VMToolsd.exe and Remote Desktop Services Environment
I have a question that I having a hard time finding an answer for. I have a large Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (terminial services) environment where i host multiple user sessions per VM. In my...
View ArticleTrouble exporting output to csv file
Hi I can't seem to get the following to export to a csv file: get-folder $folder | get-vm | %{ $_.Name; ($_ | get-datastore | selectName).Name } | Export-Csvtest.csv-NoTypeInfo For some reason unknown...
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Clone OS disk only, script complete and working...
Hi guys, after some painful research and testing, I've finally finished a test release of a script that will clone a hot VM's OS disk whilst ignoring the other disks. It seems that defining a VM...
View ArticlevCloud Upgrade question
We are looking to upgrade vCloud directory from 1.5.1 to 5.1. This also includes adding another vcenter as a new provider vDC to leverage the new server and storage infrastructure. At the moment we...
View ArticleESX 5.0 U2 and VM renames
Aloha, With surpreme joy I discovered that ESX 5.0 U2 supposedly fixed the problem SVMotion no longer synicing display names, folder names and file names. So I upgraded my test system and did a couple...
View ArticleIs there a max vCPU per ESXi host for vsphere Essentail Plus?
I have not been able to find specs giving max vCPU on an Essential Plus license. I know that Essential supports 1. 3 hosts2. 2 CPU/host3. 8 way SMP (8 vCPU) per VM I have 2 different configuration...
View ArticleDell Poweredge R720 with samsung ssds and Windows Server 2012 : Supporting...
Dell Poweredge R720 with samsung ssds and Windows Server 2012 : Supporting Virtual Desktops in Remote...
View ArticleHow many connections can guest 2008 server accept running on win 7 host
Hi, Can anyone shed any light on this for me? VMware Workstation 9. The host computer is running windows 7The guest virtual computer is server 2008 r2 The guest virtual server will be used primarily as...
View ArticlevCPU Per Core
vCPU Per Core is 25. So is that means if we will try to allocate it to more than 25 vm's we will get error?
View ArticleCopy Virtual Machine from Laptop to Desktop Hard Disk Error
Hi, I am trying to copy a VmWare Workstation 9 machine from my laptop to my desktop. It appears that everything transferred OK, but when I go to the VM properties, the Hard Disk (SCSI) property is...
View ArticleSending keypresses from ESXi-host (ssh/console) to VM?
Hi community, is there any way to send keystrokes (i.e. Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Break, Ctrl+Alt+Del) from ESXi-host (console or ssh) to VM-consoles? I know I can do it from vSphereClient, but that is a kind of...
View ArticleWin 8 upgrade from XP: "Standard PC" isn't compatible
I'm running Fusion 5.0.2 under 10.8.2. on a Retina MBProI have an XP SP3 VM that I'm trying to update to Windows 8.The VM has a 32GB IDE HD, 2 GB of RAM, with 4 processors allocated (also tried 2 and 1...
View ArticleInstalling vCenter Server 5.1 on Windows Server 2012
Hiya, ---First of all, I would like to use this topic for experiences running vCenter 5.1 on Windows Server 2012. Hopefully I will manage to get this all running and others will find answers in this...
View ArticleMigrating Data Centers (MSCS VMs with RDMs) - How to?
All, we are migrating VMs from one location to another. New vCenter and all in the new environment. We had some standalone VMs that had Physical Compatibility Mode RDMs attached. For us to Storage...
View ArticleSRM 4.1 recovery failing with: "Failed to recover datastore" error
I have two vCenter 4.1.0 servers, one at the protected site and one at the recovery site. I have SRM 4.1.2 installed at each site on seperate servers. vCenter and SRM are installed on W2K8 R2 VMs. Each...
View ArticlevSphere API that will return the https port associated with the vcenter server
Hello Is there any existing vSphere API that will return the https port associated with the vcenter server? ThanksLiz
View ArticleFinding Presentation Input Parameter Properties
I am using the VCO SDK with orchestrator 5.1.0 build 2725. I am needing to access the Presentation Properties. In particular I am looking for the Default value for each presentation item. I use my...
View ArticleFAILED: Unable to obtain the IP address of the helper virtual machine
Hi, I've got this message when I use the converter V4. What does it means exactly ? and above all how to work around this ? thx
View ArticleSAN storage pools for Clustered VMWare enviroment
I'm working on setting up our new SAN unit and I was wondering if there were any "best practices" for doing this for a VMWare clustered enviroment. I'm going to have 3 host servers in a cluster sharing...
View ArticleRHEL 5.7 32bit OS on 64bit cpu/kernel (ESXi 5.1)
I've converted a linux vm (RHEL 5.7 32bit) from Oracle VM to VMware using the conversion tool. After the conversion, I had to install the non-xen kernel to fix the kernel panic, did this by via the...
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