Vmware KB Articles

Index of VMware Knowledge Base Articles
Index of VMware Knowledge Base Articles
ESX Server Clustering Notes

Preventing the DHCP Server on a Virtual Network from Serving a Physical Network
Enabling Verbose (Debug) Logging in Lab Manager 2.x
Backing Up and Restoring Lab Manager
Configuring tape drives and media changers on ESX 3.x
Security Response to RHSA-2007:0095, "Critical: krb5 security update"
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1000039: vmkernel Update
Obtaining a VMware Converter 3.0 Enterprise License
LUN suddenly becomes unavailable to one or more ESX Hosts
Delay Separating Prompts Between Failed Logon Attempts Cannot Be Modified
My Computer Does Not Hibernate and I Receive the Error Message, "Insufficient System Resources Exist to Complete
the API"
Disruption of VMware Tools Service Can Cause Error Messages to Appear During Virtual Machine Reboot
Fully Qualified Domain Name Length Limit is Changed in ESX Server 3.0.1 and VirtualCenter 2.0.1
Pocket ACE Is Storing Session Data on a Remote File System and Displays the Error Message, "This Pocket ACE may
have reduced performance."
ESX Server 2.5.4 Patch 7 ESX-1000068: An Error Is Displayed when Attempting to Install the VMware Remote Console
for Windows
Locating VMware Workstation Serial Number
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1000070: Timekeeping in Microsoft Windows 2000 SMP, VMware Tools Update for 64-
bit Virtual Machines
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1000072: Timekeeping in Microsoft Windows 2000 SMP and the Windows Multimedia
Timer Service
ESX 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1000073: Kerberos Security Update
VMware ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1000074: Update to the esxupdate Utility
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 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1000080: Kerberos Sercurity Update
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1000081: Update to Host Agent
Migration with VMotion Fails When Destination Host Cannot Find Swap File
New vmkerrcode Utility Displays VMkernel Errors
Warning "UNSUPPORTED flags (0x1) -> EINVAL" Sent to Log During Virtual Machine Initialization
Cannot Connect to Remote Client (CD-ROM or Floppy) from the Devices Tab of VMware Tools
On NUMA Systems With More Than 64GB RAM, ESX Server Host Might Fail to Boot
Virtual machine cannot be powered on because its working directory is not valid
Purging old data from the database used by vCenter Server
Determining whether virtual machines are configured to autostart
Security Updates to Service Console Kernel
The Pocket ACE Deploy Utility does not detect some high-capacity USB hard drives when running on the Microsoft
Vista operating system.
The IP Addresses in Instance View and Help Desk Are Out of Order
Cannot Undo Revert Snapshot
Security Response to XFree86 and X Server Integer Overflow Flaws
The ACE Server Configuration Web Application Does Not Support Secure Remote Connections
ACE Management Server and Trust Relationships Between Multiple Domain Controllers
Cannot Block DHCP Traffic for an ACE Instance on a Linux Host
USB Devices Don't Work Well with Linux 2.4.x Kernel Host Systems
Do Not Connect a USB Device to a Pocket ACE Instance
Problems Occur if You Unplug a Pocket ACE while the Pocket ACE Is Running
Pocket ACE Performance Issues
Problems Connecting to the Server Configuration or Help Desk Web Applications
Display Name of Virtual NIC Does Not Change after Upgrading VMware Tools
Migrating a Lab Manager Environment
Apache Server Fails to Restart Requested by ACE Management Server Configuration Application
Certain Characters Cause ace_upgrade.exe to Fail
Activation Limits Are Not Working for Groups
Inconsistent ODBC Driver Versions Cause Apache to Crash
ACE Management Server Leaks Private Virtual Memory
Load Balancing ACE Management Servers with chain.crt Certificates
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Pocket ACE Performance Test Creates Inconsistent Results
64-Bit Virtual Machine Will Not Power On or Reports OS Not Found on ESX Server
iPod Driver Doesn't Load in Guest
Using Remote Desktop from a Guest to Connect to the Host Machine Freezes the Computer
How to Make the Host Mouse Pointer Follow the Guest Mouse Pointer
XFCE4 Default Icon Theme Can Cause a Core Dump
Guest Crashes If Display Settings Specify Too Large a Size on Too Many Monitors
DNS and WINS Information Sometimes Cannot Be Customized When Using File > Import
Favorites List Sometimes Is Erased
Pressing the Middle Button on a Thinkpad Releases the Cursor
Shared Folders Might Not Appear for Ubuntu 6.04 Hosts with Windows Guests
Can't Run Applications with the VMCI SDK on Windows Hosts
"esxupdate -l query" Output Shows Missing Package
Changing a Virtual Machine to Use a Different vSwitch Affects No Change Until Virtual Machine Is Restarted
Configuring networking from the ESX service console command line
Invalid Format Message When Creating or Changing a User Account Password Using VI Client
Warning Messages Related to CCISS Driver while Starting HP Insight Manager on ESX Server 3.x
Reading Files from DVD Optical Drives Seems to Consume an Unusual Amount of Time on HP ProLiant DL380 G4
Servers with ESX Server 2.5.3
Recreate Service Console Networking from the Command Line
Using Samba shares with vcbRestore on ESX Server Service Console using domain logins
Fedora Core 6 Virtual Machines Require LSI Logic Adapters
Default Firewall Filter Does Not Allow for DNS Traffic Over TCP
ESX Server 2.0.2 Patch ESX-1000271:No lspci Entries for Devices Assigned to VMkernel
The vdf -h Command Displays Attributes of First Volume Only
Unable to create a VMFS3 partition on a metaLUN or LUSE LUN
Test connection fails with error -1073738824 - The specified object is not found on the system
Named Pipes are Not Deleted If Relative Filenames Are Used
"Unable to save snapshot file" Error Occurs When Taking a Snapshot
VirtualCenter UI Is Not Refreshed Properly After Deletion of CD-ROM from Virtual Machine
Changes in the Configuration of a Hardware iSCSI Card Not Reflected in the Properties Dialog Box
Enabling VMotion for HP DL580 G3/G4 or ML570 G3/G4 Servers with Different BIOS Revisions
Path Failover on Symmetrix LUNs Is Not Working on ESX Server
Is a Server Reboot Required on ESX Server Hosts In Order to See Newly Presented LUNs from an EMC Symmetrix
SAN?
Repeated Extent Operation of the Same LUN to Existing VMFS volume Might Cause Data Corruption
Controlling Which Virtual Machines and ACEs Run on a Host
Setting up a VMKcore partition to capture purple screen output
Advanced Disk Usage and Setup Options
Recovering from a failed uninstallation or removal attempt
How can I determine if a VMFS volume is on local or SAN-based storage?
Unable to restart VirtualCenter after SQL Server fails
Installing ESX Server 3.0.0 or 3.0.1 on Sunfire V40Z Server with Dual-Core AMD Opteron Processors
Using Your ACE Option Pack
ESX Server 2.5.5: System with Mixed 4GB and 2GB HBAs Might Fail to Operate If Divided Inconsistently
Converting a physical blade server fails
Adjusting the VMware High Availability failover timeout value
Web Server Runs Slowly in a Windows 2000 Virtual Machine
ESX Server 2.5.5: The mii-tool Does Not Operate Correctly on e1000 Network Adapter
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware ACE 2.x
Unable to Open Registry Key Error Occurs when Lab Manager Tools Is Configuring Guest
A Case Mismatch Between the Backup Policy's Backup-List Mount Points and BACKUPROOT Might Cause VCB
Backup Jobs to Fail
Problem Installing VirtualCenter 1.4 with Web Service
FAQ: VMware ACE 2.0.x Licensing
VMware ACE Licensing Scenarios
Guest operating system information is incorrect in VMware Infrastructure Client
Windows XP SP2 Virtual Machine Fails to Boot (Can Only Boot in Safe Mode) - Error: "NOT_IMPLEMENTED
vmcore/vmm/main/busmem.c:984"
Dealing with iSCSI I/O Errors and Rejected Logins on iSCSI LUNs/Targets That No Longer Exist
Problems with ACE 2 Virtual Printer Output
Error Message About SCSIPORT.SYS Version or STOP 0x1E Error on Resulting Windows 2000 SP4 Virtual Machine
Latency Problems with the Virtual Machine Console View
Visual Studio Integrated Virtual Debugger Can Debug Only One Project at a Time
esxupdate -l Query Shows Missing Packages and Wrong or Duplicate Package Versions
ESX Server Configuration Backup and Restore procedure
Custom Attributes Are Not Always Being Displayed in VirtualCenter Client Console
ESX Server 2.5.5: Unable to Perform Scripted Installation Using Virtual Media
VMware HA Configuration Errors after VirtualCenter Server 2.0.1 Update
Troubleshooting missing templates
IPSec error within a Windows virtual machine
Windows XP setup cannot find any hard disk drives during installation
ESX Server 2.5.4 Patch: Proc Node Not Updated When QLE2460 HBA Speed Changes to 2Gbps in BIOS
Capturing virtual switch traffic with tcpdump and other utilities
Virtual machines fail to power on with a "Bad address" error after rebooting the ESX host
ActiveX Console View Control Installation Error on Linux
Moving or copying a virtual machine within a VMware environment
License Administration Using an Options File
Creating a virtual machine snapshot fails with the error: The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current
state (Powered Off)
VirtualCenter errors: "The Specified Key, Name, or Identifier Already Exists" and "Invalid Configuration for Device error"
Invalid Search DN message received when configuring ACE Management Server to use LDAP authentication.
Virtual Machines Won't Power On, Host Supports Only a Single CPU
MSCS Requires 2Gb Fibre Channel HBAs on ESX Server 2.5.5
Error Occurs when Attempting to Add More Than 1024 Addresses to the IP Address Pool
Workstation 6 Is Installed, but Cannot Locate and Install ACE Option Pack
SQL Server Recovery Model Affects Transaction Log Disk Space Requirements
Cannot install ESX patch with a No upgrade path exists error
ESX Server 2.5.5: The vmware-cmd -H remote-host Command Does Not Work from a ESX Server 2.x Host for a
Remote ESX Server 3.x Remote Host
Not Enough Licenses error when using SMP or SAN on VMware Infrastructure 3 Starter Edition
Disk I/O problems and poor performance with LeftHand NSM160 iSCSI storage array
Performance module (vcpSysPerf) crashes in OLEAUT32.DLL with Windows Error
Configuring the ESX Server firewall to use a custom heartbeat port to communicate to VirtualCenter
SSL2 Is Required for the Return Proxy of ESX Server 3.x
FQDN Is Limited to 31 Characters during Lab Manager Installation
VMware license server tools (LMtools.exe) fails when the system settings tab is selected
Red Hat 4 U4 64-Bit Guests Kernel Panic, Out of Memory
Mapping a world virtual machine number to a virtual machine name in a vm-support dump
ESX Server 3.0.1 Support for Built-In NVIDIA nForce Gigabit Ethernet on Sun Blade X6220 Server Modules
VMware VMFS Volumes are Displayed Twice in HP Insight Manager Web Interface of the ESX Server
Cannot use iSCSI or NFS over an etherchannel bond to a Cisco switch
preupgrade.pl Script Recommends Change in Network Configuration Before Upgrade from ESX Server 2.x to 3.x
VMotion fails with the error: problem detected at CPUID level 0x80000001 register 'edx'
Exchange server peaks a virtual machine's CPU usage at 100%
LMTools Crashes when System Settings Tab Is Selected
ESX Server 2.5.5: Pegasus CIM Listener Does Not Operate Correctly on Some IBM Servers While IBM Director 5.20
U1 Installs
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: Installation of IBM Director 5.20 Update 1 Displays Benign Warning Message Regarding libsysSp.so
Driver
Error Messages In /var/log/vmware/esxcfg-firewall.log During Installation of ESX Server
Editing or viewing virtual machine settings fails with the error: Value Cannot be NULL
Identifying the ESX Service Console MAC address
Not all Inventory Data Uploaded to Dashboard even if Force Full Export is Used and Data is Collected Correctly
Error Message: "Could not perform operation because this object is busy"
Determining detailed build number information for VMware ESX 3.0.x and 3.5.x hosts
ESX Server 2.5.5: "kernel panic: Fatal Exception" After a Forced Reboot of RHEL4 U4 Virtual Machine
Multiple duplicate characters for a single keystroke when working in the VMware console
Number of Network Cards Supported During Default Installation of Solaris 10U3 64-Bit Virtual Machine
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 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1001213: Samba Security Update
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1001214: vixe-cron Security Update
Templates Are Missing from Inventory
All console networking suddenly stops in ESX 3.0.1
Conversion wizards fails with error Can't determine guest OS when converting a source running Windows 2003
Optimizing iSCSI software initiator performance and NIC teaming
ESX Server 2.5.5: Unable to Boot IBM LS21 Blade into linux-up Mode
ESX Server 2.5.5: Installation of IBM Director 5.20.1 Using ISO Fails
How to Register a Managed Server to a Different Instance of Lab Manager
Remote console does not open with error "Access to the specified device, path, or file is denied"
Restore Fails When Backup Client Agents Are Configured With Hostnames
Collecting Inventory with WMI fails with error "Provider load failure"
ESX Server 2.5.5: Unable to Restore Data Backed Up Using Commvault 6.1 SP4 Server in Windows Virtual Machine
Security Response to CVE-2007-1861
A security alert is seen from external security software about a possible SMURF network attack
IIS Port Details are not Collected When Generating VirtualCenter Server Log Bundle
VirtualCenter Server Crashes and Logs an "unable to allocate 272 bytes of shared memory" ODBC Error
VMware Converter agent fails to install due to a connection error
Unable to upgrade existing VMware Tools
Cannot re-add an ESX host to VirtualCenter
Unable to Disconnect Virtual CD-ROM or Floppy Disk
Template customization fails on Windows Vista with the error: Object reference not set to an instant of an object
How to Determine the Version of the Managed Server Agent
ESX Server 2.5.5: System with Mixed 4Gb and 2Gb QLogic HBAs Missing COS Device Files for SAN LUNs After Boot
Installing ESX Server Licenses
Data Collection fails with runtime error 70 "Permission Denied" on a Windows 2003 server
Loss of network connectivity on some Sun servers using NVIDIA network controller
Starting and Stopping Recording of Virtual Machine Activity from Within the Guest
VI Client Times Out when Adding New Storage
License server cannot read license file if name is too long
Messages log contains "floppy0: disk absent or changed during operation"
Cannot deploy a new virtual machine from a template - Invalid configuration for device "1"
Replacing the Existing Statistics Rollup Stored Procedure
DNS and Routing do not display in the Virtual Infrastructure Client
[Archived] vmware-cmd fails with error about missing PERL Libraries
Troubleshooting not enough licenses when connecting an ESX host to VirtualCenter
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Infrastructure SDK
Reverting from a Snapshot Fails to Capture the Earlier Change in RAM
Uninstalling Lab Manager 2.4 and Reinstalling Managed Server Agent Software Generates NFS Datastore Error
Creating a local VMFS volume generates the error: Error during the configuration of the host: Failed to update the disk
partition information
Cannot install LM Tools to a template that belongs to a domain
VirtualCenter Server IP address change causes ESX hosts to disconnect
How to Terminate a Long-Running Operation
Using a Screen Resolution of 1024 x 768 in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Virtual Machine
Unity Is Not Working Across Multiple Monitors
Microsoft Office prompts for activation after running Boot Camp virtual machine under Fusion
Best Practice for copying a virtual machine to make a backup
Corruption in Video Playback When Using Wyse Multimedia Support
No Audio During Video Playback After Guest Operating System Resumes From a Suspend State
Video Output Is Lost When Transitioning from Wyse RDP to Windows RDP on Another System
Video Playback Performance Degradation After Migration with VMotion
VMware Tools Upgrade on a Virtual Machine with Wyse Multimedia Support Installed Fails
Fusion menu bar interferes with the operating system menu bar
Using the Apple iSight camera in a Windows virtual machine
High CPU utilization on a virtual machine after adding a VNIC
Inventory Collection Fails with Error "Generic Failure" -2147217407 on SWbemServicesEx (WMI)
Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) Errors
Virtual Machine Crashes with a "NOT_REACHED C:/ob/bora-36983/bora/devices/mainmem/mainMemHosted.c:964
bugNr=45226" Error Message
Taking a Snapshot of a Virtual Machine with Independent, Non-Peristent Disks Fails
ESX Server 2.5.4 and 2.5.5 Installation Stops on Sun Fire X4200 and X4100 Server Systems
Certain graphical elements are not drawn in a virtual machine running Windows
Conversion fails on a source running Windows NT with a Dell PERC 3 or 4 disk controller
ESX Server fails to boot due to read-only file systems
Availability of test automation tool plug-ins with Lab Manager
Client Backups Fail with Firewall Enabled
Unable to Launch VMware Tools Help in Solaris 10
All servers stop collecting performance data after a local network outage
Windows applications do not appear in Dock when using Unity Mode.
VMX Configuration Values for Ethernet Are not Retrievable Using Current Perl Scripting API and vmware-cmd
VMFS Datastores Are Inaccessible After Upgrading the PERC 4 Firmware on Systems with ESX Server 3.0.x
Restore Fails When Using vcbResAll With –b prompt Option
Enabling trivia logging in VirtualCenter
New VMFS Volumes Exposed to the VCB Proxy Requires Rescan
vcbMounter Fails and Reports the Exception: "vmodl.fault.HostNotReachable"
Cannot Convert a Windows 2003 Enterprise Ed (SP1) Machine to a Virtual Machine
Backups Fail if the Virtual Machine Name Contains Spaces
Using iSight in Mac OS X After Using in a Virtual Machine Corrupts Video
Troubleshooting VMware High Availability (HA)
Reverting a snapshot fails with a permission denied error
Cannot log into the ESX host service console after setting up Microsoft Active Directory authentication
Troubleshooting a dashboard password reset not allowed message
Choosing a Complete Install in the VMware Tools Installer Does Not Install Wyse DLLs
After Upgrading An ESX Server Host, Installing Wyse Multimedia Support Fails From Command Line
Conversion fails at 99% with the error "Unable to determine guest OS" or "sysimage.fault.OsVersionNotFound"
Reverting a snapshot fails in VirtualCenter with the status: In Progress
Synchronizing Archived CSV Files to the Information Warehouse
Solaris DHCP Clients Might Not Get Hostname if DHCP Server Is Not Solaris
Some space missing from a new VMFS data store due to hidden files
Converter Fails at 97%: "No Active Partitions", "Unable to determine guest operating system", or "unable to remap
drive" Error Message
Generating a manual memory dump in a virtual machine
Windows Vista Cannot Detect CD-ROM Drive
Troubleshooting Email Issues
Virtual machine does not power on and there is high CPU reservation
Runtime error when temporary directory path contains non-English characters
ESX Server 2.5.5: Error Message Appears During Tools Installation
Propero workSpace Server Agent Settings
Unable to upgrade VMFS file system: Function not implemented
Sound Does Not Work in Virtual Machines Running Windows 2003 Server 64-Bit Enterprise Edition R2
Mac System Software Unexpectedly Disables Intel Vanderpool Technology
IBM Director 5.20.1 Server Console Does Not Display Emulex Fibre Channel Card Information in
Inventory>Hardware>Adapter
VirtualCenter fails to start with a Primary Key Constraint error
Cannot connect to the WebAccess website
Virtual Machine Becomes Unresponsive When You Open a Document from a Fusion Shared Folder
Windows Explorer Becomes Unresponsive or Quits When You Access Fusion Shared Folders
[Archived] Files in DivX Digital Media Format Do Not Display Correctly in Windows Media Player
Fusion Windows Easy Install Does Not Work for Vista
[Archived] VMware Fusion Fails with an ASSERT When I Run a 3-D Application
Using VMware Fusion with the Cisco VPN Client
Adding three or four-day choices to lease times menu
VMware Fusion Fails to Remount the Boot Camp Partition
Tips on using a Macintosh keyboard
After Installing VirtualCenter 2.0.2, VirtualCenter May Fail to Start
MKS Console Does Not Appear Over Remote X Authentication
pcnet32 loads Instead of vmxnet on ESX 3.0.x
Reusing a Capacity Planner installation
Expanding a Volume in a Lab Manager Environment
Switching to Unity View Might Cause Failure When Sheet Dialog Box Is Open in Virtual Machine Window
VMware Fusion Virtual Machines Displayed on Secondary Monitor Have Incorrect Screen Resolution
Installing Wyse Multimedia Support in ESX 3.0.2
Moved Virtual Machine Does Not Retain Information About Applications Displayed in the Mac Dock
VMware Fusion Virtual Machines Become Unresponsive or Quit Unexpectedly During Suspend and Snapshot
Operations
Some File Systems Unable to Support Very Large Files
Changing the Resolution on a Host Mac While a Virtual Machine Is in Unity View Causes Mouse and Display Problems
VMware Fusion 1.0 Quits Unexpectedly After Change to the Floppy Settings
Virtual Machine's Windows Program Applications Are Not Correctly Displayed After Upgrade from VMware Fusion 1.0
Beta
Fusion Does Not Support Multiple Displays In Unity View
Windows in Unity View Become Frozen in Position
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1001724; Security Updates
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1001732: VMkernel Update: Fix for Duplicate Packet Issue
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1001733: Daylight Saving Time Update
Quitting the application from the Mac dock does not work in Unity View
Unity View not supported when mulitple users are logged into Windows
Configuration File Option Causes the Mouse Not to Work in Unity View
Switching to Unity View While a Snapshot Operation Is in Progress Can Result in Unpredictable Display Behavior
Turning Off Debugging Might Not Work
Some Files Are Not Correctly Uninstalled When You Uninstall VMware Fusion
Virtual Machine Responds to Mouse Input Incorrectly
VMware Tools CD-ROM Icon Does Not Mount when Installing VMware Tools on RHEL 5 with CD-ROM Connected
Powering on multiple virtual machines may cause system to run slowly
The alarm triggers for virtual Machine disk usage and network usage report numbers over 100%
On Macs with More Than One CD-ROM Drive, Physical CD-ROM Drives Cannot Be Moved Between Running Virtual
Machines
Guests display a solid white screen when very high resolutions are used on Mac or virtual machine
Virtual Machines Stored on Drives Formatted with FAT32 Can Fail in VMware Fusion
X Graphical Windows System Not Supported in Linux Unless VMware Tools Installed
Sound Problems in Virtual Machines Running Microsoft Vista 32-Bit
When a Virtual Machine Is Running on a Writable Removable Device, Removing the Device Causes Problems
Copied virtual machines do not show a Fusion icon in the Finder
An error is randomly seen stating that the database cannot be opened
After upgrading the virtual hardware the virtual machine still shows that it is the previous version
"Internal Error 2738" when installing LMTools in a Windows guest
VMware VI3 support with NetApp MetroCluster
Security Response to CVE-2007-4059 and CVE-2007-4155: ActiveX Vulnerabilities in IntraProcessLogging.dll and
vielib.dll
Choosing a network adapter for your virtual machine
[Archived] Fusion Does Not Restore Virtual Machine to Unity View After Mac Dock Launch
Unable to Install or Update Sun Solaris Guest OS
Applications that use MDI might not display correctly in Unity View
VMware Fusion Does Not Support Drag-and-Drop Operations Between Linux Virtual Machine and Host
Configuring the SVGA Video Driver on Older Versions of Windows Virtual Machines
[Archived] Control-Clicking in Unity View Does Not Work If Boot Camp Virtual Machine Was Created in VMware Fusion
Beta 3
ESX host shutdown displays the message: Syncing hardware clock to system time [FAILED]
Local SMB Storage Capacity Information Displayed in the Lab Manager Web Console Is Incorrect
New virtual machine creation fails with unable to access file message
[Archived] Customizing Virtual Machine's Mouse Settings for Playing Games in VMware Fusion
[Archive] Options for Migrating GSX Server Virtual Machines to ESX Server 3.x
USB Is Not Working after Upgrading to ESX Server 3.0.2
Unable to add a physical mode disk mapping (RDM) to a virtual machine stored on an NFS datastore
Manually forcing VMware Fusion to use specific network interfaces or connections
Setting Custom Video Memory Size in Fusion
"Please insert the Disk:1" Alert Dialog Box Appears when Upgrading VirtualCenter 2.0.x & VirtualCenter 2.5.x to the
latest version
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 Udpate 1, ESX-1001904, nVidia Forcedeth Interrupt Storm Fix
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 Server 3.0.2, ESX-1001908, e1000 Driver Upgrade, Support for New Network Interface Card (NIC)
ESX Server host requirements for link aggregation
Performance module (vcpSysPerf) fails in PDH.DLL with an error
Virtual machine fails to power on with the error "the parent of this virtual disc cannot be opened"
VirtualCenter does not start when connecting to Oracle Database
Inventory data collection on Linux Servers does not return RAM (memory) values
Guest operating system cannot connect to the physical serial port
vmdk file copied from the command line cannot be found or used
Server Groups on Dashboard do not update when changed from Collector
Product key field in Windows Easy Install does not accept serial number
Installing Guest Operating Systems from ISO Images
Powering on a virtual machine or accessing the console fails with a handshake error
Physical raw mapped drives are now showing up as unknown and unallocated
Virtual machine stops responding during backup
Virtual machines are removed from VirtualCenter Resource Pools
Automatic Configure Option to Format a VMFS Volume from a Solaris Virtual Machine Fails
Resolving a "VMWare converter agent interface version is not compatible" message
VMware High Availability isolation event occurs when one of the teamed vmnics is disconnected and reconnected
Setting Isolation Response and Restart Priority values at the cluster level in VMware Infrastructure Client
Best practices and advanced features for VMware High Availability
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1002081; Fix for Time Gain in Windows OS
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002082; Fix for Time Gain in Windows OS, Support for 64-bit Guest Libraries, PBMs for
SLES 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 3.0.2, 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; VMkernel
Updates
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002090; Update to VMware backuptools
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002093; Update to VMkernel, Fixes for vmklinux Heap Allocation Failure, Networking
Issues, 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 OEM
Windows 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 for
iSCSI Path Bring-up Failure
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002100; Updates to VMware Tools; Fixes For Detecting LSI Logic Controller, Installing
vmxnet Correctly, Compilation Failure With GuestSDK Header Files
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002101; Fix for VMware vdf Utility
No more space for the redo log error when attempting to start a virtual machine
Enabling VMware SNMP Support
Benign Warning Message When Running vm-support
Consistent EMC CLARiiON LUN presentation to ESX hosts
[Archived] slow performance during transfers
Setting Multiple Isolation Response Addresses for VMware High Availability
QLogic Host Bus Adapter does not show any targets on the iSCSI array
Cannot power on virtual machines in VirtualCenter
Backing up virtual machines from the command line
VMware HA Agents Fail to Automatically Reconfigure After Network Connectivity is Restored
How to attach and configure an XRAID storage
Attempting to activate license features produces an error
[Archinved] backup jobs fail at pre-backup.bat
VMware Tools install/upgrade stops responding on Veritas Storage Foundation VMware HA cluster node
Changing the virtual SCSI controller of a virtual machine
Performance Dashboard Enterprise Summary shows no servers, only the Industry Average
ESX Server 2.5.5: The Command /proc/version Shows Linux OS Redhat 7.1 (for ESX Server mode) and 7.2 (for UP
and SMP mode).
The Add Extent wizard includes a warning message regarding data loss after extending a LUN
ESX cannot access VMFS datastore after the VCB (VMware Consolidated Backup proxy server) connected to this
VMFS volume
[Archived] Adding iSCSI LUN crashes ESX host
Virtual machine power on error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
VirtualCenter randomly fails when connected to an Oracle database
[Archived] Host machine only support one CPU Message appears with deploying tempate
ESX host cannot contact License server because license server is not working
[Archived] the properties screen is blank for datastore on 1 host, but shows up fine on second host.
After migrating a virtual machine from ESX 2.5.x to 3.0.2, adding another disk file fails
MSCS cluster configured in Windows 2000 cannot access the shared RDM LUN
Modified coldclone.iso CD fails to boot
Creating a virtual machine snapshot fails with the error: File already exists
"Out of Memory" error when running Inventory
Creating floppy images for use with Fusion
[Archived] VI Client does not show the red-orange-green status dots
Swapping CDs when software installation needs multiple discs
[Archived] LUN scaning errors
Adding a Program to the Unity Applications Menu
Swapping the Option and Command keys in a virtual machine
Shutdown and suspend guest menu options are missing
Third party launcher may cause an error on Fusion launch
Troubleshooting Windows 2003 guest operating system performance issues on ESX 3.0.1
Cannot create an ACE package without VMware Tools installed to the virtual machine
Forcing the virtual machine's real-time clock to match its host on each power cycle
VirtualCenter Disallows User Names With Non-ASCII Characters
One LUN could not be opened only using fullvm backup mode error in VMware Consolidated Backup
[Archived] clone from template with customize causes vi client to lose connection and the VC service stops
Adding a network adapter to an ESX 2.5.2 host
Cannot install VMware Tools because a virtual machine's CD-ROM drive does not work
Adding a Managed Server yields Error '' hexadecimal value 0x1B, is an invalid character. Line5, position 12
Mouse cursor and networking stops working after installing VMware Tools on a Windows virtual machine converted
from Microsoft Virtual Server or Virtual PC
VIX API 1.1 Allows Anonymous Access to Guest Operating Systems as the Console User on Workstation 6.0
[Archived] VirtualCenter Service fails with the error: Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_VPX_TASK'
Cannot power on a virtual machine from VMware Infrastructure Client because of low disk space
Non-US date and number format regional settings may cause errors in Stage Manager and Lab Manager
[Archived] Do not see LUNs in the "add storage" menu
Abnormal CPU spike with Anti-virus installed in virtual machine
Debugging a Request Sent to the Server to Create a New Virtual Machine
Incomplete Uninstallation Prevents Installing an Update
Memory Slider Control Might Be Missing from Virtual Machine Settings and Wizard on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Hosts
Stale samba/smb mounted on /tmp - Cannot power on virtual machine
Disabling Shared Folders After the Next Session
On Older Virtual Machines with Windows 95, VMware Tools Upgrades Are Sometimes Incomplete
Datastore size and free space do not update when VMware Infrastructure Client is connected to VirtualCenter
CD-ROM or networking does not work on the virtual machine after converting a physical Windows NT server
Qlogic qla4052c iSCSI Host Bus Adapter cannot see the storage array
Recovering a lost partition table on a VMFS volume
Write-cache disabled on storage array causing performance issues or failures
Temporary directory on the VMware Consolidated proxy is not cleaned up after a successful backup
Resolving SCSI reservation conflicts
Recovery of a lost or deleted virtual machine configuration file (.vmx) on an ESX Server
Broadcom BCM5715S (NC326m) does not link at 100Mbps to a Cisco 2950 switch port
Cannot mount ISO files because Browse Datastore is disabled
Troubleshooting when a virtual disk is either corrupted or not a supported format
Cannot backup using VMware Consolidated Backup on the Fujitsu Eternus 4000 storage array
Configuring fibre switch so that ESX Server doesn't require a reboot after a zone set change
MSCS Support for Both 4Gb and 2Gb Fibre Channel HBAs on ESX Server 3.0.2 or Later
[Archived] Unable to add new VMFS partition to local array
Committing snapshots when there are no snapshot entries in the snapshot manager
Removing an ESX host with running virtual machines from VirtualCenter
ESX vmnic device numbering considerations for blade servers
2007 Daylight Saving Time Change for New Zealand, Haiti, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Honduras
[Archived] Blue screen on Shutdown and error: bug code USB driver
Using a VMware Workstation virtual machine in Fusion
Accessing data on a FireWire hard disk in from a guest operating system
Unable to open the Remote Console from the VMware Infrastructure Client
Test Connection fails both Remote Registry and Perfmon tests
Edited CSV files are rejected when uploaded to the Information Warehouse
How to Delete Raw LUNs Safely with ESX Server 2.5.x
Administrator role cannot perform VMotion
Embedding Virtual Machines in Web Browsers
Virtual machine does not start after starting previously
ESX Server requires two rescans to detect all available paths to virtualized storage from Hitach Data Systems
NSC/USP arrays
LUN detected as a snapshot because LUN presentation settings were incorrect
CPUPerf and CPUPerf2 Time Fields
VMkernel Generates "ALERT: MTRR: 103: BSP has 36 physical bits but AP 7 has 38" During Boot
ESX Server 2.5.x Installation Fails with "Kernel Panic: Attempting to kill the idle task!" Message
Troubleshooting a virtual machine that appears as invalid
Using esxupdate to upgrade an ESX host
[Archived] Attempting to enter the file path produces an error
Deploying a template fails with the error: Failed to deploy template from a specified parameter was not correct
MAC and IP address conflict in a virtual machine
How to import a virtual machine with snapshots
[Archived] VCB mounter fails on NFS share
ESX Server 2.5.5: Option to Avoid Server Reboot Prompt During Upgrade Using upgrade.pl
VMotion fails with the error: Migration to host failed with error timeout (0xbad0020)
Updating the SQL login credentials for VirtualCenter
Enabling guest customization if it is greyed out
Install of Windows XP via RIS is taking a long time
VMware HA not enabled after ESX Server reboot
Revert to snapshot causes virtual machine to be suspended
Deploying a virtual machine from a template generates a general system error
Virtual machine does not boot after being converted from a physical RedHat machine
Editing a Virtual Machine with a Duplicate UUID.bios
Determining the amount of memory installed from ESX command line
VMware Consolidated Backup fails for non-administrative user
After updating the kernel on a Linux host, VMware Workstation stops functioning
ESX host stuck "in progress" when entering maintenance mode
Identifying the firmware of an HBA
Guest Operating System Standby Feature Removed in VirtualCenter Server 2.5
Incomplete SOAP Message Sent to the Web Services API Can Increase CPU Usage in ESX Server Host or
VirtualCenter Server
iSCSI LUNs Are Not Accessable After Reboot Until Rescan
VMware Consolidated Backup file level backup operation fails with: Error while opening disk
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 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002424; Updates to VMware-esx-vmkernel and VMware-esx-vmx; Fixes for Issues With
Incorrect IP header, Heap Allocation Failure, vmkping and ramcheck Failure; Support for OEM Windows SLP
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 for
iSCSI Path Bring-up Failure
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002430; Updates to VMware Tools; Fixes For Installing vmxnet Correctly, Compilation
Failure With GuestSDK Header Files
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002431; Updates to VMware-esx-vmx and VMware-esx-vmkernel; Fix For Detecting LSI
Logic Controller, Support for PCI-X NICs on IBM System x3655
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1002435; VI Client Updates
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1002436; Updates to VMware-esx-vmx For Detecting LSI Logic Controller
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002438; Support for PCI-X NICs on IBM System x3655
Shared LUN Fills Up When Upgrading ESX 2.5.x Legacy Templates Using VirtualCenter 2.0.x
No access to machines on different domains: Error "2147481648" during test connections.
Exchanging Windows Workstation and Linux serial numbers
Poor remote console performance to a virtual machine through VMware Infrastructure Client
[Archived] Tomcat process using high CPU
Changing the virtual network card from 10Mbps operation
[Archived] Virtual machine operation cannot be performed in current state
Virtual machines cannot power on an ESX 2.5.2 host that have recovered from a power failure
Preventing data loss during upload due to "black hole" proxy
MSCS Requires 2Gb Fibre Channel HBA on ESX Server 2.5.5
VirtualCenter failing to start, due to template registration problem
ESX host boot process fails to complete with a Kernel panic error
64-Bit Windows Host May Crash with Blue Screen When Booting a Linux Paravirtualized Kernel
Unable to configure VMware High Availability because the Default Gateway cannot be reached
Virtual Machines not listed under the ESX Server on the Hosts and Clusters View of VirtualCenter
VirtualCenter error "Check if the name is properly formatted"
A second VirtualCenter server does not licence after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.0.2
Converting a VirtualCenter database running on Microsoft SQL 2005 Express to Microsoft SQL 2005 Standard
Renaming a virtual disk
The command "/usr/bin/killall -q -s KILL VMap" fails and returns the error code 1
[Archive] One ESX host cannot see any primary nodes
Capturing virtual switch traffic on ESX 2.X using tcpdump
Adding a new host to a VMware High Availability cluster fails with the error: User Not Found, Access Denied
Performing V2P (virtual to physical) migrations
What are the differences between Converter Starter and Converter Enterprise?
ESX host displays the message "Configuration changes were not saved successfully during previous shutdown"
Creating a virtual disk within a virtual machine with VMware Infrastructure Client fails with an insufficient disk space
error
VMware HA configuration fails with the error: VMAP_hostname process failed to stop
VirtualCenter administrators may lose admin rights when members of restricted groups
Recreating a missing virtual disk (VMDK) header/descriptor file
Fail to log on to Web Interface
Disk space error when running vm-support from an ESX Service Console
Convert an ESX Server 2.5.x template to ESX Server 3.0.x template
File System Becomes Read-Only on Ubuntu-7.0.4 with Existing SCSI Driver
When performance collection is run, an MSI installer window appears on the remote server
Cannot Enable HA on Hosts After Upgrading VC and ESX Server
Failed to deploy template: a general system error occurred: unexpected customization error
Newly extented VMFS datastore fluctuates between the old size and new size
Upgrading an ESX host that is managed by Lab Manager
[Archived] Setup LDAP authentication on a ESX 3.x to Novell eDirectory.
VI Client Might Incorrectly Display RDM LUNs in Physical Compatibility Mode as Available Disk when Storage
Virtualization Devices Are Used
[Archived] CPU0 will spike to 100% until it is taken out of the cluster and then rebooted
VirtualCenter fails when removing the last host from a cluster
Unable to edit VM bios from Virtual Center
BootRun Service May Prevent Power On of VM Deployed From Template
[Archived] How to clone an existing virtual disk and create a VM to use it
Determining if the Current Session Is Still Active After Reboot
Changing the Timeout Value in C# .NET for Web Service Requests
Updated Localized Resources Not Installed When Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.0.2 or Any VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update
Release
Concurrent Cloning of Virtual Machines Using A Single Template With Guest Customization Fails
Disabling Balloon Driver
Cloning fails when source has multiple partitions or disks using the BlockClone method to ESX host
Inventory collection is slow across WAN
[Archived] VMotion of Linux VM from ESX 2.5 to ESX 3.0.x causes a Purple Screen
Administrator Users Do Not Have the Ability to Clone a VM
Correctly configuring firewalls for data collection
Agent prompts for location of MSI file during uninstall
What version of ESX 2.5.x is compatible with what version of SVC?
NLB Cluster can't route to remote subnets in multicast mode.
ESX Hosts Might Experience Read Performance Issues with Certain Storage Arrays
Troubleshooting a general system error that occurs when powering on a virtual machine
How does Capacity Planner handle clustered servers?
InstallShield Sometimes Stops Responding When Upgrading From Any VMware Consolidated Backup Version Prior to
1.5
Understanding the Memory Active and Memory Usage indicators on the Performance tab
Running Symantec Veritas NetBackup fails with the error: Status Code 57
VCB Commands Return Wrong Version on ESX Server 3.0.1 Host
Migrating a virtual machine fails with the error: Validation migration exception - Permission to perform this operation was
denied
[Archived] Esxupdate -n -r HTTP fails for 3.0.x when updating from a IIS Web Repository
Adding a SCSI passthru device on a SCSI adapter bus causes SCSI reservations on Windows clusters
ESX host can't write out new initrds while running esxcfg-boot or during an upgrade with esxupdate
Enable Browse Datastore for Users at Datacenter Level
VirtualCenter only displays the IP address of the last virtual NIC in a multi-NIC virtual machine
Determining the number of ESX host CPU licenses a server requires
Results of pre-built reports do not match results of a similar custom report
Legato Networker hangs with 0% progress when VCB Integration module is used
Service Console Redundancy for VMware High Availability
Ensuring Counters Are Unique Across ESX Server and VirtualCenter Versions
ComputeResourceSummary.totalMem Returns a Negative Value
Getting Events or Notifications of Events as They Occur
Virtual Floppy I/O Error Messages Seen in /var/log/messages after System Boot Up
Required NetBackup Integration Module Components Installed on VCB Proxy
1003147 [Archived] Obtaining information about RAID configuration on Perc5/i disk controllers
Using VMware Converter to convert Microsoft Cluster (MSCS) nodes to virtual machines
Unable to set VMkernel gateway as there are no VMkernel interfaces on the same network
ESX Server 3.0.1 Stops Responding After Installing Driver Update CD CCISS Driver v2.4.66-1VMS
Adding a host to VirtualCenter fails with the error: A general system error occurred
After upgrading VirtualCenter the error message A General system error occurred: pending vpxa update appears
Managed Servers page is not updating/refreshing
Storage page (virtual machine or media) is not refreshing/updating
VCB File level mount fails with the error message: "Error: The System Folder could not be found."
Email alerts are not being sent/received as expected
A time out occurs when exporting or importing a template or configuration
Inconsistent Datastore Labels in Cluster
Cannot Manage ESX Servers With VirtualCenter After Upgrade to 3.0.2.
ESX hosts disconnect after building new a VirtualCenter Server with old Hostname and IP Address
Virtual machine stops responding in a Power On state in VirtualCenter
vcbMounter backup fails with error: A general system error occurred: vmodl.fault.MethodNotFound. esx hostd logs
report: Failed to find the guest family for guestos
Changing the swapfile location of a virtual machine
Problems when using your own SSL certificate
VI Client connected to VirtualCenter cannot create a virtual machine on the NFS datastore
RHEL4 virtual machines running Oracle/Java randomly kill processes by OOM killer
Cannot discover shared disks on second node of Windows 2000 MSCS Cluster after first node is activated
The ESX Server Management service fails when scanned by network security scanner
How to rescan a Fibre channel HBA for SAN Luns from qlogic BIOS utility
hostd and vpxa exceed hard limit for memory use during VMware Consolidated Backup
Exporting templates and configurations fails
ESX host enters a Not Responding state after connecting to VirtualCenter
Increasing VirtualCenter timeout settings
Dedicating specific NICs to portgroups while maintaining NIC teaming and failover for the vSwitch
VCB is performing very slow on ESX 3.0.2
[Archived] Improve SAN Performance by Enabling Write Back Cache
Unable to Delete Snapshots After Restore From Backup
Unresolved Symbols Logged During Application of ESX Server 3.0.0 or 3.0.1 VMnix Patches
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
VirtualCenter randomly fails with Oracle error
Configuring VMware HA fails when trying to contact a removed host
[Archived] How to redirect Web access home page on ESX 3.x or Virtual Center 2.x
Cannot deploy a template or mount an ISO image after upgrading from ESX 3.0.1 to 3.0.2
When doing a Clone of a SQL Server sysprep fails to update the SQL Server Name
Red Hat Virtual Machines Can Hang due to Red Hat Network Monitor Problems
VirtualCenter host error: Error during the configuration of the host: Already exists
DRS migrations are not logged by VirtualCenter
ESX 2.5.4 Server root file system goes read-only on HP server
Unable to add a host to vCenter and cannot establish SSH connection using the hostname
[Archived] Moving a VM from the Discovered folder in VirtualCenter to the Datacenter is not permitted.
Failed login to ESX host using VMware Infrastructure Client
Manually regenerate core dump file in ESX 3.x
Identifying virtual machine Monitor Panics caused by faulty CPUs
Cannot connect VMWare Consolidated Backup to Virtual Center after ugprading to VirtualCenter 2.X
Best practices for physically moving an array
VirtualCenter Server Fails To Start When Installed on the Same Machine That has the VirtualCenter Database
Custom Network Settings Do Not Reflect on the Cloned Virtual Machines
Sharing a virtual disk between multiple virtual machines
Free space from an extent added to a VMFS3 datastore is not seen on the other ESX Server hosts
Cannot see new iSCSI LUN from lefthand Networks iSCSI array
VMware High Availability cluster reports the error: Could not reach isolation address
Determining the cause of data files being rejected by the Information Warehouse
F8 key does not work on the EULA page of a Windows guest operating system installation
Cannot Use Disk.MaskLUNs on LUN 0
[Archived] Editing the settings of one VM affects the configuration of another VM in ESX Server
Creating a secondary Service Console in VirtualCenter fails with the message: "Error during the configuration of the
host"
[Archived] "esxcfg-nas -l" generates error "Error performing operation: Unable to create object, volume Name not valid"
if the NAS/NFS device is not available
vcb fails when the path from the VCB proxy is connected to the standby storage processor on an active/passive array
License File Generation for academic and commercial licenses
Loss of network connectivity when port security is configured on the physical switch
VirtualCenter fails or stops after Synchronizing host task
Unable to access the specified host
Forcing host status from 7 to SCSI_HOST_OK is logged every few seconds in the VMkernel log
Adding an extent to a VMFS volume fails after a local LUN extension
Premature Storage Heap Exhaustion Might Occur on ESX Server Hosts with More than 32 Core Physical CPUs
The "admsnap start" Command Issued from a SUSE 10 Virtual Machine Hangs Instead of Reporting an Error Message
when All Paths Are Down
How to increase the performance of the VirtualCenter Database
Cannot install VMware Infrastructure Client
Using the VIPerl Toolkit Web Services Debug Utility
PermGen Memory Size Increases by 10MB When Using Java Stubs Generated by Axis 1.4
Inserting a floppy fails when file has a VFD file extension
ESX 2.5, 2.0.x, and 3.5.x may stop responding when correctable memory threshold is exceeded on some ProLiant
servers
Why snapshot removal can stop a virtual machine for long time
Virtual machine cannot communicate with the network when physical switch port has jumbo frames enabled
Virtual machine boots very slowly when Memory Limit is less than Physical Memory assigned
Unable to register a virtual machine from an NFS datastore
Two Windows virtual machines configured for multicast NLB do not converge
Troubleshooting vmware-hostd service if it fails or stops responding
[Archived] What kind of Dynamic disks function with VMware Consolidated Backup?
Tools Status is Reported Incorrectly After Host Upgrade to ESX Server 3.0.2
After upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.0.2, Update 1, Update 2 or Update 3, the VMware VirtualCenter 2 Welcome page
does not render completely
ESX 3.0.1 becomes unresponsive when connected to an HP MSA1510i iSCSI array with firmware version 1.32
Unable to revert to a snapshot of a virtual machine taken on a different CPU architecture
Using an ESX Server host as an NTP server
Allowing SSH access to ESX hosts with public/private key authentication
[Archived] VMware VirtualCenter cannot connect to ESX host if extra files are found in /etc/vmware/service
VCB CLI utilities
Using Datacore SANsymphony causes VCB to fail
VMware Consolidated Backup fails on virtual machines with Raw Device Mappings in physical compatibility mode
[Archived] Re-number software iSCSI targets
[Archived] Software iSCSI dies unexpectedly on one host - Other hosts can see the storage
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
Tools show as "Not Running" in VirtualCenter virtual machine
DHCP and FTP Timeout Issues When Installing ESX Server Using Kickstart
Virtual Center prevents deploying from template - option is grayed out
Does Microsoft Windows Cluster Services work with ESX Server's NIC teaming features?
Ensuring the MAC address assigned to a virtual NIC does not change after VMotion
One or More Virtual Machines Crash When a Virtual Machine Is Rebooted
Troubleshooting Detected as a snapshot and Disallowing access errors when they occur cluster wide
After upgrading to VMFS3 you cannot browse the datastore in VirtualCenter
Virtual machine cannot be removed from inventory after unsuccessful VMware Converter conversion
Manually reloading the ESX host physical NIC driver when vmnic stops passing traffic
Source of Time Returned by VMGuestLib_GetElapsedMS in a VMware Guest
Storage LUNs on NetApp 960 become unresponsive during GFiler takeover/giveback operation
Mouse does not work inside virtual machine when MouseWorks is installed
Cannot connect to VirtualCenter after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.0.2 and VMware Infrastructure Client 2.0.2
Cannot connect to a virtual machine with Virtual Desktop Manager
License Server timeout when trying to connect to an ESX host
Sysprep does not keep the Language settings for locale/regional
[Archived] When trying to use an alias in VC for the license server, it keeps reverting back to the original name.
ESX Server 2.5.x Installer Hangs when Designating /dev/sda3 to Contain a VMFS File System
Custom scripts fail with errors when triggered by alarms
Process stuck in an uninterruptible sleep state
Unable to discover new LUN on Windows Virtual Machine (Windows 2003 server SP1) with Multipath S/W installed on
Guest
Creating snapshots in a different location than default virtual machine directory
Online Help Does Not Appear for the VirtualCenter Database Upgrade Wizard
VI Perl Toolkit Memory Leak & BMC Performance Assurance
Tips for configuring Microsoft SQL Server in a virtual machine
Adding USB Keyboard/Mouse to KVM may trigger a purple diagnostics screen
Hostd Stopped Responding after Gradual Degradation of Response Time, Symptoms Vary
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
ESX 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002964: Security Update to the Perl Package
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 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002968: Security Update to the Samba Package
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 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1002972: Security Update to the util-linux 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-1002976: Security Update to the util-linux Package
Using vcbMounter from the command line
Adding a new user to the ESX host from the VMware Infrastructure Client
Security Response to CVE-2007-3843
Boot volume goes read-only on failover
[Archived] Email alerts are not sent from VirtualCenter with Unknown error
[Archived] When editing the notes field of a Virtual Machine the text is not saved
Error during the configuration of the host: Unable to create Filesystem - NetApp LUN Type Should Be Set to VMware
Multiple snapshots are not preserved when converting a virtual machine
Adding video resolution modes to Windows guest operating systems
Analysis: Excessive Paging Values May Not Indicate Memory Starvation Condition
Virtual Disk Remains on a Datastore After Snapshots Referencing the Disk Are Deleted
The vmsnap and vmres Scripts Do Not Work with Generic SCSI devices
Solaris 10 U4 Virtual Machines Might Not Properly Configure Virtual Parallel Port
ESX Server 3i DHCP Configuration Might Fail at Startup
Paravirtualization Option Is Not Disabled for Unsupported Operating Systems
Restart or Shutdown of an ESX Server 3i Host Does Not Fail Over Virtual Machines to Other Hosts in the Cluster
vmkstats Does Not Work on Intel Core Family Processors
Cannot connect to virtual machine console through VMware Infrastructure Client or Web Access
Virtual machine on a multi-CPU host fails when the virtual machine implements 64bit vSMP
[Archived] Trying to Enable Promiscuous Mode for an Adapter in a VMware Fusion Virtual Machine Produces an Error
Message
Determining the most recent available build of Capacity Planner
Manually Configuring a Virtual Machine to Use the e1000 Network Adapter Driver
[Archived] How to Store Snapshot Files on an Alternate LUN
Deleting snapshots of virtual machines with heavy disk I/O might cause host to be disconnected from VirtualCenter
Converter prompts for files when the source is Windows NT
Unsigned Driver Warning During VMware Tools Upgrade
VirtualCenter Server Might Crash in a Cluster with Manual or Partially Automatic DRS and Automatic DPM
Audio within a VM has more latency than it does on the physical host.
