VMware

November 22, 2009

New articles published for week ending 11/22/2009

VMware Converter
OVF Import task fails when you use VMware Infrastructure Client 2.5 to import OVF package (1015687)
Date Published: 11/16/2009
Converter 3.0.x quits without a warning if the number of tasks in the task list exceeds 400 (1015689)
Date Published: 11/16/2009
VMware Converter fails to reconfigure a virtual machine with the error: Error 1450: Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service. (1013547)
Date Published: 11/16/2009
VMware Data Recovery
VMware Data Recovery backup job fails when backing up a virtual machine with RDMs (1015488)
Date Published: 11/17/2009
VMware ESX
After Upgrading to ESX 4.0 Update 1 the wbemcli Query is Not Returning Output (1015637)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
Configure Update Manager Download Service to download only ESX 4.x patches (1015663)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
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 (1015717)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
Data Recovery Service for data not recoverable by VMware Technical Support (1015413)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
Upgrading an ESX host with VEM400-200909001-BG installed fails if host is part of DVS (1015878)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
Using vCenter Update Manager to patch ESX/ESXi hosts added to Cisco Nexus 1000V DVS (1015890)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911201-UG: Updates Core (1014792)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911223-UG: Updates Web Access (1014795)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911221-UG: Updates Service Console glibc (1014797)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911205-UG: Updates lpfc820 driver to version 8.2.0.30.52vmw-2vmw (1014824)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911206-UG: Updates hpsa driver to version 3.6.14.27vmw-2vmw (1014825)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911207-UG: Updates mpt2sas driver to version 02.00.00.00.1vmw-2vmw (1014826)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911209-UG: Updates forcedeth driver to version 0.61-2vmw (1014827)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911210-UG: Updates ixgbe driver to version 1.3.36-2vmw (1014828)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911211-UG: Updates megaraid2 driver to version 2.00.4-2vmw (1014829)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911212-UG: Updates megaraid-sas driver to version 4.0.08.15vmw-2vmw (1014830)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911213-UG: Updates mptsas driver to version 4.00.37.00.27vmw-2vmw (1014831)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911214-UG: Updates ahci driver to version 2.0-2vmw (1014832)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911215-UG: Updates ata-piix driver to version 2.00ac6-2vmw (1014833)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911216-UG: Updates mptspi driver to version 4.00.37.00.27vmw-2vmw (1014834)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911217-UG: Updates qla2xxx driver to version 821.k1.42vmw-2vmw (1014835)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911218-UG: Updates s2io driver to version 2.1.4.13427-2vmw (1014836)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911219-UG: Updates nx-nic driver to version 4.0.301-2vmw (1014837)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911220-UG: Updates cciss driver to version 3.6.14.8vmw-2vmw (1014838)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911222-UG: Updates enic driver to version 1.1.0.68-1vmw (1014839)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911224-UG: Updates fnic driver to version 1.1.0.49.2vmw-2vmw (1014840)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911225-UG: Updates bnx2x driver to version 1.45.20-2vmw (1014841)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-Update01 (1014842)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
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 (1014843)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911227-UG: Updates Intel igb driver (1014844)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911228-UG: Updates Serverworks PATA for ATA driver (1014845)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911229-UG: Updates ATA driver and libraries (1014846)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911230-UG: Updates SCSI and iSCSI driver (1014847)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911231-UG: Updates qlogic scsi driver (1014848)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911232-SG: Updates curl (1014849)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911233-SG: Updates gnutls (1014850)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911234-SG: Updates xml2 (1014851)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911235-SG: Updates python (1014852)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911236-UG: Updates SNMP (1014853)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911237-SG: Updates bind (1014854)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911238-SG: Updates ntp (1014855)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200911239-SG: Updates audit (1014856)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
Accessing the console of a Windows virtual machine through Web Access in ESX 4.0 times out (1013816)
Date Published: 11/19/2009
Mouse movement is erratic when VMware Tools is installed on Windows NT 4 Japanese version for the first time (1015911)
Date Published: 11/19/2009
VMware ESXi
Upgrading to Update 1 using vihostupdate fails with the Cisco Nexus 1000V installed (1015879)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200911201-UG: Updates Firmware (1014886)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200911202-UG: Updates VMware Tools (1014887)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200911203-UG: Updates VI Client (1014888)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-Update01 (1014889)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware Fusion
Troubleshooting a missing CD/DVD-ROM drive in a Windows virtual machine (1014268)
Date Published: 11/16/2009
VMware Player
VMware Tools fails to start due to missing FreeBSD library (1015796)
Date Published: 11/17/2009
VMware vCenter Converter
When you start the Import or Export wizard by right-clicking a virtual machine or an ESX host, vCenter Converter shows an error (1015686)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager
Forgot password for VMware Account Portal (1015865)
Date Published: 11/18/2009
VMware vCenter Server
Performance Overview data is not displayed after upgrading to vCenter 4.0 or to vCenter 4.0 Update 1 (1015606)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
Install process of vCenter Server 4.0 and 4.0 Update 1 might not be completed on Windows Server 2008 (1013822)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
Performance Chart Overview connection issue with vSphere database server (1013877)
Date Published: 11/20/2009
VMware Workstation
Converting an encrypted virtual machine may fail (1015774)
Date Published: 11/17/2009

