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What do the different administrator roles (PLA, SLA, and SA) mean? (1003304)

What is the distinction between a Primary License Administrator (PLA) Secondary License Administrator (SLA) and a Support Administrator (SA)? The Support Contract FAQ on...
Rating: | Published: 11/13/09 | Created Date: 12/6/07 | Last Modified Date: 11/13/09 | KB Article

VMware Partner Activation Codes (PAC) Explained (1003303)

What is a Partner Activation Code (PAC) and how is it used? Orders placed through VMware, or its partners, have unique identifiers associated with them. VMware products purchased through a...
Rating: | Published: 11/13/09 | Created Date: 8/25/08 | Last Modified Date: 11/13/09 | KB Article

Uploading diagnostic information to VMware (1008525)

VMware technical support uses a set of diagnostic information obtained from our products when addressing a support request. This diagnostic information contains product specific logs and...
Rating: | Published: 8/31/09 | Created Date: 2/8/09 | Last Modified Date: 8/31/09 | KB Article

Resolving VMware Community Forum issues (1014788)

· You cannot log in to the VMware Community forums. · You see an invalid user name or password message. · You have registered with an invalid email address. · You cannot reset the password. · You have...
Published: 10/22/09 | Created Date: 10/12/09 | Last Modified Date: 10/22/09 | KB Article

Collecting diagnostic information for VMware products (1008524)

VMware technicians request diagnostic information from you when a support request is addressed. This diagnostic information contains product specific logs and configuration files from...
Published: 8/25/09 | Created Date: 2/8/09 | Last Modified Date: 8/25/09 | KB Article

Using the VMware Knowledge Base (878)

This article provides information about VMware Knowledge Base features and provides links to articles that help you use the Knowledge Base. The VMware Knowledge Base has been updated to provide you with a...
Published: 10/30/09 | Created Date: 7/27/06 | Last Modified Date: 10/30/09 | KB Article

Downloading VMware products and troubleshooting issues with downloads (1012245)

· Cannot download a VMware product · Downloading a VMware product fails · When you click the Download link, you may see the error: Sorry, at the moment you are not...
Rating: | Published: 11/13/09 | Created Date: 6/26/09 | Last Modified Date: 11/13/09 | KB Article

Verifying the integrity of downloaded installer files (1537)

· Verifying that the downloaded file from www.vmware.com is not corrupted. · Unable to mount the .DMG image file in Mac OS · The following error appears: <file_name> is not a valid win32...
Rating: | Published: 11/21/08 | Created Date: 6/23/06 | Last Modified Date: 8/14/09 | KB Article

Locating VMware Serial Number online (1005509)

This article provides you with a procedure to locate purchased or registered serial numbers online. After you purchase your VMware products which do not have Support and Subscription (SnS), like VMware...
Published: 11/13/09 | Created Date: 5/22/08 | Last Modified Date: 11/13/09 | KB Article

Timekeeping best practices for Linux guests (1006427)

This article presents best practices for Linux timekeeping. These recommendations include specifics on the particular kernel command line options to use for the Linux operating system of...
Rating: | Published: 11/4/09 | Created Date: 10/16/08 | Last Modified Date: 11/4/09 | KB Article

Overview of 3i serial number (1003294)

How to obtain the 3i 3.5 serial number and how to register/activate it? VMware ESX 3i 3.5 is a new offering that delivers the market leading hypervisor VMware ESX Server in a brand new form factor: integrated...
Rating: | Published: 12/4/08 | Created Date: 12/4/08 | Last Modified Date: 8/14/09 | KB Article

Removing VEM400-200906002-BG from an ESXi host (1012478)

The Cisco patch VEM400-200906002-BG should only be installed along with ESXi400-200906401-BG, and only if you are using the Cisco Nexus 1000V product. Installing the patch on ESXi hosts...
Rating: | Published: 7/15/09 | Created Date: 7/8/09 | Last Modified Date: 8/14/09 | KB Article

vCenter Update Manager 4.0 port requirements (1010952)

This article provides information that may be useful when confirming vCenter Update Manager 4.0 port requirements. Note: It is assumed that you have read the vCenter Update Manager...
Rating: | Published: 5/20/09 | Created Date: 5/19/09 | Last Modified Date: 8/14/09 | KB Article