ESX Server 3.0.x Host Is Unable to Use VCB License from VMware Infrastructure Foundation License File
Bridged networking disconnects unexpectedly with IBM X series
Daylight Saving Time (DST) Update for Venezuela, Indiana, Egypt, South Australia, and Brazil for 2007
Jumbo Frames Are Not Available on VMkernel Networking Interfaces in ESX Server 3i
Error Message During Installation: error 1603: error installing Windows installer engine
VMotion from ESX Server 3.5 Hosts to ESX Server 3.0.x Hosts Causes the Console Sessions of the Migrated Virtual
Machines to Become Blank
ESX Server becomes temporarily unresponsive under a heavy I/O load through aacraid driver
Storage Devices Connected to McData FC Switch Through QLogic Adapters Occasionally Do Not Reappear After
Reboot
Supported 2.x Guest List Is Not the Same in Management Interface and VirtualCenter
Presence of a Removable Storage Device Might Prevent Converter from Successfully Converting a Physical Machine to
an ESX Server Virtual Machine
Data Digest Not Supported on Windows Virtual Machines
ESX Server 3i License Information Lost When Recovery CD Is Used
Upgrading VMware Consolidated Backup Version 1.0.x to Version 1.1 Causes the Installer to Hang
Driver for NetXen NICs Supports Up to 31GB of Physical RAM on ESX Server Hosts
Legacy vmware-toolbox Script Tab Settings Revert to Default After VMware Tools Upgrade
Powering on Virtual Machines with Multiple PCI Devices Might Fail
VirtualCenter Database Upgrade Fails with an Exception When a Password that Contains Apostrophes or Double
Quotes Is Used
Custom Scripts Configured to Run During Virtual Machine Events Will Be Executed Even if the Execution of the Scripts
Is Disabled
Automatic VMware Tools Upgrade Does Not Upgrade to the Latest Version on Virtual Machines With Insufficient Space
in the Root Partition
Administrative Credentials Are Required for Oracle and SQL Server Databases When Installing or Upgrading
VirtualCenter
Subnet Mask of VMkernel Port Group Changes During Upgrade from ESX Server 2.5.x to ESX Server 3.5
ESX Server 3.0.x Bundle Upgrade Log Files and Console Report Errors Even Though the Upgrade Is Successful
[Archived] Unable to access LUN presented by DSS Open-e when block size is 4096k
Automatic Upgrades Cannot Be Performed for VMware Tools on Virtual Machines Running NetWare
Unable to Receive Data at Output File Connected to Serial Ports 3 and 4 in Fedora 7.0 (2.6.22 Kernel) Guest Operating
Systems
VMotion Is Disabled After ESX Server Upgrade
Virtual Machines Might Lose Network Connectivity When Moved to a New Port Group
VirtualCenter Server cannot perform Consolidation Analysis
Incorrect device paths for LUNs displayed in Storage Summary
VirtualCenter Server Does Not Detect Changes in Host IP Address Unless SSL Certificate Verification Has Been
Enabled
ESX Server Is Unable to Boot from SAN on an Emulex LP1150 or LPe1150 HBA
VirtualCenter Service Will Not Start on a Machine with Non-ASCII Characters in Its Computer Name
Virtual Machines Manually Migrated from an ESX Server 2.x Host to an ESX Server 3.x Host Subsequently Might Not
Power On
VirtualCenter Server Fails to Start After You Replace Default SSL Certificates with Custom SSL Certificates
A Licensed ESX Server 2.x Host Erroneously Appears to Be Using Evaluation Mode
Some Alarms Disappear After Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5
An ESX Server 3i Host Cannot Accommodate Simultaneous VI Updates
VMware Consolidated Backup Cannot Create Quiesced Snapshots of Virtual Machines Running Microsoft Windows
Vista
Cannot Specify Destination Folder on Non-Default Datacenter when Cloning Virtual Machines
When You Install Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition on a System Where Microsoft SQL Native Client Driver Is
Present, the Installation Might Fail with Error
Service-Console-Only Mode Does Not Load megaraid_sas Driver Automatically for ESX Server 3.0.1
Upgrading VirtualCenter 1.4 with Optional Modules Selected Fails with an Error
VI Client Installation Fails on Windows Vista Business Edition with Enabled Antivirus Software
VMware virtual machine file system partition inaccessible after importing PERC configuration to different PERC card on
ESX Server 3.0.2
The VirtualCenter Server might crash when using an older ODBC driver with Oracle 9i
License File Is Moved from the Location Specified During Installation
Aborting an ESX Server 3i Bootup after an Upgrade Invalidates USB Key for Further Upgrades
"Unable to change license status as the license server is not available" Error Received While Switching License Source
to Evaluation
VMware Consolidated Backup 1.1 Command-Line Utility Connection to Port 902 Causes an Error Message
Backups Using vcbSnapAll Without -r Transfer Data on the / Directory
Mouse and SVGA Drivers Fail to Uninstall from Virtual Machines with Windows NT 4.0 SP6a as a Guest Operating
System
Loading Parallel Port Driver Modules in the Service Console Generates Warnings in the ESX Server Boot Logs
Virtual Machine on RDM Shared Storage Becomes Invalid After Migration from ESX Server 2.5x to ESX Server 3.5 or
ESX Server 3i
Panic error on ESX Server host with Neterion Network Adapter when booting into Service Console
Certain Special Characters Cause Software iSCSI Initiator CHAP Configuration Corruption
VirtualCenter Consolidation Service Usernames and Passwords Must Use Only ASCII Characters
When You Edit a Virtual Machine During a Cloning Operation, Validity Checking Does Not Work
Changing Disk Configurations While Cloning a Virtual Machine Can Trigger Unpredictable Behavior
Increasing the Size of the Hard Disk Fails on a Virtual Machine That Has Snapshots
When a Legacy Template Is Converted to a Virtual Machine, the Resulting Virtual Machine Must Be Registered on the
Host Where the Template Was Created
Not Able To Burn CDs or DVDs in Virtual Machines with Linux 2.4 Kernel Supported Guest Operating Systems
ACE Master file fails to open because it is in use
Virtual machine loses second default gateway in a Microsoft Cluster Environment
Windows 2003 Enterprise Virtual Machines with Memory Configurations Higher Than the Host on which They Reside
Are Slow to Boot
Snapshot Operations Submitted Directly to an ESX Server Host During Storage VMotion Corrupt Virtual Machine Data
esxtop Disk Stats Can Reflect Multiple Paths
Time Sync Option Becomes Disabled During Upgrade VMotion Unless the Virtual Machine Is Power Cycled Prior to the
Migration
Permission Problem if Host Had Been in Lockdown Mode
Client-Side CD-ROM or Floppy Can Become Disconnected
Relocation Task Reports as Successfully Completed Even Though Virtual Machines Have Not Actually Been Relocated
If IBM Director 5.20.1 Agent Is Installed on ESX Server 3.5, the Director Console May Not List the Device Drivers
Configuration of VMware HA for Previously Partial-isolated Hosts May Fail
Remote CLI "esxcfg-nics -l" Does Not Show MTU for Physical NICs
Authentication from IBM Director Server Console to Director Agent Fails With the "Target System Is Not Currently
Available" Error
Unable to set default gateway: An error occurred while communicating with the remote host
Windows Guest Operating System Customization Fails on German Windows Operating Systems
SOAP Error Encountered While Using Java and Axis 1.3
ESXi does not support physical serial and parallel ports
Host Floppy Is Not Supported
CD/DVD-ROM Writing Using the "HOST cdrom" Command Is Not Supported
Using VMware Converter to restore a backup created with vcbMounter fails
A VMFS volume is not available and VMkernel reports displays the error: Device size mismatch
VI Client Does Not Always Correctly Display Log Data Generated on Servers Running in Non-English Locales
Configuration Information Lost If ESX Server 3i Is Not Shut Down Properly
Unable to Power On a Virtual Machine After Virtual Hardware Upgrade if the Virtual Machine Has Additional
Append/Undoable Mode Disk on Different Datastores
Uninitialized Value Errors in Boot.log After Upgrade
Running "esxcfg-mpath -l" Might Report Incorrect Number of LUN Paths
Installing the Tivoli Storage Manager Client on the Service Console Results in an Error
Excess SCSI devices (LUNs) Do Not Have Device Mappings in the Service Console
Cannot Power On a Virtual Machine with Too Many PCI Devices
[Archived] Virtual Center Service Not Recovering from network failure - Oracle database
VMware HA Log is filling up the File System
Connecting VMware Infrastructure Client directly to an ESX host fails with the hostd log error: max connection
Running out of disk space on local storage volumes
How to reset the command retry with dropped frames counter on a Qlogic host bus adapter
Unable to open a VMware Workstation virtual machine in VMware Server
VirtualCenter Server Installation Fails or Results in Error if Your System Does Not Have MDAC 2.8 SP1 or Later
Installed
Remote CLI 1.1 Released with ESX Server 3i Version 3.5 is Incompatible with VI Perl 1.0
32-bit Microsoft Vista Virtual Machines Might Fail
Guest stops responding after connecting a USB CD-ROM
Determining if your VMware HA cluster experienced an Isolation Response
Installing a shared printer in Windows Vista guest operating system
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003175: Update to the esxupdate Utility
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003176: WebCenter Updates
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, Duplicate Packet
Issue; Support for Virtual Machines to Share Generic SCSI Devices
VirtualCenter Server Crashes On Running the vmware-cmd -s Command to Register a Template
Migrating VirtualCenter from Microsoft MSDE 2000 to Microsoft SQL 2005 Express
ESX Server 3i Local UI Can Display Random Messages When a DHCP Server Sends a NAK Packet
Using Test Management Network to Resolve the DNS Host Name Is Unreliable
Some Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters Are Not Initialized When Boot BIOS Is Enabled
Intel IGB driver is not included with ESX 3.0.2 Update 1
Can I uninstall Tomcat on my VirtualCenter 2 Server?
Converting a physical or virtual machine to a virtual machine that uses Raw Device Mapping
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
Cluster Service Fails to Start on a Node when Powered On from a Suspended State
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
VMware ESX Server 3i Version 3.5, ESXe350-200712401-I-BG: Firmware Update
Enhanced VMotion Compatibility (EVC) processor support
Links in the Getting Started Tabs for Some Inventory Objects Might Not Be Displayed
Installing ESX Server Throws an "Anaconda Error" in the Partitioning Options Screen
Cannot access the SDK URL https://servername/sdk
In the Snapshot Manager of VirtualCenter, some snapshots have a green icon
Dell Recovery Fails if a QLogic HBA is Installed on Host Machine
VCB Backups Fail When Transport Mode Is Set to nbdssl
IBM System x3850 M2 and System x3950 M2 Servers Fail to Connect to 100Mbps Networks
.GHO image files cannot be converted
large temporary redo files in VCB proxy
VirtualCenter shows an administrator logging in every 5 minutes, but no administrators have logged in
Running Microsoft Exchange 2007 in a virtual machine distorts RTP streams
A long operation fails with an Operation canceled due to a reset error
ESX 2.x host cannot connect to VirtualCenter 2.x or disconnects from VirtualCenter 2.x
Error when installing VirtualCenter 2.0.2 with Oracle ODBC
If a Server Has Intel Dual-Core Processors (Tigerton), the VI Client Overreports the Number of Available Licenses
Connection to ESX Server Host Through VI Client Is Lost if You Attempt to Delete Several Virtual Machines at Once
from the Datastore Browser
[Archived] SSH Randomly Disconnects when Logged into my ESX Server Host
A virtual machine fails with the internal monitor error: VMM64 fault 6
VirtualCenter Throws invalidArgument::Exception querySpec.interval
Permissions given to a group or user disappear after a reboot of the ESX host
Using MD5sum to verify the integrity of copied files
Unable to pass a guestinfo parameter from a virtual machine to an ESX host using VMware Tools and vmware-cmd
Memory Usage shows as a Negative Number when looking at the Summary Tab of a Resource pool
[Archived] Cloning a Template to Virtual Machine and Automatically Attach a Resource Pool
[Archived] Automatically Generating a URL for a Virtual Machine
Getting Security Certificate with HTTPS to Work with VI SDK in Internet Explorer
Creating Application to Connect to VMware Infrastructure 3 Gives Credentials Error
Connecting to a VirtualCenter Server Remotely Without New Certificates on the VirtualCenter Server
ESX Server Might Become Unresponsive when LUNs from IBM SVC Storage Array Are Removed
Inventory Collection fails with error -2147217900 - "Syntax error in string in query expression"
[Archived] MSA1500 with Firmware 7.0 (currently unsupported) was having an issue where 2 of the 4 LUNs becoming
locked
Storage VMotion on Virtual Machine with I/O Intensive Workload May Result Incorrectly in a Timeout Error
Installing Update Manager with Unified Installer Might Fail if Disparate Databases Are Used
Understanding Invalid Opcode messages
Unable to Console to VM from VI Client. Error connecting: Connection terminated by server, ret -1 err 10054
VirtualCenter fails when using German Domain Controller
Connection fails immediately when trying to open a VMware Infrastructure Client session to an ESX host
No buffer space available errors appear in Windows Event Log
Overview of 3i serial number
Understanding VI3.5 Licensing: Server- and Host-Based Licensing Models
VMware Products in VI3.5 Foundation, Standard and Enterprise Editions
Updates to your VMware VI3 Starter Licenses
Using Analysis for Consolidation in VirtualCenter Server For the First Time Might Result in Non-Responsive VI Client
Changes in licensing for VI3 Standard Edition when upgrading to VI 3.5
Delete All snapshot operation results in a Consolidate Helper snapshot when a datastore has insufficient disk space
VMware Partner Activation Codes (PAC) Explained
What do the different administrator roles (PLA, SLA, and SA) mean?
Mounting Installation Disk Using HP iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) Causes Installation Errors if System ROM is Out of
Date
License Serial Number on Direct Console Support Information Screen Is Not Consistent for Evaluation Licensing Mode
Consolidation of Large or Deeply Nested Snapshots Using VirtualCenter, SDK, or VCB Might Take Longer on ESX
Server 3.5 than on ESX Server 3.0.x
VMFS Partition Cannot Be Created During ESX Server Installation If Prior Installation Is Detected
[Archived] Veritas Snapshot Provider provided with Netbackup causes disk full in VCB proxy
Upgrading to ESX Server 3 Version 3.5 When the Root Partition Is Nearly Full Might Cause Incomplete System
Configuration
Restarting hostd (mgmt-vmware) on ESX Server hosts restarts hosted virtual machines where virtual machine
Startup/Shutdown is enabled
SCSI: device set offline - command error recovery failed
Loss of Network Connectivity in Fenced Configurations
Virtual machines from a single disk chain may only run on 8 hosts (VMFS)
Calling vicfg-cfgbackup -r Results in Error Messages on Successful Reset
Does VMware support NetApp's ReplicatorX in Virtual Environments?
Enabling Template and Configuration Lease Expiration Alerts
Kudzu Presents Non-Readable Characters
LSI storage controller errors in vmkernel logs
Error in the hostd logs after running the parted/Util script: The partition table on /vmfs/devices/disks/vmhba2:0:0:0 is
inconsistent
Failed to serialize result in hostd log file
NICs show as 100MB when they are 1GB
VI Perl Toolkit Script to Reconnect Non-Responding Hosts
Cannot remove a LUN extent
Differences in supported networking features between ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3
Do not grant or revoke the System Administrator's role to satisfy database permission requirements when upgrading to
VirtualCenter 2.5
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 to
Stop 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 3.0.2, 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 to
Stop Responding
SAN volumes are not visible in the Conversion Wizard
Wake-On-LAN Compatibility as a Prerequisite for Distributed Power Management
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003374: Fixes for VMware Tools Installer
Getting performance graphs from ESX hosts to VirtualCenter Management server times out
64bit Windows virtual machines generate errors when trying to use the VSS and NT backup
ESX Server 3i Installable Can Boot Only from Hard Disk with Lowest or Highest SCSI ID
When trying to create a VMFS volume on a local hard disk post-install, VI Client responds with "When trying to create a
local VMFS volume I receive error: "Error during the configuration of the host:Failed to update the disk partition
information"
Requirements for upgrading to or installing VirtualCenter 2.5 with a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Database
VirtualCenter Server 2.0.x Displays Incorrect License Count in VI Client
ESX Server 3.0.2: Support for EMC Invista
VMware Tools fails to install during migration of ESX Server 2.5 to ESX Server 3.0
Support for OpenPegasus CIM Management Server in ESX Server 2.x dropped
Disabling VMware Guided Consolidation in VirtualCenter
Unexpected Restarts of Virtual Machines on ESX Server 3.0.1 Might Occur When Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 or
When Adding ESX Server 3.0.1 to VirtualCenter 2.5
Diagnosing an ESX Server that is Disconnected or Not Responding in VirtualCenter
ESX 3.5 installation requirement for Dell Poweredge 1950
Troubleshooting a datastore or VMFS volume that is full or near capacity
VirtualCenter server fails with the error: A general system error occurred: at line number 7, not well-formed (invalid
token)
Replacing a Fibre Channel SAN LUN Causes ESX Server to Behave Unexpectedly
Installing VMware Tools manually in a VMware Fusion virtual machine
Keyboard and mouse not working in a virtual machine
Deleting a virtual machine
Adding the VMware SCSI Controller to a Windows guest operating system
Audio is not working in Windows XP virtual machine
Windows OS prompting for Activation when swapping between Bootcamp and a VMware Fusion virtual machine
[archived] Creating and accessing a shared folder from a Linux or Solaris guest operating system
SCSI events that can trigger ESX server to fail a LUN over to another path
NFS media storage constantly switches between unreachable and reachable
vcbMounter fails on SSL certificate verification with mismatch error
VirtualCenter does not start when connecting to an Oracle database
VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802401-BG: Updates to VMware-hostd-esx
ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802403-BG: Improved Statistics Collection for Support Scripts, Fix for Patch Issue
Seen After Upgrading from ESX Server 2.5.x to 3.5.0
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 PowerEdge
6650 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, VMkernel
Update for bnx2 Driver
VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200802401-I-BG: Firmware Update
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 VMotion
and Lab Manager
VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802412-BG: Updates to the VMkernel to Fix Networking and Hardware
Issues
VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802413-BG: Sunfire X4200 Host Hangs Because of HBA Timeouts Due to
DMA Problems
VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802414-BG: Discrete Sensors Report Wrong Information to Monitors
ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200802415-SG: Security Update to Samba Packages
VMware Tools leak memory in Windows guests
Installing a Linux operating system in virtual machine fails
VMware Update Manager Plug-In fails to install
Tuning ESX Server 3.5 for Better Storage Performance by Modifying the Maximum I/O Block Size
Balloon driver retains hold on memory causing virtual machine guest operating system performance issues
Upgrade from VirtualCenter 2.0.x to VirtualCenter 2.5 fails with an error
What does output from dmesg regarding 'resize_dma_pool: unknown device type 12' mean
Troubleshooting screen resolution issues using VMware Tools in a Linux guest operating system
Cannot deploy a virtual machine from a template after changing the NFS datastore IP address
Setting a static MAC address for a virtual machine in VMware Fusion
Changing an ESX Server's connection status in VirtualCenter
Replace Existing VMDK with New VMDK
Boot Camp virtual machine fails to power on
Troubleshooting startup issues by manually reinstalling Fusion
Troubleshooting Stop errors when using Boot Camp virtual machines
Testing network connectivity with the Ping command
Testing port connectivity with the Telnet command
I/O Error with Netware 6.5 GOS during controller failover
Restarting the Management agents on an ESX or ESXi Server
Starting virtual machine produces the following error "Thin/TBZ disks cannot be opened in multiwriter mode"
Verifying that the Management Service is running on an ESX host
Verifying that the VirtualCenter Agent Service is running on an ESX host
Checking for resource starvation of the ESX Server service console
ESX Configuration Maximums
Physical drive failure on a storage array
Increasing the amount of RAM assigned to the ESX Server service console
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 of LUNs
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 LUNs
Failure
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1003513: Fixes for VMotion and Clone Operations Failure, VirtualCenter Server Agent
Crash, Hot Addition and Deletion of LUNs Failure, Virtual Machine Level Permissions; VirtualCenter 2.0.x Failure to Read
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 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1003516: Snapshot of a Suspended Virtual Machine Fails with an Error; Fix for Windows
OEM CDs Installation Failure; Virtual Machines Stop Responding When Updated with Symantec Virus Definition
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 to Low
COW Heap Memory;ESX Server Hosts Stop Responding Due to a Spinlock Timeout;Fixes for SysAlert Warning
Message, 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 3.0.2, 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
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
Rebooting an ESX Server host
Unable to access shared folders after upgrading to Workstation 6.x
[Archived] ESX server running on Gateway E9525R displaying Journaling error on the service console
vcbMounter fails with a 5104 error
Cannot upgrade VMware Tools on Red Hat Linux virtual machines after migrating it from ESX Server 2.5 to ESX Server
3.0
Troubleshooting a virtual machine that does not power on after a LUN is extended
Poor Network File Copy performance between local VMFS and shared VMFS
[Archived] vim.DiagnosticManager.browse appears multiple times in my log file
Does rebooting VirtualCenter Server affect running virtual machines?
Change the default boot sequence for newly created virtual machines
VMimages not showing up when mounting ISO to CD/DVD in VC 2.5
Determining if virtual machine and ESX host unresponsiveness is caused by hardware issues
Troubleshooting the VMware ESX Server Management Service when it will not start
Troubleshooting the inability to create a virtual disk
SLES9 64-bit with (GRE) tunnel - File transfer fails - Disabling TSO
Investigating disk space on an ESX host
Verifying the block size of a VMFS data store
Replacing Existing VMDK by Using FileOperation.replace Returns an Error
Missing Performance Data in VirtualCenter 2.5
Unable to customize a Linux virtual machine
VMotion fails with the error A general system error occurred: Failed waiting for data. Error bad0007. Bad parameter
Creating a single-host license file to include VMware Consolidated Backup
ESX Server Management Service fails when storage is refreshed in Virtual Infrastructure Client
Virtual machine customization fails after an upgrade of VirtualCenter
New Formula for Performance Data Collection in Capacity Planner 2.6
The Balloon Driver, vmmemctl, Is Unaware of Pinned Pages
Determining how much RAM is installed in each slot on an ESX host
Displaying VMware Tools Help on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS Guest Operating System
Update Manager prevents VirtualCenter from starting due to locked port
Windows XP or 2000 virtual machine stops responding during boot up in Fusion
Numeric keypad is not working in a virtual machine
Starting a virtual machine generates a Syntax error
Unable to install Norton Antivirus 2008 in Windows Vista 64bit guest operating system
Cannot enable Update Manager plug-in for VirtualCenter
QLogic HBAs may reset every 497.1 days of ESX uptime causing fiber channel fabric disconnects
Host And Other Configuration Data Missing After Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5
Timesync problems in Netware 6.5
Troubleshooting a virtual machine outage across multiple hosts connected to the same array
Cannot Use Recovery CD, "There is more than one USB device connected to the system" Error Message
Cannot power on virtual machine in VMware Workstation 6 when UNC path is used
X Windows Does Not Boot on a Virtual Machine Running SLES 9 SP4 and VMware Tools
Auto Download of VI Client 2.5 Fails If VI Client 2.0.x is Installed on Windows Server 2003 SP1
Attempting to add a host to VirtualCenter produces a license error
Storage timeouts on Windows 2003 guests due to insufficient COW heap
No manpage for resxtop Remote CLI in Remote CLI Package
[Archived] Restarting the ESX Server Management service
ESX 2.5.4 Hardware fault with exception type 14 on release_region on Dell 1955 blade
Troubleshooting the firewall policy on an ESX Server
Logging 0/3 and 0/5 errors when using NetApp ONTAP version less than 7.2.2
Troubleshooting a Cannot find page file error when powering on a virtual machine
Virtual machine CPU usage spikes and remains abnormally high after VMotion in a VMware DRS enabled cluster
Cannot access LUN as it is marked as deactivated snapshot
Troubleshooting User Connection Issues in Virtual Desktop Manager
[Archived] "Error performing operation: Unable to create object, volume Name not valid" when running esxcfg-nas -l
Enabling Virtual Machine Interface (VMI) in a Linux kernel and in ESX 3.5
Cannot power on a virtual machine
Cannot power on an ESX virtual machine after a migration
Cannot power on an ESX virtual machine when nothing changed
Cannot power on an ESX virtual machine after changing something
Cannot power on an ESX virtual machine after a failure
VMware High Availability log file vmwareclustermanager.trace file grows large
[Archived] Moving a virtual disk to another datastore
Determining if a virtual disk is attached to another virtual machine
For resxtop, the -V Interactive Option Is Not Currently Supported
Troubleshooting pooling issues
Identifying shared storage issues with ESX 3.x
Virtual switch tagging does not function when using Intel VT Quad Port Adapter
Minimum System Requirements for Installing ESX
[Archived] Printer Configuration in guest operating system with MacOS 10.4 (Tiger)
Mouse not working after installing VMware Tools in converted virtual machine
Cannot power on a hosted virtual machine after a migration
Cannot power on a hosted virtual machine when nothing changed
Cannot power on a hosted virtual machine after changing something
Cannot power on a hosted virtual machine after it fails
Checking media integrity for ESX Server hosts installations or upgrades
Network adapter does not appear in the Virtual Infrastructure Client
License Check Fails to Operate for VMware Consolidated Backup Foundation Edition in Served Mode
Tech Support Mode for Emergency Support
ISO not found error or MediaFileDoesNotExist
Unauthenticated Sessions Dropped Immediately
Troubleshooting fibre channel storage connectivity
Troubleshooting iSCSI array connectivity
Troubleshooting ESX and ESXi connectivity to fibre channel arrays
[Archived] Troubleshooting NFS server connectivity
Overview of migration compatibility error messages
ESX Server host network adapter compatibility
Verifying the integrity of the physical network adapter
Collecting diagnostic information for the vSphere Client or VMware Infrastructure Client
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware VirtualCenter 2.x
Collecting diagnostic information in a VMware Virtual Infrastructure Environment
Ensuring your hardware is functioning correctly
Verifying a feature is licensed
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Update Manager 1.0
VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803201-UG: Upgrade to the Openwsman Protocol Adapter, Fix for
OpenPegasus Management Server
ESX350-200803202-UG Patch; Multiple RPM Updates, Including VMware-esx-tools, VMware-esx-vmkernel, and
VMware-hostd-esx
VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803203-UG: Update to VMware-cim-esx
Running fdisk -l Fails to Display Local Storage in Some Situations
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 ESX350-200803210-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
Troubleshooting USB Issues in Virtual Desktop Manager
Performance Improvements with Virtual Infrastructure API 2.5
Installation of ESX Server 2.5.5 Fails on HP BL460c Using iLO and USB CD Drive
ESX Server 3.5 Might Display Performance Issues Due to IRQ Sharing
Enabling IOAT and Jumbo frames
Configuring name resolution for VMware VirtualCenter
Verifying and reinstalling the correct version of the VirtualCenter Server agents
Recreating a VMware High Availability Cluster
Troubleshooting VMotion CPU feature requirement error messages
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 pcre
packages
VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803209-UG: Update to the Service Console
VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200803215-UG: Update to the Virtual Infrastructure Client
Verifying network links
Web Access can incorrectly prompt you to upgrade to an older version of VDM Client
wsnm_jms process fails repeatedly after VDM Agent upgrade from beta2 to later releases due to incomplete JRE
VDM Client upgrade sometimes fails and displays the message The wizard was interrupted before VMware VDM Client
could be completely installed
Testing VMkernel network connectivity with the vmkping command
Shortcut checkboxes in the VDM Client installer are not set when upgrading from Beta 2 to the release build
Synchronize time
Performance statistics rollup failure due to arithmetic overflow errors
BIOS update may be required for Xeon 5400 and Xeon 5200
Diagnosing VMware VMotion failure at 10%
Identifying issues with and setting up name resolution on ESX Server
Verifying time synchronization across environment
Investigating if an ESX virtual machine is powered on
Powering on an ESX host's virtual machine
Investigating power on permissions for ESX virtual machines
Validate your Internet Explorer settings
Troubleshooting migration compatibility error: Virtual machine has 2 virtual CPUs but the host software only supports 1
Determining if a virtual machine is orphaned
Verifying ESX virtual machine file integrity
Validate the VirtualCenter guest customization specification if you intend to use one
Investigating ESX virtual machine resources
Virtual machine hardware versions
Troubleshooting host architecture incompatibility
Validating the .vmx settings of a virtual machine
Validate network ports on ESX
Verifying that ESX virtual machine storage is accessible
Slow VM performance or Web UI response problems
Install required Microsoft Windows patches
Microsoft Cluster Service Fails When All Paths to the Boot Disk of the Active Node Become Unavailable in a Boot from
SAN Configuration
Verifying sufficient free disk space for an ESX virtual machine
Troubleshooting a non-responsive virtual machine
Verifying ESX virtual machine file names
Verifying the integrity of the parent disks for an ESX virtual machine
Investigating an out of resources error on a datastore
It is recommended that you upgrade VDM Client machines to use Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) 6.0
VDM does not support using link-local (169.254.x.x) addresses for desktop virtual machines
The VDM Administrator User Interface Can Only Be Accessed Through a VDM Connection Server in a Standard or
Replica Installation
When Creating or Editing Desktops, Vista Desktops Do Not Show Up in the List
VDM Administrator User Interface Does Not Allow You to Enter the License Key
Support for VDM Web Access with Mac OS Is Experimental
Troubleshooting migration compatibility warning: Migration will cause the virtual machine's configuration to be modified,
to preserve the feature requirements for its guest OS
Linux Web Access User Names Cannot Begin with a Hyphen
Single Sign On (SSO) Occasionally Fails When Using Passwords with Fewer than Six Characters
A Windows Security Alert Message Might Be Issued by the Firewall the First Time VDM Client or VDM Web Access Is
Used on Windows
Session Timeout Produces Unexpected Behavior When the Direct Connect to Virtual Desktop Option Is Enabled
VDM Client Allows a User to Change the Desktop Preferences After a Session Timeout
Administrative rights requirement for use of VDM USB Driver
Webcams Have Known Issues with USB Redirection and Are Not Supported
Composite (Multi-Function) Devices Might Appear in the Device List as More than One Device
Bluetooth Devices Are Shareable to the VMware VDM Session
Troubleshooting migration compatibility error: Device is a connected device with a remote backing
Duplicate printers appear in a virtual desktop
Required settings for USB audio devices shared using the Virtual Desktop Manager Client
Blackberry Devices Should Not Be Shared When in Use Locally
A Known Issue with the VDM Connection Server Might Affect Uptime of a Deployed Server
VDM Connection Server Cannot Distinguish Between Original and Cloned Virtual Machines
Verifying virtual network adapter is present and connected to the virtual machine
Troubleshooting migration compatibility error: Currently connected device uses backing which is not accessible
VMware High Availability configuration issues when an iSCSI Service Console is on the same network
VMware VMotion fails if target host does not meet reservation requirements
Diagnosing a VMware VMotion failure at 90-95%
Support for dynamic disks and GPT disks
Troubleshooting migration compatibility warning: Device uses backing which is not accessible
Troubleshooting migration compatibility error: Unable to access the virtual machine configuration: Unable to access file
Verifying ESX host networking configuration on the service console
Troubleshooting migration compatibility error: Device is a SCSI controller engaged in bus-sharing
Troubleshooting migration compatibility warning: Reverting to snapshot would generate error (warnings) on the
destination host
ESX Server 3.5.0 Might Require Manual RPM Installation After Upgrading from ESX Server 3.0.1 or 3.0.2
Error during the configuration of the host: NFS Error: Unable to Mount filesystem
STP may cause temporary loss of network connectivity when a failover or failback event occurs
Troubleshooting Migration compatibility warning: No guest OS heartbeats are being received
VLAN Configuration on Virtual Switch, Physical Switch, and Virtual Machines - ESX 3.x
Unable to connect to an ESX host using Secure Shell (SSH)
Configuring the ESX Server host firewall for SSH
When you run a Bootcamp virtual machine with Windows Vista, you receive a Windows host process (Rundll32) has
stopped working error
Host losing the peripheral connection such as iSight, or Bluetooth, or IR Receiver, when powering on the Windows XP
virtual machine
Troubleshooting a Couldn't setup IRQ error in ESX 3.5
Sharing a printer with a Windows virtual machine using Apple Bonjour
Disabling the floppy drive in a virtual machine
Configuring a VLAN on a portgroup
Issues with storage related commands when using thin provisioned LUNs with your storage array
Troubleshooting Migration compatibility error: The VMotion interface is not configured (or is misconfigured) on the
destination host
Troubleshooting Migration compatibility error: VMotion from source host to destination host is unsupported because of
VMotion protocol differences
Troubleshooting Migration compatibility error: The operation is not allowed in the current state
Troubleshooting Migration compatibility error: Currently connected network interface uses network, which is not
accessible
Troubleshooting Migration compatibility error: Currently connected network interface uses network, which is a virtual
intranet
Troubleshooting Migration compatibility error: Currently connected network interface uses network, which is configured
for different offload or security policies
Troubleshooting when a virtual machine loses network connection after VMotion
Troubleshooting migration compatibility warning: The VMotion interface of the destination host uses network, which
differs from the network used by the VMotion interface of the source host
Troubleshooting Migration compatibility error: Virtual machine has CPU and/or memory affinities configured, preventing
VMotion
Investigating if a hosted virtual machine is powered on
Powering on a hosted virtual machine
Verifying hosted virtual machine file integrity
Investigating power on permissions for hosted virtual machines
Investigating hosted virtual machine resources
Investigating busy hosted virtual machine files
Determining the status of VMware host services
Checking connectivity to a VMware ACE Management Server
Unable to View aacraid Driver Details on ESX Server 2.5.4 Using IBM Director 5.20 Console
Troubleshooting Migration compatibility error: Unable to migrate: Insufficient memory resources
Verifying sufficient free disk space for a hosted virtual machine
Investigating hosted virtual machine lock files
Verifying that hosted virtual machine storage is accessible
Verifying hosted virtual machine file names
Verifying the integrity of hosted virtual machine parent disks
Unable to Enter a Virtual Machine's BIOS Configuration from the VI Client
Troubleshooting errors resulting from non-ASCII names
Mouse or keyboard stop functioning during installation or upgrade of ESX Server system
Diagnosing the Virtual Infrastructure Client when it fails to connect to VirtualCenter
Diagnosing the Virtual Infrastructure Client when it fails to connect to an ESX host
Determining if ESX host purple screens are caused by hardware issues
Troubleshooting permissions errors when connecting to VirtualCenter with the Virtual Infrastructure Client
Storage VMotion fails with the error: Failed to unstun VM after disk reparent
Troubleshooting gaps in performance data or missing performance data
Troubleshooting Virtual Machine Console problems
Locating a hosted virtual machine's files
SAN LUNs damaged after ESX installation, upgrade, or reinstall
Minimum System Requirements for Installing VirtualCenter
Multiple Rescans Might Be Required for Detecting New LUN Paths and Removing Existing LUN Paths
Configuring the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) with ESX Server
[Archived] Using MapDiskRegion to fetch large block map
Upgrading to ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5 Best Practices
Troubleshooting a failed VirtualCenter Installation
Opening a command or shell prompt
Troubleshooting virtual machine network connection issues
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Fusion
Stopping, starting, or restarting vCenter services
Locating the installation directory of a VMware product
Verifying the networking within the guest operating system
Enabling serial-line logging for an ESX host
Collecting diagnostic information for Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM)
Verifying VirtualCenter Server and Virtual Infrastructure Client versions match
Troubleshooting a failed VirtualCenter Upgrade
Checking media integrity for VirtualCenter Installations and Upgrades
Troubleshooting a failed installation of VMware Tools in Linux
Verifying that the Secure Shell Daemon is running on an ESX Server host
Unable to run 32bit applications in a 64bit guest operating system
Troubleshooting a failed VMware Tools Installation in a Windows Operating System
Ensuring the correct VMware Tools ISO image is loaded
[Archive] vcbMounter.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
Ensuring the correct guest operating system is selected
Unable to access VMware Virtual Infrastructure WebAccess if customized ports have been set
Verifying that ESX host hardware (System, Storage, and I/O) devices are supported
Creating custom certificates for VirtualCenter 2.x with OpenSSL and Microsoft Certificate Services Web Enrollment
Missing SCSI journal on the VMFS-3 datastore
Troubleshooting the VMware VirtualCenter Server service when it does not start or fails
Troubleshooting the database data source used by VirtualCenter Server
Unable to rename or delete a VMkernel portgroup after upgrading to ESX 3.5
When the File System is Full, VMFS Opens Without an On-Disk Journal, Which Prevents Some File Operations
Linux SMP Kernels Might Not Respond During System Startup
Can't VMotion or Power on 64bit virtual machine
Troubleshooting the installation of 64bit guest operating systems
Creating a new virtual disk for an existing Linux virtual machine
Troubleshooting an ESX Firewall Process that is not responding
Cannot remote console to a virtual machine
Update Manager fails to scan an ESX Server for updates when using non-default Web Services HTTP port
Ensuring Virtualization Technology is enabled on your VMware host
Hardware and firmware requirements for 64bit guest operating systems
Verifying a VMware Tools build version
Known issues when installing or upgrading VirtualCenter
vcbMounter returns a Visual C++ Runtime error
Troubleshooting ESX and ESXi connectivity to iSCSI arrays using hardware initiators
Troubleshooting ESX Server and ESXi connectivity to iSCSI arrays using software initiator
Enabling or Disabling CD-ROM Autorun in Windows
Troubleshooting ESX and ESXi host connectivity to an NFS Server
Troubleshooting LUN connectivity issues
Verifying the health of an operating system
esxupdate fails when using Microsoft IIS as the HTTP repository
A Virtual Machine's Computer Name May Not be Updated After Cloning or Customization
Troubleshooting VirtualCenter Database Configuration Issues
VMware Fusion crashes or presents an Unexpected Signal 10 error on the MacBook Air if the external SuperDrive is
not connected.
Troubleshooting a VirtualCenter Client / Virtual Infrastructure Client Installation
Troubleshooting VMFS-3 datastore issues
Unable to configure NTP from the Virtual Infrastructure Client
Upgrading VMware Tools and virtual hardware on multiple virtual machines
Troubleshooting connectivity issues to an NFS data store
NIC team failover, failback, or VMotion results in loss of network connectivity
Benign Error Message Appears in /root/upgrade.log After Upgrading from ESX Server 2.5.5 to ESX Server 3.5 Update
1
Determining if a port is in use
Obtaining LUN pathing information for ESX hosts
Troubleshooting a single virtual machine failures on an ESX host
/var/log/vmkernel reports "kernel: unable to read partition table"
Modifying the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) for a Windows virtual machine
Investigating the health of a VirtualCenter database server
Troubleshooting transaction logs on a Microsoft SQL database server
ESX reboots every time when attempting to push any I/O through ethernet cards
Extending the tablespace on an Oracle database
Troubleshooting a failed VMware Tools upgrade
VMware Consolidated Backup fails with following a 554 PROXY service vpxa-nfc not found error
Verifying the Virtual Hardware Configuration of a virtual machine
Performing a rescan of the storage
Defragmenting VirtualCenter performance data indexes on a Microsoft SQL database
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 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
Investigating Active Directory when it causes the VirtualCenter Server to stop or fail to start
ESX host appears to be halted or not responding
Verifying if software is causing your virtual machine to fail
Windows XP Host Computer Resets Unexpectedly
Cloning, templates, and migration functionality is not available from the Virtual Infrastructure Client when directly
connected to an ESX host
Unhandled exception error is generated when using the VMware Infrastructure Client
Diagnosing slow deployment of templates or clones from VirtualCenter
Performing a disk check
Defragmenting a disk
[Archived] Renaming a software initaited ISCSI Node Name
Investigating operating system disk space
Detecting viruses
Detecting spyware
Using the Windows System Configuration utility
Booting into Safe Mode
Validating host memory
Performing hardware diagnostics
Investigating operating system memory usage
Changing Linux run levels
Investigating operating system CPU usage
Using Safe Boot
Switching Mac OS to Single User Mode
Verify the health of ESX Server Operating System
Preventing the Undefined, OFFENDING COMMAND: STACK error on Brother Printers in Fusion
Converting a monolithic-sparse (single growable disk) to split sparse (split disk into 2GB files)
Restarting Boot.sh with VMware Fusion in MacOS
Microsoft Money under Fusion 1.0 does not correctly perform on-line banking activities
Troubleshooting slow template deployment on a single template
Checking CHAP authentication on the ESX Server
During Installation of ESX Server 3.0.2 or later the VMFS Partition Is Listed as Unknown on Partitioning Options Page
Restarting the software iSCSI stack
Critical VMware Security Alert for Windows-Hosted VMware Workstation, VMware Player, and VMware ACE
Unable to configure VMware VMotion network on same subnet as iSCSI
Completing a clean installation using the ISO image if your installation or upgrade fails
Enabling dual monitor capabilities for Wyse Thin-Clients with TCX
Moving a single virtual disk using Storage VMotion
Identifying LUNs masked by ESX 3.x
Increasing the size of a virtual disk
Sample configuration of EtherChannel / Link aggregation with ESX 3.x and Cisco /HP switches.
HP VMM service modifies the /etc/vmware/firewall/services.xml file
Troubleshooting template deployment or cloning when it fails
ESX Server briefly stops responding while trying to load the driver for the Qlogic HBA
Local console session causes error message
Sharing a folder from the host machine to a virtual machine
VMware Consolidated Backup fails and VirtualCenter reports Mapdiskregion failed
Increasing the amount of memory assigned to a virtual machine
Increasing the amount of CPU assigned to a virtual machine
Restoring a virtual machine after it stops responding
Installing MS-DOS in a guest operating system on Fusion
Installing Windows 98 using a floppy disk
Microsoft Windows Vista Aero features not working in a Fusion virtual machine
Bluetooth wireless keyboard or mouse does not work on host and guest simultaneously
ESX Server Limits Access to the Management LUN of the Dell MD3000 and Dell MD3000i Storage Devices
Diagnosing why VirtualCenter is not sending email alerts
Increasing the size of a disk partition
Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition (64 Bit) ServicePack-1 Guest Operating System Fails to Operate while
Running Microsoft Hardware Compatibility Test (HCT)
VirtualCenter Guest Operating System Customization Might Fail to Set Static IP Settings on a Windows Guest
Operating System when the Local DNS Client Service Is Disabled
Sample configuration of virtual switch VLAN tagging (VST Mode) and ESX Server
ESX Server Installer Does Not Create VMFS and vmkcore Partitions Correctly
Completing a remote or scripted ESX Server installation
High CPU usage after upgrading VirtualCenter 2.x with MSDE database to VirtualCenter 2.5 with MS SQL Server
Scripted Installation of ESX Server Fails When Network Switch Is Configured with a Large STP Forwarding Delay
Running Scripted Installation Fails When Port Number of Remote Server Is Not 80
Storing a virtual machine swap file in a location other than the default
Data Collection fails with the error The service has not been started
Network performance issues
NIC teaming in ESX Server
Configuring the speed and duplex of an ESX Server host network adapter
Troubleshooting network issues by capturing and sniffing network traffic via tcpdump
The Power On Task Scheduled on Virtual Machines Fails After Migration
Manual Intervention Required for ESX Server iSCSI Software Initiator to Communicate With iSCSI Storage
The VI Client Requires .NET Framework 2.0 to be Installed on 64-bit Editions of Windows Prior to Its Installation
VMware Storage VMotion Fails on Virtual Disks Configured as Independent-Persistent
Size of the Oracle Database Table Increases Unnecessarily
Cannot create a Resource Pool in a VirtualCenter cluster
Configuring promiscuous mode on a virtual switch or portgroup
Determining why ESX host spontaneously reboots
ESX Server host fails to boot after installation or upgrade
Troubleshooting a VMware ESX Server Upgrade Failure
ESX host or virtual machines have intermittent or no network connectivity
The Control key mapping may not behave as expected in the guest operating system
Adding another virtual disk to a Windows XP virtual machine in VMware Fusion
Snapshot feature is disabled for the Boot Camp partition virtual machine
Windows Virtual Machine Might Fail with a Blue Screen When Symantec Virus Definitions are Updated
Extraneous Error Message on Systems With SAS 6/iR Integrated Controllers and Running Dell OpenManage
Enabling Full Force Export on the Collector
Unable to download patches using VMware Update Manager
Sample Configuration - ESX connecting to physical switch via VLAN access mode and External Switch VLAN Tagging
(EST Mode)
Collecting diagnostic information from an ESXi host that experiences a purple screen
Accessing the BIOS when the POST screen clears too quickly
No results returned in custom report on the Stats_Core data source
Log files grow to excessive size
No values for Disk Queue and Disk Busy are returned on a custom report from the Stats_Core data source
ESX Server 3.0.x hosts managed by VirtualCenter 2.5 may not respond after applying ESX Server patches
Not All Network Adapters Are Detected During Installation if One or More NetXen 10 Gigabit Ethernet NIC Card Is
Present
ESX Server virtual machines stop responding due to shared storage connectivity issues
Performance Collection fails with a performance library trust error
ESX 3.5 host fails to boot with mounting root error
Installing virtualization software within a virtual machine
Changing the download location for VMware Update Manager
Performance Collection fails with error 258 - "PDH returned - The wait operation timed out"
Some reasons why ESX servers may have problems accessing SAN storage when using Emulex HBAs
VDM Client log is in a different location than other VDM components
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 ESXe350-200804401-O-BG: Firmware Update
VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200805515-SG: Security Update to Fix Local Exploitation of an Untrusted
Library Path Vulnerability in vmware-authd
VMware ESX Server 3i, Patch ESXe350-200805501-I-SG: Firmware Update
VMware ESX Server 3i, Patch ESXe350-200805502-T-SG: VMware Tools Update
Cloned Virtual Machines Refer to the .vmdk File of the Source Virtual Machine
ESXi hosts without swap enabled cannot be added to a VMware High Availability Cluster
Non ASCII Characters Are Not Supported in DRS Rule Name and in Advanced Options Setting of DRS
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 on
Virtual Machines; Powered Off Virtual Machines Unregistered in Maintenance Mode; ESX Server 3.0.x Hosts Managed
by 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-1004185: Thumbnail Files Accumulate in ESX Server Host; Virtual Machine Does Not
Synchronize With ESX Server Host Time; ESX Server Host Might ASSERT or Not Respond During Snapshot Operations
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004186: VMware VIX API Memory Overflow Vulnerabilities; VMware Tools Local
Privilege Escalation on Windows-based GOS; Unable to Browse NFS or Networking Shares; Pre-Built Modules for
VMware 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
Caps lock light is sometimes reversed to the functionality
Determining if the Data Synchronization task is configured correctly
How to verify whether you can implement re-signaturing when seeing snapshot LUNs
Physical host shutdown while using multi-initiator zoning or an outdated Microsoft Storport driver may result in loss of
LUN access for VMware ESX hosts
VMFS data store on local disk not available after BIOS upgrade
Enabling the Veeam FastSCP firewall port in ESX 3.5
The Getting Started tab in VirtualCenter 2.5 does not display properly
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004210: Virtual Machine Migration; Thumbnail Files Accumulate; SMTP Data Packets
Get Dropped; Virtual Machine Does Not Synchronize; ESX Server Host Might ASSERT or Not Respond During Snapshot
Operations
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004211: SNMP Traps Generated During VMotion; VMware Tools Not Installed on
Virtual Machines; Powered Off Virtual Machines Unregistered in Maintenance Mode; ESX Server 3.0.x Hosts Managed
by 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-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 Memory
Overflow 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
VirtualCenter fails to start when using an Oracle database
Solaris 10 64bit virtual machine reboots continuously after a fresh install
Troubleshooting a LUN that is extended in size past the 2TB/2047GB limit
Cannot power on a virtual machine because the virtual disk cannot be opened
Unable to power on a virtual machine with an attached SCSI device after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5
Decoding purple screen errors
Sample configuration of virtual machine(VM) VLAN Tagging (VGT Mode) in ESX
Reset Sensors In VI Client Returns General System Error
Pegasus Error Message Seen While Upgrading or Installing ESX Server 3.5 Update 1
ESX Server with NIS Enabled Appears to Halt System with CIM-Identity or VMware_Identity Queries
ESX Server Software Installation Fails when Fibre Channel Cable Connected to the Server
Backup or Restore Jobs Fail when ESX Server Firewall Enabled
Guest operating system doesn't detect BusLogic SCSI adapter
Enabling Support for NetQueue on the Intel 82598 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
VirtualCenter Server service cannot be started after installation
Accessing the remote console fails with the error: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation
Importing a large virtual machine fails with timeout error
VirtualCenter Upgrade Using ISO Image Fails if the Existing Installation Was Done Using ZIP
Update Manager and Converter Enterprise Plug-Ins Are Not Available in the VI Client
Custom Installation Using Unified Installer Fails When Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 or Later
Deploying Virtual Machine from a Template Fails with a No Permission Error
VirtualCenter Database Upgrade Fails with Arithmetic Overflow Error
Upgrade Fails if VirtualCenter Database Name Has More than 20 Characters
Cloned Virtual Machines Do Not Contain DNS Suffix
Taking Snapshots of Virtual Machines With Virtual Disks on Different Datastores Can Cause Datastores to Disappear
From the VI Client
ESX Server Hosts Disconnecting From VirtualCenter Server Due to Socket-Related Errors
Unable to Log in to Cloned Windows Vista Virtual Machine Using Administrator Account
Adding an ESX 3.0.2 host to VirtualCenter 2.5 fails with the error: Unable to access the specified host. It either does not
exist or there is a network problem
ESX Server VMkernel Does Not Recognise a Loaded IDE Controller and Displays an Error Message
Path Failover Might Not Complete Successfully with LSI3444E Under High Stress in ESX Server 3.5 Update 1
Running the Command esxupdate query Does Not Show Obsolete Entries After Upgrading ESX Server 3.0.x to ESX
Server 3.5 Update 1
VMware Tools Upgrade for Windows Guest Cannot Continue
ESX Server Host Might Lose Access to iSCSI Targets from EMC CX3 Series Array
Upgrading VMware Tools Using RPM on a Linux Guest Imported from Workstation Might Fail
Benign Error Message on initrd Recreation During Upgrade to ESX Server 3.5 Update 1 or higher Using esxupdate
VMware Tools Upgrade on Linux Guests Requires Manual Network Service Restart
Benign Warning Message for Freshly Installed or Upgraded ESX Server 3.5 or Later Host
VirtualCenter Server shows log in errors in the security event log
Connecting a Remote CD-ROM or Floppy Drive to a Virtual Machine Fails with a No Permission Error
VMware Update Manager host scan fails with "Metadata for patch missing" when the Update Manager host has multiple
NICs
Installing VMware Tools in VMware Fusion fails
Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2 host operating system cannot join a domain controller
Powering off an unresponsive virtual machine on an ESX host
[Archived] Determine the power state of an ESX Server virtual machine
Identifying whether an ESX host virtual machine has snapshots
Identifying causes of not being able to power cycle ESX Server virtual machines
[Archived] Troubleshooting a file level backup issue
Enabling debug logging for the Virtual Desktop Manager Connection Server and Client
Verifying ESX Server virtual machine error checking and history for power cycle problems
VMware Consolidated Backup fails because the VMFS signature does match that of the ESX hosts
Windows XP virtual machines are non-responsive
VMware Tools Uninstaller in Ubuntu Guest Does Not Remove vmxnet Module
Windows Registry Displays Two Different VI Client Version Entries
Database Upgrade Fails if the Preserve Performance Data Option is Unchecked
Troubleshooting an error when trying to export a virtual appliance
Installing and configuring the Backup Exec VMware Consolidated Backup Integration Module
Intel PCI-X Network card EEPROM corruption
Troubleshooting why you cannot see iSCSI LUNs after upgrading to ESX 3.5
Password must be entered multiple times at service console login
Patch Installation Might Require Obsolete Bundles to be Included in the Patch Depot
Boot Process Stops After Upgrading ESX Server 3i to a Newer Version
Investigating server group types
A VMFS datastore disappears after path a failover
Duplicated Packets Occur when Beacon Probing Is Selected Using vmnic and VLAN Type 4095
Only One vmhba for Each Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Controller
Changing the polling time for datastore paths
Updating rollup jobs after the error: Performance data is currently not available for this entity
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and Ubuntu 7.10, 64-Bit SMP Can Stall When Running, Installing, or Booting on an Intel Host
UserDuct_Open Fails During Crossdup with VMK_WOULD_BLOCK or Waiters List Not Empty Warnings
File Naming of ESX Server Version 3.5 Update 1 Deliverables
Removing Cable from One Port on an HBA and Connecting to Another Port on the HBA Causes Both Ports to Fail
VMware Tools Custom Script Not Executed for Suspend or Shut Down Events
esxtop statistics not being updated for certain HBAs
VI Client Does Not Prompt for Downloading Client Update
ESX Boot-from-SAN Configuration with Xiotech Magnitude 3D 3000 Storage Array Might Not Boot Properly
VMKlinux Runs Out of Memory when Using an mptsas System with More Than 128 LUNs
Confirming if a patch or software installation caused an ESX host reboot
VirtualCenter fails to connect to Update Manager if a new HTTP or HTTPS Web Services port is specified during
VirtualCenter installation
HA Cluster Configuration Fails When the VirtualCenter Server Is Upgraded to VirtualCenter 2.5
User with 'Create' privilege cannot create virtual machines on host client
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 From ESX Server 3.0.x Host to ESX Server 3.5.x Host Fails for Suspended Virtual Machines
Shutdown Delay for virtual machines in the Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown section of an ESX Server
An ESX host reports vmfs heap warnings when hosting virtual machines that collectively use 4TB of virtual disk storage
VirtualCenter shows incorrect content for NFS datastore
Multipath Configuration for MSCS with N+1 Configuration
Using multiple storage groups with Consolidated Backup
Update Manager scan fails if ESX host time is incorrect
Corrupted esx.conf file causes network settings not to display
Setting up VMware Update Manager Service for Isolated networks
Resizing a LUN used by a Raw Disk Map
Adding and committing redo logs
VMFS metadata corruption causing virtual machine failure
Cold Migration from ESX Server 2.x Host to ESX Server 3.5.x Host Fails
An error appears when attempting to power on a Boot Camp partition running 64bit Windows
Disabling masked host names and restore real host names or correlate pseudonym keys
ESX Server Does Not Recognize Second Host Bus Adapter SAS LSI3444E in IBM x3650 Type 7979
Automatic Tools Upgrade Requires Virtual Machine Reboot for IP Address and DNS Entries to Appear in Virtual
Machine Summary Tab
A Benign Error Message Is Displayed When Enabling iSCSI on ESX Server 3i Embedded with the VI Client
Troubleshooting the failed process of adding a data store from a Windows Services NFS device
Ability to customize the .ini file delivered to the client in Virtual Desktop Manager
Boot from Dell Recovery CD Might Fail if External USB Device Is Connected
VMware HA configuration fails with a VMWareClusterManager Rule not enabled error
Windows 2003 R2 x64 virtual machine fails with STOP Error: 0x000000D1 or STOP Error: 0x0000001E
ESX host writes failure message in the VMkernel log file every 2 minutes
Error when attaching a baseline to an ESX Server host in VMware Update Manager
Adding an ESX or ESXi host to vCenter Server causes the error: The host type is not supported, or was added to a
cluster but does not support clustering features
Upgrade to ESX Server 3.5 Update 1 Installation Creates Two Apache Version Files
CPU Utilization Peaks After Installing Dell OpenManage
ESX Server performance counters in standalone host
Adjusting scripts to accomodate some Solaris system configurations
Consolidation systems stops responding at "Starting Analysis" or "Preparing Analysis" messages
Lab Manager Networking - basic information
Cannot commit a snapshot on a virtual machine that was once a template
VMware Update Manager Network Port Requirements
Committing snapshots fails with the error: Too many levels of redo logs
Disabling keyboard mapping features in VMware Fusion
The virtual machine does not power on when 3D acceleration is enabled
VMware Infrastructure Client missing permissions tab
ESX hosts frequently stops responding after installing an ESX patch
The Administrator role does not have permission to access a virtual machine's CD/DVD-ROM device
Installation of ESX Server Fails on HP BL685 if the Emulex Card Is Disabled from the BIOS
RHEL 3 virtual machine throws an "Unable to mount root fs" error
After updating VMware Fusion to 1.1.1, a crash occurs with an Unexpected Signal 10 when passing Keyboard input to a
Windows XP virtual machine
A connected USB storage device does not mount in a Windows virtual machine
Migrating/Clone fails from a local disk to a NFS share
Best practices for using and troubleshooting VMware Converter
VMware VirtualCenter console displays a handshake error
Set netPktHeapMinSize=32 and netPktHeapMaxSize=128 to Enable Jumbo Frames and NetQueue
Determining if user activity caused ESX host reboot
Unable to Power On a suspended virtual machine using the Virtual Infrastructure Client
Mounting an ISO as client device fails with a Please specify a valid image file error
Remote login to ESX hosts using SSH with enabled RSA keys instead of passwords
Investigating network devices and device settings as a cause of VMware Converter failures
Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) support on ESX
Moving VirtualCenter to a different datastore
Troubleshooting the VMware High Availability error, Unable to contact the primary host in a cluster
Unable to ping gateway from Service Console
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
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
Virtual machine network issues such as packet loss when using an iGB driver
File size of VMDK files may be smaller than the original when vcbMount performs a backup
Limited configurations are supported for VMware HA and ESX Server 3i hosts
Changing root password on ESX host
VirtualCenter returns an error when enabling a plugin
Unable to install ESX on a Dell server with a Serial ATA drive
Applying DRS settings to an ESX host generates an error
Using Wyse XP embedded (XPe) thin client to access my Virtual Desktop Manager virtual desktop
VirtualCenter rejects changes to the default gateway
Unable to enable Update Manager plug-in
Importing a virtual machine fails with a Cannot locate sysprep files error
Unable to find memory information for guest operating system using legacy defaults
Resolved Issues in ESX Server 3.5 Update 1 and ESX Server 3i Update 1 (Embedded and Installable)
vlance driver does not provide information for network tools in RHEL 5.1
Network redundancy message when configuring VMware High Availability in VirtualCenter 2.5
[Archived]VI Client can not pass ctrl_alt_ins to vm as ctrl_alt_del
Installing VMware Tools generates a general system error
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 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004721: Service Console Security Update for Cyrus SASL
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004722: Service Console Security Update for Cyrus SASL
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004723: Service Console Security Update for Tcl/Tk
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004724: Service Console Security Update for Tcl/Tk
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004725: VMware VIX API Memory Overflow Vulnerabilities
ESX Server 3.0.2, 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 Local
Privilege Escalation on Windows-Based GOS; Unable to Browse NFS or Networking Shares; Pre-Built Modules for
VMware Tools
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1004728: Security Update to Fix Local Exploitation of an Untrusted Library Path
Vulnerability in vmware-authd
Port requirements for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure / Manager
Connecting to the VMware Virtual Desktop Manager Connection Broker fails with the error: Your license key is invalid
A license error appears when logging in to Lab Manager
Increasing the color quality from 16-bit to 24-bit in a Windows XP virtual desktop
Using an ESX 3.0.x and ESX 3.5 host in the same cluster
Unable to shutdown Windows using Shutdown Guest option
After connecting VMware Infrastructure Client to VirtualCenter you see the error: Input string was not in a correct format
Insight Manager may cause SCSI reservation conflicts

Moving a managed ESX host from one VirtualCenter to another VirtualCenter
Installing and configuring the Loopback adapter in a virtual machine
Screen Resolution Does Not Change After VMware Tools Installation on Windows Vista
ESX host stops responding and displays a purple screen error after a storage rescan
vCenter operation times out with the error: Operation failed since another task is in progress
Retaining resource pools when disabling VMware DRS clusters
Changing the size and number of logs for hostd, vpxa, and vpxd
Host fails to mount root file system during boot
Troubleshooting a failed VMware Tools installation VMware Fusion
Troubleshooting the "getgrnam failed" error message when booting ESX 3.5
VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 1 Server service does not start
Changing the IQN target number on an ESX host
LGTO sync error interrupts remote virtual machine connectivity
Troubleshooting blocked inbound network traffic on Windows Vista or 2008 after installing a VMware product
Identifying raw device mappings using VMware Infrastructure client
Specifying the keyboard layout when connecting with VNC client
Determining if your VMware Tools ISO image is corrupt
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004821: Security Update to Fix Local Exploitation of an Untrusted Library Path
Vulnerability 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 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1004824: 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
Virtual machines generate a question after shut down
Importing external Godaddy.com certificates
Troubleshooting vim.fault.invalidlogin in VirtualCenter logs
Enabling sound for remote desktop (RDP) in a Windows virtual machine
Messages log contains "snmpd[1129]: /proc/net/dev data format error, line ==||"
IBM Athena x3850 M2 or x3950 M2 Servers Stop Responding When Booted into Debug Mode
Orphaned Virtual Machine Displays Error Message
Datastore Renaming Fails When the VI Client is Connected Directly to ESX Server
Firefox Browser Generates an Error or Crashes
Creating consistent swiscsi LUN Target IDs in VirtualCenter
Instance customization fails for Ace master
Rebooting an ESX 3.5 host reboot causes the error: Initialization for vmfs2 failed with -1
Alarm scripts fail after VirtualCenter 2.5 upgrade
Launching a virtual machine if it is not listed in Virtual Machines Library window
Troubleshooting an Unrecoverable Error in VMware Fusion
Cannot connect to the hosts using VirtualCenter after changing the SSL certificate on ESX 3.5 hosts and VirtualCenter
2.5
Troubleshooting network settings causing a Data Synchronization failure
Network cable of a virtual machine appears unplugged
DRS Might Be Disabled if DPM Is Used with HA Admission Control
Cannot connect to the remote server when downloading the Update Manager or Converter plugins
Using TCP Wrappers causes virtual machine console connections to fail on ESX 3.5.x and VirtualCenter 2.5.x
Automatic assignment of IP addresses fails on non-English Windows 2000
Cannot ping Windows XP virtual machine from outside
Attempting to log in to the ESX host via web access produces an error
Slow reboot of vSMP virtual machines on ESX when a lot of guest memory is page-shared
VMotion fails with swap file error
Hard disk / RDM removal from a powered on virtual machine
Fix for an Interoperability Issue Between ESX Server 3.5 Update 1 and Foundry Switch
Troubleshooting issues with virtual CD and DVD drives.
