Copy of ESX virtual machine to Workstation

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• Disable copying files between virtual machines

  When I go to several virtual desktops using VMware View 4, I am able to copy files between virtual machines. Virtual machines are located in various isolated networks. It is a security problem in my organization and how do I disable this feature? I am not able to find any related configuration in sight connection to the server. Thank you!

  I assume you are using RDP as the Protocol currently, correct?

  In this case, you will need to implement some GPO:s in the workstations to avoid copy and paste.

  Look in the 'Extras' folder on the view connection server, there are a number of ADM files that you can implement to restrict all sorts of things.

  Best regards

  Linjo

  If you find this information useful, please give points to "correct" or "useful".

• Need a script to disable the copy/paste in virtual machines

  Need a script to disable the copy/paste in virtual machines

  =================

  Begin {}

  $disableCopy = "isolation.tools.copy.enable".
  $disableCopy_value = "false".
  $disablePaste = "isolation.tools.paste.enable".
  $disablePaste_value = "false".
  $disableGUI = "isolation.tools.setGUIOptions.enable".
  $disableGUI_value = "false".
  }

  {In process
  #Make of course, it's a virtual machine
  If ($_ - isnot [VMware.VimAutomation.Client20.VirtualMachineImpl]) {co continue}

  #Setup our object
  $vm = get-view $_. ID
  $vmConfigSpec = new-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
  $vmConfigSpec.extraconfig += new-Object VMware.Vim.optionvalue
  $vmConfigSpec.extraconfig += new-Object VMware.Vim.optionvalue
  $vmConfigSpec.extraconfig += new-Object VMware.Vim.optionvalue
  $vmConfigSpec.extraconfig [0]. Key = $disableCopy
  $vmConfigSpec.extraconfig [0]. Value = $disableCopy_value
  $vmConfigSpec.extraconfig [1]. Key = $disablePaste
  $vmConfigSpec.extraconfig [1]. Value = $disablePaste_value
  $vmConfigSpec.extraconfig [2]. Key = $disableGUI
  $vmConfigSpec.extraconfig [2]. Value = $disableGUI_value
  #Run change
  $vm. ReconfigVM ($vmConfigSpec)
  }

  =================

  The script above did not work. This script must run on VMs specified in a cluster that is mentioned.

  As long as vmhgfs is not installed in your virtual machines during the installation of the tools in 5.0, copy and paste between virtual machines is not enabled by default

• Copy or duplicate virtual machines

  I installed ESXi 3.5 and I use VMware Infrastructure Client to manage.

  How can I copy/duplicate existing virtual machines the simplest and fastest way?

  I tried to copy files between folders, but the server hanging, so I presume that there is a better way...

  Concerning

  Marius

  Simplest is to clone virtual machines, but this feature is not available in free ESXi, you have vCenter.

  So I guess the only way is to use FastSCP (free tool), download power power VM off to your office and new different directory. Then right click on .vmx datastore browser and "add to the inventory.

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• How to move the Virtual Machine VMWare Workstation 10 to a completely different computer

  I have a laptop that is going to become my 'old' laptop, I bought and am always set up a new computer.

  I have a VM THAT evolution created on the 'old' portable using VMWare Workstation 10.  I installed the software VMWare Workstation 10 on the new laptop computer and am ready to move to the existing VM development since the old laptop again to continue the development of software on the virtual machine to the new machine.

  I never moved a computer virtual from one computer to another, and I guess that all I have to do is to copy and move the folder and all its content from the old laptop to the new, and then I'll be back in business?

  Just make sure it is this simple before doing so.

  Thanks for any input.

  It's as simple as that. When you start in the new machine, it should ask if you copied or moved. Answer that you moved it will keep the same MAC address and you will not be able to connect the two copies at the same time. You copied it saying assigns a new MAC and they both can connect, but a Windows machine can ask to reactivate. Seems to me he asked also to reactivate when I copied it for an Intel system AMD system, but it was a long time ago

  Lou

• Impossible to expand virtual machine using workstation 8.04 disk

  Hello

  I recently installed workstation 8.04 on my Vista 32 with no problems.

  Then, I installed Win 7 ultimate in my computer again without any problems.

  Now, I tried to extend the VM disk but got the error below:

  There is not enough space on the file system for the selected operation.

  There are 19 GB free on the host (Vista) and I expanded only VM 5 GB hard drive, but I still get the same error.

  The virtual computer is in one file.

  Thanks in advance for any help.

  I guess that the virtual disk to the virtual machine is a unique hard (not a 2 GB sparse disk) file. In this case temporarily resize the virtual disk requires additional disk space, because the content of the virtual disk is copied to the new virtual disk file.

