 4.0 VMotion operation fails with the error: Insufficient disk space on datastore vCenter Server 4.1 Data Migration Tool fails with the error: HResult 0x2, Level 16, State 1 http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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vCenter Server 4.1 fails to install or upgrade with the error: This installation package is not supported by this processortype vCenter Server 4.1 installation fails with error: Error 28035 vCenter Server 4.1 installation rolls back when updating the database vCenter Server 4.1 network port requirements vCenter Server 4.x fails when managing ESX 3.5.x hosts vCenter Server 4.x Hardware Status Tab displays the error: You do not have permission to run this command vCenter Server 4.x installation fails with the error: Setup located a vCenter Server database but not the companionSSL certificates vCenter server alarm for Virtual Machine heartbeats: The heartbeat of guest keeps changing between yellow and green vCenter Server and vCenter Update Manager 4.x deployment models vCenter Server database upgrade fails with FK_VPX_EVENT_ARG_REF_EVENT is not a constraint vCenter Server does not start when connecting to an Oracle database vCenter Server Events reports the error: Cannot login DOMAIN\[email protected] vCenter Server fails after ejecting a CD from a virtual machine vCenter Server fails and logs error: ORA-04031: unable to allocate XXX bytes of shared memory (ODBC Error) vCenter Server fails to connect to View Composer with the error: Unable to connect to the View Composer. vCenter Server fails to populate performance charts and displays an error message when using a custom JDBC SQLport vCenter Server fails to start after replacing the default SSL certificates with custom SSL certificates vCenter Server fails to start VMOMI services after upgrading to vCenter Server 4 vCenter Server fails to start with the error: ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified vCenter Server fails when upgrading from VirtualCenter 2.0.2 to vCenter Server 2.5 on a Japanese locale with SQLServer 2005 vCenter Server fails with Stack Overflow errors vCenter Server gets disconnected and Windows event log reports the error: Event description for event id 1000 fromsource vmware virtualcenter server vCenter Server Hardware Status shows the battery status of RAID controllers as failed or in question vCenter Server Heartbeat Installation Prerequisites vCenter Server Heartbeat Plug-in - Online Help vCenter Server Heartbeat reports the error: SqlServer: DB Files Allocated Space check skipped sql instanceSQLEXP_VIM vCenter Server in Linked Mode does not see other vCenter Servers in inventory vCenter Server incorrectly displays the amount of licenses in use by ESX hosts vCenter Server installation might fail due to insufficient permissions on the root directory or registry vCenter Server installation with Oracle database fails after previous failure or shutdown vCenter Server Installation Worksheet vCenter Server Linked Mode does not function and shows a Windows Event Viewer error related to FSMO roles vCenter Server loses connectivity to the Oracle database with the error: could not resolve the connect identifier vCenter Server loses network connection after DRS VMotion when configured with DVS network Port Group vCenter Server Network Customizations are not performed when a custom Sysprep File is used with Windows Vista orlater templates vCenter Server on a Shared SRM DR site shuts down during the installation of the SRM server vCenter Server on Windows Server 2008 with mandatory smart card authentication policy fails username/passwordauthentication vCenter Server Performance Graphs only show real time data vCenter Server produces the alarm: Agent can't send heartbeats.msg size: xxx, sendto() returned: Operation notpermitted vCenter Server repeatedly displays the error: Maximum (3) number of hosts allowed for this edition of vCenter Serverhas been reached vCenter Server returns an error when enabling a plugin vCenter Server Search function does not work vCenter Server Service fails to start with the vpxd.log error: ODBC error: (28000) vCenter Server service fails with the error: Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_VPX_GUEST_DISK' vCenter Server service might not start automatically if the machine is rebooted repeatedly vCenter Server Service Status plug-in cannot be enabled vCenter Server stops responding after adding an ESX host to Inventory vCenter Server stops responding and closes with error: Win32 exception: Stack overflow (0xc00000fd) vCenter Server stops responding randomly vCenter Service Status and Hardware Status errors when trying to update host data vCenter Service Status and Health Status do not reflect changes to vCenter Server hostname vCenter Service Status displays an error for com.vmware.converter vCenter Service Status does not work when SSL certificates are replaced vCenter Service Status for com.vmware.vim.sms alert: Unable to retrieve health data from http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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http://localhost/sms/smService-web/health.xml vCenter Service Status shows Xhive data feed errors vCenter Site Recovery Manager 4.0 Installation fails to install certificate vCenter Site Recovery Manager Repair Installation fails with the MSI installer error: Failed to create vstor2SRM vCloud Data Collector in VMware vCenter Chargeback 1.5 vCloud Director and vSphere Interactions vCloud Director fails or takes a long time to start vCloud Director MBeans VDDK fails to open VMDK when vCenter Server uses a non-default SSL port VDDK library returns the error: Failed to open NBD extent, NBD_ERR_GENERIC VDI, data disk filled with log files VDM / View support for users that reside in NT4 domains VDM 2.0 Agent builds can be installed when later release builds are installed and it does not generate an errormessage VDM Administrator User Interface Does Not Allow You to Enter the License Key VDM Agent fails to start on boot VDM Client Allows a User to Change the Desktop Preferences After a Session Timeout VDM Client Fails to Connect to Virtual Desktop After Upgrading to VDM 2.1 or 2.1.1 VDM Client log is in a different location than other VDM components VDM Client upgrade sometimes fails and displays the message The wizard was interrupted before VMware VDMClient could be completely installed VDM Connection Server Cannot Distinguish Between Original and Cloned Virtual Machines VDM Connection Server must be installed in directories with ASCII characters only. VDM does not support using link-local (169.254.x.x) addresses for desktop virtual machines VDM managed Virtual Machines must not be moved within VirtualCenter vdmadmin.exe -L option does not remove existing pool assignments VDR backup destination is unmounted after the appliance is restarted Vendor and resource check validation error: Invalid license and Installation should not continue Verbose logging and information for the software iSCSI initiator Verbose logging for VMware Infrastructure Client Verify the health of ESX Server Operating System Verifying a feature is licensed Verifying a network connection exists for vCenter Server and View Composer Verifying a VMware Tools build version Verifying and reinstalling the correct version of the VirtualCenter Server agents Verifying correct storage settings on ESX 4.x and ESXi 4.x Verifying Dashboard user credentials Verifying DNS settings for VMware View Verifying ESX host networking configuration on the service console Verifying ESX Server virtual machine error checking and history for power cycle problems Verifying ESX virtual machine file integrity Verifying ESX virtual machine file names Verifying Fusion virtual machine file integrity Verifying gateway IP connection using the tcpdump command Verifying host networking speed Verifying hosted virtual machine file integrity Verifying hosted virtual machine file names Verifying if Internet Information Services (IIS) is running in a 32bit or 64bit mode Verifying if software is causing your virtual machine to fail Verifying isolation mode usage in ThinApp Verifying kdump configuration by simulating a panic event on Redhat 5 virtual machines Verifying network links Verifying proper installation and functionality of Converter Agent Verifying purchased licenses meet current need Verifying sufficient disk space for a VMware Fusion virtual machine Verifying sufficient free disk space for a hosted virtual machine Verifying sufficient free disk space for an ESX virtual machine Verifying sufficient permissions exist Verifying sufficient permissions exist to administer or install Fusion Verifying that an ESX/ESXi host is configured for network isolation Verifying that ESX host hardware (System, Storage, and I/O) devices are supported Verifying that ESX virtual machine storage is accessible Verifying that hosted virtual machine storage is accessible Verifying that required VMware View Manager services are running Verifying that the Management Service is running on an ESX host http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Verifying that the Secure Shell Daemon is running on an ESX Server host Verifying that the View virtual desktop template is functioning properly Verifying that the virtual desktop or server is joined to the domain Verifying that the VirtualCenter Agent Service is running on an ESX host Verifying that the xinetd service is running on an ESX host Verifying that your Fusion virtual machine location is accessible Verifying the ESX Local Storage or SAN array is configured correctly Verifying the firmware on the RAID controller or HBA is up to date. Verifying the health of an operating system Verifying the integrity of downloaded installer files Verifying the integrity of Fusion parent virtual disks Verifying the integrity of hosted virtual machine parent disks Verifying the integrity of the parent disks for an ESX virtual machine Verifying the integrity of the physical network adapter Verifying the Microsoft ASP.NET version installed Verifying the networking within the guest operating system Verifying the Virtual Hardware Configuration of a virtual machine Verifying the VirtualCenter Managed IP Address Verifying time synchronization across an ESX host environment Verifying virtual machine TCP/IP settings Verifying virtual network adapter is present and connected to the virtual machine Verifying VirtualCenter Server and Virtual Infrastructure Client versions match Verifying your boot device in ESXi for USB issues VI Client connected to VirtualCenter cannot create a virtual machine on the NFS datastore VI Client Displays a Spurious Error Message when Configuring NICs Installed on High PCI Bus Numbers VI Client Displays Information for Disconnected USB Storage Devices VI Client Does Not Always Correctly Display Log Data Generated on Servers Running in Non-English Locales VI Client Does Not Prompt for Downloading Client Update VI Client Fails to Add a Host VI Client host memory is incorrectly reported on the ESX Server 3.5 host VI Client Installation Fails on Windows Vista Business Edition with Enabled Antivirus Software VI Client Loses Connectivity to the ESX Server Host After You Add a New Network Adapter VI Client Menus Do Not Show Expected Choices VI Client Might Incorrectly Display RDM LUNs in Physical Compatibility Mode as Available Disk when StorageVirtualization Devices Are Used VI Client reports incorrect system memory usage VI Client shipped with ESX 3.0.3 Update 1 might prompt to download VI Client if connecting to earlier releases of ESX3.0.3 VI Client Times Out when Adding New Storage VI Perl Toolkit Memory Leak & BMC Performance Assurance VI Perl Toolkit Script to Reconnect Non-Responding Hosts VI Web Access Doesn't Support Browsing the vmimages Folder VI Web Access Sometimes Does Not Display the Full Contents of the Summary Tab in Internet Explorer VI3 Virtual Machines Are Not Able to Use the Floppy Host Device of /dev/fd0 when Using the USB Floppy Video Output Is Lost When Transitioning from Wyse RDP to Windows RDP on Another System Video Playback Performance Degradation After Migration with VMotion View Administrator and VirtualCenter display the amount of free space for a datastore inconsistently View Administrator cannot be accessed when the regional language setting is changed from Japanese to English inWindows 2003 Server View Administrator events older than 7 days do not display View Administrator power policies conflict with guest operating system power options View Administrator prompts for a smart card if you previously used one with View Client on your computer View Agent 4.5 blocks BlackBerry devices from being redirected View Agent does not automatically add an exception for RDP to Internet Connection Firewall on Windows XP SP1 View Agent Installation errors during upgrade to View Agent 4.5 View Agent installer cannot install the Smartcard Redirector driver View Agent installer fails during the installation of an assembly component View Agent SSO does not work unless HP RGS Sender is installed before installing View Agent View Client 4.0.1 fails to connect to desktop with the error: Connect desktop failed View Client 4.5.0 or earlier fails to connect to View Connection Server if Internet Explorer 9 Beta or Windows 7 SP1Beta is installed on the same client system. View Client command line option "-offlineDirectory" does not work correctly View Client command line option "-staycheckedout" works only in conjunction with the option "-checkin" View Client connection drops randomly View Client does not consider a user's domain when it creates custom log directories http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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View Client fails to connect with the error: The connection to the View Server could not be established. TheConnection to the View Connection Server is not started View Client for Linux thin clients does not return a redirected USB device to the client machine View client keyboard and mouse do not work with SMS remote control View Client log in window shows the username of the last user and connection server View Client might crash when you are connected to a desktop using RDP and you play a video with MMR enabled. View Client or Web Client install issues on Windows XP Embedded based Thin Clients View Client users are locked out before exceeding the account lockout threshhold View Client with Offline Desktop does not work with CAC authentication View Client with Offline Desktop may not work in some locations that use non-ASCII characters View Clients unexpectedly disconnect from the desktops when tunneled View Composer Agent fails to start if the virtual machine password file is corrupted. View Composer agent initialization state error (-1000) when provisioning virtual desktops View Composer cannot remove replicas that are powered on View Composer customization fails to find configuration volume View Composer database has discrepancies due to machine IDs View Composer does not support placing linked clones in a vApp, but View Administrator lets you select a vApp for alinked-clone pool. View composer fails to install Foreign Key View Composer fails to provision linked-clone desktops on a datastore shared by vSphere and pre-vSphere ESXclusters. View Composer installation fails on Oracle 9i database with ODBC driver versions lower than 9.2 View Composer installation fails when VirtualCenter server language is set to Swedish View Composer linked clones fail to be provisioned on a datastore with insufficient disk space, although anotherdatastore selected for the linked-clone pool has enough disk space. View Composer linked clones fail to finish customizing when they are created from a Windows 7 parent virtualmachine and the Active Directory is configured on Windows Server 2008. View Composer linked clones fail to finish customizing when they are created from a Windows XP parent virtualmachine and the Active Directory is configured on Windows Server 2008. View Composer might crash during its operations if you are using Oracle version 10.2.0.3 View Composer supports Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 SP1 software View Composer uses first available disk slot to add disks which may result in "user data disk" getting added before"system disk." View Composer was unable to contact VirtualCenter View Connection Server restrictions are configured by default for non-persistent, manual desktop pools that usephysical PCs. View displays incorrect backup-time of View server View Manager 4.0.x does not let you remove an invalid View Composer domain user from the QuickPrep domains listin View Administrator. View Manager 4.5 desktops temporarily enter an error state while they are customized and before they becomeavailable and ready for use. View Manager does not support connecting to desktop sessions on operating systems configured to require NetworkLevel Authentication (NLA) for remote desktop connections View missing data export feature in consolidation estimator does not return all records View Non Persistent Profiles Persist View Portal on Mac OS cannot connect to Windows Terminal Servers when using a tunneled connection View Portal on Mac OS does not support connection to Windows Vista desktops View server and agent startup experiencing long delays due to recursive enumeration when multiple domains arepresent View takes more time to delete virtual machines from a non-persistent pool if you enable Power off and delete virtualmachine after first use Viewing a virtual machine's console in VMware Infrastructure Client fails with the error: Connection terminated by server Viewing and Adding Collector Database IDs to a Client Registration Viewing Dashboards and SRS reports from a client computer fails with the error: Object reference not set to aninstance of an object Viewing Storage Page Yields "Object Reference not set to an instance of the Object" Message Viewing the Audit trail entries for changes to VMware Service Manager Administration settings Viewing the ESX Hardware Status fails in vCenter Server 4.0 Viewing the Last Logon Time of domain accounts Viewing the number of CPU Licenses using the VI Client Viewing the virtual machine console in VMware vCloud Director using 32-bit Mozilla Firefox running on 64-bit Unix viewpart-www.pl Usage and Functionality Virtual Applications That Require Date Formats Fail Regardless of Locale Settings on the Current Machine Virtual CD/DVD Drive Disconnects During Multiple Disk Installation http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Virtual Center Cannot Change Password During Cloning of Windows 2003 Standard Virtual Center prevents deploying from template - option is grayed out Virtual Center Server Service cannot start due to error: Found datacenter with invalid parent. Removing/vpx/datacenter/#xxxxx/ Virtual Compatibility for Clustered Non-Pass-Through Raw Device Mapping in Multihost Clustering Is Not Supported Virtual desktop connection fails after upgrade Virtual Desktop Manager Client fails to create the RDP control Virtual desktop with display names ending with a backslash (\) cannot be launched from View Portal Virtual desktops are deployed with duplicate DNS names Virtual desktops reconfigure after adding replica server Virtual Disk Information Doesn't Appear in Management Interface Virtual Disk Remains on a Datastore After Snapshots Referencing the Disk Are Deleted Virtual disks status of &ldquo;Not Configured" in the Edit Virtual Machine Properties wizard Virtual Floppy I/O Error Messages Seen in /var/log/messages after System Boot Up Virtual