VDI VM shutting down after logout
Hi, On one of the View infrastructure i manage I have a strange issue since one week. In the morning i find between 1 and 5 VM (out of 15) shut down in VSphere client. According to the log the shutdown...
View ArticleOrgNetwork creation looking for wrong vdnscope
I have all basic setup done on vShield Manager and vSphere. We are using Nexus 1Kv. When I try to create a new Org Network, it always looks for vddnscope-1. But, vdnscope-1 doesn't exist and...
View ArticleHow do I create mutiple admin accounts on vMA?
Dear Friends, As we all known, the vMA has only two built-in account vi-admin and vi-user. In our farm there are serveral Esxi engineer, I want them login with their ow IDs on vMA. Can anyone guide me...
View Article10Gb vMotion - 9000 MTU on vSwitch, 8982 MTU on Port Group Limit
Hello all, We've been doing some testing for a new infrastructure. We're using 10Gb ethernet (Force 10's) and we noticed something very strange. Per Scott Lowe's blog I was pretty sure you would set...
View ArticleMSI 970A-G46 new chipset issues
Good day,Peculiar issue with the newer updated 970A-G46 motherboard. We previously used these to build some Vmware ESXI 5.1 servers, this worked fine with a BIOS version 1.X, but it seems after I...
View ArticleAssigning physical NIC to a VM
Hi,My host server has 4 NICs. How do I assign a physical NIC to a VM? The guest VM OS is Windows Server 2012.Thank you. Bernard Jen
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VCAP-DCA Experience
Hi All Sat my VCAP-DCA5 in Leeds, UK yesterday Big shout out to http://www.valcolabs.com/vcap5-dca/http://thefoglite.com/vcap-dca5-objective/Trainsignal DVD'svBrownBags Also, biggest resource for me...
View ArticleError while adding license
Installing a new 5.1.1 VCO server, everything smooth on the config except for the license step-getting the following error message: No permission, 'Permission to perform this operation was denied.'...
View ArticleMouse invisibly sticks itself - Linux host & guest
(VMWare player 5, latest version) Hello. I have a little problem - the invisible mouse of the actual vm sticks itself without affecting the visible cursor when approaching corners of a vm if either...
View ArticleRetrieve list of cluster DRS Affinity rules
Hi, Not wanting to re-invent the wheel, I thought I would ask the community first. Has anybody written a workflow to retrieve a list of DRS Affinity rules attached to a cluster?
View ArticleConnection Server Custom Session Timeout
Our View Connection server has a global session timeout of 18 hours for our PCoIP connections. We have a pool of VMs needs to run jobs that can take up to 72 hours to process. Is there a way to...
View ArticleReconfigVM_Task CD/DVD backing - "Incompatible device backing specified for...
Hi AllI am trying to reconfigure VM using "ReconfigVM_Task". if CD/DVD is connected to the VM i want it to disconnect and change it to passthrough client device.i know this can be done in following way...
View ArticlevCenter Server 5.1 Essentials Downgrade License Error - Linked Mode
I'm working on getting a couple vCenter Servers connected via Linked Mode. I deployed 3 vCenter Servers in Evaluation Mode to be shipped to remote sites. The main site has a vCenter Standard license....
View ArticleNew-VM Multiple Hard Disks
Hello, I am attempting to write a script that will recursively go through a folder and populate an array with hard disk paths. Once the array is populated, create an appropriate number of VM's (i.e....
View ArticleWindows Server 2k8 License Reactivation after Copy of VM
I conduct training sessions for my company and we use VM's with VMware Workstation 9 to house virtual machines for the course content. I have created a set of VM's all with valid Windows licenses, but...
View ArticleCannot Prepare ESXi Hosts
Hey All, I am getting the attached error when attempting to prepare my two ESXi 5 hosts in vCloud Director. I did some googling and the only lead I found was that it was possible the prereqs for DRS...
View Articlemouse jumps and clicks
Randomly the mouse will jump to a random location and clicks (its driving me crazy). I happens in Autocad 2008 and not sure if its related to that program. It is literally the only program I use in...
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Multi-display reverts to single after unlocking Win7 client
Had an issue today. Left Workstation running in multi-monitor mode across 3 displays. Came back after the client (Windows 7 64-bit) had locked the screen due to inactivity. When I entered my...
View ArticleHow to Increase the CPU cycle - vSphere 5.1
Hi All, I have a Cisco C-Series C240 M3 with a CPU cycle of 2.4Ghz with 8 Cores. I am using Vsphere 5.1 and would like to install an OS as VM which require 2.8Ghz CPU Cycle. Is it possible to increase...
View ArticleHow to get the groups a user is in
I am trying to get all the groups that a specific user is a member of. I am trying the following: ReferenceType newUserReference = getCommandSession().getUserReferenceByName("user"); //method that gets...
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