Update Manager fails with the error Metadata for patch missing
Failure to launch Fusion online video tutorials
Troubleshooting right mouse commands in a Window virtual machine
Activation prompts for Boot Camp Windows Vista virtual machine
Hard Disk not found error message when installing or repairing a Windows XP virtual machine in VMware Fusion
Information Missing in Performance Report File
Enabling 3D acceleration
ESX 3.5 cannot run some commands on the service console
Large snapshot delete operations time out in VirtualCenter
Print from Windows XP/Vista over an Apple Airport Base station network connection
VMware High Availability configuration fails with a "no active primaries" found error
Unable to install hardware video drivers in virtual machine
Configuration of VMware High Availability fails with a Panic error in the esxcfg-firewall.log file
Guided Consolidation button is missing in VirtualCenter 2.5
Exporting esxtop performance data as a CSV file and manipulating it from the command-line
Getting "iScsiLibException: status(80000004): General OS-specific failure; Message=im_addDiscoveryAddress" when
configuring hardware iSCSI dynamic discovery address
VMware HA fails with the error: AAM Agent did not start
Remediation Might Fail Through Update Manager
Virtual Machine with 4 Virtual CPUs Should Not be Powered on
[Archived] "Ctrl+Alt+Del" option grayed out in the VM menu of the console
Template File Names Not Updated in Managed Object Browser
Connecting a USB speaker in a virtual machine
Cannot start the guest operating system install process and a No bootable device error appears
Configuring a NIC device for the service console in a kickstart configuration
Cannot power on a 64bit virtual machine in VirtualCenter
Cannot sync Windows Mobile 6 device using mobility center
Best practices for upgrading SAN (Fiber, Switch or SAN Array)
A new installation of ESX does not boot on Fujitsu-Siemens BX630 Servers
VMID Displayed in SNMP trap is Inaccurate
Upgrade to ESX 3.5 on systems with separate /usr partition requires manual intervention
VirtualCenter fails with Max_DB_Connection error
VMkernel: WARNING: SCSI: 2351: LUN WWN mismatch for DGC path vmhbaX:X:X detected wwn #
Windows XP System Restore checkpoint is removed from source machine after a P2V hot clone
Analyzing SCSI Reservation conflicts on VMware Infrastructure 3.x and vSphere 4.x
SCSI Reservation Failures on HDS USP or NSC
SCSI Reservation Failures on HP XP Storage Arrays
Virtual Machines Do Not Fail Over from an ESX Server 3i Embedded Host Rebooted Through the VI Client
Backup Compatibility issues with VMware Consolidated Backup 1.0.3 Update1 and Virtual Center 2.5 Update1 with
ESX 3.0.X and 3.5
Unable to use Apple Infrared Remote in a Windows virtual machine to control applications
Troubleshooting product installation failures
Cannot install VirtualCenter 2.5 when Symantec Security EndPoint Protection is blocking access to the SQL Server
database
vmware-cmd commands may fail in ESX 3.5 service console
Configuring a firewall for use with Virtual Desktop Manager
Troubleshooting why a console session closes
Connection Server service fails to start with busError message
The VirtualCenter Server is unable to decrypt passwords stored in the customization specification
Determining if there are leftover delta files that VMware Infrastructure Client cannot detect
Cannot run commands when you log into the ESX host using an SSH client
Virtual Machines appear to be running or registered on multiple ESX Servers
Unable to apply DRS settings with error "Insufficient CPU Resources"
Using esxcfg-nas to unmount a disconnected NFS datastores
A virtual machine does not power on and displays in VMware Infrastructure Client as Invalid
VirtualCenter 2.0 fails with a 1996 error Backtrace: (backtraces not supported)
For an MD3000i, the software iSCSI alias cannot be more than 31 characters long
Customization of a Template never runs after deployment
Setting Default Desktops in Virtual Desktop Manager 2.1
VMware ESX Server 3i, Patch ESXe350-200805503-C-SG: VI Client Update
[Archived] Unable to boot ESX
Troubleshooting an Attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state error
The VirtualCenter service fails after moving virtual machine files to another host for a different instance of VirtualCenter
Creating logs in VDM for a desktop that is not part of a domain
Internationalized versions of VMware Infrastructure 3.5 Update 1 show different build numbers between VirtualCenter
and the VI Client
[Archived] vcmounter failing to mount file level vms
Virtual machine does not power on because of missing or locked files
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1005100: Issue in IDE Emulation and Hyperlinks in VMware Tools Help; Re-enable
Shrink Tab in VMware Tools; VM Applications return Errors;VMware Tools Service Might Fail on SLES 9 SP3 VMs;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 After
Installing HP Insight Management Agents 7.90
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005103: Concurrency Issue in Retrieving the AboutInfo Data Structure; hostd Agent
Might 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 Broadcom
NIC
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005107: VMware Tools Service Might Fail on SLES 9 SP3 VMs; SLES S9 SP4 VMs Fail
to Start X Server; Fix for Hyperlinks in VMware Tools Help Page; PBMs for VMware Tools on SLES 10 VMs
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1005108: Fixes for Replacing msvcrt.dll,VMware Tools Installed on Solaris 10
U5,VMware Tools Upgrade from ESX Server 3.0.x GA to ESX Server 3.0.x;Third Party Library libpng Updated to
1.2.29;LVM Allows Same Extent to Be Added
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005109: Third Party Library libpng Updated to 1.2.29; LVM Allows the Same Extent to
be Added Twice to a Volume; Virtual Machines Might Stop Responding; Fix for VMware Tools Upgrade from ESX Server
3.0.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 Tools
Upgrade; Fix for VMware Tools Upgrade from ESX Server 3.0.x GA to ESX Server 3.0.x Patch Installations; Fix for
VMware Tools on Solaris 10 U5 GOS
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 a
Virtual Machine is Powered on; Third Party Library libpng Updated to 1.2.29
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 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1005115: Updated Third-Party OpenSSL Library
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005116: 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 Issued
During Heavy I/O Conditions
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1005119: ESX Server Might Fail with a Purple Screen When a Target Reset Is Issued
During Heavy I/O Conditions
VMware VI Perl toolkit sample script windowsvm.pl does not return any results
View missing data export feature in consolidation estimator does not return all records
Creating a Single Host and Centralized License file on the License Portal
Disabling VM Tools logging on a guest operating system in VMware Workstation
Supportability of Linux virtual machines that have an updated kernel
ESX 3.x Server and vCenter 2.x Editions
VirtualCenter inventory is empty after upgrade
Configuring VMware High Availability produces firewall errors
Increase logging level for storage
Offline Patch Bundle ESXe350-200804401-O-BG Might Not Install
MSCS Node fails when powering on with a Cannot open the disk
Decoding Machine Check Exception (MCE) output after a purple screen error
Required ports for configuring an external firewall to allow ESX and VirtualCenter traffic
SSL handshakes with VirtualCenter intermittently failing: SSL Handshake on client connection failed
VMware Tools displays as out of date in VMware Infrastructure Client when the VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
2.0.0 403 agent is installed
Sharing a virtual machine between users in the Mac OS
CIM_ERR_NOT_FOUND: Error during upgrade to ESX 3.5 Update 1
Virtual machine network gets disconnected after VMotion
Virtual machine is unresponsive and Event IDs 11 and 15 occur in the Windows guest operating system Event log
Cannot create a virtual machine in a DRS enabled cluster
Injecting SCSI controller device drivers into Windows
Configuring Custom SSL Certificates in VirtualCenter 2.5
Performing Storage Migrations or svmotion on Virtual Machines with Raw Device Maps or RDMs attached.
Adding a static route to an ESX host for an extra service console
ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200806401-BG: Updates to VMkernel and hostd
ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200806402-BG: Update to the Service Console Kernel
VMware ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200806404-SG: Security Updates to WebAccess Components Tomcat and
JRE
ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200806405-BG: Update to VMware-esx-vmx
VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200806401-I-BG: Firmware Update
After cold migration on ESX Server, virtual disk with snapshot has the wrong CID
hostd log message causing an ESX host to show as Disconnected or Not Responding in VirtualCenter
Raw device mappings for a virtual machine in Lab Manager
High CPU usage and slow performance on all virtual machines on an ESX host
Migrating virtual machines with RDMs
Maximum desktop spanned screen resolution
Virtual machines are assigned an unexpected host name after Sysprep runs
Clicking on any object in VirtualCenter produces the error: Object reference not set an instance of an object
Passing host wireless adapter network traffic to guest virtual machines
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Troubleshooting the missing table vpx_dual error in VirtualCenter
Viewing the number of CPU Licenses using the VI Client
Manually adjusting the IP address pool reuse waiting timeout
VirtualCenter fails to start with the error Invalid object name vpx_sequence
Not enough licenses installed
[Archived] WebAccess crashes on Hebrew OS
Event Export .xls file does not contain domain user log in information
Error when converting a machine to an ESX virtual machine
Creating a second root user account
Filenames over 64 characters in ESX Server ISO image may get truncated during content extraction.
VMware ESX Server Host Agent is already running
Using VMware Converter to convert XenServer virtual machines to VMware virtual machines
VMWare Consolidated Backup proxy server is rebooted resulting in ESX hosts losing access to their LUNs
TCP/IP performance tuning
Adding additional storage to a Lab Manager environment
ESX VMkernel log reports a failure to establish iSCSI session connections to target portals
VMFS 3 versions and upgrade paths
Running Multiple Virtualization Products on an Intel Mac
Sending print screen commands to virtual machines installed on Mac Book and Mac Book Pro
Cannot create new snapshots on a virtual machine after removing a disk from the virtual machine
Troubleshooting a virtual machine that fails to clone from VirtualCenter
Agent service command line opitons
Agent installation generates an error if the setup file is in a folder containing special Japanese characters
Extending a RDM with snapshots can result in corrupted data
VDM Connection Server must be installed in directories with ASCII characters only.
The View Agent cannot be installed on the same machine as Citrix XenDesktop (Citrix Desktop Server) virtual desktop
agent.
During the upgrade, the administrator can define a default VDM Connection Server for new users. Existing users still
maintain their most recently used list which may not include this server.
Virtual Switch does not load balance outgoing traffic on all available up links
Determining if multiple virtual CPUs are causing performance issues
Rollup jobs run on only one instance of VirtualCenter if two or more instances of VirtualCenter access the same SQL
database
Troubleshooting a Windows Vista virtual machine that shows only single processor
HTTPS redirection does not occur when connecting a VDM 2.0 Client to a VDM 2.1 Connection Server or when
connecting a VDM 2.1 Client to a VDM 2.0 Connection Server.
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.
If the disclaimer is configured and a connection is made from a VDM Client running VDM 2.0 to a VDM Connection
Server running VDM 2.1, the connection is refused with an error message until the client is upgraded.
The error message, "HTTP redirect request must be confirmed by the user" is displayed while HTTPS redirection fails
when connecting a VDM Client running 2.0 to a VDM Connection Server running 2.1.
Service Console Might Lose Network Connectivity on a Server with More than 128GB of Memory Installed
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.
When using a thin client and manually entering a domain name, the name must be entered in upper case letters for
SSO to function.
When setting the default desktop on the command prompt, you must enter both domain name and username.
The error message "insufficient disk space" may mean that their is a network connectivity problem and not a lack of disk
space as the message indicates.
Leaving the client on the login screen without any activity for a few minutes stops the log in process.
VMware license server service does not start due to conflict with another FlexLM server
On the desktop summary page, the value selected for Do not power on virtual machine after creation does not display
correctly. The policy follows what has been selected in the desktop wizard.
Image customization specifications in VirtualCenter must have a NIC configured in order to create a desktop pool.
A VDM Server in a Japanese domain cannot be resolved by a Windows Vista VDM Client.
When you remove a user's entitlement, the user will not automatically be logged off. Make sure they have no
connections remaining to that pool.
Checking for previous installations of VMware hosted products
When using a Proxy with Update Manager, you must set trusted sites within the browser
Verifying sufficient permissions exist
Using thin provisioned disks with virtual machines
Invalid views in a VirtualCenter database
Cannot power on a virtual machine and you receive an Object does not exist error
DNS and Routing information is blank in VMware Infrastructure Client
In a non-persistent desktop pool, when decreasing pool size, it may take longer than expected to delete virtual
machines
Unable to login to Dashboard
Determining if you are running on a virtualized platform
[Archived] "/" partition on ESX server is not reporting available space accurately.
When closing your browser or browser session while using VDM Web Access it can take up to two minutes for the
session to reset
Troubleshooting an error when uploading a license file
Configuring Sun StorageTek disk arrays 6540, 6140, 2540, FLX380, FLX280 and FLX240 to work with VMware ESX
3.5 and VMware ESXi 3.5
Datacenter option not available during placement process of a status change request
Verifying Dashboard user credentials
Unable to connect to iSCSI storage using the software initiator
Enabling the VMware Converter plug-in in vCenter causes VMware Infrastructure Client or vSphere Client to fail
Cannot Power on virtual machines on an ESX host
User names with more than 20 characters are not supported by VDM Web Access
Company ID activation settings prevent login
Some Human Interface Devices may appear in the VDM Client Devices menu. Devices that are required for local usage
(such as keyboards and mice) should not be shared to the Guest virtual machine
Web Access on Windows does not support accessing VDM servers with localized domain names.
Security policies that may cause login issues
If the installation path for a VDM Connection Server contains special characters, the VDM Connection Server service
stops or will not start.
Cannot see or configure the iSCSI software adapter on ESX 3.5 with VirtualCenter 2.5
Storage sizing guidelines for pools spanning multiple datastores
View server and agent startup experiencing long delays due to recursive enumeration when multiple domains are
present
Extended logging and disk threshold for logging GPO policies are not component-specific
Downloading and Installing VMware Fusion
ESX fails to authenticate some active directory users with "Authentication failure (ASN.1 encoding ended
unexpectedly)"
Cannot use Veeam SCP to copy files from an ESX host
After expanding the size of a VMDK disk that is attached to a shared bus adapter, virtual machines fail to power on
Understanding user roles and access rights
Cannot configure VMware High Availability when an ESX host has multiple service consoles
Dashboard feature is missing or not available
Feature sets available by license mode
Hardware detection issues may prevent an ESX host from booting or using a PCI card
Converting Windows-based physical computers or other virtual machines into VMware Fusion virtual machines
When an ESX host and associated virtual machines are removed from VirtualCenter, VDM removes those virtual
machines that are powered off or suspended from the VDM directory.
Setting the ESX Server Edition while licensing the ESX host
Configuring a License Source on an ESX host
Troubleshooting when no data or new data appears on the Dashboard
[Archived] ESX loses access to software iSCSI datastores - datastores remain visable on other hosts
VirtualCenter does not show snapshots when snapshots exist
Checking connectivity to Dashboard
Adjusting the Data Synchronization task timeout values
Ensuring virtual machines stay on a specific ESX host
Locating VMware Serial Number online
Troubleshooting when data synchronization tasks do not complete successfully
Verifying purchased licenses meet current need
Virtual machine resource settings changed after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 and ESX 3.5
Cold migration fails with the error "Failure to create journal file provider"
Known issues with the Data Synchronization task
Registering a VMware License Key
Mounting an NFS storage device fails with the error: MOUNT RPC Failed with RPC Status 13
Monitoring system resources for Collector tasks
Ensuring validity of Subscription Contracts to receive product upgrades
A thin client connection prompts you to log in twice
Removing the Getting Started tab in VirtualCenter 2.5
Data Synchronization task stops responding, and may enter a restart loop
Unable to deploy virtual machine in resource pool due to DRS error message
Data collection task stops responding and does not recover
Choosing the right number of systems to assess per collector
The VMware High Availability (HA) agent fails at 96% after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5.0
Moving virtual machines with Storage VMotion
Troubleshooting a database error that appears while using Capacity Planner
Components and versions required to run Capacity Planner
Troubleshooting when Data Collector does not function, launch, or no tasks run
Known issues causing Collector failure
Troubleshooting a Data Manager application initialize failure
Confirming local Administrator rights
Troubleshooting Missing or Incorrect Licenses on the Portal
Unix or Linux data collection fails with unknown key error
Converter Agent fails to install on Windows NT with "Unspecified error in client manager"
MMR requires overlay support.
VirtualCenter (vCenter) licenses explained
Troubleshooting why you cannot connect an ESX host to VirtualCenter - Not enough licenses installed
[Archived] Remote VirtualCenter Server Adress must be used for Site Pairing in SRM
A "General fault caused by file" error message is generated when a "Insufficient space for provisioning operation" error
message should be generated
USB devices sometimes stop functioning and need to be unplugged and reattached to resume operation.
Service mgmt-vmware restart may not restart hostd
Installing or upgrading VMware Tools from the ESX console
Deploying new virtual machines on IBM SVC LUNs takes a long time to complete
Enabling and disabling verbose logging on Qlogic and Emulex Host Bus Adapters
What is beacon probing?
Using an alternate keyboard layout for a virtual machine in VMware Fusion
Shadow virtual machine must be removed from Recovery Site if the corresponding protected virtual machine is
removed from protection
Determining the UUID of a LUN
SQL Express installation fails with the error: an instance with the same name is already installed
Sysprep file locations and versions
Ensuring VirtualCenter Server is the only VMware product installed on host
Static IP settings lost after conversion
Unable to add ESX 2.5.x host to VirtualCenter Server
Not all groups are returned from Active Directory when trying to add permissions in VirtualCenter
Starting License Server and VirtualCenter Server services
Troubleshooting no records or results returned by a report, dashboard, or graph
Troubleshooting a License Server that has stopped responding
Troubleshooting Dashboard report settings
The VirtualCenter Server service fails to start with the error ORA-01654
Checking data collection consistency
Known issues affecting Dashboard reports and scenarios
Reports or scenario results are incorrect or missing some servers
Disabling VMware ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5 Evaluations
[Archived] datastore name inconsistant between virtual infrastructure client and esx
Troubleshooting a VMware Infrastructure Client Administration console that shows Evaluation after Commercial
Licenses are installed
Dashboard returns internal error message
Cannot attach a disk backed up by VMware Consolidated Backup to a virtual machine hosted on ESX
ESX not working properly in VirtualCenter after IP address change
Using vmware-cmd from a remote location in VMware Server
Multiple display support in Virtual Desktop Manager
Troubleshooting data collection failure on target servers
Checking network connectivity to target servers
Missing or incompatible software packages that prevent data collection
Troubleshooting access rights, policies, and permissions preventing data collection
Troubleshooting software failures and errors that prevent successful data collection
Cannot License VMware Workstation
Known issues affecting data collection
Data for a target server is incomplete
Partition table fails to update active partitions
Product Compatibility Between VMware Stage Manager and VMware Lifecycle Manager
Administrator becomes read-only in VirtualCenter after Users with read-only added
Boot Camp virtual machine fails to power on
Data collection task does not complete
Data collection is slow
Applications that can cause keyboard problems with virtual machines
Product Compatibility between VMware Stage Manager and VMware Site Recovery Manager
Product Compatibility Between VMware Stage Manager and VMware Update Manager
Product Compatibility Between VMware Stage Manager and VMware Lab Manager
Product Compatibility Between VMware Stage Manager and VMware Consolidated Backup
VirtualCenter fails with the ODBC error: There is insufficient system memory to run this query
Developing a collection strategy based on network topology
VMware High Availability isolation event after one teamed NIC is plugged into a different port
Antivirus Software Blocks SMTP Email Alerts From Stage Manager and Lab Manager
Enabling VMI with SLES10 SP2 32bit virtual machines on ESX
Incorrect Context View for Virtual Machine Datastore Usage Appears When Using Internet Explorer Enhanced Security
Configuration
Stage Manager Installation Fails in Compressed or Encrypted Folders
Stage Manager Datastores Tab Does Not Display Current Capacity After Creating or Deleting Virtual Machines
[Archived] PCT protocol on ESX host
Cannot convert a template to a virtual machine after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 1
A Black screen with an exclamation icon appears when logging in to a Windows 2003 virtual machine
Prevent VMware Tools from starting automatically in a Linux guest
Data on Dashboard report is inaccurate
Template shows as disconnected in VirtualCenter
Long delay when booting from SAN using a QLE4062 HBA
Gathering target system inventory data from the operating system
1801 PCI Resource Allocation Error when booting from SAN using a QLE4062 HBA
Troubleshooting a virtual machine that stops responding or fails when the CD-ROM entry is ATAPI
VMotion, VMware HA and various service console commands fail to run after upgrading an ESX host
Software issues that prevent accurate data collection
Displaying an ESX host in vCenter by its FQDN or short host name
Resignaturing VMFS3 volumes from the command line
Incorrect CPU mask causes high CPU utilization and poor virtual machine performance
Known issues affecting data accuracy
Listing SAN LUNs that are not in use by a datastore
Adding new licenses to an existing centralized environment
Remote configuration features not available
Detecting and Using CPU Features in Applications
EVC and CPU Compatibility FAQ
How do you create a grouping for VMs the be used for VCB
Freeing space when the /var/ partition is full
A virtual machine is frequently suspended when the host is running on battery power
VMware Update Manager does not install and generates error 25015
Guidelines for generating and importing an SSL certificate from a Microsoft certificate authority for VDM
Setting up a static IP address in a Windows virtual machine when using bridged mode in Fusion
VMotion migration fails with a Filesystem name error
Instructions for Mac VDM Web Access with RDC 1.0
The vm-support script takes a long time to complete
Deploying a template fails at 95% - 96%
Desktop type search filter fails when field contains dash (-) character
Update Manager fails to download updates and metadata
Determining and changing the rate of timer interrupts a guest operating system requests
Unable to add an ESX host to VirtualCenter 2.5
Japanese characters in external URLs do not display correctly
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
Copying a template from an ESX host to a remote ESX host in a different datacenter using SCP
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 ESX350-200808405-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 ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200808501-I-SG: Firmware Update
Windows 2003 guest operating system fails because time is too fast
vcbMounter fails with error: Cannot open disk file: Error: Failed to create temporary file
Activating Lab Manager Licenses
SCSI Target is unrecognized on DELL PowerEdge servers with PERC 5 controllers
Cannot resignature a cloned LUN
[Archived] Clone fails with "General fault caused by a file"
Entitled desktop users are displayed as "NULL/ NULL" in the Administrator console
Troubleshooting an ESX host that cannot connect to Lab Manager Server
Time falls behind in a virtual machine when the memory of the virtual machine is paged from disk by the VMkernel
[Archived] Installation of SCSI Drivers Manual in Virtual Machine
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Stage Manager 1.0.x
Limitation of Disaster Recovery Failover LUNS for Some iSCSI Arrays and Some Hosts
Ensuring the guest operating system type is set correctly
NFS Datastore greyed out after reboot of ESX
Unable to mount a Samba share
VirtualCenter fails to start with an ODBC error
Missing folders prevent VirtualCenter Server service from starting
Troubleshooting an Exception: Assert Failed error
ESX 3.5 vmkwarning logs indicate that the array does not support the SCSI 3 protocol
Windows filesystem (such as C:) shows a different size than the partition size
Unable to cold migrate a virtual machine with the error, Failed to connect to host
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 ESX350-200808213-UG: Update to the MPT SCSI 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
VMware ESXi 3.5 U2, Patch ESXe350-200808201-I-UG: Firmware Update
VMware ESX Server 3i, Patch ESXe350-200808202-T-UG: VMware Tools Update
ESX Server 3i, Patch ESXe350-200808203-C-UG: VI Client Update
Virtual Desktop Manager Client fails to create the RDP control
Multi-monitor desktop in Virtual Desktop Manager shows only one desktop in middle of screen
CPU Scheduling Affinity options not available
ESX hosts cannot see a new VMFS datastore presented by Dell MD3000i
Reducing the activity log file size
Migration or power on operations fail in VMware environments using NFS datastores
ESX Server 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808218-UG: Security Update to Samba
Renew Disk Lease task appears in the VMware Infrastructure Client every 40 seconds
Troubleshooting a Workstation runVM failed unrecoverable error
Identifying all virtual disks that point to a physical disk from the ESX console
Display VM network inventory using PowerShell
Guest customization in VirtualCenter 2.5 fails if TMP or TEMP environment variables have been modified
Unable to mount NFS datastore
Time runs too fast in a Windows virtual machine when the Multimedia Timer interface is used
Cannot cast from source type to destination type
Virtual machine Share values change from Normal to Custom after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5
The vmware-cmd -l command generates an error
Troubleshooting network connection issues caused by proxy ARP
Files copied to a floppy disk are missing after ejection
Blank database after VirtualCenter upgrade
Migrating a vCenter 2.5 Server database from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005
Automatically starting a virtual machine when the computer starts
Upgrading ESX Server on a Sunfire x4200 M2 stops responding on reboot when loading "forcedeth.o"
Virtual Machine Overwrite in VirtualCenter Gets Stuck at 97%
Conversion fails with PlatformError 1450 on Windows 2000 or NT
Troubleshooting a failure that occurs during a rescan of storage adapters
Virtual desktop connection fails after upgrade
Connection to Converter Enterprise server fails when service account restricted
Unexpected Bundles Included in Remediation Through VMware Update Manager
Cannot power on virtual machines after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 if DRS is set to manual
Windows 2000 Virtual Machine Stops at "Safe to turn off computer" Screen
SCSI Reservation Failures on Hitachi USP or NSC Arrays
SCSI Reservation Failures on SUN StorageTek 9985 and 9990 Arrays
SCSI Reservation Failures on Nihon Unisys SANARENA 5200 and 5800 Arrays
Switching between text consoles in a Linux virtual machine
Virtual machine violates VMware HA availability constraints even when reservation is set to 0
Troubleshooting a Fault.MemorySizeNotRecommended.Summary warning when migrating
Powering on a virtual machine from within vCenter times out
VCB syntax error when running prebackup.bat script - (command.wsf 22,3 jscript syntax error)
Failure to connect to web interface
Customization of templates or clones in VirtualCenter may fail if third party software is installed
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1006028: Updates the Samba Package Distributed with the ESX Server Service Console
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006029: 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 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006031: Service Console Update to Net-SNMP
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 Password
Expiry; VirtualCenter 2.5 Displays an Error When a Virtual Machine is Powered on; Third Party Library libpng Updated to
1.2.29
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200808404-SG: Fix for VMware Tools Upgrade from ESX Server 3.0.x GA to ESX
Server 3.0.x Patch Installations; Virtual Machine Core Dumps are Generated During VMotion; Third Party Library libpng
Updated to 1.2.29
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200808405-BG: Fix for Replacing msvcrt.dll with an Older Version During VMware
Tools Upgrade; Fix for VMware Tools Upgrade from ESX Server 3.0.x GA to ESX Server 3.0.x Patch Installations
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006037: Perl Security Update to Service Console Package
Update Manager installation fails with the error: Error 25003. Setup failed to create database tables
Troubleshooting a failed install or upgrade of VirtualCenter - Error 1305
A direct connection with remote desktop connection (RDP) to a Virtual Desktop Manager managed virtual machine fails
[Archived] VMware Virtual Consolidated Backup fails due to locked virtual machine files
VMotion fails with the hostd log error: Source detected that destination failed to resume
Shutting Down the Stage Manager Server System or Service Does Not Affect Deployed Virtual Machines
Virtual Machine Datastore Usage Page Does Not Display Expired Configuration Mentioned in Deleting Service Error
Message
Time in virtual machine drifts due to hardware timer drift
Using remote assistance to shadow users working in virtual desktops
Assigning LDAP users or groups shows only 20 objects or the display process times out
Certain virtualized applications always run a second copy of the active native application
A large virtualized application is always corrupted and cannot be deployed
Time in a Linux virtual machine jumps backward when using clock=pit
Time runs slower than real time due to lost timer interrupts
Updating ESXi Hosts by Using Update Manager, VMware Infrastructure Update, and the Remote CLI
Time drifts in virtual machines and the service console due to the HPET misreporting its frequency
HTC Touch phone device fails to synchronize over USB
VMware Infrastructure Client for Linux systems
VMware Consolidated Backup cannot lookup a virtual machine by IP/DNS
Consolidation fails with error: "VirtualCenter must gather more information to enumerate the domains and workgroups in
the enterprise. This may take several minutes. Try again later."
Resuming a suspended virtual machine causes an access violation error
The Converter plugin is missing from VMware Infrastructure Client
Time in a Linux 2.6 guest operating system runs faster than real time due to lost tick overcompensation
Creating snapshots fails and performing a backup with VCB causes a virtual machine to shut down
Does rebooting VirtualCenter affect an ESX host or the virtual machines running on it?
Sysprep fails with domain name error
Conversion to an ESX host fails with vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument
Troubleshooting the VirtualCenter agent service when it does not start
Ensuring the VMkernel parameter NFS.LockDisable is set to default
Suse Linux 10.3 cloned virtual machines boot and run slowly on ESX 3.0.1
Troubleshooting a NoQueueHandler error
All virtual machine tasks fail in VirtualCenter because another task is in progress
ESX 3.5 host in VirtualCenter shows disconnected, and is not receiving any UDP heartbeats
What is a TOE NIC and does ESX support any TOE NICs?
VI Client reports incorrect system memory usage
Unable to log in when Active Directory contains a very large amount of users
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware ThinApp
USB thin client redirection does not work with a Wyse thin client
Cannot connect ESX to VirtualCenter with error: a connection failure occurred
Configuring VMware ThinApp to run from a non-default location
Registering or adding a virtual machine to the inventory
VirtualCenter fails to start after upgrading from the Japanese version of VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 2
ESX Server 3.0.3: VMotion Requires 30% of Unreserved CPU on ESX Server Source and Target Hosts
ESX Server 3.0.3: Check Partition Size When Performing ESX Server 3.0.3 Upgrades
ESX Server 3.0.3: Patch Installation Fails if Directory Name Contains Spaces
ESX Server 3.0.3: e1000 Driver not Detected on Windows Vista Ultimate 32-Bit Guest Operating System in ESX Server
3.0.3
ESX Server 3.0.3: Fix for NOT_IMPLEMENTED Error Message in LSI Emulation
Error when you try to enable VMware Update Manager
No users appear when attempting to entitle a virtual desktop
Ping from an ESX host fails with the error: Operation not permitted
[Archive]QueryPerfComposite Requires startTime and endTime for Real-Time Metrics
QueryPerfComposite Requires startTime and endTime for Real-Time Metrics
Collecting VMware Infrastructure Virtual Disk Development Kit Diagnostic Information
Using Application Sync to rollback problematic updates
A 64bit host is detected as only 32bit capable
A template's regional settings change when deployed
Unable to retrieve performance charts using VirtualCenter 2.0.2
Settings changes are not saved in VMware Workstation
Windows XP Service Pack 3 virtual machines fail to transfer data through a virtual parallel port
Forcing a virtual machine to power off in VMware Fusion
Removing a datastore from an ESX host fails with the error: unable to remove partition 1
Windows Guests Installed with LSI Logic Storport Driver 1.26.05 Crash while Booting
Supported Virtual Network Adapters for Virtual Machines in Microsoft Cluster Service Clusters
SharePoint Server 2007 performance issues
Powering on a virtual machine fails with the error: A general system error occurred
Customization specifications dialog in deployment wizard is blank or empty
Connecting to VMware Server using VMware Infrastructure Client
Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 fails with a database error
Cannot create a new desktop pool after upgrading from Virtual Desktop Manager 2.0 to 2.1
Installing ESX 3.5 on a Dell PowerEdge R905 throws "not able to find any drivers" error
VirtualCenter 2.5 upgrade fails with a Cannot drop the procedure vpx_stats_rollup error
Licensing for ThinApp information
Diagnostics Collection Tool (DCT) fails on Windows Vista Japanese
The vpxd.exe process spikes to 100% CPU usage when DRS is enabled in a cluster
VMware Consolidated Backup fails with the error: No path to device
Cannot start the application after initial install
Accessing VMware ThinApp licenses
Best practises for upgrading an existing VMware Desktop Manager environment from version 2.0 to 2.1
Metadata files of a powered-on virtual machine might be deleted from shared storage
Support for NetQueue on ESX Server 3i version 3.5 Update 2
Virtual machine does not power on with a could not reserve memory error
VirtualCenter logs contain numerous login failures
Determining if an ESX host supports 64bit virtual machines
Troubleshooting when the Conversion wizard does not complete successfully
Troubleshooting a virtual machine that fails during preparation
Troubleshooting a snapshot process that fails to initialize
ESX host not responding in VirtualCenter
VMotion times out at 10% with the error: Failed to get WID
Troubleshooting cloning problems
Troubleshooting reconfiguration task failures
Troubleshooting a virtual machine that fails to boot with STOP 0x7B error
Cannot boot or start the resulting virtual machine
Troubleshooting a log in failure that occurs on a converted virtual machine
Cannot start Converter cold clone CD
Troubleshooting connectivity to the Connection Broker server
Troubleshooting a "Desktop not available" message
Troubleshooting LDAP query errors
Cannot connect through the security server
Troubleshooting virtual machines that are stuck in a customizing state
Cannot install client, agent, or connection server
Troubleshooting VMware ThinApp installation issues
Troubleshooting the build process in VMware ThinApp
Application shortcuts or file-type associations are missing when deployed
Settings changes to a native application populate the deployed instance incorrectly
Troubleshooting virtualized applications that do run in ThinApp
Troubleshooting an Unable to connect error in ThinApp
Troubleshooting server component installation or upgrade issues
Troubleshooting agent component installation or upgrade issues
Troubleshooting why you cannot add a template or configuration
Adding an ESX Server fails
Troubleshooting when networking in the virtual machine fails
Troubleshooting an out of storage space condition
Determining why you cannot create a new or consolidate existing virtual machines
Troubleshooting import or export failures
Troubleshooting a failure to deploy or undeploy a virtual machine
Cannot add new ESX 3.5 hosts after upgrading from ESX 3.0
Logging in to the virtual desktop fails with domain connection error
Unable to Ping a Virtual Machine Using the IP Address or External IP Address Displayed in the Stage Manager Web
Console
Navigating the Stage Manager Web Console Generates Microsoft SQL Server Database Error
Cannot remove a datastore connected with NFS using Lab Manager
Disabling access to VMware Tools
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1006355: Perl Security Update to Service Console Package
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006356: Service Console Security Update to BIND
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
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1006359: Security Updates to Web Access Components Tomcat and JRE
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, and
VMware-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 Not
Responding 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 Linux
Kernels
ESX hosts show as disconnected after VirtualCenter upgrade
Cannot get exclusive access to the VirtualCenter repository
Extending a logical volume in a virtual machine running Red Hat
Unable to format or initialize a virtual machine's virtual disk
Keyboard and mouse stop working in virtual machine console after vMotion
ESX Server does not detect CDP information on Intel MT or PT dualport NICs after native VLAN change
VMware Tools fails to install or upgrade video and mouse driver
ESX 3.5 Host Update Rollup Bundle Advisory
Determining the user in control of the Remote Console of a guest operating system
Cannot take a snapshot, the feature is greyed out
Limit of Virtual CPUs Raised from 128 to 192 on ESX 3.5 Update 1 and Later Updates
ESX Server 3.0.2: Incorrect RPMs Might Remain on ESX Server 3.0.2 or ESX Server 3.0.2 U1 After Tarball Upgrades
from ESX Server 3.0.1
Performing an Operation Simultaneously on Large Number of Virtual Machines Might Cause hostd to Stop Responding
VMotion fails at 10% with a memory resource error
Virtual machine powers off and cannot restart after trying to take a snapshot
ODBC errors when using VirtualCenter and Update Manager with an Oracle Database
Advanced Configuration options for VMware High Availability
Enabling logging for the VMware Authorization service
VMotion fails at 10% on ESX 3.5 with an QLogic iSCSI HBA
Timekeeping best practices for Linux guests
VMware-x.log files filling VMFS volume, causing various problems
You cannot power on a virtual machine and see a vm swap file error
VirtualCenter Server with multiple IP addresses changes the IP address while the services are running
Configuring SNMP traps in VirtualCenter
Virtual machines experience delays when booting after upgrading to ESX 3.5
Mounting an ISO image fails with the error: Invalid file type
The vpxd log records _PING_SERVER_ message every 5 minutes
Troubleshooting a The object or item referred to could not be found message
[Archived] Moving a VM (with snapshots) manually
Checking for insufficient memory resources
Installing Navisphere agents on an ESX host
Checking for insufficient slots
Autostart of virtual machines fails on an ESX 3i host when it is licensed with a Standalone Edition serial key
VirtualCenter error: invalidargument=value of '17' is not valid for 'index'. Parameter name: index
DRS Affinity rules for more than 2 virtual machines are not honored
Persistent pool is unavailable when a new user attempts to connect
Understanding networking types in hosted products
Licensing Free ESXi 3.5
Changing the VirtualCenter Server database user ID and password
Cold clone disc does not retain network settings
NFS mount with NetApp failing - permission denied error
Troubleshooting damaged operating system components that cause conversion failure
VMware High Availability fails with error: Configuration of host IP address is inconsistent on host
ESX host fails with a Spin count exceeded (logSerialIRQLock) - possible deadlock error
VMware Infrastructure Client displays incorrect Resource Share values for VirtualCenter 2.5
Troubleshooting an ESX host that does not boot
Converter Plugin for VirtualCenter fails to install and rolls back unexpectedly
Cannot build the LM Tools ISO
Choosing the right fencing option
Checking the status of the virtual router
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1006511: Update for the e1000 Driver
Retrieving the ScsiLUNDurableName Through the MOB in 3.0.x
WSDL Generator and XML Generator Do Not Handle Properties of type MethodFault[] Correctly
VMware ESX Server and Security Issues in OpenSSH
Identifying virtual machines running on an ESX host with an unresponsive service console
Sample Configuration - Network Load Balancing (NLB) Multicast mode over routed subnet - Cisco Switch Static ARP
Configuration
VMware GSX end of availability information
PSP configuration for a device is not updated after changing the default SATP PSP
VirtualCenter Server Might Export Incomplete Performance Chart Data
WBEM support in HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 SP2 does not work after installing Patch ESXe350-200807401-I-UG
Installation of VMware Workstation fails with an invalid drive error

A Windows virtual machine reports less than the full 4GB of allocated memory
VirtualCenter 2.5.0 Update 2 gives error: Incompatible HA Networks
VMware ESX and ESXi 3.5 Comparison
Update Manager fails when performing a scan
Setting a static IP address for the Remote CLI appliance
Black squares, boxes, windows or screens appear in virtual desktop
PShare chain length too long: length=25
Repairing boot sector problems in Windows NT-based operating systems
Sample Configuration - Network Load Balancing (NLB) Multicast Mode Configuration
Checking for disk corruption on the destination server after using VMware Converter
After applying an ESX patch, VMotion fails at 90% with the error: Checksumming not enabled on source machine
Licensing VirtualCenter 2.5 fails because it is configured for evaluation mode
Windows 2000 virtual machine fails with "Stop 0x0000001a" when using more than 4GB of memory
"Please insert the Disk:1" dialog appears when upgrading to VMware Update Manager Update 2
Multiple conversion attempts of Windows 2008 and Hyper-V source machines fail
Unable to run ESX host commands after using the su command
Virtual machine tasks slow in VirtualCenter
Configuring a physical server to boot from CD
Microsoft Windows 64bit operating systems (Vista, 2003, and 2008) randomly fail
ESX 3.5 host becomes unresponsive with the purple screen error: deltadisk+0x4baa stack
Microsoft Network Load Balancing Multicast and Unicast operation modes
After an upgrade to VirtualCenter 2.5, Sysprep does not prepare the guest operating system when deploying a virtual
machine from a template
Exporting diagnostic data fails on ESXi embedded
Troubleshooting a wizard interrupt error for VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2
A virtual machine's console in VirtualCenter is blank and shows the message: Unknown MKS event
Corrupt redo log causes virtual machine to trigger errors while powering on
Installing VMware Tools on a Windows 2008 Standard Server Core that does not have a GUI
A Novell SUSE kernel 2.6.16.60-0.25 virtual machine stops responding when mounting a CD-ROM
Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 fails with the error: Warning 25032
Health status option is not shown in VirtualCenter after upgrading ESX
Changing an RDM from physical to virtual compatibility mode
The tg3 network driver fails to load during ESX boot
Verifying the ESX Local Storage or SAN array is configured correctly
Verifying proper installation and functionality of Converter Agent
HA Network Compliance Check
Checking networking connections between Converter end points
Some IBM servers are missing ESXi or have corrupt Recovery CDs
Enabling Windows Single Sign-on support in VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2
During upgrade of VirtualCenter, setup states it cannot connect to the database with the given DSN
Network setting is not showing within Virtual Infrastructure Client for ESX host.
Performance issues with bridged networking and Windows Server 2003 SP2
Adjusting the virtual SCSI adapter type in a VMDK file
IP address listed with 256 in place of 0 (zero) during install
Installer places SQL Express DB on Windows default drive
vReplicator causing multiple issues with the Management agent
Applications and drivers that may not convert into virtual machines
Sample switch port configuration - TRUNK Mode with VLAN Pruning
[Archived] 2TB limitation for LUNs or disks when using ESX
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 ESX350-2000901406-BG: Updates Kernel Source and VMNIX
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 ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200901402-T-BG: VMware Tools Update
ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200807812-I-BG: Critical Fix for August 12 Licensing Timeout Issue
Running custom quiescing scripts inside Windows virtual machine with ESX 3.5 Update 2 and later
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006672: Update to pam_krb5 RPM
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 or
2.4.9 Linux Kernels
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 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006680: Fix for Proper Deletion of VMware Log Files; Fix for an Instruction
Synchronization Issue; Corrected Message for Path Failover
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006681: Virtual Machine Heartbeat Alarms Misreport Status; Hostd Stops Responding
Cannot access datastores while the array reports the 2/0 0x6 0x29 0x0 sense code
Hot adding a disk to a virtual machine from command line interface
Troubleshooting when you are unable to select hardware templates
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808411-BG: Updates Performance Tools
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808412-BG: Updates lnxcfg
Cloning a Source That Contains File System Errors Might Result in a Damaged Copy
Eject key does not work properly when a virtual machine is assigned to a physical drive
Ping reply fails with a hardware error on a Windows virtual machine
Moving a Datastore Using SSMove
Verifying the firmware on the RAID controller or HBA is up to date.
Changing the IP Address of the Existing VirtualCenter Server for Stage Manager
VIX API Shared Folder Status Subject to Delay in Linux Guests
Enabling VMotion on internal vswitch behind bridged-mode firewalls and other network appliances
Powering on a virtual machine fails with an internal system error
Troubleshooting the LM Agent and checking the installed version
Unable to load DLL 'vmlicense.dll' HRESULT: 0x800736B1
Configuring the ESXi 3.5 Management Network from the direct console
VMware Consolidated Backup operation fails with the error: Could not renew disk lease. Aborting operation.
Unable to Power On virtual machine with “A General System error occurred: Internal error”
Changes in /etc/fstab are missing after upgrading VMware Tools
ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200806812-BG: Critical Fix for August 12 Licensing Timeout Issue
Troubleshooting a database upgrade failure from VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2 to 3 or 4
Conversion fails when source image or disk file is 1TB or larger
All files on the disk do not match the size of the disk properties usage
Lab Manager installation requirements
Setting the resource expiry and testing garbage cleanup functions
Troubleshooting connectivity issues between the agent, client, and connection server in VMware Virtual Desktop
Manager
Cannot set Statistic collection interval to more than 4 days
Identifying the location of virtual machine files
VMware Consolidated Backup fails after upgrading VirtualCenter
VMware Consolidated Backup can fail if there are two console interfaces that can route traffic between each other
Running esxupdate query displays two similar Update 2 entries after installing ESX Server 3.5 Update 2 re-release from
an ESX Server 3.5 Update 2 GA installation.
VMware Converter Agent fails to start or install with system error 1920
Firmware upgrade on the storage array causes all LUNs to be detected as snapshots
Connecting to a virtual machine's Remote Console fails with the error: The remote host certificate has these problems
Troubleshooting ESX host preparation
The VirtualCenter service fails to start with an error indicating that a folder does not exist
Domain login fails if snapshot is reverted
Host IP in vpxa.cfg retains old value after changing service console IP
Fetching the native path from within the virtualized environment
Time zones unexpectedly change on virtual desktops
Removing an unknown guest from the inventory generates an object reference error
Enabling (verbose) debug logging in LM 3.x
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Lab Manager 3.x
Sample Configuration - Network Load Balancing (NLB) UNICAST Mode Configuration
Checking the VDM Agent installation and status
Update Manager scan fails
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Virtual Consolidated Backup 1.5
Checking import prerequisites in Lab Manager
VMware Infrastructure Client incorrectly reports the health status of IBM x Series Servers with an LSI 1078 as Alert
Importing System Groups from CSV to the Dashboard fails
Server stops responding and displays a purple screen error
VMkernel on host stops responding and displays a purple screen error
Types of purple screen errors
Extracting the log file after an ESX or ESXi host fails with a purple screen error
Using performance collection tools to gather data for fault analysis
Identifying environmental issues that can cause purple screen errors
Service Console stops responding and displays a purple screen error
Validating ESX host configuration after purple screen errors
Decoding the purple screens - Service Console OOPS/Panic
VirtualCenter 2.5 with Microsoft Clustering Service (MSCS)
Verifying that the virtual desktop or server is joined to the domain
Correctly preparing a virtual machine template for deployment
VMware Converter Cannot Take a Snapshot of a FAT Volume on 64-bit Vista and Windows 2008 Sources
Cloning a virtual machine using customization fails at 40% with the error: fault.CustomizationPending.summary
Does fragmentation affect VMFS datastores?
ESX host cannot connect to the licence server using the FQDN
A SCSI Reservation Issue with MSA2012sa
Conversion fails when the source file is accessed using a UNC path
Testing virtual machine storage I/O performance
Password aging in ESX Console Operating System
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Client download from VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2 Web interface fails to complete
FTP from the Service Console does work after enabling ftpClient in the firewall settings
Unable to login to a virtual desktop due to Windows logon software (GINA) error
Validating guest customization when preparing a virtual machine template for deployment
Changing the hostname on VirtualCenter server
Using vcbRestore to restore a virtual machine
Committing snapshots from within the Service Console
Sysprep no longer runs on template after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2
Troubleshooting database access
Disabling the client drive redirection feature
Troubleshooting missing driver and Windows file errors during reconfiguration
Troubleshooting file, volume, and disk access problems during conversion
Troubleshooting VirtualCenter connectivity and operation
Unable to deploy a template from an internal network to an ESX host in a DMZ network
Cannot add ESX 2.5 hosts that are not SSL authentication enabled to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2
Template deployment fails at 95% with a Customization Failed error
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200808413-SG: Security Update to cim-smwg for the Openwsman Component of the
Service Console
VirtualCenter server does not start after upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update2
Enabling software iSCSI fails with the error: vmk_HeapCreate failed
When using QLA4062 or QLA4060 on IBM x3650, an ESX host experiences boot delays with the error: Initialization for
qla4022 failed with -19
Cannot enable the Update Manager plug-in
VirtualCenter profiler and scoreboard logs
Converting a template to a virtual machine fails with the error: There are no active hosts in the cluster
Windows Installer runs on every application launch
CD or ISO image selection is empty when creating a new template
Verifying the Microsoft ASP.NET version installed
Troubleshooting virtualized applications running in a Windows Terminal Services environment
[Archived] Storage VMotion timeout ESX3.5 build#103908
Virtual Machine Is Powered On, On Multiple ESX Hosts
'Upgrade to VMFS 3' link is disabled in VI Client after ESX Server host is upgraded
Rebuilding virtual machine swap files when swap files do not point to a replicated datastore
Rescans Might Cause CD-ROM Drives Attached to vmhbas to Become Inaccessible from the Service Console
Enable Network Card on Windows 2000 Professional or Server Virtual Machine Running McAfee VirusScan Enterprise
8.5.0i
Changing the IP address of the Service Console on an ESX host
Installation of the MKS plug-in fails
Multiple log in prompts appear during login after implementing RSA
Minor Spelling Error in the VMkernel Logs
Microsoft applications fail to activate
Using the VMware SCSI Disk Driver for Windows Guest Operating Systems
Desktop refuses client connection or the connection is terminated unexpectedly
Registering the virtual application to complete deployment
Supported ThinApp installation methods and usage
Configuring an ESX host for lm-agent installation
ESX 3.0.3 and 3.5.x Patches Appear in Depot Even Though VirtualCenter Manages Only 3.5.x Hosts
Specifying a DNS Server for ACE Instances That Use Instance Customization
Newly Installed RPMs Are Listed as Wrong or Duplicate Versions when System Time Is Rolled Back
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006968: Security Updates to the ESX Server Service Console Packages for libxml2
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200810501-BG: Fix for Proper Deletion of VMware Log Files; Fix for an Instruction
Synchronization Issue
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200810502-BG: Virtual Machine Heartbeat Alarms Misreport Status; Hostd Stops
Responding
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200810503-SG: Security Updates to the ESX Server Service Console Packages
for libxml2
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1006974: ESX Server 3.0.x Hosts in a VirtualCenter 2.5 Environment Enter a Not
Responding State After Applying Certain ESX Server Patches
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-Level
Dependency Is Not Installed
ESX Server 3.0.2: Roll-Up Bundle for ESX Server 3.0.2
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; VMkernel Mark
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 Processors
for ESX Server 3.0.2
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006985: Mapping of Scripts in VMware Tools
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200811401-BG: hostd Exceeds Hard Limit for Memory Usage;Virtual Machine Is
Powered On, on Multiple ESX Server Hosts;VMkernel Mark Paths as Offline When SVC Is Not Ready After a SVC Reset
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006987: VmPerl Compilation Fails During Patch Installation
Configuring a VMkernel port and enable VMotion via command line
Settings missing in deployed applications
Verifying isolation mode usage in ThinApp
Virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express SP2
Upgrading to Lab Manager 3.0 patch 1
Troubleshooting application dependency and capture issues
Virtualizing existing domain controllers
Unable to deploy Virtual Machines due to network configuration issues
An NFC connection fault can occur during a block-level cloning operation
Running GSX Server on a Stratus ftServer or NEC Express5800 System
Performance charts in VirtualCenter 2.5 are incorrect or blank
Cannot migrate powered off virtual machines
Implications of enabling or disabling VMware HA strict admission control when using DRS and VMware DPM
Using DHCP based Network Templates
Windows 2008 64bit fails to load: CPU not compatible with 64bit mode
Configurations in a saved state do not deploy after upgrade
VMware Consolidated Backup fails because the ESX host stops responding in VirtualCenter
Will the 30-day complimentary support apply to the free VMware Fusion 2.0 upgrade for existing VMware Fusion 1.x
customers?
