Tag Archives: VMware

Context switch can be 3 times slower in virtual environment such as VMware ESX

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Maris

Tsuna analyzes how match time it takes to make a context switch. All analyzed chips are Multi-core Intel CPUs. OS / scheduler used – standard Linux Kernel. Results: depends on what we call a context switch (theoretical / real world) … Continue reading →

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vmrun – Error: You do not have access rights to this file

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Maris

VMware vmrun command is very powerful feature of VMware Workstation and ESX server to automate things in virtual machines. Configuring automated script for Windows 2008 Server and Windows 2008 R2 was easy task. Everything went as expected. However the same … Continue reading →

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VMware Guest OS: The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Maris

VMware Guest OS: The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed. I received this errors two times on a row for two different computers. I am not 100% sure, but from reading the web I came to … Continue reading →

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VMware vSphere Client errors on Windows 7

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Maris

Trying to start VMware vSphere Client on Windows 7 to connect ESX / ESXi machine or vCenter, throws two error boxes: Could Not Connect — Error parsing the server “vcenter.lan” “clients.xml” file. Login will continue, contact your system administrator. and … Continue reading →

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VMware ESXi enable remote ssh access (unsupported)

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Maris

To enable VMware ESXi 4.0 SSH (Windows Putty) access: At physical console press ALT+F1. VMware ESXi banner will appear. There is no prompt on the screen, but type ‘unsupported’ and press Enter. Now at password prompt type root password. You … Continue reading →

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VMware ESXi unsupported console

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Maris

By default ESXi does not support console. To enable it you must be at physical terminal (screen & keyboard). Press ALT+F1 and type “unsupported”. Then at the Password prompt type root password. You are in. Tested on ESXi 4.0 @ … Continue reading →

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