Folders Cannot Resolve UNC Locations with Group Policy Redirection Virtual Internet Explorer 7 Crashes on Windows Server 2008 Virtual Internet Explorer Redirects Websites to Native Internet Explorer, and You Want Both Redirection and ManualUse of Virtual Internet Explorer Virtual Internet Explorer Redirects Websites to Native Internet Explorer, and You Want Manual Use of Virtual InternetExplorer, Not Redirection Virtual machine alarm does not change after vMotion Virtual machine becomes orphaned and reports a Not protected status when trying to enable Fault tolerance Virtual machine boots very slowly when Memory Limit is less than Physical Memory assigned Virtual Machine Cannot Be Migrated with VMotion from ESX Server Version 2.x and 3.x Virtual machine cannot be powered on because its working directory is not valid Virtual machine cannot be removed from inventory after unsuccessful VMware Converter conversion Virtual machine cannot boot when controller type for the operating system and data drive is Paravirtualized SCSI Virtual machine cannot communicate with the network when physical switch port has jumbo frames enabled Virtual Machine Can't Load Operating System or Exhibits Other Problems After Setting Its Memory Allocation LowerThan the Recommended Value Virtual Machine Changes to Snapshot-Consolidate Mode During Delete-All-Snapshot Operation Virtual Machine Clock Reports Time Unpredictably on IBM x440/x445 Server or a Derivative System with a WindowsHost Operating System Virtual Machine Clock Reports Time Unpredictably on Multiprocessor Systems Virtual Machine Clock Reports Time Unpredictably on Multiprocessor Systems Virtual Machine Cloning and Customization Operations Fail on Virtual Machines with Two Network Adapters Connectedto One Network Virtual Machine Communication Framework (VMCF) Features are Experimental in the vSphere 4.0 Release Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) privilege escalation on Windows-based Workstation, Player, ACE andServer Virtual machine computer account is disabled in Active Directory after deployment Virtual Machine Configuration File Location Virtual machine console does not respond to Ctrl-Alt-Ins or Ctrl-Alt-Del Virtual Machine console is blank Virtual machine console running in fallback mode after installing ESX 3.0.x Virtual machine conversion fails when using using the Copy as New feature Virtual machine CPU usage spikes and remains abnormally high after VMotion in a VMware DRS enabled cluster Virtual Machine Crashes When Connected Remotely from VirtualCenter or GSX Server 3.x Console Virtual machine crashes while using USB device in GSX Server 3.2 Virtual Machine Crashes with a "NOT_REACHED C:/ob/bora-36983/bora/devices/mainmem/mainMemHosted.c:964bugNr=45226" Error Message Virtual Machine Created Under Domain Account Fails to Power On Virtual machine customization fails after an upgrade of VirtualCenter Virtual Machine Datastore Usage Page Does Not Display Expired Configuration Mentioned in Deleting Service ErrorMessage Virtual Machine Disk Size Reported as -1MB or Size Unavailable Virtual Machine disks must reside in the GSX Server datastore specified through VirtualCenter Virtual machine does not appear in the AppSpeed inventory tree Virtual machine does not boot after being converted from a physical Red Hat machine Virtual Machine Does Not Enter Full Screen Mode After Powering On from Console on Remote Client Virtual machine does not power on because of missing or locked files Virtual Machine Does Not Power On When It Has an Attached Disk with Raw Device Mapping and IBM Director IsRunning Virtual machine does not power on when there is high CPU reservation Virtual machine does not power on with a could not reserve memory error http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Virtual machine does not start after starting previously Virtual machine experiences a monitor panic when browsing a virtual floppy disk from within the guest operating system Virtual machine fails at bootup with the error: WORKER_THREAD_RETURNED_AT_BAD_IRQL Virtual Machine Fails to Boot with MONITOR PANIC Message in vmware.log File Virtual machine fails to boot with the error: One or more of the disks used by this virtual machine was created by anunsupported version Virtual Machine Fails to Power Down and Stops at Black Screen When Proventia Personal Firewall is Running on theHost Virtual machine fails to power on or boot after being converted Virtual machine fails to power on with Invalid metadata errors Virtual machine fails to power on with the error "the parent of this virtual disc cannot be opened" Virtual machine fails to power on with the error: Config File does not Exist Virtual Machine Fails When Viewed in Console Virtual Machine fails with an error: Unrecoverable Memory Allocation Failure Virtual Machine Freezes with ISL Cable Pull from Fabric Virtual Machine Guest reboot alarm trigger does not function if virtual machine is rebooted from within Guest OS Virtual Machine Hangs when Attaching an ISO Image Located in the Service Console Directory with MismanagedSamba Mounts Virtual machine hardware versions Virtual machine hardware versions for Fusion Virtual machine Import option is disabled or grayed out Virtual Machine Importer Fails with Error: Driver.cab Could not be Found in the Source OS Virtual Machine Importer Reports Error When Converting Virtual PC Disk Files with Duplicate Names Virtual Machine Importer Requires Path Defined by TMP and TEMP User Variables to Exist Virtual machine inventory fails to load in vSphere Virtual machine IP Address and DNS Name not available on virtual machine Summary tab Virtual Machine Is Powered On, On Multiple ESX Hosts Virtual machine is unresponsive and Event IDs 11 and 15 occur in the Windows guest operating system Event log Virtual machine loses second default gateway in a Microsoft Cluster Environment Virtual machine MAC address conflicts Virtual machine memory limits and hardware versions Virtual machine memory usage alarms triggered for virtual machines when guest operating system memory usage islow Virtual Machine Might Still Be Running When VmPerl::VM::stop and vmware-cmd <vm> stop Return Virtual Machine Name Missing from Overview Page Virtual Machine Names Cannot Include High-Bit Characters Like Umlauts Virtual machine network failure due to duplicate IP addresses Virtual machine network gets disconnected after VMotion Virtual machine network issues such as packet loss when using an iGB driver Virtual Machine NIC Check Box Does Not Show Connection Status Virtual machine on a multi-CPU host fails when the virtual machine implements 64bit vSMP Virtual Machine on ESX Server 2.0.2 Host Cannot Be Powered On Using VirtualCenter If Created Using VirtualCenter Virtual Machine on RDM Shared Storage Becomes Invalid After Migration from ESX Server 2.5x to ESX Server 3.5 orESX Server 3i Virtual Machine on USB or Other Slow Storage Device Runs Slowly Virtual Machine or Home Tab Missing Virtual Machine Overwrite in VirtualCenter Gets Stuck at 97% Virtual Machine Panics with Bug Number 10095 or 1319 Virtual Machine Performance Problems Virtual machine power on error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object Virtual machine powers off and cannot restart after trying to take a snapshot Virtual Machine Powers Off if Attempting to Connect SCSI Device in a Powered On Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Remains Registered to VirtualCenter When Removed Through VMware Management Interface Virtual machine resource settings changed after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 and ESX 3.5 Virtual Machine Responds to Mouse Input Incorrectly in Fusion 1.x Virtual machine running on Snow Leopard 10.6.4 fails unexpectedly with the error: A serious error has occurred insideyour computer&rsquo;s OpenGL graphics drivers Virtual machine seems slow when running a particular program (Clock Issue) Virtual Machine Seems to Install VMware Tools but Tools Never Get Installed Virtual machine Share values change from Normal to Custom after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 Virtual Machine Shrinks the Console UI to Minimum Size Virtual machine shuts down after installing Windows 2003 fails Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown Host Settings Do Not Reflect Changes to Virtual Machine Settings Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown Host Settings Require an Action and Delay Be Specified http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Virtual machine stops responding during backup Virtual machine stops responding during boot up in Fusion Virtual machine stops responding in a Power On state in VirtualCenter Virtual machine tasks slow in VirtualCenter Virtual machine template list is not refreshed after creating a pool Virtual machine toolbar loses customizations upon upgrade to VMware Fusion 3 from 2.x Virtual Machine Total Disk Latency Alarm is not functioning on VMware vCenter Server 4.X Virtual Machine Unresponsive When Booting the Guest to DOS Mode from Windows 98 Virtual Machine Uptime Exceeds ESX Server Uptime Virtual Machine Uses Wrong NIC Type after Changing from 64-Bit to 32-Bit Guest Operating System Virtual machine violates VMware HA availability constraints even when reservation is set to 0 Virtual Machine Window Becomes Black if You Disable 3D Acceleration Virtual Machine with 4 Virtual CPUs Should Not be Powered on Virtual Machine World ID Changes When Resetting or Powering Off Through the Remote Console Virtual machines and VMware Tools stop responding when using a Windows 7 32bit virtual machine Virtual Machines appear to be running or registered on multiple ESX Servers Virtual machines are assigned an unexpected host name after Sysprep runs Virtual Machines Are Created in the /home/vmware Directory Virtual machines are removed from VirtualCenter Resource Pools Virtual machines backed by ephemeral/dynamic dvPort groups might lose networking when powered on as part of ahost reboot Virtual machines cannot access the CD/DVD ROM drive on an ESX/ESXi 3.5 host Virtual machines cannot connect to the network with NetXen and NetQueue NICs after upgrading to ESX 3.5 Update 4 Virtual Machines Cannot Ping other Virtual Machines intermittently Virtual machines cannot power on an ESX 2.5.2 host that have recovered from a power failure Virtual Machine's CD-ROM Drive Always Set for Legacy Mode from Linux Console Virtual Machines Cloned with Answer File Based Customization Might Not Be Added to the Domain Specified in theSysprep Answer File Virtual machines configured to use IPv6 make vCenter Server 4 slow or unresponsive Virtual Machines Copied to VMware Workstation from VMware ESX Server Are Displayed as Powered Off WhenSuspended Virtual Machines Crash and ESX Server System Crashes with Purple Screen on IBM eServer x366 or x460 with 64GBRAM Virtual Machines Crash with Blue Screen on HP Servers Using SCSI Duplex Virtual Machines Deployed from Templates Loses BIOS Settings Virtual machines display as invalid in vCenter Server Virtual Machines Do Not Fail Over from an ESX Server 3i Embedded Host Rebooted Through the VI Client Virtual machines do not have network connectivity after migration Virtual Machines Do Not Shut Down Automatically When the Linux Host Shuts Down if Console on Host Is Connected Virtual machines do not shut down gracefully Virtual Machines Do Not Start in Specified Order Virtual machines drop packets intermittently in vSphere 4.0 Virtual machines experience delays when booting after upgrading to ESX 3.5 Virtual machines fail to connect to the vSwitch/vDS/network with the error: Failed to connect virtual device Ethernet0 Virtual Machines Fail to Power On After a VMFS Upgrade Virtual machines fail to power on with a "Bad address" error after rebooting the ESX host Virtual machines fail to start with a timeout error when performing a test failover Virtual machines fail to start with the error: Insufficient resources Virtual machines from a single disk chain may only run on 8 hosts (VMFS) Virtual machines generate a question after shut down Virtual machines in the VMware View environment lose network connectivity Virtual machines log HGFS error messages relating to VMware Tools when you have just a Linux console installed Virtual machines lose network connection after VMotion Virtual Machines Managed by VirtualCenter Renamed When Management Server Restarts or ESX Server Reconnects Virtual Machines Manually Migrated from an ESX Server 2.x Host to an ESX Server 3.x Host Subsequently Might NotPower On Virtual machines may experience I/O failures due to too many SCSI Reservation conflicts on some 3PAR arrays Virtual machines may unexpectedly reboot when using VMware HA with virtual machine monitoring on ESX 3.5 Update3 Virtual machines might fail to migrate if the VMware VirtualCenter Server service is stopped during the migrationoperation Virtual Machines Might Lose Network Connectivity When Moved to a New Port Group Virtual machines might not respond sometimes during LUN failovers Virtual Machines Might Not Retain Their UUID When They Are Re-registered to the VirtualCenter Virtual Machines No Longer Respond to Network Requests http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Virtual Machines not listed under the ESX Server on the Hosts and Clusters View of VirtualCenter Virtual Machines or Processes Hang When ISO Image Is Used from Service Console NFS Share Virtual Machines Power Off After Logging Off GSX Server Host or Terminal Services Session Virtual Machines' Raw Disks cannot be Upgraded to RDMs by the Upgrade Script Virtual Machines Running SuSE Linux 9.2 Guest Operating Systems Report the Error: "ERROR: Interface is notavailable" Virtual machines stop responding when any LUN on the host is in an all-paths-down condition (APD) Virtual machines switching mechanism might become unresponsive if an application you use to manage virtualmachines is not closed properly or fails Virtual Machines That Were Participating in AutoStart Are No Longer Involved in AutoStart Virtual machines unable to mount some ISO images Virtual machines unexpectedly reboot after issuing the "mgmt-vmware restart" command Virtual Machines Will Not Boot on Some ASUS Motherboards Virtual Machine's Windows Program Applications Are Not Correctly Displayed After Upgrade from VMware Fusion 1.0 Beta Virtual machines with customizations fail to deploy when using Custom SSL Certificates Virtual machines with Fault Tolerance enabled might not be monitored fully by AppSpeed Virtual machines with more than 2TB minus 512B of RDM disk space fail to power on after you upgrade fromESX/ESXi 3.5 to ESX/ESXi 4.0 or 4.1 Virtual machines with vNetwork Distributed Switch lose network connectivity after HA failover Virtual Machines with Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition SP1 Crash with ASSERT Error Virtual Machines Won't Power On, Host Supports Only a Single CPU Virtual Machines Won't Start on an ESX Server System After Root Partition Is Filled Virtual Microsoft Excel Cannot Send Email Virtual Microsoft Excel cannot send email as an attachment Virtual Microsoft Excel cannot send email on systems with native Microsoft Outlook Virtual Microsoft Office Live Meeting cannot connect to meetings Virtual NIC disappears from a Windows virtual machine Virtual NIC settings on a Windows guest are lost after a virtual hardware upgrade Virtual NX Client for Windows Creates .nx Directory With Incorrect User Profile Virtual Opera 9.6 generates error on Windows Vista and Windows 7 Virtual Port ID based Load Balancing: Multiple vmnics teamed together however only 1 vmnic is used for data transfer Virtual printer status always shows as Ready Virtual Printing Does Not Send Fonts to the Host System with a Print Job Virtual Printing properties are not set correctly when printing graphics in Excel 2007 Virtual Switch does not load balance outgoing traffic on all available up links Virtual Switch on ESX Server Stops Functioning When Powering On RHEL4 U2 Guest Virtual switch support for VMware vCloud Director Virtual switch tagging does not function when using Intel VT Quad Port Adapter VirtualCenter (vCenter) licenses explained VirtualCenter 1.3 Reports the Wrong Number of CPUs in Dual-Core Host VirtualCenter 1.x Cannot Read License Key File VirtualCenter 1.x to VirtualCenter 2.0 Database Upgrade Using Oracle 10.2.0.1 Might Fail VirtualCenter 2.0 fails with a 1996 error Backtrace: (backtraces not supported) VirtualCenter 2.0 Installation on Windows 2000 SP4 Results in HeapSetInformation Error Message VirtualCenter 2.0 User Interface Does Not Refresh Some Data When the Host Is Changed VirtualCenter 2.0.1 fails and causes the host operating system to fail VirtualCenter 2.0.1 Issues with Certain Norwegian Locales VirtualCenter 2.5 database upgrade fails VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 1 Server service does not start VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 4 Performance Overview Plugin shows Stats report service internal error VirtualCenter 2.5 upgrade fails with a Cannot drop the procedure vpx_stats_rollup error VirtualCenter 2.5 upgrade fails with a ORA-30036 error VirtualCenter administrators may lose admin rights when members of restricted groups VirtualCenter Agent upgrade fails to install during upgrade to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 4 VirtualCenter and "esxcfg-vswitch - l" Show Different Number of Ports VirtualCenter cannot authenticate domain account users VirtualCenter Cannot Connect to Remote SQL Server Database VirtualCenter Cannot Update Required Files on a Host When Adding it to the VirtualCenter Server VirtualCenter Client Console Suppresses Warning Messages VirtualCenter Client Pops to the Foreground VirtualCenter components are unavailable when installing or upgrading from a zip archive VirtualCenter Crashes When User Name Entry Contains a Space VirtualCenter Database Upgrade Fails with an Exception When a Password that Contains Apostrophes or DoubleQuotes Is Used http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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VirtualCenter Database Upgrade Fails with Arithmetic Overflow Error VirtualCenter Didn't See User Deletion VirtualCenter Disallows User Names With Non-ASCII Characters VirtualCenter displays the error: Failed to connect to host VirtualCenter does not accurately report RDM drives VirtualCenter does not detect changes in host IP address unless SSL certificate verification has been enabled VirtualCenter does not show snapshots when snapshots exist VirtualCenter does not start when connecting to an Oracle database VirtualCenter does not start when connecting to Oracle Database VirtualCenter error "Check if the name is properly formatted" VirtualCenter error: invalidargument=value of '17' is not valid for 'index'. Parameter name: index VirtualCenter errors: "The Specified Key, Name, or Identifier Already Exists" and "Invalid Configuration for Device error" VirtualCenter failing to start, due to template registration problem VirtualCenter fails or stops after Synchronizing host task VirtualCenter fails to connect to Update Manager if a new HTTP or HTTPS Web Services port is specified duringVirtualCenter installation VirtualCenter Fails to Find Domain Users When VirtualCenter Host and Domain Host Clocks Are Not Synchronized VirtualCenter fails to start after upgrading from the Japanese version of VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 2 VirtualCenter fails to start when using an Oracle database VirtualCenter fails to start with a Primary Key Constraint error VirtualCenter fails to start with an ODBC error