Re: Maximum Displays/Monitors in a Virtual Machine & Update 5.0.0->5.5
Hi Friend, I am not 100% sure on first one query. Second query: Yes, you are right. You need to have ISO only. However I suggest you to go for latest patch on 5.5 or latest patch on 5.5 U1 as both...
View ArticleRe: Script to collect Inventory report
You can use the following PowerCLI script to retrieve the required information about your hosts. The method to retrieve the hardware serial number is not full proof and is depending on the hardware you...
View ArticleRe: Replicate RVTools Zombie Files results - or better them??
Hi LucD, Do you have an example of using the object returned by the function? Would I just pass it into a variable like; $Orphans = Remove-OrphanedData - Datastore $_ And then access $Orphans with a...
View ArticleRe: New VCP-Cloud Certification Exam Available
Which course would you recommend for this course: vCloud Automation 5.2 or vCloud Director 5.5? I noted that even though it has 550 in the name the blueprint includes both vCloud Automation and vCloud...
View ArticlePowerCli SRM ListAssociatedVms throwing The Operation is not support on this...
I am trying to run this simple script $srmApi = $srm.ExtensionData$protectionGroups = $srmApi.Protection.ListProtectionGroups() $protectionGroups | % { $protectionGroup = $_...
View ArticleRe: PowerCLI Scheduled Task Won't Write To File
Does the scheduled task run under an account that has rights to write the C:\Users\<filepath>\$CurrentDate-readiops.csv file?
View ArticleRe: PowerCLI Scheduled Task Won't Write To File
Yes it does, the file is created fine, it's just empty...
View ArticlevCenter Appliance Hosts and VM's
I just set up the vCenter appliance with the embedded database. Some of my hosts in different countries are getting moved to outsourced support, so I thought the appliance would be perfect. (I have...
View ArticleRe: vSphere Web Client 5.5 VM console connection timed out
Do you have any windows server in same subnet as workstation for test. Web client on v Center server is working correctly? Whats in:On server side:logs\vsphere_client_virgo.log Also try to collect some...
View ArticleRe: vSphere Web Client 5.5 VM console connection timed out
I've i'm on a server behind the firewall, the console window will work. That narrows done the issue to it not being NAT compatible, for whatever reason.
View ArticleRe: vCenter Appliance Hosts and VM's
Sorry, nevermind, I think I found my own answer. In vSphere 5.5, the embedded database provided with the vCenter Server Appliance supports an inventory with a maximum of 100 hosts and 3000 virtual...
View ArticleRe: PowerCli SRM ListAssociatedVms throwing The Operation is not support on...
Also, if I use ListProtectedVms instead of ListAssociatedVms, I get the next error - Method invocation failed because [VMware.VimAutomation.Srm.Views.SrmProtectionGroupProtectedVm] doesn't contain a...
View ArticleRe: Replicate RVTools Zombie Files results - or better them??
If you just need a report you could pipe the returned objects to a CSV file or a HTML file. If you want to delete the discovered orphans, you can use the Delete switch that is available on the...
View ArticleRe: Footer in summaryViewTemplateInstance
The summary view is customized either way. If you need portlets you should use vsphere.core.inventory.summaryViewTemplate and you can customize the header section. A footer is not provided because...
View ArticleRe: PowerCli SRM ListAssociatedVms throwing The Operation is not support on...
Could it be that you have more than 1 object in $protectionGroup ?If yes, you would have to loop through each element in the array.
View ArticleCertificate Automation Tool Issue
Hi, I am experiencing issues when using the Automation Tool (ESXi 5.1 Update 1). When following the step-by-step process: 1. Update the Single-Sign on SSL Certificate Once this certificate is updated...
View ArticleCreating file in user persistent sandbox at runtime of thinapp?
I have a program Edmark that creates a simple XML preferences file in it's own program files directory at first run. I have Thinapped said program with the preconfigured XML file in the thinapp build...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1: vmsvc warning guestinfo RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect...
I came across what seemed to be a very similar issue which produced the same error "Unable to collect IPv6 routing table." My issue ended up being the LACP configuration on the Vswitch was set to...
View ArticleLong boot time after enabling iSCSI ( ESXi 5.5 )
Our setup:Esxi 5.5 build (1623387) SAN:-Dell PowerVault 3220i (two RAID controllers with four ports each)-Two dedicated Powerconect 5224 switches for iSCSI SAN. There are two VLANs per switch for a...
View ArticleRe: PowerCLI Scheduled Task Won't Write To File
You could try the STart-Transcript and Stop-Transcript cmdlets, or revert to some Write-Output lines at strategic places in the script. And split the lines in smaller parts, so you can see the...
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