Adding Distributions via config-distro.rb
In looking at the Admin manual, there is a high level example of using config-distro.rb to add new distro's, however no examples or pointers to any of the distro URL's.We're interested in deploying...
View ArticleCustomize using an existing customization specification option greyed out
HI All, I have a two part question. I'm running 5.1 everything. vCenter, ESXi, vCOPs, SRM etc.. I am trying to give my Developers the ability to create their own VM's. I've created a custom Role and...
View Articletwo monitors with a Avocent 4 port dvi kvm Switch
I have two monitors hooked up to a 4 port Avocent DVI KVM switch. One monitor is on port one and the second monitor is on the console connection. This works fine in the physical world of Macs. I have...
View ArticleRealtek 8168 driver broken in esx 5.1
VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 - Realtek 8168 drivers broken between 5.0 release and 5.1 - attempted fresh installs on multiple boxes; driver shows as installed but uplink does not forward traffic....
View ArticleHelp with "VMRC plugin is missing" - IE Specific
Hello, I have installed vCloud 1.5 U1. When I try to go to run a console, I am constantly greeting with the message: "VMRC plugin is missing. Click OK to download VMWare VMRC plugin installer." I...
View ArticleVApp Instantiation
Hi All, I am using .net sdk for vcloud and i am using samples provided for .net sdk. There is no option specified about how to add NetworkConfigSectionType to InstantiationParamsType. Could...
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 ArticleWindows 7 64-bit guest, performance decreasing over time
Running: VMWare Player 5Host specs:Win 7 64-bit, 12 GB RAM, Core i7 CPU Guest specs:O/S: Win 7 64-bitMemory: 4 GBProcessors: 2HD: 200Gb Preallocated (used to be a dynamically-growing disk - only 50...
View ArticleHow to virtualize an existing Windows Server?
I have an existing physical server that's running Windows Server 2008. This machine is getting old and we like to toss it away but before we do, instead of reinstalling the Windows server OS and...
View Articlewindows server 2012 TLG setup
please can someone help I am having trouble understanding how to set up the following in VMware workstation...
View ArticleHow to use DataByConstraintRequest?
Hi , I am new to the vSphere web client plugin development. I went through some samples specifically the helloworld sample and the views-properties-ui sample. I was then trying to retrieve list of...
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VMware vSphere Web Client - migrate option greyed out
When selecting a VM to migrate the option to migrate is greyed out. In fact, Power On, Migrate, Revert to Current Snapshot are greyed out. I would like to migrate this VM to another host and...
View ArticleRemoving character strings within a hashtable
Hello all PowerCLI'ers out there. Here's what I hope will be an easy one for you guys. I have built a hashtable named $hostInfo that contains information about our VMHosts. The information when...
View ArticleDashboard shared, but admin cant see it
my 57 vapp had a user create a custom dashboard and shared for admin to review and modify, and the admin user cannot see the dashboard, but other admin level users can. Is that expected or is this an...
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vCOPS login headache
hi I am using domain account to log in to my 3 vCenters.Now vCOPS was installed and I am using my same AD account to login to VCOPS for instance charlie.richard but when I login to my...
View ArticleESXi and DMZ
Hi,i have a question about how to operate a ESXi Host in a DMZ.To know more, we wan´t to build some VM´s that have to placed in our DMZ. We do not wan´t to use VLAN´s on our present vCenter and...
View ArticleVMWare View 4.6 Pool Deleting
vSphere Client ver. 4.1.0VMWare View Admin 4.6.0 I attempted to delete a pool that has no virtual machines and is currently stuck in a deleting state. Event database is spawning events every minute...
View ArticleIs it possible??
Hi Team, Is there any way to find the esx host ip using virtual machines IP or virtual machines? without login to the esx? because i have N number of esx its very difficult to find which vm is...
View ArticleCan't SVmotion machine
I am trying to SVmotion some machines to new storage. Most worked fine but I have 4 machines that continually fail. When trying to move it, an error pops up that says "Error caused by file...
View ArticleConstant NetBIOS Name Service query/refresh for Windows 7 VM
Resuming a Windows 7 VM that uses NAT sometimes triggers an endless loop of NBNS queries/refreshes for the VM's name. From a Wireshark trace it looks like this happens two or three times a second...
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