Need script to enable "Check and upgradetools during power cycling" on all VMs
What is the best method for enabling this option on all VMs? Is there a good way to do it without either editing the VMX files on every machine or doing it manually though edit settings?
View ArticleException 0xc0000005 (access violation) connecting USB Device; VM at My...
Hi, Running VMware Workstation 9.0.2 on Windows 7 64bit. Created a Windows 7 64bit VM at My Computer in VMware Workstation i'm able to connect an USB Device to it and it is recognized inside the VM....
View ArticleVolume Shadow Copy VSS disabled but still running
Hey Everyone, Has anyone run into the issue where on a Windows 2008 Server, Volume Shadow copy is disabled but it is still using and taking up more space? I have found both virtual and physical...
View Articlessl verification failure for "ip" due to a host thumbprint mismatch.
Hello.Have big problem with vSphere clientToday i press button Clear SSL certificate in IE on my Windows 7 OSThen i faced with strange issueI'm trying connect to vm console (client connected to...
View ArticleVM Deployment with customization, parallel
All, I am using a modified script I found on Jase's blog, (Thanks!) and it appears to be working great, but my big problem is it does one at a time. I would like them to go in parallel. Is there...
View ArticleBlock Internet access by an ThinApped Application
dear community! in sandboxie there's an function called "block Internet access by all programs in sandbox except selected process" can i configure an thinapped application that has no internet access...
View ArticleVCP Iaas CBT
Hello all , I am sitting for my VCP IaaS exam on the 30th of August. I would like to find out if there are any CBTs which may help me on this. Many thanks . Simbarashe
View ArticleESXi 5.1u1 + 3ware 9650SE on Haswell
Hi, I'm currently in the middle off a hardware upgrade for my home ESXi 5.1 (u1) machine, which I use for testing and training towards certifications (mostly microsoft) The specs for the machine are...
View Articleconsolidate disk in vcloud
Hi - in vcloud 5.1, I'm looking to consolidate a VM in a vapp. If I consolidate a VM, does it affect prior VMs and vapps ? For example, is Vapp A is saved as Catalog A, and then cloned as Vapp B. If I...
View ArticlevCenter Single Sign on Installation Fails (Could not contact lookup service)
I am trying to install the first vCenter server in our organization and it keeps failing with the error "Could not contact Lookup Service. Please check VM_ssoreg.log in system temporary folder for...
View ArticleConverter Hangs at 1%
I've got a machine that I've been tasked to virtualize, but I never get any farther than 1%, which is wierd because a collegue of mine P2Ved this server a couple months ago and it went through. (we had...
View ArticleCredentials for the vCenter MHM Service
Trying to install vCenter MHM so I can control multiple ESX hosts with one client. Problem is, when I'm installing vCenter MHM it's asking for credentials with rights to start a service. no matter what...
View ArticleVm won't boot after moving to another server
Hi all, After our production server went down with a broken mainboard, we setup another server (different hwardware) and installed vSphere 5.1. The existing virtual machines (database) (original...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Settings Window Freezes With Multiple NICs
I have VMware Player 5.0.2 installed on a Windows XP SP3 host and any time I attempt to view the virtual machine settings on a VM that has multiple NICs installed on it the settings window freezes and...
View ArticleWho deleted this datastore ? - a script ? - a bug ? - misconfigured tool ?
I have a quite strange issue - I need to find out what or who deleted a VMFS volume by first deleting the partitiontable - then recreating it and formatting it the following entries can be found in...
View Articlewindows 7 high idle cpu until VM brought into focus
I've seen other treads on this, but no solutions were given other than "check for background processes in the VM" and "suspend instead of letting it go idle". These are not solutions. I have a window 7...
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vSphere host reports less reserved GPU memory than View pool configuration
Hello, I have a View pool configured to assign 512 Mb of video memory to all VM's. My Dell R720 hosts have an Nvida Grid K1 card in each. However, when I run GPUVM on a putty session with my host, I...
View ArticleVMA Build 1062361 not pingable
Hi, I am trying to deploy a VMA to help on my VCAP-DCA exam. I have gone through, and deployed the virtual machine from the ovf file. I also went into edit the settings of the VM, under the Options...
View ArticleVCB error
Hello, I've got strange error in the VC console when trying to backup one vm using VCB When VCB is trying to create a snapshot following erorr occur : General system error occured: Protocol error...
View ArticleAsset Extensions Refresh
Asset Extensions, I created some new fields under the Administration/Asset Extensions Settings. When I got to view them under Console/Asset Extensions/VCM Devices they do not show up. Any ideas ?
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