SMP virtual machines running Linux using the TSC clocksource stop responding or stall
Expanding Raw Device Map (RDM) size
Unable to power on a virtual machine after a volume resignature
ESX 3.0.1 Service Console stops responding with a COS Oops Error
Console web site fails to open with "Service Unavailable"
Cannot add a datastore or add an extent after increasing the size of the disk or LUN
Creating capture fails with "Unable To Write" error
Manually Installing and Uninstalling the Lab Manager Agent Software on an ESX Host
Cannot add ESXi host to a VMware High Availability cluster
NetXen NC510F 10GB adapter not detected
Storage Drivers for ESX 3.5.x and Microsoft Windows XP When Using the VMware LSI Logic Storage Adapter
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 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
Patch Installation Using esxupdate Fails Because 2nd-Level Dependency Is Not Installed
Manually installing McAfee VirusScan Plus in VMware Fusion
Is virtual machine clustering supported?
When installing Converter Enterprise, you see the error "Please provide a value for all of the required fields" after
entering your username and password
Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) network information via command line and VirtualCenter on an ESX host
Resource Distribution chart on Cluster Summary tab only shows some hosts
VMotion problem with Virtual Machines running on 64bit guests on AMD Barcelona servers and ESX 3.5/ESXi 3.5
Update 1 or Update 2
High Availability fails to configure after an upgrade to ESX 3.5 Update 2
Past Month stats rollup job fails in VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 1 running with Microsoft SQL 2000 SP4 on Microsoft
Windows 2003 Standard Server SP2
Replacing CPUs on an ESX host
RDM filesystem inconsistencies caused by automatic disk defragmentation
A Windows virtual machine boots and accesses the console slowly after a conversion from physical
Configuring a virtual machine to be debugged with Microsoft Windows Debugger
Plugins failing after VirtualCenter hostname change
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200809404-SG: Security Update to VMware-esx-vmx
VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200809401-I-SG: Firmware Update
A deployed package fails to power on due to a policy failure
Troubleshooting data corruption on EMC Celerra's that are running DART OS v5.5 and v5.6
Update Manager Client becomes disabled randomly
VMware Consolidated Backup fails when it is configured to identify the virtual machine by IP address
Disk does not show up in Add Storage in VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2 and later
Customization fails with the following error message on VC Events: Failed to deploy template: Customization Failed
ESX fails to boot from SAN with an MSA 1000
TCP Packets from a Source Windows 2000 Virtual Machine Stop Reaching the Destination Windows 2000 Virtual
Machine Unless Zerocopy is Disabled
[Archived] Host becomes unresponsive
VirtualCenter upgrade fails with a Case-Sensitive SQL error
An ADAM error message appears when creating a pool
Troubleshooting a Windows XP guest warning about BusLogic SCSI drivers
VMware products might be affected during VirtualCenter upgrade
Powering on a virtual machine fails indicating that the VMware Authorization service is not running
Cannot perform operations in VirtualCenter when using the Quest Vintela Authentication Services plug-in
Using a reverse proxy with VDM
Virtual machine Import option is disabled or grayed out
Issues reconfiguring or powering on virtual machines after upgrading from ESX 2.x to ESX 3.x
Update Manager patch download fails with the error: Patch Metadata Not Found
Guest Memory Setting Recommendation for VMware SVGA II Adapter
After upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2, you cannot attach a VMDK disk file to a virtual machine
Guest memory alarms not clearing in VirtualCenter
Configuring the locked.properties file
Changes do not appear after expanding the a VMDK in VMware Infrastructure Client
VMware Consolidated Backup fails on a Windows NT virtual machine
ESX host in a VMware High Availability cluster fails to enter maintenance mode and stops at 2%
Adding Manual Markers to a Recording During Replay
Virtual CD/DVD Drive Disconnects During Multiple Disk Installation
Upgrading virtual hardware to version 7 requires reinstallation of vmxnet driver
Cannot power off guest operating system because another task is in progress
Cloning a virtual machine fails at 10% with the error: The Virtual Disk is either corrupted or not a supported format
A Windows 2003 virtual machine high CPU usage after a conversion from physical to virtual
Determining VCB versions and build numbers
Ensuring services or network servers are available to the application
A failure occurs when you press any key in a virtual machine
Scheduled task to download updates fails to run and shows as queued in VirtualCenter 2.5
Down NIC link state after installing ESX 3.5 Update 2
VirtualCenter does not accurately report RDM drives
Cannot configure a VMware High Availability cluster with the option key das.bypassNetworkVerification=yes
[Archive] VM networking unable to browse workgroup
The virtual desktop connection fails when automatic login is enabled in the virtual machine
Snapshot operation fails because the file already exists
Blackberry 7230 Devices Do Not Work on Linux Virtual Machines That Have Desktop Manager 4.0
Enabling enhanced vmxnet adapters for Microsoft Windows Server 2003
VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 3 may fail to start after upgrade
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200811404-SG: Security Update to the ESX Server Service Console Packages for
bzip2
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200811405-BG: Update to tzdata.rpm Package
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200812409-BG: Hyperthreading Status Reported Incorrectly on Non-HT Multicore
Processors for ESX Server 3.0.3
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200811407-BG: Mapping of Scripts in VMware Tools
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
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200812401-BG: Virtual Machines Stop Responding When Disconnected from
Serial Port
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200812402-BG: Fix for vdf -P Command to Delimit the Output Values with Proper
Spacing
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 to Read-
Only During Long NetApp Cluster Failover
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200812405-BG: 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-Only During
Long NetApp Cluster Failover
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
After upgrading from VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 2 to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 3, VirtualCenter fails to start with Error
42000
Unable to add EICON Diva ISDN card via PCI Passthrough into a virtual machine
Cannot add storage in VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2
ESX Server hosts to be backed up should have access to the datastore in hot-add mode
Are full versions of SQL Server, Oracle, or other external databases supported?
Can multiple servers connect to one VirtualCenter?
Unable to connect using MirrorView
Troubleshooting a VMware High Availability cannot read /var/log/vmware/aam/aam_config_util.def error
SATA CD-ROM drive is not functional on the Dell PowerEdge systems after ESX installation
[Internal] KC boot camp 2
Deployment of a template fails due to fenced-only permission on the network
Cannot upgrade an expired server license, the serial numbers are no longer available
VMDK Recovery Tool (ESX 3.5 Update 3)
Requirements for importing a virtual machine from VirtualCenter
All virtual machine consoles within Lab Manager displaying as Unavailable
VMWare High Availability error: VMWareClusterManager Rule not enabled error while configuring HA in a cluster
Virtual desktops are deployed with duplicate DNS names
Network connectivity might be lost during ESXi 3.5 boot
Bridged networking does not work when loopback adapter is installed on host
Diagnosing Vizioncore's vFoglight console memory heap error
Upgrade to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 3 fails with the error: Invalid command line argument
Troubleshooting a VMware Tools applying transforms error
hostd is not responding and cannot be killed by the kill -9 command
VI Client Displays Information for Disconnected USB Storage Devices
Cannot drag and drop virtual machines from one ESX host to another
Creation of a virtual machine fails when using VirtualCenter
Extending partitions in Windows using DiskPart
Online Help Is Not Displayed on Windows Server 2003 and 2008 Until You Enable JavaScript
On Windows Vista Hosts, You Must Sometimes Enter the Serial Number After Installation
Committing the snapshot _VCB-BACKUP_ fails with the error: Device or Resource busy
Limitations Regarding Preserving Network Settings When Updating to Workstation 6.5
For Solaris Operating System Installation Using Legacy Emulation for CD Devices Might Produce an Error
Occasionally the Virtual Machine Does Not Recognize That a New Floppy Disk Has Been Inserted in the Drive
Linux Operating System Limitations for Hot-Add of Virtual CPUs
Making Studio Max Viewports Display Correctly on a Linux Host with a Windows XP Guest
Symbolic Links Do Not Work in Folders Shared Between Linux Hosts and Windows Guests
Permissions Issue with Starting a Virtual Machine on a Windows Vista Host
Only administrator users can open VMware Tools on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 guests
You Must Run Workstation as an Administrator to Create a Virtual Machine from a Windows Vista Physical Machine
vsla-agent becomes unresponsive when the service console has two IP addresses
Issue with Determining the Default System Volume When Converting Dual-Boot Virtual and Physical Machines
Mouse movement is not smooth while running games in a virtual machine
Clicking on a host or guest in VirtualCenter causes the host to go into Not Responding state
Changing or blocking the default ports 80 (http) and 443 (https) on ESX hosts
VMotion fails and VMotion licenses show as Not Used in Virtual Center
Windows user account gets locked out when VirtualCenter service is running
Update Manager service fails to start and the errors 1920 and 27519 display
Troubleshooting when you are unable to access the VMware Stage Manager web interface
SNMP traps are not being sent to the service console
Configuration suddenly goes into an inconsistent state
Daylight Saving Time (DST) Update in Brazil and Argentina for 2008
"No such device errors" in /var/log/messages.l when booting ESX Server 3.5 and later
VMware Tools installation fails with Error 1722
Testing the Monitoring Virtual Machines functionality in VirtualCenter
Incorrect account credentials prevent deploy or undeploy operations
VirtualCenter incorrectly reports that VMware Tools is out of date
VMware Infrastructure Update does not see all hosts
[archived] Unable to add a local datastore through VirtualCenter
Editing the resource allocations of a virtual machine generates an error
VirtualCenter service does not start after reboot with the error Unable to get exclusive access to VirtualCenter repository
Verifying that the xinetd service is running on an ESX host

VMFS unable to delete files due to 0 blocks available to write journal
IP conflicts occur if using fenced mode and default gateway does not match configuration gateway
Cannot connect virtual machine CD-ROM to the CD-ROM of the host
ESXi host is unable to generate support logs because local storage is full
The Map Disk Region task appears repeatedly in VirtualCenter after using VMware Consolidated Backup
The VMkernel log indicates that the TCP/IP heap is below 9%
Connection server fails to start
Uploading a file to and downloading a file from a datastore fails
Trying to add an ESX host to the inventory in VirtualCenter causes multiple errors
Non-English Filename Might Not Work Properly with Windows NFS Server
Lab Manager MKS Console Browser Plug-In on Windows Can Be Installed Only by a Windows Administrator
VDM Client Fails to Connect to Virtual Desktop After Upgrading to VDM 2.1 or 2.1.1
Updating the Number of Ports on the Lab Manager Network Switch
Protocol error from VMX returned when backing up virtual machines
Error when running vm-support if insufficient disk space
Sysprep runs unexpectedly at each deployment of a cloned template
Resources in Use Error for CIFS Datastores
Boot Camp virtual machine fails to boot
Cannot connect to NFS network share
Determining if a network traffic storm caused a VMware High Availability isolation response
Logging in to VirtualCenter with VMware Infrastructure Client fails with the error: The request failed because of a
connection failure
ESX fails to boot with fsck error
Licensing an ESX host by pointing to a License Server through VMware Infrastructure Client fails
Misleading information in esxcfg-vswif man page
VMFS detected as snapshot after change of Symmetrix version
Scheduler Cell Size on Six-Core Processors
Installing a custom signed certificate for SSL remote console connections
Configuration of HeaderDigest and DataDigest elements for software iSCSI
Troubleshooting IP-Hash outbound NIC selection
VMware Tools stops responding or fails to install when Virtual Machine Monitoring is selected
Resolving the VirtualCenter error: The type initializer for vpxClient.VMconfig.CPUID threw an exception
Prerequisite for Playing Tony Hawk 4 in a Virtual Machine
Restrictions on User Names When Using Instance Customization for ACE Packages
VMware Tools Cannot Start on Ubuntu 7.10 Guests If an Unsupported Screen Resolution Is Used
[Internal] Why do NICs sometimes change their ordering after an ESX installation?
Limitations Regarding Taskbar Location for Linux Guests in Unity Mode
Unity Mode and Framebuffer Memory Allocations for Linux Hosts
Limitations Regarding Mouse Configuration When Running Unity Mode on Linux Hosts
On Ubuntu 8.04 Hosts with X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90, You Might Not Be Able to Run Multiple Virtual Machines
Cannot Power On an ACE Instance That Uses Kiosk Mode or Keyboard Logging Detection
3-D Games Might Cause Linux Hosts with Some ATI Cards to Freeze
Windows Server guest fails when an EMC snapshot LUN is activated
Importing certificates issued by an OpenSSL CA
Installation of ESX350-200805501-BG or ESX350-200806401-BG causes esxtop to cease functioning
Copying Files from a Remote File System Fails When Replaying a Recording If You Click Go Live
SAS Link and Port Failovers with the Intel Modular Server Running Update 3 and Later Versions of ESX 3.5 and ESXi
3.5.
Automatic Update of VMware Tools Might Generate the Error "VMwareUser.exe Entry Point Not Found"
Cannot Install ACE Packages When the Host Has Another ACE Instance Running
Configuration Settings for Creating an OS/2 Warp v4.52 Virtual Machine
Instance Customization Fails If the Initialization Script Is Placed in the ACE Resources Directory
You Must Manually Start Apache Before Logging in to ACE Management Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
The ACE Keystroke Logging Detection Feature Gives False Positives for Some HP Keyboards
Choosing a Screen Resolution When Running vmware-config-tools.pl Might Cause a "No Screens Found" Error
An "Unidentified Publisher" Message Appears When You Uninstall Workstation from a Windows Vista Host
Cannot Power On Virtual Machines If You Start Workstation as root When Using a GL-Based X Server
Changes to Encryption Suites for Web Access and Administrative Access
Deploying BEA LiquidVM Fails When the Virtual Machine Does Not Have NICs Attached
Surrogate Pairs Are Not Supported for the Path to the Workstation Installation Directory
Installation of some RPM packages might be skipped during upgrade to ESX 3.5 Update releases.
On Japanese Hosts, You Cannot Upgrade from an English Version of Workstation
Limitations on Volume Migration When You Import a Virtual or Physical Machine
When Importing, a Source Machine with Mixed IDE and SCSI Disks Might Not Produce a Bootable Virtual Machine
Connection server unexpectedly loses connection with VirtualCenter
Some VNC Server Applications Cause Error Messages When You Go into Unity Mode
Cannot Power On Pocket ACE If You Previously Unplugged the USB Device Without Safely Disconnecting It
If an ACE Instance Running in Kiosk Mode Is on a Host That Goes into Standby Mode, the Host Stays Locked
The Enhanced Virtual Keyboard Setting Might Not Persist After a Workstation Upgrade
The ACE Management Server Configuration File for the Kerberos Network Authentication Protocol Does Not Take
Effect
Addressing Microsoft ADAM security vulnerability MS08-035 in servers running VDM
Disabling the Gnome-Panel in the Kiosk Full Screen Mode
Some Applications in Linux Guests Do Not Work in Unity Mode
Relaunching Multiple ACE Instances Running in Kiosk Mode Might Cause the VMware Player Menu to Appear
Install McAffee VirusScan Enterprise 8.5.0i and Add a Network Adapter
Installing Older Workstation Packages on Workstation 6.5.0
Limitations to application support in ThinApp
Installer Requests for System Service Runlevels During Installation
Automate an Install by Skipping the EULA Agreement
Update Manager cannot perform patch remediation on virtual machines
Console of IBM Director 5.20.1 sometimes does not list device driver details for ESX 3.5
Running vmkfstools Remote CLI with --queryfs requires full path name
Cannot Launch 3-D Games That Use DirectX on a Ubuntu 8.04 Host
Guest Operating System that Does Not Support the Attach to Application Option in the Integrated Virtual Debugger for
Eclipse
Linux Hosts That Use the evdev Driver for Keyboards Do Not Map Keys Correctly in Any Guest
Unable to deploy configuration from Lab Manager
Using a Remote Desktop Connection When Installing VMware Tools Causes the Installation to Stop Responding on
Windows XP Guests
Dell Recovery CD fails to recover ESXi version 3.5
Automatic Upgrade from Beta Bundle to GA RPM Install Does Not Remove the Beta Install
Extracting Files from a Bundle Install for Linux Uninstalls the RPM Install
Enable Execution Tracing for Record/Replay
Unable to log into Webview after modifications to Active Directory group
Authentication from IBM Director Console to Director Agent Fails
Cannot login to VirtualCenter 2.5 without local administrator privileges
A virtual machine deployed from a template shows the wrong disk size
Reducing the size of the VirtualCenter database when the rollup scripts take a long time to run
VMware Workstation fails to load when restarting a Linux host after the initial installation
Preventing database corruption
Site Recovery Manager maximum VirtualCenter Server name length
Is Thin disk VMDK supported?
hostd log contains many updateChildResourceConfiguration entries
Support for Guest Customization on Localized Guest Operating Systems
Downloading files through VMware Infrastructure Client fails with the error: Connection to server has timed out
Security vulnerability in CAPICOM redistributable
Problem connecting to VMware Server
Support for VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) and Multipath software
VMware Tools installation fails with the error: The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed
SNMP trap information incorrectly displays in 3rd party monitoring software
Calculating the priority level of a VMware DRS migration recommendation
Cannot deploy a virtual machine from a template because the template VMDK file is locked
Adding a User or a Group Times Out When Lab Manager Is Connected to Large or Slow LDAP Service
Joining a VMware vCenter Lab Manager 3.0 template to a domain
VMotion fails with the error: There are not enough Licenses installed to perform this operation
Installing VMware Tools on Virtual Machines Fails If Guest OS Is Set to Other
Invoking Processes on Deployed Virtual Machines by Using SOAP API
Rescuing a running virtual machine with dd when datastore metadata is inaccessible
Collecting the Support Information Using the SupportLink Tab Under Settings Might Display an Error
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 ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200811401-T-BG: VMware Tools Update
Solaris 10 U4, 64-bit graphical installation fails with the default virtual machine RAM size of 512MB
Pools or virtual machines remain listed in VirtualCenter after being deleted in View Manager
Scan of host fails after upgrade to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 3
Unable to enable iSCSI because the IQN value is blank
ESX host fails with a purple screen error after upgrading to Dell Open Manager 5.5
vSphere agent upgrade checker encounters a problem connecting to the host
vSphere agent upgrade checker issue with network mounts
vSphere agent upgrade checker issue with low disk space
vSphere agent upgrade checker issue with missing patches for ESX
Assigning specific users to a persistent virtual desktop before first use
VirtualCenter service fails to start with the error: Datetime field overflow
Algorithm Used for Load Balancing While Placing Virtual Machine In a Cluster
Reinstalling Lab Manager Fails When a Previous Installation Process Is Canceled During the SQL Server Setup
Taking a snapshot fails with the error: Failed to take a memory snapshot, since the virtual machine is configured with
independent disks
Launching multiple Adobe CS3 projects simultaneously causes a failure
Re-registering orphaned virtual machines
[Archived] A general system error occurred, failed to create journal file provider
Sample configuration of distributed switch (DVP) uplink from the ESX command line
Customizing vMA for Non-English Environments
All ESX host options disabled after an upgrade to ESX 3.5 Update 2
ASSERT Error When Powering on a Virtual Machine Using a Physical Serial Port
Create/Edit Wizard Permits Entry of Pool Size Greater than the Capacity of Selected Datastores
Error message logged when load balancer does not supply user-agent in HTTP header
ESX host intermittently disconnects from VirtualCenter
ESX build upgrade causes system fault and purple screen.
Command to monitor snapshot deletion
Failure to remove VMkernel port group after upgrading from ESX 3.0.x to 3.5
[Archive] Failed to load library libcrypto.so: Solution
A virtual machine running a SQL Server loses connectivity during a VMware Consolidated Backup or snapshot
operation
When hard drive space is too limited on the computer, an error message stating that there is not enough hard drive
space to proceed is displayed
Disconnect and Logoff options from the View client menu do not work when the virtual machine is set with "password
protection" option
When a user connects to a desktop through multiple View Clients desktop sessions are disconnected
"Bean must be used in a Portal context" error message
Single sign on does not work when connecting from View Portal on Mac OS to a Terminal Server desktop back end
View Portal on Mac OS does not support connection to Windows Vista desktops
View Portal on Mac OS cannot connect to Windows Terminal Servers when using a tunneled connection
Scheduled jobs do not run
View Manager does not support connecting to desktop sessions on operating systems configured to require Network
Level Authentication (NLA) for remote desktop connections
[Archived] Thin format virtual disk become to thick format by "Clone Virtual Machine Wizard".
Deleted Desktop Display Names are Listed in the Desktop List
The Delete After First Use Setting Does Not Work if the Desktop is Reset
Removing a View Manager ADAM Instance Causes an Error
Direct Console User Interface Display Incorrect During Shutdown/Restart
Ending an assessment in Capacity Planner
Changing the AppSyncURL on deployed packages
Switch Desktop option behaves incorrectly when users are connected to more than three desktops at the same time
Installing the View Agent on Windows XP disables the Welcome Screen and Fast User Switching
Registry entries are not removed in Windows Terminal Servers when uninstalling the View Agent is complete
If the View Connection Server installation path contains too many characters, the installation fails with an error message

During installation of the View Agent on an unmanaged machine, specifying a View Connection Server name with non-
ASCII characters is not supported
Agent installation fails if the fully qualified domain name of the View server contains Japanese characters
No warning message is generated that desktops are checked out when you uninstall the View Client with Offline
Desktop
View Client with Offline Desktop does not work with CAC authentication
Users accessing View Administrator or View Portal might be prompted to select a certificate
When using both CAC and SecurID, users can change the SecurID user name when "Enforce SecurID and Windows
user name matching" is selected
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware View Composer
VMware Studio Validating Build Error: SSLLoadSharedLibrary
Disabling and enabling VMware Web Access on an ESX host
Entering an invalid PIN for CAC authentication redirects to the login screen
Client network interruption fails to automatically reconnect to remote desktop
The View Agent installation may show the virtual printing component but actual printing support may not be available
USB redirection performance is affected by processing speed
Renaming or removing a datastore in ESX after creating a pooled desktop causes unexpected behavior
On some Windows XP embedded devices, the "Auto-connect to this desktop" menu setting is unchecked when in fact
that setting is enabled
If a user is entitled to two or more local desktops and is running them simultaneously, all error messages and dialogs
are associated with the first desktop that you open
RDP connections to machines running View Agent that are not initiated through View Manager are no longer blocked by
default
Passwords cannot contain high-ASCII characters
Power off tasks in VirtualCenter fail during pool deletion because the virtual machines are already powered off
Virtual desktop with display names ending with a backslash (\) cannot be launched from View Portal
Data redirection fails when domain user profile in master virtual machine is used to log in to a clone
No virtual desktops are available in the Administration screen
Installing the View Agent will not remove registry entries, stop services, or remove directories when there is an active
View Session on Windows Terminal Server
ESX error: No free space left on device
Offline Desktop does not work if the virtual machine resides in an NFS datastore
Pressing Alt+Ctrl+Delete while on the login screen for a checked-out desktop freezes the keyboard in the guest
If the session timeout expires while Offline Desktop is running, the desktop selection dialog cannot be reopened
Non-ASCII characters in the default check out folder name cause check out to fail
By default, the check out folder uses the desktop display name
When connecting to a local desktop, the View Client with Offline Desktop will show a message that says "Preparing to
run desktop locally..."
When running a desktop locally for the first time, the Windows guest will ask to restart the operating system
All offline sessions associated with a View Connection Server are displayed after a rollback
After a rollback is performed using the View Administrator, the desktop becomes unavailable in the desktop selection
dialog
Canceling a desktop check in and then rolling back a desktop prevents checking out the desktop at a later time
Source host does not support a location change location for a virtual machine swap file causing VMotion to fail
The virtual machine debug driver was disabled for this virtual machine message displays in event log
iSCSI and Jumbo Frames configuration on ESX 3.5
Disabling VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
Minimum permissions required for View Composer
Desktop check out only works when the client and server are located in the same locale
Offline SSO fails for checked out desktops (individual or pooled) if the last user who logged on was not in the current
domain used for the current check out
When adding a permission, the error "Database temporarily unavailable or has network problems" is displayed
Virtual machine alarm does not change after vMotion
View Client with Offline Desktop may not work in some locations that use non-ASCII characters
Reverting a desktop back to the anchor snapshot after creating a new snapshot prevents future check outs
Non-ASCII file names are not supported. View does not support non-ASCII file names
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200812408-BG: QLogic Driver RPMs Versions Mismatch
VMware VirtualCenter service does not start automatically after reboot
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1007670: ESX Server Fails When a Guest Operating System Sends a Large Data Packet
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
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 Number of
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 in
syslog.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 Controller
Cards
VirtualCenter upgrade fails with the database error: Must declare the scalar variable @v_upgrade_time
Option to generate IP address or virtual machine name using an application is always disabled
Troubleshooting poor local storage controller performance
A "No available servers for this transfer" error is sometimes generated when the number of concurrent transfers is in
fact within the transfer slot limit
BIOS versions older than 2.21 cause a failure to a blue screen in a Lenovo Thinkpad T61 after a network interruption
when running Offline Desktop
If a user data disk is added to a linked clone Windows might relocate the CD-ROM to a different drive letter than the
original drive letter the CD-ROM was assigned in the parent virtual machine
If a Netware client is installed on the master virtual machine, the user profile will not be redirected during the first log on
Local user persistent disk is displayed as a network drive in My Computer
If a snapshot is taken on a linked clone, refresh and recompose operations are not supported
The Edit Image operation fails with the error "Specified AD container partial distinguished name is not valid" after
performing a recompose if you have recently changed the AD container in the pool
Troubleshooting Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) quiesce related issues
Active Directory credentials required to create a linked clone in View Composer
Recompose operation from Windows XP to Windows Vista generates a warning message from ESX
Rebalancing fails for existing virtual machines if linked clones are moved another local storage
Under certain conditions, the View Composer Agent may initiate a reboot of the clone, executing the power-off script
If the administrator's Active Directory password is changed on the Active Directory server but is not changed on the
View Composer server, the administrator will receive an AdOperationErrorFault
Non-ASCII user names and passwords for VirtualCenter are not recognized by View Composer
"Active Directory Server is not available" message is generated if AD credentials provided for QuickPrep are not valid
If a refresh operation is initialized on a group of linked clones and the View Composer server is down, the refresh
operation will fail and leave some of the clones in an error state and some in the "Task halted" state
Recomposing a linked clone with one controller type to a Master clone of another controller type results in all disks
attaching to the new controller type
View Composer uses first available disk slot to add disks which may result in "user data disk" getting added before
"system disk."
Static DNS server setting is lost when a recompose is performed from a Windows XP virtual machine to a Windows
Vista virtual machine
When a user profile is redirected to a user data disk, the DACLs of the "Default User" and "All Users" profiles are not
the same as the DACLs of the files in the original directory
The distinguished name of the Active Directory container where the computer accounts of the linked clones will be
created is not validated when creating a desktop pool
Error message might appear when creating linked clones
View Composer cannot remove replicas that are powered on
Intermediate snapshots of View Composer replicas might be removed by the VI client
The View Composer disk mounting subsystem may fail when the target ESX host cannot contact a server providing
shared NAS storage
Sometimes a recompose or refresh operations can fail in some cases with the message
"VcUnexpectedErrorFault(reason='Incompatible device backing specified')
The View Composer server shuts down after losing the database connection
Linked Clone Desktop creation or recompose operations can fail with the message
VcUnexpectedErrorFault(reason=DuplicateNameFault) when the replica folder is not present in VirtualCenter
Upgrading to ESX 3.5 Update 3 causes local VMFS volumes to be unrecognized
User and system disk columns are empty when provisioning a View Composer pool
Virtual machine template list is not refreshed after creating a pool
The desktop pool wizard only displays one datastore if the pool is created from a template with any snapshots
Attempting to add an automated desktop pool using linked clone technology fails after reinitializing the View Composer
database and generates an "Invalid value for parameter vcConfigId passed to SVI function" error message
Upgrading to ESX 3.5 Update 3 Causes Local VMFS Volume to be Unrecognized
Console stops responding when connecting to VMware Server installed on Gentoo Linux
Conversion of a NT4 hosts prompts for nonexistent hotfix file
Windows virtual machine generates a Possible Dead Lock Condition error
Deployed or cloned virtual machine base disk points to the VMDK of an original template or virtual machine
Unable to install SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
When upgrading the View Composer, the upgrade may sometimes fail asking you to try again later
Upgrading from beta builds of View Client with Offline Desktop to View Manager 3.0 requires that you manually uninstall
the beta build and then install the new build
With beta and release candidate builds, replicas for the master clones are created in the VMwareSviReplicaFolder or
the VMWareSviReplicaFolder
Upgrading from VDM 2.1 to View 3.x using a clustered setup
Direct connection to desktop is no longer a global setting in VMware View Manager 3.0
Upgrading from VDM 2.0 Agent build to the current View Agent generates a runtime error
VDM 2.0 Agent builds can be installed when later release builds are installed and it does not generate an error
message
Cannot open the console of virtual machines using Web Interface
Troubleshooting poor network performance caused by a faulty fiber connection
Confirming a virtual machine is unresponsive
Locating virtual machine log files on an ESX host
Ensuring a virtual machine is not inaccessible due to a VMware VirtualCenter issue
Troubleshooting a virtual machine that has become unresponsive because of an ESX host
Troubleshooting a virtual machine that is unresponsive because of configuration issues
Two service consoles lose connectivity when one service console is disconnected
VMware support for the HP LeftHand P4000 iSCSI Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA)
Troubleshooting unresponsive guest operating system issues
Troubleshooting a virtual machine that has stopped responding
Cloned virtual machines might show Error state after a transient failure
Lenovo ThinkPad T61 laptops may fail to a blue screen with BSOD STOP: 0x40000080 when disconnecting a network
cable
The View Connection Server does not distinguish between original and cloned virtual machines
Issues caused when Parallels Tools is installed in the virtual machine
USB sound device does not work in a virtual machine
The first attempt to add a domain administrator to the VirtualCenter configuration in View Manager fails
Linux virtual machine continuously reports errors related to the CD-ROM drive
Troubleshooting virtual machine TCP/IP connection issues
Consolidating snapshots
Health Status only displaying partial information following re-install
/proc/stat does not report virtual machine CPU usage
Cannot connect HP t5730 thin client device to a View server
Wyse Thin Client devices disconnect from Virtual Desktop Manager sessions
ESX 3.5 Update 3 host fails to boot after installing ESX 3.5 driver CD
The vmnet module remains loaded when VMware Server is shut down
A Windows Vista guest operating system might display incorrect CPU information when imported to VMware Server
Cold migration or storage VMotion unexpectedly renames virtual disks
Enabling the Update Manager plugin fails with error: Unable to locate VimSoapService25.dll
Using Windows Event Viewer to identify the cause of an unresponsive or failed virtual machine
Windows applications do not start when run from the Fusion menu
Cannot power on virtual machine after a certain date in VMware Server
Enabling debug logging for VMware Tools within a Windows guest operating system
Verifying virtual machine TCP/IP settings
VirtualCenter will not start with SQL error
VMware Converter fails with the error: Unable to determine guest OS
Determining why the Snapshot Manager window does not appear
Defunct cimservera processes seen on VMware ESX 3.5 running hardware management agents
Cannot install VMware Consolidated Backup 1.5
Virtual disks status of “Not Configured" in the Edit Virtual Machine Properties wizard
Update Manager scan fails on ESX 3.0.3 host with VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 3
Virtual machines may unexpectedly reboot when using VMware HA with Virtual Machine Monitoring on ESX 3.5 Update
3
An error appears when Quicken and Workstation are running on the same system
Enabling debug logging for the Virtual Desktop Manager Connection Server
Multimonitor does not work when the two monitors have different resolutions
Increasing the size of a Linux ext3 disk
Recovering an ESX host from GRUB prompt
Definition of the advanced NFS options
Troubleshooting virtual machine default gateway connection issues
Troubleshooting network connection issues caused by firewall configuration
CD or DVD drive is not accessible by the guest OS as a local device, only as mapped device
Client fails to connect unexpectedly to a previously working virtual desktop
View Composer installation fails when VirtualCenter server language is set to Swedish
Scan for Updates operation fails with the error: Update Manager has failed
Powershell - Encountered end of line while processing a string token
View Agent SSO does not work unless HP RGS Sender is installed before installing View Agent
Remediation of ESX350-2008114XX-XX Might Produce Errors
ESX host stops responding in VirtualCenter after adding a Virtual Appliance
Desktop virtual machines with the agent service not running are reported as Ready in the View Administrator and client
connection fails
Snapshots not removed after using esXpress to back up virtual machines
Launching a client connection from the command-line
Dell Utility Partition support in ESX 3.5
Network connection failure for template virtual machine deployed from Lab Manager
Performing an emergency shutdown of all powered-on virtual machines on an ESX host
P2V fails when the target NFS datastore is mounted to a Windows Server running Unix services.
Installing NaviAgent on ESX 3.x and 3.5x
30 second delay when connecting to the View Server
ESX fails to boot after adding a processor
Japanese desktop display names do not display properly when using Web Access with Linux
Spaces before or after the View Server name causes connection failure during View Agent installation
View Administrator cannot be accessed when the regional language setting is changed from Japanese to English in
Windows 2003 Server
Some Virtual Machines with VMware-Tools installed may hang upon storage rescan on VMware ESXi 3.5 hosts
Linked clone deployment power prerequisite
Unlocking View virtual machines in VirtualCenter
Autofit guest option is not working for Windows 2003
Licensing an ESX host using the command line
ESX Server fails to boot after a clean install due to different CPU steppings
GRUB fails to install during an ESX installation with a device.map error
Option to Import Machine disabled in VMware Infrastructure Client
Committing snapshots generates a content ID mismatch error
Unregistered packages do not restore file-type associations correctly
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
Using HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 Technology with VMware ESX and ESXi 3.5 Update 3
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903212-UG: Updates SCSI Driver for QLogic FC HBAs
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903213-UG: Updates Hardware Detection Utility
Troubleshooting a Service Console connection failure
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 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
Cannot add a new virtual hard drive
Unable to record audio from the virtual sound device
Upgrading VirtualCenter triggers false CPU and memory usage alarms
Installing Red Hat 8.0 in a Virtual Machine
Troubleshooting Network Connectivity with Virtual Switch Tagging (VST) mode
Troubleshooting network connectivity with External Switch Tagging (EST) mode
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903218-UG: Updates Driver for NetXen UNM NICs
VDM Agent fails to start on boot
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903219-UG: Updates e1000e Driver
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903220-UG: Updates ixgbe Driver
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
Adding ESX host to VirtualCenter fails at 19%
Verifying gateway IP connection using the tcpdump command
A customized virtual machine cannot join a domain after upgrading to Virtual Center 2.5 Update 3
Systems within a specified range of IP addresses are not discovered
Disabling VMware High Availability (HA)
Disabling or Turning Off VMware FT
Processors and guest operating systems that support VMware Fault Tolerance
A VBScript error appears when you log in to a virtual machine
Verifying the VirtualCenter Managed IP Address
Datastores no longer available during upgrade
Deploying a Microsoft XP virtual machine from template fails
VMware Tools upgrade for Windows fails on ESXi
USB Connect option is not available from the Remote Console
Modifying the hot keys setting
Remote Desktop unexpectedly quits when connecting to a Vista peer from a Vista virtual desktop
Reserved or overhead ports for virtual switches in ESX 3.0.x and 3.5.x and ESXi 3.5.x
Starting a virtual machine that has VirtualCenter and license server installed (Chicken and Egg Problem)
Cannot provision new desktop virtual machines after changing the domain administrator password
Performing an end-to-end backup and restore for View Manager 3.0
Changing the DefaultLocale language setting in config.xml
Clearing the Created Packages list
User with Administrator rights on a Resource Pool cannot create a virtual machine
Drive letters may change after deploying Windows Templates
Test or Real Failover using Site Recovery Manager 1.0 Update 1 Might be Slow
Host CPU usage spikes to 100% and issues Event ID 100
Customization specifications dialog is empty
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903221-UG: Updates e1000 Driver
Configuring SNMP Traps for ESX 3.5 and ESX 4.0
Error while enabling View Composer
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903223-UG: Updates Web Access
NetApp storage arrays not correctly detected after upgrading to Site Recovery Manager 1.0 Update 1
What is the Rapid Cloning Utility? Is it a supported utility to be used in Virtual Infrastructure Environment?
Statistics Settings For 5 Minute Interval Duration Might Not Be Saved
On certain Linux guest operating systems, the VMware Tools process vmware-user does not start automatically
The ESX host does not have persistent storage
DMZ Virtualization with VMware Infrastructure
Monthly scheduled tasks do not execute
Configuring and troubleshooting basic software iSCSI setup
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903224-UG: Updates VMware-esx-lnxcfg
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903225-UG: Updates VMware-esx
On Some Linux Guests with SELinux Enforcing Mode Turned On, Uninstalling VMware Tools Makes the File System
Read-Only
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 4, Patch ESX350-200903228-UG: Updates Net-SNMP
Virtual machine computer account is disabled in Active Directory after deployment
Unable to select some system groups in the Consolidation Scenario Wizard
Taking a snap shot fails with a Disk Read error
Controlling LUN queue depth throttling in VMware ESX for 3PAR storage arrays
VMware VirtualCenter Server service does not start
Clearing write protection on a Windows Server guest operating system
VMware Tools status reports OK even though the tools build number is older than the ESX build number
Break connection task fails while a remote site VMware Infrastructure Client is open
Retrieving the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Logs and other useful information for support purposes
Packaged HOSTS file does not work with virtualized application
Configuring vSwitch or vNetwork Distributed Switch uplinks from the command line in ESX 4
VMware ESX and ESXi 3.5 U3 I/O failure on SAN LUN(s) and LUN queue is blocked indefinitely
VMware View Manager Security Server does not redirect to proper external URL
VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat with Integrated DNS and Active Directory
The VirtualCenter Server fails to start when installed on a Domain Controller with a non-English operating system
When Active Server fails, under certain situations, split-brain detections may prevent failover
VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Out of Disk Behavior
The Repair option in the installer does not repair the Offline Desktop component
Commands/scripts not working on the Service Console after changing the root password.
VMware Desktop Manager or View Manager keytool errors when adding a certificate
Keeping powered on virtual machines separated from powered off virtual machines
Troubleshooting a Cannot generate diagnostic bundle for ESXi 3.5 error
64bit Linux guest using e1000 driver loses network connectivity or becomes unresponsive
A failure occurs when you power on a virtual machine on a Window Server 2008 host
Two unique hosts with the same host name are merged
Enabling the Use of Non-root User for Hot Cloning of Linux Source Machines
Data Security Best Practices - SSL keys for communicating with VirtualCenter and other applications
Datastore space usage is incorrect when using Lab Manager or Stage Manager
CVE-2007-3798 Tcpdump vulnerability and ESX
64bit guest operating systems are unable to boot with Paravirtualization support (VMI) enabled
Storage VMotion operation fails with the error: Insufficient disk space on datastore
VMware View Manager fails to create a pool with a linked clone
Shared Folders Disabled in VMware Standalone Player
Resolving virtual machine IP address conflicts issues
Installing VMware Workstation fails to generate SSL keys
Unable to manage or edit VMware Server 2.0 virtual machines using the VMware Infrastructure Client
Virtual machines do not shut down gracefully
Troubleshooting network connection issues using Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Refresh Inventory Mappings Can Make Display Unresponsive at Sites That Support More Than 7 ESX Hosts
Configuring SNMP on an ESX 3.0.x host
Unable to start snmpd after ESX upgrade
CSV export of Consolidatable and No Data reports returns incorrect data
Error reading customization specification when deploying from a template
Cannot deselect the Split into 2GB files option when destination is an HGFS shared folder
vSphere CLI and Service Console Parity Issues
SRM fails to start, log shows Failed to initialize SOAP adapter: Failed to read Windows certificate store
Troubleshooting network connection issues caused by Windows network routing
Deleting virtual machines from protected inventory while SRM server is stopped produces "Object not found or never
existed" error
Undocumented SRM utility srmcfg.exe may display unreadable output
Using esxtop to identify storage performance issues
Using the Command-Line to Install VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Agent
Enabling Logging in to Helper Virtual Machine During Conversion of Powered-On Linux Sources
Disabling Automatic Shutdown of Helper Virtual Machines After Converting Powered-On Linux Sources
Performance issues caused by excessive chain length
Cannot add a host to VirtualCenter because a VirtualCenter error indicates that the management software is not
running
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Server
Virtual Machines Cloned with Answer File Based Customization Might Not Be Added to the Domain Specified in the
Sysprep Answer File
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903229-UG: Includes forcedeth Driver 0.6
Windows MOM monitor indicates that vmeventmsg.dll is missing
When powering on virtual machines only the first recommendations received by DRS are followed
Template deployment for Windows XP SP3 fails to complete
Some Arrays Might Require a Second Rescan During SRM Test and Recovery
Time falls behind in a virtual machine when the guest operating system writes to previously unwritten regions of its
virtual disk
View Client or Web Client install issues on Windows XP Embedded based Thin Clients
IIS application pool settings prevent login
Installing the Performance Overview Plug-In in VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 4 and above
Switching on Disk Pre-Allocation for Flat Target Virtual Disks
Extending the Timeout Period for Helper Virtual Machine Startup
If the client loses connection to the server, refresh does not work on a desktop that is checked out
Enable Retention of Sparse Files During Linux Conversions
Increasing the Write Timeout Value for Conversions to ESX Destinations
The connection to the View Connection Server may be lost if the user immediately cancels while opening a desktop
Update Manager does not download host updates
View Agent does not automatically add an exception for RDP to Internet Connection Firewall on Windows XP SP1
Attempting to cancel a check-in after disconnecting and quickly restoring the network puts desktop virtual machine into
an invalid state
VMotion errors between different Intel 45nm Core 2 revisions
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903230-UG: Updates VMkernel iSCSI Driver
Performance Overview Charts Might Not Be Displayed If the VirtualCenter Server Uses Oracle Database
Performance Overview might not be displayed if the VirtualCenter Server uses SQL Express Bundled Database
Performance Overview charts might fail to display if VirtualCenter is upgraded without stopping the VMware
Infrastructure Web Access Service
ESX Server 3.0.2 and ESX Server 3.0.3: Not Able to Download VI Client Installation Files
SATA CD ROM drive is not functional on Dell PowerEdge R805
Troubleshooting virtual machine performance issues
Troubleshooting network connection failures
Enabling Belkin network USB hub in a virtual machine
User authentication fails for VMware ACE after changing the administrator password
No snapshots are listed in View Administrator when you are creating a desktop pool using linked clone technology
Customized Clones of Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Virtual Machines Prompt For Network Location
Selection Upon Power On
Poor virtual machine performance in ESX 4.0
Starting VMware Infrastructure Client fails when connecting to VirtualCenter
VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat and Gigabit Ethernet NIC Drivers (NC77XX)
VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Internal Tasks
Requirements When Using Trusted Certificates with SRM
VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat log entries which may appear in the Application Event Logs
The VMware Channel is connected dialog
Starting the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
Time out in application Starting/Stopping
Cannot create a new virtual machine in VMware Ace, Fusion Player, Server, or Workstation
Upgrade from VDM 2.1 agent to the VMware View Manager agent fails
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1008405: ESX Server Might Stop Responding as Cache Is Cleared for Pages from
Virtual 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
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200903401-BG: Add Pre-Built Modules for Ubuntu 8.04.2 Guest Operating
Systems
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
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
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-Rollup01: RollUp Bundle for ESX Server 3.0.3
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Capacity Planner
Clean installation of the View Connection Server fails when the default security on the parent directory of the installation
directory is altered
SRM Server Migration Workflow
View Composer installation fails on Oracle 9i database with ODBC driver versions lower than 9.2
Provisioning operation fails when the desktop pool name is not unique in that VirtualCenter location
Unmanaged View Agent installation fails if computer description is zero length
Unable to delete a virtual machine in VMware Ace, Fusion, Player, Server, or Workstation
Troubleshooting remote console connection problems in VMware Server
Server Clocks are Different by xx:xx Min
Keyboard or mouse do not work in a virtual machine
Pinging the ESXi host IP fails after reboot
Using the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Utility DNSUpdate.exe (DNS)
Creating a static route for the VMware Channel Connection in a WAN environment
View Client command line option "-staycheckedout" works only in conjunction with the option "-checkin"
Checkout fails when the command line option "-checkout" is used with the option "-nonInteractive"
VDM managed Virtual Machines must not be moved within VirtualCenter
Troubleshooting a set of File Filters that is reset to C:\Protected\**
View Client command line option "-offlineDirectory" does not work correctly
SQL Server 2005 tempdb database continues to grow after starting a VirtualCenter 2.5 Service
Adding a route for multiple gateways to the Service Console network
Recovering from a failover
IP address and AD account of a desktop remain after it is deleted from a pool
Configuring Network Monitoring and Viewing the Network Status
Changing a MAC address in a Windows virtual machine
Edited Advanced Options In an HA-Enabled Cluster Do Not Take Effect
Best practices for running Java in a virtual machine
VMware product unexpectedly fails with an unrecoverable error
View Administrator and VirtualCenter display the amount of free space for a datastore inconsistently
Wyse V10L thin client device cannot connect to desktop on Virtual Desktop Manager 2.1 Server
Troubleshooting guest operating system failures in VMware Ace, Fusion, Player, Server, or Workstation
Sounds might not play as expected in redirected audio devices in Virtual Desktop Manager and View Manager
Critical VMware Security Alert for Windows-Hosted VMware Workstation
Cannot log in as root to an ESX host because you do not have the proper permissions
Troubleshooting network connectivity problems with a single virtual machine
Troubleshooting an incorrect or mismatched disk configuration
Unable to power on a virtual machine due to an invalid value
Troubleshooting snapshot failures in VMware Ace, Fusion, Server, or Workstation
Selecting DNS and Routing properties on an ESX host fails
CVE 2003-0786, CVE 2008-0891 and CVE 2008-1672 OpenSSL Vulnerability and ESX
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware products
Uploading diagnostic information to VMware
Support Diagnostic Collection Tool fails with error "WinHttp.WinHttpRequest: The URL is invalid" when run on a
Security Server
Vendor and resource check validation error: Invalid license and Installation should not continue
Storage IO crash consistency with VMware products
USB redirection for VoIP with View Clients
Update Manager Configuration with an Internet Proxy Might Fail if Proxy Port Has 5 Digits
Adding a VirtualCenter Server in View Administrator and accepting error message "Unable to connect to View
Composer" disables OK button
Troubleshooting VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat channel drops
Troubleshooting performance issues in VMware vCenter Heartbeat
Ensuring your passive server meets minimum hardware requirements
Resolving hardware or driver issues on channel NICs
e1000 drivers do not load after ESX 3.5 Update 3 patches are installed
Firewall connections causing channels to drop in VMware vCenter Heartbeat
Ensuring you have the correct VMware Channel configuration
Troubleshooting MaxDiskUsage errors
Troubleshooting [L9]Exceeded the maximum disk usage on the Active server errors
Troubleshooting a [L9]Exceeded the maximum disk usage on the PASSIVE server error
Troubleshooting [L20]Out of disk space (NFChannelOutOfDiskSpaceException) errors
Recovering from a failed switchover
Configuring DNS with VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat in a WAN environment
Troubleshooting VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat synchronization failures
Services Running on the Passive Server
Troubleshooting when VMware Channel is incorrectly configured
The passive server has less available space than the active server
A USB device does not function in the virtual machine
Troubleshooting resource issues in VMware vCenter Heartbeat
Troubleshooting registry security issues
Correcting problems when DNSUpdate encounters Secondary DNS Servers in VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
Creating Tasks in VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat to Synchronize time between the Passive Server and the Active
Server
Unable to use a SCSI pass-through device in a virtual machine
Running Oracle without DBA privileges
Kernel panic during ESX host upgrade after disabling HBA in BIOS
vCenter Server Heartbeat Plug-in - Online Help
Avoiding Split-Brain in a LAN
[Archived] moving VMs to new datastores without Virtual Center
Configuring VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat to update BIND9 DNS Servers deployed in a WAN
Configuring Split-Brain Avoidance in a WAN
Configuring and testing alerts in VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
Fixing NetApp NFS datastore that mounts, but is not accessible
Web access redirect fails if an SSL accelerator [offloader] is present between client and server
Conversion fails when source or destination do not support large files
Removing duplicate or orphaned ESX hosts from Lab Manager
Unable to download latest ESX patches using VMware Update Manager
Freeing ESXi inodes
Update Manager fails to remediate with an invalid value error
USB Keyboard Does Not Work When Connected to a Rear Port of Dell PowerEdge 2950 Server
An Auto Switchover Started Event
Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator and SysPrep Clones
Provisioning a linked clone desktop pool fails with the error: Virtual machine with Input Specification already exists
ESX vmkernel log and ESXi messages log contain the messages: WRITE10/READ 10 past end of virtual device
Changing the URL or IP address of a registered NFS datastore
ALT + F1 does not leave ESX banner screen
SATA Controller Support in ESX 3.5
[Archived] Configuring Timeout Values in VirtualCenter for the Virtual Machine Migration Task
Incorrect Configuration of MTU on vSwitch Causes Packets to Drop
Running VirtualCenter in a Virtual Machine
Invalid Access Mode specified in Endpoint: httpandHttps
Unable to remove source and replica virtual machines associated with View Composer desktop pools
Guidelines for generating and importing an SSL certificate for Virtual Desktop Manager
Adding an ESX host to VirtualCenter fails with the error: A general system error occurred: at line number 7, not well-
formed (invalid token)
VMware Tools status shows as not running after running VMware Consolidated Backup
PPTP VPN connection in Fusion through NAT
Deployment of a fenced configuration fails with Directory not found error
Manipulating a file on a Datastore fails with the error: device or resource busy
Update Manager causes VMware Infrastructure Client to display the Reconfiguring virtual machine task for Linux virtual
machines
VMotion fails at 90% with a general system error, failed to resume on destination message
Required permissions for VMware Consolidated Backup or VMware Converter backup and restore operations when
using NetBackup
Troubleshooting an unresponsive guest operating system in VMware Ace, Fusion, Player, Server, Workstation
Migration with VMotion between some Intel Xeon Pentium 4 processors causes some 64-bit versions of Windows to exit
Configuration system failed to initialize when using VI Client to access VirtualCenter

A virtual machine cannot be powered on and shows as unknown
MKS console fails to open with the error: the process /usr/lib/bin/vmware-vmkauthd-start failed to launch properly
Debug Message Might Appear in esxupdate.log
Creating a report of performance metrics for each logical drive per system
Disabling the VMware Packet Filter on the Channel NICs
Subnet and Routing issues in VMware vCenter Heartbeat
ESX350-200811408-BG and ESX350-200811409-BG Cannot Be Installed on ESX Server 3.5 Update 3
Linking a NIC to a virtual switch using the esxcfg-vswitch –L command produces a segmentation fault.
Shared configurations are no longer shared after upgrade
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition (32 Bit) Virtual Machine Might Fail to Migrate to Lower Versions of ESX
Server Host
Customizing Windows 2003 Server templates results requiring Windows Activation
[Archived] The vdmadmin.exe -L option does not remove existing pool assignments
Virtual machine experiences a monitor panic when browsing a virtual floppy disk from within the guest operating system
vdmadmin.exe -L option does not remove existing pool assignments

Unisys ES7000/7600 requires ehci USB module to be disabled for Console Manager to work
Performance Overview Tab Might Not Be Displayed When VI Client and VirtualCenter are Running on Separate
Machines
Power Off Source System option is missing in vCenter Converter Standalone
Using Thinreg with a limited user account
STATs Report service error when accessing the Performance Overview in vCenter
Troubleshooting hosted disk I/O performance problems
Troubleshooting the Add Storage Wizard error: Unable read partition information from this disk error
Deploying ThinApp packages using an Active Directory policy fails
Converting a virtual machine to OVF format fails when the target does not support large files
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4, Patch ESX350-200903232-UG: Updates VMware-esx-docs
Information Related to Upgrade of VMware Tools in Windows Virtual Machines on ESX Server 3.5
Unable to print to eDoc PDF virtual printer
Importing a physical machine fails
Adding an extent fails with the error: Can't overwrite contents of active fb partition
Running vSphere CLI 4.0 commands against ESX/ESXi 3.5 systems
Verbose logging for VMware Infrastructure Client
Non Supported Upgrade Options for VMware Tools on ESX Server 3.5 or ESX Server 3i version 3.5
Secondary virtual machine cannot be powered on as there are no compatible hosts that can accommodate it
Shared Printers not working after applying Security Update 2009-001 for VMware Fusion
[Archived] Creating a quiesced snapshot failed because the create snapshot operation exceeded the time limit for
holding off the I/O in the frozen virtual machine. Install VSS instead of Sync Driver.