VMware ESXi, Patch ESXe350-200811401-I-SG: Firmware Update (1007507)

Release Date: 12-02-2008 Download Size: 213MB Download Filename: ESXe350-200811401-O-SG.zip md5sum: e895c8cb0d32b722d7820d0214416092 Note: The three ESXi patches for Firmware "I",...
Rating: | Published: 12/8/08 | Created Date: 11/3/08 | Last Modified Date: 8/14/09 | KB Article

Obtaining a VMware Converter 3.0 Enterprise License (1000041)

Obtaining a license for VMware Converter Enterprise requires that you have an active and unexpired support-and-subscription (SnS) contract for either VMware VirtualCenter Management Server...
Rating: | Published: 4/25/07 | Created Date: 4/25/07 | Last Modified Date: 8/14/09 | KB Article

Moving or copying a virtual machine within a VMware environment (1000936)

In certain circumstances you may want to relocate a virtual machine from one location to another location. These circumstances may include, but are not limited to the...
Rating: | Published: 10/14/09 | Created Date: 6/5/07 | Last Modified Date: 10/14/09 | KB Article

What are the differences between Converter Starter and Converter Enterprise? (1002502)

In deciding which edition of Converter to use, what features are different between the Starter edition and the Enterprise edition? A comparison of the features in...
Rating: | Published: 7/1/08 | Created Date: 9/25/07 | Last Modified Date: 8/14/09 | KB Article

iSCSI Port Binding fails with error: Add NIC failed in IMA (1009450)

· Trying to bind a VMkernel port to the software iSCSI initiator using the following command fails: esxcli swiscsi nic add -n vmk0 -d vmhba32 · You see the error: Add NIC failed in...
Rating: | Published: 8/21/09 | Created Date: 3/25/09 | Last Modified Date: 8/21/09 | KB Article

Troubleshooting timekeeping issues in Linux guest operating systems (1011771)

· Time in the virtual machine jumps forward and back · Time in the virtual machine runs slowly · Time in the virtual machine runs quickly This article provides steps for...
Rating: | Published: 7/6/09 | Created Date: 6/10/09 | Last Modified Date: 8/14/09 | KB Article

Virtual Applications That Require Date Formats Fail Regardless of Locale Settings on the Current Machine (1015573)

If you want to use ThinApp to capture an application that requires a specific date format, and you capture the application in a locale...
Rating: | Published: 11/6/09 | Created Date: 11/6/09 | Last Modified Date: 11/6/09 | KB Article

Using the Windows System Configuration utility (1004010)

A guest or host operating system: · Fails · Stops responding · Stops responding and displays a blue screen with a stop code · Keeps rebooting for no apparent reason · Has performance problems...
Rating: | Published: 5/26/09 | Created Date: 2/20/08 | Last Modified Date: 8/14/09 | KB Article

SNMP MIB Module File Download (1013445)

Where can I download the VMware SNMP MIB Modules? The VMware SNMP MIB Modules can be downloaded from http://communities.vmware.com/community/developer/forums/managementapi Alternatively, you can download the...
Rating: | Published: 8/20/09 | Created Date: 8/19/09 | Last Modified Date: 8/20/09 | KB Article

RHEL 5, FC 7, and CentOS 5 Guests Installed with Virtualization Affects Performance of Virtual Machine (9134325)

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Fedora Core 7, and CentOS 5 high-level virtualization installation option installs the Xen hypervisor and...
Rating: | Published: 11/19/08 | Created Date: 3/16/07 | Last Modified Date: 8/14/09 | KB Article

Performing V2P (virtual to physical) migrations (1002498)

Converter currently supports migrating a physical machine to a virtual machine (P2V). However there does not seem to be a procedure for performing the migration in the other direction (V2P)....
Rating: | Published: 1/9/09 | Created Date: 9/25/07 | Last Modified Date: 8/14/09 | KB Article

Connecting to a VirtualCenter Server Remotely Without New Certificates on the VirtualCenter Server (1003267)

I want to connect to a VirtualCenter Server remotely. I do not want to generate internal certificates for the VirtualCenter Server, and want...
Rating: | Published: 5/30/08 | Created Date: 11/30/07 | Last Modified Date: 8/14/09 | KB Article

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