  André

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• Hyperthreading and Intel VT for ESX virtual machine

  Hello

  I installed ESXi4.1 in VMware workstation as a virtual machine. My physical CPU on my workstation box is Intel Core i7 730 with HT enabled with 4GB DD3 1333 MHZ RAM. However, when I try to create a Server 2003 64-bit VM inside this ESX host. and try to turn it on, it says, "THIS HOST is not taken in CHARGE VT". Above this showed hyperthreading is inactive.

  "I tried:

  1. in editing parameters of the ESX VM in my computer, I put the option for Intel-VT, AMD - V - & gt; NO GO

  2. Add monitor_control.vt32 = 'TRUE', monitor.virtual_exec = 'material' in the vmx file - & gt; NO GO

  Any help is appreciated...

  Thank you

  Ramesh. Giacalone,

  VCP 3 & 4, MCTS(Hyper-V), SNIA SCP.

  Please give points, so useful

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  Only 32-bit clients can be installed to run as virtual machines nested within an ESX host. These virtual machines can only be configured to use binary translation.

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• Cannot copy file to virtual machine host computer

  People,

  Hello. I use VM Player 3. My host computer is Windows 7 and VM is Oracle Linux 5. I used to copy files from the virtual machine host successfully machine. But now, when I copy a virtual machine host machine zip file, the error message appears:

  "Unable to write file in Virtual Machine.Aborting the copy file operation."

  The virtual machine's memory is 2 GB, and the file is about 900 MB. I think that there is enough memory to hold the file.

  My question is:

  Any folk can help solve the question above?

  Thanks in advance.

  Hello

  To be able to copy this file in your virtual machine, you need about 2 GB of free space on the disk in the virtual machine on the disk that has the temp folder.

  The size of the RAM to the virtual machine is not really important.

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  Wil

• "Failure of the application. "HR = 0 x 80040101: failed to initialize the virtual machine ' on Workstation TechPreview 07/2015 with Windows 10 x 64 final

  Hello

  I just did a new install of Windows 10 (x 64) on my Surface Pro. Then I installed Workstation 11.1.2. Installation went well. But when starting, I get the error message of the headline.

  Same thing with Workstation TechPreview 07/2015, vSphere Client 6.0 and Remote Console. Seems to be a general problem, access the console of the virtual machines remotely.

  No work around known yet? I can't connect to any virtual computer right now.

  See you soon,.

  -Carsten

  Hi Carsten,

  I have the same problem when I connected with an AD azure account. If I have connection locally without problem.

  What is the scenerio you face?

  Kind regards.

• Need help with copy/move a virtual machine to Mac Pro for MacBook Pro

  Hello

  I have Fusion 7.1.1 installed on my Mac Pro (lap) and my MacBook Pro (laptop). I am copying my virtual Windows machine 8.1 of the tower to the laptop. I copied the. vmwarevm file from the tower to the laptop. When I try to import the virtual machine in Fusion on the laptop it is grayed out. I don't know why 'find Virtual Machines' does not work either.

  
  

  Thanks for any help,

  
  

  Steve

  Have you tried "Open and run" in the file menu of Fusion with the 8.1 Win as target VM?

  Note that if it works, ask if it has been copied or moved. If you Copied, renewal may be necessary because the MAC address has been changed.

• Make a copy of a virtual machine under ESxi

  I have a couple of the virtual machine running under VSXi 5.1

  How to make a copy of these to another server or NAS?

  Other field boxes don't Windoze-Server 2003, 2008 and 2012

  It was easy under ESXi v2 under Win Server 2003!

  I suggest that you use the data store 'Browse' and then copy into the complete file to the desired location

• From VM copied VMX: "this virtual machine has questions to answer...". »

  I'm trying to start a virtual machine that has been copied from a VM existing and created by initializing the vmx file under a new name of host of VM-comments.

  When you try to start the virtual machine I get the error: this VM has questions to answer

  Steps to generate VMS shown below:

  Buld VM:

  New-VM-name $TargetHostName - VMFilePath $TargetVMXDiskPath - VMHost $TargetVMCenterHost

  Change the name of the network for the network card:

  Get-NetworkAdapter - VM $TargetHostName | Together-NetworkAdapter - NetworkName "test18net."

  Start the virtual machine:

  Get - VM $TargetHostName | where {$_.} PowerState - eq "PoweredOff"} | Start-VM

  The error is generated:

  Start-VM: 23/08/2011-10:48:46 Start - VM VM that has questions to answer before the operation can continue.
  On line: 1 char: 77
  + Get - VM $TargetHostName | where {$_.} PowerState - eq "PoweredOff"} | Start-VM < < < <
  + CategoryInfo: InvalidOperation: (:)) [start-VM], VmBlockedByQuestionException)
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: Client20_VmServiceImpl_WrapInVMQuestionWatchingTask_HasQuestions, VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.StartVM

  I went to the GUI and he asked me if the server was a copy or? (I forgot the rest of the options) I used the default answer of 'Copy of a VM' in the GUI and was able to use CLI to start the virtual machine.

