Hi,
I am running out of space and adding additional hard disks to the server to create a second LUN.
My concern, is there any risk of losing current data on the existing datastore while proceeding with the "increase Datastore Capacity" procedure.
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Extending current datastore
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Invoke-VMScript to send "service-control --stop --all"
HI Guys,
I have issue while sending "service-control --stop --all" or "service-control --start --all " through invoke-vmscript.
File "/usr/bin/service-control", line 9, in <module>
| sys.path.append(os.environ['VMWARE_PYTHON_PATH'])
| File "/usr/lib/python2.7/UserDict.py", line 40, in __getitem__
| raise KeyError(key)
| KeyError: 'VMWARE_PYTHON_PATH'
any way i can do this kind of tasks using invoke-vmscript?
Thanks
Ajay Vaaka
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ESXi 6.5 Shared Storage between 2 Guests
I have an ESXi 6.5 host with 2 guests (Windows 10 and Ubuntu). This is my first time using ESXi. The host has 2 storage devices (an SSD and a HDD), datastore1 is the SSD and datastore2 is the HDD. The guests are running on datastore1 and datastore2 is currently empty. Is it possible to setup something on datastore2 so that both guests can access it simultaneously?
I know I could create a vmdk and attach it to one of the guests then set up a network share on that guest so that the other guest could access it. But I was hoping to avoid that in case there is a time where the source of the share is offline.
I found a few guides that said to add a new SCSI controller to both (LSI Logic SAS) then create a new hard disk on one guest and set up Multi-Writer sharing. When I followed the steps I was able to get the drive to show up in both guests but they are not synced. If I add a file in one guest its not there in the other. They are using the same vmdk file.
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Shared folders not refreshing
Hello,
Here is the issue I am having and I hope someone can provide some insight. I have VMware Workstation 12 Pro installed on a ThinkPad with Windows 10 Pro as the host OS. The VM has Windows 7 Ultimate installed.
My issue is with shared folder content. If I open a file via Windows Explorer on my host machine and make changes to it, when I save and close it the timestamp reflects that changes have been made. If I open the same file via Windows Explorer in the VM and make some more changes, when I save and close it the timestamp remains the same, regardless of how long I wait. This is a simple explanation of what is happening. That being said, I think this issue is also impacting our development environment. Files that should refresh automatically for debug are not doing so after changes are made. Any insights as to what may be happening and a solution or workaround would be great.
Let me know if additional information is needed. Thanks in advance!
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Upgrade to Workstation 14 Pro on Ubuntu 16.04 - vmware-hostd abort
I'm not able to get the workstation client application to connect to the local shared VMs.
I found that vmware-hostd is crashing, apparently somewhere in the PAM stack.
2018-03-13T14:07:12.356-04:00 verbose hostd[11755] [Originator@6876 sub=Proxy Req 00000] New proxy client <SSL(<io_obj p:0x0000563d64c00c10, h:23, <TCP '127.0.0.1 : 9443'>, <TCP '127.0.0.1 : 33238'>>)>
2018-03-13T14:07:12.356-04:00 verbose hostd[11768] [Originator@6876 sub=Proxy Req 00000] Resolved endpoint : [N7Vmacore4Http16LocalServiceSpecE:0x0000563d64b72570] _serverNamespace = /sdk action = Allow _port = 8307
2018-03-13T14:07:12.357-04:00 verbose hostd[11761] [Originator@6876 sub=Proxy Req 00000] Connected to localhost : 8307 over <io_obj p:0x00007f9740001da0, h:24, <TCP '127.0.0.1 : 34288'>, <TCP '127.0.0.1 : 8307'>>
2018-03-13T14:07:12.358-04:00 verbose hostd[11756] [Originator@6876 sub=Proxy Req 00000] Resolved endpoint : [N7Vmacore4Http16LocalServiceSpecE:0x0000563d64b72570] _serverNamespace = /sdk action = Allow _port = 8307
2018-03-13T14:07:12.361-04:00 verbose hostd[11755] [Originator@6876 sub=Proxy Req 00000] Resolved endpoint : [N7Vmacore4Http16LocalServiceSpecE:0x0000563d64b72570] _serverNamespace = /sdk action = Allow _port = 8307
2018-03-13T14:07:12.362-04:00 info hostd[11750] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=20b4f1ef] PAM symbols loaded.