VirtualCenter fails to start with the error Invalid object name vpx_sequence VirtualCenter fails when removing the last host from a cluster VirtualCenter fails when using German Domain Controller VirtualCenter Fails with an Access Database Locked Error VirtualCenter fails with Max_DB_Connection error VirtualCenter fails with the ODBC error: There is insufficient system memory to run this query VirtualCenter Guest Customization Fails for Virtual Machines with IDE Disks Greater Than 8GB VirtualCenter Guest Operating System Customization Might Fail to Set Static IP Settings on a Windows GuestOperating System when the Local DNS Client Service Is Disabled VirtualCenter host error: Error during the configuration of the host: Already exists VirtualCenter incorrectly reports that VMware Tools is out of date VirtualCenter Installation Fails When Password Field Left Blank VirtualCenter inventory is empty after upgrade VirtualCenter License Server Settings Can Override ESX Server Host Settings VirtualCenter Listed Available Memory Resource for New Virtual Machines is Incorrect VirtualCenter logs contain numerous login failures VirtualCenter only displays the IP address of the last virtual NIC in a multi-NIC virtual machine VirtualCenter Performance Graphs Display Gaps in Data After Customizing Performance Intervals VirtualCenter Permissions Issues as of release 1.1.1 VirtualCenter profiler and scoreboard logs VirtualCenter randomly fails when connected to an Oracle database VirtualCenter randomly fails with Oracle error VirtualCenter rejects changes to the default gateway VirtualCenter Server 2.0.x Displays Incorrect License Count in VI Client VirtualCenter Server 2.5 Update 4 and later uses high-security SSL ciphers VirtualCenter Server 2.x and vCenter Server 4.x override user-initiated changes to the resource hierarchy on hosts in aDRS cluster VirtualCenter Server cannot perform Consolidation Analysis VirtualCenter Server cannot start if another application is using Port 80 (HTTP) VirtualCenter Server Crashes On Running the vmware-cmd -s Command to Register a Template VirtualCenter Server Crashes with Panic VirtualCenter server does not start after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update2 VirtualCenter Server Fails To Start When Installed on the Same Machine That has the VirtualCenter Database VirtualCenter Server fails when you deploy a virtual machine with customizations VirtualCenter server fails with the error: A general system error occurred: at line number 7, not well-formed (invalidtoken) VirtualCenter Server Installation Fails or Results in Error if Your System Does Not Have MDAC 2.8 SP1 or LaterInstalled VirtualCenter Server IP address change causes ESX hosts to disconnect VirtualCenter Server Might Crash in a Cluster with Manual or Partially Automatic DRS and Automatic DPM VirtualCenter Server Might Export Incomplete Performance Chart Data VirtualCenter Server service cannot be started after installation VirtualCenter Server service does not start automatically after restarting a virtual machine VirtualCenter Server service does not start with SSL Certificates larger than 1024 bits http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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VirtualCenter Server service fails frequently with a Win 32 exception VirtualCenter Server Service fails intermittently with backtrace VirtualCenter Server Service fails to start after upgrading to vCenter Server 4 Update 1 VirtualCenter Server service fails to start with the error: [Vdb::IsRecoverableErrorCode] Unable to recover fromHY000:1654 VirtualCenter Server service fails to start with the error: ODBC Client unable to establish connection due to preloginfailure VirtualCenter Server service fails to start with the error: The password for user account '<username>' has expired VirtualCenter Server service status fails with the error: Cannot access the health service! VirtualCenter Server shows log in errors in the security event log VirtualCenter Server times out on successful snapshot quiesce operation VirtualCenter Server with multiple IP addresses changes the IP address while the services are running VirtualCenter service does not start after reboot with the error Unable to get exclusive access to VirtualCenter repository VirtualCenter service fails to start with the error: Datetime field overflow VirtualCenter Service Seems Unresponsive or Slow to Respond VirtualCenter Service Will Not Start on a Machine with Non-ASCII Characters in Its Computer Name VirtualCenter shows an administrator logging in every 5 minutes, but no administrators have logged in VirtualCenter shows incorrect content for NFS datastore VirtualCenter Throws invalidArgument::Exception querySpec.interval VirtualCenter UI Is Not Refreshed Properly After Deletion of CD-ROM from Virtual Machine VirtualCenter upgrade fails with a Case-Sensitive SQL error VirtualCenter upgrade fails with the database error: Must declare the scalar variable @v_upgrade_time VirtualCenter Upgrade Using ISO Image Fails if the Existing Installation Was Done Using ZIP VirtualCenter Users Cannot Access Client Log File VirtualCenter Virtual Machine Console Goes Black When the Virtual Machine is Reverted to a Snapshot Through theGSX Server Console VirtualCenter Virtual Machine Console Might Need Manual Refresh VirtualCenter Web Service Error Message, "Could not Verify this Certificate because it has Expired" VirtualCenter Web Service Fails to Install VirtualCenter will not start with SQL error VirtualCenter's Datastore Browser Does Not Display Virtual Disk Files for Virtual Machines on ESX Server 2.x Hosts Virtualizing a Browser Other Than Internet Explorer 6 in ThinApp Virtualizing Apple Mac OS X Virtualizing EMC ControlCenter (ECC) Virtualizing existing domain controllers Virtualizing Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) with ThinApp Virtualizing Internet Explorer 6 from the Command Line (Outside of Setup Capture) in ThinApp Virtualizing Internet Explorer 7 or Internet Explorer 8 with ThinApp Virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express SP2 Virtualizing multiple browsers and redirecting from native Internet Explorer to multiple virtual browsers with ThinAppThinDirect Virus Scanning Software Incorrectly Claims VMware GSX Server for Windows Contains W32/Insane.dam Virus Vista Checked Builds Often Hit "STOP: 0x0000008E" Visual Studio Integrated Virtual Debugger Can Debug Only One Project at a Time VIX API 1.1 Allows Anonymous Access to Guest Operating Systems as the Console User on Workstation 6.0 VIX API Shared Folder Status Subject to Delay in Linux Guests VIX_PROPERTY_VM_TOOLS_STATE Is Inconsistent with Power State after Calling VixVM_WaitForToolsInGuest( )and VixVM_PowerOff( ) VixHost_UnregisterVM() Hangs after Failure to Open Virtual Machine VixVM_Delete( ) on Released Virtual Machine Handle Hangs and Incorrectly Deletes the Virtual Machine VixVM_Open( ) On an Unregistered Virtual Machine Can Cause Problems VixVM_UpgradeVirtualHardware( ) Does Not Return if the &ldquo;Local System&rdquo; Account Does Not HavePermissions to the Virtual Machine Folder VLAN Configuration on Virtual Switch, Physical Switch, and Virtual Machines VLAN Tags Incorrectly Sized vlance driver does not provide information for network tools in RHEL 5.1 VM fails to power on with the error: File already has an encoding UTF-8 VM run on thin-provisioned disk might become unresponsive Vmcfg-esx: Description of Functionality VmCOM Scripting Examples Fail on 64-Bit Windows Hosts vmdk file copied from the command line cannot be found or used VMDK Recovery Tool (ESX 3.5 Update 3) VMFS 3 versions and upgrade paths VMFS data store on local disk not available after BIOS upgrade http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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VMFS Datastores Are Inaccessible After Upgrading the PERC 4 Firmware on Systems with ESX Server 3.0.x VMFS datastores or their contents may become inaccessible VMFS detected as snapshot after change of Symmetrix version VMFS Export Erases Content ID of Virtual Disk VMFS Lock Volume is Corrupted VMFS metadata corruption causing virtual machine failure VMFS Partition Cannot Be Created During ESX Server Installation If Prior Installation Is Detected VMFS Swap on SAN Volume Not Activated After System Reboot VMFS unable to delete files due to 0 blocks available to write journal VMFS volume becomes inaccessible during SAN LUN replication VMFS Volume Can Be Erroneously Recognized as a Snapshot VMFS Volume is Locked VMFS volume open without Filesystem Journal VMFS Volume Upgraded from VMFS-2 to VMFS-3 Might Be Displayed as Read-Only After Upgrade VMFS volumes unavailable after upgrading OverLand firmware VMID Displayed in SNMP trap is Inaccurate VMimages not showing up when mounting ISO to CD/DVD in VC 2.5 VMkernel default route gets removed after reboot when the service console uses an IP address acquired via DHCP. With S/W iSCSI enabled, Loss of access to iSCSI targets will occur upon reboot VMkernel Failed to Load on Dell PowerEdge 8450 (or Intel 8-CPU server) VMkernel fails to set MTU on vNetwork Distributed Switch VMkernel Generates "ALERT: MTRR: 103: BSP has 36 physical bits but AP 7 has 38" During Boot VMkernel NIC Not Correctly Configured VMkernel Supports SCSI Devices on Channel 0 Only VMkernel Warning: Unable to Start Hyper-Threading VMkernel Warns That Hint Remove Failed VMkernel/Virtual Machine Load Problems after Upgrading to ESX 1.1 VMkernel: WARNING: SCSI: 2351: LUN WWN mismatch for DGC path vmhbaX:X:X detected wwn # VMKlinux Runs Out of Memory when Using an mptsas System with More Than 128 LUNs vmkpcidivy Command May Not Preserve Custom Options in /etc/vmware/hwconfig File vmkping and ramcheck Commands Fail in ESX Server 3.0.2 Update 1 or ESX Server 3.0.2 with Patch Bundle ESX-1001907 Installed vmkstats Does Not Work on Intel Core Family Processors vmkusage Stops Working After a Recent Upgrade to ESX Server 2.x VMnet1 and VMnet8 Virtual Network Adapters Not Created on Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Host vmnic creation fails for one or multiple ports during initialization of ESX when using Qlogic 10gb FCOE CNA adapters(QLE8142-dual port card) VMNIC interfaces in Standby on the vSwitch after upgrading from ESX 3.0.x to 3.5 Update 5 VMotion between Rev E and Rev F AMD CPUs fails VMotion CPU Compatibility - Migrations Prevented Due to CPU Mismatch - How to Override Masks VMotion CPU Compatibility - Migrations Prevented Due to CPU Mismatch - How to Override Masks for VirtualCenter 1.x VMotion CPU Compatibility Requirements for AMD Processors VMotion CPU Compatibility Requirements for Intel Processors VMotion CPU Compatibility Requirements Stop My Migration with VMotion VMotion CPU Compatibility, PERF_MSR Extended-Feature Bit, and Intel Dempsey (and subsequent) Processors VMotion Disabled After ESX Server Patch Upgrade or Boot into Linux VMotion Error: Destination Host Not on Same Networks as Virtual Machine You Are Trying to Migrate VMotion errors between different Intel 45nm Core 2 revisions VMotion fails after a third-party security tool performs a port scan of the ESX/ESXi hosts VMotion fails and VMotion licenses show as Not Used in VirtualCenter VMotion fails at 10% on ESX 3.5 with an QLogic iSCSI HBA VMotion fails at 10% with a memory resource error VMotion fails at 10% with the error: A general system error occurred: Migration failed while copying data, Broken Pipe VMotion fails at 80% with a general system error VMotion fails at 90% with a general system error, failed to resume on destination message vMotion fails between hosts using Intel Xeon 56xx or 36xx series processors to hosts using specific Intel processors VMotion Fails for Virtual Machine Not Created with VirtualCenter VMotion fails if source and target ESX Hosts cannot resolve the other's hostname VMotion fails in an EVC Cluster after virtual machine hardware is upgraded from version 4 to version 7 VMotion fails on a NFS datastore vMotion fails on ESX/ESXi 3.5 and 4.0 with some versions of nx_nic and unm_nic drivers VMotion Fails When the Virtual Machine's Parallel Port Is Set to Write to an Output File VMotion fails with a CPU error in the Resource Map VMotion fails with an RDTSCP error in EVC clusters where the ESX host CPU Model is Intel 3500 series or 5500 serieshttp://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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(Nehalem) VMotion fails with error: Host CPU is incompatible with the virtual machine's requirements at CPUID level 0x1 register'ecx' vMotion fails with network errors VMotion fails with swap file error VMotion fails with the error: A general system error occurred: failed to initiate VMotion dest (vim.fault.AlreadyExists) vMotion fails with the error: A general system error occurred: Failed waiting for data. Error bad0007. Bad parameter vMotion fails with the error: A general system error occurred: Multi-answer question encountered while resumingdestination. Unable to proceed. vMotion fails with the error: A general system occurred Invalid fault vMotion fails with the error: Migration to host <> failed with error vMotion fails with the error: Migration to host failed with error timeout (0xbad0020) vMotion fails with the error: problem detected at CPUID level 0x80000001 register 'edx' vMotion fails with the error: There are not enough Licenses installed to perform this operation VMotion fails with the hostd log error: Source detected that destination failed to resume VMotion fails with virtual machines located on LUSE LUNs on HDS TagmaStore USP/NSC arrays VMotion Failure of Virtual Machines Located on LUSE LUNs on HP XP 10000 and 12000 VMotion from ESX Server 3.5 Hosts to ESX Server 3.0.x Hosts Causes the Console Sessions of the Migrated VirtualMachines to Become Blank VMotion Is Disabled After ESX Server Upgrade VMotion Might Fail on ESX Server 2.5.4 Patch 2 and Higher when Virtual Machines Have Virtual Floppy or CDROMDevices Pointing to Incorrectly Specified Image Files VMotion migration fails with a Filesystem name error VMotion migration of virtual machines that use Brocade NPIV with soft zoning fails VMotion migration warning: The VMotion interface of the destination host uses network, which differs from the networkused by the VMotion interface of the source host VMotion of a 64bit virtual machine from ESX 3.5 to ESX 4.0 host times out at 10% vMotion of the AppSpeed server to hosts with different time settings causes time jumps vMotion of virtual machines with RDMs fails with the error: Virtual Disk 'hdisk 0' is a mapped direct access LUN and itsnot accessible vMotion over Distance support with EMC VPLEX Metro VMotion problem with Virtual Machines running on 64bit guests on AMD Barcelona servers and ESX 3.5/ESXi 3.5Update 1 or Update 2 VMotion stops working after upgrading to vSphere 4 with the error: License server is not configured VMotion Uses One Port on Virtual Switch, Leaving 31 for Virtual Machines VMotion with Hitachi Data Systems Storage Arrays vMotion without EVC enabled fails on Opteron 61xx and 41xx Series processors vMotion wizard fails when migrating a virtual machine from an ESX 3.x host to an ESX 4.0 host VMotion, VMware HA and various service console commands fail to run after upgrading an ESX host VMotioning a virtual machine with RDMs fail due to a LUN number mismatch across hosts Vmrun Loses Connection to a Virtual Machine after Reset Followed by Suspend Vmrun upgradevm Command Requires User to Confirm Upgrade vmsnap_all Does Not Allow Spaces in Configuration File Paths vmsnap_all Does Not Create a /var/log/backup.log File vmsupport files left on ESX or ESXi host fill the filesystem on which they reside vm-support might fail on ESXi systems with many VMs if run on the root partition VMware ACE 2.6 Licensing FAQ VMware ACE Licensing Scenarios VMware ACE Package Installation Fails if the Installation Path is Too Long VMware ACE Package Installer Gives Error After Switch to Second Disc VMware ACE Sometimes Slow to Change Network Connection Type When Switching Zones VMware ACE Virtual Machine with Powered On Snapshot May Show Unexpected Behavior VMware Authorization Service Might Take a Long Time to Start on Windows 2000 Servers VMware Consolidated Backup 1.1 Command-Line Utility Connection to Port 902 Causes an Error Message VMware Consolidated Backup can fail if there are two console interfaces that can route traffic between each other VMware Consolidated Backup Cannot Create Quiesced Snapshots of Virtual Machines Running Microsoft WindowsVista VMware Consolidated Backup cannot lookup a virtual machine by IP/DNS VMware Consolidated Backup fails after upgrading VirtualCenter VMware Consolidated Backup fails and VirtualCenter reports Mapdiskregion failed VMware Consolidated Backup fails because the ESX host stops responding in VirtualCenter VMware Consolidated Backup fails for non-administrative user VMware Consolidated Backup fails on a Windows NT virtual machine VMware Consolidated Backup fails on virtual machines with Raw Device Mappings in physical compatibility mode VMware Consolidated Backup fails on Windows 2008 http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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VMware Consolidated Backup fails to start after upgrading from 1.0.3 to 1.5 VMware Consolidated Backup fails when it is configured to identify the virtual machine by IP address VMware Consolidated Backup fails with error: Invalid Username or Password VMware Consolidated Backup fails with the error: 554 PROXY service vpxa-nfc not found VMware Consolidated Backup fails with the error: Exit code:16 VMware Consolidated Backup fails with the error: No path to device VMware Consolidated Backup fails with the error: The System Folder could not be found. Drive letter mount points andOS version cannot be determined. VMware Consolidated Backup file level backup operation fails with: Error while opening disk VMware Consolidated Backup file level mount fails with the error: The System Folder could not be found VMware Consolidated Backup file-level backup fails to release snapshots after job completion VMware Consolidated Backup installation instructions VMware Consolidated Backup operation fails with the error: Could not renew disk lease. Aborting operation. VMWare Consolidated Backup proxy server is rebooted resulting in ESX hosts losing access to their LUNs VMware Consolidated Backup SCSI Hot-Add feature VMware Converter agent fails to install due to a connection error VMware Converter Agent fails to start or install with system error 1920 VMware Converter Cannot Take a Snapshot of a FAT Volume on 64-bit Vista and Windows 2008 Sources VMware Converter fails with the error: Unable to determine guest OS VMware Converter Import or Other Options Are Unavailable VMware Converter is unable to see the disks when converting Windows Operating systems VMware Converter operation fails with the log entry: Error 2 getting default from Vista BCD file VMware Converter plug-in cannot install after upgrading from VirtualCenter 2.5 to vSphere 4 VMware Converter Standalone 4.0.1 fails when restoring VCB backup image to vCenter Server VMware Customer Number and improved technical support telephone system FAQs VMware Data Recovery (VDR) fails to run backups even after a reclaim VMware Data Recovery 1.0 and Essentials Plus licensing VMware Data Recovery appliance displays FAILED for numerous services VMware Data Recovery backup fails with the error: Failed to create snapshot for VM1, error -3902 ( file access error) VMware Data Recovery backup fails with the error: Failed to create snapshot. Error: 