vSphere Web Client - Do not have access to a vCenter Server 5.1 system
Using vSphere Web Client 5.1Trying to access vcenter 5.1 server Logged in as admin@system-domainNo vcenter server listed.Suggested troubleshooting steps:Verify that the vCenter Server system was...
View ArticleHow to register vSphere web client pulg-in using API
Hi All I am new to web client pulg-in development. I have tried to register the web client pulg-in using vim25 sdk. registerExtension Method executed but package not deployed from server. If...
View ArticleGet vApp name from UUID
Hello,I am trying to resolve some of the contents of an AMQP message we receive for a failure event. The names of some events are more helpful than the UUID. In particular, I'm looking to retrieve the...
View ArticleReinstall ESXi 5 after CPU upgrades
We are in the process of migrating physical machines to VMware. I just installed two new servers and found out they were not hyperthreaded so I am not getting the number of virtual CPUs I need for my...
View Articlechange ip address of all vms
Hi Guys, I am totally novice to scripting. i have seen the script invoke-vmscript to change the IP address of the VMs. on the below website....
View ArticleSSO in HA mode with LB
Hi All, I read about SSO in HA mode and realized that we need to have load balancer in place. This is needed when SSO A goes down then it can switch over the requests to SSO B.For this to happen we...
View ArticleReconfigVM_Task soap call results in Invalid operation for device '0'
We are currently attempting to create a VM by cloning a VM template, and then assign that new VM to a portgroup. We have the cloning working fine, but we are running into an issue with reconfiguring...
View Articlecan't boot from SAN
Hi, I have problem with boot from SAN, previously i did CNA emulex driver update. But when i tried to reboot, the host failed to boot from san.When i update driver, the driver installed in hardware or...
View ArticleMounting NFS Datastore - Mounting with random port numbers?
I am mounting an NFS datastore to our QNAP. We opened 111/tcp, and 2049/tcp in the firewalls. When trying to mount, the firewall logs show: Block from $ESXI to $QNAP on port 47110 I can understand the...
View ArticleManagedObjectNotFound while registerAgentVm....
Hi, While trying to manually provisioning an Agent VM using registerAgentVM api as below is raising exception: ManagedObjectReference vmMor = new ManagedObjectReference();...
View ArticleTackling the Visio-esque tasks on the DCD exam
From what I've read on the communities the Visio-like questions on the DCD should be dedicated about 15 minutes each, I'd assume they carry more weight than other questions. My questions for those of...
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Auto deploy hangs at pxe boot
Has anyone seen this error before? Autodeploy hangs during the boot process. It loads iPXE, retrieves the URL https://my.autodeploy.server:6501/vmw/rbd/tramp. It hangs and eventuall fails while...
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Creating Folder Structure
Trying to find a quick way to import all the VM & Templates (aka BLUE Folders) from Site A to Site B. Each Site has its own vCenter with multiple "Datacenters" located inside. I just want all the...
View ArticleListing host information
I"m looking to get a list of the following information on an individual ESXi host. I'd like to connect remotely and run over a command line.I have two questions: Can I do everything through...
View ArticleProper settings for disabling Offloading.
Can someone tell me the proper settings for iSCSI NICs to disable the following? Our storage provider would like to see these settings in place. Large Receive OffloadReceive Side ScalingTCP Checksum...
View ArticleGet VirtualMachine for Reboot using Vim
I'm working with VMware.Vim library in C# and am having a bit of trouble intermittently when using the VirtualMachine.Reboot functionality. It seems that when I call for a vm with...
View ArticleClone production Windows 2003 server
I would like to clone a domain joined windows 2003 server, but I'm unable to run sysprep on the clone because it's domain joined, and I don't want to take it out of the domain and effect the production...
View ArticlePurple screen crash + symantec
1) Backup Exec 2012 Version 14 crashes entire box (3 vm's) if I try to backup system state on any of the vm. I don't have to back up system state, so turned that off weeks ago, which means I have...
View Articleraid degraded, datastore stuck in limbo
I am running esxi 4.0.0, so apparently, I can't install plug ins to use the "maps" feature and see if anything is still pointing to a stuck datastore that won't delete. The raid drives for the...
View ArticleJoining VMs to Domain using PowerCLI
Hey there, I'm running the following script on a group of VMs within a vApp in an attempt to get them to join my domain: $vms = Get-VM -Location vAppname $vmUser = "Administrator" $vmPass = "password"...
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