Installing the Volume Shadow Copy Service with VMware Tools
After upgrading ESX, esxcfg-boot fails with a More than one VMkernel found error
Stateless VMware ESXi Server Version 3.5 Update 4 Using PXE Booting
NetWork Adapter Error Message After Installing VMware Tools on 32-Bit Ubuntu Guests
Manually Building VMware Tools Kernel Modules in Ubuntu Guests
Connecting to SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005 from VirtualCenter fails with the error: Not associated with a
trusted SQL Server connection
Enabling Support for NetQueue on Intel Gigabit adapters using the igb driver in ESX 3.5
VMware Virtual Desktop Manager desktop fails to open
Heartbeat message in the ESX 3.x /var/log/vmksummary file
Changing the IP Address of a Lab Manager server
Changing the name of a Lab Manager server
Changing the IP address of an ESX host in a Lab Manager environment
Cannot make PPTP connections to Windows virtual machines
VMware View Manager pool fails to deploy when pool naming scheme matches template name
Extracting ESX Server 3i Version 3.5 Update 4 Installable Image Files for PXE Booting
Upgrading to ESX 4.0 and vCenter 4.0 best practices
Restarting management agents when Virtual Machine Monitoring is enabled may cause virtual machine reboots
Path Thrashing due to dissimilar ESX PSA claim rules
SSMove does not work if a datastore is disabled (3.0.2 only)
Fusion virtual machine may fail to power on when using an 8 processor Nehalem Mac Pro systems
VirtualCenter 2.0.1 fails and causes the host operating system to fail
The Licenses tab under Administration on VirtualCenter frequently goes blank
Cannot connect to a remote CD-ROM drive using VMware Infrastructure Client running on Vista
Unable to take a quiesced VMware snapshot of a virtual machine
Installing ESX 4.0 and vCenter 4.0 best practices
Cannot find the vmkdump tool in ESX 4.0 to analyze an ESX host failure
MSI attempts to repair natively installed application
Regenerating expired SSL certificates after 2 years
Increasing RDP color depth in a Windows XP virtual machine
ESX 3i Embedded - Issue with HP USB keys
Virtual machines lose network connection after VMotion
Foundry switch cannot failover to standby switch
Cannot log into a Windows 2008 virtual machine deployed and customized from template on VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 4
Storage VMotion fails with a generic DMotion error

Deleting Parallels tools
Growing a datastore from the Service Console in ESX 4.0
Manually Building VMware Tools Kernel Modules in SLES and SLED Guests
Errors when trying to upload host-based license file in VI Client
ESX host does not see all paths to the EMC CLARiiON
On ESX Server 3.5, Inaccurate Health Status Warnings Are Issued on Some HP Systems with a PROCHOT Sensor
VDM / View support for users that reside in NT4 domains
Logging into VirtualCenter fails with the error: Bad username or password
Networking screen is blank in ESXi
Virtual machine network failure due to duplicate IP addresses
Setting COW heap values on Lab Manager
Changing VirtualCenter log locations
Solaris guest keyboard layout does not retain non-US layout setting
Changing the size of the SQL Server Express transaction log
Unable to access the admin console and host agent service does not start
Connection to a Linux source fails despite correct SSH configuration
hostd fails with signal 11, then fails repeatedly in a loop
Tasks and Events tab not showing proper Descriptions
Licensing in a Centralized Environment
A VMware product fails to install with error 1603
Web Access service stops with Event ID: 7034
VMFS volumes unavailable after upgrading OverLand firmware
Compellent firmware upgrade causes dropped iSCSI sessions due to read cache issue
Generating a Windows core dump from an ESX virtual machine
Cannot create a new linked clone automatic pool with a custom OU
Preparing new hosts fails if a new vCenter is added without deleting old vCenter
Renaming a running virtual machine and its files
Sluggish behavior when administering ESX hosts in vCenter
F5 Load Balancer may interfere with VMware View Client Connectivity
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
Setting the license key from the command line
Deployment fails when Fence IDs are exhausted
Unstable issues on bnx2x driver
Collecting diagnostic information for Site Recovery Manager 1.x
Error when adding a PCI device after deleting another PCI device
"Requested registry access is not allowed" is displayed when a non-administrator user tries to launch VI Client
When using the Proxy.Pac file, the Client does not authenticate to the VDM server
ESX machines hosting passive MSCS nodes report reservation conflicts during storage operations
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access displays a 503 Service Unavailable error
VMware View Composer installation fails with Error 1920
Virtual machines do not have network connectivity after migration
Slow login for View desktops
ESXi hosts stop responding with the error: Backbone panicked: IP_CREATE_THREAD
Guest operating system cannot boot off of the paravirtual SCSI device
Virtual Printing Does Not Send Fonts to the Host System with a Print Job
vCenter Required Ports
Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.5 fails with the error: Failed to initialize: Number of fields deserialized is not correct
vCenter Server fails to connect to View Composer with the error: Unable to connect to the View Composer.
Cannot shutdown or reset guest operating system using the VMware Tools menu
Virtual Machines Might Not Retain Their UUID When They Are Re-registered to the VirtualCenter
Failure due to malformed request to the server when enabling NTP Client
NetXen NX 2031 Cards Support No More Than 128 GB of RAM on a Machine
Microsoft SQL servers cannot handle non-ASCII names for datacenters after you upgrade to VirtualCenter 2.5
ESX Server 3i version 3.5 occasionally fails to reboot the server when a reboot is issued
Services do not start when ESX host boots
Unable to migrate or create virtual machines on an NFS volume in VirtualCenter
Working with snapshots
Default vCenter Server certificates prevent some client applications from connecting to vSphere 4.0 systems
VirtualCenter Server 2.5 Update 4 and later uses high-security SSL ciphers
Hook timeout error when accessing virtual machine console through VI Client
Disabling the vSphere Web Access service in vCenter Server
View client keyboard and mouse do not work with SMS remote control
Error during provisioning or deploying a virtual machine
Performing an offline upgrade from ESX 3.x to ESX 4.0
Masking a LUN from ESX and ESXi 4.0 using the MASK_PATH plug-in
iSCSI Port Binding fails with error: Add NIC failed in IMA
Fonts are distorted in Windows virtual machine
Troubleshooting datastore creation errors
Mechanisms to determine if software is running in a VMware virtual machine
The esxupdate -l info command displays the bundle build date as the release date
Jumbo Frames support with Broadcom NICs
Naming conventions for single-port and multiport Emulex HBAs in ESX
VMware View Connection Server installation fails with Error 1406
Server rebooting after HP Management Agents installation completes
Deploying a template or registering a template or virtual machine fails because the file name is invalid or too long
Certain Linux virtual machines do not play sound after installing VMware Tools
Disabling system beeps in a Vista virtual machine
Cannot open Office documents from a SharePoint site
MSI installation fails with an error about already installed versions
The ESX 4.x upgrade script requires an IDE CD-ROM device
Network Connectivity Lost Due to Physical Link Down
VMware SQL Server Plug-in Automatic Filter Discovery
Cannot reach iSCSI target after enabling iSCSI port binding on ESX 4.0.0
An ESX host experiences a purple diagnostic screen with the error: lost heartbeat
Verifying host networking speed
Windows XP guest operating system fails if you connect to the same session with Wyse Thin Client and View Portal
Testing the packet filter and NIC compatibility
Error when attempting to cold migrate a virtual machine in VirtualCenter
Using the nfpktfltr command line options
Physical Link Down with Loss of Redundancy
Physical Link Down with Redundancy Degraded
TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO) over IPv6 with e1000 Virtual Adapters
VMkernel NIC Not Correctly Configured
Linked Mode vCenter does not replicate if the time between vCenter servers are inaccurate
Lost connectivity to storage device
Lost Redundant Path to Storage Device
Path Redundancy to Storage Device Degraded
Host Connectivity Restored
Host Connectivity Degraded
[Archived] Cannot create VSS quiece snapshot if Symatec Backupexec System recovery in installed inside the virtual
machine
Host Connectivity Permanently Lost
What port numbers must be open for SRM and VirtualCenter / vCenter Server?
VMFS Lock Volume is Corrupted
Connectivity to NFS Server Lost
Installing and uninstalling the VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat packet filter driver
Connectivity to NFS Server Restored
Troubleshooting a VMFS resource volume that is corrupted
VMFS Volume is Locked
Cannot add an ESX 3.5.x Update 2 host with running virtual machines to an EVC enabled Cluster
Pegasus (cimserver) memory leaks reported in ESX 3.5 Update 2 and later
esxcfg-boot fails with error: Could not load checksum manager
Update Manager service stops after scanning ESX 3.0.3
VMware High Availability isolation event may attempt to start virtual machines indefinitely
CPU spikes to 100% with Virtual Desktop Manager Server
Failure to create LUN snapshots when performing a Site Recovery Manager test failover
Virtual Infrastructure Client shows one datastore in use on the Summary tab when multiple datastores are in use
Intel 82576 Gigabit Ethernet Controllers are not recognized after upgrading from ESX 3.5 Update 3 to Update 4
View Non Persistent Profiles Persist
Cannot create a VMFS datastore using the Add Storage Wizard
Deleting snapshots from vCenter
[Archived] VirtualCenter terminates Update Manager tasks
HP’s CIM Providers sometimes fail to load on ESX Server 3i version 3.5 Update 3
Audio, Video, and Skype in a Fusion virtual machine
If a View Composer desktop is cloned and then used as a Parent VM, a message tells you to reboot when you attempt
to log in
VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Plug-in – Feature List
Specifying the License Server used by VMware vCenter Server
VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat interoperability with anti-virus scanners
The VMkernel log is flooded with the message: Skipping pshare: alloc failed on node <x>
Performing a server restart or shutdown when VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat is installed
Configuring VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat to delay automatic failover (manual failover)
Virtual machines cannot connect to the network with NetXen and NetQueue NICs after upgrading to ESX 3.5 Update 4
Windows virtual desktop log in error: Your desktop is in an inconsistent state that could cause data loss
Backing up the System State from the Primary server and restoring it to the Secondary server on Windows Server 2000
and 2003
Resolve two passive servers
Context-sensitive help not accessible in Internet Explorer 7
Incorrect value for vmklinuxHeapMaxSizeMB in ESX 3.5 Update 4 causes ESX to fail
Troubleshooting the Event log message: Missing VM was not in the original query
Troubleshooting a virtual machine that was moved out of scope
Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) privilege escalation on Windows-based Workstation, Player, ACE and
Server
Manually creating a VMFS volume using fdisk and vmkfstools -C
Performance Overview tab shows a STATs Report service error
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200904201-SG: Updates VMX RPM
VMware Site Recovery Manager dr-ip-customizer.exe utility fails
Statistics purge procedure might cause intermittent deadlocks in statistics roll up procedures
Failover to VMware FT secondary virtual machine produces an error
Virtual desktops reconfigure after adding replica server
Turning on or enabling Fault Tolerance for a powered-on virtual machine with lazyzeroed virtual disks fails
Unable to connect a CD-ROM to a Windows Vista virtual machine
Virtual machine console does not respond to Ctrl-Alt-Ins or Ctrl-Alt-Del
ESX hosts with a TLS LDAP configuration do not allow LDAP users to login
Overview Performance Charts do not display when the vCenter Server uses an Oracle database
SRM: Configuring DRS properties for a protected virtual machine
VirtualCenter Server service does not start with SSL Certificates larger than 1024 bits
Cannot boot ESXi on HP DL385 G2 servers
rm -rf on a directory with more than 380 files fails for ESX
Site Recovery Manager continuously logs Failed to ping the remote site
Adding VSS and removing the Filesystem Sync driver when upgrading VMware Tools in a Windows virtual machine
Enabling and Configuring Linux Core Dump
Remediating ESX Server 3.5 Update 2 or earlier by using VMware Update Manager 1.0 Update 2 or later might fail
Problems with TEAC DV-28E-V DVD drive
MSI options dialog appears during VirtualCenter 2.5 install
Devices attached to hot-added BusLogic adapter are not visible to Linux guest
After repeated SAN path failovers, operations that involve VMFS changes might fail for all hosts accessing a particular
LUN
SRM: How Changes to Virtual Machine Storage Affect Protection
Troubleshooting a specified file already exists on the server error when using Web Access
Adding a host to a vNetwork Distributed Switch may fail immediately with a Your session with VMware vCenter Update
Manger is no longer valid error
Disabling ESX Certificate Checks in SRM
VirtualCenter Agent upgrade fails to install during upgrade to VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 4
Connecting to a VMware Virtual Desktop Manager 2.x Connection Broker fails with the error: Http error 500, internal
server error
ESX host fails to boot or experiences a purple screen error after power outage
Verifying your boot device in ESXi for USB issues
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1009938: Virtual machines in Lab Manager environment might stop responding due to a
heavy load on LUN
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 client
service
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200905403-BG: Virtual machines in Lab Manager environment might stop
responding due to a heavy load on LUN
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200905404-BG: Update to FTP client service
ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1009944: Update to time zone information (tzdata) package
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200905405-BG: Update to time zone information (tzdata) package
VirtualCenter 2.5 database upgrade fails
Error is displayed when user removes smart card immediately after entering the PIN
Upgrading Lab Manager fails with Error 28047
The esxupdate command with the -f/--force switch fails
VMware Tools installation fails when McAfee Antivirus is in Maximum Protection mode
Viewing a virtual machine's console in VMware Infrastructure Client fails with the error: Connection terminated by server
Performance task uses 100% CPU on the collector and does not make any connections to remote machines
Powering on a virtual machine fails with the error: VMDK invalid file layout
Deleting a virtual machine template customization specification
Driver fails to load after change from BusLogic to LSI Logic
"Cannot locate module block-major-XX" error appears in /var/log/messages on an ESX 3.x host
[Internal] Deploying virtual machines fails after upgrading Lab Manager
DE (German/Deutsche) keyboard input is not handled correctly in desktops opened from View Client using HP RGS
protocol
Soft lockup messages from Linux kernel running in an SMP-enabled virtual machine
Error: "CPU has been disabled" When Booting or Shutting Down Virtual Machines
Cannot access the Service Console or manage virtual machines
Service console does not recognize runtime changes made to the LUN size
An error message appears after you enter the fdisk command with the absolute path of the disk
vCenter Server Installation Worksheet
Tracking ESX host user logins and activities
Restricting User Authentication and Security Settings
Error on the Performance Overview tab
Copying large files from the service console to a CIFS-mounted Windows disk might cause file corruption
Booting from an iSCSI LUN might be too slow or fail
The path status for the CLARiiON iSCSI storage system changes from dead to active and from active to dead
ESX might occasionally fail to boot from an iSCSI Clariion storage system
ESX host minimum firmware requirements for NetXen P2 10GB ethernet cards
Cannot use PSP_RR path selection policy with MSCS
Trying to change the disk format of an FT-enabled virtual machine while migrating across datastores results in a fault
Using Storage VMotion to migrate a virtual machine with many disks may timeout
Setting all virtual machines to automatically upgrade VMware Tools at next power-on
About Patch 3 for SRM 1.0 Update 1
Required VMware vCenter Converter ports
ESXi host disconnects from the VirtualCenter Server with a USB timeout error
Solaris virtual machines might not power on on virtual hardware version 7
Network receive packets dropped at the virtual switch
vCenter Server service might not start automatically if the machine is rebooted repeatedly
Getting Lab Manager 3.0 licenses and VMware View licenses
VMware support restrictions for Service Console installations of ESX 4.0
VMware Consolidated Backup installation instructions
VirtualCenter cannot authenticate domain account users
Invalid string position error when cloning or deploying a virtual machine
Error when using vicfg-iscsi to set up IP, subnet, and gateway separately
Upgrading the hardware version of Windows virtual machines might require driver updates
If a system has virtual network adapter, Guided Consolidation might compute a larger number of NICs for that system
How to Disable Guest Operations in the VIX API
vcbSnapAll command fails
vSphere Client might fail to connect to the vCenter Server
ECC Agent support in ESX
Virtualizing EMC ControlCenter (ECC)
CIM Sensor Data on IBM 3850/3950 Servers
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200904401-BG: Updates vmkernel vmx hostd etc
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200904402-SG: Updates ESX Scripts
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 ESX350-200904406-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 ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200904402-T-BG: Tools Update
Creation of named pipe or output file name in the form of any path in the service console fails
VMware ESX 4.0 and VMware ESXi 4.0 require 64bit servers
SLES 10 64bit virtual machine becomes unresponsive with the error: The CPU has been disabled by the guest
operating system
Operating system networking references and tutorials
Removing a standard (replica) connection server from a cluster of connection servers
[Archived] Migrating virtual machines between ESX hosts without shared storage
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
VI Client Performance tab and Storage tab do not function if vCenter Server uses an Oracle Database
The VMware Data Recovery client fails to connect to the VMware Data Recovery Appliance
Resolving vMA credential store corruption
Accessing the View Admin page fails with the error: Error 404 page not found
Virtual Machine Communication Framework (VMCF) Features are Experimental in the vSphere 4.0 Release
Licensing VMware View Manager
Licensing Lab Manager 3.0
Identifying hardware causes for purple screen errors
Using stack trace information to diagnose purple screen errors
[Archived] Manually migrating a virtual machine on an ESX host
Cannot customize RHEL 5 images
View Composer agent initialization state error (-1000) when provisioning virtual desktops
Unable to launch virtual machine when Fusion is not in the default location
Some kickstart commands for scripted installations of ESX 4.0 have been deprecated or are not supported
Basic SCSI Storage Troubleshooting
Solaris 10 U4 virtual machine becomes unresponsive during VMware Tools upgrade
When you use VMware vSphere to perform an ESX host upgrade, the upgrade might fail
vCenter Database Upgrade to ESX/ESXi 4.0 Fails with Oracle 10gR2
Cannot log into VirtualCenter 2.5X after installing the VI Client 2.0.x, 2.5x, and the vSphere Client 4.0, and then
uninstalling the VI Client 2.0.x on a Windows Vista system
When you install ESX on some Dell servers using the DRAC5 virtual CD-ROM method, the ESX installation fails.
The vc-support command uses a 64bit DSN application and cannot gather data from the vCenter Server database
Changing the system time on an ESX/ESXi host produces a VMware High Availability agent error
Adapter Type dropdown menu missing vmxnet3 option on virtual machine running Suse Enterprise Linux
Low swap keeps patches from installing
Troubleshooting the boot failure of a Linux virtual machine converted from a physical computer
Performance overview error: STATs Report application initialization is not completed successfully
[Archived] Restoring a virtual machine backed up with VMware Data Recovery using VMware Converter
Does ESX 4.0 support 802.3ad Dynamic?
VirtualCenter components are unavailable when installing or upgrading from a zip archive
Backing up the ADAM database in VMware Virtual Desktop Manager and VMware View Manager
Power supply status displayed as red when supply unit is removed
Enabling public key authentication with a Dropbear SSH client on ESXi
[Archive] Installation of VMware Tools fails with Error 1722
Enabling ARP Redirect for Hardware ISCSI HBAs
pNIC loses connectivity on IBM x3850 servers with Intel 82571 NICs
Alert messages are logged when extents in a spanned volume go offline
Loss of network connectivity on SLES8 virtual machine
[Archived] ESX host experiences purple screen error within 5 minutes of booting
Debug scsi underrun / overrun errors in the VMkernel log
Errors when gathering disk information during a physical to virtual conversion
Port Forwarding in VirtualCenter cannot use Tomcat ports
Virtual machines might fail to migrate if the VMware VirtualCenter Server service is stopped during the migration
operation
Performance Overview Plugin shows Stats report service internal error
Where to download the Converter 4.0 boot CD
Command-line parameter -screenMulti enables Multimonitor for HP RGS desktops
Disabling VMotion on an ESX/ESXi host
Enabling verbose logging for View Composer related components
Disabling the vCenter Server Agent
Live clone of a virtual machine with an independent disk fails
Configuring disks to use VMware Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapters
How to create default alarms when upgrading to vSphere 4.0
Creating a 32bit DSN on a 64bit Windows machine
Identifying Symmetrix devices using the esxcfg-mpath and symdev commands
Conversion of a physical source with software mirrors fails
On ESX hosts, DHCP failures might occur in the service console during heavy loads
Unable to deploy linked clones and provisioning fails with the error reject prepare
Disabling Linked Mode for vCenter Server
Enabling license downgrade by disabling features
Purple screen error during Fiber Channel Changes
Connecting to the Virtual Desktop from the VMware View client fails with the error: Virtual Desktop in not available
Customization of Windows Vista or Windows 2008 fails
ESX host is non-compliant even after application of host profile succeeds
Protected Service Discovery task does not run when vCenter products are in evaluation mode
Protecting VMware Converter 3.0.3 with VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
Reconfiguring the vCenter Orchestrator principal (public) IP address
Upgrading vCenter Server Heartbeat 5.5 to vCenter Server Heartbeat 5.5 Update 1
Unable to import a backup image or third-party virtual machine
Upgrading to vCenter Server 4.0 when using vCenter Server Heartbeat to only protect vCenter Server
ESX host becomes unresponsive on a Dell PowerEdge R900 server
Upgrading to vCenter Server 2.5 Updates or 4.0 when using vCenter Server Heartbeat to vCenter Server and SQL
Server
VC Fault error in VMware View when attempting to create a pool
Text is jagged in View session
Upgrading ESXi 3.5 hosts with OEM server vendor’s specific components to ESXi 4.0
Virtual machine shuts down after installing Windows 2003 fails
Guest operating system displays BIOS update message
LUN filtering mechanism during RDM creation
Slow login when running Novell Client in View Virtual Desktops
Creating linked clone virtual pools fails with the error: Failed to perform Active Directory operation. COM ErrorCode: -
2147016646
Changing Lab Manager Virtual Machine NIC Emulation Type
Downgrading a vSphere 4.0 license to a ESX 3.5 license
NFS corruption with VMI kernel in SLES10 SP2
Update Manager upgrade fails with the error: The Wizard was interrupted before vmware could be completed installed
Support for Windows 7 and the Aero theme
Exception occurred due to a bad disk geometry when installing ESX host
Using a Microsoft or 3rd party software iSCSI Initiator in a VMware environment
Only one Seagate SCSI device can be supported by an ESX/ESXi host
Lockdown mode does not lock down machine
Setting up vCenter Server in a Microsoft Cluster Service Cluster
Blank printing sometimes occurs when the compression level for the virtual printer in the guest is set to "No Images"
Avoiding data corruption from NMIs by changing the VMkernel.Boot.nmiAction advanced setting
Cannot add an ESX Server 2.5.x host to vCenter Server 4.0 when Check Host Certificates is enabled
vNetwork Distributed Switch on ESX 4.x - Concepts Overview
Configuring vNetwork Distributed Switch using vCenter
Sysprep on Windows Server 2003 does not run
vSphere Client overview performance charts might not appear for ESX hosts prior to ESX 4.0
Memory health status information is not provided for systems without memory sensors
Unclaiming all paths to a storage device while several paths are dead makes the device unavailable when later
attempts to reclaim the paths are made
VMotion Migration of a virtual machine that uses NPIV fails
VMware support for USB devices used for installing VMware ESXi 4.0
VMware Data Recovery fails to connect to vCenter with the error: Connect::BeginSession: failed to authenticate
Comparison of product offerings for vSphere 4.0 and VMware Infrastructure 3.X
Cannot change the ESX Server Edition and ESX remains in an Unlicensed state
vNetwork Distributed PortGroup (dvPortGroup) configuration
VMware High Availability slot calculation
Configuring vNetwork Distributed Switch (vDS) Virtual Adapters
Understanding VMware Fault Tolerance
Out of Range DSUB Analog error when installing ESX 3.5
VMware Fault Tolerant virtual machine fails to power on and generates an error
Target limitations with Qlogic qla4xxx drivers
LogMPCmdErrors and LogCmdErrors commands are enabled by default on ESX/ESXi 4.0
VMFS volume becomes inaccessible during SAN LUN replication
Virtual machines log HGFS error messages relating to VMware Tools when you have just a Linux console installed
vm-support might fail on ESXi systems with many VMs if run on the root partition
Migrating virtual machines between vSwitch or PortGroups to vDS or dvPortgroups
Migrating Service Console and/or VMkernel port from Standard Switches to Distributed Switch
Jumbo frames are not supported on vmxnet2 NICs for virtual machines running FreeBSD
Running multiple vCenter Server processes simultaneously causes Qlogic iSCSI HBA port errors
VM run on thin-provisioned disk might become unresponsive
The primary virtual machine remains powered on in live mode, but fault tolerance is not established
The Turn on Fault Tolerance option is disabled
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Converter
VMware Fault Tolerance migration transition states
Error in vCenter Server when enabling the Virtual Server Service Status and Hardware Status plugins
Joining a cloned virtual machine running vCenter Server to the original virtual machine fails with a licensing error in
status.txt
Windows Persistent Route stops working
Using NAT between the vCenter Server system and ESX hosts
VirtualCenter 2.5 upgrade fails with a ORA-30036 error
Virtual machine fails to power on with the error: Config File does not Exist
Performance issues on Windows 2008 terminal servers
New alarm to trigger a script or send an email fails
VMotion fails after a third-party security tool performs a port scan of the ESX hosts
Upgrading an ESX 3.x virtual machine to ESX 4.0
Split and Combine license keys on vSphere
Entitlement Mapping for vSphere
Private VLAN (PVLAN) on vNetwork Distributed Switch - Concept Overview
Site Recovery Manager Test Failover fails intermittently
ESX Server Destination Option Is Unavailable in Converter
Configuration of Private VLAN (PVLAN) on vNetwork Distributed Switch
Configuring a legacy license server to manage ESX/ESXi 3.x hosts in vCenter Server 4.0
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware ESXi Server 3.5
Management Controller firmware information not displayed in hardware status
VMware Storage VMotion fails if virtual machine migrated after suspended and resume state
Configuring Jumbo Frames on a vNetwork Distributed Switch
Changing the default value of MaxBurstLength for the software iSCSI adapter might cause loss of connection with the
EqualLogic storage system
Avoiding performance issues when using ESX/ESXi 4.x with NetApp storage devices with ALUA
ESXi VMware Tools for Linux do not include pre-build kernel modules for unsupported guests and the RPM format
package for tools
Inaccurate Monitoring and Health Status seen in VI Client, vSphere Client, VirtualCenter, or vCenter Server
Disabling vNetwork Distributed Switches
Ports on a vSwitch are not freed when hot removing network adapters from virtual machines
ESXi console message: OEM Policy File is dirty. Settings not respected.
vSphere Client installation might fail with Error 1603 if you do not have an active internet connection
The overview performance charts don't appear if the vCenter Server host is renamed
Windows Performance Utility log files contain incorrect Last values for data counters
Unable to Power on virtual machine due to a Licensing error
Checking compliance of a host profile
Applying a Host Profile to a host or cluster
Configuring Virtual Guest VLAN tagging (VGT) mode on a vNetwork Distributed Switch
Sometimes the upgrade from ESXi 3.5 to ESXi 4.0 fails when the host is trying to reboot
Upgrading VMware Tools on multiple virtual machines
Changing Beacon Probing settings using the command line
Configuring External Switch VLAN Tagging (EST) mode on a vNetwork Distributed Switch
Intel MT or PT Dual Port NICs drop CDP packets on ESX/ESXi 4.0 hosts
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Tools
Changes to CIM host configuration variables in ESX/ESXi 4.0
Troubleshooting TCP connectivity issues from the ESX service console
Network traffic fails when a vSwitch VLAN ID is configured with HP VCM Ethernet Network profile External VLAN ID
Storage path failover might cause kernel panic in Linux kernels if using a virtual LSILogic adapter (Parallel or SAS)
Low memory conditions might impact SCSI status
VMotion migration of virtual machines that use Brocade NPIV with soft zoning fails
Status type in HP SIM set to Critical for a host placed in standby mode by DPM
Error when scanning ESX hosts: Patch Metadata missing
Supported configurations for PowerPath/VE with VMware vSphere 4.0
[Archived] "InvalidArguement=Value of '0' is not valid for 'index'. Parameter name: index" when selecting Managed
Paths
Configuring Virtual Switch VLAN Tagging (VST) mode on a vNetwork Distributed Switch
NICs added to a virtual machine with a Linux guest operating system by using hot add are not activated automatically
Configuring VMDirectPath I/O pass-through devices on an ESX host
vSphere Client Help is not accessible on systems using Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration
Upgrading vCenter Server Heartbeat from an Evaluation Version to Production Version
Reconfigure Connection Broker and Security Server Instance Pair
Automating VMware Tools upgrade in vCenter Server 4.0
Installing Linked-Mode and ADAM
Applying operating system patches or hotfixes with minimal interrupt when using vCenter Server Heartbeat
Configuring a Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) on a vSphere ESX host
Starting SNMP service with vicfg-snmp sometimes fails
Configuring IPv6 on ESX 4.0.x
[Archived] vCenter Server and ESX tasks time out before completion
Cannot mount Windows share in ESX 4.x with a mount_data version is not supported error
Changing the name of an ESX host
ESX 4.0 hosts lose network connectivity when multiple service console interfaces are configured on subnets that use
DHCP IP addresses
Datastore appears empty from the datastore browser
vCenter displays error: Failed to connect to host
Licensing ESX 4.0, ESXi 4.0, and vCenter 4.0
Provisioning a linked clone fails with the View Manager error: Provision error (missing) Desktop Composer VcFault
message
HP Automatic Server Recovery in a VMware ESX Environment
Virtual machines unable to mount some ISO images
IBM X3650 fails to boot from SAN disk when local disk is present
Changing the default timeout for locked dvPorts
Network configuration for hosts in an HA cluster with VMkernel network adapters on the same subnet
[Archived] Inaccessible VMFS volume - vmkwarning spew "WARNING: Fil3: xxxx: Failed to reserve volume"
ESX and ESXi not impacted by OpenSSL security vulnerabilities with CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-0591, and CVE-2009-
0789 identifiers
VMware VDI Thin Print processes TPAutoConnect and TPVCGateway cause CPU usage to spike to 100%
Master virtual machine templates do not appear in VMware View Manager
Controlling LUN queue depth throttling in VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4
The esxupdate -l query command lists an incorrect time stamp after upgrading to ESX Server 3.5 Update2
VMFS volume open without Filesystem Journal
vCenter Server installation fails if the root drive of the directory where it is installed does not have Read permission
Linux Bridge module cannot handle packets larger than the maximum transmission unit
"URB timed out - USB device may not respond" message appears during reboot of ESXi from a USB drive
Troubleshooting issues with video in View Manager
Installing vCenter Update Manager 4.0 best practices
[Archive] VMware Consolidated Backup operations take longer than usual to complete
vCenter Update Manager 4.0 port requirements
After uninstalling and reinstalling the vSphere Client, previously installed and ignored certificates do not result in a
security warning
Orchestrator log files
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200905401-BG: Updates vmkernel and hostd RPMs
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200905402-BG: Updates VMX RPM
Collecting diagnostic data for VMware Orchestrator
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
The vSphere Client overview performance charts use zeroes to denote missing data samples
Licensing Site Recovery Manager 1.0
Mounting a virtual disk as a MacOS volume
Mapping VMware High Availability Heartbeats and Communication Paths
Deleted the Management Network vSwitch on ESXi
Obtaining process information in ESXi
Error in the VMkernel log and on the ESX console: TSC:27393110 CPU 0:0 ACPI:998: No memory detected in SRAT
node 1
Issues when vCenter Server and License Server are installed on ESX 3.x hosted virtual machines
Default login name and password for the VMware Data Recovery appliance
An ESX host is unavailable after its password is changed
Slow Performance with Dell PERC Controller
ESX host becomes unresponsive during boot after the message: Enabling Interrupts
Shortcuts for Native Applications Override Shortcuts for ThinApp Packages
VMware Data Recovery fails to connect when invoked from a linked vCenter
Unable to import an Entrust SSL certificate in View 3.0.1
Cannot shut down a Windows guest operating system from the VMware Infrastructure Client menu
Importing updates with vmware-updateDownloadCli.exe fails
Cannot create a linked clone pool in View Manager 3.x
Cannot add a template to a configuration
In View 3.1.0 and 3.1.1, the View Agent must be installed after all third-party applications in the guest system
A jar is not recognized error appears when installing the Performance Overview plug-in
vSphere support for View Manager
A CPU of the host is incompatible error appears and VMotion stops working after upgrading to vSphere 4.0
VMotion stops working with a "License server is not configured" error after upgrading to vSphere 4
Stopping or starting VMware vCenter Orchestrator
Boot partition size check fails during installation of ESX 3.5 Update 2 and prevents upgrade
Orchestrator security overview
Overview of Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA)
Cannot launch vSphere Client after installing in Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2
Multipathing policies in ESX 4
Minimum required permissions for Storage VMotion
View composer fails to install Foreign Key
Which ports are required for vShield Zones operation?
VMotion CPU Compatibility - Migrations Prevented Due to CPU Mismatch - How to Override Masks for VirtualCenter 1.x
LAN and SAN traffic during VMware Consolidated Backup operations

What is Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA) and Native Multipathing (NMP)?
A View Composer desktop that is cloned and then used as a Parent VM might not be customized correctly
What impact does vShield Zones Discovery have on my network and virtual machines?
Snapshot LUN detection in ESX 3.x and ESX 4
ESX 4.x handling of LUNs detected as snapshot
How do I send system information from a vShield Zones appliance to technical support?
View displays incorrect backup-time of View server
The VirtualCenter message of the day keeps reappearing
On rare occasion, View Administrator might display IllegalStateException errors
View Composer might crash during its operations if you are using Oracle version 10.2.0.3
A virtual machine appears powered on in VMware Infrastructure Client after it is powered off
vShield Zones resource utilization and latency statistics
Unable to connect to any desktop when using the Juniper Network SSL Appliance
Mutiple replicas are created when the MasterVM has a mapping to a non-existent ISO image file
After a desktop is checked out, a printer added to the host might not be visible in the guest
VMware Converter plug-in cannot install after upgrading from VirtualCenter 2.5 to vSphere 4
VMotion fails with an RDTSCP error in EVC clusters where the ESX host CPU Model is Intel 3500 series or 5500 series
(Nehalem)
On ESX/ESXi 4.0, A TPM-related warning is issued even though TPM is unavailable on the system
Required license file required for VMware Site Recovery Manager evaluation
Deleting an orphaned virtual machine if you do not have the Remove option
VMware Desktop Manager 2.x Connection Server issues
Overview of Lab Manager log files
Do not create View Composer linked clones using either a linked clone or a full clone of a linked clone as the Master
VM
View Composer was unable to contact VirtualCenter
Single sign on (SSO) does not work correctly when the HP RGS display protocol is used to connect
Should I install VMware Tools for vShield Zones virtual machines?
How is time integrity maintained between vShield agents and the vShield Manager?
Changing the load balancing policy in ESXi using the command line
The esxupdate query command does not provide the correct baseline
Determining if a virtual machine is using snapshots
vSphere Host Update Utility not available for download to upgrade standalone ESX Server 3.x to ESX 4
Winlogon does not load after the View agent is installed
Managing an ESXi host with the ESXi Management kit
How much throughput can a vShield agent handle?
ESX host is inaccessible after editing the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file with a Windows-based text editor
Does vShield Zones perform protocol conformance tests?
Understanding how Virtual Desktop Manager 2.x pool types translate into View Manager 3.x pool types
Only install the View Manager Composer Agent if you want to deploy View Composer linked clone desktops
VMware Data Recovery backup fails with the error: Failed to create snapshot for VM1, error -3902 ( file access error)
Sensor value does not appear to be exact value you specified
Allow filtered USB Human Interface Devices (HID) to be redirected into a virtual desktop
HBA or VMNIC fail to load
vSphere LSI Logic SAS option is not available
Unable to Open Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel Attachments in a Captured Microsoft Outlook Application
Cannot deploy a pool in VMware View 3.x with a failed to perform an Active Directory operation error during
provisioning error
User cannot access a company created by another user in the current session
Time in a virtual machine advances slowly on a Linux host when using a desktop product
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware vCenter Server 4.0
ESX host continually disconnects from the vCenter Server following an upgrade to ESX 4.0
Unable to start the VMware vCenter Web Service after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.0.x
View Composer agent initialization state error (6): Unknown failure (waited 0 seconds) error received after linked clone
deploy or recompose
The ESX service console is not connected to the network
VMware View Client requires HTTP 1.1 to be enabled in Internet Explorer
I configured a vShield Zones firewall rule to block traffic between virtual machines on the same vSwitch but traffic is not
being blocked
When using the HP RGS protocol, the desktop session screen resolution does not match the display resolution on the
host
In specific situations, the results of the cat command might return truncated results
Unable to start vCenter 4 after upgrade from 2.0.2
Creating a virtual machine using Windows Easy Install
VMware Data Recovery backup operations fail with error: -3948 (vcbapi exception)
You receive a profile redirection error when performing a recompose in VMware View
VMware Update Manager fails with error Failed to install VMware Update Manager guest agent
SRM dr-ip-customizer: dash or hyphen character in MAC address causes error
Unable to install vSphere - Disk greyed out
ThinApp MS Office 32bit Help system may malfunction when deployed to 64bit systems
Product activation for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 display adapter hardware acceleration slows performance when disabled
Hibernation with Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP
Security threat with SSL certificates created with MD5 hash
Control+Alt key combinations in a virtual machine console
Running a checked build on Windows XP or Windows Server 2003
For ESX and ESXi, starting with ESX Server 2.x, do not change the default value of the Mem.AllocHighThreshold
Parameter
PAE Message during installation on Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Solaris Operating Systems on
Workstation 5.0 or earlier
Disable SVGA drivers installed with VMware Tools on Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2
Using VMware Tools drivers on Window Preinstallation
VMotion fails with a CPU error in the Resource Map
Determining if Intel Virtualization Technology or AMD Virtualization is enabled in the BIOS without rebooting
QueryPerformanceCounter behaves improperly when /usepmtimer is used with some Windows HALs
VMware Tools installation fails with Error 1606
Warnings when installing VMware Tools on some VMware products running Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista
Network adapter change needed for some VMware Products running Windows Vista
Poor performance on Windows 2000 guest after installing VMware Tools
Memory limits if installing Windows NT 4.0 with no service pack
Lack of support for USB 2.0 drivers on Windows Me, Windows 98, and Windows 95
Determining detailed build number information for VMware View
Phantom COM ports on Windows 98 and Windows 95
Networking might not work after you install Windows 95
Mouse problems with Windows 3.1x guest
Deploying a virtual machine from a template using customization fails with a fatal error
Asianux Server 3.0 Service Pack 1 32-Bit guest is displayed incorrectly in the Summary Tab of VSphere Client after
installing VMware Tools
Troubleshooting timekeeping issues in Linux guest operating systems
Running guest screen savers on Linux hosts with a XFree86 3.x X Server
VMotion wizard fails when migrating a virtual machine from an ESX 3.x host to an ESX 4.0 host
Manual changes might be needed to use networking in copied virtual machine
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200906401-BG: Updates VMX
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
Migration to a different processor
X Server fails to start after installing Debian 4.0 64-bit guest
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 ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200906402-T-BG: Tools Update
ESX install fails with the error - initrd extends beyond end of memory
Troubleshooting an invalid serial number error in Fusion
Windows Guest Reboots If You Use FN-F8 For Keyboard Backlighting
Windows guest operating system is unable to manage new disks
Scroll Up mouse wheel operation using a VI Client does not work in 32-Bit IBM OS/2 Warp 4.x.x guest
Adding disks to IBM OS/2 Warp guests
Installing CD-Writing software on an IBM OS/2 Warp 4.x.x guest can crash the system
PS/2 keyboard stops working with ESX Server after upgrading to ESX Server 3.5 Update 5
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200906401-BG: Firmware Update
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200906402-BG: Tools Update
Enabling the VMware vCenter Update Manager plugin in 4.x generates an error
Display issues with Mandrake Linux 10.1
Installation of Mandrake Linux 8.0 guest stops responding
Cannot make an ASR backup of Windows
Determining the build number for VMware vCenter Lab Manager
Determining the build number for VMware vCenter Stage Manager
All ESX hosts simultaneously show a status of Not Responding in vCenter
X Windows fails to start in RHEL 3 virtual machine when display depth Is set to 24
Improperly removing a disk from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 guest causes it to fail
Mouse does not function properly on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2.1 guest on ESX 3.0.2 or 3.0.3
Remediation Fails if the Localized Version of a Patch Is Not Available
Troubleshooting Host Spanning Transport Networks
Cannot prepare a Lab Manager host that was removed from VirtualCenter without being unprepared
[Archived] VCB backups failing - protocol error from vmx; backup operation is already in progress
Manually preparing a Lab Manager 4.0 host
Cannot log in to an ESX 4 host with vSphere Web Access
Cannot see a line item for add-ons when viewing licenses on the vSphere Client licensing page
vpxd log directory path when vCenter Server 4.0 is installed on Windows Server 2008
AppSpeed setup fails with a connection timeout
3D acceleration in ESX 4
[Archived] VCB/vDR/3rd party backups failing to backup virtual machines with "timeout" or "failed" errors reporting after
backup job completes
AppSpeed setup fails with the error, Connection timed out. Verify the vCenter address and try again
[Archived] Unable to modify VM settings: VI client error "failed to create journal file provider"
Downloading and installing AppSpeed from Plug-In Manager fails
AppSpeed fails to launch from the VI Client
Problem Upgrading VMware vCenter Lab Manager Due to Permission Issues
Reducing FT logging traffic for disk read intensive workloads
Configuring network load distribution for Fault Tolerance logging traffic
Experimental support for File Level Restore in VMware Data Recovery
VMotion fails at 80% with a general system error
Downloading the UI module for AppSpeed fails
Virtual machine does not appear in the AppSpeed inventory tree
Cannot see your application in the AppSpeed UI
The View Connection Server might become unavailable at regular intervals, such as every 24 or 48 hours
INIT errors, slow or poor performance on Red Hat Linux 9.0 guest
Virtual Machines No Longer Respond to Network Requests
"Error: sysobjectid token not a parsable OID" in /var/log/messages when snmpd service is started on ESX 3.0.3
ESX host settings for environments with up to 80 virtual machines per host in a VMware HA cluster
Powering on a virtual machine fails with the error: One of log LCK file is corrupt
Determining the build number for VMware Consolidated Backup
Determining the build number for vSphere PowerCLI or VI Toolkit for Windows
How to determine build number for vSphere CLI (aka) VMware Remote CLI and SDK for Perl (aka) VI Perl Toolkit
How to configure user profiles in VMware View Manager 3.0 and 3.0.1
ESX and ESXi 4.0 password requirements and restrictions
Corrupt heartbeat region – Problems accessing files on a VMFS datastore
Determining detailed build number information for VMware Fusion
Determining the build number for vSphere Management Assistant vMA or VIMA
Determining the build number for VMware Workstation
Determining the build number for VMware Data Recovery
The Knowledge Base has a new look
Configuring the View Composer Domain fails with the error: The database has been reinitialized or is corrupt
Determining the product version and build for VMware ThinApp
vCenter Server on Windows Server 2008 with mandatory smart card authentication policy fails username/password
authentication
VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) Patch 01
After upgrading to vCenter 2.5 Update releases intermittent database locking causes the VirtualCenter Server service to
shut down
ESX fails to boot when the disk containing the datastore with esxconsole.vmdk is detected as a snapshot
Maintaining write ordering and write-through integrity using NFS in an ESX environment
Restrictions on the number of vShield agents and virtual machines supported by vShield Zones
Adding an ESX host to the vCenter inventory fails with the error: vmodl.fault.HostCommunication
Degraded service console backup performance after upgrading to ESX 4.0
Cannot downgrade from ESX 3.5 to ESX 2.5
Configuring ESX to use a 128-bit cipher for web access and the VI Client
Windows BSOD 0xC00002E2
Summary tab of vSphere Client displays a "Reboot Required" message after you patch an ESX/ESXi host
CVE-2009-1252 and ESX Server 3.5
Adding or modifying secondary license administrators or support administrators on a contract
Disabling HotPlug capability in ESX 4 virtual machines
vShield Zones virtual appliance stops working if you remove and re-add NICs from it
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200906413-BG: Updates vmkernel iSCSI Driver
Downloading VMware products and troubleshooting issues with downloads
msvcp71.dll is removed after uninstalling ESX/ESXi 3.5 VMware Tools or upgrading from ESX 3.5 to 4.0
Cloning or migrating a virtual machine in a fully automated DRS cluster fails with the error: The operation is not allowed
in the current state of the host
VMware View desktops lose connection over a Security Gateway Server
Peripheral qualifier 0xN not supported
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Data Recovery
Failure to enable Fault Tolerance for a virtual machine
Downloading ESXi 4.0
VMware Data Recovery 1.0 and Essentials Plus licensing
Enabling debug logging in Lab Manager 4.x
Collecting diagnostic information for Lab Manager 4.x
Viewing the ESX Hardware Status fails in vCenter Server 4.0
Change the data collector logging level
vCenter Server stops responding after adding an ESX host to Inventory
A virtual machine experiences a Monitor Panic and powers off after the error: Unable to retrieve the MSR lines from the
"/dev/ttyS0" serial port: Operation not permitted
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch Release ESX400-200906001
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch Release ESXi400-200906001
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch Release and Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module
TCP and UDP Ports for vCenter Server, ESX hosts, and other network components management access
Deleting ddb.deletable entries and snapshots left behind by VMware Data Recovery
Creating a snapshot for a virtual machine fails with the error: File is larger than maximum file size supported
View Clients unexpectedly disconnect from the desktops when tunneled
Changing AppSpeed server IP address requires reinstall of probes
AppSpeed setup fails due to missing eth0
Probe deployment fails because of a communication problem between the server and probe
Deleting a probe in the AppSpeed Administration tab results in an error
AppSpeed emails might be blocked by a spam filter
UI functionality may be limited when taking AppSpeed server snapshots
AppSpeed probe displays status as 'down' but is processing traffic
[Archived] Unable to find any devices of the type needed for this installation type
Changing vCenter Server resources allotted to vShield Zones virtual appliances
Installing vShield agents in vCenter Server resources with multi-byte characters in the name
vShield Zones OVF import fails and results in an error
Purging stats data fails in Oracle Database with a bind variable error
Configuring Jumbo Frames in ESXi 4.0 fails with the error: fault.RestrictedVersion.summary
Using VMware Converter to convert Virtual Iron Machines to VMware virtual machines
Windows 2008 or Vista cannot see more than 4GB of RAM
Cannot patch or upgrade ESX 4.0 hosts with vSphere Host Update Utility
VMware vCenter Lab Manager 4.0 Support for VMware vCenter Update Manager
Operations on VMware Fault Tolerance-Enabled Virtual Machines In Lab Manager Might Fail
After LUN Resignature, Unable to see that a LUN is Connected to a Host
Host exits maintenance mode after applying tools bulletin using VMware Hostupdate Utility (VHU/VIU)
ESX 4.0 does not use power management features on some servers
Removing VEM400-200906002-BG from an ESXi host
Securing vShield Zones CLI user accounts and the Privileged mode
Staged bulletins get cleared after remediation
View Composer database has discrepancies due to machine IDs
VirtualCenter Server service fails to start with the error: The password for user account '<username>' has expired
Exporting a virtual machine to an Open Virtualization Format (OVF) template fails
[Archived] Cannot open Virtual Machine Console, "Error connecting: Login (username/password) incorrect"
Determining detailed build number information for VMware ESX 4.0.x hosts
Determining the number of deployed virtual machines and virtual routers
Deploying virtual machines fails with the error: Missing VM was not in the original query: vm-xxxx
ESX host cannot be connected to vCenter
Storage controller failover causes iSCSI targets to go offline
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 ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200907401-I-BG: Updates Firmware
VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200907403-T-BG: Updates Tools
I/O devices not supported with vSphere 4.0
Disabling Host Spanning before placing a host in maintenance mode
Conversion of a Windows 2000 machine fails at 75%
ESXi hosts experience intermittent lockups and purple screen errors after upgrading to ESXi 3.5 Update 4
Cannot remove snapshots after upgrading to ESX / ESXi 4.0
Global accounts override Organization accounts
Installation of patch using vihostupdate fails ESXi hosts without asociated LUN
Unable to connect to the vCenter Update Manager when it is configured to use non-default ports for http and https
Taking a snapshot fails with a Volume Shadow Copy Service error
Increasing block size of local storage in ESX 4.0
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" because of NFS locks
VMware Tools does not install on a Windows 2008 guest operating system after upgrading to ESX 4
No controller found error appears when ESX is booted on Cisco UCS B200 M1 blade server
Sharing files between virtual machines on ESX
Connecting to virtual desktops fails with a Desktop sources for desktop are not responding error
[Internal] Console filesystem going read-only with journal commit I/O error
ESX host becomes unresponsive during the boot process after adding a quad port network card
[Archived] Mounting root failed after ESX installation
Running Microsoft Word and Microsoft Powerpoint Packages Captured in Different Locales Only Displays One Locale
Hot adding memory in Linux
System does not clear RAID controller cache during shutdown
Performance Overview charts fail with an internal error
ESX host network flapping error when Beacon Probing is selected
Maximum (3) number of hosts allowed for this edition of vCenter Server error displays repeatedly in vCenter Server
Virtual machines might not respond sometimes during LUN failovers
ESX fails to boot with a Mounting root fs failed error
Installation of Red Hat Linux 7.2 and 7.1 stalls
When does VMware Data Recovery use network based copy instead of SCSI Hot-Add
Re-adding an ESX host to an EVC cluster
Screen turns black at the end of Turbolinux 10 Server installation
Ubuntu 9.04 does not include vmmouse driver
ftPerl consumes 100% CPU after enabling VMware High Availability
ESX host boot stops at the error: VSD mount/Bin/SH:cant access TTY job control turned off
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware AppSpeed
Support for OEM Windows installations
Unable to install ESX using kickstart containing spaces from a NFS source
FreeBSD 7.1 guest fails with odd number of virtual CPUs
Install and reboot of 64-bit FreeBSD 7.1 guest takes a long time with four virtual CPUs
FreeBSD 7.1 guest with large amounts of memory can stall after splash screen appears
Configuring Centralized and Host based Environment for vSphere Client 4.0 and vCenter Server 4.0
Improperly formatted Update Manager 4 proxy address prevents download
Cannot change the screen resolution in FreeBSD 7.1 guests
Custom script for suspend power event does not work in FreeBSD 7.1, 6.4, or 6.3 guest
etc/vmware-tools/locations file grows with each boot of 64-bit FreeBSD guests
Sound not tested in 32-bit and 64-bit FreeBSD guests
Regaining keyboard and mouse control after reboot on NetWare 6.5 Server
Navigating in text mode in a NetWare Server guest
Cannot connect to ESX 4.0 host for 30-40 minutes after boot
Adding additional drivers to the VMware Converter Cold Clone ISO
The hostd service keeps stopping with a backtrace after an ntpClient ruleset error
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 NT
RDM guest installation
Manual changes might be needed to use networking in copied virtual machine on Open Enterprise Server Support Pack
1 and Support Pack 2
Disconnecting VMware Tools ISO File
Error messages might appear if you use more than one virtual network adapter on the same network
Database and Operating System compatibility for VMware vCenter Update Manager 4
Installing NetWare 6.0 Server for the first time fails
Grabbing the mouse pointer in NetWare 6.0 Server and NetWare Server 5.1
NetWare 6.0 Server Service Pack 5 Crashes When Stack Dump Exceeds the Valid Memory Limit
ESX Server 3.x network adapter driver support for 32-bit and 64-bit Solaris 10 guests
Performance problems in ESX Server 3.x virtual machines with four virtual processors on hosts with hyperthreading
Solaris 10 guests might become unresponsive when halted
Solaris 10 1/06 (Update 1) and Solaris 10 6/06 (Update 2) guests with virtual SMP might stall when powering on
Solaris 10 guest cannot eject ISO image mounted as CD-ROM
VMware Tools setup is unable to find the killall program for 32-bit Ubuntu JeOS 8.04.x guests
Effect of stopping VMwareVDMDS service on View 3.1 upgrade
Guest Operating System Loses Network Connectivity when Rebooted
Issues Upgrading from ESX Server 2.5.x to ESX Server 3.0 or ESX Server 3.0.1 VmPerl Scripting API
Collecting information about tasks in VMware ESX and ESXi
Memory access violation after P2V conversion
Error when using Firefox 3.5 to access Lifecycle Manager webviews
VMotion fails in an EVC Cluster after virtual machine hardware is upgraded from version 4 to version 7
A vSphere 4.0 VMware High Availability cluster may not failover virtual machines when ESX is configured with certain
IP addresses
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch Release and Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200907401-BG: Updates Firmware
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200907401-BG: Updates vmklinux and vmkernel64
vCenter 4.0 Upgrade Performs Fresh Installation
Converting disks from thick to thin format
vCenter Update Manager displays a conflict message with Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module
Deploying or recomposing a linked clone pool fails with the error: VMware.sim authentication fault
Unable to create more than one vmknic on the same subnet
Solaris Update Manager fails after installing VMware Tools
The Hardware Status tab displays the error: Hardware monitoring service on this host is not responding or not available
64-Bit Solaris 10 Update 1 and Solaris Update 2 fail with triple fault on Intel Pentium M-Based systems Merom,
Woodcrest, and Conroe
The vmxnet3 network adapter displays incorrect link speed on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
SCO UnixWare kernel panics when configuring network
Page Fault error on Pentium 4 host
Child Processes of Captured Applications Block the Application Sync Update Process
Cannot mount a CD-ROM as a volume on a NetWare 5.1 guest
Route based on IP hash is not supported with Cisco UCS B200 M1 blade servers that use UCS 6100 Series Fabric
Interconnects
Uninstalling Open VMware Tools included with Linux distributions
Statistics Returned by the VmPerl Scripting API Might be Wrong
Certain desktops fail to launch if the message security mode is changed from Enabled back to Mixed or Disabled
Upgrading virtual hardware in ESX 4 may cause Windows 2008 disks to go offline
Enabling EVC on a cluster when vCenter is running in a virtual machine
SYNC driver writes to the Windows Event log when an exception occurs
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910401-SG: Updates VMkernel, Tools, hostd
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910403-SG: Updates Web Access
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
Configuring patch source in vCenter Update Manager for Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM)
[Archive] internal--unable to login to the account portal
VMotion fails at 10% with the error: A general system error occurred: Migration failed while copying data, Broken Pipe
Cannot set a virtual SCSI controller to shared
Failure to install VMware Tools: Cannot find the answer BINDIR in the installer database
Taking a snapshot with virtual machine memory stuns the virtual machine while the memory is written to disk
Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 4.0 Upgrade FAQ
VMware Data Recovery datarecovery.ini options
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200908401-BG: Updates forcedeth driver
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 ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200908401-I-BG: Updates Firmware
VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200908402-T-BG: Updates VMware Tools
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
Adding an ESX/ESXi host to a Cisco Nexus 1000V DVS fails with a DVS Operation Failed error
ESX 4.0 and ESXi 4.0 shutdown and reboot commands
VMware View Connection Server Service fails to start
Virtual machine memory usage alarms triggered for virtual machines when guest operating system memory usage is
low
Installing VMware Tools in a Linux guest from a text mode screen
Configure VMware Tools to dual boot Linux virtual machines
Rerun VMware Tools to change the resolution in your guest operating system
How to Change the vCenter Update Manager IP Address and Preserve the Update Manager Setup
Datastore list is empty when editing or creating a persistent pool
Creating linked-clone desktops with the same VM name
ESX 4.x stops booting with error: Failed to copy esx.conf from initrd to filesystem
Disabling IPv6 for Linux distributions
vCenter fails to start VMOMI services after upgrading to vSphere
Increasing reserved physical memory for COS and swap to avoid ESX Server failure
New installation of ESX 4.0 with AMD 6 core processor fails to boot
vCenter Server database upgrade fails with FK_VPX_EVENT_ARG_REF_EVENT is not a constraint
The Windows Vista Ultimate product key you typed is invalid for activation
Cannot connect to network after upgrading virtual hardware
[Archived] How to downgrade a VM from VM Version 7 to VM Version 4 (ESX 4.0 to ESX 3.5)
ESX 3.5 host remains in a disconnected state after being added to vCenter Server 4.0
A virtual machine alternates between an Orphaned and normal state in vCenter with the error: File layout not found in
cache, fetching from host agent
Connection Broker behind the F5 Load Balancer fails outside of the network
BeyondTrust software may interfere with VMware View Agent Service
Verbose logging and information for the software iSCSI initiator
Uplinks on an ESX host do not show as uplink interfaces within a Cisco Nexus 1000V switch
Cannot log in to a newly converted Windows guest and the converted machine uses a non-US keyboard layout
A 32bit Non-PAE guest operating system may report incorrect memory size in ESX 4
Upgrading View 3.1 to 3.1.1 clears View Connection Server settings from LDAP
UFA agent does not install on Windows virtual machines
Connecting to VMware View virtual desktops from a Wyse terminal fails with the error: No support tunnel
Certain AMD Family 10h Processors are not supported by ESX
Enabling trivia logging in Site Recovery Manager
Modifying firewall behavior for multiple ports using esxcfg-firewall
Asianux 3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and CentOS 5 SMP virtual machines intermittently hang at startup on Nehalem
systems
Applying Microsoft security update MS09-012 can prevent View Manager from starting
Invalid destination error when attempting to restore a virtual machine from a VMware Data Recovery appliance
Virtual machine IP Address and DNS Name not available on virtual machine Summary tab
Cleaning up damaged restore points in VMware Data Recovery
Manually deleting linked clones
Slow VMware Consolidated Backup performance with software iSCSI initiator
Confirming LM Tools is installed in a guest operating system
Fault Tolerant virtual machines rapidly switch between ESX hosts when being powered on
Could not find ACL in database given the parameters error when trying to share a library
Disabling Flow Control on ESX and ESXi
VMware View Manager does not honor Active Directory Certificate Revocation List
Workstation closes when trying to power on any virtual machine
VMware Fault Tolerance FAQ
Unable to login to the ESX 4.0 service console after upgrading from ESX Server 2.5.x
ESX 3.5 installed using driver CD sometimes cannot be upgraded to ESX 4.x
SNMP MIB Module File Download
testing post aug 14 authoring
Cisco Nexus 1000 Virtual Switch Manager connection to vCenter fails
Cisco Nexus 1000V installation and licensing information
Disabling drive redirection in View desktops when connecting with View Client or RDP
Storage Management Service fails to initialize with the error: com.ibatis.common.jdbc.exception.NestedSQLException
Ctrl+Alt+Del option is not available after upgrading to vSphere 4.0
iSCSI targets might disappear during controller failover of an array
No available Disk/LUNs showing in Add Storage Wizard
Administrator window does not list users after a query
MMR might fail after restarting a virtual machine in vCenter
Re-registering a linked clone in VirtualCenter changes the BIOS UUID of the linked clone
VMware Data Recovery backups fail with the error: destination is full
Printers are not mapping to View Client desktop virtual machines
vCenter 4.0 install fails with Error 28035
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 Converter fails to reconfigure a virtual machine with the error: Error 1450: Insufficient system resources exist to
complete the requested service.
