The Real (and Virtual) Adventures of Nathan the IT Guy » ESXi 4.0 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:18:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 VMware Tools fails to Install Properly (VMCI, Mouse, and Video) http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/vmware-tools-fails-to-install-properly-vmci-mouse-and-video/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/vmware-tools-fails-to-install-properly-vmci-mouse-and-video/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:37:34 +0000 Nathan Simon http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/vmware-tools-fails-to-install-properly-vmci-mouse-and-video/ So you P2V a machine and now you cannot install VMware Tools, the below may not be the be all to end all fixes, but it fixed a VMware Tools issue I had earlier today… the VMCI Driver wouldnt install, nor would the mouse and Video drivers…

While installing VMware Tools in a Windows virtual machine, you may experience these symptoms:

•The SVGA / video driver fails to install

•The mouse driver fails to install

•You see one of these error messages: ◦Setup failed to install the VMXNet driver automatically. This driver will have to be installed manually.

The actual fix is quite easy. To find out how to fix this issue, go here.

]]> http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/vmware-tools-fails-to-install-properly-vmci-mouse-and-video/feed/ 1 Jerky mouse performance on Windows 2008 R2 virtual machine http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/jerky-mouse-performance-on-windows-2008-r2-virtual-machine/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/jerky-mouse-performance-on-windows-2008-r2-virtual-machine/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:36:39 +0000 Nathan Simon http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/jerky-mouse-performance-on-windows-2008-r2-virtual-machine/ If you are having issues where the mouse is jerky on a Server 2008 VM, while viewing it from vSphere client “Open Console”, check to make sure you have a VMware driver for the video card.

You can check by going to the Control Panel > Display > Screen Resolution > Advanced Settings > Adapter Type. If it just says SVGA,  VMware SVGA or something to that affect  you need to update the drivers. You can manually install the video driver to correct this, the drivers are located here – C:\Program Files\Common Files\VMware\Drivers\wddm_video. When you update the drivers, just search for them in “C:\Program Files\Common Files\VMware\” and include subfolders, Windows will pickup the correct driver. Once the drivers are up to date you will notice that, after the reboot, your mouse is nice and smooth like it should be. The display Adapter Properties should now read, “VMware SVGA 3D (Microsoft Corporation – WDDM)”

This fix should be relevant to all Windows Server 2008 VMs. Any questions, let me know!

-NS

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