VMware ESX 3.02 to 3.5 upgrade path
Can anyone supply me with an upgrade path or any advice on what to look for when upgrading from ESX 3.02 to ESX 3.5 Thanks

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2009  2:40 PM
VMware, VMware 3.02 to 3.5 Upgrade, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5, VMware Upgrade

Single VM Error 51
The following question was recently submitted via e-mail by a user: I have a group of VMs, and one of them is giving me an Event 51 error. It gets a lot of activity (lots of small files being accessed, lots of I/O), and the event error happens usually during the paging operation. I already [...]

Answer Question   |  April 7, 2009  9:33 PM
Event ID 51, VM, VMware, VMware error messages

VM server
Hi Guys, I have moved a Dell server with with a windos OS on to my VM server when I start the server up it is asking for the activation key. When I put the activation key in it will not accept it I have contacted Microsoft and they cant fined any sign of the [...]

Answer Question   |  April 8, 2009  10:43 AM
Dell servers, Microsoft licensing, VMware, Windows, Windows Product Activation

I need Run oracle applicationfrom host browser
I installed oracle application R12 on vmware linux red hat 4 from windows xp operating system , How Can I run oracle application from windows browser?

Answer Question   |  April 3, 2009  8:23 PM
Oracle applications, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, Red Hat Linux, VMware, Windows XP

Best practice for moving VM to new server?
Both hosts are Windows Server 2003 running VMware Server 2. I would like to move a VM from one of these Windows Server 2003 hosts to the other – and would appreciate if someone would list a step-by-step or point me in the right direction to preserve everything. Thank you very much. Moderator Note: This [...]

Answer Question   |  April 4, 2009  7:46 PM
Virtual Machines, VM, VM appliance, VMware, VMware Migration, VMware Server 2, Windows Server 2003

How can I recieve e-mail to 2 different exchange domains on 1 IP address
I do a lot of testing for customer installs. I have an sbs 2003, exchange 2003 domain setup for our office email. I also use VMware running sbs 2003 and exchange 2003 in a test environment. I would like to be able to test incomming e-mail on the test domain, without reconfiguring the router/firewall box [...]

Answer Question   |  April 8, 2009  6:59 PM
Exchange 2003, SBS 2003, VMware

vranger backups
I recently updated vrangerpro to the most current version. Since the update I am getting errors that “Error: An error occurred during backup operations: Unable to launch the File Transfer Daemon process. The process has been launched by another application.” The majority of the backups complete successfully and it is different ones that are failing [...]

Answer Question   |  April 7, 2009  6:11 PM
Backup, VMware, vRanger Pro

WinBind authentication with VMware host
I need to allow Active Directory users to authenticate to our VMware host running on Ubuntu. Would someone using Samba/WinBind share an example vmware-authd file or point me in the right direction? Thanks much. Moderator Note: This is a submitted question

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2009  6:41 PM
Active Directory, Authentication, Samba WinBind, Ubuntu Linux, VMware, Windows Server 2003

3rd Party P2V Migration tools
The following question was recently asked by a user via e-mail: I’m looking to move 50 servers over to VMware Infrastructure 3 and I’m looking for the best, most cost-efficient 3rd party tools. What would you recommend?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2009  8:48 PM
P2V, P2V migrations, VI3, VMware, VMware Infrastructure 3

Exchange 2003 Corrupt Mailstore in Virtualised Environment
Four weeks ago we experienced a corrupt mailstore on a Windows 2000, Exchange 2003 environment. The server had been snapshotted and was virtualused within VM3.0. It had ran clean for approx 1 year but serious errors commenced just prior to the mailstore failing to remount after a routine reboot. To correct the issue we rebuilt [...]

Answer Question   |  March 25, 2009  8:58 AM
Corrupted email, Exchange, Exchange 2003, Exchange Virtualization, Mailstore, Virtual Machines, VMware, VRanger, VReplicator

Unable to store emails with attachments into public folders
We are running Small Business Server 2003 SP2 on VMWare. We are using the exchange function of SBS and when we go to move an email from someone’s mail box to a public folder if fails with an unknown error.

Answer Question   |  March 20, 2009  2:54 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange Public Folders, SBS 2003, SBS 2003 R2, VMware

VMware for Windows Vista (Virtual tool)
Hi, I have HP PAVILLION DV5 1002AU laptop with windows vista home sp1 operating system at a time of purchasing.now i am trying to install windows server 2003 but my laptop is not supporting any other OS.also drivers are not available on net.customer care also told me that it is not possible to install another [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2009  2:52 AM
HP Pavilion dv5-1002au, VMware, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista

VMware ESXi 3.5 error when installing on IDE drive machine
I am trying to install VMware ESXi 3.5 on a machine with an IDE drive and am getting the following error message: “Unable to find a supported device to write the VMware ESX Server 3i 3.5.0 image to”.

Answer Question   |  March 10, 2009  1:22 PM
IDE, VMware, VMware ESXi 3.5, VMware ESXi error messages, VMWare Installation

VMware benchmarks for popular Linux distros
Can anyone point me to benchmarks or performance tests comparing the major flavors of Linux/OS with VMware? Thank you. Moderator Note: This is a user submitted question

Answer Question   |  March 10, 2009  7:31 PM
CentOS, Fedora Linux, Linux, Linux benchmarks, Linux interoperability, Linux performance, Red Hat Linux, Ubuntu Linux, VMware, VMware performance

Intalling QTP on a VM Server
I want to install QTP on a VM Server. What are the advantages? Where can I find more details on this? Has anyone done this before?

Answer Question   |  August 23, 2009  7:21 PM
QTP, QTP on VMware, VMware

Virtual Center Server and Double Take with ESXi Enterprise Version
Is anyone using Double Take to replicate their VC Server for ESXi? If so, how well does it work?

Answer Question   |  March 6, 2009  4:48 PM
Double Take, ESXi 3.5, Virtual Center, VMware, VMware ESXi, VMware ESXi 3.5, VMWare Virtual Center

Running VMware on a macintosh -intelcore—)S 10.5.5
How do I get the number pad on the right side to work in the Vista side of my vmware????

Answer Question   |  February 27, 2009  7:10 PM
Intelcore, Macintosh operating system, VMware, VMware on Mac

VMware ESXi
Does VMware ESXi allow you to virtualize a server that is already running on another box? Moderator Note: This is a user submitted question

Answer Question   |  March 24, 2009  3:24 PM
Server virtualization, VMware, VMware administration, VMware ESXi

iSCSI SAN solution for a VMware ESX 3.5
Looking for recommendations for an inexpensive iSCSI SAN solution for a VMware ESX 3.5 environment? Moderator Note: This is a user submitted question

Answer Question   |  July 7, 2009  7:56 PM
iSCSI SAN, SAN, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5

Minimum hardware specifications for a VCB proxy?
We use VMware Consolidated Backup with EMC Networker and have no problems when backing up virtual machines. But when mixing in VCB backups with regular network backups – then the VCB backups don’t complete and we get a “Mount point already exists.” Can someone tell me what the minimum hardware specifications for a VCB proxy [...]

Answer Question   |  February 25, 2009  7:49 PM
EMC NetWorker 7.5, Mount point already exists, VCB, VCB proxy, VMware, VMware Consolidated Backup