Re: 'Unidentified Network' after installing VMware Workstation 10 and Windows...
Hello,Make sure that the network adaptor settings on the client OS have an appropriate "gateway" and "netmask" values set (usually your routers IP address). Without a gateway value windows will...
View ArticleRe: Database user name and password (vpxuser?)
You should open up a new thread to ask this question. But since I can't wait... If you have another user with root privileges, you can reset the root password by following this KB...
View ArticleHelp with Get-Content file processing
Hello - Big time PwoerCLI noob here... I just got tagged in to fill some absent shoes. I hope I don't get thrown to the wolves. I think I'm really trying to do something simple but it's giving me...
View ArticleRe: Unmap shared SAN luns with datastores from some host
It all depends on how they're mapped. If Cluster A hosts are mapped in the same initiator group (this depends on your storage vendor), then it's possible to remove Cluster A and Cluster B hosts at the...
View ArticleRe: Virtual Machine Name Generator - Non Linked Clone Pool
If you need to use sysprep, you could import your sysprep settings into a 'customization specification' on the vCenter server, then clone your template (right-click > clone) and then apply your...
View ArticleCluster failover alarm
I am doing a host upgrade but I noticed some alarm /warning in vSphere client: Configuration issue: vSphere HA initiates a virtual machine failover action in cluster2 in datacenter xxx But there is no...
View ArticleRe: 5.5 Install fails with "The wizard was interrupted..."
Thanks Mustafa, but I get the same error.
View ArticleOffice 2013 Web URL Links Fail to Launch
I've thinapp'd Office, and for example from Word when clicking a url for a website in a document (Ctrl+Click) - it hangs and is unable to launch a browser. Any ideas?
View ArticleRe: 5.5 Install fails with "The wizard was interrupted..."
Thanks virtualdive. I went off the domain and tried to install, but got hung up on a new error. I than tried to install again while logged on the domain, but logged in as the local admin. Same result....
View ArticleRe: Connecting LPT1 in XP DOS box for use in DOS application - no longer works
If you want to run DOS (text mode) applications under Windows (32 or 64 bit).Try the more direct and convenient way with vDos: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdos/.It won't take minutes to start a...
View ArticleVDP backups always fail regardless of state
Hello, I have tried to deploy VDP of several versions with the same result in order to evaluate the product but can't get it to backup a single host regardless of powered on or shut down. The...
View ArticleRe: How to get View pool desktop status
Hi, I too have been trying to find what you are after. I find the View PowerCLI to be extremely lacking (can't even add or remove a single desktop from a manual pool!). Have you seen this post...
View ArticlevCenter networking two VM on same local network between two physical host
Hello! I currently need help with connecting two VM each located on separate physical hosts sharing the same virtual distributed switch: When I each vm to the private network, they are unable to see...
View ArticleRe: Mass upgrade virtual hardware in 5.5?
Have you tried using something other than the web client? PowerCLI would be excellent for this. Here's a link to a guide:...
View ArticleHow to tell if an entity is busy?
Hi all, I've got a workflow that occasionally fails with an error that the entity is busy completing an operation. I'm not sure how to determine that the entity is busy or not, though. In the case I...
View ArticleRe: 2014 Exam discount vouchers
Does that means it needs to be taken during the VMworld or vForum events ?
View ArticleVmware Nested ESXi test lab architecture and design?
Hi people, Does anyone here build your VCAP DCA test lab using nested ESXi approach ? I'd like to build one but not sure where to start with. Any kind of suggestion and comments would be greatly...
View ArticleInstalling LInux Mint 15 in latest VMware Player?
I was trying to install LInux Mint 16 in VMware Player version 6.0.1-1379776 running on Windows 8.1. When I get to the actual installation part, I found that the Player window isn't wide enough to...
View ArticleRe: Mass upgrade virtual hardware in 5.5?
Yep, unfortunately PowerCLI is powerless in this case because the best it can do is rely on the UpgradeVM_Task function from the API which has not been updated for 5.5 to support the new feature of...
View ArticleRe: Vmware Nested ESXi test lab architecture and design?
Have a look here: http://sostechblog.com/2014/01/14/building-a-vcap-live-exam-test-environment/
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