November 16, 2009

New articles published for week ending 11/15009

VMware Fusion
Creating a custom virtual machine in Fusion (1013810)
Date Published: 11/11/2009
VMware vCenter Orchestrator
vCenter Orchestrator fails to install when Terminal Server is running (1015658)
Date Published: 11/13/2009
VMware vCenter Update Manager
Cannot scan ESX hosts after using Update Manager to upgrade to ESX 4.0 (1014760)
Date Published: 11/10/2009

November 08, 2009

New articles published for week ending 11/08/2009

VMware ACE
Workstation closes when trying to power on any virtual machine (1013419)
Date Published: 11/4/2009
VMware Consolidated Backup
Backing up virtual machines using the VMware Consolidated Backup Hot-Add feature fails (1014907)
Date Published: 11/6/2009
vcbMounter fails with the error: "Unexpected extra arguments encountered" or "Unexpected command line option" (1015560)
Date Published: 11/6/2009
VMware ESX
Possible data corruption due to error during NPIV VPORT discovery process (1015290)
Date Published: 11/3/2009
Storage VMotion fails with the error: Virtual Machine has virtual disk in link-clone mode (1014249)
Date Published: 11/3/2009
VMware Fusion
Windows cannot see Mac printers (1014198)
Date Published: 11/6/2009
McAfee 1 year free anti-virus subscription in VMware Fusion (1015568)
Date Published: 11/6/2009
Licensing VMware Fusion 3.0 (1015444)
Date Published: 11/3/2009
Editing the .vmx file for your Fusion virtual machine (1014782)
Date Published: 11/2/2009
Correcting access to shared folders in Ubuntu for Fusion (1013633)
Date Published: 11/2/2009
VMware View Manager
Replacing an ESX host on which a View Composer linked-clone pool is installed. (1015292)
Date Published: 11/6/2009

