Is it possible to migrate you virtual servers from a esxi host which is 5.5 to a esxi host that is 6.5 while upgrading the 5.5 to 6.5?
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esxi server upgrade for 5.5 to 6.5 appliance all or one
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Restrict VM console access
Hi
For some (Windows-based) virtual machines, we need to restrict access to the VMware console. The VMware administrators should not be able to view / access the Windows' desktop and RDP should be the only way to log on to the machines. This is mainly because the VMware admins have no rights on the OS level of the Windows machines.
Is there a way to restrict this, without allowing the VMware admins to overcome the restriction? I was thinking about configuring the Windows firewall to close down any port used by the VMRC, if this would be possible?
Best regards,
Tim
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redimensionnement de disque
Bonjour,
J'aurais quelques petites précision au sujet de vsphere.
Je voudrais redimensionner la taille d'un disque (D:) sur une vm en fonctionnement et je souhaiterais savoir les effets possibles de la manipulation sur la vm (si elle vas redémarer, si le changement est immédiat ou prend il effet au redémarrage).
Merci
cordialement.
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get-stat timestamp difference
I dont know why there is difference in timestamp shown in UI and timestamp in get-stat of a ESXi server.
In the attached figure, you can see the current time is today's date: 2018/06/19
but when i get get-stat in powercli window.
i get
MetricId Timestamp Value Unit
-------- --------- ----- ----
mem.usage.average 6/20/2018 9:09:20 AM 0 %
mem.usage.average 6/20/2018 9:09:00 AM 0 %
mem.usage.average 6/20/2018 9:08:40 AM 0.99 %
mem.usage.average 6/20/2018 9:08:20 AM 0.99 %
the timestamp shown is tomorrow's...
Is there anything which i have to change.
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Get-VM Error after PowerCLI Upgrade
Hi,
I am unable to use get-vm command after the PowerCLI upgrade from 6.5.3 to 10.1.1
Below is the latest PowerCLI version details
| Name | Version |
| ---- | ------- |
| VMware.DeployAutomation | 6.7.0.8250345 |
| VMware.ImageBuilder | 6.7.0.8250345 |
| VMware.PowerCLI | 10.1.1.8827524 |
| VMware.Vim | 6.7.0.8343295 |
| VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core | 10.1.0.8377811 |
| VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud | 10.0.0.7893901 |
| VMware.VimAutomation.Common | 10.1.0.8342134 |
| VMware.VimAutomation.Core | 10.1.0.8344055 |
| VMware.VimAutomation.HA | 6.5.4.7567193 |
| VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView | 7.5.0.8827468 |
| VMware.VimAutomation.License | 10.0.0.7893904 |
| VMware.VimAutomation.Nsxt | 10.1.0.8346947 |
| VMware.VimAutomation.PCloud | 10.0.0.7893924 |
| VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk | 10.1.0.8342078 |
| VMware.VimAutomation.Srm | 10.0.0.7893900 |
| VMware.VimAutomation.Storage | 10.1.0.8313015 |
VMware.VimAutomation.StorageUtility 1.2.0.0
| VMware.VimAutomation.Vds | 10.1.0.8344219 |
| VMware.VimAutomation.Vmc | 10.0.0.7893902 |
| VMware.VimAutomation.vROps | 10.0.0.7893921 |
| VMware.VumAutomation | 6.5.1.7862888 |
When I execute get-vm I am getting the below error
PS E:\myreports> get-vm
get-vm : 6/19/2018 2:49:27 AM Get-VM Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: array
At line:1 char:1
+ get-vm
+ ~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-VM], VimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_BaseCmdlet_UnknownError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetVM
similarly, If I give the VM name, it works
PS E:\myreports> get-vm VCENTER55
Name PowerState Num CPUs MemoryGB
---- ---------- -------- --------
VCENTER55 PoweredOn 28 50.000
All my scripts are also failing
#Actual Script
Get-VM | Select @{N='VM Name';E={$_.Name}},
@{N="IP Address";E={@($_.guest.IPAddress[0])}},
@{N="VM_ID";E={@($_.ExtensionData.moref.value)}},
@{N="VM PowerState";E={@($_.PowerState)}},
@{N="Operating System"; E={@($_.guest.OSFullName)}},
@{N="CPU Count";E={@($_.NumCPU)}},
@{N="MemoryInGB";E={[math]::round($_.MemoryGB)}},
PS E:\myreports> .\4_POC_VM_Reporting.ps1
Name Port User
---- ---- ----
10.16.15.26 443 admin
Get-VM : 6/19/2018 2:36:10 AM Get-VM Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: array
At E:\myreports\4_POC_VM_Reporting.ps1:8 char:1
+ Get-VM | Select @{N='VM Name';E={$_.Name}},
+ ~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-VM], VimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_BaseCmdlet_UnknownError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetVM
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Host Win 10 and Workstation Pro 14: network share of host not accessible in VM
Hello,
I have an issue with the following configuration:
Host:
Computer Name: saturn
Windows 10 (Version 1709)
VMware® Workstation 14 Pro 14.1.2 build-8497320
network share: satshare1
VM:
Computer Name: xenon
openSUSE Leap 42.2
Network: NAT
I had no problems accessing the network share 'satshare1' from within the VM 'xenon'. Read and write to and from the share worked without any issue. But out of the blue I am not able to access the network share. I get the error message 'timeout on server saturn'. Even trying to re-mount the network share failed. I can access network shares (e.g. groupdata) from our NAS from within the VM. So generally the network access is working well from the VM.