3941 VMware Data Recovery backup job fails when backing up a virtual machine with RDMs VMware Data Recovery backup operations fail with error: -3948 (vcbapi exception) VMware Data Recovery backups fail with the error: failed, error -2241 (Catalog File invalid/damaged) VMware Data Recovery connectivity issues VMware Data Recovery datarecovery.ini options VMware Data Recovery fails to connect to vCenter with the error: Connect::BeginSession: failed to authenticate VMware Data Recovery fails to connect when invoked from a linked vCenter VMware Data Recovery fails to restore a virtual machine with an attached physical RDM VMware Data Recovery fails to restore a virtual machine with the error: Incompatible device backing specified for deviceX VMware Data Recovery incorrectly reports that backing up a virtual machine with an independent disk is successful VMware Data Recovery Integrity Check fails with the error: Trouble reading from destination volume, error -2241 VMware Data Recovery performs a full backup instead of an incremental backup on some virtual machines VMware Data Recovery performs only a single backup at a time VMware Data Recovery Plugin Reports tab loads slowly VMware Desktop Manager 2.x Connection Server issues VMware Desktop Manager or View Manager keytool errors when adding a certificate VMware End User License Agreements VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200904402-SG: Updates ESX Scripts VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903201-UG: Updates VMkernel, Service Console, and hostd VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903202-UG: Updates ESX Scripts VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903203-UG: Updates RPM Components VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903204-UG: Updates CIM and Pegasus VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903206-UG: Updates the bnx2x Driver for Broadcom VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903209-UG: Updates SATA SCSI Drivers VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903210-UG: Updates Software Drivers for HP Smart Array Controllers VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903211-UG: Updates SCSI Driver for Emulex FC HBAs VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903218-UG: Updates Driver for NetXen UNM NICs VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903220-UG: Updates ixgbe Driver VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903225-UG: Updates VMware-esx VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903228-UG: Updates Net-SNMP VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903229-UG: Includes forcedeth Driver 0.6 VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903230-UG: Updates VMkernel iSCSI Driver VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903232-UG: Updates VMware-esx-docs VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903212-UG: Updates SCSI Driver for QLogic FC HBAs http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! 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VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903213-UG: Updates Hardware Detection Utility VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903215-UG: Updates bnx2 Driver for Broadcom VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903216-UG: Updates Performance Tools VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903217-UG: Updates tg3 Driver for Broadcom VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903219-UG: Updates e1000e Driver VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903221-UG: Updates e1000 Driver VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903223-UG: Updates Web Access VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903224-UG: Updates VMware-esx-lnxcfg VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903226-UG: Updates MegaRAID and LSI MPT SAS Drivers VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903227-UG: Updates Libxml2 VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911201-UG: Updates VMkernel, Service Console, hostd VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911202-UG: Updates ESX Scripts VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911203-UG: Updates bnx2 Driver for Broadcom VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911204-UG: Updates forcedeth Driver for Nvidia VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911205-UG: Updates igb Driver for Intel VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911206-UG: Updates tg3 Driver for Broadcom VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911207-UG: Updates MegaRAID and mptscsi Drivers VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911209-UG: Updates Qlogic Driver VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911210-UG: Updates CIM and Pegasus VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911211-UG: Updates Driver for NetXen NIC VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911212-UG: Updates Aacraid Driver VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911214-UG: Updates e1000 Driver for Intel VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911215-UG: Updates ixgbe Driver for Intel VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911216-UG: Updates SCSI AHCI Driver VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911217-UG: Updates bnx2x Driver for Broadcom VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911219-UG: Updates e1000e Driver for Intel VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911221-UG: Updates Emulex Driver VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911222-UG: Updates VMware-esx VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911223-UG: Updates VMware-esx-docs VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESXe350-200911201-I-UG: Updates Firmware VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESXe350-200911202-T-UG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-2000901406-BG: Updates Kernel Source and VMNIX VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808401-BG: Security and Other Updates to VMkernel, hostd, and Other RPMs VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808402-BG: Updates the Service Console Kernel VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808403-BG: Updates the Software iSCSI Driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808405-SG: Security Update to the Net-SNMP Package of the Service Console VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808406-SG: Security Update to the Perl Package of the Service Console VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808407-BG: Updates Software QLogic iSCSI Driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808408-BG: Updates ESX Scripts VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808409-SG: Security Update to the BIND Package of the Service Console VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808410-BG: Updates Software Broadcom Driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808411-BG: Updates Performance Tools VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808412-BG: Updates lnxcfg VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808413-SG: Security Update to cim-smwg for the Openwsman Component of theService Console VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200809404-SG: Security Update to VMware-esx-vmx VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200810201-UG: Updates VMkernel, Service Console, hostd VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200810202-UG: Updates ESX Scripts VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200810203-UG: Updates MPT SCSI Driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200810204-UG: Updates bnx2x Driver for Broadcom VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200810205-UG: Updates CIM and Pegasus VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200810206-UG: Updates ATA PIIX SCSI Driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200810207-UG: Updates SCSI Driver for QLogic FC HBAs VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200810208-UG: Updates esxupdate Documentation VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200810209-UG: Updates bnx2 Driver for Broadcom VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200810210-UG: Updates HP Storage Component Drivers VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200810212-UG: Updates VMkernel iSCSI Driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200810214-UG: Updated Time Zone Rules VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200810215-UG: Updates Web Access VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200811401-SG: Updates VMkernel, hostd, and Other RPMs VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200811402-SG: Updates ESX Scripts VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200811405-SG: Security Update to libxml2 in Service Console VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200811406-SG: Security Update to bzip2 in Service Console VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200811408-BG: Updates QLogic Software Driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200811409-BG: Updates Kernel Source and VMNIX http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! 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VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200901401-SG: Updates VMkernel, VMX, and hostd VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200901402-SG: Security Update for ESX Scripts VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200901404-BG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200901405-BG: Updates VMware-esx-lnxcfg VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200901407-BG: Updates Pegasus VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200901408-BG: Updates SATA Drivers VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200901409-SG: Security Update for SNMP in the Service Console VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200901410-SG: Security Update for libxml2 in the Service Console VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200904201-SG: Updates VMX RPM VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200904401-BG: Updates vmkernel vmx hostd etc VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200904403-BG: Updates bnx2 Driver for Broadcom VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200904404-BG: Updates VMkernel iSCSI Driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200904405-BG: Updates Kernel Source and VMNIX VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200904406-SG: Updates vim-common, vim-minimal RPMs VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200904407-SG: Security Update to BIND VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200904408-SG: Security Update to the openssl Package VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200904409-BG: Updates vmkctl RPM VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200905401-BG: Updates vmkernel and hostd RPMs VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200905402-BG: Updates VMX RPM VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200905403-BG: Updates aacraid driver for Adaptec VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200905404-BG: Update to tzdata package VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200905405-BG: Updates Kernel Source and VMNIX VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200906401-BG : Updates vmkctl and vmkernel RPMs VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200906402-BG: Updates NetXen Driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200906403-BG: Updates Kernel Source and kernel-vmnix RPMs VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200906405-BG: Updates bnx2x Driver for Broadcom VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200906406-BG:Updates VMware Tools VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200906407-BG: Updates krb5-libs and pam_krb5 VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200906408-BG: Updates VMX RPM VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200907403-BG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200907404-BG: Updates vmx RPM VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200907405-BG: Updates kernel source and vmnix VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200907407-BG: Updates vmkernel and hostd RPMs VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200908401-BG: Updates forcedeth driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200908402-BG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200908403-BG: Updates megaraid and mptscsi drivers VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200908404-BG: Updates vmkctl VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200908405-BG: Updates vmkernel VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200908406-BG: Updates vmx VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200908407-BG: Updates kernel source and vmnix VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200908408-BG: Updates bnx2x driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910401-SG: Updates VMkernel, Tools, hostd VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910402-BG: Updates ESX Scripts VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910403-SG: Updates Web Access VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910404-SG: Updates CIM VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910405-SG: Updates mptscsi drivers VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910406-SG: Updates Service Console DHCP Client VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910408-BG: Updates VMkernel iSCSI driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910409-BG: Updates Emulex FC driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200912401-BG: Updates VMkernel, Tools, hostd VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200912402-BG: Updates e1000 driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200912403-BG: Updates e1000e driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200912404-BG: Updates igb driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200912405-BG: Updates ixgbe driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200912406-BG: Updates CIM VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201002401-SG: Updates Net-SNMP VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201002402-SG: Security updates to Python package VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201002403-BG: Updates VMkernel, vmx, hostd, vmnix VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201002404-SG: Security update to BIND VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201002405-BG: Updates Aacraid driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201002406-BG: Updates bnx2x driver for Broadcom VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201002407-SG: Updates Libxml2 VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201002408-BG: Updates MPT SCSI driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201002409-BG: Updates iSCSI driver and iSCSI daemon VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201002411-BG: Updates ATA PIIX SCSI driver http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201003401-BG: Updates VMkernel, Tools, Hostd, VMX, VMnix VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201003402-BG: Updates SCSI driver for Qlogic Fibre Channel HBA VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201003403-SG: Updates VMware-webCenter-esx VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201006401-SG: Updates VMkernel, VMware Tools, hostd, VMX, VMnix VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201006402-BG: Updates Emulex Fibre Channel driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201006403-BG: Updates QLogic driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201006404-BG: Updates e1000 driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201006405-SG: Updates GNU GCC package VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201006406-SG: Updates GNU Gzip package VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201006407-SG: Updates NTP package VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201006408-SG: Updates Kerberos package VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201006409-BG: Updates CIM and Pegasus VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201008401-SG: Updates VMkernel, hostd, and VMX VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201008402-BG: Updates bnx2x driver VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201008403-BG: Updates kernel-vmnix VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201008405-SG: Updates cpio VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201008406-SG: Updates expat VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201008407-SG: Updates tar VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201008409-BG: Updates tools VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201008410-SG: Updates samba VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201008411-SG: Updates krb5 VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-201008412-SG: Updates perl VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200903411-BG: Updates the bnx2x Driver for Broadcom VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200903412-BG: Updates the Service Console Kernel VMware ESX 4.0 and ESXi 4.0, Patch VEM 4.0: Host upgrade to ESX 4.0 Update 2 Cisco Nexus 1000V release 4.0 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200906401-BG: Updates VMX VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200906402-BG: Updates ESX Scripts VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200906403-BG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200906404-BG: Updates CIM VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200906405-SG: Updates krb5 and pam_krb5 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200906406-SG: Updates sudo VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200906407-SG: Updates curl VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200906408-BG: Updates SCSI Driver for QLogic FC VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200906409-BG: Updates LSI storelib Library VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200906410-BG: Updates hostd VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200906411-SG: Updates udev VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200906412-BG: Updates esxupdate VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200906413-BG: Updates vmkernel iSCSI Driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200907401-BG: Updates vmklinux and vmkernel64 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200909401-BG: Updates vmx and vmkernel64 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200909402-BG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200909403-BG: Updates bnx2x driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200909404-BG: Updates ixgbe driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200909405-BG: Updates perftools VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200909406-BG: Updates hpsa driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911201-UG: Updates Core VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911205-UG: Updates lpfc820 driver to version 8.2.0.30.52vmw-2vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911206-UG: Updates hpsa driver to version 