November 01, 2009

New articles published for week ending 11/01/2009

VMware ESX
In certain configurations, Storage VMotion fails and the virtual disk or RDM is destroyed (1015183)
Date Published: 10/27/2009
VMware Fusion
Understanding Unity and the Windows System Tray in Fusion 3 (1015326)
Date Published: 10/29/2009
Importing a Boot Camp partition in VMware Fusion (1015088)
Date Published: 10/27/2009
Upgrading your Fusion 3.x virtual machine to Windows 7 (1015143)
Date Published: 10/27/2009
Performing a Windows repair on a Windows XP virtual machine in Fusion (1013846)
Date Published: 10/27/2009
Printing from within a virtual machine in VMware Fusion (1013997)
Date Published: 10/27/2009
Supported versions of Windows for McAfee VirusScan Plus installation (1014402)
Date Published: 10/27/2009
Working with VMware Fusion and Boot Camp partitions (1014515)
Date Published: 10/27/2009
Working with printers, disks, and other devices in VMware Fusion (1014523)
Date Published: 10/27/2009
Uninstalling, reinstalling, and upgrading VMware Fusion (1014529)
Date Published: 10/27/2009
Troubleshooting virtual machine startup and shutdown issues in VMware Fusion (1014534)
Date Published: 10/27/2009
Troubleshooting printer issues in VMware Fusion (1014535)
Date Published: 10/27/2009
Launching your Boot Camp Partition in VMware Fusion (1014618)
Date Published: 10/27/2009
Preventing Boot Camp from appearing in Fusion's Virtual Machine Library (1014806)
Date Published: 10/27/2009
VMware ThinApp
Virtual Internet Explorer 7 Crashes on Windows Server 2008 (1015301)
Date Published: 10/29/2009
Security warning displays when running ThinApp Capture from a network share (1014871)
Date Published: 10/27/2009
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
Site Recovery Manager reports the error: You do not hold privilege "System > View" (1014892)
Date Published: 10/30/2009

October 25, 2009

New articles published for week ending 10/25/2009

VMware ESX
Unpresenting a LUN from ESX 4.X and ESXi 4.X (1015084)
Date Published: 10/23/2009
Cannot set a virtual SCSI controller to shared (1013158)
Date Published: 10/22/2009
VMware ESX and ESXi 4.0 Comparison (1015000)
Date Published: 10/21/2009
Resolving the error: The virtual machine is unable to reserve memory (1014955)
Date Published: 10/20/2009
VMware Fusion
Resolving the VMware Fusion error: The virtual machine is unable to reserve memory (1014958)
Date Published: 10/20/2009
VMware ThinApp
Setting Up the RemoveSandboxOnExit Parameter Causes Mozilla Firefox to Fail (1015072)
Date Published: 10/21/2009
VMware vCenter Server
Overview performance charts are not displayed for ESX hosts and virtual machines when VirtualCenter Server is upgraded to vCenter Server 4.0 (1013820)
Date Published: 10/22/2009
'Past Week stats rollupvc40' SQL Server job fails to complete after upgrading to vCenter 4.0 (1014209)
Date Published: 10/20/2009

October 18, 2009

New articles published for week ending 10/18/2009

VMware ESX
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910401-SG: Updates VMkernel, Tools, hostd (1013124)
Date Published: 10/16/2009
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910402-BG: Updates ESX Scripts (1013125)
Date Published: 10/16/2009
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910403-SG: Updates Web Access (1013126)
Date Published: 10/16/2009
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910405-SG: Updates mptscsi drivers (1013128)
Date Published: 10/16/2009
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910406-SG: Updates Service Console DHCP Client (1013129)
Date Published: 10/16/2009
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910408-BG: Updates VMkernel iSCSI driver (1013131)
Date Published: 10/16/2009
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910409-BG: Updates Emulex FC driver (1013132)
Date Published: 10/16/2009
VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200910404-SG: Updates CIM (1014635)
Date Published: 10/16/2009
Dell Controller and Software Components sensor not displayed under Health Status in VI Client (1014756)
Date Published: 10/16/2009
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200910402-SG: Updates Service Console DHCP Client (1014758)
Date Published: 10/16/2009
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX303-200910401-BG: Updates VMX (1014759)
Date Published: 10/16/2009
ESX 3.5 hosts running ESX 3.5 Update 4 Release Async drivers might fail during boot time after installing ESX350-200910401-SG (1014799)
Date Published: 10/16/2009
VMware ESXi
VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200910401-I-SG: Updates Firmware (1014761)
Date Published: 10/16/2009
VMware ESXi 3.5, Patch ESXe350-200910402-T-BG: Updates VMware Tools (1014762)
Date Published: 10/16/2009
VMware Fusion
Protecting data from accidental loss (1014511)
Date Published: 10/14/2009
Best Practices for virtual machine backup (Programs and Data) (1013628)
Date Published: 10/14/2009
Excluding the Virtual Machines folder from being backed up by Time Machine (1014046)
Date Published: 10/14/2009
Setting up mirrored folders for your Mac and virtual machine (1014127)
Date Published: 10/14/2009
Cannot install VMware Tools after upgrading to Windows XP from Windows 98 or earlier (1014265)
Date Published: 10/13/2009
VMware Tools begins to install, then rolls back (1014290)
Date Published: 10/13/2009
Troubleshooting VMware Tools in Fusion (1014522)
Date Published: 10/13/2009
VMware vCenter Server
cleanup_events_tasks_proc stored procedure fails to run on vCenter 4.0 (1014893)
Date Published: 10/15/2009
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
Setting up the Shared Recovery Site feature in VMware Site Recovery Manager 4.0 (1014640)
Date Published: 10/14/2009