I did some tests with another PC (real hardware) 'neptun' running Windows 7. From this PC I am able to connect to the share 'satshare1'.
The problem might be caused by software updates on my host system. I switched of the firewall on the host, same issue.
Any hints or ideas how to go on would be helpful.
Thanks for your attention,
Michael
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vSphere 6.7 and Network I/O Control Version Compatibility
Upgrading DVS from 5.5 to 6.0 for the vCenter 6.0 Windows to 6.7 Appliance migration. Is Network I/O Control Version 2 able to continue running in vSphere 6.7?
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Vsphere 6.5 update 2 vCenter upgrade results in no access to vCenter via vsphere web client or html 5 client.
Get a JAVA/SSL error, trust anchors cannot be empty. DNS/NTP working correctly. This is on a linux appliance with embedded PSC. Anyone see this?
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_leaseDays' field must be INTEGER , Getting Error while Provisioning
I have one base blue print where i put lease time Min- 20 Days ---- Max 365 Days
I have another XAAS blueprint which call Base blurpint . We are passing a exipre day for 30 days for that VM.
If i run XAAS blueprint where base blueprint does not have any max lease days define -- It got success
If run only base blueprint with Set Lease Days --- No Error -- Success
If i run XAAS blueprint with set 1month exp date where in base blueprint have min (20 day to 365 Days Max ) - getting Failed
and getting below error .
_leaseDays' field must be INTEGER
Variable input in vRO logs
"PpS.CategoryTag.VMTag.AppID": "ACDS",
"0.XXX.request.appid": "ACDS",
"PpS.CategoryTag.VMTag.PARID": "TEST",
"0.XXX.request.app.select": "\"EFT Generator",
"_leaseDays": 30
}
},
"_archiveDays": 1,
"_deploymentName": "TEST",
"_leaseDays": 10,
"_number_of_instances": 1
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Remediation Pre-Check tells me DRS is not activated, but it *is*
Hi,
with VMWare VCenter Server 6.7 there is a cool new feature: the remediation pre-check.
Unfortunately it tells me that vSphere DRS is not activated in combination with the vCenter Server, but a few lines above it *is* activated (see sceeenshot). I'm also able to vMotion the vSphere server.
I'd appreciate some help/tips/hints.
Bye!
Screenshots below:
First: DRS is shown correctly as enabled:
And a few lines below it tells me I shall enable it:
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HPE BL460c Gen9 - SD-CARD - VMware-ESXi-6.5.0-Update1-5969303-HPE-650.U1.10.1.0.14-Jul2017 - Install hangs on 85%
Hello together,
hopefully one of you have an Idea whats going on with this blade:
HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 - 32 GB SD-CARD - try to install with the following isos:
VMware-ESXi-6.5.0-Update1-5969303-HPE-650.U1.10.1.0.14-Jul2017
VMware-ESXi-6.5.0-5310538-HPE-650.10.1.0.47-Jul2017
VMware-ESXi-6.5.0-OS-Release-5146846-HPE-650.9.6.5.27-May2017
I got everytime the message:
vmkctl.HostCtlException: Unable to get node: Sysinfo error: Not foundSee VMkernel log for details
In the Attachment you find a lot of screenshots. Maybe one of you have an Idea.