3.6.14.27vmw-2vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911207-UG: Updates mpt2sas driver to version 02.00.00.00.1vmw-2vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911208-UG: Updates Service Console Kernel VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911209-UG: Updates forcedeth driver to version 0.61-2vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911210-UG: Updates ixgbe driver to version 1.3.36-2vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911211-UG: Updates megaraid2 driver to version 2.00.4-2vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911212-UG: Updates megaraid-sas driver to version 4.0.08.15vmw-2vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911213-UG: Updates mptsas driver to version 4.00.37.00.27vmw-2vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911214-UG: Updates ahci driver to version 2.0-2vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911215-UG: Updates ata-piix driver to version 2.00ac6-2vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911216-UG: Updates mptspi driver to version 4.00.37.00.27vmw-2vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911217-UG: Updates qla2xxx driver to version 821.k1.42vmw-2vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911218-UG: Updates s2io driver to version 2.1.4.13427-2vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911219-UG: Updates nx-nic driver to version 4.0.301-2vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911220-UG: Updates cciss driver to version 3.6.14.8vmw-2vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911222-UG: Updates enic driver to version 1.1.0.68-1vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911223-UG: Updates Web Access VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911224-UG: Updates fnic driver to version 1.1.0.49.2vmw-2vmw http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911225-UG: Updates bnx2x driver to version 1.45.20-2vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911226-UG: Updates e1000 driver to version 8.0.3.1-2vmw, and the e1000edevice driver to version 0.4.1.7-2vmw VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911227-UG: Updates Intel igb driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911228-UG: Updates Serverworks PATA for ATA driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911229-UG: Updates ATA driver and libraries VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911230-UG: Updates SCSI and iSCSI driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911231-UG: Updates qlogic scsi driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911232-SG: Updates curl VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911233-SG: Updates gnutls VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911234-SG: Updates xml2 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911235-SG: Updates python VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911236-UG: Updates SNMP VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911237-SG: Updates bind VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911238-SG: Updates ntp VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911239-SG: Updates audit VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200912101-UG: Updates Service Console glibc VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200912401-BG: Updates vmkernel, vmklinux, tools, CIM, and perftools VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200912402-SG: Updates OpenSSL VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200912403-SG: Updates NSS and NSPR VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200912404-SG: Updates DHCP VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201002401-BG: Updates vmkernel64, vmx, hostd, etc VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201002402-BG: Updates initscripts VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201002404-SG: Updates glib2 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201002405-BG: Updates megaraid-sas VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201002406-SG: Updates newt VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201002407-SG: Updates nfs-utils VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201002408-BG: Updates Enic driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201003222-UG: Updates the ESX 4.0 pam_passwdqc rpm VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201003401-BG: Updates vmkernel64,vmx, hostd, and scripts VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201003402-BG: Updates hpsa driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201003403-SG: Updates acpid VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201003404-BG: Updates lpfc820 driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201003405-SG: Updates samba-client and samba-common VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201003406-BG: Updates megaraid-sas driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201003407-BG: Updates ehci-ehci-hcd driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201005401-SG: Updates apps, cim, exsupdate, scripts, tools, vmkernel64, uwlibs,kernel, and openssl VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201005402-SG: Updates VMware-webCenter-esx VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201005403-SG: Updates Expat VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201005404-SG: Updates NTP VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201005405-SG: Updates gzip VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201005406-SG: Updates krb5 and pam_krb5 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201005407-SG: Updates gcc packages VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201005408-SG: Updates bind-libs and bind-utils VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201005409-SG: Updates sudo VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006201-UG: Updates the VMware ESX 4.0 Core and CIM components VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006202-UG: Updates the VMware ESX 4.0 mpt2sas device driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006203-UG: Updates the VMware ESX 4.0 mptsas, mptspi device drivers VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006204-UG: Updates the VMware ESX 4.0 fnic device driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006205-UG: Updates the ESX 4.0 SCSI/iSCSI driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006206-UG: Updates the VMware ESX 4.0 ixgbe device driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006207-UG: Updates the ESX 4.0 Intel igb driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006208-UG: Updates the ESX 4.0 USB storage component VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006209-UG: Updates the ESX 4.0 qlogic SCSI driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006211-UG: Updates the VMware ESX 4.0 nx-nic device driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006212-UG: Updates the VMware ESX 4.0 bnx2x device driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006214-UG: Updates the VMware ESX 4.0 cciss device driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006215-UG: Updates Driver for VMware ESX 4.0 HP SAS Controllers VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006217-UG: Updates the ESX 4.0 python component VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006218-UG: Updates the VMware ESX 4.0 SCSI lpfc820 device driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006219-UG: Updates the VMware ESX 4.0 ATA libata device driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006220-UG: Updates the ESX 4.0 Megaraid SAS device driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006221-UG: Updates tzdata VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006224-UG : Updates the ESX 4.0 initscripts rpm http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006225-UG: Updates the ESX 4.0 Web Access components VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201006226-UG: Updates the VMware ESX 4.0 EHCI HCD device driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201009401-SG: Updates VMkernel, CIM, Scripts, VMware Tools, VMklinux, and VMX VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201009402-SG: Updates GNU cpio package VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201009403-SG: Updates Kerberos RPMs VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201009406-SG: Updates Tar package VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201009407-SG: Updates NSS_db package VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201009408-SG: Updates OpenLDAP and OpenLDAP-client VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201009409-SG: Updates cURL RPM VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201009410-SG: Updates sudo package VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201009411-SG: Updates Perl RPM VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201009412-BG: Updates Cisco fnic driver VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-Update01a VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-Update02: VMware ESX 4.0 Complete Update 2 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch Release and Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module VMware ESX 4.0, Patch Release and Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module VMware ESX 4.0, Patch Release ESX400-200906001 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch Release ESX400-200907001 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch Release ESX400-200909001 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch Release ESX400-200912001 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch Release ESX400-201002001 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch Release ESX400-201003001 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch Release ESX400-201005001 VMware ESX 4.0, Patch Release ESX400-201009001 VMware ESX and ESXi 3.5 Comparison VMware ESX and ESXi 3.5 U3 I/O failure on SAN LUN(s) and LUN queue is blocked indefinitely VMware ESX and ESXi 4.0 Comparison VMware ESX and ESXi 4.1 Comparison VMware ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1000074: Update to the esxupdate Utility VMware ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-5874303: Update to the esxupdate Utility VMware ESX Server 3.0.3 ESX303-Rollup01: RollUp Bundle for ESX Server 3.0.3 VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200809401-SG: Security and Other Fixes for VMware-esx-vmx, VMware-esx-vmkernel, and VMware-hostd-esx RPMs VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200809402-BG: Fix for QLogic Driver Issue When Resetting the Storage Target VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200809404-BG: Update to the Service Console Kernel VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200809405-BG: Fix for kernel oops During VMware Tools Installation on 2.4.2 or2.4.9 Linux Kernels VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200810501-BG: Fix for Proper Deletion of VMware Log Files; Fix for anInstruction Synchronization Issue VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200810502-BG: Virtual Machine Heartbeat Alarms Misreport Status; Hostd StopsResponding VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200810503-SG: Security Updates to the ESX Server Service Console Packagesfor libxml2 VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200810505-BG: Corrected Message for Path Failover Command VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200810506-BG: Patch Installation Using esxupdate Fails Because 2nd-LevelDependency Is Not Installed VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200808401-SG: Service Console Update to Net-SNMP VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200808402-SG: Perl Security Update to Service Console Package VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200808403-SG: VCB Fails Due to Disk Lease Timeout; Enabling Root PasswordExpiry; VirtualCenter 2.5 Displays an Error When a Virtual Machine is Powered on; Third Party Library libpng Updated to1.2.29 VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200808404-SG: Fix for VMware Tools Upgrade from ESX Server 3.0.x GA to ESXServer 3.0.x Patch Installations; Virtual Machine Core Dumps are Generated During VMotion; Third Party Library libpngUpdated to 1.2.29 VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200808405-BG: Fix for Replacing msvcrt.dll with an Older Version DuringVMware Tools Upgrade; Fix for VMware Tools Upgrade from ESX Server 3.0.x GA to ESX Server 3.0.x PatchInstallations VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200808406-SG: Service Console Security Update to BIND VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200808407-SG: Security Updates to Web Access Components Tomcat and JRE VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200811401-BG: hostd Exceeds Hard Limit for Memory Usage;Virtual Machine IsPowered On, on Multiple ESX Server Hosts;VMkernel Mark Paths as Offline When SVC Is Not Ready After a SVCReset VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200811404-SG: Security Update to the ESX Server Service Console Packages forbzip2 http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200811405-BG: Update to tzdata.rpm Package VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200811407-BG: Mapping of Scripts in VMware Tools VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200812401-BG: Virtual Machines Stop Responding When Disconnected fromSerial Port VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200812402-BG: Fix for vdf -P Command to Delimit the Output Values with ProperSpacing VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200812403-BG: Qlogic iSCSI Driver Allocates Target IDs Greater than 255 VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200812404-BG: Permissions on the Service Console File System Change toRead-Only During Long NetApp Cluster Failover VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200812405-BG: CHAP Authentication Failure on ESX Server VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200812406-BG: Fix for hostd RPM VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200812407-BG: Required Patch for IBM FAStT Storage Arrays (DS3000,DS4000, DS5000 families) to Correct an Issue with Failover; Fix for a VMFS Issue VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200812408-BG: QLogic Driver RPMs Versions Mismatch VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200812409-BG: Hyperthreading Status Reported Incorrectly on Non-HT MulticoreProcessors for ESX Server 3.0.3 VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200901401-BG: COW_MAX_HEAP_SIZE_MB parameter Can be Changed Only in Service Console; ESX Server Fails When a Guest Operating System Sends a Large Data Packet with Large Numberof Scatter Gather Elements VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200901402-SG: Updated vm-support Script VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200901403-BG: Applying a Patch Bundle Updates Some Original Entries insyslog.conf File VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200901404-BG: Fix to Remove Spurious I/O Error Messages VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200901405-SG: Security Update to SNMP in the Service Console VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200901406-SG: Security Update to libxml2 in Service Console VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200901407-BG: Update for ESX Server With BCM 5700 Ethernet LAN ControllerCards VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200903401-BG: Add Pre-Built Modules for Ubuntu 8.04.2 Guest OperatingSystems VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200903402-BG: Support for Firmware Version of LSI Engenio DS4000 Series;ESX Server Might Stop Responding as Cache Is Cleared for Pages from Virtual e1000 Driver VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200903403-SG: Security Update for Service Console Vim RPM VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200903404-BG: Not Able to Download VI Client Installation Files VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200903405-SG: Security Update for BIND RPMs in Service Console VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200903406-SG: Updated Service Console Package OpenSSL 0.9.7a-33.25 VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200904403-SG: Host code execution vulnerability from a guest operating system,vSMP virtual machines stop responding when network connection is intermittent VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200905401-SG: Update to VMware-esx-tools RPM VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200905402-SG: Updates to esxcfg-firewall script to enable and disable FTP clientservice VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200905403-BG: Virtual machines in Lab Manager environment might stopresponding due to a heavy load on LUN VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200905404-BG: Update to FTP client service VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200905405-BG: Update to time zone information (tzdata) package VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200908401-BG: Updates kernel source and vmnix VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200908402-BG: Updates vmkernel VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200908403-SG: Updates krb5-libs and pam_krb5 VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200908404-BG: Updates vmx VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200908405-BG: Updates hostd VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200908406-BG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200908407-BG: Updates mptscsi_2xx driver VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200910401-BG: Updates VMX VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200910402-SG: Updates Service Console DHCP Client VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, Patch ESX303-201002201-UG: Updates VMkernel, VMX, hostd VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, Patch ESX303-201002202-UG: Updates net-snmp VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, Patch ESX303-201002203-UG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, Patch ESX303-201002204-UG: Updates Libxml2 VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, Patch ESX303-201002205-UG: Security update to BIND VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, Patch ESX303-201002206-UG: Security updates to Python package VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, Patch ESX303-201002207-UG: Includes Scripts RPM VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802301-BG: Update to the bnx2 Driver VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802303-SG: Security Update to the util-linux Package VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802304-SG: Security Update to the Perl Package VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802305-SG: Security Update to the OpenSSL Package VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802306-BG: Daylight Saving Time Update http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! 