October 11, 2009

New articles published for week ending 10/11/2009

VMware ESX
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 (1013278)
Date Published: 10/9/2009
Troubleshooting VSS errors (1014298)
Date Published: 10/7/2009
Extended ASCII characters are not supported by all CIM client toolkits. (1014351)
Date Published: 10/7/2009
Using the esxcfg-auth --usecrack command to set password complexity (1014573)
Date Published: 10/6/2009
VMware Tools does not start on a Solaris guest (1014683)
Date Published: 10/6/2009
Information about using SNMP with VirtualCenter 2.5 and ESX 3.5 (1013758)
Date Published: 10/5/2009
VMware Fusion
Understanding Snapshots and AutoProtect in VMware Fusion (1014509)
Date Published: 10/5/2009
VMware vCenter Server
The Hardware Status tab displays the error: Hardware monitoring service on this host is not responding or not available (1013080)
Date Published: 10/8/2009
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 4.0 Upgrade FAQ (1013166)
Date Published: 10/5/2009
Enabling 128-bit encryption for SRAs that use SSL (1014232)
Date Published: 10/5/2009
Using vCenter Heartbeat With SRM 4.0 (1014266)
Date Published: 10/5/2009
Setting up VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager with Partner Storage Arrays (1014610)
Date Published: 10/5/2009

October 05, 2009

New articles published for week ending 10/04/2009


September 27, 2009

New articles published for week ending 9/27/2009

VMware ACE
VMware Tools general installation steps (1014294)
Date Published: 9/24/2009


VMware ESX
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch Release ESX400-200909001 (1014078)
Date Published: 9/25/2009
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch Release ESXi400-200909001 (1014079)
Date Published: 9/25/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch Release and Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module (1014080)
Date Published: 9/25/2009
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch Release and Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module (1014081)
Date Published: 9/25/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200909401-BG: Updates vmx and vmkernel64 (1014019)
Date Published: 9/25/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200909402-BG: Updates VMware Tools (1014020)
Date Published: 9/25/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200909403-BG: Updates bnx2x driver (1014021)
Date Published: 9/25/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200909404-BG: Updates ixgbe driver (1014022)
Date Published: 9/25/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200909405-BG: Updates perftools (1014023)
Date Published: 9/25/2009
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200909406-BG: Updates hpsa driver (1014024)
Date Published: 9/25/2009
Virtual machine memory usage alarms triggered for virtual machines when guest operating system memory usage is low (1013206)
Date Published: 9/25/2009
vNetwork Distributed Switch Proxy Switch Port Unavailable (1014099)
Date Published: 9/24/2009
ESX 3.5 installed using driver CD sometimes cannot be upgraded to ESX 4.x (1013442)
Date Published: 9/23/2009
Cannot connect to network after upgrading virtual hardware (1013257)
Date Published: 9/21/2009
Virtual machine IP Address and DNS Name not available on virtual machine Summary tab (1013371)
Date Published: 9/21/2009
Excessive logging for SNMP in the ESX host messages log (1014263)

Date Published: 9/21/2009
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200909401- BG: Updates Firmware (1014026)