Web browser becomes unresponsive after entering product license for Ace Management Server
Installing Cisco Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM) on an ESX host using the command line
Best Practices for Multi-Site SAN networks with the HP P4000 series of arrays
[Archived] VMotion on VirtualCenter 4 will fail if you don't have double the assigned memory size space on vmfs
datastore
Configuring failover for MD3000i with ISCSI
VMware Site Recovery Manager DiscoverArrays task fails on IBM SVC
VMware Site Recovery Manager fails to discover replicated LUNs on IBM SVC
Best Practices for virtual machine backup (Programs and Data)
vCenter Service Status does not work when SSL certificates are replaced
Correcting access to shared folders in Ubuntu for Fusion
Deploy and power on failures occur when a host is upgraded or added to the vCenter Server
Manually deleting linked clones or stale virtual desktop entries from VMware View Manager
Do not use both ESX and ESXi hosts in clusters with fault tolerant virtual machines
VMware Site Recovery Manager TestFailover task fails with the error: Failed to create lun snapshots
[Archived] Partition 1 is active, failure to update partition table for...
Using the MacBook Air's Remote Disc feature with Fusion
Perfmon does not start logging when all VMware-specific counters are selected for a virtual machine performance
object
Delaying Integrity check intervals in VMware Data Recovery 1.0.1
NIC Teaming load balancing does not work with global vSwitch configuration on ESX 3.5
VMware View external users cannot connect to the Connection Server through the Security Server
Understanding VI3 Licensing: Server- and Host-Based Licensing Models
Troubleshooting Fusion registration after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
[Archived] ESX 4i uses pam_passwdqc.so for password complexity
Preventing periodic writes to a SSD drive
Enabling Fault Tolerance on a virtual machine configured with a vmxnet3 vNIC fails
Information about using SNMP with VirtualCenter 2.5 and ESX 3.5
View takes more time to delete virtual machines from a non-persistent pool if you enable Power off and delete virtual
machine after first use
AppSpeed screen may be cut off when using a screen resolution of 1280x960
[Archived] migration failure "Failed to create journal file provider" - McAfee VirusScan
[Archived] Pegasus Console Resource Memory Leak
Some Dell BIOSes may have duplicate interrupt routing entries in the ACPI table
[Archived] Creation of VCB snapshots times out
Creating a custom virtual machine in Fusion
Accessing the console of a Windows virtual machine through Web Access in ESX 4.0 times out
Overview performance charts are not displayed for ESX hosts and virtual machines when VirtualCenter Server is
upgraded to vCenter Server 4.0
Install process of vCenter Server 4.0 and 4.0 Update 1 might not be completed on Windows Server 2008
Overview performance charts might not be displayed for clusters or resource pools
The AppSpeed button and tab are unavailable
Deleting unnecessary AppSpeed server snapshots
Automatic deployment of AppSpeed probes that are listening on vNetwork Distributed Switch fails
Migrating VMI-enabled virtual machines to platforms that do not support VMI
Performing a Windows repair on a Windows XP virtual machine in Fusion
The hostd service takes a long time to start on an ESX host which uses AD authentication
Enabling Auto Connect in the VMware View Client
Users should ignore System Board 4 ProcHot-Limit exceeded sensor
Drag-and-drop and copy-and-paste from guest to host does not work with KDE 4.1.x
Guest installations might take a long time to install with Easy Install when a host connects to the Internet over a proxy
Certain USB devices might not successfully connect or disconnect to a virtual machine on Windows hosts
Setting the guest and host to access the same Microsoft network server for NAT causes networking problems
Deploying AppSpeed probes fails when the AppSpeed server resides inside a vApp
The AppSpeed deployment status bar displays In Progress when deployment fails
Linked clones are not deleted if a failure occurs during the deployment of several AppSpeed probes
Performance Chart Overview connection issue with vSphere database server
vMotion of the AppSpeed server to hosts with different time settings causes time jumps
Auto-launching a virtual desktop on a Wyse Thin Client
The esxtop Storage VM Screen incorrectly lists virtual machines running on NAS/NFS storage
vCenter Service Status fails with the error: Cannot access the health service!
Manually migrating the AppSpeed server fails and you have a snapshot present
Virtual machines with Fault Tolerance enabled might not be monitored fully by AppSpeed
Preview of a managed ACE instance fails if virtual machine is named with extended ASCII characters
Snapshot Engine inadvertently deletes independent persistent disks in some cases
Virtual Folders Cannot Resolve UNC Locations with Group Policy Redirection
Cannot restore a virtual machine and a Trouble writing files, error -3956 appears when using VMware Data Recovery
Ensuring the best experience running VMware Workstation and Player on a Linux host with the Compiz Window
Manager
CLI setup command does not accept 12-bit IP addresses
Unity applications display incorrectly if the monitor configurations for a guest are changed in Unity mode
Playing Flash video in full screen freezes the guest in VMware Fusion
View Administrator power policies conflict with guest operating system power options
Shut Down appears in the Start menu when users connect to a View desktop with PCoIP or HP RGS
Printing from within a virtual machine in VMware Fusion
Inconsistent Windows virtual machine performance when disks are located on SAN datastores
Optical drive connects to guest when trying to use with drive with the host in VMware Fusion
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200909401-BG: Updates vmx and vmkernel64
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 ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200909401- BG: Updates Firmware
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200909402-BG: Updates Tools
Mouse in Fusion 2.x stops responding when Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) is installed
Configuring an ESX host to display FQDN instead of IP address in vCenter without losing performance data
Cannot launch VMware Fusion 1.x when using Snow Leopard
.host Shared Folder alias in My Network Places inaccessible or unavailable
Time Synchronization in Guests Deployed from OVF Templates
VMware Workstation displays the status of VMware Tools as out of date after you uninstall Open VM Tools
[Archived] Can't add datastore greater then 2047GB
Device Manager displays dual-core AMD Opteron Processor 275 for a 64-bit Windows 7 virtual machine with a single-
core vCPU
Excluding the Virtual Machines folder from being backed up by Time Machine
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch Release and Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module
QueryPerf does not return any data when queried against vCenter Server
NUMA Settings for Unisys ES7000-7600R with ESX 4.0
vNetwork Distributed Switch Proxy Switch Port Unavailable
Benign Logging for System Peripheral Devices (PCI Class Code 0x0880) on IBM x3550 Servers
VMware View Connection Server service cannot start if a .properties file contains non-ANSI characters
Domain filtering is case sensitive for non-ASCII characters
Update Manager install or upgrade fails if authentication credentials contain a semicolon
Setting up mirrored folders for your Mac and virtual machine
Configure X Window for the USB mouse to have an exclusive connection to a Linux guest
Powering off a virtual machine on an ESXi host
Cannot assign IP address to a NIC after a physical to virtual conversion because a duplicate IP exists
vCenter Server 4.0 VMotion operation fails with the error: Insufficient disk space on datastore
View Client users are locked out before exceeding the account lockout threshhold
Disabling Kerberos realm authentication in View Connection Server
Windows cannot see Mac printers
Folder Sharing not Enabled for Virtual Machines Running 2.6.18-rc2 Linux Kernels
Past Week stats rollupvc40 SQL Server job fails to complete after upgrading to vCenter
vCenter Service Status and Hardware Status error when trying to update host data
[Archived] vCenter 4 install / upgrade error - Setup encountered an error while setting up VirtualCenter Directory
Services instance
Powering on an ACE instance fails with the error: This Virtual Machine is partially synchronized from an earlier session
Enabling 128-bit encryption for SRAs that use SSL
Storage VMotion fails with the error: Virtual Machine has virtual disk in link-clone mode
Excessive logging for SNMP in the ESX host messages log
Cannot install VMware Tools in Fusion after upgrading to Windows XP from Windows 98 or earlier
Using vCenter Heartbeat With SRM 4.0
Troubleshooting a missing CD/DVD-ROM drive in a Windows virtual machine
Rebooting an ESX host and restarting the Management agents takes longer than normal
VMware Tools begins to install, then rolls back
VMware Tools general installation steps
[archived] Troubleshooting VSS errors
Adding a New User to the Existing Group Does Not Inherit the User to the Same Group
[Archived] Cannot run vCenter Server Client from Windows 2008 R2 or Windows 7
"[Archived] File <unspecified filename> is larger than the manximum size supported by datastore <unspecified
datastore>".
Extended ASCII characters are not supported by all CIM client toolkits.
[Archived] SQL server 2000 in VM stops working after upgrade to vSphere 4.0
Sound stops working in Windows Vista guest operating system after waking from sleep
Supported versions of Windows for McAfee VirusScan Plus installation
Resolving two active servers
Replacing a Windows 2003 Server in the Event of a Failure
Resolving two passive servers
Upgrading ESX fails with the error: Unable to enable interface. This address may be in use by an other host.
[Archived] Unable to power on the VM. Error "The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created"
Exporting a virtual machine fails with the error: vCenter Converter Agent System Error
Backing up the System State from the Primary server and restoring it to the Secondary server on Windows Server 2008
An incorrect network configuration can cause installation errors with VMware Infrastructure Client plug-ins
During installation the WinZip self-extracting file fails
Upgrading vCenter Server Heartbeat V5.5 or V5.5 Update 1 to vCenter Server Heartbeat V5.5 Update 2
VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat - Performing a P2V installation using the install clone technique when differing disk
subsystems exist
The Performance Overview tab fails to display with the error: Navigation to the webpage was canceled
vCenter Service Status and Health Status do not reflect change to vCenter Server hostname
ESX Server 3.0.1 Installer Does Not Detect Device Information Provided In the Driver CD
Understanding Snapshots and AutoProtect in VMware Fusion
Protecting data from accidental loss
Working with VMware Fusion and Boot Camp partitions
Troubleshooting VMware Tools in Fusion
Working with printers, disks, and other devices in VMware Fusion
Uninstalling, reinstalling, and upgrading VMware Fusion
Incompatibility between McAfee for Mac and VMware Fusion can damage virtual hard disks
Troubleshooting virtual machine startup and shutdown issues in VMware Fusion
Troubleshooting printer issues in VMware Fusion
[Archive] Adding an ESXi 4.0 host to vCenter Server 4.0 fails with the error: Cannot install the vCenter agent service.
Unknown installer error.
Using the esxcfg-auth --usecrack command to set password complexity
[archived] How to increase the size of a VMFS datastore in ESX4
WRMSR (TSC) Instruction Loses High 32 Bits When Executed by Virtual Machines on Intel Core CPU
Restarting the Management agents on an ESXi Server
Setting up VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager with Partner Storage Arrays
Security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Active Template Library might affect VMware Web Access
Launching your Boot Camp Partition in VMware Fusion
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910404-SG: Updates CIM
[Archived] How to setup up Shared Site Recovery feature in SRM 4.0
[Archived] How to setup up Shared Site Recovery feature in SRM 4.0
Setting up the Shared Recovery Site feature in VMware Site Recovery Manager 4.0
Windows Vista host running with VMware Workstation experiences the error: STOP: 0x0000007E
Using Fusion on Snow Leopard running in 64bit kernel mode
Downgrading a vCenter Site Recovery Manager 4.0 license to vCenter Site Recovery Manager 1.0
VMware Tools does not start on a Solaris guest
[Archived] vCenter Service Status reports error "unable to retrieve health data from https://<vc>"
VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) 4.0 Patch 02
On ESX 4.0 while installing VMware Tools, you must manually compile the modules for 32-bit and 64-bit SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server SP3 guests
USB audio device produces distortion in guest operating system
Dell Controller and Software Components sensor not displayed under Health Status in VI Client
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200910402-SG: Updates Service Console DHCP Client
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200910401-BG: Updates VMX
Cannot scan ESX hosts using Update Manager 4.0
VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200910401-I-SG: Updates Firmware
VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200910402-T-BG: Updates VMware Tools
VMware Site Recovery Manager error "Not Initialized" when recomputing datastore groups
Editing the .vmx file for your Fusion virtual machine
Resolving VMware Community Forum issues
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911201-UG: Updates Core
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911223-UG: Updates Web Access
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911208-UG: Updates Service Console Kernel
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200912101-UG: Updates Service Console glibc
ESX 3.5 hosts running ESX 3.5 Update 4 Release Async drivers might fail during boot time after installing ESX350-
200910401-SG
Preventing Boot Camp from appearing in Fusion's Virtual Machine Library
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 ESX400-200911209-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 ESX400-200911224-UG: Updates fnic driver to version 1.1.0.49.2vmw-2vmw
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911225-UG: Updates bnx2x driver to version 1.45.20-2vmw
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-Update01a
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911226-UG: Updates e1000 driver to version 8.0.3.1-2vmw, and the e1000e
device 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
[Archived] Install of or upgrade to vCenter Server 4.0 fails with Error 28038 "Setup cannot create vCenter Server
Directory Services instance"
Security warning displays when running ThinApp Capture from a network share
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-Update01
Site Recovery Manager reports the error: You do not hold privilege "System > View"
cleanup_events_tasks_proc stored procedure fails to run on vCenter 4.0
Disabling Network boot option from appearing in a virtual machine's BIOS
Backing up virtual machines using the VMware Consolidated Backup Hot-Add feature fails
Identifying disks when working with VMware ESX
Resolving the error: The virtual machine is unable to reserve memory
Resolving the VMware Fusion error: The virtual machine is unable to reserve memory
[Archived] VMotion fails at 82% with error "Source detected that destination failed to resume"
[Archived] FAQ: VMware Product Features and Functionality
QuickBooks cannot save a company data file on a shared or mirrored folder, error -6176, 0
VMware Fusion installation fails if a broken version of MacFUSE already exists on your Mac
Unity, copy/paste, and drag-and-drop do not work after restarting a virtual machine with auto-login enabled
USB devices not supported in ESX host virtual machines
VMware ESX and ESXi 4.0 Comparison
VMware Fusion Help might not be available after you switch languages in System Preferences
Virtual machine toolbar loses customizations upon upgrade to VMware Fusion 3 from 2.x
Do not use Easy Install for Japanese guests if you need the ability to send Japanese keys to the guest
[Archived] File is larger than the maximum size supported by datastore
NVIDIA network card driver fails to load after upgrading to vSphere
[Archived] After changing the Name or IP of VC4 vCenter server status does not work and shows old address
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 ESXe350-200911201-I-UG: Updates Firmware
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESXe350-200911202-T-UG: Updates VMware Tools
VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200911203-C-UG: Updates VI Client
VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911223-UG: Updates VMware-esx-docs
Setting Up the RemoveSandboxOnExit Parameter Causes Mozilla Firefox to Fail
Unpresenting a LUN from ESX 4.X and ESXi 4.X
Importing a Boot Camp partition in VMware Fusion
Error 1500 appears during Windows Easy Install tools installation saying that an install is already in progress
No Distributed Power Management support in AppSpeed
vSphere client disconnects from vSphere Server 4.0 and Windows event log shows "Event description for event id 1000
from source vmware virtualcenter server"
Screen saver in Linux guests can cause guest applications in Unity view to become unresponsive
Setting a Windows 98 virtual machine to 16-bit color results in an error about adapter type
Upgrading your Fusion 3.x virtual machine to Windows 7
Using VNC (Virtual Network Computing) with both guest and host systems
Understanding virtual machine snapshots in VMware ESX
In certain configurations, Storage VMotion fails and the virtual disk or RDM is destroyed
[Archived] vCenter 4 upgrade failing on Windows 2003 Server
VMware Tools fails to install SVGA driver on Windows XP Embedded Studio
Alert: Licensing and upgrading VMware Fusion 3.0 / VMware Workstation 7
Ypbind (NIS) server does not start
Possible data corruption due to error during NPIV VPORT discovery process
Replacing an ESX host on which a View Composer linked-clone pool is installed.
Pegasus install queue failure error on restarting ESX Server
Cannot enable Fault Tolerance on backed up virtual machine
Virtual Internet Explorer 7 Crashes on Windows Server 2008
Understanding Unity and the Windows System Tray in Fusion 3
Modifying the VMware Fusion 3 menu bar item
[Archived] VMotion fails at 82% with error "Source detected that destination failed to resume"
Virtual Microsoft Excel Cannot Send Email
Upgrading a VMware Fusion virtual machine from Windows XP to Windows 7
Networking performance data is missing when the VMXNET3 adapter is used
Cannot install Windows on a newly created virtual machine
Data Recovery Service for data not recoverable by VMware Technical Support
Licensing VMware Fusion 3.0
Licensing VMware Workstation 7
VMware Data Recovery backup job fails when backing up a virtual machine with RDMs
ESX host becomes unresponsive after a rescan with Qlogic iSCSI HW HBA
Hot-add vCPU is not automatically activated in some Linux guests
Installing ESX Server using NFS over TCP
Application's name changed to 'Application # x '
Variable value messages when starting vSphere Client
Running Multiple Versions of Microsoft Outlook Against the Same Data Files Causes File Corruption
Only enhanced vmxnet (and vmxnet3) adapters support jumbo frames
vcbMounter fails with the error: "Unexpected extra arguments encountered" or "Unexpected command line option"
McAfee 1 year free anti-virus subscription in VMware Fusion
Virtual NIC settings on a Windows guest are lost after a virtual hardware upgrade
Virtual Applications That Require Date Formats Fail Regardless of Locale Settings on the Current Machine
Rebooting ESX fails after installing ESX 4.0 on an IBM x3650 M2 or IBM x3550 M2
FAQ: Licensing and Upgrading VMware View 4
The AppSpeed Event list displays the same date for the current day and the previous day
Performance Overview data is not displayed after upgrading to vCenter 4.0 or to vCenter 4.0 Update 1
Health Status incomplete after HP Insight Manager installation
Warning messages logged during installation of patches on ESX Server 3i version 3.5 Update 3
Network connectivity lost on some Intel NICs after rebooting an ESX host
After Upgrading to ESX 4.0 Update 1 the wbemcli Query is Not Returning Output
[Archived] vCenter 4.0 installation fails with the error "Setup cannot create vCenter server directory services instances"
vCenter Orchestrator fails to install when Terminal Server is running
Configure Update Manager Download Service to download only ESX 4.x patches
When you start the Import or Export wizard by right-clicking a virtual machine or an ESX host, vCenter Converter shows
an error
OVF Import task fails when you use VMware Infrastructure Client 2.5 to import an OVF package
Converter 3.0.x quits without a warning if the number of tasks in the task list exceeds 400
Virtual machine console running in fallback mode after installing ESX 3.0.x
Installation of Workstation 7 fails with an error indicating that you must have CPU support for CMOV, PAE, TSC, and
FXSAVE instructions
After upgrading Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM to the latest version, you might not be able to patch the kernel of ESX hosts
attached to the vDS
Host virtual networking is unavailable after an upgrade to Windows 7
Upgrading host to Windows 7 when VMware Player 3.0 is installed may cause networking problems
Converting an encrypted virtual machine may fail
Configuring cipher suites and security protocols on a View Connection Server instance or security server
Connection failure message when running the esxcli vSphere CLI under Linux
VMware Tools fails to start due to missing FreeBSD library
Best practices for upgrading to VMware View 4.0
Forgot password for VMware Account Portal
Upgrading an ESX host with VEM400-200909001-BG installed fails if host is part of DVS
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
Using vCenter Update Manager to patch ESX/ESXi hosts added to Cisco Nexus 1000V DVS
Invalid VMware HA cluster resulting from reversion to snapshot
Mouse movement is erratic when VMware Tools is installed on Windows NT 4 Japanese version for the first time
[Archived] VMware ESX 4.0 Update 1 Release and Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module
[Archived] VMware ESXi 4.0 Update 1 Release and Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module
Hosts and guest virtual machines lose connectivity after upgrading to Workstation 7
wscript.<command> Calls Fail in ThinApp Visual Basic Scripts
Force mounting a VMFS datastore residing on a snapshot LUN results in the error: Cannot change the host
configuration
VMware Consolidated Backup fails on Windows 2008
Connection Problems with Axxon 64-bit PCI Parallel Port Cards on an ESX Server
Broadcom 57711E (bnx2x) NIC intermittently drops off the network
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 an
unusable state
Modifying advanced virtual machine settings using VMware Infrastructure Client
[Internal] ESXi 4.0 Update 1 hosts hosting passive MSCS nodes with RDM LUNs take a long time to boot
Site Recovery Manager 4.0 service does not start after upgrading to vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1
VirtualCenter Server Service fails to start after upgrading to vCenter Server 4 Update 1
Updating ESX 4.0 to ESX 4.0 Update 1
KRB5 error code 68 while setting Active Directory authentication on ESX 3.5 and 4.0 hosts
Fusion Applications Menu is mostly blank or empty
vCenter agent service does not install or upgrade on ESXi 4.0 hosts
Configuring HP StorageWorks D2D & VLS virtual tape libraries on ESX 3.x (Experimental Support)
Integrating a Build System with VMware Studio
VMware Player switching becomes unresponsive if it is not closed properly or fails
Installing Workstation outside the 64-bit Windows 7 default directory causes the installation to fail
AppSpeed user interface does not load when restoring a state from a different vCenter Server
Unable to connect to AppSpeed user interface after upgrading vSphere 4.0 Update 1
OpenSSL security vulnerability with CVE-2009-3555 identifier does not affect vCenter, ESX, and ESXi
Upgrading AppSpeed or rerunning the AppSpeed setup fails if the vCenter Server port is changed
Load Sharing of Network Traffic Might Not be Optimized for Flexible Virtual Network Adapter in a Teamed Configuration
Resolving the AppSpeed setup error: Unable to receive inventory updates from vCenter Server
Unable to run esxupdate update command after removing a bulletin that has hostd VIB
VMware Infrastructure Client became slow after installing AppSpeed
Configuring tape drives and media changers on ESX 4.x
Upgrading or patching an ESX 4.x host that has EMC Power Path installed prevents the rpowermt utility from
discovering LUNs
Virtual Printing properties are not set correctly when printing graphics in Excel 2007
View Client for Linux thin clients does not return a redirected USB device to the client machine
On a Windows XP Professional 32-bit guest, the e1000 NIC driver is not automatically available even though the e1000
vNIC is supported
A Microsoft Windows kernel bug causes the Windows system to fail, often issuing the error STOP 0x50
Warning for Duplicate IP Address for VMware VMotion Port Group
ESX 4 may generate a purple diagnostics screen or kernel panic after an upgrade due to an insufficient disk space
Cannot Install Lab Manager Remote MKS Plugin or ActiveX Control
VMware Tools installation on Windows guest might fail with an error message,The system administrator has set policies
to prevent this installation
WSMan modules missing in vSphere CLI Linux installations
Remediation of CVE-2009-3731 on VMware Server 2.0.2
Syncing AppSpeed with vCenter's username or password changes
Deploying a probe with non ascii characters fails
Changing the default port for vCenter and AppSpeed Server communication
Maintenance mode of AppSppeed Server's host hangs
Exporting transaction list with commas in the transaction name shifts columns
Installing and activating McAfee Security Center for VMware Fusion
Upgrading to ESXi 4.0 using Update Manager or the Host Update Utility fails with the error: ERROR: Unsupported boot
disk
Backing up Fault Tolerance virtual machines
mscorsvw.exe process in a vSphere Client package blocks ThinApp sandbox deletion
Installing vCenter Converter Standalone on a localized Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 might fail
Duplicate IP packet and Failover Issues with Beacon Monitoring
Connection errors and blank screen when connecting to a View desktop using PCoIP
Repetitive VmkDev Log Entries After Installation of Management Agents
After upgrading to Workstation 6.5.2 VMware Tools upgrade might fail on a Solaris 10 guest
Error when configuring Array Manager: Unable to display datastore groups. Replicated devices could not be matched
with datastores in the inventory
Cannot use Parallel Port Device Through /dev/parport0 or /dev/parport1
Performance of Outgoing UDP Packets Is Poor
Performance Optimization for Service Console Network Interface (Virtual Switch Interface)
CPU Affinity Violation on Hyperthreaded Systems
Emulex Driver Connecting to EMC-Symmetrix Can Lose Access to All Storage Targets
The Warning " WARNING: VSCSI: ResetWatchdog: Retry 0 on handle 260 still in progress after xxx seconds" is
Changed to a Log Entry
Exceeding Host Bus Adapter Limit While Loading Driver Causes ESX Server Crash
[Archived] Don't send auto-upgrade capability on NetWare VMs
VMware Tools shrink option on ESX hosted virtual machines
Security Response to BugTraq 327064: Privilege Escalation on the Host when Running VMware Workstation 4.x
Error message: Cannot open root device. Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Clicking the "Rate this document" Link Does Not Work
Problems Reading or Booting from DVD/CD-ROM Media
PDF Document Page Content Does Not View within Firefox Browser
ESX Server 2.5.x Preauthentication Issue
NetWare 5.1 Guest Resets while the Operating System Is Starting
[Archived] VCB backup wants to be smaller.
VMware ESX Server Internal Monitor Error *** vcpu-0:ASSERT bugNr=17332
Servlet Error accessing Web UI / Scripted Install - monitor and transfer back
ESX Server Host and Virtual Machines Not Responding after Clicking the Rescan Button to Scan for New Storage
Devices
Configuring a Virtual Machine to Use More than One Virtual Processor
esxupdate Fails with Package Downgrade Warning
All tasks fail with error runtime 429 - "ActiveX component cannot create object"
-999: Unknown Error Occurs on Create, Deploy, Reset, or Start
Troubleshooting a blank console when viewing virtual machines through a firewalled connection
During an ESX Server Upgrade, Old Versions of Upgraded Modules Are Not All Removed
Configuring Lab Manager to overcommit Managed Server (host) memory resources
RPC Failure Error while Creating Trust Relationships between Windows 2003/2008 Servers or Domain Controllers
Error: "Not enough data collected to generate an availability report"
Resetting the Availability Report Results
CD-ROM mount point "busy" when attempting to install VMware Tools in a Linux guest
Disabling the Workstation Log File or Storing the Log File in a Different Location
Windows 95 Guest Operating System Network Stability Problems
When Upgrading VMware Tools with the rpm -Uhv Command, You Might See an Error Message
Management User Interface Does Not Recognize File Names with Spaces
Importing Virtual Disk to ESX Server Generates Error Referencing Bug 24092
Blue Screen Errors after VMware Tools Install
Security Response to BugTraq 330184: Local User on Linux Host Can Gain Escalated Privileges
Poor graphics and mouse performance in a virtual machine running Windows
Windows XP Fast User Switching Conflicts with Drag and Drop
Advanced GSX Server Security Recommendations
Unable to Reserve Memory Message on SuSE Linux 8.2 Host
Cannot Remove GSX Server After Canceling the Uninstallation
Shared Folders Use UNC Path
Supported Versions of Mandrake Linux
Mouse Moves Erratically at Login Screen for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Guests
Connection to VMware Management Interface on Linux Host Times Out
Raw Disk Guest Operating System Conflicts with Windows Host FAT Filesystems
Scripting the ESX Server Installation
Security Response: VMware PGP Public Key for Security Alerts
CD change fails on disk 2 during installation of Red Hat Linux 9.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 3
IBM Director 5.10.3 Management Agent Installation Hangs
Poor Performance in a DOS Virtual Machine with EMM386
Installing SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 8.x in a Virtual Machine
ESX Server Hangs Loading vmkernel on some HP DL-7xx Servers
Upgrading ESX Server 1.x Virtual Machines for Use in ESX Server 2.x
Installing the Virtual Machine Console for Remote Management
Executing Scripts at Virtual Machine Power On or Power Off
High CPU Utilization of Inactive Virtual Machines
ESX Server 2.x Performance Monitoring Tools
Installing ESX Server on 16-way IBM x440, x445, or an IBM Server with a RXE-100
Required MPS Table BIOS Settings for ESX Server on ProLiant
Performance Problem on 64-Bit Windows Hosts with Intel EM64T Processors
Virtual Machines Hanging During Host Laptop Suspend
ALERT: MTRR: AddFixed: MTRR (mpn 0xc0) different between CPU
Associating a Virtual Machine With a Particular Host Processor
The Mylex BusLogic driver is missing in Red Hat Advanced Server 3 Beta
Using Memory Managers in a DOS Virtual Machine
Security Response to BugTraq 332286: Non-root User Can Delete Files in Any Directory
Summary of Security Notifications for VMware Products
Security Response: Local User on ESX Server Service Console Can Gain Escalated Privileges
Question About Internal Network Number During Installation
Ghost LUNs When Using IBM ESS Storage
Switching Shortcut from Network Share to Shared Folder
Booting ESX Server Fails with Scrolling List of Binary Numbers
ESX full license is not overriding the evaluation license
Backing Up ESX Server with Tivoli Storage Manager
Installing the Sound Blaster Drivers in a Windows Server 2003 Virtual Machine
Cannot Restore OEM Operating System Into a Virtual Machine
Warning "Dismissing exception 13" when Running Threaded Applications on the Service Console
Error: "Permission Denied" When Starting a Virtual Machine
Creating a .dsk File Smaller than 1 MB Results in a vmware-authd Error Message
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1121906: Security Issues With texinfo
Installing Workstation on a Slackware Host
Security Response to CA-2003-24: Buffer Management Vulnerability in OpenSSH
"Upgrade Virtual Hardware" message appears, even when using a raw disk.
Changing the Remote Console Port in ESX Server
Networking Issues in Lab Manager Configurations Using SUSE Linux 9.3 Templates
[Archived] Windows Guest with Roaming Profiles Reports Error When I Log Off
Virtual Machine World ID Changes When Resetting or Powering Off Through the Remote Console
Workstation 2.x for Linux (Host) License Troubleshooting Information
Workstation 2.x for Windows (Host) License Troubleshooting Information
Running Virtual Machines within Virtual Machines
IBM Director 4.1 Does Not Report the Correct Mappings for ESX Server 2.0
Filenames Garbled in Shared Folders
ESX Server fails to detect LUNs on IBM ESS Model 2105
Windows 2000 Guest OS Will not Install
ESX Server 3.0.1, ESX-1161870: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue and Solaris 10 Networking Loss
Using PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) to Install Guest Operating Systems over a Network
Booting SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 8 Guest Operating Systems into "Linux - Safe Setting" Mode Causes
Infinite SCSI Resets/Aborts
Security Response to BugTraq 343055: Installing OpenSSL Patch to Correct Vulnerabilities in VMware GSX Server
2.5.0 and 2.5.1
Security Response to BugTraq 343055: Denial of Service Attack Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL Software Used in VMware
GSX Server and ESX Server
BrightStor ARCserve Backup v9 for Linux Agent is Unable to Locate /vmfs on the Service Console
Security Response to BugTraq 343055: Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in OpenSSL
FAQ: VMware Product Features and Functionality
Message about "tainted" drivers in Red Hat Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux guest operating systems
Failed shutdown on a Mandrake Linux 8.0 guest operating system
Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 (Multiprocessor Kernel) Locks Up in a Virtual Machine
Error Message During Device Installation of Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Professional Guest Operating
Systems
No Network Connection from Service Console with e1000 NIC, or lspci Shows "Unknown Device"
Setting the DiskMaxLUN Configuration Setting Greater than 8 in an IBM x120 Blade Server
Leaving Full Screen Mode Causes Host's X Server to Restart
Configuring Guest Networking Without DHCP/DNS, or When the Physical Network is Not Available
Networking Error, IP Address Already Assigned to Another Adapter
Creating an Emergency Recovery Disk (ERD) or a Recovery Floppy
Receive "lsilogic_monitor.c:768 assert" Message When Installing NetWare 5.1 SP6 or 6.0 SP3 in a Virtual Machine
FAQ: Supported/Unsupported Devices and Configurations
Security Response: False Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Report
Image Customization Error in VirtualCenter Task View
FAQ: Customer Service for VMware Users
NetWare 6.5 Guest Hangs During Installation
Disabling Time Synchronization
CD-ROM media change not noticed on a Windows XP host
Registry Editor error when installing VirtualCenter Server.
Collector Gives Inaccurate CPU Count When Environment Includes Servers Using Hyperthreading
ESX Server Support Regarding Red Hat 7.1-Red Hat 9.0 Operating Systems
P2V Assistant Installation Failure
SVGA Screen Resolution Too Low After Cloning the Virtual Machine
Error "Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers" Occurs When Extracting a Tar File
Creating a Clone Fails Using a Third Party Tool
Host Hard Drive on IDE 1:1 not Recognized by VMware Application
Source Virtual Disk Fails to Clone with the P2V Assistant
System Reconfiguration of Boot Disk Using P2V Assistant Fails
Cannot Boot a Virtual Machine Cloned by the P2V Assistant
Preventing MAC Bridging on a Windows XP Host
Read-Only Access Assigned to Administrators on All Objects in VirtualCenter
Windows Host Restart on Computer with Seven or More USB Controllers
Changing the type of SCSI controller used in a Hosted virtual machine
Turn Off Warning About VMware Tools Version
Installing a SUSE LINUX guest operating system from DVD
Improving Virtual Machine Sound on a Linux Host
Ctrl-Alt-Del During Guest Operating System Login Causes VMware Product Crash
Changing the Type of SCSI Controller Used in a VMware GSX Server Virtual Machine
Grabbing Input on Key Press
Configuring Virtual Machines to Run on a Laptop Host Computer
The Network Configuration section of the Management Interface does not load.
Clock in a Linux Guest Operating System Jumps to the Wrong Time
Host Power Management Causes Problems with Guest Timekeeping (Windows Hosts)
Linux 2.6.x Kernel Support
Campaq Survey Utility for Windows may cause unexpected reboots during the hardware identification process
GSX Server Crashes when Powering On More than 32 Virtual Machines on a Linux Host
Security Response to CVE-2006-3547, VMware Player .vmx ide1:0.fileName Parameter Overflow Denial of Service
Slow Network Performance in GSX Server Virtual Machines
Disabling Logging or Storing the Log File in a Different Location
DirectInput Error when Powering On a Virtual Machine on a Windows Host or from a Windows Client
Other Users Cannot See Virtual Machines I Create
Physical (Raw) Disk Fails to Boot, Hangs or Returns an Error
Virtual Machine Clock Reports Time Unpredictably on Multiprocessor Systems
Running VMware Virtual Machine Consoles and VMware Management Interface Connections Over Internet Protocol
Version 6
Cannot Edit Scripts in Mandrake Linux Guest Operating System
Number of Virtual Machines That Can Share a VMFS-2 Volume Concurrently with ESX Server 2.0 and 2.0.1
Configuring Global Startup and Shutdown Options without the VMware Management Interface
ESX Server 2.1 Boots Slowly When Probing for LUNs on a Shared Fibre Channel HBA
Using a VNC Client to Connect to Virtual Machines
Connectivity Problems with Management Interface, VirtualCenter Client, Remote Console, or Virtual Machine Network
When a VPN Client Is Installed
"Application failure hr = 0x80040154: (null)" Message Appears when Workstation or a Console Starts on GSX Server
Host
Using HP StorageWorks MSA 1000 with ESX Server
GSX Server Hangs on IBM xSeries Servers
Configuring the Virtual Machine to Burn and Rip CDs
Migrated Virtual Machine with Undoable Disks and .REDO Log Causes Reboot or Disk Errors
Two or More NICS in a VirtualCenter Machine Prevent Addition of ESX Server to Farm
The Service Console Fails to Connect to the Network
Intel PRO/1000 XT Adapters in IBM eServers Cause Hangs and Unexpected Reboots
Security Response to CERT Alert TA04-078A: Installing OpenSSL Patch to Correct CERT Vulnerabilities in VMware
GSX Server 2.5.1
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-1256636: CVE-2007-1877, Possible Denial of Service Attacks; VMware Tools Memory
Leaks
Security Response: Installing OpenSSL Patch to Correct CERT Vulnerabilities in VMware GSX Server 3.0.0
Failed to List Users in Secured Domain
Security Response to CERT VU#867593, CAN-2003-0542, CVE-2006-3747: Apache HTTP TRACE and vulnerabilities
to configuration file content
VMware Tools Installer Freezes after User Ungrabs Mouse
Applications running in a Windows guest experience screen drawing issues
Static IP Address Lost After Virtual Machine Is Migrated
Changing Screen Resolution Causes System Failure in Windows Virtual Machine
Upgrading from ESX Server 1.5.2 Patch 4 or 5 to ESX Server 2.0 (build 5257) Using the upgrade.pl Script
chkdsk Refuses to Check an NTFS Volume in a P2V'd Windows NT Virtual Machine
Configuring Network Switches for VLAN Tagging
Changing the Queue Depth for QLogic and Emulex HBAs
Setting the Maximum Outstanding Disk Requests per Virtual Machine
Number of Virtual Machines That Can Share a VMFS-2 Volume Concurrently with ESX Server 2.1
Bug Number 2293 Running on a Multi-Processor Linux Host
Trouble with Swap Files When Upgrading from a Previous ESX Server Release
VMkernel Warning: Unable to Start Hyper-Threading
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1271657: OpenIPMI Driver Update
What is VMFS? (VMFS 2)
Problem with Shared HBA and Dedicated HBA Using Same Driver
VirtualCenter 1.x Cannot Read License Key File
Using VMware SCSI Driver in Windows 2000 Guest Operating Systems
Fibre Channel Adapters Not Showing in HP Insight Manager 7.0
Using /proc/vmware Nodes
VMware Tools Installer Does Not Start Automatically
Frequent Apache Shutdowns on Linux Hosts
Mouse Disappears or Moves Erratically
VMware Authorization Service Might Take a Long Time to Start on Windows 2000 Servers
Unable to Edit Virtual Hardware in Management Interface
P2V Assistant Hangs When Accessed with Terminal Services
Solaris Guest Operating System Support
Virtual Machine Uptime Exceeds ESX Server Uptime
The vmkfstools -N Command Is Not Supported for ESX Server 2.1
Remote Console on Windows XP Client Returns Error: "Cannot Find TCP Protocol."
IRQ Sharing Might Impact Performance
Cloning with Customization Does Not Support Dynamic Disks
SRAT Table Broken Message in ESX Server
Copying and Pasting from Windows Guest Operating System to Linux Host
APIC CheckAckVector Warning
Adaptec Initialization Timeout
TCPIP Warnings in VMKernel Log
VMFS Export Erases Content ID of Virtual Disk
Difficulty Finding Search Results for VMware VirtualCenter
Installing VMware Products on a PDC or BDC
Processor License Limit Alert
Configuring SAN Failover Using Two Storage Processors
Resetting Persistent Bindings in ESX Server 2.0.x and 2.1.x
Configuring IBM FAStT Storage Processor to Use Multipathing with HBA and Storage Port Failover Along with
Clustering
Installing VMware Tools in a Windows NT Service Pack 3 Guest
NOT_IMPLEMENTED Errors in Windows NT, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 Virtual Machines on ESX Server 2.0 and 2.1
Older Windows Virtual Machine Loses Static IP Address When Powered On under Newer VMware Product
Cleaning up after an incomplete uninstallation on a Windows host
Virtual Disk Information Doesn't Appear in Management Interface
Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 Guest OS Installs Slowly
SAN Support for GSX Server
SYMAPI Client Crashes Virtual Machine
Failure to Boot IBM e325 from CD
GTK+ Warning on Linux Host: Bluecurve Library Missing
Remote Console UUID Alert Dialog Box Lacks Buttons
Nothing Appears in VirtualCenter Virtual Machine Console Window if Neoteris 4.0 Activex SAM is Installed
NIC Teaming with Different Device Capabilities Throws a Warning
Solaris Third-Party X Tools
Windows Guest Cannot Update hgfs.dat
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-131737: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue
How do I change a forgotten root password on my ESX Server Host?
Timekeeping best practices for Windows
Advanced NAT Configuration Supplement: Config Port and Allow Any OUI
Basic Linux Command Reference
Searching in Japanese Windows NT Guest Causes Windows Explorer to Crash
Using VirtualCenter 2.0.1 UI Option to Upgrade Legacy Virtual Machine Hardware on ESX Server 2.x System Does Not
Work
Network Boot of Virtual Machines
Fix for vmware-cmd Uninitialized Value Errors
After changing floppies in a USB floppy drive, the file list does not refresh with the new contents
VMware Mouse Driver Does Not Work in Windows 95 Guest
Configuring IBM FAStT Storage Server for Multipathing Failover with Clustering (ESX Server 2.1)
Using USB When ESX Server Disables It
Shared Folders Not Working with SUSE 9.1 Guest
Cannot Start the VMware Application with the Switch User Feature
ESX Virtual Machine Won't Start (Insufficient Memory)
Configuring the Same Virtual Disk with Different Modes
Virtual Machine Remains Registered to VirtualCenter When Removed Through VMware Management Interface
VirtualCenter Fails with an Access Database Locked Error
Stop All Virtual Machines Before Upgrading
VirtualCenter Didn't See User Deletion
Using VirtualCenter Reinstall Repair for Corrupted Installations
Installing GSX Server Silently on a Windows Host
Problems with Microsoft Security Patch Installed
Installing and Configuring NTP on an ESX host
Host Laptop Suspends when Releasing Mouse/Keyboard
P2V Clone of Windows NT Guest with Security Update MS04-011
Security Response to CAN-2004-0554: Floating Point Exception Vulnerability
Security Response to CAN-2003-0985: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Using mremap() in Service Console
Upgrading to VirtualCenter 1.1 from a Previous Version with a Large Database Takes a Long Time
VMotion Fails for Virtual Machine Not Created with VirtualCenter
Collecting Debug Information for VMware GSX Server Problems
Collecting Debug Information for VMware Workstation Problems
Can't Specify Where to Put New .dsk and Insufficent Disk Space Doesn't Result in Error in VirtualCenter 1.1
FAStT Phantom LUNs
Scripted Installer Space Requirements
Orphan Virtual Machines
Unable to Recognize New SAN LUNs After Command Line Rescan
ESX Server Management Interface reports "Unexpected Response" errors
Custom Network Settings Are Removed During Product Upgrade
Backing Up ESX Server Virtual Machines
DirectInput Error When Accessing a GSX Server Virtual Machine Locally
Kernel Debugging Messages in System Log
Network Failure Between Guest and Physical Network
Getting the VMware Tools Icon Back on the Taskbar
Installing LSI Logic CIM Provider on ESX Server
Changing the IP Address of a Managed Server System in a Lab Manager Environment
Closing the Home Tab on a VMware Server Console for Linux Host Closes Connection to Server
Attempting to Install Dell OpenManage on ESX Server Results in "Could not reserve enough space for object heap"
Error Message
ESX Server VMFS2 Volumes Contain .vmtx and .vmtd Files
VMkernel Warns That Hint Remove Failed
Virtual Machine Crashes When Connected Remotely from VirtualCenter or GSX Server 3.x Console
Collecting diagnostic information for VirtualCenter 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2
PCI Alert Logged for IDE Controller
Cannot Boot Clustered Virtual Machines after Host Machine Resets
Cannot Allocate Memory with Emulex Fibre Channel Adapters
Setting up Four Virtual IDE Devices
Setting the Startup and Shutdown Options for a Virtual Machine without Using the VMware Management Interface
Security Response: SSH Version Installed with ESX Server May Be Vulnerable
ESX Server Configured for Active Directory Authentication Fails Due to Bad User ID or Password
ESX Security White Paper
Inventory Collection appears to complete successfully but no data is recorded
Cancelling an Installer Action May Not Clean Up All Files
VMotion CPU Compatibility Requirements Stop My Migration with VMotion
Master Boot Record Corrupted When Using P2V Assistant 2.0.2 Boot CD
Unsupported Guest OS Distributions May Fail to Work
Migration with VMotion Does Not Complete if an External Console is Open
Configuring VMotion with Duplicate IP Addresses Creates an Error
Selecting Multiple Virtual Machines and Attempting to Migrate Them All Concurrently Might Fail
Using VMotion to Migrate a Running Virtual Machine from ESX Server 2.1 to 2.0.1
Migration with VMotion Causes the Creation of Incremented Files when Migration of a VirtualCenter 1.0.x Virtual
Machine Fails
Deploying or Cloning to a SAN with SCSI Reservations May Crash the VirtualCenter Host Agent
Unable to Add a Virtual Disk to a GSX Server Virtual Machine
Drive Letter Mount Points on the VCB Proxy Don't Match Drive Letters Seen from NT4 Virtual Machines
Mouse Cursor Freeze when Resuming a Virtual Machine
Browse Button Disabled when Importing a Template Remotely
Cloning a Large Disk Seems to Occur Slowly
Cannot Edit Serial Port Setting of a Virtual Machine Migrated or Cloned from a Linux GSX Server to a Windows GSX
Server
More Than Two Concurrent Deployments from the Same SAN-based Virtual Machine Template or Across a Firewall
Might Fail
Cloning Using Same Default Name Stops Incrementing After Eleven Clones
Virtual Machines Are Created in the /home/vmware Directory
VirtualCenter Service Seems Unresponsive or Slow to Respond
Scheduled Task Panel Has Blank Entries for Tasks
Memory and Handling Leak in Scalability Environment
Virtual Machine Fails When Viewed in Console
Defrag/Suspend/Resume Causes Error when Resuming
Configuring the Same Virtual Disk with Different Modes
Virtual Machine NIC Check Box Does Not Show Connection Status
Cannot Select the Location to Add a Virtual Disk
History of Memory Usage for a Virtual Machine Does Not Appear in Original Host History
Displaying a Large Active Directory Domain May Take Several Minutes
Do Not Mix Components of VMware Server and VMware ESX Server
Private GSX Server Virtual Machines Are Viewable in VirtualCenter
Data Corruption Might Occur if Unsupported iSCSI Targets Are Used
VirtualCenter Virtual Machine Console Might Need Manual Refresh
Adding a Host Managed by Another VirtualCenter Server Leaves the Add Host Dialog Box Open
VirtualCenter Client Pops to the Foreground
ZoneAlarm Software Fails after Installing Workstation or GSX Server
VirtualCenter Permissions Issues as of release 1.1.1
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1410076: RHEL3 U5 Virtual Machines and 64-Bit Guest Operating System Hang
Updated License Not Shown in the Help > About Panel
GSX Server Windows Host Crashes or Network Disconnects on Egenera BladeFrame Processing Blade
NOT_IMPLEMENTED Errors When Installing Netware 6.5 SP2 on ESX Server 2.1.x
Disabling NMI Watchdog in SUSE LINUX 9.1
Management Interface File Manager Does Not Display the File System Tree
Taking More Than One Snapshot of a Suspended Virtual Machine Produces an Error
VirtualCenter Client Console Suppresses Warning Messages
Compacting Your VirtualCenter MS Access Database
Location of VirtualCenter Preinstalled MIB Files
Poor Network Throughput Between Virtual Machines on the Same ESX Server Machine
Security Response to CAN-2004-0700: Vulnerability in mod_proxy
Unexpected Behavior Using Key Combinations (Linux Hosts)
Security Response to CAN-2004-0488: Possible Apache Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Security Response to CAN-2004-0415: 2.4 Linux Kernel Kernel Memory Vulnerability
Security Response to CAN-1999-0655: Vulnerability when running Services on Unprotected Network Ports
Security Response to CAN-1999-0525: ICMP Packet Vulnerability
Security Response to CAN-1999-0524: Unblocked ICMP Packet Vulnerability
Which Guests Have the vmxnet Driver?
Adjusting ESX Server Time Zone
Security Response to CERT 412115: AMD PCNet Windows Driver Security Vulnerabilites
Cannot Create ESX Server SMP Virtual Machines After Adding Virtual SMP License
Installing and Configuring ESX Server on HP and IBM Blades
Virtual Machine Configuration File Location
White Paper on Citrix Metaframe in ESX Server Virtual Machines
Security Response to CAN-2004-0492: Audit Warns of mod_proxy Vulnerability
System Resources Error When Shrinking Disk
VMware Tools Does Not Work Correctly After Move Between GSX Server and ESX Server
Boot from SAN Requires /boot to Be on /dev/sda
Does IPSEC Work with Workstation and GSX Server Virtual Machines?
Using Network Load Balancing (NLB) with VMware Server Products
VMware Workstation Full License Not Overriding Evaluation License
Configuring QLogic BIOS to Boot from SAN
VirtualCenter Cannot Update Required Files on a Host When Adding it to the VirtualCenter Server
Error: "Ordinal Not Found" Starting Workstation on a Windows Host
Windows 2000 Installation Incorrectly Detects IDE Virtual Disk Size
Cannot Use the Keyboard to Access a Virtual Machine Running a Linux Guest
Crashed Workstation Virtual Machine Fails to Restart: VMDB_E_LAUNCH_PEER_FAILED
Run cos-rescan.sh on Lowest Numbered Host Bus Adapter First
Microsoft Cluster Service Doesn't Start
Server Won't Boot from SAN After I Add a New LUN
Uninstalling HP Insight Manager Uninstalls SNMP
Boot from SAN Restrictions for ESX Server 2.5.x
Error: "- stop: failed - are you running a virtual machine?"
vmware-authd Error When Scanning Many LUNs
Security Response: False Email about RedHat Buffer Overflow in ls and mkdir
Dynamically Adding or Removing LUNs Not Reflected on ESX Server System
VirtualCenter Server cannot start if another application is using Port 80 (HTTP)
Preliminary Configuration for Boot-from-SAN
Management Interface May Write Partitions Incorrectly
Enabling TSO in a Windows Virtual Machine
Security Response to CAN-2004-0975: Audit Warns of Possible openssl Vulnerability
Limiting the Number of LUNs Visible to a Server
Load percsnmpd After the VMkernel
VirtualCenter Users Cannot Access Client Log File
Applications May Run Slowly in Linux Guest
Boot-from-SAN Fails with Gatekeeper LUN on Symmetrix
Committing Dynamically Added .REDO Logs after Virtual Machine Crashes or Is Forcefully Terminated
Windows Image Created by PowerQuest V2i Protector Fails to Boot When Target and Source Disk Characteristics
Don't Match
ESX Server Installer Is Unable to Format VMFS File Systems
RSA II Card Causes Hang After 76.5 Days on IBM xSeries Server
VirtualCenter Cannot Connect to Remote SQL Server Database
Host Communication Fails with Corrupted Log File
Stuck Modifier Keys
Changing Hot Keys in Console Requires Restarting the Console to Preserve Settings
Datastore Mappings for Raw LUNs Not Removed
VirtualCenter Virtual Machine Console Goes Black When the Virtual Machine is Reverted to a Snapshot Through the
GSX Server Console
Migrating a Virtual Machine from ESX Server 2.1 to 2.0.1 Might Degrade Performance
Cannot Add GSX Server Host to VirtualCenter
Creating a Virtual Machine on a GSX Server Host Might Fail Due to Insufficient Disk Space
Upgrading an Obsolete Virtual Machine
Customizing a Guest Operating System That Uses an LVM Other Than Microsoft LDM Fails
Using Multiple Section to Delete Templates from the Templates Inventory Might Fail
Virtual Machine disks must reside in the GSX Server datastore specified through VirtualCenter
Starting Virtual Machine Produces Error with "exceptionCode 0xc000008e"
Manually Installing the VirtualCenter Agent
NICs of VMotion Switch Cannot Be Part of Virtual Switch Configuration with ESX Server 2.x Hosts
VirtualCenter Fails to Find Domain Users When VirtualCenter Host and Domain Host Clocks Are Not Synchronized
CPU Usage Summary Might Appear as Negative Percentage, and Memory Available to New Virtual Machines Appears
as Unavailable for GSX Server Hosts
Stuck in Starting Sate When the Virtual Machine Power On Times Out
Unable to Connect to VirtualCenter Remote Database During Installation
Replace XML Special Characters with Valid XML Equivalents
Upgrading a Virtual Machine
Nonpersistent Disk Mode: Changes Lost at Reset
Virtual Machine Disk Size Reported as -1MB or Size Unavailable
GSX Server Displays Incorrect Information About User Account Running a Virtual Machine
Modified NVRAM Settings Might Prevent Virtual Machine from Powering-On
Removing a Virtual Machine from VirtualCenter Removes Shared .dsk Files
ESX Server 2.5.x Latest Known Issues
Planning Partitions for ESX Server 2.5
Remote Browsing Is Case-Sensitive on ESX Server Machine
Accessing a 1TB LUN from the Service Console Fails
Using returnBusyOnNoConnectStatus Fails in a Non-Windows Virtual Machine
Warnings for Interrupt IRQ 13
Adding a Virtual Disk on an Auxiliary Virtual SCSI Controller to a Virtual Machine Moves Other Devices to New PCI
Slots
Configuration Editor Options in the Remote Console
Configuration Editor Advanced Options in the Remote Console
"Unresolved Symbols" Error When Upgrading ESX Server Using a Tarball
Resetting the HTTP Session Timeout and Regenerating the SSL Certificate After Upgrading ESX Server
Linux Guest Clock Runs Slowly on ESX Server 2
BackupExec Integration Module for VCB README Examples Reference Wrong Set of Scripts
Revert to Installed Environment Not Working as Expected
Power on Virtual Machine in VMware ACE Manager to Install VMware Tools
Easy Printer Setup Not Available in Windows 9x Guests
Error Message when Attempting to Use VMware GSX Server Console is Not Informative
Specifying the Installation Folder for VMware ACE
Problems Switching VMware ACE to Full Screen Mode
Failed to Clone Virtual Machine
Cleaning Up after an Incomplete VMware ACE 1.x Uninstall on a Windows Host
Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 Guest Operating System with BusLogic Reports Kernel Panic During Installation
Connection Error When Using vmware-cmd in the Service Console
Error: "You must be root to install the Workstation software."