Aborted (core dumped)
This had been working fine with Workstation 12 prior to the upgrade.
The VMs that are set to auto-start, are running, BTW and I can connect to vSphere using the workstation client, but not locally.
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Why doesn't UEM apply this registry?
Why doesn't UEM create this registry item?
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\office\15.0\outlook\options\mail]
"JunkMailImportLists"=dword:00000001
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VSAN SIzing
Any one done VSAN sizing from the new VSAN Sizing tool. ?? I have couple of clarifications. The total CPU Core requirements was 100 Cores , I have selected 32 core/per server without doing any FTT=1 /5 calculation it would required minimum 4 Hosts. However the total hardware requirements itself its coming 4 Hosts including 1 host failure. Can any one suggest me??
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vsphere client and web client show different inventory objects
hi everyone, im using vsphere 5.5 , with vmware vcenter appliance, database and sso embedded
im working this days in give permission to perform certain operations to some users in a active directory's group.
im having issues testing permission, when i delete a user from the group that have the permission, if the user acess the web client the permission is deleted, but if i access by vmware vsphere client, (the old thick client) the permission stays for ever!
the only way to "refresh" the permission in the thick client, is to restart the vcenter service.
the curious thing is, if i add a single active directory user permission directly in the resource pool, and then delete the user permission, it perfectly reflected in both web and thick client.
any idea is welcome.
thank you and sorry my english.
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Re: vCenter 6 and smart card authentication / not prompting for certificate (web client)
I am searching for the same answer. I am stuck with the error, "Make sure the smart card is inserted properly. Close your browser window then retry."
I have done the same steps as the Original Poster except that I have not replaced my SSL and user certificates with trusted ones. I therefore get untrusted certificate warnings before I log in.
I did do the following two steps in order to progress my issue slightly:
- Added my vCenter Server FQDN to the Local Internet sites and Trusted Sites (through Group Policy).
- Installed the Client Integration Plugin
I can log in with Smart Card authentication if I select "Use Windows Session Authentication." However, I have multiple certificates and do not want to use my Windows session certificate to administer the vCenter Server. The vSphere Web Client does not prompt me for certificates, so I cannot switch to my other certificate. Likewise, I do not want to login to Windows and/or open Internet Explorer with my Administrator certificate. These are not security best business practices; and boy does my organization like their best business practices.
Smart Card certificates work fine for all other websites and applications.
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ESXi offline bundle error
Hallo
I have a problem to update a ESXi 6.0.0 with the offline bundle zip.
I downloaded the original offline bundle zip and copied via scp to the ESXi host.
If I use the CLI Command „ esxcli software profile update -d /tmp/bundle-name.zip -p esxi-6.0.0-U3 „ I get a error massage like this
Error extracting index.xml from /var/log/vmware/update-bundle.zip: [Error]No such file or directory: '/var/log/vmware/update-bundle.zip File is not a zip file
I testet other bundle zip with the same error massage.
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Networking between VM's which is running on workstaion which is installed on 2 desktop machine
Hi All,
I have two desktop which is having vmware workstation 10 and vmware workstation 14 (trial version). I would like to connect vm's which is running on these machines, but not sure how to route traffic between them, any help is greatly appreciated.
I would like to access to VM2 from VM1 and vice versa.
Machine1 IP is 10.0.0.1/8 (Windows 10)
VM1 running on Machine1 IP is 192.168.0.1/24
Machine2 IP is 10.0.0.2/8 (Windows 10)
VM2 running on Machine2 IP is 172.16.0.1/16
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Unable to fetch or parse VC URL from VCenter ServiceInstance!
Has anyone resolved this?
I am trying to migrate from my vCenter to VCSA.
I did the change in the registry to make it 80 for the HTTPProxyPort and rebooted.
Still no go.
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Backup taking too much space
I'm having a VM with C drive (83.6 GB free of 129 GB) and D drive (353 GB free of 389 GB)
On taking a backup of my virtual machine through Vmware vCenter Converter , it was found that total backup taking 448 GB space on external source.
Please help me understanding this why it is taking so much space.