Date Published: 9/25/2009
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch ESXi400-200909402-BG: Updates Tools (1014027)
Date Published: 9/25/2009

VMware vCenter AppSpeed
vMotion of the AppSpeed server to hosts with different time settings causes time jumps (1013880)
Date Published: 9/22/2009
Linked clones are not deleted if a failure occurs during the deployment of several AppSpeed probes (1013876)
Date Published: 9/22/2009


VMware vCenter Server
Enabling EVC on a cluster when vCenter is running in a virtual machine (1013111)
Date Published: 9/25/2009
VirtualCenter Server service fails to start with the error: The password for user account '' has expired (1012498)
Date Published: 9/24/2009


VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
An Incorrect Network Configuration Can Cause Installation Errors With VMware Infrastructure Client Plug-ins (1014430)
Date Published: 9/25/2009
Upgrading vCenter Server Heartbeat V5.5 or V5.5 Update 1 to vCenter Server Heartbeat V5.5 Update 2 (1014435)
Date Published: 9/25/2009


September 20, 2009

New articles published for week ending 9/20/2009

VMware Converter
Cannot assign IP address to a NIC after a physical to virtual conversion because a duplicate IP exists (1014169)
Date Published: 9/18/2009

VMware ESX
Cannot downgrade from ESX 3.5 to ESX 2.5 (1012160)
Date Published: 9/17/2009
Time Synchronization in Guests Deployed from OVF Templates (1014038)
Date Published: 9/16/2009
NUMA Settings for Unisys ES7000-7600R with ESX 4.0 (1014097)
Date Published: 9/15/2009
NIC Teaming load balancing does not work with global vSwitch configuration on ESX 3.5 (1013691)
Date Published: 9/16/2009
VMotion fails at 10% with the error: A general system error occurred: Migration failed while copying data, Broken Pipe (1013150)
Date Published: 9/16/2009

VMware Fusion
Cannot launch VMware Fusion 1.x when using Snow Leopard (1014031)
Date Published: 9/16/2009
Mouse in Fusion 2.x stops responding (1014029)
Date Published: 9/16/2009

VMware vCenter AppSpeed
The AppSpeed button and tab are unavailable (1013835)
Date Published: 9/15/2009
Deleting unnecessary AppSpeed server snapshots (1013836)
Date Published: 9/15/2009
Automatic deployment of AppSpeed probes that are listening on vNetwork Distributed Switch fails (1013840)
Date Published: 9/15/2009
Deploying AppSpeed probes fails when the AppSpeed server resides inside a vApp (1013873)
Date Published: 9/15/2009
The AppSpeed deployment status bar displays In Progress when deployment fails (1013875)
Date Published: 9/15/2009
Virtual machines with Fault Tolerance enabled might not be monitored fully by AppSpeed (1013896)
Date Published: 9/14/2009
AppSpeed screen might be cut off when using a screen resolution of 1280x960 (1013770)
Date Published: 9/14/2009

VMware vCenter Server
Configuring an ESX host to display FQDN instead of IP address in vCenter without losing performance data (1014030)
Date Published: 9/14/2009

VMware vCenter Update Manager
Database and Operating System compatibility for VMware vCenter Update Manager 4 (1012971)
Date Published: 9/17/2009

VMware View Manager
Connection Broker behind the F5 Load Balancer fails outside of the network (1013280)
Date Published: 9/18/2009
VMware View external users cannot connect to the Connection Server through the Security Server (1013693)
Date Published: 9/16/2009
Manually deleting linked clones or stale virtual desktop entries from VMware View Manager (1013635)
Date Published: 9/15/2009
The VMware View Connection Server service cannot start if a .properties file contains non-UTF-8 characters (1014102)
Date Published: 9/15/2009

VMware Virtual Desktop Manager
Disabling drive redirection in View desktops when connecting with View Client or RDP (1013457)
Date Published: 9/16/2009

VMware VirtualCenter
After upgrading to vCenter 2.5 Update releases intermittent database locking causes the VirtualCenter Server service to shut down (1012141)
Date Published: 9/18/2009