Security Response to CAN-2002-0655: OpenSSL 0.9.6d and OpenSSL 0.9.7-beta2 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Security Response to CVE-2003-0020: Audit Warns of Possible Vulnerability when Using Terminal Emulation and the
cat Program
Security Response to CAN-2003-0190: Audit Warns of Possible Timing Attack Vulnerability in Open SSH-portable
3.6.1p1
Security Response to CAN-2003-0386: OpenSSH 3.6.1 Vulnerability when Restricting Host Access by Numeric IP
Security Response to CAN-2004-0230: Audit Warns of Possible Denial of Service Vulnerability
Resizing virtual disks on virtual machines deployed by VirtualCenter
Verifying the integrity of downloaded installer files
VMware Management Interface Reports Incorrect Number of Host Processors
Error message indicates that the guest is trying to use PAE
Application Error at Startup on Some Cyrix CPU Models
Avoiding Data Loss During a Scripted Installation of ESX Server Using Boot from SAN Mode
Changing or keeping a UUID for a moved virtual machine
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1541239: Not All Storage Targets Discovered When Using Emulex Adapters
VirtualCenter Guest Customization Fails for Virtual Machines with IDE Disks Greater Than 8GB
Error Message "COM object with CLSID {01DB3B63-2FB9-4167-944A-070981707145} is either not valid or registered"
Appears When I Launch VirtualCenter
Virtual Machine Shrinks the Console UI to Minimum Size
In the Guest Operating System Setup in the New Virtual Machine Wizard, the "Other OS" Field is Empty
Emulex HBA Driver lpfcdd_2xx.o Fails to Load; LUNs Are Inaccessible
CD-ROM Drive Does Not Work in Virtual Machine
Configuring IBM FAStT Storage Server for Multipathing Failover with Clustering (ESX Server 2.5)
VMware Tools Causing Out of Memory Problems in Windows Server 2003 Guest
EMM386 Errors Starting Japanese Windows 95 or Windows 98 Guest Operating System
Error Occurs When Opening the Console of a Migrating, Powered-On Virtual Machine
Troubleshooting automatic update failures
Host Hangs or Freezes When Virtual Machine Powers On
Security Response to CAN-2004-0885: Audit Warns of Possible mod_proxy Vulnerability
Microsoft NLB Not Working Properly in Unicast Mode
Network Connectivity Issues with Virtual Network Adapters in Promiscuous Mode
What Database Permissions Are Required After VirtualCenter Is Installed?
Security Response to CAN-2003-0987: Audit Warns of Possible Apache Vulnerability in mod_digest
Error: "3.0.0 is needed by VMwareWorkstationKernelModules-3.0.0-1491."
MSCS Requires 2Gb Fibre Channel HBAs on ESX Server 3.0.1
Security Response to CAN-2004-0940: Apache Vulnerability in mod_include
Resetting Persistent Bindings in ESX Server 2.5.x
Gigabit Network Adapter Cannot Establish a Link
ESX Server 2.5 Does Not Support More Than Ten Ports on Fibre Channel HBAs
Security Response: Audit Warns of a Possible Port 1311 "Infinite Request" Vulnerability
Security Response to US-Cert VU#464113: TCP/IP Stack Vulnerability
The vmware-cmd -l command fails from the service console
Use of Trend Micro PC-cillin with Host-Only Adapters May Cause Host to Crash
ESX Memory Management on Systems with AMD Opteron Processors
Thinkpad T41 CD-ROM Drive Stops Working after VMware Installation
Linux Guest Moved to a System with Different Processor Type Panics During Boot
VMware Tools State Is Running Instead of Unknown While Virtual Machine Is Suspended via Programming API Script
Recommended Microsoft NLB Mode for VMotion
IBM HS20 (8843) Blade Not Automatically Rebooting at End of Scripted ESX Server Installation
Running HP Insight Manager 7.2 on a ESX Server 2.5 Machine
Security Response to CAN-2004-1237: User May Cause Crash on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 when Auditing is
Enabled
Security Response to CAN-2005-0001: Local Users can Gain Elevated (root) Privileges on Multiprocessor Machines
Virtual Machines Managed by VirtualCenter Renamed When Management Server Restarts or ESX Server Reconnects
Workstation Error: "(VirtualMachineName).cfg Command not found."
VMware Product Fails to Start on Windows Host with Double-Byte User Name
Security Response to CAN-1999-0516: Audit Warns of Possible Unauthorized MIB Access
ESX Server Displays "bugNr=34866" Console Message and Fails to Boot
Errors Using FSC Global Array Manager or SAN Array Manager
Using the vmsnap.pl and vmsnap_all Utilities
Using the vmres Utility
Login Fails After Scripted Installation
Security Response to CAN-2005-0444: Vulnerability When GSX Server or Workstation Searches for gdk-pixbuf Library
Not Installed on Host
Patch for OpenManage Installer with ESX Server 2.5
Raw Access DVD/CD Drive Starts VMware Tools Installer Twice
Disabling Copy and Paste for a VMware ACE Environment
Host Power Management Causes Problems with Guest Timekeeping on Linux Hosts
GTK Warnings Appear When I Launch a SUSE 9.1 64-bit Host
Full Screen Mode Crashes Workstation on a Linux Host with Certain Graphics Adapters
Sending Ctrl-Alt-Ins to Guest Operating Systems that Expect this Key Combination
Unintended IBM FAStT LUNs Causes vmkernel Load Time to Increase Significantly
Failovers with MSCS Can Take an Excessive Amount of Time
The snmpwalk Tool Displays Incorrect Product Version and Build Number
Adaptec RAID card in Dell PowerEdge 2650 is not shown in Dell OpenManage Web Interface
ESX Server Graphical Installation Is Not Displayed Through DELL DRAC Remote Console
Axis 1.1 Client Incompatible with Java 1.5
Memory leak in QueryPerfData
vmsnap_all Does Not Create a /var/log/backup.log File
I/O Meter Gives an Error Performance Counter Percentage That Is Less Than Zero
Server Cannot Boot into the Linux SMP Kernel from the Service Console for Debugging
Emulex Driver Is Not Supported with Agents in Shared Mode
Unsupported Features in the ESX Server 2.5.1 Version of the adp94xx Driver
vmsnap_all Does Not Allow Spaces in Configuration File Paths
NIC Failover Configuration for Blade Servers
Selecting Hitachi SAN Host Mode
Using ESD or ARTS with VMware Workstation on Linux Hosts
Network Connectivity Lost After Applying ESX Server 2.5 Patch 1 (Build 12883)
Boot from SAN Disks Must Have Clean Shutdown and Reboot to Avoid File System Corruption
Effective BusLogic Qdepth is Limited to One on Windows 2000 SP3, 2003, or XP
Access Delay on HP Insight Manager Web Page After Installing HP Insight Management Agents Version 7.2
Virtual Machine Importer Reports Error When Converting Virtual PC Disk Files with Duplicate Names
Recommended Configuration for HP BL35P Blade Server with ESX Server
Security Response to CERT Advisory CA-2003-24: Buffer Management Vulnerability in OpenSSH (ESX Server 2.x and
3.x Not Affected)
Browsing to Hidden Files and Folders on a Linux Host
Installing ESX on a Server with Software RAID Manager
Copying a Large File on a Windows Server 2003 Host with Microsoft File Sharing May Fail and No Longer Connect
Again
Changing the Networking Configuration on the Host Machine
Virtual Machine on USB or Other Slow Storage Device Runs Slowly
USB Devices Disconnect from Guest Operating System During Snapshot and Power Operations
Performance of Isochronous USB Devices in Workstation 5 Windows Virtual Machines
Installing VMware Products on Unsupported Linux Distributions
Older Versions of Nero InCD Affect Memory Availability for Virtual Machines
Installing VMware Tools in Unsupported Linux Distributions
Some Features Not Available to Legacy Virtual Machines in Workstation 5
Network Connectivity Issues with IBM eServer BladeCenter HS20
Cannot Suspend Windows NT Virtual Machine
Neoteris VPN Client May Cause Windows Guest to Crash
MSA Storage Not Detected by HP Insight Manager 7.1.2 and 7.2.0 with ESX Server 2.5
Windows 2003 SMP Virtual Machines with Vlance Adapter Lose Network Connectivity
Intel PRO/1000 Network Adapter Configuration and Compatibility Issues
Clustering a Physical Machine with a Virtual Machine
Installing on Systems Using an IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Card or on a System with Baseboard Management
Controller
Installation Fails During Service Console Installation on Disk Arrays That Are Greater Than or Equal to 1TB
Enabling Networking After VMware Workstation is Already Installed
Booting into Linux with Hyper-Threading Enabled
"Unresolved Symbols" Error When Upgrading From ESX Server 2.0 to ESX Server 2.x
Using IBM BladeCenter with QLogic Fibre Channel Switches
Red Hat Linux 2.1 Workstation Guest Operating System on ESX Server Virtual Machine Fails to Install with BusLogic
Virtual Adapter
"Power on after opening this virtual machine" Does Not Work
Internal Error Encountered When Installing GSX Server on a Windows Server 2003 Host
A virtual machine cannot boot after extending a base virtual disk that is part of a snapshot hierarchy
VMware Virtual Disk Manager Does Not Expand Partitions
Automatically Connecting USB Devices at Virtual Machine Power On
Unable to Enter Full Screen Mode when Host Video Driver Reports Incompatible Refresh Rate to Guest
Problems Resolving misc_register and misc_deregister
Redirecting vmrun's Standard Error Causes a Hang with the start Command
Using USB Storage Devices on the ESX Server Service Console
Do Not Modify Drive Z While Running the Virtual Machine Importer
Making Autofit Guest and Fit Guest Now Options Work for Windows 95 Guests
Security Response to CAN-2004-1235: Audit Warns of Possible Vulnerability in the uselib Function in the 2.4 Linux
Kernel
VLAN Tags Incorrectly Sized
CPU Utilization of a Halted Linux Guest Stays at 100%
Unable to Turn Off Help Hints in Workstation 5 Running on a Windows Host
Guest Operating System Hangs in Full Screen Switch Mode if Resolution Exceeds Host Capabilities
USB Device Configuration May Cause Error During System Boot
Application Crashes when Booting from IDE RAW Disk on Linux Host
Setting Minimum CPU Percentage for Virtual Machines Fails
Custom Mouse Settings No Longer Work in Virtual Machine After VMware Tools Is Installed or Updated
Turning off the PC speaker for all virtual machines
Updating the X Configuration File of a Linux Guest So That Higher Resolutions Work When an LCD Is Rotated to
Portrait Mode
Virtual Machines Copied to VMware Workstation from VMware ESX Server Are Displayed as Powered Off When
Suspended
Installing VMware Tools in X Windows Version 4.1.x or Earlier Causes Linux Guest to Hang
Host Crash or Display Corruption When Using Full Screen Mode
Linux Kernel's Out-of-Memory Process Killer Can Terminate Virtual Machine to Free Memory
Virtual Machine Importer Fails with Error: Driver.cab Could not be Found in the Source OS
Using a Windows Guest Booted in PAE Mode Causes the vlance Hardware Not to Start
[Archived]VMware Tools Does Not Install Correctly if X Windows System Is Not Configured in Guest, Causing Guest X
to Crash
VMnet1 and VMnet8 Virtual Network Adapters Not Created on Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Host
The Virtual Machine Occasionally Hangs While Running RHEL 3.0 Update 3 or Update 4
Virtual Machine Importer Requires Path Defined by TMP and TEMP User Variables to Exist
Gmail Notifier Causes Unexpected Switches Back to Host While Running Guest in Full Screen Mode
Antivirus, Antispyware, and Firewall Products May Block Workstation Installer
Configuring Windows Hosts for Use with USB Monitors (Sniffers)
Guest Operating System Cannot Access Physical CD-ROM Drive on IBM Blade
The vmsnap and vmres Scripts Do Not Work with Raw Disk Mapping
VMware Tools CD Icon Does Not Appear During Installation within X on a SuSE 9.2 Linux Guest
Error Messages When Applying ESX Server 2.0.1 Patch 3 on Dell PowerEdge Servers
Linux Guest Display Splits into Multiple Panes with Identical Content
Excessive Page Faults Generated By Windows Applications May Impact the Performance of Virtual Machines
Installing Windows Longhorn Build 5048 in a Virtual Machine
Programming API Allows Client to Unregister a Virtual Machine while It Is Running
Network Not Starting in Linux Guest Operating System After I Install VMware Tools in Virtual Machine with vmxnet
Adapter
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.
P2V Assistant Appears to Copy a Partition That Is Set Not to Copy
Unexpected Cursor Behavior in Windows Virtual Machine with "Snap To" Mouse Control Panel Option Enabled
Running the Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon.exe) on a 64-Bit Host
Launching Workstation 5 Produces a GtK-WARNING Message on SuSE Linux Host
Virtual Machine Crashes While Using USB Device
64-Bit Windows Performance Console Does Not Show VMware Performance Object
Assert Error While Running GSX Server on a SUSE LINUX 9.2 Host
Issues When Running GSX Server on a 64-Bit Linux Host
Virtual Machines with Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition SP1 Crash with ASSERT Error
Error: "Blocked Mailbox......!!" at VMkernel Load Time
Virtual Machine Fails to Boot with MONITOR PANIC Message in vmware.log File
Slow Inbound Network Performance with Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server/Citrix License Server in a Virtual
Machine
Security Response: Vulnerability of RPCI Mechanism to a Denial of Service Attack
Cannot Connect to Virtual Machines Stored on Network Drives Mapped as Drive Letters
Disk Space Is Not Cleared After Suspending and Resuming a Virtual Machine
Virtual Machines Do Not Shut Down Automatically When the Linux Host Shuts Down if Console on Host Is Connected
Virtual Machine Does Not Enter Full Screen Mode After Powering On from Console on Remote Client
Cannot Connect to Virtual Machine on NFS Mount with Console
Cursor Sticks in Upper Right Corner of Virtual Machine Display in Legacy Red Hat Linux 7.2 Virtual Machine
VMkernel/Virtual Machine Load Problems after Upgrading to ESX 1.1
Guest Operating System Display Corruption
Guest Clock Stops After Host Resumes from Hibernation
VMware Tools Do Not Start Properly and the vmxnet Module Won't Load in a FreeBSD Guest Operating System
Installing Dell OpenManage 4.4 with ESX Server
Tips for Editing a .vmx File
Resuming a Virtual Machine Fails After Changing Password
Using the SoftICE Debugger in a Virtual Machine
VMware-Specific Directories Not Removed When Booting Red Hat Enterprise Linux Host
"Can't locate module..." log entries appear after patching or upgrading ESX
Adding SSH Keys to the Service Console so vmsnap Stops Prompting for a Password
Console OS (Service Console) Locks/Hangs when MegaRAID Controller is Used
Remote Console Disconnects from Virtual Machine
Host-Only and NAT Virtual Networks Stop Working After I Upgrade to Workstation 5 on Windows XP Host
VMotion Error: Destination Host Not on Same Networks as Virtual Machine You Are Trying to Migrate
VMware Perl API Can't Load libcrypto Library
Best Practice Guidelines for Removable and Legacy Devices
Problems with vmware-serverd on GSX Server Linux Hosts
Security Response to CERT VU#911878: Possible Information Leak with Hyper-Threading
VMkernel Failed to Load on Dell PowerEdge 8450 (or Intel 8-CPU server)
ESX Server Reports Increased CPU Utilization for Idle Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 SMP Virtual Machines
VMware Management Interface Does Not Work After I Reboot Linux Host
Virtual Machine's CD-ROM Drive Always Set for Legacy Mode from Linux Console
Using USB Devices in a Virtual Machine on a 64-Bit Linux Host
Cannot Connect to GSX Server Host from Windows NT 4 Client
Unable to Boot from SAN After a Firmware Upgrade on the Fibre Channel Switch
Problem with Concurrent File Creation and Expansion on ESX Server VMFS Volumes
Disabling COM and LPT from the Virtual Machine BIOS
Reverting to a Previous Version of the VMware ACE Application While Preserving Virtual Machines
Creating Floppy Images
Error: "execution of script failed" While Upgrading ESX Server
Disconnecting Unused Devices to Improve Performance
Disabling "Connect at Power On" for CD-ROMs and Other IDE Devices
Performance Implications of Multiple ESX Server Hosts Running REDO Log Files on a Single VMFS-2 Volume
Gracefully Shutting Down a Windows Guest When the Virtual Machine Powers Off
Virtual Machine Fails to Power Down and Stops at Black Screen When Proventia Personal Firewall is Running on the
Host
Cannot Get Temporary Directory for Log File
Migrating an Access Database to MS SQL Server 2000
P2V Assistant Cannot Clone a Windows NT 4.0 System that has a System Utility Partition
Collecting Debug Information for VMware P2V Problems
pcidivy-www.pl Standard Behavior Notes
Management Interface Creates More Than 16 Core Dump Slots on a Shared SAN LUN
vmkusage Stops Working After a Recent Upgrade to ESX Server 2.x
Extending a VMFS Volume to Use New LUN Space After Expansion
Virtual Machine Names Cannot Include High-Bit Characters Like Umlauts
Creating and editing config.ini on Windows Hosts
ServeRAID 8i Controller's Battery Shuts Down when Adapter Is Shared by Service Console
ESX Server 3.0.1 Compatibility with NVIDIA Onboard Ethernet Ports on Sun x4100 and Sun x4200 M2 Servers
VMware ACE Package Installation Fails if the Installation Path is Too Long
Custom Message Not Displayed on Japanese Windows Systems
Error Message Appears When Upgrading VMware ACE Package
Allocation of Network Devices
Installer Starts Even if VMware ACE Manager is Running
Checking for Updates on Web Fails in VMware ACE Manager
Upgrading VMware Tools in a Deployed VMware ACE Virtual Machine
Installing VMware ACE Manager or VMware ACE Package on a Computer with a Different VMware Product
System Becomes Unresponsive When CD Package Creation Is Canceled
What is VMware Capacity Planner?
Downloading lputil, Emulex HBA Utility for ESX Server
Security Response: Suppressing Apache Server Details in HTTP Response
Host Quarantine Seems to Alternate Between Zones
Allocation of SCSI/RAID Devices
Returning to an Earlier Version of VMware ACE Manager
Too Few VMware ACE Shortcuts Appear on End User's Desktop
USB Drive Doesn't Play Music CD in VMware ACE Virtual Machine
VMware ACE Virtual Machine with Powered On Snapshot May Show Unexpected Behavior
VMware ACE Sometimes Slow to Change Network Connection Type When Switching Zones
Network Adapter Not Found When Virtual Machine Importer Migrates a Windows NT 4.0 Virtual PC
Clock in a Linux 2.6 guest runs slowly until suspended and resumed
Virtual Machine or Home Tab Missing
Unable to Set Password After Installing VMware ACE Upgrade Package
Autofit Guest Doesn't Work on Linux Guest Running X
Standard Rules Regarding Shared SCSI/RAID devices?
Time in VMware ACE Virtual Machine Runs Slowly After Host Resumes from Standby or Hibernate
Cannot Use CD-ROM Drive in VMware ACE Virtual Machine if Certain Settings Are Selected
Disconnected USB Device Still Shown in VMware ACE Toolbar
VirtualCenter Server Crashes with Panic
The vmxnet Network Adapter Device Status of a Virtual Machine Shows in the ESX Server System as Disconnected
"No Such Object" Error When Authenticating Users or Groups, or Creating a Package
Unable to Power On Migrated Virtual PC Virtual Machine. Error: "Too many PCI devices are already configured."
Issues with Disk Space Required to Create VMware ACE Package
Host CPU Spikes at 100 Percent After Deploying VMware ACE Package
Configuration Changes which Cause a Forced Reboot
ESX Server 2.5.1 Fails to Boot on Systems with Adaptec RAID Controller
Web Service Does Not Handle Non-UTF-8 Characters
Segmentation Fault Error When Starting VMware Management Interface on Linux Host
libX11.so.6 32-Bit Libraries Not Found on x86 Linux Host
Virtual Machine Unresponsive When Booting the Guest to DOS Mode from Windows 98
Scheduled Tasks Do Not Show Correct Time When Timezone Is Changed
Can't Upgrade Virtual Hardware when config.ini Includes msg.autoanswer=TRUE
Upgrade of a GSX Server Template Fails with Invalid Datastore Format Message
New LUNs Not Detected on QLogic HBAs
Configuring CIB Results in Invalid Argument When Virtual Machine Is Powered On
Recovery from Inadvertent umount /vmfs Operation
Adding Devices to my system
I Get a "Vmdb error -18: Null cross reference" Error When Attempting to Remove a Farm
Identifying and addressing Non-Maskable Interrupt events on an ESX host
SCSI Device Not Recognized on SUSE Linux 9.2
VirtualCenter Installation Fails When Password Field Left Blank
Powering Off an ESX Host Using the Dell DRAC Web Interface Causes a Sudden Power Off
VMotion Disabled After ESX Server Patch Upgrade or Boot into Linux
Converting a Partition to VMFS-2
vmware-config-www.pl Usage and Functionality
Installing ESX Server 2.5.2 and HP Insight Manager Agents
Population of /etc/mtab with the /vmfs Virtualized Mount Point for ESX Server Systems
Windows Guest Reboots Instead of Shutting Down
Re-Installation Asks You to Use Existing Database After Uninstallation Removed It
Existing Scheduled Tasks Show Inconsistent Run Time After Daylight-Saving Time
Calculated Next Run Time Is Incorrect When Spanning the Daylight Savings Time Change
"Upgrade Virtual Hardware" Appears on Hardware Tab When I Create a Virtual Machine Using Raw Disk or Raw Disk
Mapping
Preventing Non-Root Users from Using the Service Console to Power Off or Reboot ESX Server
ESX Server 2.5.x No Longer Supports Manual Creation of a Network Installation Floppy
VirtualCenter 2.0 Installation on Windows 2000 SP4 Results in HeapSetInformation Error Message
"Divide By Zero" Message When Installing Solaris 9
Virtual Compatibility for Clustered Non-Pass-Through Raw Device Mapping in Multihost Clustering Is Not Supported
Must Use Physical Compatibility Mode for Shared Disks When Using Microsoft Clustering Service with Raw Device
Mappings
After Refreshing, VirtualCenter Reports Only the Memory Allocated to the Service Console and One CPU
Persistent Binding Issue with Raw Device Mapping
VMotion Uses One Port on Virtual Switch, Leaving 31 for Virtual Machines
Upgrading Openssh Without an Error Message
For Multihost Clustering Using Clustered Virtual Disks, the LUN No Longer Requires a Single Path
Exported Excel Data Charts Show Different Values Than the Data Charts Within VirtualCenter Client
Unable to Start Virtual Machines Using vmrun When the Path is Set in Environment Variable
viewpart-www.pl Usage and Functionality
Time Can Be Set to Synchronize Between Guest Operating System and Console Once Every Minute, Not Second
Canceling a Connection on an Added but Disconnected Host Removes That Host from VirtualCenter
Is Running Older VMware Tools in ESX Server Guests Supported?
Workstation Crashes, Reporting bugNr=25701
Virtual Machines Do Not Start in Specified Order
Migrating with VMotion to a Target Machine with a Maxed-Out Networking Switch Fails
On Host without VMware Server Installed, Script Created with Programming API Can't Find libcrypto.so.0.9.7 and
libssl.so.0.9.7
VMware Registration Service Frequently Stops
VirtualCenter Crashes When User Name Entry Contains a Space
Using FDISK to Create Multiple Partitions
Why is vmware-serverd, Not vmware-ccagent, Running VirtualCenter on an ESX Server Host
Activity on Host Causes Virtual Serial Port to Drop Data
Replacing or Regenerating an SSL Certificate for the Management Interface
Accessing the Contents of a Virtual Machine Disk File from the Service Console
Detecting LUNs on IBM DS4500 Storage Arrays
Default Maximum Size of a File Allowed by VMFS is 144GB, Not 456GB
The vmsnap.pl and vmres.pl Scripts May Not Honor scsi#:#.present and scsi#:#.mode .vmx Options
Socket Timeout During GetUpdates
Creating a VMFS File System Without Using viewpart-www.pl
VMware Management Interface is Unable to Manage a Partition Once it is Changed by fdisk
Scripted Installation Hangs When VMFS Partitions Are Not Contiguously Listed in the Kickstart File
Boot Option Update for Dual-Core AMD Opteron Systems
Running Management Agents on ESX Server 2.5.x in linux-up or linux Modes is not Supported
Wildcards Do Not Work in Shared Folders
ESX Server Virtual Machines Running Windows NT 4.0 Guest Using the vmxnet Virtual Network Adapter Lose Network
Connectivity
VMware ACE Package Installer Gives Error After Switch to Second Disc
Deploying a Template with Customization from Remote Client Fails
ESX Server 2.5.2 or 2.5.3 with Microsoft Exchange Server in a Clustered Configuration not Recommended with Emulex
HBAs
VixVM_UpgradeVirtualHardware( ) Does Not Return if the “Local System” Account Does Not Have
Permissions to the Virtual Machine Folder
Problems in Windows Guests with Workstation or GSX Server Full Screen Mode, Autofit Guest, and Fit Guest Now
Creating a vmkdump Partition using FDISK Command Line
More Servers Are Listed on the Dashboard Than I Expected
Using Wildcards to Create a Group of Similar Servers or Software
Creation of New RDM for MSCS Cluster Node when Cluster Service Is Active on Another Node
Slow Cloning and Network Errors When Booting with P2V Assistant 1.x
Enabling FTP for ESX Server
Extracting the vmkdump Core and Log File?
Does Capacity Planner Differentiate Between Different Versions of the Same Application?
Backing Up Virtual Machine with vcbMounter from ESX Service Console Fails
VirtualCenter 1.3 Reports the Wrong Number of CPUs in Dual-Core Host
Unable to Power on a Virtual Machine on a Windows 64-Bit Host When Running in a Terminal Services or RDP
Session, or in Fast User Switch Mode
Configuring a MIME Type for VMware ACE Policy Files
Issues Running Google Earth on a Workstation Windows Guest
Mouse Pointer Not Grabbed and Released Correctly by NetWare Guest
New Target LUNs Do Not Appear During Rescan of HDS 95xx Array
Windows 2000 Guest Created By Using P2V Assistant Crashes with Blue Screen
Vmcfg-esx: Description of Functionality
WMI UUID Differs from VirtualCenter UUID
Converting a GSX Server Virtual IDE Disk to a Virtual SCSI Disk
Virtual Machine Does Not Power On When It Has an Attached Disk with Raw Device Mapping and IBM Director Is
Running
VirtualCenter Performance Graphs Display Gaps in Data After Customizing Performance Intervals
Guidelines for Extending a VMFS Volume
Migrating Diskless and Boot from SAN Servers Directly to Virtual Machines Using P2V
Error Message After Using New Serial Number for P2V Assistant
Virtual Machine Created Under Domain Account Fails to Power On
Are VMware Player Troubleshooting Issues Covered in the Knowledge Base?
When to Set the Option paevm=FALSE in the Virtual Machine Configuration (.vmx) File
Limited Disk Throughput from Windows with BusLogic Adapter Causes Performance Problems
Viewing and Adding Collector Database IDs to a Client Registration
Configuring the X Server in Red Hat Linux 7.x so VMware Tools Installs and Operates Properly
SUSE 9 Linux 32-bit Installation Identifies AMD Opteron Dual 32-bit/64-bit Computer as 64-bit Only
Persistent Bindings Not Saved During Reboot
Uploading collected data when Collector cannot directly access the Information Warehouse (Dashboard)
Lost Interrupts During Installation of 64-Bit Linux Guest Operating System Running a Uniprocessor Kernel
Vista Checked Builds Often Hit "STOP: 0x0000008E"
Compiling and Deploying VMware Tools in Virtual Machines Without GCC
In Windows Guests, Upgrading VMware Tools from Workstation 4.5 to Workstation 5.0 or 5.5 as a Different User Fails
to Remove Old VMware Tools Version
Virtual Machine Name Missing from Overview Page
Configuring the X Server in 64-Bit Ubuntu Linux 5.10
VI Client Menus Do Not Show Expected Choices
Hardware and Firmware Requirements for 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems
Graphic Display Limited to Black and White in 32-Bit Solaris 10 Guest Running on Windows XP Professional 64-Bit
Hosts
Implementing a Team Management Model for Virtual Machines
Permissions on Configuration Files (.vmx) and Their Effects on Virtual Machine Functionality
Setting Speed and Duplex After Using Boot Disk for P2V Assistant 2.1
On Windows XP Guests, VMware Tools Installation Hangs Guest After I Use Fast User Switching Feature
Red Hat Linux Virtual Machine Migrated Between Hosts with AMD and Intel Processors Causes Kernel Panic When
Powered On
Hangs/Monitor Errors when Starting a Guest OS Install
NAT Does Not Work After I Add New Port to Forwarding List
Turbolinux 10 Desktop Guest Operating System
Installing a Guest Operating System as 32-Bit on a 64-Bit Host
Guest with Non-Standard Display Resolution Fails to Enter Full Screen Mode
During Workstation Installation on Windows Hosts, Windows AntiSpyware Displays Warnings
Linking an Imported Virtual Machine to the Source Virtual Machine or System Image
Insmod Qla2300_7xx Fails with Unresolved Symbols When Booted with Linux or Linux-up Kernels
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-1917602: 16-Bit Applications Crash when Run in NT 4.0 Virtual Machines
Using SCP to Copy Files to or from an ESX Server System
Changing the IP Address Used by the Service Console of the ESX Server System
Error: "Guest OS has been shut down" While Trying to Install Windows 2000
Workstation Virtual Hardware Version Changes Spontaneously After Imported System Image Is Powered On
Determining the IP Addresses Used By the Service Console
Finding Hardcoded IP Addresses in Configuration Files on the Service Console of an ESX Server System
Suspending and Resuming Debian-Based Linux Guests Breaks the Network Connection
In Windows NT Guest with Service Pack 6a, VMware Tools Installation Fails with Windows Installer Internal Error 1601
Setting Performance Intervals to Less Than a Past Day
Types of Symantec LiveState Recovery and Norton Ghost System Images Supported for Import
A Virtual Machine Removed from a Team Cannot Be Added Back to the Team if the Configuration (.vmx) File Has Been
Renamed
Default Virtual Machine Location Folder Name Is in Japanese, with a Trailing Byte of 7C Characters, Which Causes
Error in Importing
Upgrading from Workstation 5.0 VMware Tools to Workstation 5.5 F&F Beta VMware Tools Fails to Upgrade
HGFS Driver
Problems Installing VERITAS Backup Exec Agent in the Service Console
Starting the Virtual Machine Importer from the Command Line
Some Applications Fail to Load Successfully After Upgrading VMware Tools in a Windows NT SP6a Guest and
Rebooting
On Windows Host, Team Fails to Power On After New Ethernet Adapter Is Added to 64-Bit Virtual Machine in Team >
Settings > Connections
Virtual Machines Crash and ESX Server System Crashes with Purple Screen on IBM eServer x366 or x460 with 64GB
RAM
Context Switching Between Guest and Host
Collecting diagnostic information for VirtualCenter 1.3.1 and 1.4
On Linux Hosts, Workstation 5.5 Release CD Contains rr_moved Directory
Installing Workstation 5.5 May Fail on a Windows XP Host That Has Symantec LiveState Recovery Installed
In Windows Guests, Upgrading VMware Tools to Workstation 5.0 or 5.5 Version May Not Remove Old Version of
VMware Tools
Long Pauses during Guest Operating System Boot
Configuring VMware Tools Causes a Guest Running Turbolinux 10 Desktop to Hang
Problems Installing VMware Tools in Guests Running Windows 98 or Windows 98 SE
Upgrading VMware Tools Fails in Legacy Virtual Machine Running Linux with an Old Version of the X Windows System
Powering On Imported Virtual Machine Causes VM Additions Program to Install Automatically
Importing an .sv2i File Fails If the File Is Located in a Path That Contains Japanese Characters
Linux Guest Operating System Fails to Appear Properly When Legacy Virtual Machine Is Resumed in Workstation 5.5
64-Bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 AS Guest Hangs During VMware Tools Configuration
In Windows XP Guests, Some Isochronous USB Devices Can Cause the Guest to Crash While They Work Correctly on
the Host
Blocked Connections when Using VMware Perl API to Connect to an ESX Server
Problem Adding USB Flash Drives on Linux Guests
In Windows Guests on Windows Hosts, USB Devices Fail to Load Drivers After Virtual Machine Is Rebooted
Problem Powering On 64-Bit Guest on Host with Intel EM64 VT-Capable Processor
Problem with Virtual Machine Created from Symantec LiveState Recovery Backup System Image with More Than One
Partition
Workstation Does Not Support Importing .sv2i Files from Symantec LiveState Recovery Backups That Are Password
Protected
Workstation Does Not Support Importing .sv2i Files from Symantec LiveState Recovery Backups of Dynamic Disks
Virtual Machines Crash with Blue Screen on HP Servers Using SCSI Duplex
Imported System Images and Virtual Machines Have SCSI Virtual Disks
Moving a Plain Disk to GSX Server 3
Repeated Characters when Typing in Remote Console
Sound Adapter Driver Unavailable for Workstation 64-Bit Windows 2003 and 64-Bit Windows XP Guests
Workstation Incorrectly Permits Users to Delete Shared Folders from the Guest
STAF Testing Automation Tool Installs a lib File That Is Incompatible with the Workstation Software
Dragging and Dropping Files from the Guest Shared Folder to the Host Fails
Virtual Center Cannot Change Password During Cloning of Windows 2003 Standard
Red Hat Linux 8.0 Installation Fails on Uniprocessor Virtual Machines with More Than 4GB of Memory
Collecting performance snapshots using vm-support
Ethernet MAC Address Changes from ESX Server or GSX Server Assigned Value to VirtualCenter Assigned Value
VirtualCenter Listed Available Memory Resource for New Virtual Machines is Incorrect
"ls" Does Not List all Files in a Directory
Disk Space Not Released on ESX Server or GSX Server When I Delete Hard Disk
Losing Configuration Information from Template to Deployed Virtual Machine
PCI card installation and removal recommendation for ESX 3.0.x
Build Number Mismatch When Installing VMware Tools In Guest Operating Systems
Dell OpenManage Does Not Show Storage Page on Servers with mptsci Drivers
Unable to Cancel Import of Virtual Machine or System Image
Installing Solaris 10 as a 32-Bit Guest Operating System on a 64-Bit Host Machine
Opening Snapshot Manager Causes Workstation to Crash on Linux Host with Faulty Version of librsvg
Resuming a Suspended Virtual Machine Stored in a ReiserFS4 File System May Cause the Guest and Host Operating
Systems to Hang
GNOME Displays Shared Folders as Read-Only for Non-Root Users
On Linux Hosts, the libXrender Library Must Be Installed for Workstation to Work Correctly
Errors Running Norton Ghost 6.5
Problems Burning CDs to IDE CD-ROM Drive on Linux Hosts with 2.4 Kernel
Some 64-Bit Linux Distributions Do Not Perform Character Set Conversions for Workstation
In Windows Guest on Windows Host, Hide Property Cannot Be Set for Files in Shared Folder of Guest
Problems in Windows Guest on Windows Host with USB Devices That Self-Disconnect
Certain applications might perform poorly when run in a NetWare guest
Problems Importing .sv2i Files on Host Machine Running Windows NT SP6a Helper
Virtual Machines Won't Start on an ESX Server System After Root Partition Is Filled
Vmrun Loses Connection to a Virtual Machine after Reset Followed by Suspend
Segmentation Fault when Copying to Large VMFS Volumes
Security Response to Windows Flaw That Exposes iTunes Users
VMotion CPU Compatibility Requirements for Intel Processors
VMotion CPU Compatibility Requirements for AMD Processors
VMotion CPU Compatibility - Migrations Prevented Due to CPU Mismatch - How to Override Masks
Operation on File Failed with Portion of File Locked
Configuring Tape Drives and Media Changers on ESX Server 2.x Systems
Definition of Disk.MaxLUN on ESX Server Systems and Clarification of 128 Limit
Disabling SSHv1 in ESX Server 2.1.x and Earlier
Security Response to BugTraq 15998 (CVE-2005-4459): Vulnerability in NAT Networking
Security Response to Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in VMware Management Interface
Disabling the VMware NAT Service on the Host Computer
Navigation Pane Shows No Details When Capacity Planner Data Manager Starts
LUNs with IDs Greater Than 128 Are Not Exported to the Console at Boot Time
Using Persistent Binding with Some QLogic Drivers
Error 1303 Occurs When I Uninstall Capacity Planner Data Manager
Test Connection fails despite correct credentials
Console OS (Service Console) Crashes after Device Allocation
Disabling the VMware DHCP Service on the Host Computer
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Access Denied errors when using Capacity Planner Data Collector
ESX Server 2.5.x Installation Stops on Sun Fire X4200 and X4100 Server Systems
Stopping the VMware Tools Service in a Workstation 5 Windows Guest
Tips for Repairing the VMDK File for a Crashed Workstation or GSX Server Guest on a Windows Host
VirtualCenter Web Service Fails to Install
VmCOM Scripting Examples Fail on 64-Bit Windows Hosts
Error message regarding shared SCSI/RAID
Disable PAE in ESX Server 2.x Guest Operating Systems for Better Performance
ESX Server Support for Microsoft Clustering Service with Windows 2003 SP1, R2, and SP2
Autostart of Virtual Machines Fails on Linux Host
Problems with USB Devices That Have a Power Management Feature
Symantec Ghost Corporate Edition 8 Client Fails to Install on Host with Workstation Installed
MegaRAID2 Driver May Cause Disk I/O Lockups on the Service Console
Adding More Than Three SCSI Adapters to a Virtual Machine Causes Error
Restoring a Snapshot Fails with Insufficient Permissions Error
Sound Loops over One-Second Interval in 64-Bit Virtual Machine on Multiprocessor Host
Console OS (Service Console) Hang While Copying a Large File Between SCSI Disks
Using crontab to Schedule vmsnap Backups
Differences Between Guest Operating Systems and Virtual Machines on an ESX Server System
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-2031037: CIM and Durable LUN Names
CPU Usage of an Application May Be Different in a Virtual Machine Than in a Native Machine
Guest Quarantine Printer Access Controls Traffic Only to Remote Printers Mounted by Host
Cannot Release Mouse Pointer When Command is Running in Command Prompt of a Windows Guest
Server with AMD Opteron CPUs Logs SRAT Messages and Doesn't Enter NUMA Mode
Using a Windows Host as an Archive Server for Backups via vmsnap
Installation Fails with Wizard Interrupted Message and Logs msxmlx.inf Error Code 1
How to Run VMware Hosted Products on Systems on Which TSCs Are Not in Sync
Error Message Committing Changes to an Undoable Disk
Virtual Machine Clock Reports Time Unpredictably on IBM x440/x445 Server or a Derivative System with a Windows
Host Operating System
Error Message Indicates That Database Upgrade Has Failed
Virtual Machine Clock Reports Time Unpredictably on Multiprocessor Systems
Files Sigmd5 and Filemd5s Are Missing in /var/lib/rpm
VMkernel Supports SCSI Devices on Channel 0 Only
/sbin/modprobe Does Not Load USB Modules in ESX Server with /usr on Separate Partition
VMware P2V Assistant 2.1 Cannot Clone Certain Large Non-IDE Disks
Changing the Order of Virtual Machine Tabs in Workstation
The Correct Desktop Shortcut Icon Does Not Appear
Cannot Power On after Adding a Virtual Disk as Root
Google Searchbar Does Not Work with Novell Linux Desktop 9 Using Default Firefox Browser
Reset and Restart Options Do Not Work with NetWare5 and NetWare6.5 Guest Operating Systems
Windows host fails with a blue screen when TrackLockedPages is enabled
"Could Not Allocate Requested Partition: Partitioning Failed" Error Message
"floppy1: unexpected interrupt" Message Is Harmless
GSX Server 3.x Virtual Machine Console Cannot Create Preallocated Disks Larger Than 2GB
Setting Linux Host Screensaver Options in the Workstation Global Configuration File
Client DVD/CD-ROM Drive Can Be Used Only for Data Discs
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 2 as a Guest Operating System
Making Masked LUNs Settings Persistent Across Reboots on ESX Server
CD Creation Problems Using CD-R Drive
Data Manager displays an error on start up and stops responding
ESX System May Crash When Beacon Monitoring Is Enabled
VMware Management Interface Creates a Windows 2003 Small Business Server Virtual Machine with a Buslogic
Adapter by Default
Upgrading from ESX Server 2.0.2 or ESX Server 2.1.3 to ESX Server 2.5.x
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-2066306: Kernel Crashes on AMD Hosts and Some Virtual Machines Crash During
Migration
Virtual Machine Hangs when Attaching an ISO Image Located in the Service Console Directory with Mismanaged
Samba Mounts
Configuring EMC CLARiiON storage arrays to allow ESX hosts to handle multipathing and failover
Troubleshooting VMware Server Installation Issues
Problems Ejecting a CD from SCSI CD-R drive.
Cold Migration of a Virtual Machine (While Powered Off) Might Lead to Data Loss if a Network Failure Occurs
Unloading Device Drivers from VMkernel Is Not Supported
When Installing VirtualCenter Client or Server, an Error Message for msiexec Appears
Removing vmware.mui.kid Cookie After ESX Server Upgrade
Forcing a Solaris 10 Virtual Machine to Boot in 32-Bit Mode on a 64-Bit Host Machine
vmxnet Not Working under SuSE 9.3 in ESX Server
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 SP3 Guest Experiences Monitor Panic in SMP Mode on Host with AMD
Opteron Processor
File "perllocal.pod" Is Created in / Directory
Failed Detection of Some Disks When Using SAN
VMotion with Hitachi Data Systems Storage Arrays
Using WinSCP with ESX Server 3.0
Multiport Emulex (LP9802, Firmware 1.91A1) Cannot Boot from SAN on the Second Port (Passive Path) for MSA-1000
Active-Passive Storage Array
Virtual Machine Cloned Using P2V Assistant Crashes with a Blue Screen
Installing ESX 2.5.3 on Sun Fire x4100 and x4200 Servers
Mixing Virtual IDE CD-ROM with Physical SCSI CD-ROM Devices Can Have Adverse Effects
Dell PowerEdge 6850 Hosts Running ESX Server 3.0 Need A03 BIOS to Install 64-Bit Guests
Opteron System with Node Interleaving Fails to Load VMkernel After Upgrading to ESX Server 2.5.3
On Virtual Machines Running SLES 10 Beta or SLES 9 SP4, Xwindows Fails to Start
Error Starting a Virtual Machine: Not enough memory
Solaris 10 CDE Workspace Does Not Fit on the Screen
VirtualCenter and "esxcfg-vswitch - l" Show Different Number of Ports
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-2092658: SNMP Agents Don't Return Full Virtual Machine Config File Path
Grab on Keypress Might Interfere with Typing in Dialog Boxes
Motorola IMfree USB device not properly detected by 32-bit Windows guest on 64bit Ubuntu 5.10 host
System Does Not Enter bootfromsan-text Installation Mode
User ID Password Special Character Restriction
Unable to Revert the Minimum Memory for Virtual Machines via the Management Interface
The Manage Files Option Always Shows VMFS Available Space as 976.56GB
Alignment Offset on EMC Arrays
VMFS Swap on SAN Volume Not Activated After System Reboot
ESX Server Scripted Installation Fails to Find Kickstart Configuration File (ks.cfg) on USB CD-ROM or USB Floppy
Drive
Not Able to Power on Solaris 9.0 Virtual Machine and "Bad PBR Sig" Error Message Seen After Installing the Operating
System
Problems Installing VMware Tools When the Guest CD-ROM Drive Is Locked
After I Create a New Datastore, VirtualCenter's Inventory Shows Virtual Machines from Old Datastore
Second Swap File is not Being Utilized
Virtual Switch on ESX Server Stops Functioning When Powering On RHEL4 U2 Guest
Security Response to CVE-2002-0840 Apache 2.x / 1.3.x SSI Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Linux Guest Hangs on Shutdown, Reboot, or rmmod (Kernels Prior to 2.6.5)
Virtual Machine on ESX Server 2.0.2 Host Cannot Be Powered On Using VirtualCenter If Created Using VirtualCenter
Disabling QLogic Controller in BIOS Results in ESX Server Crash
Suspending a Virtual Machine on an ESX Server 2.x Host Causes "Timed Out" Exception
Lack of Network Connectivity Might Generate Errors During Import and Export Operations
ESX Server 3 VMkernel Message Log Displays "irq not set up" Messages When Dell OM Services Is Installed
[Archived] Insufficient VirtualCenter Permissions to Run VCBmounter
New Virtual Machine on ESX Server 2.0.2 Host Not Created with Specified Configuration Parameters
What Is VMSA-2006-0004, Several Security Issues Affecting ESX Server 2.5.x?
Traffic Shaping Configurations Do Not Appear for Virtual Machine on ESX Server 2.0.2 Host
Virtual Machines Cannot Ping other Virtual Machines intermittently
RDM LUN Disappears and Reappears on HP EVA XL Model Storage Array
Unable to Run Tools Upgrader for Autotools Installation and Upgrade
vmware-cmd Doesn't Recognize Symbolic Links to VMFS3 Volumes
VMware Tools ISO Appears as an Audio CD in Windows 98, 98 SE and ME Guests
VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2006-0002: VMware Server Sensitive Information Lifetime Issue
Guest Screen Fills Up with Green and Black Bands on Exiting from Full Screen Mode (SLES 10 64-Bit Host)
Help for VMware Tools Opens in Gedit Instead of in a Web Browser
Virtual Machine Freezes with ISL Cable Pull from Fabric
CPU Usage Statistics Display Incorrectly in VirtualCenter and Management Interface
Reduced Network Performance using Compaq dual-function Ethernet
Script Run via VMware Tools Run Now Option Doesn't Work
ESX Server 2.1.x and 2.0.x Do Not Provide Expected Configuration or Information for Raw Disks
Creating a Virtual Machine Using an Existing Disk from a Legacy Virtual Machine Can Result in Anomalies
HA Configuration Tasks Fail and an Error Message Appears When I Configure an HA Cluster
Xiotech Magnitude Non-3D System No Longer Recognizes SAN LUNs after ESX Server Upgrade
Adding a Legacy Virtual Disk to a Virtual Machine Downgrades It to a Legacy Virtual Machine
VMware Management Interface Might Show Incorrect Memory Usage for Virtual Machines
Console NIC fails to come up after allocation of adapters
Can't Use USB Device in a Solaris Guest on VMware Server or Workstation
Uninstalling VCB Using Add/Remove Programs Hangs
Restarting Services for the Service Console to Resolve Connectivity Problems
Third-Party Software and the New VMware Service Console Firewall
Only One Virtual Machine Appears in Legato NetWorker IM GUI After Backing Up Multiple Virtual Machines
Hewlett Packard DL760 G2 Servers Issue Benign Warnings When You Load the VMkernel
File-Level Backup of a Virtual Machine with an Uninitialized Disk Fails
Graphical Installer Might Fail to Load on IBM x445 Server with RSAII Adapter
Display Goes Blank When I Install Using Remote Interface on Intel Blade Servers
High packet loss when using Console OS (Service Console) networking
Cannot Log In To VirtualCenter Server Using VI Client After VirtualCenter Server Upgrade or Installation
Warning on VCB Disconnect from VirtualCenter Server
Installing ESX Server 3.x on IBM e326 or Dell-1850 Causes Keyboard to Become Unresponsive
Cannot Install VirtualCenter Server with MSDE as Database
ESX Server software fails to install when more than 128 LUNs are attached
Virtual Machine Cannot Be Migrated with VMotion from ESX Server Version 2.x and 3.x
Installing VMware Tools from Virtual Infrastructure Client Does Not Eject CD-ROM from a Solaris Guest
Some Virtual Machines Might Not Power On Even if Their Reservation Is Less than the Unreserved Capacity of Their
Parent Resource Pool
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-2158032: ESX Server System Crashes During Virtual Machine Migration on AMD
Opteron Servers
Cannot Power On Virtual Machine That Has two or More CPUs
Firewall Disabled Running Service Iptables Start
MSCS Clustering Can Trigger an Unnecessary Failover to the Backup Server on the IBM FastT Series Arrays
Programming API Might Not Show Current Value for Virtual Machine Power State
Cannot See the /vmimages Datastores Directory When Attempting to Mount an ISO Image on a VirtualCenter 2.0-
Managed ESX Server 2.x Host
ESX Server Virtual Machine Running Windows Might Fail to Power On If Not Rebooted After VMware Tools Installation
Traffic-Shaping Configuration Is Lost When Migrating or Upgrading Virtual Machine From ESX Server 2.x to ESX
Server 3.0
After I Move a Host out of a Cluster, the VI Client Inventory Doesn't Show the Host's Virtual Machines
I/O Performance of the Adaptec AIC 7890/7891 HBA Can Lead to ESX Server Failure
Virtual Machines' Raw Disks cannot be Upgraded to RDMs by the Upgrade Script
Intermittent SSL Warnings Appear During Logout
Some Prechecked Items Cannot Be Checked Back to License Pool
Browse Datastores Option of the VI Client Cannot Recognize .vmdk File Created by vmkfstools
Inaccessible Virtual Machines Are Named "Unknown VM"
"A specified parameter was not correct" Error in the VI Client Interface When Trying to Power On a Virtual Machine
Different Error Messages for the Same Event
Large Network Transfers Can Cause a Solaris 10 Virtual Machine's Network Connection to Stop Responding
Creating a Virtual Machine or Disk on Host Client Fails When You Try to Create a Virtual Machine Disk Larger than
262GB
Server on Localized Operating System Fails to Recognize Certain Locales
Floppy and CD-ROM Settings Are Dimmed When I Switch Between Other Hardware Options
Disconnecting or Removing a Host Deletes a Scheduled Task
Relayout Virtual Machine Operation Fails
Cold Migrating a Virtual Machine from ESX Server 2.x to 3.0 Fails
Error Message in VI Client Indicates That esx.conf.WRITELOCK Cannot Be Obtained
Unable to Log In to the VI Client
Upgrading Templates Across Incompatible ESX Server Hosts and VMFS Versions Fails
File-Level Backup with VCB Fails When Attempted with Six or More Virtual Disks on the Backup Proxy
Incorrect Input Text in Configuration Wizard Can Cause Unhandled Exceptions
Export Diagnostics Option in the VI Client Might Fail to Resolve Host Names on Other Domains
Template Upgrades Do Not Work If the Host Is Running ESX Server 2.x
Setting a static MAC address for a virtual NIC
Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown Host Settings Require an Action and Delay Be Specified
Delays When Writing to a New Virtual Disk for the First Time
When Using Serial Ports That Are Connected to Named Pipes, You Cannot Use Relative Paths and Locations on
VMFS
Administration > Server Settings Is Not Available in VI Client Menu When I Try to Configure License Server on
VirtualCenter
Virtual Machines Fail to Power On After a VMFS Upgrade
Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown Host Settings Do Not Reflect Changes to Virtual Machine Settings
Installer Crashes During RPM Transaction While Upgrading ESX Server 2.x to 3.0
Limitations on VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) and Multipathing
Manually Setting Cluster IP Address for Clustered VirtualCenter Server
Template Upgrade Fails with Error "Name Already Exists"
VMFS Volume Upgraded from VMFS-2 to VMFS-3 Might Be Displayed as Read-Only After Upgrade
Real-Time Statistics Data Has Gaps for the Host in VirtualCenter 1.x After Being Managed by VirtualCenter 2.0
ESX Server 3.0 Does Not Properly Support Upgrading Multi-Boot Installations
Error Message: SCSI command to read VPROD page failed with status = I/O error
Extremely Slow Power on when Using IDE Virtual Disks
Virtual Machine Cloning and Customization Operations Fail on Virtual Machines with Two Network Adapters Connected
to One Network
Network Adapter Team Stops Working After ESX Server Upgrade
Service Console Networking Stops Working When Using the vmxnet_console Network Driver and Upgrading ESX
Server
VirtualCenter's Datastore Browser Does Not Display Virtual Disk Files for Virtual Machines on ESX Server 2.x Hosts
In-Place Upgrade Only for Virtual Machines with RDM Disks
Re-Editing a Virtual Machine Before a Previous Edit Completes Fails
Nessus Generates a Warning Indicating a VERITAS Backup Exec Security Advisory for Windows Servers
Problems with Configuring qla4010 Card when ESX Server Boots from iSCSI
System Time Accounting Incorrect for Software iSCSI
Disabling the QLogic PCI Device in BIOS Results in a PSOD
ESX Server System Management
Upgrading My VMFS-2 Volume Failed Due to Insufficient Free Space
Multiple VMFS Upgrades
VirtualCenter License Server Settings Can Override ESX Server Host Settings
VMware Tools Upgrade Utility Fails With Error Message
Auto-Start Is Not Run When Manually Restarting a Host in Maintenance Mode
Negative Numbers Sometimes Appear for Disk Sizes in SMC 2.1 on the Solaris 10 Operating Environment and Update
1
A Mapped SAN LUN Added to a Virtual Machine Is Not Visible from the List
Changes Made for Database Password or Maximum Number of Database Connections in VI Client Do Not Take Effect
Until the VirtualCenter Service Is Restarted
Linux guest clock runs slowly on ESX Server 3.0
Remote Floppy Does Not Work in Solaris 10 Operating Environment, Update 1
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-2221: Update to e1000 Driver
Virtual Machine Changes to Snapshot-Consolidate Mode During Delete-All-Snapshot Operation
Configuring a Duplicate IP Address for VMotion Causes an Error
Older Guest Operating System Exhibits Unusual Behavior
64-Bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Stops Responding During Installation
Service Console Can Lose Network Connectivity if not Configured Properly
Windows Virtual Machines with Latency-Sensitive I/O Workloads Can Slow Down in Four-Way SMP Configurations
Virtual Machines That Were Participating in AutoStart Are No Longer Involved in AutoStart
Upgrading from VMFS-2 to VMFS-3 Can Make VI Client on ESX Server System Unresponsive
Upgrade of Legacy Templates Fails After Upgrading Shared LUN to VMFS-3 from Another Host
Additional VI Client Sessions Unable to Connect to an ESX Server Host During a VMFS-2 to VMFS-3 Upgrade
Cannot Power On Virtual Machines After Upgrading to ESX Server 3.0
NFS mounts are restricted to eight by default in ESX 3.5.x
Create Datastore Operation Might Fail if the Disk Also Contains the ESX Server Service Console File System
Security Response to CVE-2006-6097: Path Traversal Flaw in the Way GNU tar Extracted Archives
Storage Drivers for the VMware LSI Logic Storage Adapter Are Not Available in Windows XP
Broadcom Network Adapters 5700 Rev 14 and 5701 Rev 15 Stop Transmitting Under Heavy Traffic
VI Client Loses Connectivity to the ESX Server Host After You Add a New Network Adapter
Problems When Using Emulex Fibre Channel Cards in Extreme Failover Conditions
No Protection Against Deleting a Disk Backing File That Is Also Used by Another Powered-Off Virtual Machine
Cloning a Windows Virtual Machine Fails if the Virtual Machine has a Nonstandard BootExecute Value
Virtual Machine Powers Off if Attempting to Connect SCSI Device in a Powered On Virtual Machine
NetBackup Integration Module for VCB README Examples Reference Wrong Set of Scripts
Solaris Warning "Stopped tracking Time of Day clock"
Changing the Power Options in Virtual Machine Gives an Error Message if the Virtual Machine Is Powered On
IP address error when trying to configure an ESX host for VMotion
Display and Mouse Problems in Solaris 10 Virtual Machines
Intermittent Virtual Machine Failures with NIS-Enabled ESX Server Hosts
VI Client Fails to Add a Host
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-2257739: vmnics Operational Status, Storage Limitations and vmfs2 to vmfs3 Migrations
Excessive Network Error Messages Detected in Solaris 10 Virtual Machine
Configuring HA Task Fails or Virtual Machine Failover Does Not Happen
ESX Server Input/Output Device Compatiblity
Installation of 64-Bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Updates 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8 SMP Kernel Occasionally Fails with Anaconda
ImportError Message
If No DHCP Server Is Available When a Windows Virtual Machine Is Customized, the Virtual Machine Might Not Be
Able to Join a Domain
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3.0 64-Bit Guest Produces Error on Intel VT Host
In Certain Fibre Channel Environments, VMotion Does Not Succeed and the Virtual Machine Remains Running on the
Source Machine
Windows 2003 SP1 System Stops Responding When I Mount Volumes
64-Bit Linux Guests Panic with More Than 4GB of Guest Memory
Dual Boot Hardware Profile Considerations for RAW Disks
Solaris10U1 Virtual Machines Might Not Properly Discover and Configure the Virtual Floppy Device, Virtual Parallel
Port, or Virtual Serial Port
Security Response to CVE-2006-1342 and CVE-2006-1343
Network Connectivity Is Lost and "WARNING: Uplink: 1925: Couldn't allocate pkt for frame copy" Appears in the Log
Windows NT 4.0 Guest Hangs During Boot Time
Virtual Machine Seems to Install VMware Tools but Tools Never Get Installed
SAN LUNs Not Visible in VirtualCenter UI but Visible in MUI
Re-Enabling the Active Directory's Enable Validation Setting Does Not Take Effect
Security Response to CVE-2005-2700 Apache SSLVerifyClient Bypass Restrictions
Security Response to CVE-2005-2798, OpenSSH GSSAPIDelegateCredentials Enabled
VMotion Fails When the Virtual Machine's Parallel Port Is Set to Write to an Output File
Using iLO2 Virtual Media or IRC (Remote Console) Fails on Either a ML570 G4 or DL580 G4
System Management Mode Vulnerability Does Not Affect VMware Software
I/O Stalls or Application Hangs on Virtual Machine Running on ESX Server 3.0
Link Never Comes Up on the HBA When I Attempt to Boot from SAN Using LPe1150
Solaris 10 U1 Guest Operating System Is Not Supported on EMC CLARiiON Series and Symmentrix Series Storage
Arrays
[Archived] Active Directory authentication fails when connecting the VI Client to an ESX host.