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Can't load Drivers for WiFi or Ethernet
I have a Dell computer and I can't load drivers for WiFi or Ethernet on my VM. I loaded the drivers on my main computer Host with no problem.However, the same drivers fail to load on the VM
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Run Script for monitor_control.enable_softResetClearTSC only for a Specific Set of VMs - Windows 2012
This is the script found here: VMware Knowledge Base
I want to execute this without running on ALL VMs. How would i add a " Get-Content $ChangeMonitorcontrol | ForEach-Object " to the script below pointing it to a txt file of VM names?
ForEach ($vm in (Get-VM)){
$vmv = Get-VM $vm | Get-View
$name = $vmv.Name
$guestid = $vmv.Summary.Config.GuestId
$vmx = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
$vmx.extraConfig += New-Object VMware.Vim.OptionValue
$vmx.extraConfig[0].key = "monitor_control.enable_softResetClearTSC"
$vmx.extraConfig[0].value = "TRUE"
if ($guestid -like "windows8*Guest") {
($vmv).ReconfigVM_Task($vmx)
}
}
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Adding IPs to Authentication Proxy on vCenter Appliance
Based on the DOCs for deploying a AP you need to manually add the IP addresses for ESXi hosts allowed to use the proxy:
Using vSphere Authentication Proxy
You can set up other hosts to use vSphere Authentication proxy if you want to make it possible for the host to join the domain without using Active Directory credentials. That means you do not need to transmit Active Directory credentials to the host, and you do not save Active Directory credentials in the host profile.
In that case, you add the host's IP address to the vSphere Authentication Proxy access control list, and vSphere Authentication Proxy authorizes the host based on its IP address by default. You can enable client authentication to have vSphere Authentication Proxy check the host's certificate.
However for the life of me I can't find out how do to that on the Appliance. I've checked the UI (Flash and HTML5), the shell and the service config but there's nothing with regards to adding these IPs. All this has been done as the SSO admin as well. Whatever info I can find pertains to vCenter running on Windows and therefore using IIS.
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Unable to Increase Thin Provisioned Disk Size
Hello! I'm trying to increase the size of the disk size of our VM. It's a 40GB, thin provisioned, but the "Maximum Size (GB)" part is grayed out (see attached).
Shutting down the VM doesn't allow me to change the size, and the Disk File ends in "-000001.vmdk". Forgive my ignorance, but does that mean it's running via a Snapshot? If so, it's apparently be running in a snapshot for a long time, and I'm worried that consolidating or deleting the snapshot will undo all changes that had happened since however long ago (over a year perhaps).
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How do I mask out VME on AMD Ryzen 7 1700 for Windows 16-bit/32-bit hybrid VMs (Windows 98)?
Since my last discussion last month I've conducted some research regarding Ryzen and 16-bit/32-bit VMs, and apparently there seems to be a bug involving VME (Virtual-8086 Mode Enhancements). The INT instruction apparently misbehaves in V86 mode with VME enabled. More details are explained in the article below.
VME Broken on AMD Ryzen | OS/2 Museum
So then I realized, even though it is never mentioned, that not only Windows 98 (which is what I'm having problems installing) is effected but possibly any 16-bit (DOS/Windows 3.1) or 16-bit/32-bit hybrid (Windows 9x) operating system is effected (the article may state that 32-biy OS's are effected but I do have a Windows XP VM myself, it installed fine and it runs fine on Ryzen). The article states that people are having problems running 16-bit applications in DOS boxes in Windows VMs, especially in Windows XP (but I don't intend on running any 16-bit applications on my Windows XP VM).
So the article states the workaround is masking VME, but I would like to know what the precise string is to paste into the VM config file to test on the Windows 98 VM to see if masking out VME fixes my installation problem just so I know I'm posting the string of code correctly because I've mentioned before I have limited knowledge in CPUs. Thanks.
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Launch a Workflow on event via vRA 7.2
Hi all,
We use the event brocker service to call vRO workflow for provisionning VM (with different lifeCycleState)
When a customer request a new hard drive on his VM, he uses the GUI in vRA and "reconfigure VM" to add disk... It works fine.
BUT... The guestOS need to be updated with the new drive, and for this, i would like to launch a Remote Powershell Script to add or extend drive.
SO... I need to catch the event. To achieve this, i read all of the Life Cycle Extensibility.PDF to look for reconfigure event
I found this :
ReconfigureVM.Complete in the global event
But i dont know how to provide these information in the event subscription.
Can anyone help me ?
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VCF_2-3_Private_Cloud_Poster.pdf
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