VMware View Client on iPad error: Desktop Loading Warning
Posted by VMsage on Mar 13, 2011
If you’re trying to use the recently released VMware View Client for iPad, and you’re getting a warning stating “Desktop Loading Warning. Your desktop is loading too slowly” this might be why.
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Converter 4 fails with converter.fault.VSSSnapshotFault
Posted by VMsage on Mar 12, 2009
If you’re trying to run VMware Converter to p2v a machine and it keeps failing with a VSSSnapshotFault, this is one potential fix you should check into.
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Getting the VMware Cold Clone ISO
Posted by VMsage on Oct 13, 2008
I get asked all the time where you can download the “Cold Clone” bootable ISO image for VMware’s Converter product, so I figured it was worth mentioning here for all to see!
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IP address problem installing Lab Manager 3
Posted by VMsage on Aug 6, 2008
The recently released VMware Lab Manager 3 offers a slew of new features, but also a few bugs as well. Are you trying to install LM3 on a machine with zeros in the IP and it’s failing? Read-on…
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VMware Lab Manager 3 goes live today
Posted by VMsage on Aug 4, 2008
The latest, long-awaited version of VMware’s Lab Manager went live today, adding some key features that LM admins everywhere will be interested in.
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VMware ESX 3i to become completely free
Posted by VMsage on Jul 23, 2008
VMware has decided to make its ESX 3i enterprise-level hypervisor free for anyone to download and use. The ESX series is the enterprise-level virtualization foundation and the 3i version is a simple-to-manage product based on the full ESX code. All ESX products run directly “on the metal” so you don’t have an in-between OS layer as you do with Microsoft Hyper-V or VMware Server.
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VMware Converter cold-clone disc network problems
Posted by VMsage on Jul 22, 2008
If you’re trying to run the VMware Converter cold-clone bootable disc on a server and the network keeps resetting to 0.0.0.0, this may be the fix you need.
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Can’t start a 64-bit VM on a 64-bit capable host
Posted by VMsage on Jul 5, 2008
If you know you’ve got a 64-bit processor in your machine and yet you cannot start a Virtual Machine (VM) that’s configured for 64-bit operation in VMware Workstation, ESX, or Server, I can say two things:
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VMware Converter error 1450 converting Windows 2000
Posted by VMsage on Jul 5, 2008
If you’re trying to run VMware’s Converter tool to move an old Windows 2000 server into a virtualized environment, there are a number of things that can go wrong. Typically these problems are easily solved, but recently, I ran into an issue which wasn’t so obvious.
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