Thanks for helping me!
Best regards
Sven-Jendrik
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Intel Wireless 3168NGW Stone Peak passthrough on an ASRock Threadripper X399 platform, won't enable
Hello folks,
Attempting to passthrough a wireless card to a VM under esxi 6.7. The device appears available for passthrough. If I check it, it says enabled/needs reboot, but then is not enabled (reverts to baseline) if I actually do reboot. Data below. (As an aside, the aquantia 10GBe appears STUCK on enabled/needs reboot, and multiple other passthrough devices work fine.) FWIW, I'm actually interested in using the Bluetooth to connect keyboard/mouse to the VM (I only have 3 USB hubs but need a forth, and no spare PCIE slots.)
System is an ASROCK Professional X399 with a Threadripper 1950x.
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Stretched Cluster
Hello,
I have 3 servers in Site 1 and 3 servers in Site 2 connected through 10G L2 with HDD disks for capacity and SSD for caching. Can we configure stretched cluster between sites? can we use RAID1 with stretched cluster or we need RAID5/6?
And if RAID5/6 is mandatory for stretched cluster, should we need all-flash?
Regards,
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Performance issue on PowerCli Linux
Hello
I'm currently working on retrieving stats for our VMs through PowerCli and I found that there is a huge performance difference between the Linux and Windows version.
The same request is taking 3m32s on Windows and 27m7s on Linux.
Which means that the Linux version is useless in this case.
Same version of Powershell-Core on the 2 servers, same version of Powercli.
Is this lack of performance linked to Powershell Linux or to Powercli Linux ?
If it's linked to PowerCli Linux, is there a way to optimize performance at this level ?
The goal is to be able to run this request on Linux (in less than 5 min) in order not to have another Windows server for that... (cost of licence, etc...)
Linux (Centos 7)
PS /root> get-psversion
Major Minor Patch PreReleaseLabel BuildLabel
----- ----- ----- --------------- ----------
6 1 0 preview.2
PS /root> get-powercliversion
PowerCLI Version
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VMware PowerCLI 10.1.0 build 8346946
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Component Versions
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VMware Cis Core PowerCLI Component PowerCLI Component 10.1 build 8377811
VMware VimAutomation VICore Commands PowerCLI Component PowerCLI Component 10.1 build 8344055
PS /root> $VMs = Get-Vm
PS /root> $VMs.count
685
PS /root> $metrics = "cpu.ready.summation","cpu.costop.summation","cpu.latency.average","cpu.usagemhz.average","cpu.usage.average","mem.active.average","mem.usage.average","net.received.average","net.transmitted.average","disk.maxtotallatency.latest","disk.read.average","disk.write.average","disk.numberReadAveraged.average","disk.numberWriteAveraged.average","net.usage.average","disk.usage.average","disk.commandsAveraged.average"
PS /root> Measure-Command {$Stats = Get-Stat -Entity $vms -Stat $metrics -Realtime -MaxSamples 15 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Group-Object -Property {$_.Entity.Name}}
Days : 0
Hours : 0
Minutes : 27
Seconds : 7
Milliseconds : 923
Windows (Windows 2016)
PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\6-preview> Get-PSVersion
Major Minor Patch PreReleaseLabel BuildLabel
----- ----- ----- --------------- ----------
6 1 0 preview.2
PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\6-preview> Get-PowerCliVersion
WARNING: The cmdlet "Get-PowerCLIVersion" is deprecated. Please use the 'Get-Module' cmdlet instead.