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VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802401-BG: Updates to VMware-hostd-esx VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802404-BG: Resolves DMA Issues on LSI 1078 and 106XE HBAs VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802405-BG: Update to MegaRAID SCSI Driver to Fix Dell PowerEdge6650 Boot Issue VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802406-SG: Updated aacraid Driver VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802408-SG: Security Updates to the Python Package VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802409-BG: Fix for Reset Issue with CD-ROM Controller, VMkernelUpdate for bnx2 Driver VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802410-BG: Unexpected Reboot of Virtual Machines Configured to Automatically Start or Stop VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802411-BG: Enhanced Validation Checks, and Fixes for Storage VMotionand Lab Manager VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802412-BG: Updates to the VMkernel to Fix Networking and HardwareIssues VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802413-BG: Sunfire X4200 Host Hangs Because of HBA Timeouts Due toDMA Problems VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802414-BG: Discrete Sensors Report Wrong Information to Monitors VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803201-UG: Upgrade to the Openwsman Protocol Adapter, Fix for OpenPegasus Management Server VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803203-UG: Update to VMware-cim-esx VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803204-UG: Update to VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-mptscsi_2xx VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803205-UG: Support for the VMware-esx-drivers-net-ixgbe driver VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803206-UG: Update to VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-lpfc_elx_v740 VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803207-UG: Update to VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-qla2300-v707_vmw VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803208-UG: Update to the esxupdate utility VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803209-UG: Update to the Service Console VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803210-UG: Update to VMware-esx-drivers-net-bnx2-350.1.5.10b.1vmw VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803211-UG: Update to vmkernel and vmnix VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803212-UG: Update to VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-qla4010 and VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-qla4022 VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803213-UG: Driver Versioning Method Changes VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803214-UG: Security Update for the e2fsprogs, libxml, net-snmp, and pcrepackages VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803215-UG: Update to the Virtual Infrastructure Client VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803216-UG: Update to VMware-esx-drivers-net-tg3 VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803217-UG: Update to VMware-esx-srvrmgmt VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200804401-BG: Update to VMware-esx-vmkernel VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200804402-BG: Update to VMware-esx-vmx VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200804403-BG: Update to VMware-hostd-esx VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200804404-BG: Update to VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-vmkiscsi VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200804405-BG: Update to VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-megaraid2 VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200804406-BG: Update to VMware-esx-drivers-net-e1000 VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200804407-BG: Update to kernel-source and kernel-vmnix VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200804408-BG: Update to VMware-esx-scripts VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200805503-BG: Update to VMnix VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200805504-SG: Security Update to the Service Console for Cyrus SASL VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200805505-SG: Security Update to the Service Console for unzip VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200805506-SG: Security Update to the Service Console for Tcl/Tk VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200805507-SG: Security Update to the Service Console for Kerberos 5 VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200805508-SG: Security Update to cim-smwg VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200805513-BG: Update to VMware-esx-iscsi VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200805514-BG: Update to VMware-esx-drivers-net-e1000 VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200805515-SG: Security Update to Fix Local Exploitation of an UntrustedLibrary Path Vulnerability in vmware-authd VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200806404-SG: Security Updates to WebAccess Components Tomcat andJRE VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200802401-I-BG: Firmware Update VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200804401-O-BG: Firmware Update VMware ESX Server 3i Version 3.5, ESXe350-200712401-I-BG: Firmware Update VMware ESX Server 3i version 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200803201-I-UG: Firmware Update VMware ESX Server 3i version 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200803201-T-UG: Tools Update VMware ESX Server 3i version 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200803201-C-UG: VI Client Update VMware ESX Server 3i, Patch ESXe350-200805501-I-SG: Firmware Update VMware ESX Server 3i, Patch ESXe350-200805502-T-SG: VMware Tools Update VMware ESX Server 3i, Patch 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VMware ESX Server 3i, Patch ESXe350-200808202-T-UG: VMware Tools Update VMware ESX Server and Security Issues in OpenSSH VMware ESX Server Host Agent is already running VMware ESX Server Internal Monitor Error *** vcpu-0:ASSERT bugNr=17332 VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 host with Broadcom bnx2x Async Driver Version 1.52.12.v40.3 experiences a loss of networkconnectivity and a purple diagnostic screen VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1 host with Broadcom bnx2x (in-box driver version 1.54.1.v41.1-1vmw) experiences a loss ofnetwork connectivity and a purple diagnostic screen VMware ESX/ESXi host logs timeout errors when trying to establish SSL connections VMware ESXi 3.5 U2, Patch ESXe350-200808201-I-UG: Firmware Update VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-201006401-I-SG: Updates firmware VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200809401-I-SG: Firmware Update VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200903201-I-UG: Firmware Update VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200903202-T-UG: VMware Tools Update VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200903203-C-UG: VI Client Update VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200910401-I-SG: Updates Firmware VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200910402-T-BG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200911203-C-UG: Updates VI Client VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200912401-I-BG: Updates Firmware VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200912402-T-BG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200912402-T-BG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-201002401-I-SG: Updates firmware VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-201003401-I-BG: Updates firmware VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-201003402-T-BG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-201006402-T-BG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-201008401-I-SG: Updates firmware VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200906401-BG: Firmware Update VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200906402-BG: Tools Update VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200907401-BG: Updates Firmware VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200909401- BG: Updates Firmware VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200909402-BG: Updates Tools VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200911201-UG: Updates Firmware VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200911202-UG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200911203-UG: Updates VI Client VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200912401-BG: Updates Firmware VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200912402-BG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-201002401-BG: Updates Firmware VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-201002402-BG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-201003401-BG: Updates Firmware VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-201005401-SG: Updates Firmware VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-201005402-BG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-201006201-UG: Updates Firmware VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-201006202-UG: Updates Tools VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-201006203-UG: Updates VI Client VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-201009401-BG: Updates Firmware VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-201009402-BG: Updates VMware Tools VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-Update01 VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-Update02: VMware ESXi 4.0 Update 2 VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch Release and Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch Release and Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch Release and Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch Release ESXi400-200906001 VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch Release ESXi400-200907001 VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch Release ESXi400-200909001 VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch Release ESXi400-200912001 VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch Release ESXi400-201002001 VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch Release ESXi400-201003001 VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch Release ESXi400-201005001 VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch Release ESXi400-201009001 VMware ESXi host log message: WARNING: VFAT: 154: File_Ioctl VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200806401-I-BG: Firmware Update VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200808501-I-SG: Firmware Update VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200810401-I-UG: Firmware Update VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200810402-T-UG: VMware Tools Update VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200810403-C-UG: VI Client Update http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200811401-I-SG: Firmware Update VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200811401-T-BG: VMware Tools Update VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200901401-I-SG: Firmware Update VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200901402-T-BG: VMware Tools Update VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200903411-I-BG: Firmware Update VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200904201-I-SG: Firmware Update VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200904401-I-SG: Firmware Update VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200904402-T-BG: Tools Update VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200905401-I-BG: Firmware Update VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200906401-I-BG: Firmware Update VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200906402-T-BG: Tools Update VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200907401-I-BG: Updates Firmware VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200907403-T-BG: Updates Tools VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200908401-I-BG: Updates Firmware VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200908402-T-BG: Updates VMware Tools VMware Fault Tolerance FAQ VMware Fault Tolerance migration transition states VMware Fault Tolerant virtual machine fails to power on and generates an error VMware Fusion 1 crashes or presents an Unexpected Signal 10 error on the MacBook Air if the external SuperDrive isnot connected. VMware Fusion 1.0 Fails to Remount the Boot Camp Partition VMware Fusion 1.0 Quits Unexpectedly After Change to the Floppy Settings VMware Fusion 1.0 Virtual Machines Become Unresponsive or Quit Unexpectedly During Suspend and SnapshotOperations VMware Fusion 1.0 Virtual Machines Displayed on Secondary Monitor Have Incorrect Screen Resolution VMWare Fusion 3.x refund offer VMware Fusion Does Not Support Drag-and-Drop Operations Between Linux Virtual Machine and Host VMware Fusion Help might not be available after you switch languages in System Preferences VMware Fusion installation fails if a broken version of MacFUSE already exists on your Mac VMware Go overview and support information VMware HA Agents Fail to Automatically Reconfigure After Network Connectivity is Restored VMware HA Configuration Errors after VirtualCenter Server 2.0.1 Update VMware HA configuration fails with a VMWareClusterManager Rule not enabled error VMware HA configuration fails with the error: VMAP_hostname process failed to stop VMware HA fails with the error: AAM Agent did not start VMware HA Incorrectly Handles Temporary Host Network Isolation VMware HA Log is filling up the File System VMware HA not enabled after ESX Server reboot VMware High Availability cluster reports the error: Could not reach isolation address VMware High Availability configuration fails with a "no active primaries" found error VMware High Availability configuration issues when an iSCSI Service Console is on the same network VMWare High Availability error: VMWareClusterManager Rule not enabled error while configuring HA in a cluster VMware High Availability fails after upgrading to vSphere 4.1 with the error: InsufficientMemoryResourcesFault VMware High Availability fails with error: Configuration of host IP address is inconsistent on host VMware High Availability isolation event after one teamed NIC is plugged into a different port VMware High Availability isolation event may attempt to start virtual machines indefinitely VMware High Availability isolation event occurs when one of the teamed vmnics is disconnected and reconnected VMware High Availability log file vmwareclustermanager.trace file grows large VMware High Availability Network Compliance Check VMware High Availability slot calculation VMware High Availability's Virtual Machine Monitoring on DISK I/O does not work when a virtual machine is onNAS/NFS VMware Infrastructure Client connections to VirtualCenter fails: Configuration system failed to initialize VMware Infrastructure Client displays incorrect Resource Share values for VirtualCenter 2.5 VMware Infrastructure Client for Linux systems VMware Infrastructure Client incorrectly reports the health status of IBM x Series Servers with an LSI 1078 as Alert VMware Infrastructure Client may become slow after installing AppSpeed on the same host as the vCenter Server VMware Infrastructure Client missing permissions tab VMware Infrastructure Client requires .NET Framework 2.0 to be Installed on 64bit editions of Windows prior to itsinstallation VMware Infrastructure Client shows one datastore in use on the Summary tab when multiple datastores are in use VMware Infrastructure Client unrecoverable error: (app) Exception 0x0000005 (Access Violation ) VMware Infrastructure or vSphere Client reports: System Board 4 ProcHot-Limit exceeded VMware Infrastructure Update does not see all hosts VMware License Server Does Not Start http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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VMware license server service does not start due to conflict with another FlexLM server VMware license server tools (LMtools.exe) fails when the system settings tab is selected VMware Management Interface Creates a Windows 2003 Small Business Server Virtual Machine with a BuslogicAdapter by Default VMware Management Interface Does Not Work After I Reboot Linux Host VMware Management Interface is Unable to Manage a Partition Once it is Changed by fdisk VMware Management Interface Login Does Not Display on a Windows Server 2003 Host VMware Management Interface Might Show Incorrect Memory Usage for Virtual Machines VMware Management Interface Pages Display Incorrectly or Return CGI Error; Virtual Machine Files Contain CertainLatin Characters VMware Management Interface Reports Incorrect Number of Host Processors VMware Mouse Driver Does Not Work in Windows 95 Guest VMware Partner Activation Codes (PAC) Explained VMware Perl API Can't Load libcrypto Library VMware Product Fails to Start on Windows Host with Double-Byte User Name VMware product unexpectedly fails with an unrecoverable error VMware Products in VI3 Starter, Standard and Enterprise Editions VMware Products in VI3.5 Foundation, Standard and Enterprise Editions VMware products might be affected during VirtualCenter upgrade VMware Registration Service Frequently Stops VMware Registration Service May Crash when Selecting Disk Device of Imported VMC or SV2I Virtual Machine VMware Remote Console Toolbar Buttons or Menus Disappear VMware SDK Developer Support Program VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2006-0002: VMware Server Sensitive Information Lifetime Issue VMware Server RPM Installation Modified the /etc/services File Security Context on SE Linux VMware Service Manager 8.0 Tasks Outstanding screen shows duplicate tasks in Oracle database environment VMware Service Manager Activity log shows outgoing emails as successfully sent even when the mail server isunavailable VMware Service Manager appearance settings, such as window size and panel size, appear incorrectly for some users VMware Service Manager custom dropdown lists do not populate all fields within the customer portal VMware Service Manager officers get database connectivity errors VMware Service Manager report column headings do not align properly after exporting VMware Service Manager services are automatically created in the unspecified partition VMware Service Manager tab order does not work correctly after editing the tab order in Screen Designer VMware Service Manager v9 incorrectly reporting the Portal Hits count on knowledge bank articles VMware Site Recovery Manager DiscoverArrays task fails on IBM SVC VMware Site Recovery Manager dr-ip-customizer.exe utility fails VMware Site Recovery Manager error "Not Initialized" when recomputing datastore groups VMware Site Recovery Manager fails to discover replicated LUNs on IBM SVC VMware Site Recovery Manager fails to recover datastore VMware Site Recovery Manager on Windows Server 2008 64-bit R2 installation becomes unresponsive on: Pleasewait while setup is initializing VMware Site Recovery Manager TestFailover task fails with the error: Failed to create lun snapshots VMware SQL Server Plug-in Automatic Filter Discovery VMware Storage VMotion fails if virtual machine migrated after suspended and resume state VMware Storage VMotion fails on virtual disks configured as independent-persistent VMware Studio Validating Build Error: SSLLoadSharedLibrary VMware support for the HP LeftHand P4000 