How do I identify a vCenter locator in vSphere?
When deploying an OVA/OVF file to vCenter, ovftool requires a locator.The example locator in the user guide looks like this: vi://user:password@localhost/DatacenterWhen I look at the vCenter path with...
View ArticleWhich product for running multiple releases of OS X and Windows?
Hi, I have a software that can run on OS X (10.5 - 10.9) and Windows (XP, Vista, 7 & 8). I would like to install all these Operating Systems on one machine then install the software on each for...
View ArticleAccess to resource settings on the host is restricted to the server 'x.x.x.x'...
Attempting to create a new vm on an ESXi 5 host using vSphere API produces the following error:"Access to resource settings on the host is restricted to the server 'x.x.x.x' which is managing it." This...
View ArticleChange the names that appear for my ESX servers
I have the Virtual Storage Appliance set up and running (VSA)I have one vCenter Server (running on Win2k8r2 and full MS SQL)I have two ESXi 5.0 hostsI have 2 VMs runningWhen I initially set up the VSA...
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I need a script to log into guest OS desktop, similar to option in guest...
I need a script to auto logon to guest OS desktop, similar to option in guest customization wizard. We run scripts at customer sites, live environments, for which 100% verification is needed that the...
View ArticleHow to? SSD oder SATA
Hallo, wir setzen VM-Workstation 9 ein. Da bei uns die Meinungen auseinader gehen, stelle ich mal meine Frage hier.Unsere PC sind Hardware mäßig gut ausgestattet. Beim Betrieb mehrer VMs, vorwiegend...
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Workflow to validate local user from organization
I want to develope some workflow to validate an local user from organization, i have two inputs, the user object and the password, with this two params i want to check if the user is an user valid....
View ArticlevSphere Performance Reporting with PowerCLI: Automating vSphere Performance...
I look for new Powershell/PowerCLI books from time to time, and I saw one being advertised by the Powershell Omniscient Luc Dekens. Is this also going to be available in ebook format? I hope it sells...
View ArticleVMware Virtual Machine Port Group Loop
It is possible a single virtual machine have two network adapter's pluggedinto the same port group using the same vlan id? -- Network Adapter1 -------|VM --...
View ArticlevExpert: Alastair Cooke
This document is a detail page for the VMware vExpert Directory.Expert InformationNameAlastair CookeLocationTaurangaNew ZealandShort DescriptionvBrownBag crew member, creator of...
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Lowest supported VMFS Version on ESXi 5.x?
Hi I've got a customer whos vSphere environment I want to upgrade to version 5.1. The hosts are currently running ESXi 4.1 and have two datastores attached. These are both on VMFS Version 3.31. Now I...
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vCenter is not responding correct
Hi,I've upgraded vCenter 5.0 to vCenter 5.1 U1a all is good, expect for the fact that when I eg. try to mirage a VM or set some settings on the cluster I get an error : The request failed because the...
View ArticleMulti-Cell NTP Sync
Has anyone run into the issue where their cells will fail out of sync over time? I noticed this morning that I couldn't connect to the VMRC console and figured I would check NTP on the cells since...
View ArticleThis copy of windows must be activated with microsoft before you can continue
When we try to login to the P2V virtual Machine we do get a message "This copy of Windows must be activated with Microsoft before you can continue". This happens if we convert the Physical machine...
View ArticleHow to make hard disk available for diffferent guest OS?
I have a HP DL380 G7 with a RAID 1 on two 2TB hard disks. In the vSphere Client, when setting up the virtual machine, how do I allocate some of this disk space to my virtual machine so it shows up as...
View ArticlePowerCLI & SSH.Net
I was curious if anyone has been able to get SSH.NET to work with powershell and ESXi 5.x? ESXi 5.x appears to require the KeyboardInteractiveConnectionInfo class to connect. However, I'm not familiar...
View ArticleSRA command 'queryInfo' didn't return a response
Hello, Trying to install NetApp SRA in SRM. SRA detected the NetApp controller at the remote site but I won't at the local site. I always get this error message : Failed to load SRA from 'C:/Program...
View ArticleHow to configure Home PC lan IP'S To Vmware netwrok adapters
How to configure my PC LAN IP'S to VMWARE network adapters.? I have uploaded the screenshot, That the same ip's i need to configure on my vmware network, anyone can show me with details. How to config...
View Articleis there a way to pass a USB device to the VM from the guest machine using...
Hi Guys, I have installed the vSphere PowerCLI on my machine. Is it possible to map a USB device connected to my machine to a vSphere VM through command line? I am able to do this currently using the...
View ArticleVM grew to 258GB on datastore formatted with a 1M block size
I have an ESXi 4.1 server (VMFS 3.33) , stand alone, older server, hosting a single VM. When I created the server, I made the local datastore a 1MB block size because the VM would never grow above...
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