Category: Virtualization

VirtualBox:show menu in Guest OS

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You can remove the menu bar from your Guest OS (View, Menu Bar, Show Menu Bar).

VirtualBoxMenu

But how do you get the menu back ? By default the shortcut key to show the menu is “Host-Home” (Host = right Ctrl key by default).

If you have changed the default key for the menu, be sure to check this key in the menu: Input, Keyboard, Keyboard Settings, Popup Menu before you hide the menu bar !

VirtualBoxInput

App-V Tools

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Several overviews of App-V tools can be found.

Some links:

http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/virtualisation/app-v-faq-26-what-3rd-party-tools-are-there-for-managing-app-v/

http://www.app-v.info/app-v_tools.html

http://www.softgridblog.com/?cat=4

http://virtualization.vanbragt.net/index.php/reviews/glance-at-free/app-v-tools-part-3

http://virtualization.vanbragt.net/index.php/reviews/glance-at-free/app-v-tools-part-4

http://virtualization.vanbragt.net/index.php/reviews/glance-at-free/app-v-tools-part-5

http://virtualization.vanbragt.net/index.php/reviews/glance-at-free/app-v-tools-part-6

http://www.tmurgent.com/Tools/AppV4Tools.aspx

 

Very slow shutdown VMware Workstation guests

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Check out the link below if you encounter slow shutdowns of VMware Workstation guests:

http://flakrat.blogspot.be/2011/12/vm-guests-take-forever-to-shutdown-in.html

In my case it reduced the shutdown time of Guest OS (on VMware Workstation 9.0) from several minutes to less then 30 seconds.

In a nutshelf:
Close VMware Workstation and add the text below to config.ini

prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "100"
mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE"
mainMem.partialLazySave = "FALSE"
mainMem.partialLazyRestore = "FALSE"

Change VMware ESX root password

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Method 1:
Login to the console as root (with the root password you know) and execute “passwd”.

Method 2:
– Start your VMware Infrastructure Client, pointing to the ESX server.
– Log in
– Click “Users & Groups”
– Double click “root”
– click the “Change password” checkbox
– type the new password in the “Password” field and in the “Confirm” field, and click “OK”

Method 3:
If you don’t know the root password anymore, see: http://virtual.bist.be/?p=101 for a procedure (see also http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1317898). Not difficult, but you’ll have to bring the server down first.

Windows 7 beta in VMware Workstation

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I was wondering if it would be possible to run Windows 7 (beta) in VMware Workstation, so I did the test. VMware Workstation version 6.5.1 was installed. There is no options for Windows 7 as operating system, so I selected Windows Vista as OS, and installed Windows 7 (32bit version). I found out that it was not a problem to install and work with Windows 7 as guest OS in VMware Workstation.

VMware Workstation message: This CPU is VT-capable, but VT is not enabled

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On a HP Compaq 6710b with Vista 64 bit installed and VMware Workstation 6.0.5, when launching the installation of Windows Server 2008 x64 (as Guest OS), the following message was displayed:

This CPU is VT-capable, but VT is not evabled (check your BIOS/firmware settings). You have configured this virtual machine to use a 64-bit guest operation system. However, this host’s CPU is not capable of running 64-bit virtual machines or this virtual machine has 64-bit support disabled.

For more detailed information, see http://www.vmware.com/info?id=152

Pretty straightforward how to solve this one, given the information above: enter the BIOS settings –>

System Configuration > Device Configuration > Virtualization Technology > Enable.

After booting the same message appeared. After another reboot, the message did not appear anymore.

Virtual PC 2007 SP 1 available now

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This update for Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 includes support for the following additional Host and Guest Operating Systems:

Additonal Guest Operating System support:
Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows Vista® Business Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows Vista® Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows Server® 2008 Standard
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3

Additional Host Operating System support:
Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows Vista® Business Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows Vista® Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3

You can download it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5&DisplayLang=en