iSCSI Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA) VMware support for USB/SD devices used for installing VMware ESXi 4.x VMware support restrictions for Service Console installations of ESX 4.0 VMware support with NetApp MetroCluster VMware SVGA Driver does not Install in a Windows Server 2003 Guest Operating System VMware Tools begins to install, then rolls back VMware Tools Cannot Start on Ubuntu 7.10 Guests If an Unsupported Screen Resolution Is Used VMware Tools Causing Out of Memory Problems in Windows Server 2003 Guest VMware Tools CD Icon Does Not Appear During Installation within X on a SuSE 9.2 Linux Guest VMware Tools CD-ROM Icon Does Not Mount when Installing VMware Tools on RHEL 5 with CD-ROM Connected inFusion 1.0 VMware Tools Configuration Notes VMware Tools Custom Script Not Executed for Suspend or Shut Down Events VMware Tools displays as out of date in VMware Infrastructure Client when the VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure2.0.0 403 agent is installed VMware Tools Do Not Start Properly and the vmxnet Module Won't Load in a FreeBSD Guest Operating System VMware Tools does not start on a Solaris guest VMware Tools Does Not Work Correctly After Move Between GSX Server and ESX Server http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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VMware Tools fails to install during migration of ESX Server 2.5 to ESX Server 3.0 VMware Tools Fails to Install or Upgrade in a Windows Guest Operating System VMware Tools fails to install or upgrade video and mouse driver VMware Tools fails to install SVGA driver on Windows XP Embedded Studio VMware Tools icon is not visible on the Windows System Tray VMware Tools install/upgrade stops responding on Veritas Storage Foundation VMware HA cluster node VMware Tools installation fails to start the guest operating system daemon on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bitguests with the 32-bit glibc-common package installed VMware Tools installation fails when Easy Install is in progress VMware Tools installation fails when McAfee Antivirus is in Maximum Protection mode VMware Tools installation fails with Error 1722 VMware Tools installation fails with the error: The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed VMware Tools installation in Fusion fails with the error: The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed VMware Tools Installer Does Not Start Automatically VMware Tools Installer Freezes after User Ungrabs Mouse VMware Tools leak memory in Windows guests VMware Tools may not install on a Windows guest operating system after upgrading to ESX 4.x VMware Tools on 64-bit Solaris 10 Guests Runs Only in Compatibility Mode; X drivers Not Included VMware Tools requires to be uninstalled when running the installation through the command line VMware Tools setup is unable to find the killall program for 32-bit Ubuntu JeOS 8.04.x guests VMware Tools shrink option on ESX hosted virtual machines VMware Tools State Is Running Instead of Unknown While Virtual Machine Is Suspended via Programming API Script VMware Tools status reports OK even though the tools build number is older than the ESX build number VMware Tools status shows as not running after running VMware Consolidated Backup VMware Tools stops responding or fails to install when Virtual Machine Monitoring is selected VMware Tools uninstall error when Linux guest operating system is removed from VMware environment VMware Tools Uninstaller in Ubuntu Guest Does Not Remove vmxnet Module VMware Tools upgrade for Windows fails on ESXi VMware Tools Upgrade for Windows Guest Cannot Continue VMware Tools Upgrade on a Virtual Machine with Wyse Multimedia Support Installed Fails VMware Tools Upgrade on Linux Guests Requires Manual Network Service Restart VMware Tools Upgrade Utility Fails With Error Message VMware Transactional Purchasing Program (TPP) FAQ - General Information VMware Update Manager crashes at 12% or 33% when upgrading ESX from 3.5 to 4.1 VMware Update Manager displays a conflict message with Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module VMware Update Manager does not install and generates error 25015 VMware Update Manager fails with error Failed to install VMware Update Manager guest agent VMware Update Manager host scan fails with "Metadata for patch missing" when the Update Manager host has multipleNICs VMware Update Manager logs are not collected when generating vCenter Server logs VMware Update Manager network port requirements VMware Update Manager Plug-In fails to install VMware User Not Created during GSX Server Installation VMware vCenter ADM services does not start and you recently performed an upgrade VMware vCenter AppSpeed graph monitoring data shows nulls after upgrade VMware vCenter Chargeback 1.5 components and services VMware vCenter Chargeback and VMware vCenter Lab Manager Compatibility VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Debug Logging Instructions VMware vCenter Converter Standalone installation fails with error: A previous installation/reboot is pending VMware vCenter Lab Manager 4.0 Support for VMware vCenter Update Manager VMware vCenter Lab Manager 4.0.2 Web Console is Blank if the vSphere Client is Installed on the Same Machine VMware vCenter Management Webservices fail to start after installing vCenter Server VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat - Performing a P2V installation using the install clone technique when differing disksubsystems exist VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat and Gigabit Ethernet NIC Drivers (NC77XX) VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Internal Tasks VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat interoperability with anti-virus scanners VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat log entries which may appear in the Application Event Logs VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Out of Disk Behavior VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Plug-in &ndash; Feature List VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat protected passive node drops out of Active Directory every 30 days VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat with Integrated DNS and Active Directory VMware vCenter Server plugins fail after adding custom SSL certificates VMware vCenter Server Site Recovery Manager test failover fails with the error: Unable to recover datastore VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 4.1 Upgrade FAQ http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager cannot create a snapshot LUN when doing a test failover using EMC Clariion VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager installation fails with the error: Failed to create database tables VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager installation may fail if the Windows firewall services are not registered VMware vCenter watchdog service fails and does not restart VMware vCloud Director 1.0 installation requirements VMware vCloud Director 1.0 network requirements VMware vCloud Director and VMware vCenter Lab Manager Comparison VMware vCloud Director Architecture and Terms VMware vCloud Director Cell Architecture VMware vCloud Director components VMware vCloud Director multi-cell features VMware vCloud Director networking VMware vCloud Director OSGi Container VMware vCloud Director Remote Console Proxy VMware vCloud Director virtual machine remote console errors when attempting to connect through the public consoleproxy address VMware VDI Thin Print processes TPAutoConnect and TPVCGateway cause CPU usage to spike to 100% VMware VI Perl toolkit sample script windowsvm.pl does not return any results VMware View 4.0 virtual machines on an ESX 4.0 host do not power on VMware View 4.0.x running View Composer is not supported in vCenter Server 4.1 VMware View Best Practices VMware View Client requires HTTP 1.1 to be enabled in Internet Explorer VMware View Composer installation fails with Error 1920 VMware View Composer My Documents is not redirected to the data disk VMware View Connection Server installation fails with Error 1406 VMware View Connection Server service cannot start if a .properties file contains non-ANSI characters VMware View Connection Server Service fails to start VMware View desktops lose connection over a Security Gateway Server VMware View external users cannot connect to the Connection Server through the Security Server VMware View indicates a streamed MSI ThinApp application is invalid VMware View Manager does not honor Active Directory Certificate Revocation List VMware View Manager fails to create a pool with a linked clone VMware View Manager pool fails to deploy when pool naming scheme matches template name VMware View Manager Security Server does not redirect to proper external URL VMware View virtual desktops disconnect randomly on ESX 4.0 Update 1 and lower VMware View virtual machines appear orphaned or inaccessible in vCenter Server VMware Virtual Appliance overview VMware Virtual Desktop Manager 2.1 logs into the wrong desktop VMware Virtual Desktop Manager desktop fails to open VMware Virtual Infrastructure Client download from VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2 Web interface fails to complete VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access displays a 503 Service Unavailable error VMware virtual machine file system partition inaccessible after importing PERC configuration to different PERC cardon ESX Server 3.0.2 VMware VirtualCenter and VMware ESX Server Provide Datastore URLs with Different Formats VMware VirtualCenter and VMware ESX Support for VMware Lab Manager 3.0.2 VMware VirtualCenter console displays a handshake error VMware VirtualCenter Server service does not start VMware VirtualCenter Server service does not start automatically after reboot VMware VirtualCenter Server service fails after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.1 VMware VirtualCenter Server service fails after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.1 in an environment configured withNexus 1000v VMware VirtualCenter Server service fails to start after vCenter 2.5 upgrade to vCenter 4.0. VMware VirtualCenter Server service not starting after hostname change VMware VMFS Volumes are Displayed Twice in HP Insight Manager Web Interface of the ESX Server VMware VMotion fails if target host does not meet reservation requirements VMware vSphere 4 Update 1 support with HP StorageWorks P4500 Multi-Site cluster VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) 4.0 Patch 02 VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) 4.0 Patch 03 VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) Patch 01 VMware vSphere supports booting linux guest operating system from an paravirtual SCSI adapter VMware Workstation 1.x Archived Manual and Troubleshooting Notes VMware Workstation 7.x does not detect and connect USB devices attached through SuperSpeed USB 3.0 hostcontroller VMware Workstation displays the status of VMware Tools as out of date after you uninstall Open VM Tools VMware Workstation fails to load when restarting a SUSE Linux host after the initial installation http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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VMware Workstation Full License Not Overriding Evaluation License VMware Workstation stops functioning after updating the kernel on a Linux host VMware Workstation User Interface Features and Overview VMware Workstation's clone feature only produces thin disk output vmware-authd Error When Scanning Many LUNs vmware-cmd commands may fail in ESX 3.5 service console vmware-cmd Doesn't Recognize Symbolic Links to VMFS3 Volumes vmware-cmd fails to run with a Can't locate VMware/VmPerl.pm error vmware-config-www.pl Usage and Functionality vmware-fullscreen does not support copy and paste between a host and guest or virtual machines vmware-guestd and vmwareservice.exe experience a memory leak vmware-hostd Uses a Lot of CPU or Has Generated a Core Dump on ESX Server 3 VMware-Specific Directories Not Removed When Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux Host VMX Configuration Values for Ethernet Are not Retrievable Using Current Perl Scripting API and vmware-cmd VMX log file states the incorrect reason of a failure when attempts to add the same USB device to two different virtualmachines fail vmxnet Not Working under SuSE 9.3 in ESX Server vNetwork Distributed PortGroup (dvPortGroup) configuration vNetwork Distributed Switch on ESX 4.x - Concepts Overview vNetwork Distributed Switch Proxy Switch Port Unavailable vNetwork Distributed Switch VLAN network failures due to vmnic hardware VLAN Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) - Key Features and Changes Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) - Program Definitions and Policies Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) FAQ - Affiliates Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) FAQ - Customer Specific Questions Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) FAQ - General Information Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) FAQ - Online Tools and Migration Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) FAQ - Points and Discounts VPN-connected View desktops lose connectivity after network changes on the client vpxd log directory path when vCenter Server 4.0 is installed on Windows Server 2008 VPXD randomly fails when statistics level is set to 3 or higher and the database load is too heavy with many long-runtransactions vReplicator causing multiple issues with the hostd management agent of an ESX host vShield Manager 4.1 and vShield Edge 1.0 commands vShield Zones OVF import fails and results in an error vShield Zones resource utilization and latency statistics vShield Zones virtual appliance stops working if you remove and re-add NICs from it vsla-agent becomes unresponsive when the service console has two IP addresses vSphere 4 license expires and you cannot register your product vSphere 4.1 upgrade pre-installation requirements and considerations vSphere agent upgrade checker asks for a 32bit system DSN vSphere agent upgrade checker encounters a problem while connecting to the host vSphere agent upgrade checker issue with low disk space vSphere agent upgrade checker issue with missing patches for ESX vSphere agent upgrade checker issue with network mounts vSphere CLI and Service Console Parity Issues vSphere Client console screen is blank during an RDP session vSphere Client displays a white screen when accessing the virtual machine console vSphere Client displays incorrect characters when vCenter Server is not configured to support the language locale ofthe vSphere client vSphere Client does not open on any Windows operating systems with the error: parsing the server "<servername>""clients.xml" file vSphere Client fails to differentiate between the ports of NC532m and NC532i network adapters vSphere Client fails when uploading file to datastore vSphere Client fails with the error: To collect data to submit to VMware support, run "vm-support" vSphere Client Help is not accessible on systems using Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration vSphere Client installation might fail with Error 1603 if you do not have an active internet connection vSphere Client might fail to connect to the vCenter Server vSphere Client might not display properly during a View desktop PCoIP session vSphere Client options are disabled for users with full administrative rights to vCenter Server vSphere Client Overview Performance charts might not appear for ESX hosts prior to ESX 4.0 vSphere Client Performance tab and Storage tab do not function if vCenter Server uses an Oracle Database vSphere Client performs slowly on a Windows 7 system vSphere LSI Logic SAS option is not available vSphere role recommendations do not appear after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1 http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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vSphere support for View Manager vSphere vApps in a vCloud Environment vStorage APIs for Array Integration FAQ vStorage APIs for Data Protection (VADP) FAQ Wake-On-LAN Compatibility as a Prerequisite for Distributed Power Management Warning "Dismissing exception 13" when Running Threaded Applications on the Service Console Warning "UNSUPPORTED flags (0x1) -> EINVAL" Sent to Log During Virtual Machine Initialization Warning for Duplicate IP Address for VMware VMotion Port Group Warning messages logged during installation of patches on ESX Server 3i version 3.5 Update 3 Warning Messages Related to CCISS Driver while Starting HP Insight Manager on ESX Server 3.x Warning on VCB Disconnect from VirtualCenter Server Warnings for Interrupt IRQ 13 Warnings when installing VMware Tools on some VMware products running Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Watchdog creates a daily Support Package WBEM support in HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 SP2 does not work after installing Patch ESXe350-200807401-I-UG WDDM and XPDM graphics driver support with ESX 4.x, Workstation 7.0, and Fusion 3.0 Web Access can incorrectly prompt you to upgrade to an older version of VDM Client Web Access on Windows does not support accessing VDM servers with localized domain names. Web access redirect fails if an SSL accelerator [offloader] is present between client and server Web Access service stops with Event ID: 7034 Web browser becomes unresponsive after entering product license for Ace Management Server Web page redirected from native Internet Explorer to virtual Internet Explorer 6 with ThinDirect is hidden behind extrawindow Web Server Runs Slowly in a Windows 2000 Virtual Machine Web Service Does Not Handle Non-UTF-8 Characters Webcams Have Known Issues with USB Redirection and Are Not Supported Webservices features such as Hardware Status show errors when using interactive or manual authentication What are the differences between Converter Starter and Converter Enterprise? What causes slow performance in Infra? What Database Permissions Are Required After VirtualCenter Is Installed? What do the different administrator roles (PLA, SLA, and SA) mean? What impact does vShield Zones Discovery have on my network and virtual machines? What is a TOE NIC and does ESX support any TOE NICs? What is beacon probing? What is Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA) and Native Multipathing (NMP)? What is the purpose of the Customer and Organization fields in the Service Details screen? What is the Rapid Cloning Utility? Is it a supported utility to be used in Virtual Infrastructure Environment? What is VMFS? (VMFS 2) What Is VMSA-2006-0004, Several Security Issues Affecting ESX Server 2.5.x? What is VMware Capacity Planner? What port numbers must be open for Site Recovery Manager and vCenter Server? What values does the API IActionType parameter accept into the the CL_PROBLEM_HISTORY.ACTION_TYPE table When a Legacy Template Is Converted to a Virtual Machine, the Resulting Virtual Machine Must Be Registered on theHost Where the Template Was Created When a user connects to a desktop through multiple View Clients desktop sessions are disconnected When a user profile is redirected to a user data disk, the DACLs of the "Default User" and "All Users" profiles are notthe same as the DACLs of the files in the original directory When a Virtual Machine Is Running on a Writable Removable Device, Removing the Device Causes Problems inFusion 1.0 When a VM with thin disk has a snapshot, the redo log is incorrectly created as thick disk When Active Server