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• To access the host ESX guest operating system information

  Hello

  We are an application of the Virtual Machine (VM Guest) within an ESX Server.  Is there a way for this application to get the following details;

  1. ESX host MAC address of the VMWare guest operating system

  2. information UUID of comments within the same guest OS VM

  Kind regards

  Bichon

  If you install rcli tools or tools powercli from the VMware Web site you get tons of information. http://communities.VMware.com/docs/doc-9420 is one of the scripts of lamw leave the ghetto script repository.

• Cannot start the virtual machine guest after receiving "License expired message" host ESXi 5.5

  I can't start computer virtual invited after receiving "License expired message" 5.5 ESXi host. I am able to copy the vm folder prompted with all its files using WinSCP I had already installed on a desktop computer in the network.

  However, it takes an extremely long time to download the VM [2.5 mb/s], which is of course a different question.

  It seems that I was still on the trial with my vsphere client license, until it expired. I am able to view the virtual machine within the workstation 10, but I can't turn it on. It says "Please install a license to power on this computer" there is no way to install a license anywhere.

  My question is... .will I be able to access this virtual machine if I download on an external hard drive, then add it to 10 VMWorkstation that I possess a current valid license?

  Even if the evaluation license has expired, you should be able to connect to the ESXi host using the vSphere Client and follow the steps mentioned in the article that I posted before you enter the free license key.

  André

• Access to the operation of the virtual machine guest inside the work-6: 5 on the Internet

  Hi friends,

  I can access virtual (guest computers) running in VMware Workstation 6.5 - 7 on the Internet with vnc viewer? OR with another method.

  Means I want to VM is accessible on the Internet either through "mstsc" (RDP) or "vnc viewer" / If there is another way to do it then pl can help me... "."

  Rishi Sharma | MCSA (Messaging), MCSE, RHCE, virtualization

  The free is enough, just register, install Logmein, add your virtual machine to your account and immediately, you can manage your VM via internet from anywhere. But of course, Pro version included more features. See the comparison

  If you want something more technical, then get:

  (Internet-> IP / domain-> router-> VM)

  1 - IP (dynamic IP use freedns.afraid.org to resolve the field fixed

  2 - port forward on your router for RDP / VNC port to your internal VM (use to recommend different port)

  Note: To add a kind of secure access to your rdp/vnc connection, you can use "openvpn". To do this, you need to port your VPN port forward rather RDP/VNC port so lazy to install, you get just appliance here openvpn server and run it from your desktop/server VMware.

  vcbMC - 1.0.6 Beta

  Lite vcbMC - 1.0.7

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• Virtual machines by operating system in data center

  Hello people,

  I'm trying to write a script that totals VMs in a datacenter by operating system. Here's what I have so far:

  Get-vm-location (get-data center-name "DC1"). %{

  $totals [$_] ExtensionData.Config.guestFullName] ++

  }

  $totals

  This works for the DC1 datacenter, but what do I do if I want to collect totals for all data in my vCenter centers? I would also like to export the data to html format, so that it can be read as a report in a browser.

  Your help is greatly appreciated.

  Thank you!

  Rob

  You could do something like that to get a report for each datacenter

  foreach($dc in Get-Datacenter){
    Get-VM -Location $dc |
    Group-Object -Property {$_.ExtensionData.Config.guestFullName} | %{
      Select -InputObject $_ -Property @{N="Datacenter";E={$dc.Name}},Name,@{N="Count";E={$_.Group | Measure-Object | Select -ExpandProperty Count}}
    }
  }
  

• Increase the size of the disc (thickness) guest operating system

  Hi guys,.

  New to ESXi invited 12 GB XP Pro, but now need to increase the size of the drive, I created. The size seems little gray (see below). As it is a type of customer not thin and drop thick, does that mean I can't increase the size of the disk?

  See you soon,.

  Declan

  Unfortunately, you can not increase IDE drive. It can be performed

  (1) as with a SCSI drive

  (2) when there are no snapshots

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• How to change the virtual machine after clone

  I'm a beginner to learn vm.

  Now, I already cloned a new existing virtual machine in a virtual machine.

  Then, I want to change it.

  (1) change the name

  (2) change the number of the processor

  (3) change the size of the memory

  (4) change the size of the disk

  How to do?

  I use c# API. I put something when clone?

  Thanks for any help!

  Hello

  You can clone the virtual computer to a model first and then deploy it to this model. For customizing the properties of guest operating system, you can use sysprep (from Microsoft) or customization Spesification Manager (from VMware vCenter Server). Of course, you can also configure it manually change settings menu (from vSphere Client).

• VMI customer - guest operating system listing changes randomly

  Just curious to know if anyone has noticed this:

  In the Client of VMI, randomly changes the list of guest operating system.  In my case I see that MS Windows 2008 64-bit randomly change for MS Vista 64-bit.  If you check thesettings for the virtual machine, it registers the correct operating system.  Nothing seems to be affected, just a bug is interesting.

  If seen this as well... Some of our boxes as well under Vista report W2k8.  This will not affect your VM, just a step a helpful Visual.

• Trouble entering the Configuration Page of the BIOS to start the virtual machine by key pressing (F2).

  To start the virtual machine guest OS (Win XP), I want to enter BIOS, by key configuration page by pressing "F2", to change the order of boot options.

  But the initial startup if page flashes quickly, so that I don't get time to press 'F2', most of the time.

  The problem is exasperated because my press F2 is not taken initially without first mouse clicking, somehere in the start page.

  So the order of actions is

  b click the mouse on the settings window, so as he prepares to receive the keystrokes.

  (b) and press 'F2 '.

  Before these two actions are completed, pages flashes by so quickly.

