Hi.
I’m pretty sure that the Checksum Offload causes a bunch of network slow downs – especially in a virtual environment.
Whenever a customer says that it takes a good few seconds to open i.e. a Word document, placed on a share, I always disable Checksum Offload wherever possible on the NIC, inside the VM. This has [...]
Here is a step-by-step guide to get VMware vSphere Client and the vSphere Host Update Utility to work in Windows 7. My system is running Windows 7 – 64-bit, so please make sure you enter the correct “Program Files” folder if your system is 32-bit. Let’s get started:
1. Open the following folder:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Vmware\Infrastructure\Virtual [...]
If you’ve upgraded to or installed ESX(i) 4.0 you’ll see that you have an advanced option to pick which virtual machine hardware version to use for your new VMs. As noted in the image below, the virtual hardware version will determine which other VMware products the VM can be run on. Virtual machine version 7 [...]