Virtual Machine Might Still Be Running When VmPerl::VM::stop and vmware-cmd <vm> stop Return
Virtual Machines or Processes Hang When ISO Image Is Used from Service Console NFS Share
Customization Breaks When Workstation, VMI, VCB, Converter, or P2V Are Installed on the Same Machine as
VirtualCenter Server 2.x
In Cases Involving Software iSCSI, All Paths to a LUN Are No Longer Accessible and an Infinite Abort Loop Results
Nessus Generates a Warning for Vulnerability at Port 9 with the Ascend Router
ASSERT, Monitor Panic and NOT IMPLEMENTED Errors
When the Host Boots After a Failure, the HA Service Does Not Start and an HA Error Occurs on the Host
Customization of a Virtual Machine on a Linux Guest Might Fail
Eleven Connections Appear on the Database Server Even Though the User Set the Maximum Number of Database
Connections to a Value Less than Ten
On Systems Set to a Non-English Locale, VirtualCenter Does Not Install Correctly if the Installation Path Contains Non-
English Characters
Failure to Connect to CD-ROM Due to Incorrect Path
VirtualCenter 1.x to VirtualCenter 2.0 Database Upgrade Using Oracle 10.2.0.1 Might Fail
VMware VirtualCenter and VMware ESX Server Provide Datastore URLs with Different Formats
System Error Message, "Spin count exceeded (EventQueue, 448) - possible deadlock"
Incorrect Error Message When a Virtual Machine Backed Up on ESX Server 2.x is Restored to ESX Server 3.x
Repeated Keystrokes Occur in Terminal Window on Linux Guest
Help Button on VMware Tools Properties Dialog Box Doesn't Work in CDE
Running Maximum Number of Virtual Machines on Some Windows Hosts
Events Tab is Blank After Database Upgrade
Upgrade of a VMFS2 Volume with Block Size Larger Than 8MB Fails
Programming API CopyFileFromHostToGuest( ) and CopyFileFromGuestToHost( ) Reset Permission Bits
VMware Tools Configuration Notes
Guest operating systems that are supported for use with Guest Customization
Xeon 70xx Dual Core Systems Show Only 50% CPUs in Management Interface when Hyperthreading Is Disabled
Programming API May Crash if Client Uses an Invalid Host Handle
Connecting to a CIFS Share on a Windows Server from the Service Console
Installing Windows XP in a Virtual Machine
Data Collection fails with message "Host could not be reached using PING on the resolved IP"
Remote MKS Requests to ESX Server Virtual Machines Fail Sporadically from a Multiprocessor-Based Windows
System with VI Client or Remote Console
The Configuration Program vmware-config Might Set Incorrect Permissions on SSL Key Files
Security Response to RHSA-2006:0635-0 and CVE-2006-3467, XFree86 Security Update
Installing Windows 2000 in a Virtual Machine
ESX Server 3.0.0 Patch ESX-2533126: AMD fxsave/fxrstor Security Vulnerability
Can't Delete More Than 4096 Directory Entries at Once on a VMFS Volume
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-2559638: Security Issues With texinfo
Cannot Add VirtualCenter Permissions for Users or Groups with Long Names
Enable the Bulk-Logged Option for SQL Server Database Before Upgrading to VirtualCenter 2.x.
Installing Windows NT in a Virtual Machine
ESX Server 3.0.0 Patch ESX-2666943: Patch for esxupdate
VIX_PROPERTY_VM_TOOLS_STATE Is Inconsistent with Power State after Calling VixVM_WaitForToolsInGuest( )
and VixVM_PowerOff( )
SVGA Driver Setup on a Windows 98 RAW Disk
Installing the Managed Server Agent for ESX Server Fails
Error Message Appears During a Virtual Machine Import or Conversion
Setting up SVGA Driver on a Windows 95 RAW Disk
Host Agent Always Returns "unavailable" for the Property ScsiLun.serialNumber
Access Rights for USB Floppy Drive When Using Blade Servers
Routing between Two Host-Only Networks
Mouse Pointer Pop-Up Hints Appear When You Use Remote Console Through Citrix
Changes to Security Profile Virtual Machine Delegate Are Not Displayed Until After Reboot
Read-Only NFS Datastore Doesn't Allow Browsing for ISO Images
VirtualCenter 2.0 User Interface Does Not Refresh Some Data When the Host Is Changed
Installing DOS/Windows 3.x as a Guest OS
LM Tools with SIDgen Fails on Windows 2000 With Mac Services
Troubleshooting VI3 License server network connectivity or name resolution issues
Using Virtual Ethernet Adapters in Promiscuous Mode on a Linux Host
How do I migrate a running 2.5.x virtual machine to ESX 3.x?
Interpreting SCSI sense codes
BIOS Scan with QLogic HBA (QLA2462 and QLA2460) Can Fail
Windows 9x Guest OS Performance Notes
Install System Prerequisite Check Shows Warning for Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
VI Web Access Doesn't Support Browsing the vmimages Folder
VMware HA Incorrectly Handles Temporary Host Network Isolation
Non-administrator users cannot save changes to VMware Tools Scripts
Performance Issue (for VI SDK 2.0) with JDK Versions Prior to JDK 1.5.0_08
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-3003211: Security Update to Prevent Overwriting of Arbitrary Files
Statistics Rollup Stored Procedures—Optional Parameters and Diagnostics
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-3069097: OpenSSL, Python, and OpenSSH Security Fixes
Some Objects Are Visible Prior to Logon in 1.x Compatibility Mode for the VMware Infrastructure SDK
Resource alarm thresholds truncated after upgrade from VirtualCenter 1.3 to 2.0.1
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-3083826: RHEL3 U5 Virtual Machines Hang, and Some Virtual Machine Migrations
Cause ESX Server System to Crash
ESX 3.0.x virtual machines fail to perform DNS translation
Creating a New Virtual Machine
Creating and Powering On a Virtual Machine Fails to Complete
Installing a Virtual Machine onto a Blank RAW Disk
QLA2462 Is Reported as QLA2432 - QLA2460 Is Reported as QLA2422
Installing Solaris 10 6/06 Fails with Disk Errors
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 3.0.1, Patch ESX-3199476: vmxnet Shutdown Leads to System Crash
VMware License Server Does Not Start
Deleting Discovery Addresses Causes Problems When ESX Server System Boots from iSCSI
Installing Netware 6.0 as a Guest Operating System
Configuring a Virtual Machine's Hardware
Short URL for VMware Knowledge Base Articles
Enabling VT on Intel EM64T Systems for ESX Server 3
Poor performance: Windows NT virtual disk on SMP host machines
Do I need to update VMware Server or Workstation with a daylight-saving time (DST) patch?
Change Service Console Firewall Configuration After Installing Backup Agents
Recovery of a Missing Volume after Meta LUN Expansion of an Aligned VMFS Volume through Management Interface
Discovery Process for iSCSI Software Initiator Appears to Hang ESX Server
ESX does not support 2 terabyte LUN sizes
Installing VMware Tools
Cannot Add or Remove Devices in a Virtual Machine that has a Virtual Disk Created with P2V Assistant
Controling log file rotation and working around the lack of a /var partition
VMotion fails with virtual machines located on LUSE LUNs on HDS TagmaStore USP/NSC arrays
Supported Guest Operating Systems List
Auto-Upgrading Tools in NetWare Virtual Machines Produces Errors
When Upgrading from VirtualCenter 1.x to 2.0.1, Database Upgrades Fail if the 1.x System Has Both an MSDE
Database and a Production Database
Converting a virtual disk into a Raw Device Mapping
Programming API Returns Undefined Error Code in Some Situations
RDM Virtual Machines Show as VMFS Virtual Machines After Being Migrated from ESX Server 2.x Hosts to ESX Server
3.0.1 Hosts Using VMotion
Using Parallel Ports in a Virtual Machine
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-3496682: Syscall Update
Upgrade.pl Script Generates "Failed to Upgrade" Error Messages
Do Not Use Symbolic Path Link Names in the Programming API
Error INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE (Raw Disk)
[Archived] Cannot present more than one LUN at a time to an ESX host
Guest Kernel Reports a Fault When I Run Solaris 10 GA or Solaris 10 U1 in a SMP Virtual Machine
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-3616065: Third Party Code Library Security Update
Keyboard Mapping Explained (Linux Hosts Only)
Exception Vmomi Fault SystemError when Selecting Performance Tab on VI Client 2.0
Using 4G Brocade Switch Version 5.0.4 Causes Failover to Fail on ESX Server Systems
VMware Workstation User Interface Features and Overview
Some USB Devices Fail During ESX Server Installation
Programming API Does Not Always Report Failure of VixVM_CopyFileFromGuestToHost( )
Using Dynamic disks as RAW disks
Cannot Remember VMware Web Site Password
VMotion between Rev E and Rev F AMD CPUs fails
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-3713510: Invalid MAC Address Can Cause ESX Server Host Crash
Performance Not Confirmed for Virtual Machines Hosted on a Linux NAS Appliance Using NFS
EMC AX150i iSCSI LUNs seen as snapshots on ESX hosts
VMware Workstation 1.x Archived Manual and Troubleshooting Notes
Viewing Storage Page Yields "Object Reference not set to an instance of the Object" Message
Bidirectional Parallel Port Behavior and Usage (Linux Hosts)
Manually uninstalling on Linux hosts
Adding a host to VirtualCenter fails with a general system error or vim.fault.NoPermission
Daylight Savings Time Change for Western Australia
"akautocf.iso not found" Error Message
Configuring Active Directory authentication for ESX
USB Devices Are Not Available on Some Linux hosts, the VM > Removable Devices > USB Devices Menu Is Empty
Console OS (Service Console) lockups/VM shutdowns
Programming API Might Crash if Client Calls VixHost_Disconnect( ) Twice
Error: "not in gzip format" or Error: "Hmm, this doesn't look like a tar archive" when Unpacking
Workstation 3.x manual uninstall (Windows hosts)
Determining VMware Software Version and Build Number
VI3 Virtual Machines Are Not Able to Use the Floppy Host Device of /dev/fd0 when Using the USB Floppy
ESX Server Installation Fails When a Root Partition of 100GB or Larger Is Specified
Installing GSX Server on a Slackware Host
Deploying a virtual machine from template times out with an error
gcc Errors on Slackware 4.0/SMP Host
Programming API VixHost_FindItems( ) Returns Lowercase Path Names for Virtual Machines on Windows Hosts
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-3996003: Daylight Savings Time for Western Australia, Brazil, and Canada
Error: "You must be root to install the GSX Server software"
Error: "... stop: failed -- are you running a virtual machine?"
2.2.18 Kernel Erroneously Loading SuSE Linux Modules on Linux Host
Blue Screen Errors after Installing VMware Tools
Installation of Lab Manager Server Returns Error Message, "No valid NIC cards"
Error 1720 occurs during install
Inaccessible CD-ROM in DOS Virtual Machine
Recovering Virtual Machine Templates Lost in a VirtualCenter Upgrade
Error: "(USER) no log file/Panic without a VM"
HP System BSODs after being P2V'd
VixVM_Delete( ) on Released Virtual Machine Handle Hangs and Incorrectly Deletes the Virtual Machine
Troubleshooting the VMware Consolidated Backup error Backup snapshot already exists
Mouse Tracking Problems after Installing VMware Tools
Problems Suspending Windows 98 and Windows 95 Guest Operating Systems
Connecting to ESX hosts from VirtualCenter after an upgrade fails with the error: Failed to install the VirtualCenter
agent service
[archived] VMFS3 partition cannot be created using VMware Infrastructure Client to a local disk
Networking Does Not Work in Workstation, VMware Player, or VMware Server Virtual Machines Running on Mandriva
Linux 2006 64-Bit Hosts
"Unknown error (0x80005000)" occurs when you log on using LDAP Active Directory
Changing the IP address, default gateway, and hostname of the Service Console in ESX
Powering on More Than 16 Virtual Machines Concurrently Through VI Client Is Very Slow
VMotion Might Fail on ESX Server 2.5.4 Patch 2 and Higher when Virtual Machines Have Virtual Floppy or CDROM
Devices Pointing to Incorrectly Specified Image Files
SCSI Reservation Issue with Fibre Channel HBAs
SIDgen Generates Error Because Of Account Access to Folders
Programming API Can Crash Due to Power Off or Power On of Virtual Machine
ESX Server 3.0.x Hosts Shown as Disconnected after Upgrading VirtualCenter Server 2.x
64-bit Linux Host Doesn't Install 32-bit Compatibility Libraries by Default
Solaris 10 Guests with SMP May Hang When Powering On
Misdetected Network Driver on a Mandrake 7.2 Guest Operating System
Windows 95 Setup Fails to Copy Networking Files
Do Not Edit Legacy Virtual Machine on a Network Drive Using VMware Server Console on a Remote Client
EIDE ATAPI Iomega Zip Drive Does Not Work in a Virtual Machine
Performance Collection on Windows XP systems may not gather Processor or Memory Metrics which are required for
Consolidation Scenarios
EIDE ATAPI Iomega Zip on Dual-boot Windows 95 or Windows 98 Virtual Machine
Unexpected Exit During Windows 95 Guest Operating System Installation
Long Pauses Related to CD-ROM Drive Activity
Adjusting CPU Resources Through the Management Interface Fails for a Virtual Machine with a Slash Character in Its
Display Name
MS-DOS Performance Problems with EMM386 Turned On
SLES 10 Linux Guest Operating Systems Can Cause Poor Networking Performance in Virtual Machines
Idle Loop Detection causing Windows 2000 SP4 virtual machine to lose time.
Hangs/Shutdowns while Installing a Windows 2000 Guest Operating System
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Lab Manager 2.x
Programming API VixVM_Open( ) Function Leaks Memory
Enabling server-certificate verification for Virtual Infrastructure Clients
lmgrd fails to start if path to .lic file too long
Dell OpenManage 5.0 Fails to Display Controller Information
Changing VMware Tools Options Affects all Virtual Machines
64-bit Virtual Machine on a 32-bit Host Powers On with No Warning
Older Versions of Nikon Capture Editor Might Crash Workstation Host or Virtual Machine
vmware-hostd Uses a Lot of CPU or Has Generated a Core Dump on ESX Server 3
Misleading timeout errors occur when rescanning iSCSI storage adapters
Performance data shows zero utilization
vmkpcidivy Command May Not Preserve Custom Options in /etc/vmware/hwconfig File
Migration from VMware Server Back to GSX Server or ESX Server Has Restrictions
IDE Raw Disk Boot Failures on GSX Linux Host Machines
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-4809553: Security Updates; Updates to Monitor
SVGA Driver Install Problems on a Windows 98 RAW Disk
Port already in use when installing VirtualCenter
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-4825991: Update to the ESX Server Service Console Operating System Network
Interface (vswif)
Boot Failure on a Windows NT 4.0 with SMP HAL
Installation failure on Dell 1650 and 2650 servers
Using XFree86 4.x in a Linux Virtual Machine
VMotion CPU Compatibility, PERF_MSR Extended-Feature Bit, and Intel Dempsey (and subsequent) Processors
Network Errors after Copying a Virtual Machine
Running GSX Server over a Network
Finding the Publish Date of a Knowledge Base Article
Host X Server Crashes when Powering On Virtual Machine
Problems Using Pseudocolor (8 bit, 256 color) Displays
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-4969507: Time Zone Update Mechanism and Time Zone Rules Update
Error: "Your X11 server lacks DPMS support."
Error: "The PCM sound device is not available (dev/dsp)"
Error Message: "Couldn't Allocate DMA Buffer"
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-5031800: Security Update to Prevent Overwriting of Arbitrary Files
Changing the Owner of a Lab Manager Template or Configuration
Changing the MAC Address of a Virtual Machine
VMware Registration Service May Crash when Selecting Disk Device of Imported VMC or SV2I Virtual Machine
Boot Information Is Lost If MBR Location Is Changed During Upgrade
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-5095559: 64-Bit Windows Guest Security Issue; VMware Tools Memory Leak; Boot from
Network
If a Virtual Machine Has Two Disks with Identical File Names, Stored in Different Locations, You Cannot Delete a
Snapshot of This Virtual Machine
Security Response to CVE-2006-4980: Buffer Overflow in the repr() Function in Python
RHEL5, RHEL4 U4, RHEL4 U3, SLES10, and SLES9 SP3 File Systems may Become Read-Only
Host Crashes at Power on with Bridged Networking
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-5140477: Security Issues Authenticating SSL Certificates for Mouse, Keyboard and
Screen Connections
International Keyboard Configuration on a Linux Host
Japanese Keyboards on Linux Hosts: Some Keystrokes are Not Working
Erratic Pointer Movement in Full-Screen Mode on Linux Hosts
Customizing Red Hat Enterprise 4 virtual machines in VirtualCenter
Some Performance Data Is Not Displayed After VirtualCenter Upgrade
Serial Port Performance Problems on a Linux Host
How do I install VMware Tools in a Linux virtual machine on ESX 3.x?
When You Use VI Web Access with Internet Explorer, a Warning Doesn't Display when You Perform Power On
Operations Resulting in Error
CD-ROM Drawer Unexpectedly Closing (Linux Hosts)
VixHost_UnregisterVM() Hangs after Failure to Open Virtual Machine
Performance Data Is Not Available from VMware Infrastructure Client
Low Network Throughput in Windows Guest when Running UDP Application
Multiple Access to Same Partition
Accessing Host Hardware in a Virtual Machine
Host Running VMware Server Should Not Use Guest CD-ROM Drive to Point to ISO Image
Systems running HP Insight Manager report continuous SNMP spurious entries in the Messages log
Solaris 10 Virtual Machine Can't Find 64-Bit Kernel
VMware Products in VI3 Starter, Standard and Enterprise Editions
32-Bit Virtual SMP Solaris Guest Operating Systems Become Unresponsive if You Execute Certain CPU Commands
Preupgrade.pl Script Triggers a Warning When Run on ESX Server 3.0.x System
The VMware Management Interface May Become Inaccessible After Security Setting Changes
ESX Server 3.0.0 Patch ESX-5465286: ESX Server System Crash During Virtual Machine Migration on AMD Opteron
Servers
Setting Performance Intervals to Less Than a Past Day
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-5497987: VMFS Locking Message, NEC Storage Devices
Tools Install Remains Enabled After Guest Shutdown
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-55052: Security Issue With Tools Provided With ESX Server
Undeploy or Checkout Takes a Long Time
SDK Managed Object Browser
Finding the Document ID of a Knowledge Base Article
Mouse Does Not Function Properly in Linux Guests That Use X.Org 7.1 or Higher
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch Bundle ESX-5754280: Buffer Overflow Security Issue
Required permissions for VCB backup and restore operations
Error: "Ordinal Not Found: The ordinal 6880 could not be located in the dynamic link library MFC42.DLL."
Error: "This program is not executable"
Creating a Microsoft Windows Vista Beta Virtual Machine for Workstation 5.5.2
Migrating VirtualCenter to a different Server
Problems When Suspending a Host Laptop with Running Virtual Machines
Ctrl-Alt-Del Being Intercepted by Host and Guest Operating Systems (Windows Hosts)
VMware ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-5874303: Update to the esxupdate Utility
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-5885387: Security Update for gzip Vulnerability
Security Response to CVE-2003-0693, OpenSSH Buffer Management Bug Advisory
Security Response to CVE-2006-3918: Possible Cross-Site Scripting Exploit in Apache Using Expect Headers, Seen in
Flash SWF File
Virtual Machines Will Not Boot on Some ASUS Motherboards
Bug Number 2293 Running GSX Server on an Abit BP6 Motherboard
A virtual machine can freeze under load when you take quiesced snapshots or use custom quiescing scripts
Security Response to XSec-06-05, "VMware 5.5.1 for Windows arbitrary partition table delete issue"
On ESX Server Systems with Multiple PERC 4 Controllers, LUNs Become Temporarily Inaccessible After Upgrading the
PERC 4 Firmware
Japanese Windows 95 OSR2 Guest Operating System Hangs Loading Jdisp.sys
Error: "The host sound device is not available"
PCI Card Installation and Removal Recommendation for ESX Server
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-6050503: VI Client for Unisys 32-way Server Update and Sun X4200 M2 Server
Management User Interface fails to add a Raw Disk Mapping on ESX 2.5.x
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-6075798: pcnet32 Loads Instead of vmxnet
Administrator Can Delete Private Virtual Machine Created by Users
Problem Booting a Linux Raw Disk: L 01 01 01 01 01 01... instead of a LILO: prompt.
[Archived] Cannot Vmotion or cold migrate a SMP Virtual Machine
Cloning a Diskless Virtual Machine Using VI Client Results in the Error Message, "A file was not found"
Windows Host Applications Resize when Full Screen is Used
Improving Sound Performance in a Virtual Machine
Cannot Play Sound in Some Applications
After upgrade of VirtualCenter the Stacked Graph chart does not display virtual machine historical performance data
Page Cannot Be Displayed Error Message Appears After Clicking Login to Web Access on ESX Server 3.0 Host
Keyboard Malfunctions after Releasing Mouse Cursor
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 virtual machines do not detect more than 4GB of memory
"Always on Top" Dialog Obscures Virtual Machine Window
Changing the IP Address of the Lab Manager Server After Moving the Lab Manager Installation
DirectInput Errors when Powering On a Virtual Machine
Imation SuperDisk LS120 Not Working in a Virtual Machine
Slow Floppy Performance
[Archived] vcbSnapAll does not copy all VMs when run on ESX host
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch Bundle ESX-6431040: Security Fix For Buffer Overflow Issue
VMFS Volume Can Be Erroneously Recognized as a Snapshot
Down-Rev Version of VMware Scripting API Doesn’t Work with ESX Server 3.0.x Systems
Error 1720 Seen During Installation of Lab Manager - Problem with Windows Installer Package
Using VMware Products on a FreeBSD Host
Failed or Interrupted VMotion with Storage Migration on ESX Server 3.x Host
Collecting diagnostic information for VMware ESX Server 2.5, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-6530518: OpenIPMI Driver Update
Sound Driver Needed for 64-Bit Windows Guest Operating Systems
The VirtualCenter Server service does not start after deploying or upgrading VirtualCenter Server with MS SQL 2005
Performance Data Is Not Displayed in VI Client Connected to VirtualCenter 2.0 Server after an Upgrade
Starting Virtual Machines Automatically when the GSX Server for Linux Host Boots
ESX Server Fails to Report NIC Events to the System Console
VMware Tools on 64-bit Solaris 10 Guests Runs Only in Compatibility Mode; X drivers Not Included
Right-Clicking or Removing a Disconnected Host Generates Error Messages
Microsoft SQL Server Service Pack Installation Problems
How to FTP Files Larger Than 2GB Between ESX Server 1.x Systems
Troubleshooting Problems in GSX Server
RPM Install Failures on Mandrake 8.0 Host
Install Error: "Another installation is in progress".
Install Error: "vmserverdWin32.exe - Entry Point Not Found."
While Booting an ESX Server 3.x System, Distributed vmfs Locking Might Not Work
[Archived] I get the error "protocol negotiation failed" when attempting to mount a share on a Windows 2003 Server
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-6657345: iSCSI Initiator Enhancements
P2V Assistant 2.1.2 Does Not Co-exist with Any VMware Product That Ships VIE Version 2.2.5 or Higher
Console Window Crash when Powering On Virtual Machine on Windows XP Host
Error: "vmware-serverd not running".
Host Operating System Resets when VMware Remote Console Is Used
Acrobat Reader 5.0 Won't Run in a Virtual Machine
VMware Management Interface Display Problems
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-6704314: VMware System Files Security Issue; VMware Tools Memory Leak
%HB Meter Displays an Incorrect Reading
[Archived] VCB Backups Might Fail when Directives are Enabled in Legato Networker
Problems Launching VMware Remote Console from the VMware Management Interface
Failure Connecting with 11 Remote Consoles
2007 Canada Daylight Saving Time (DST) Extension
Problems Finding the VMware Remote Console Log File
Systems Hang when Booting in VMkernel Mode After Adding New Host Bus Adapter
Shared Folders Don't Appear on Virtual Machines Running Red Hat Linux and SELinux
Lockup/Reboot Loop During a Windows 2000 Guest Operating System Installation
Black Screen during SuSE Linux 7.1 Guest Operating System Installation
Problems Starting X in a SuSE Linux 7.1 Guest Operating System
Failed Xwindows Startup During Netware 6 Installation
Serial port performance lag (Linux hosts)
Error: "Floppy will start disconnected"
Connectivity issues with VMware Infrastructure Client after changing VirtualCenter and Web Service default ports
AMD PCnet Family Ethernet Driver Fails in a Windows NT Guest OS
Error: "The device \\.\VMnet0 does not exist" on a Windows Server 2003 Host
Renaming the virtual machine disk file
Error Message, "EXT2-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended"
Incorrect List of Network Cards During VMware GSX Server Installation
P2V Assistant Fails to Reconfigure an Imported Virtual Machine
Slow Network Performance when Using Windows Browsing on the Host
Scripting API Memory Utilization Continues to Increase when Repetitively Retrieving Performance Statistics
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-6856573: Syscall Update
Error: "Unknown serial type tty"
Cannot Hibernate When Virtual Machines are Running
Problems Running VMware GSX Server Using Remote Desktop or Terminal Services
On Intel Woodcrest-Based Hosts, installing certain 64-Bit Windows operating systems in virtual machine causes virtual
machine to crash
Virtual Machine Performance Problems
Interactions with Host Screen Savers
Error: "X server doesn't support XKEYBOARD or XTEST"
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-6921838: Add support to the SDK for the removal and resizing of virtual disks
Cannot Retrieve Real MAC Address of Physical Network Adapter with VMware Infrastructure SDK
VMware User Not Created during GSX Server Installation
Error: "TheVMware Authorization Service is not running"
PCMCIA Devices in a Virtual Machine
GSX Server Error: "<VirtualMachineName>.cfg Command not found"
USB Errors on Linux Hosts
Host X Server Dies when Windows 2000 Guest Operating System Is Shut Down
Non-English regional settings cause errors
Virtual Machine Uses Wrong NIC Type after Changing from 64-Bit to 32-Bit Guest Operating System
Fit Guest to Window and Full Screen Options Corrupt Display on Mandriva Linux 2006 Guests Running Version 6.8.99
of the Xorg X Windows System
[Archived] New SAN not seen by ESX server, unless ESX server is rebooted
Permissions Error on Windows Guest File Produces Incorrect Error Report
Locking SpeedStep, PowerNow, or Cool'n'Quiet on the Host to a Constant Speed
Editing template customization specifications
IDE ATAPI Zip Drives Not Working in a Virtual Machine
Host Laptop Hangs at Virtual Machine Power On
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-7104553: 64-Bit Windows Guest Security Issue; VMware Tools Memory Leak; Boot From
Network
Cannot Power on Virtual Machines, "Not enough licenses installed to perform the operation" Error Message
Security Response to CVE-2005-2177: Denial of Service Bug Found in the Way ucd-snmp Uses Network Stream
Upgrade Migration with VMotion Can Fail if CPU Utilization or I/O Load on a Virtual Machine or Host System Are Too
Heavy
Manually Uninstalling GSX Server on Linux Hosts
Gateway, Subnet Mask, DNS and Other Network Settings Might Not Be Maintained on New Virtual Machines
Customized with a Static IP
Mounting CD-ROM Generates Error Message, "Bad Superblock"
Frame Buffer Error During Virtual Machine Resume
You Cannot Navigate to a Virtual Machine Using Web Access while the Virtual Machine is Being Deployed or Cloned
License Server Directory Support for Simplified License Management
Programming API Incorrectly Powers on Virtual Machine without Execute Permission
[Archived] Moving a virtual machine from one ESX host to another without VMotion
Linux Guest Operating System (SMP Linux Host only) Performance Problems
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-7281356: Time Zone Update Mechanism and Time Zone Rules Update
ESX Server 3.0.x Hosts Become Unresponsive While Multiple Clone, Migrate, or Power Operations Are Executed
Page Fault and Reboot Installing VMware Tools in a FreeBSD Guest OS
Virtual Machines Unexpectedly Reboot after Issuing the "mgmt-vmware restart" Command
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-7302867: Panic After Removing USB Drive; aacraid_esx30 Driver Update To Fix /proc
Node Panic
Cannot Find the VMware Tools CD
Printing Knowledge Base Articles
Dell OpenManage 5.0 Reports Unexpected Sense Event Logs
Changes in software and hardware iSCSI configurations require you to reboot your host
VI Web Access Sometimes Does Not Display the Full Contents of the Summary Tab in Internet Explorer
Error: Unknown serial type tty
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-7408807: Server Stops Responding During Boot With Missing Disks In RAID1
Configurations
Booting from RAW Disk Supported Only on IDE Drives
Database Upgrade Fails Due to Insufficient Disk Space
Problems Running DirectDraw/DirectX Graphics
Problems Running Direct3D Graphics Applications
GSX Server Interactions with Windows Host Screen Savers
RPM Version Numbers from CD and Tarball Upgrades Don't Match
Changing Screen Resolution in a Linux Guest Operating System
Failed Power On of Virtual Machines on Dual Monitor Linux Host
Cannot open Virtual Machine Console
Running in Full Screen Mode on a Dual Monitor Linux Host
Full Screen Toolbar Button Fails to Work
Running an X Server Other than Xfree86
Problems Running in Full Screen Mode on a Linux Host
Data Collection fails with error "Not enough server storage is available to process this command" on Windows NT
Licensing ESX Server 2 and ESX Server 3 Mixed Environments
Mouse Pointer Disappears on Solaris 10 Virtual Machines with Xsun
Error: "The PCM sound device is not available (dev/dsp Device or resource busy)"
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-7557441: Unexpected Reboot of Virtual Machines Configured to Automatically Start or
Stop
Error: "The PCM sound device is not available (dev/dsp: [other error])"
Non-Ethernet Network Interface Cards in a Virtual Machine
Cannot Read DVD, CD-RW or Multisession Media in a Virtual Machine
Using Bridged Networking with a Wireless NIC
Improving Network Performance in a Windows Virtual Machine
Random Network Disconnections in a Virtual Machine
Reconfiguring Host-Only Networking Due to an IP Address Conflict (Windows Hosts)
Error: "No host-only support seems to be installed"
Problems Communicating with the Host using Host-Only Networking
Error “Incompatible device backing specified for device ‘0’” when Attempting to Attach
Virtual Disk Created by P2V Assistant 2.x to ESX Server 3.0 Virtual Machine
Intellimouse Not Recognized in a Guest Operating System X Server
Performance Counters Used to Generate the Disk I/O Value in Consolidation Scenarios
Unable to Switch to Full Screen Mode in Workstation on Linux Hosts That Use Kernel Frame Buffer
Accessing Winmodems and Winprinters on Linux Hosts
Installing Applications from Multiple CD Discs
Problems Writing to CD-R or CD-RW Media
Problems with CD Autorun on the Host Operating System
In VMware Player for Windows, Changing a Virtual Machine's Network Type Does Not Work
Problems Using Some USB Devices in a Virtual Machine
Improving Virtual Machine Performance
Problems Starting Acrobat Reader 5.0 in a Windows Guest Operating System
VMware Converter Import or Other Options Are Unavailable
Error "Bad Handle 0x7B4, the handle is invalid" Occurs While Accessing Virtual Machine Consoles on Vista
Enlarged Console Window Borders when Running at 8-bit Color
Problems Starting Management Interface on a Debian Host Operating System
The vmxnet Driver Is Not Installed if the vlance Driver Is Selected When vmware-tools Is Installed
Problems Installing Windows NT 4.0 Guest OS Across Multiple Disks
Formatting/Using Large Virtual Disks in a Windows 95 Guest Operating System
Failing Suspend/Resume Scripts in a Turbolinux 7.0 Guest Operating System
Security Response to BugTraq 284020: VMware Authd Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Installing the VMware Authorization Service Patch for GSX Server 2.0.0 for Windows
"Error - Not Connected, Connection lost" or "VM_E_DISCONNECT" Error when Accessing VMware Management
Interface
Changing MBR in a Scripted Upgrade Produces an Anaconda Exception
[Archived] VMotion issue WARNING: Migrate: 323: Bind failed
VMware Management Interface Login Does Not Display on a Windows Server 2003 Host
Managed Server Installation Requirement for No Virtual Machines Deployed
VirtualCenter Web Service Error Message, "Could not Verify this Certificate because it has Expired"
Security Response to CA-2002-23: OpenSSL Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Security Response to CA-2002-18, OpenSSH Vulnerability Report
Upgrading VMware GSX Server
Moving the VirtualCenter SQL Database
Memory Errors on Hosts with More than 4 GB of RAM
VMotion fails if source and target ESX Hosts cannot resolve the other's hostname
Memory Errors on Hosts with More than 2 GB of RAM
ESX Server 3.0 Upgrade Terminated Abnormally
Possible Hardware Fault - "0:00:00:12.996 CPU0:1024)PCI: 1650: failed 4 000:08.0"
[Archived] Suse 9 templates break networking
Scripted Installation Prompts for Keyboard and Language Selections
Number of virtual machines that can be run simultaneously in VMware Worksation
Problems Connecting a Virtual Floppy Drive when Norton Antivirus is Running on the Host
ESX Server 3.0.0 Patch 8005537 Installs OpenIPMI Drivers
Unable to Log In to VMware Management Interface Using Non-Latin Characters
ESX Server 3.x Service Console NIC Assignment - Can't Associate Network Card with Service Console
License Server Writes Log Data to User Directory
VMware Management Interface Pages Display Incorrectly or Return CGI Error; Virtual Machine Files Contain Certain
Latin Characters
Unable to Create or Delete Virtual Machines from VMware Management Interface; Virtual Machine Files Contain
Certain Non-ISO-Latin-1 Characters
CGI Error or Blank Page when Clicking More Info in VMware Management Interface
Certain Latin Characters in Virtual Machine File Names Do Not Display Properly in VMware Management Interface
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-8095896: Crash when running with Dell OpenManage 5 with a QLogic Fiber Channel
controller
Virtual Machines Running SuSE Linux 9.2 Guest Operating Systems Report the Error: "ERROR: Interface is not
available"
Error: "Operating system not found" when Powering on a Migrated GSX Server Virtual Machine
Linux Guest Operating System (Running Most 2.2.x kernels) Hangs When Booting
Setting Network Adapter Speed in ESX Server
Windows Me or Windows 98 Guest Operating System Hangs When Command Prompt is Open
Registered Virtual Machines Do Not Appear after Downgrading from VMware GSX Server 2.x to GSX Server 1.x
Segmentation Fault Error When Launching Local Console on VMware GSX Server for Linux Host
Upgrade to VC 2 and VI client unable to connect
Windows Protection Error in Windows 95 Virtual Machine on Certain Host Processors
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
Enabling Autorun on a host
Log Rotation and Logging Options for vmware.log
Upgrade Migration of a Virtual Machine Can Create a Duplicate RDM
Prompted to Save XVM File When Launching VMware Remote Console from VMware Management Interface
UNIX Terminal successfully stores the SSH keys but Data Collection fails with an error about SSH keys not being
stored
Unable to Start Virtual Machine on ESX Server 2.x Hosts Managed by VirtualCenter 2.0
RDM Creation Using Command Line Fails
Security Response to CA-2002-23: Installing OpenSSL Patch to Correct Vulnerabilities in VMware GSX Server 2.0.0
and 2.0.1
Problems Finding Network Card after Booting with a Norton Ghost Boot Floppy
Bridged Networking Not Working with Teamed NICs
Windows Guest With Host-Only Networking Cannot Access Host Configured With Firewall
Cannot Install Oracle 8i in Virtual Machine
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-8258730: Security Updates, Updates to Monitor and LSI Logic SCSI Emulator Driver
How to Clone a Windows 2000 or 2003 Virtual Machine
Error: "serial0: Unable to open the "COM10" serial port: The system cannot find the file specified"
Security Response to CVE-2003-0386, OpenSSH Remote Client Address Restriction Circumvention
VMware Remote Console Toolbar Buttons or Menus Disappear
Forcing a filesystem check for EXT3
Testing the Physical Memory of the Host or Console Hardware
X Server Does Not Start in SLES7 Guest Operating System
Using the VMware Management Interface with Mozilla Firefox Browser May Cause Problems
Guest Does Not See CD Drive Set for Raw Access on Linux Host
No Splash Screen for VirtualCenter 2.x autorun Installer
Generic SCSI Device Access Problems or Input/Output (I/O) Errors
Error: "Bug 3419" when Starting Virtual Machine
Enabling root SSH login on an ESX host
Windows 9x/ME Guests with VMware Tools Installed No Longer Suspends Using Windows Power Management
"Manage Virtual Networks" Not Available on Windows NT Hosts
VMotion Failure of Virtual Machines Located on LUSE LUNs on HP XP 10000 and 12000
Repairing the Capacity Planner Collector's Database
Configuring Linux Host for Optimal Performance and Virtual Machine Stability
Unsigned Network Driver Messages
After Upgrading from ESX Server 2.5.x to ESX Server 3.0.1, CPU Hyperthreading Might Appear to Become Disabled
When Performing Certain Operations in the Web Access GUI's CD/DVD Configuration Page, You May See the "System
Restart" Dialog Box
Host Computer Hangs when NetWare Client and Workstation Are Installed
Migration Upgrade with VMotion Supports Upgrades Only from Specific Versions of ESX Server 2.x
Failed Detection of some E1000 NIC Cards During vmkernel Assignment
Event log error when attempting to start a virtual machine
How to Automate the Process of Starting and Stopping Virtual Machines on ESX Server
X Server on Host Computer Dies after Windows 2000 Guest Shuts Down
Preferred or Active Path Cannot Be Changed when There Is Heavy I/O on the LUN
Sound on Windows Host Computer Shows Unexpected Behavior
Setting the Queue Depth for an Emulex HBA on ESX Server 3.0
Enabling Log Rotation for Virtual Machine Logs
Error: "Internal error 2336, 5:" Installing VMware Workstation 3.x
Rescan SAN on ESX Server 2.5.x System after Modifying the Starting Sector of a Partition
Removing ccagent from ESX Server 2.5.2 (ccagent Is Running Instead of serverd)
Guest Operating System Reports 10Mbps Speed when Host Adapter is 100Mbps or Higher
P2V Assistant Support with ESX Server 3.0
Cannot Connect to AS/400 after Workstation 3.2 Install
During an ESX Server 3.0.x Scripted Installation on SCSI Controllers with cciss Driver, VMFS3 Volumes Might Not Be
Correctly Created
The "Connect Exclusively to this Virtual Machine" Option Does Not Appear on the VI Web Access CD/DVD
Configuration Screen
VMware SVGA Driver does not Install in a Windows Server 2003 Guest Operating System
Windows Server 2003 Guest Operating System Installation Fails
Changing the Host Name of a Machine Running ESX Server 2.x and below
Modifying the ESX Server Device Allocation from the Console OS (Service Console)
Possible Hardware Problems with Dell PowerEdge 1400SC and 2450 May Lead to ESX and GSX Server Instability
Data collection fails with error runtime 481 - "Invalid Picture"
Using Citrix MetaFrame XP in a Windows 2000 Virtual Machine
2007 U.S. Daylight-Saving Time (DST) Extension
Determining if servers are excluded from data collection on the Collector
Running VMware Software on a Red Hat Linux 8.0 or an Updated Red Hat Linux 7.3 Host
USB 2.0 Mouse Does Not Function During Installation
Issues with VMware Modules on a Red Hat Linux 7.3 Host with a BIGMEM Kernel
.NET Takes a Long Time to Instantiate the VimService Class
ESX Server 2.5.4 Installation Fails when USB 2.0 is Enabled in the BIOS
Virus Scanning Software Incorrectly Claims VMware GSX Server for Windows Contains W32/Insane.dam Virus
Serverd on VMware Server (Windows) Crashes if Datastore Path Is More Than 247 Characters
Unable to Create Virtual Disk on a Mapped Network Drive
Security Response: Security Information for ESX Server 1.5.2
Novell NetWare 5.1 Installation Fails on Pentium 4 Hardware
Using the VMware Knowledge Base
Unable to VMotion a SMP virtual machine after upgrading from Starter Edition
Configuring FAStT Storage for Failover and Multipath Visibility
Cannot See Network During Installation on Servers with Broadcom BCM5700 10/100/1000 NIC
Virtual Machines Deployed from Templates Loses BIOS Settings
Kernel Panic with Emulex 7000/8000/9000 card while installing ESX 1.x
Multiple Virtual Machines Slow to Resume
IP Address of Linux Guest Shown as "Unknown" in the VMware Management Interface
Software iSCSI cannot find targets
Copy / Paste with Management User Interface Causes Corruption.
Cannot Power On Virtual Machine, Unable to Reserve Enough Memory
Installing ESX Server on a 16-way IBM xSeries 440
Cannot Power On Virtual Machines on SuSE Linux 8.1, 8.2 or SLES 8 Hosts
Virtual machine seems slow when running a particular program (Clock Issue)
Booting into Maintenance Mode for IBM x460 with ESX Server 2.5.4 or 2.5.5
Bridged Networking Not Working with Teamed Broadcom NICs
Customizing the ESX Server Banner Page
Can Red Hat Hugemem Kernel Be Used in ESX Server Guest Operating Systems?
Using DHCP on the Console OS (Service Console)
VI Client Displays a Spurious Error Message when Configuring NICs Installed on High PCI Bus Numbers
Installing when SAN Devices Are Connected to a QLogic Host Bus Adapter
Using a Custom SSL Port When Accessing Lab Manager
How to Combine FLEXlm License Files
Moving Virtual Disks to or from ESX Server
Application Hangs or Crashes in Virtual Machine
SNMP Traps about Virtual Machine State Not Being Sent
Security Response to CVE-2005-3273 and CVE-2006-2444
Best Practices for Disk Allocation within VMware ESX Server 1.x
Windows Host Operating System Hangs When Powering On Virtual Machine
CPUID Feature Bit Warning when Powering on a Virtual Machine
Error: "Logon User Interface DLL msgina.dll failed to load"
Security Response to Bugtraq 19732, "VMware ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability"
IBM xSeries 235 Server Host Running Red Hat Linux 7.3 Hangs
ESX Server Installation on an IBM x440 16-way Server Hardware
Cold migration fails with the error: Incompatible device backing specified for device
Installing GSX Server on a Non-Server Windows Host Operating System
Virtual Machine Fails at Boot Up with "WORKER_THREAD_RETURNED_AT_BAD_IRQL" Message
SMP System Showing One CPU when Multiple CPUs Are Present
RHEL 5, FC 7, and CentOS 5 Guests Installed with Virtualization Affects Performance of Virtual Machine
System Clocks Running at a Slower Speed in the Guest Operating System
VMware Tools Fails to Install or Upgrade in a Windows Guest Operating System
Static MAC Address Set in .vmx File on ESX Server Is Overwritten when Virtual Machine Is Powered Up in
VirtualCenter Server
Changing the Temp Variable on a Windows Host
Upload of ISO to Media Is Not Working
Checking for VMware SCSI Driver
Enabling Logging for the VMware Authorization Service
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-9239363: Add support to the SDK for the removal and resizing of virtual disks
Error "bugNr=2293" Appears or Host Machine Resets When I Use SoftICE (Windows) WinDbg (Windows 64-Bit),
OProfile (Linux), or NMI Watchdog (Linux)
VixVM_Open( ) On an Unregistered Virtual Machine Can Cause Problems
Expanding Volumes in GSX Server
Where to get drivers for the IBM serve/raid 5i
Searching the VMware Knowledge Base
After Installation, ESX Server 2.x Fails to Boot Due to Bad Partition Table
Disabling the Windows Logon Screen Saver
Virtual Machine Panics with Bug Number 10095 or 1319
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-9287937: LSI MPT SAS Driver Update
GSX Server License Required for Host with Hyper-Threaded Processors
Queued Legacy Template Upgrades Block Subsequent Tasks from Running
Mis-identified NIC on Mandrake 7.2 guest OS
Creating a Partition Out of Left-Over Drive Space After ESX Server Is Installed
Mounting VMFS File Systems on the Console Operating System
Core Dump When Installing Service Pack in Windows NT Guest Operating System
Cursor Appears in Windows Server 2003 Virtual Machine after Mouse is Ungrabbed
Security Response to OpenSSL 20030219: Vulnerability to OpenSSL Timing-based Attacks in VMware Server Products
A Virtual Disk Created in P2V Assistant Provokes a "Incompatible device . . ." Message in ESX Server 3.x
Cloning an ESX Server Virtual Machine
GSX Server Reports Wrong Amount of Memory
Configuring a Virtual Machine to be Accessed by Remote Display Software.
Segmentation Fault while installing Turbo Linux 4.0
Microsoft Clustering Using Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT)
Enabling Debug Mode in your GSX Server and Workstation Virtual Machines
Querying the VMware Tools State Before Starting the Virtual Machine Reports an Unrecognized Property Error
Enabling the Debug Monitor in your ESX Server Virtual Machines
Using Novell Clustering Services with NetWare Virtual Machines
Resignaturing VMFS3 volumes from VMware Infrastructure Client
Page Cannot Be Displayed Error Occurs When Attempting to Access Lab Manager After Installation
Logging in to a Windows Server 2003 Guest Operating System
Problem Opening Document in Shared Folder from Windows NT Guest
Finding which version of ASP.Net is installed during a VMware vCenter Lab Manager installation
Cannot initialize VirtualCenter 2.0 database running on Oracle
Virtual machine stalls during SuSE Linux 9.1, 8.2, and 8.1 installation
Error in Firewall Configuration File for Veritas NetBackup Causes Communication Failure Between Veritas NetBackup
and Service Console
Retry on Read Error
Vmrun upgradevm Command Requires User to Confirm Upgrade
Booting Linux RAW disks results in L 01 01 01 01
Shared Folder Not Visible in Windows Me, Windows 9x or DOS Guest
Installation of Lab Manager Managed Server Might Fail When /vmimages/labmanager Directory Exists
Legacy Emulation for DVD and CD Drives
Creating CDs with Nero Burning ROM
Using the Intended Task Bar with Windows Host and a Guest in Full Screen Mode
Booting from the NetWare 5.1 and 6.0 Installation CD
Resolving Conflict between Shared Folder and Mapped Network Drive
ESX Server Fails to Discover Any LUNs when More Than 129 LUNs Are Presented to the iSCSI Initiator
Using Full Screen Mode on a Linux Host with Certain Display Adapters
Editing NAT and DHCP Configuration Files on a Windows Host
Restricting Use of Certain Features
Windows Raw Disk Guest Operating System Boot Failure
Ensuring that Memory Limits Settings Are Applied
Limiting iSCSI LUN Access Based on IP Address Does Not Work for Software iSCSI
Exiting hung maintenance mode on ESX Server
Upgrading to Workstation 4 when Workstation 3 License is Not Present
Large I/Os Are Split into 64KB Units When Using LSILogic Driver
Host Names in Inventory Are Case Sensitive to SDK
Using the SoftICE Debugger in a Virtual Machine
Error: "Detected 4 CPU's installed but only 1 running!"
Choosing a Supported Processor for VMware Workstation 4 or Workstation 5
Cannot Suspend while Taking a Snapshot
Cannot Upgrade VMware Tools in Windows 98 Guest Operating System
Red Hat Linux 7.3 Graphical Installer Hangs
ESX Server 3.0.0, Patch ESX-9716732: Daylight Savings Time for Brazil, Western Australia and Canada
VirtualCenter 2.0.1 Issues with Certain Norwegian Locales
Reverting to Snapshots of Virtual Machines with Hot-Added RDM Virtual Disks in Physical or Virtual Mode Causes
Virtual Machines to Hang
HHCTRL.OCX Error when Viewing VMware In-Product Help
Some Windows Programs Don't Run with Fit Guest to Window
Connecting USB devices to VMware Lab Manager virtual machines
Installing VMware Tools when Upgrading a Legacy Virtual Machine with Nonpersistent Mode Disks
Upgrading an Older Virtual Machine when it has Mixed Disk Modes
Getting a DHCP address in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Linux 9.0, or Red Hat Advanced Server virtual
machine
Getting a DHCP address in a Mandrake, Mandriva, and Sun Java Desktop virtual machines
Write Protecting a Floppy Image (.flp) File
Preventing the Virtual Machine from Changing Host Volume
System Requirements for VMware Products
Virtual Machines Power Off After Logging Off GSX Server Host or Terminal Services Session
Windows Protection Error while Installing Windows 98 in a Virtual Machine
Virtual Machine Can't Load Operating System or Exhibits Other Problems After Setting Its Memory Allocation Lower
Than the Recommended Value
Using a Two Processor License on a Four Processor GSX Server Host
VMware Server RPM Installation Modified the /etc/services File Security Context on SE Linux
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-9865995: Storage Array Update, Raise LVM Maximum Heap Size
Performance in Solaris 10 Guest Improves with Sun Patch
Windows Update Packages Fail to Install in a Guest Operating System
Upgrade of Legacy GSX Server or Workstation Templates Triggers an Error Message
Remote Console Fails to Launch from Management Interface in Internet Explorer
Access to Misconfigured Virtual Devices
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-9916286: Third Party Code Library Security Update
Lab Manager Activity Log is Truncated
Red Hat Linux 9.0 Guest Runs Slowly or Issues INIT Errors
Adding space to an ESX host virtual disk
vmware-cmd fails to run with a Can't locate VMware/VmPerl.pm error
Using RAW Disks in ESX Server
ESX Server Checks Out Multiple Licenses When Name Resolution is Misconfigured
"Adapter type doesn't match the disk type" Error Message
Missing Performance Statistics in Performance Graphs
Configuring Workstation or GSX Server on a host with VPN
Upgrading Red Hat Linux Guest and VMware Tools
[Archived] Cannot deploy template, VC2, ESX2.5
ESX Server 3.0.1, Patch ESX-9986131; OpenSSL, Python, and OpenSSH Security Fixes
Converter 3.0 Starter or Enterprise License Expiration Occurs on February 1, 2007 Even After Production License Is
Installed
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Insight Manager may cause SCSI reservation conflicts

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Configuration system failed to initialize when using VI Client to access VirtualCenter

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Storage VMotion fails with a generic DMotion error

LAN and SAN traffic during VMware Consolidated Backup operations

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