fails, under certain situations, split-brain detections may prevent failover When adding a permission, the error "Database temporarily unavailable or has network problems" is displayed When an ESX host and associated virtual machines are removed from VirtualCenter, VDM removes those virtualmachines that are powered off or suspended from the VDM directory. When connecting to a local desktop, the View Client with Offline Desktop will show a message that says "Preparing torun desktop locally..." When converting a Linux source to an ESX 4.1 host, VMware Converter 4.0.1 Standalone fails at 1% with the error:methodFault.Summary When Creating or Editing Desktops, Vista Desktops Do Not Show Up in the List When datastores become low on space during View Composer linked-clone provisioning, an incorrect error can bedisplayed: "None of the specified datastores is accessible from connected hosts." When deploying a template using Guest Customization, Windows operating systems fail When does VMware Data Recovery use network based copy instead of SCSI Hot-Add When doing a Clone of a SQL Server sysprep fails to update the SQL Server Name http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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When hard drive space is too limited on the computer, an error message stating that there is not enough hard drivespace to proceed is displayed When hot adding an RDM to a PVSCSI controller the virtual machine fails with an ASSERT error When importing a machine using the vCenter Converter 4.2 plug-in, the Sysprep files are not found When Importing, a Source Machine with Mixed IDE and SCSI Disks Might Not Produce a Bootable Virtual Machine When installing ESX/ESXi 4.x to a physical server, the local SAS drive appears as a remote storage When Installing VirtualCenter Client or Server, an Error Message for msiexec Appears When installing VMware Workstation, the Setup window displays a blank screen When logging a new call in VMware Service Manager 9.0 you see the error: The INSERT statement conflicted with theFOREIGN KEY constraint CALL_LOG_IPK_STREAM_REF_FK When opening a virtual machine remote console you receive the error: Unknown MKS event When performance collection is run, an MSI installer window appears on the remote server When performing a live storage migration (using SVMotion) of a virtual machine running in a mixed ESX 3.5 and ESX4.0 vSphere 4 infrastructure, you receive this error: unshared swap When performing an Admin Knowledge Search you receive the error: Please select at least one criteria.. When Performing Certain Operations in the Web Access GUI's CD/DVD Configuration Page, You May See the"System Restart" Dialog Box When powering on virtual machines only the first recommendations received by DRS are followed When provisioning a pool in View Manager you receive the error: Unable to create new VM - null When removing a VMFS, is it safe to remove the .dvsData folder and subfolders? When running a desktop locally for the first time, the Windows guest will ask to restart the operating system When saving data in VMware Service Manager v9 the data appears not to be saved in extension fields on screen, butit appears to be appending data in the database. When setting Power.CpuPolicy you get this error: The value entered is not valid. Enter another value When setting the default desktop on the command prompt, you must enter both domain name and username. When the File System is Full, VMFS Opens Without an On-Disk Journal, Which Prevents Some File Operations When the History Private checkbox is selected, the portal checkbox is still selected by default if you send an emailfrom a call/request/task When to Set the Option paevm=FALSE in the Virtual Machine Configuration (.vmx) File When Upgrading from VirtualCenter 1.x to 2.0.1, Database Upgrades Fail if the 1.x System Has Both an MSDEDatabase and a Production Database When upgrading the View Composer, the upgrade may sometimes fail asking you to try again later When Upgrading VMware Tools with the rpm -Uhv Command, You Might See an Error Message When using a thin client and manually entering a domain name, the name must be entered in upper case letters forSSO to function. When using both CAC and SecurID, users can change the SecurID user name when "Enforce SecurID and Windowsuser name matching" is selected When using CISCO ESW 500 Series switches, only the virtual machine that is powered on first has full access to thenetwork When using EMC RecoverPoint SRA, the testFailover operation fails When using Emulex HBAs, SCSI commands fail with the status: Storage Initiator Error When using NetApp/IBM N-Series Disaster Recovery Adapter 1.4.3 you receive the error: Api nfs-exportfs-list-rules-2requires license for nfs or flexcache_nfs When using QLA4062 or QLA4060 on IBM x3650, an ESX host experiences boot delays with the error: Initialization forqla4022 failed with -19 When using SSPI, VMware Consolidated Backup fails with the error: Invalid user name or password When using the HP RGS protocol, the desktop session screen resolution does not match the display resolution on thehost When using the Proxy.Pac file, the Client does not authenticate to the VDM server When using vCenter Converter the Standalone agent fails to install with an error When using VMware Consolidated Backup in nbd mode you receive the error: Failed to Export the disk, one of theparameters supplied is incorrect When using VMware Service Manager you see the error: There was no endpoint listening at http://localhost/Infra.API.Service/ServiceManager.svc that could accept the message... When View Composer recomposes linked-clone desktops on which Symantec Endpoint Protection is installed, newSymantec GUIDs are generated for the linked clones, and the clones end up with duplicate GUIDs. When working directory is changed and a revert is performed, snapshot files are not physically deleted after a deleteall operation When you add a replicated View Connection Server to a standalone View Connection Server environment, duplicateevents can be generated in the Event database. When you create a linked-clone desktop pool and use Sysprep, pool creation might fail during customization if thecustomization specification is configured not to generate a new Security ID (SID). When you create a linked-clone desktop pool, some virtual machines are repeatedly reconfigured and cannot beprovisioned. When you create, refresh, or recompose View Composer linked clones from a parent virtual machine with an Altirishttp://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Agent installed, the operation can duplicate the Altiris Agent GUID on the linked clones. When You Edit a Virtual Machine During a Cloning Operation, Validity Checking Does Not Work When you export View Administrator information that uses non-ASCII characters, Microsoft Excel cannot display thenon-ASCII information. When you install ESX on some Dell servers using the DRAC5 virtual CD-ROM method, the ESX installation fails. When you remove a user's entitlement, the user will not automatically be logged off. Make sure they have noconnections remaining to that pool. When you run a Bootcamp virtual machine with Windows Vista, you receive a Windows host process (Rundll32) hasstopped working error When you try to delete a linked-clone desktop from View Manager, if the deletion operation fails and the virtualmachine enters an Error state, the only valid operation is to delete the virtual machine. When You Use VI Web Access with Internet Explorer, a Warning Doesn't Display when You Perform Power On Operations Resulting in Error When you use VMware vSphere to perform an ESX host upgrade, the upgrade might fail Where is the Data Dictionary for infraEnterprise 8.0.0? Where to get drivers for the IBM serve/raid 5i Which Guests Have the vmxnet Driver? Which Native Browsers and Which Virtual Browsers Are Supported in the ThinApp ThinDirect Redirection Feature Which Plug-Ins Virtualize Correctly for Internet Explorer 6? Which ports are required for vShield Zones operation? While Booting an ESX Server 3.x System, Distributed vmfs Locking Might Not Work White Paper on Citrix Metaframe in ESX Server Virtual Machines Why do NICs sometimes change their ordering after an ESX installation? Why is vmware-serverd, Not vmware-ccagent, Running VirtualCenter on an ESX Server Host Why snapshot removal can stop a virtual machine for long time Wildcards Do Not Work in Shared Folders Will the 30-day complimentary support apply to the free VMware Fusion 2.0 upgrade for existing VMware Fusion 1.xcustomers? Windows 2000 Guest OS Will not Install Windows 2000 Installation Incorrectly Detects IDE Virtual Disk Size Windows 2000 virtual machine fails with "Stop 0x0000001a" when using more than 4GB of memory Windows 2000 Virtual Machine Stops at "Safe to turn off computer" Screen Windows 2003 Enterprise Virtual Machines with Memory Configurations Higher Than the Host on which They ResideAre Slow to Boot Windows 2003 guest operating system fails because time is too fast Windows 2003 R2 x64 virtual machine fails with STOP Error: 0x000000D1 or STOP Error: 0x0000001E Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition (64 Bit) ServicePack-1 Guest Operating System Fails to Operate whileRunning Microsoft Hardware Compatibility Test (HCT) Windows 2003 SMP Virtual Machines with Vlance Adapter Lose Network Connectivity Windows 2003 SP1 System Stops Responding When I Mount Volumes Windows 2008 64bit fails to load: CPU not compatible with 64bit mode Windows 2008 guest customization fails to join deployed virtual machine to Active Directory domain Windows 2008 or Vista cannot see more than 4GB of RAM Windows 2008 or Vista virtual machine lose IP addresses after reboot Windows 2008 virtual machines lose their Gateway IP address after rebooting Windows 32bit virtual machines with the ESX 4.0 Update 1 VMware Tools XPDM SVGA II graphics driver installed fail Windows 7 installs in a foreign language in Fusion and Workstation Windows 7 or Windows 2008 guests might stop responding when FT is enabled due to E1000 driver issue Windows 95 Guest Operating System Network Stability Problems Windows 95 Setup Fails to Copy Networking Files Windows 9x Guest OS Performance Notes Windows 9x/ME Guests with VMware Tools Installed No Longer Suspends Using Windows Power Management Windows applications do not start when run from the Fusion menu Windows cannot see Mac printers Windows Device Manager shows Yellow Bang for VMCI device Windows error when browsing mounted virtual disks from the VMware Consolidated Backup proxy Windows Event Viewer reports the event: The configuration of the admin connection/TCP protocol in the SQL instanceSQLEXP_VIM is not valid Windows filesystem (such as C:) shows a different size than the partition size Windows Guest Cannot Update hgfs.dat or vmhgs.dat Windows Guest Operating System Customization Fails on German Windows Operating Systems Windows guest operating system is unable to manage new disks Windows Guest Reboots If You Use FN-F8 For Keyboard Backlighting Windows Guest Reboots Instead of Shutting Down Windows Guest With Host-Only Networking Cannot Access Host Configured With Firewall http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Windows Guests Installed with LSI Logic Storport Driver 1.26.05 Crash while Booting Windows Host Applications Resize when Full Screen is Used Windows host fails with a blue screen when TrackLockedPages is enabled Windows Host Operating System Hangs When Powering On Virtual Machine Windows Host Restart on Computer with Seven or More USB Controllers Windows Image Created by PowerQuest V2i Protector Fails to Boot When Target and Source Disk CharacteristicsDon't Match Windows in Unity View Become Frozen in Position in Fusion 1.0 Windows Installer runs on every application launch Windows logs out and immediately shuts down after powering on a virtual machine in Fusion Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Access Denied errors when using Capacity Planner Data Collector Windows Me or Windows 98 Guest Operating System Hangs When Command Prompt is Open Windows Mobile Device Center can prevent the redirection of USB devices for RDP Windows MOM monitor indicates that vmeventmsg.dll is missing Windows NT 4.0 Guest Hangs During Boot Time Windows NT guest displays an incorrect amount of memory on virtual machine with hardware version 7 Windows NT may not recognize NIC after upgrading to ESX 4.x Windows Performance Utility log files contain incorrect Last values for data counters Windows Persistent Route stops working Windows Protection Error in Windows 95 Virtual Machine on Certain Host Processors Windows Protection Error while Installing Windows 98 in a Virtual Machine Windows Raw Disk Guest Operating System Boot Failure Windows Registry Displays Two Different VI Client Version Entries Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition (32 Bit) Virtual Machine Might Fail to Migrate to Lower Versions of ESXServer Host Windows Server 2003 display adapter hardware acceleration slows performance when disabled Windows Server 2003 Guest Operating System Installation Fails Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2 host operating system cannot join a domain controller Windows Server 2008 R2 64bit fails to install and experiences blue screen error Windows Server guest fails when an EMC snapshot LUN is activated Windows Short File Name changes when performing a file-based cold conversion Windows Update Packages Fail to Install in a Guest Operating System Windows user account gets locked out when VirtualCenter service is running Windows virtual desktop log in error: Your desktop is in an inconsistent state that could cause data loss Windows Virtual Machine does not recognize more than one vCPU in Windows Task Manager Windows virtual machine fails to shutdown Windows virtual machine generates a Possible Dead Lock Condition error Windows Virtual Machine Might Fail with a Blue Screen When Symantec Virus Definitions are Updated Windows Virtual Machines with Latency-Sensitive I/O Workloads Can Slow Down in Four-Way SMP Configurations Windows Vista Cannot Detect CD-ROM Drive Windows Vista host running with VMware Workstation experiences the error: STOP: 0x0000007E Windows XP Fast User Switching Conflicts with Drag and Drop Windows XP guest operating system fails if you connect to the same session with Wyse Thin Client and View Portal Windows XP Host Computer Resets Unexpectedly Windows XP Service Pack 3 virtual machines fail to transfer data through a virtual parallel port Windows XP setup cannot find any hard disk drives during installation Windows XP SP2 Virtual Machine Fails to Boot (Can Only Boot in Safe Mode) - Error: "NOT_IMPLEMENTED vmcore/vmm/main/busmem.c:984" Windows XP SP3 local mode desktop logs users out if the pool is set to "Automatically logoff after disconnect:Immediate" Windows XP System Restore checkpoint is removed from source machine after a P2V hot clone Windows XP virtual machines are non-responsive Winlogon does not load after the View agent is installed With beta and release candidate builds, replicas for the master clones are created in the VMwareSviReplicaFolder orthe VMWareSviReplicaFolder WMI Detailed Discovery fails with the error: Authentication Failure WMI Discovery fails with partial results WMI probe unable to connect to Aggregator; stuck in pending state WMI UUID Differs from VirtualCenter UUID Working with firewall rules in ESX 4.x Working with power options in VMware Fusion Working with printers, disks, and other devices in VMware Fusion Working with snapshots Working with VMware Fusion and Boot Camp partitions Workloads perform poorly on ESX SMP virtual machines http://www.gronau.it Powered by Joomla! Generiert: 18 April, 2012, 10:43

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Workstation 2.x for Linux (Host) License Troubleshooting Information Workstation 2.x for Windows (Host) License Troubleshooting Information Workstation 3.x manual uninstall (Windows hosts) Workstation 6 Is Installed, but Cannot Locate and Install ACE Option Pack Workstation 7 virtual machines fail with the error: NOT_IMPLEMENTED d:/build/ob/bora-203739/bora/vmx/main/pollVMX.c:3981 Workstation closes when trying to power on any virtual machine Workstation Crashes, Reporting bugNr=25701 Workstation Does Not Support Importing .sv2i Files from Symantec LiveState Recovery Backups of Dynamic Disks Workstation Does Not Support Importing .sv2i Files from Symantec LiveState Recovery Backups That Are PasswordProtected Workstation Error: "(VirtualMachineName).cfg Command not found." Workstation Incorrectly Permits Users to Delete Shared Folders from the Guest Workstation Virtual Hardware Version Changes Spontaneously After Imported System Image Is Powered On Write Protecting a Floppy Image (.flp) File Write-cache disabled on storage array causing performance issues or failures WRMSR (TSC) Instruction Loses High 32 Bits When Executed by Virtual Machines on Intel Core CPU wscript.<command> Calls Fail in ThinApp Visual Basic Scripts WSDL Generator and XML Generator Do Not Handle Properties of type MethodFault[] Correctly WSMan modules missing in vSphere CLI Linux installations wsnm_jms process fails repeatedly after VDM Agent upgrade from beta2 to later releases due to incomplete JRE Wyse Thin Client devices disconnect from Virtual Desktop Manager sessions Wyse V10L thin client device cannot connect to desktop on Virtual Desktop Manager 2.1 Server X Graphical Windows System Not Supported in Linux Unless VMware Tools Installed X Server Does Not Start in SLES7 Guest Operating System X Server fails to start after installing Debian 4.0 64-bit guest X Server on Host Computer Dies after Windows 2000 Guest Shuts Down X Windows Does Not Boot on a Virtual Machine Running SLES 9 SP4 and VMware Tools X Windows fails to start in RHEL 3 virtual machine when display depth Is set to 24 Xeon 70xx Dual Core Systems Show Only 50% CPUs in Management Interface when Hyperthreading Is Disabled XFCE4 Default Icon Theme Can Cause a Core Dump Xiotech ISE 7000 SAN on ESX 3.5 Update 4 will cause long wait time to recognize LUN Xiotech Magnitude Non-3D System No Longer Recognizes SAN LUNs after ESX Server Upgrade You are unable to connect to site recovery manager at: https://<IP>:8095/dr when using vCenter Site RecoveryManager and you receive the error: Permission to perform this operation was denied You are unable to index URLs. You are unable to use Smart card from a View desktop using PCoIP You cannot change more than one statistics level simultaneously within VirtualCenter 2.5.x You Cannot Navigate to a Virtual Machine Using Web Access while the Virtual Machine is Being Deployed or Cloned You cannot perform View Composer operations when a replicated View Connection Server instance is stopped orbecomes unavailable for a long time. You cannot power on a virtual machine and see a vm swap file error You cannot see some or all storage devices in VMware vCenter Server or VirtualCenter You Must Manually Start Apache Before Logging in to ACE Management Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 You Must Run Workstation as an Administrator to Create a Virtual Machine from a Windows Vista Physical Machine You receive a script error when accessing some infraEnterprise screens You receive a white screen and are unable to open screens in VMware Service Manager v 9 Designer Ypbind (NIS) server does not start ZoneAlarm Software Fails after Installing Workstation or GSX Server Total Docs: 8762  http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/google/searchpage.jsp

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