Snapshot Sizing in ESX
Does anyone know how much space is needed when trying to recommit snapshots back?  Do you need on your disk the size of the *.vmdk file plus the snapshot file as well?  Or, is there a formula that is used to determine this.  We are trying to figure out if we can recommit some snapshots back [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  4:51 PM
ESX, ESX 3.5, VM snapshots, VMware ESX 3.5, VMware snapshots

VMware ESX 3.5 and DS3400, Vcenter stop seeing datastores
we have a DS3400 and a Blade with ESX 3.5, the vcenter stops seeing the datastores, but the virtual machines still working. we don´t know what is going on? any comments

Answer Question   |  December 13, 2010  3:23 PM
ESX 3.5, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5, VMware ESX DataStore

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 on Windows 2008 server
Hi I have installed Windows 2008 server enterprise edition SP2. Then i want install MOC 2007. But MOC 2007 ca only install on Windows 2003 server SP1 and higher versions. Is there eny hotfixes for Windows 2008 server? What may i do? Is eny latest version MOC ? (MOC 2010)

Answer Question   |  September 1, 2010  11:56 AM
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2, MOC, Office Communicator, VMware ESX 3.5, Windows, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition

Difference between VMWARE ESX 2.5 & VMWARE ESX 3.5
Whats the difference between VMWARE ESX 2.5 & VMWARE ESX 3.5 ?

Answer Question   |  August 23, 2010  8:18 PM
VMware, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 2.5, VMware ESX 3.5

ESX 3.5i Console Access
How do you get to the login prompt on the physical console?  I can press <f1> but it only appears to display console messages.  It does not give me the login prompt.

Answer Question   |  May 19, 2010  7:20 PM
ESX 3.5, VMware, VMware Console Errors, VMware error messages, VMware ESX 3.5

Checking for the server a ESX 3.5 Guest is running on?
When I’m on an ESX 3.5 guest, is there a way to find out which ESX server it is running on? I don’t have access to the ESX host to do it the other way around via command line.

Answer Question   |  May 4, 2010  3:28 PM
ESX 3.5, ESX Server, Virtualization, Virtualization in 2010, VMware ESX 3.5

Turn on VM guest OS’s in VMware ESX 3.5
How can I turn on VM guest OS’s from the comman line using VMware esx 3.5?

Answer Question   |  May 14, 2010  5:47 PM
Guest OS, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5

VMware Pricing
[em]Can you advice estimate:[/em] [em]I have a client asking for Estimate pricing for  upgrading [/em] 1. 4 Units of  VMware ESX 3.5 update 3 2. 1 unit of  VMware vCenter 2.5 update 3 Do you have any guide I will not hold anyone to it Please help thanks Osa 

Answer Question   |  March 3, 2010  3:20 AM
VMware, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5, VMware pricing

How to run a comparison of VMware ESX configurations — PowerCLI
I’m wondering if there’s a way to run a comparison[em class="jive-hilite">[/em] of how things are configured on all ESX hosts in our cluster. We’re running PowerCLI.

Answer Question   |  March 9, 2010  9:12 PM
ESX Host, PowerCLI, Virtual Infrastructure Client 2.5, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5

Clipboard transfer between VNC on ESX 3.5
We use the VNC funtionality from ESX 3.5 to connect to some of our virtual machines, but we cannot seem to copy the clipboard between host and guest. Normally we use RDP to connect but some of the virtual machines have vpn software on them to connect to customers and they disconnect all network traffic, [...]

Answer Question   |  February 15, 2010  4:29 PM
VMware ESX 3.5, VNC, Windows Clipboard

How is IP address assign to VM Guest machine in VMware ESX 3.5 /VC 2.5
VMware ESX 3.5 / VC 2.5, are the vm guest machines getting it IP address from the HOST NIC card (on a DHCP LAN) by a created Bridge networking bonding.  

Answer Question   |  November 14, 2009  7:15 PM
VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5

VDI Shared RAM
I am running ESX 3.5 Servers with 32 CPU x 2.3ghz and 128 gig RAM. I am wondering how does VMWare share RAM? If I were to give every machine 2 gigs of RAM and 2 processors. How many machines would I be able put on this box? Windows 7 with Office 2007. Knowledge workers. [...]

Answer Question   |  October 21, 2009  5:28 PM
Desktop virtualization, RAM, VDI, VMware ESX 3.5, Windows Virtualization

VSphere 4.0 Upgrade
Hi, I would like to know what is involved in upgrading VMware ESX server 3.5 to VSphere 4.0. Any recommendations on best practices of doing this? Here is a list of questions that I would like to know What steps are involved for the upgrade process? How does the upgrade process work?  If something goes [...]

Answer Question   |  October 22, 2009  6:39 PM
VMware, VMware ESX 3.5, vSphere 4.0, vSphere Upgrade

How do I enable SNMP on VMware ESX 3.5 server?
How do I enable SNMP on VMware ESX 3.5 server

Answer Question   |  October 6, 2009  8:14 PM
SNMP, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5

VmWare ESX 3.5 – Disconnections and Failed Convertions!
Hi Guys, I am hoping that someone out there can help me with this. I have a ESX 3.5 server with 5 systems on it, ranging from XP to Server 2k3, some of the systems are powered on and some are not. When I connect to the server through Infrastructure Client, after about 10 minutes [...]

Answer Question   |  September 29, 2009  8:59 AM
VMware Converter, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5

How can I turn on VM guest OS’s from the command Line VMware esx 3.5
using VMware esx 3.5 How can I turn on VM guest OS’s from the command Line

Answer Question   |  August 26, 2009  6:20 PM
Guest OS, Virtual Machines, VMware, VMware ESX 3.5

Difference between VMware ESX 2.5 and ESX 3.0,3.5 .
Difference between ESX 2.5 and ESX 3.0,3.5 .

Answer Question   |  August 3, 2009  6:10 AM
VMware ESX, VMware ESX 2.5, VMware ESX 3.0, VMware ESX 3.5

French windows xp sp2 vmware on ESX 3.5 server performance problem
I have VMware ESX Server 3.5.0 server and i am accessing it from VMware infrastructure client version 2.5.0. I created a new virtual machine with french windows xp sp2 using LSI logic controller following the instructions on the below link: http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid179_gci1357411_mem1,00.html The installation went ok, but windows is too slow… it seems there is a [...]

Answer Question   |  July 23, 2009  3:32 PM
VMware, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5, VMware ESX Server Performance, Windows XP

vmware
At my place of work we recently started using vmare esx server 3.5, all was ok until recently when most of the thin clients started slowing down. these are full machines created virtually on the server. Now what is the cause of the machines running slow? How do i install an antivirus on the server [...]

Answer Question   |  June 19, 2009  12:35 PM
VMware, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5, VMware performance

DS3200 and VMware ESX 3.5 configuration
Can anyone lead me to some documentation concerning setting up a ds3200 with ESX 3.5? I want to use the ds3200 to place my vmxf files.

Answer Question   |  June 17, 2009  5:52 PM
DS3200, IBM System Storage, VMware ESX 3.5