PowerCLI Version
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VMware PowerCLI 10.1.0 build 8346946
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Component Versions
---------------
VMware Cis Core PowerCLI Component PowerCLI Component 10.1 build 8377811
VMware VimAutomation VICore Commands PowerCLI Component PowerCLI Component 10.1 build 8344055
PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\6-preview> $Vms = Get-VM
PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\6-preview> $VMs.count
685
PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\6-preview> $metrics = "cpu.ready.summation","cpu.costop.summation","cpu.latency.average","cpu.usagemhz.average","cpu.usage.average","mem.active.average","mem.usage.average","net.received.average","net.trans
mitted.average","disk.maxtotallatency.latest","disk.read.average","disk.write.average","disk.numberReadAveraged.average","disk.numberWriteAveraged.average","net.usage.average","disk.usage.average","disk.commandsAveraged.average"
PS C:\Program Files\PowerShell\6-preview> Measure-Command {$Stats = Get-Stat -Entity $vms -Stat $metrics -Realtime -MaxSamples 15 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Group-Object -Property {$_.Entity.Name}}
Days : 0
Hours : 0
Minutes : 3
Seconds : 32
Milliseconds : 110
Best Regards,
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VCSA 6.7 Error while connecting to external Platform Service Controller - Certificate does not match host
Hi,
I installed Platform Service Controller 6.7. All went fine. Then I tried to install vCenter Server Appliance 6.7. While asking for external service controller I'm facing this error
The hostname of VPSC vm is exactly VPSC.mydomain.com and I verified it not only in web but also in a SSH session to VPSC VM but as you see it says as follows
Unable to validate the connectivity to the external Platform Services Controller.
Failed to validate sso.('VPSC.mydomain.com' doesn't match with hostname in Platform Services Controller certificate)
Any help will be appreciated
Thanks
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Analysis dashboard is gone after upgrade to 6.7. Don't you now if is possible restore this tab somehow? It was my favorite dashboard :(
Analysis dashboard is gone after upgrade to 6.7. Don't you now if is possible restore this tab somehow? It was my favorite dashboard
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Mouse Cursor Disappears when hovering over a window edge
Hi,
We just upgraded from Horizon 7.3.2 to 7.5. Both connection servers and security gateway are upgraded. I also did a full removal of the 7.3.2 agent from all parent VDIs and then a clean install of the 7.5 agent. Snapshot, then publish the new image to our instant clone pools. Our users have Client v4.7 on Win10 terminals for connecting to Horizon.
After the upgrade, all users in 3 separate IC pools lose the mouse cursor whenever they hover on a window edge. Basically when the mouse pointer should change from an arrow to a "stretch" icon, it disappears instead. The user can still left-click and drag the window size, function is not affected. Has anyone else seen this behavior with 7.5?
Additional info about the VDIs:
Win10 v1607
AppVolumes 2.13.2
Writable Volume + UIA
This affect happens to everyone regardless of Desktop pool or various App Stack assignment.
Thanks,
Bob
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Exception calling "EnableAlarmActions" with "2" argument(s):
Hi,
I am trying to write a script that gives me the option to enable/disable alarm actions on all my ESXi hosts attached to a particular virtual center.
I've got the code mostly working but I'm getting this error when I execute the code"
Exception calling "EnableAlarmActions" with "2" argument(s): "
Required parameter entity is missing
while parsing call information for method EnableAlarmActions
at line 1, column 171
while parsing SOAP body
at line 1, column 64
while parsing SOAP envelope
at line 1, column 0
while parsing HTTP request for method setAlarmActionsEnabled
on object of type vim.alarm.AlarmManager
at line 1, column 0"
At \\fs-55-ah\vmgr$\home05\dscotti\Documents\Scripts\WIP\set esxi host alarm state.ps1:37 char:13
+ $alarmmgr.EnableAlarmActions($esx.ExtensionData.MoRef,$tr ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : VimException
My script is attached. Any thoughts on what I've got wrong would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Dan
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Unable to install VMtools on win2012r2 guest (host - ESXi 6.5)
Unable to install VMtools on win2012r2 guest (host - ESXi 6.5)
When I try to install VMWare tools on fresh VM (just installed Win server 2012 R2)
I get an error: "Failed - The required VMware Tools ISO image does not exist or is inaccessible."
full error message:
Failed - The required VMware Tools ISO image does not exist or is inaccessible.
- Unable to install VMware Tools. An error occurred while trying to access image file "/usr/lib/vmware/isoimages/windows.iso" needed to install VMware Tools: 2 (No such file or directory). Please refer the product documentation or KB article 2129825 for details about how to get VMware Tools package for this guest operating system.
- vix error code = 21001
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Can't UNC to Instant Clone Desktops
We are deploying instant clone desktops running Windows 7 and have noticed that upon provisioning you cannot UNC to the machines. After a manual reboot UNC seems to work. Is this expected behavior, or is there something I am missing somewhere?
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