  How can I autmatically work around the issue, or respond at the start of the VM?

  Only ks once again for all the help!

  Take a look at Re: how to keep or ignore the UUID when you power on a virtual machine

  This discussion addresses the same topic to answer the question if the VM was copied or moved. As to the significance of this issue, see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1541. Basically, it is about creating a new UUID and MAC address of the VM (I copied it) or keep the same as the source (I moved it).

  André

• Questions of VLAN to the ESX virtual machine

  Guys,

  We run ESX on a R710 with 4 network ports and two virtual servers that it contains.

  We want a server VLAN 1 re-branded and the other to VLAN 2 from the actuall switch. Only problem is there is room for 1 VLAN because all of our physical network cards are already used. Here's the brerakdown.

  vmNIC 0 is for the management port (1 nic physical)

  vmNIC 1 is for VMS (1 nic physical)

  vmNIC 2 & 3 is for the iSCSI network (NIC physical 2)

  So you can see we have not more physical NIC left to assing one of these virtual machines to a VLAN different

  Any ideas? I created a virtual switch, but we of course no physical NIC to attach to it. When I tried to add the existing virtual machien nic, he warned me that the virtual machines will be moved to it. A little confusing, but how do I get this other server on one VLAN different?

  If you enter just one ID VLAN on the parameters of port group ESX will mark all frames leaving the portgroup with a small (4 bytes) 'tag' indicating the id VLAN. This tag will then be analyzed by the physical switch will then understand what VLAN, this framework needs to be sent in.

  However, the switch must be configured to accept incoming frames with certain tags. If this is not the case, most of the switches will drop frames with identification tags VLAN strangers.

• Confused by the strategy of allocation of ram ESX virtual machines

  Hello

  I have a "MS SBS 2003 R2 premium" production virtual machine running on ESX 3.5.0 build 123630: VM has 4 GB of allocated RAM.

  On this virtual machine, all processes are running (IE exchange, sql server, antivirus, antispam, mail, archiving,... etc.) and some of them are performing badly (especially exchange and sql mail archiving database); While working on the optimization with the machine to a single application they analized the use of resources within SBS 2003 and told me that there is not enough RAM (only 300 M. By the way it seems to me that on an OS Server using a lot of free ram is a waste of resources, but it is another point...).

  Looking at the windows Task Manager (see attached screenshots) is confirmed, but control use of RAM for RAM usage average VM (with infrastructure VI client) is between 1 and 1.5 GB during working hours (09:00 - 20:00).

  I'm confused: If there are so many processes within the VM asking for memory, why ESX gives only a third of the RAM allocated to the VM? And as all the other 3 GB, are they paged to disk?

  Thanks in advance to help my understanding.

  Guido

  Don't forget the vmkernel activiely tries to save on the memory usage - the tool is Transparent PAge Sharing - ability to the vmkernel to identify identical memory pages and store it once read only memory - so you could very easily have guest o/s of the virtual machine showing that it is using 4 GB but the esx server is only show that vm use - less

  Now on your poor perfromance - what is the configuration of your server ESX - memory, CPU? How many virtual machines are hosted, and what are the respective configurastions - mem, # viretual UC? With a large file of the PAge check the performance graph and see how much memory ball is active, if any?

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• Guest operating system freezes in a virtual machine running Workstation 6.5

  Hi, I am currently evaluating VMWare Workstation 6.5.1 (build 126130) on Vista Business 64 - bit and have migrated a physical installation of Windows XP Pro SP3 to a virtual machine.

  The virtual machine performs well except occasional crash which can only be remedied by the suspension and resumption of the virtual machine.

  I have searched the forums for related issues, but have not yet found a solution.

  Currently, it seems that the disconnection occurs when I have access to the network in the virtual machine, but it is hard to confirm.

  I turned on logging (attached a log file that precedes a gel), but the content does not tell me much. Are there other tools/options to diagnose this problem?

  Concerning

  Peter

  I solved my instance of the problem.

  Recently, I upgraded my host to a dual Intel processor hardware heart system Vista 64. After the upgrade, I changed the settings of the processor to use 2 virtual processors within the virtual machine.  I have run several virtual machines from XP (32 bit), Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) and Windows 2008 (64-bit).  On all of the virtual machine, I changed the setting to use 2 virtual processors.   I lived this problem only on the XP VM.  After looking on XP VM VMware debugging logs, always caused freezing of the errors be connected that the VM could not ask an interruption.  As this now seems a problem of interruption (rather than deliver a network - although the operation of the network were the trigger), I immediately thought of the CPU setting I changed.  I changed the number of virtual processors to one and the problem disappeared!  As I discovered other positions within this community, VMware will benefit from two cores, but does so at the level host hardware and not in the VM then.  BTW... My Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 VM retains the value to 2 virtual processors that they perform very well.

  I hope this helps some other members who have similar problems.

  -Chris