Category: ESXi5

vmware Tools MSI

Dale ScrivenLeave a Comment on vmware Tools MSI

If you need the vmware tools to come in the handy MSI format for installing automatically on your windows vm’s there is a very simple way of getting them. When you get the message that your vmware tools are out of date click the update tools button to connect the vmware tools iso to a guest vm. then when the autorun pop up appears within the windows guest vm, close that and open up a command pRead More…

Vmxnet3 driver crash in ESXi5

Dale ScrivenLeave a Comment on Vmxnet3 driver crash in ESXi5

Hi all, I’ve had a couple of occurances of this where a server 2003 R2 vm will seemingly just loose network connectivity. Attempting to ping either in or out will not work. Whilst sometimes powering off and on the vm will resolve the issue it wont stop it randomly happening again (naturally during production hours). I’ve noted that there is a VMware kb on the issue (which I found after i’d rRead More…