Step 1, 2 & 6 only applies to hosted products (Workstation, Server, Player, Fusion), but not ESX Server. The other steps are regarding hw or...

There are actually three different versions involved here. ESX 3.5, 3i Embedded and 3i Installable. 3.5 is the "Full" traditional...

There is a viclient that is possible to install on 64 bit windows included in VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 1 and VMware Server 2 beta2.   Rather...

You might see variants of this error: "Host CPU is incompatible with the virtual machine's requirements at CPUID level 0x80000000001 register...

After an upgrade you might in some rare occations lose a LUN. There are no obvious error messages in the logs, but on the console of the ESX server...

Linux guests' performance may be improved if they have been created without much thought. Always use a single VCPU when the CPU capacity...

vmkusage used to be a very nice VMware provided non supported application existed for ESX 1.5x and 2.x. In the beginning you had to download it...

A VMDK file can be grown while no virtual machine is using it. Growng the VMDK only makes the virtual harddrive bigger - filesystem within the VMDK...

ESX is an acronym for Elastic Sky X GSX is an acronym for Ground Storm X Both names were confirmed by VMware employee JMills in this thread:...

When trying to bring up the interface I get the following error messages: Reconfiguring network interfaces...SIOCSIFADDR: No such device eth0:...

It depends. Usually the difference is marginal. VMware has published a performance benchmark

First off, for those who are not familiar with the basic concepts of time keeping and why time is not accurate in virtual environments, this...

VMware Server 1.x  has incomplete USB 1.x support and you may not be able to use some USB devices with it. You may try the same...

Yes. There are several 3rd party solutions available. If you want a solution that is integrated with Virtual Center you can find a . Another...

Template virtual machines are used to create new virtual machines quickly. These should be installed carefully, as modifications in the templates...

Few thoughts on snapshotting (and reverting to those snapshots) Active Directory Domain Controllers. "Hey, I'm going to patch this Domain...

ESX has a strict hardware compatibility list. It can be installed on a nonsupported hardware, but be prepared for not-so-smooth ride. We don't...

VMware has better than average documentation available for all their products.  Good starter point is: Knowledgebase: ...

Check the permission on the .vmx file of the guest. The owner of the file should have execute permissions. # chmod o+x <.vmx filepath>

VMware only provides a Virtual Infrastructure Client (also known as VIC or viclient) for the Windows platform. This is due to so-called...