Re: Windows scripting commands not executing in guest customization's "Run...
I'm no expert, but wondering if this could be caused by the special characters in the commands. Have you tried wrapping them into i.e. CMD files and including them into the build so the file is called...
View ArticleAuto power on/off VM guests auto-update script
Hi all, I'm looking for any idea which gives me possibility to autopower on/off VM guests on vcenter 5.1. There is an option Virtual Machine Startup and Shutdown and I can add there manually some VM's...
View ArticleRe: multiple swap files
What version of ESX are you running? If this is ESXi 5.x, it is normal for a VM to have multiple .vswp files If this is a lower version ESX, power off the VM's - the .vswp files should be deleted. If...
View ArticleRe: troubleshooting of locked virtual machine files
Enjoy VMware KB: Investigating virtual machine file locks on ESXi/ESX
View ArticleRe: SRM 5.1.1 strange behavior
Thanks Philippe, I will try this and keep you posted.Hope It will do the trick because I'm totally lost here...
View ArticleRe: help please!! T-T
Well if your CPU does not support VT-x or it is not enabled in the BIOS then you cannot run a 64-bit Guest OS. Did you look int the BIOS to see if VT-x is even available and if so disabled and enable...
View ArticleRe: another query on drivers
How about 1. ILO/KVM/iDRAC?2. Mount the ISO on local machine and copy the files over network (LAN/WAN) on ESX host either local datastore or SAN storage
View ArticleRe: Windows Server 2012 Template\VM creation
This should help Creating a Server 2012 Golden Image with Sysprep and VMWare Workstation « willcode4foodblog Creating a Server 2012 Golden Image with Sysprep and VMWare Workstation: Part...
View ArticleRe: help please!! T-T
its a custom computer, i put it together myself, it has an intel i5 i think it was a 2500 sandy-bridge unlocked. i probably got the number wrong.
View ArticleRe: PowerCLI script to validate all the hosts in vCenter Intel VT enabled or no
LucD, 1st of all, thanks for the 2 liner. 2nd, quick Q for you. Is there a way of exporting the HVSupport attribute into a CSV e.g. @{N="VT Support";E={$_. ..........}}, ?
View ArticleRe: How to access VM disk
Hi, May I ask what is that you are trying to do? The disk name RHEL6x64bit-000009.vmdk - means there might be 9 snapshots present in the system already. You are referring the file from which snapshot?...
View ArticleRe: Virtual Network Editor not saving added networks
Just to complicate things... :-)I added VMnet 2 as bridged and it saved it, I then changed to Host-only leaving the "Connect a host virtual adapter to this network" and "use local DHCP service to...
View ArticleRe: STAX Error when executing VMMark2-STAX.bat - STAX Service Not Registered
Can you open a command prompt on your prime client and execute the following "java -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -jar C:\STAF\services\stax\STAXMon.jar"
View ArticleRe: Beginner setup
Can you confirm you connected the virtual NICs to the correct port groups, i.e. did not mix them up?Are you able to ping the pfSense IP address from the client?Are you able to ping any IP address in...
View ArticleGuest/Host Copy/Paste unreliable if full screen guest is minimized
I have multiples VMs running full screen on primary monitor. Inside a guest I copy a file to the clipboard. I then minimize the whole VM window from the top flydown bar. I then browse to a host...
View ArticleRe: Hierarchy of native clones of file name.vmdk is too deep
Yea, the more I think about it, it makes sense though...If you look at the error and if the array doesn't support 'nested clones' with VAAI, anything beyond the first link of the chain is "too deep",...
View ArticleRe: Issues After Upgrade
We had that issue and it was related to SSO. You can setup the username for the vcenter server as domain\user or setup SSO domain lookup order...
View ArticleRe: Beginner setup
I can ping my client from the pfsense, but not the other way around. 192.168.1.120 -> 192.168.1.75 OK192.168.1.75 -> 192.168.1.200 No answer
View ArticleRe: Running batch file on guest VM using vCD?
You have a couple options for this:1) Preferred: Setup your batch file in the Guest Customization of your vApp when you are ready to deploy, I provided an example of this in the Custom Deploy vApp...
View ArticleRe: Hierarchy of native clones of file name.vmdk is too deep
the nativeFormat message sounds like it was created with VAAI enabled, but then VAAI was disabled. so you have a native linked clone you are trying to work with, when in non-native mode.
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