  Anyone can suggest a quick and easy solution for this?

  concerning

  Note: don't know if it is the appropriate forum category.

  + I also not my button "Start a new Discussion" in the General category page? +

  Hello.

  You can manually edit the. VMX file to the virtual machine and add the following line:

  bios.bootDelay = "5000".

  for a period of 5 seconds.

  Good luck!

• Help. The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. Power off or reset the virtual machine. WHY?

  Greetings.

  I have a 5.5 with an operating system Red Hat 5.10 ESXi environment. The OS worked fine until a few days ago. ESXi displays the error "the CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system. Power off or reset the virtual machine. I Don t know why my server displays the error if my environment was OK. Could be a kernel problem? operating system problem?

  Ideas?

  Thanks for the help.

  Have a look here. http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=2000542

  Did you recently patch your VM? Looks like when the guest operating system runs the incorrect commands that it can have a deactivated processor.

• Save the number of the Virtual Machine: expand the size of the virtual disk of Guest OS affect the physical disk on the host operating system files?

  People,

  Hello. I use 3 Player VM and Guest OS Windows Server 2003. The host OS is Windows 7. I need to increase the size of the VM disk, so who can install several systems in the guest OS. If something bad happens during the expansion of the size of the virtual disk, the guest operating system and its Applications will not work. Thus, before expanding the size of the virtual disk, I need to back up the virtual machine hard disk external.

  I have check the disk hard host operating system Windows 7, the path is C:\VirtualMachine\WindowsServer2003\... When I get to the top of the virtual machine on the external hard drive, simply select the 'VirtualMachine' folder and save automatically. I have 3 questions as follows:

  First of all, if something bad happens during the expansion of the size of the virtual disk, the guest operating system and its Applications do not work. Can I just delete the folder 'VirtualMachine' in the host operating system?

  Secondly, the problem of the first question does not affect files in the physical hard disk to host operating system?

  Third, if something wrong happens during expand the size of the virtual disk of OS guest, I simply delete the folder 'VirtualMachine' in the host operating system and load the original 'VirtualMachine' from the external hard drive in the host operating system. Works correctly as long as one is the Virtual Machine before Stude the virtual disk size?

  Thank you.

  First of all, if something bad happens during the expansion of the size of the virtual disk, the guest operating system and its Applications do not work. Can I just delete the folder 'VirtualMachine' in the host operating system?

  Yes.

  Secondly, the problem of the first question does not affect files in the physical hard disk to host operating system?

  N °

  Third, if something wrong happens during expand the size of the virtual disk of OS guest, I simply delete the folder 'VirtualMachine' in the host operating system and load the original 'VirtualMachine' from the external hard drive in the host operating system. Works correctly as long as one is the Virtual Machine before Stude the virtual disk size?

  Yes.

  That's right, as long as you have not added and other virtual disks of different folders on the host of the virtual machine, you can probably did not.

  After developing the size of the virtual disk, you must also change the size of the partition in the guest operating system.

  André

• I can crash any server ESXi 4.1 of the guest operating system

  Two months we went from ESXi 3.5 to 4.1. All servers are 320173 construction, all the virtual machines have the latest VMware tools installed. Among several hundred other reviews dare, we have 4 very old virtual machines, using SuSE Linux 8.x or 9.x with kernel 2.4. They are the remains of our stone age, but they work well and do their job.

  When I have one of these virtual machines, stop everything ist fine.

  When I boot these VMs upward once again, everything is fine.

  But when I restart one of these virtual machines, the ESXi host crashes with all other virtual machines on it!

  The usual image on the console remains the same, but it will not answer strikes more. Also, it does not ping, you can not connect you SSH or vSphere Client - nothing. She is completely blocked. The only options are the key reset or power button.

  He will not make a difference, if you issue restarts the VM inside the os, as/sbin/reboot, or will it deliver you from vSphere Client with "Restart Guest". The result is always the same: a total crash of the whole army - and of course all other virtual machines on it.

  We do not really know, if accidents are due to the fact, that these virtual machines use the old 2.4 kernel or some other problem. But those 4 virtual machines are the only ones that could damage the VMware host and they also are the only ones we have with the 2.4 kernel. + 100 other guests Linux with kernel 2.6 work as well as before with ESXi 3.5.

  During this time we could improve (restore) 2 of these virtual machines with a modern with kernel 2.6 Linux. No problem with their reboot more. But the other 2 use old software that is not available for moden more Linux distributions. We have yet no work around. One of the remaining VMS cravings to restart last night and crashed the server [it's 07:00 right now in Vienna] and SMS alerts woke me out of bed about two hours ago.

  Anyone else have these problems?

  Everyone maybe there one alternative that "install a modern operating system"?

  Thank you!

  A shot in the dark, but have you tried to update your tools from VMware and the upgrade to vHardware 7 on those virtual machines?

• Convert the virtual machine to another pc, but... Operating system not found?

  I use VMWare converter to convert a PC Esxi Esxi (on IBM X3650M4) comments, when to start guest VM of the PS, it displays "Operating system not found", there is no hard drive computer virtual on the BIOS of the virtual machine, what happened?

  So your source host where this virtual machine was originally executed is ESXi 5.0, is?

  Please right click on your VM, go on "Change settings" and also view this screenshot and/or join the VM's vmx file here please.

  What is the guest in this virtual machine operating system?

• VM does not start after the crash of the guest operating system

  VM Workstation 10.03

  Host OS Ubuntu 12.04

  Guest OS Windows XP SP3

  VM normally works well under VM for over a year.

  While I was updating a mp3 Player XP is crushed, and even power off the virtual machine does not work.

  After a Resart of the host operating system, the guest could not start.

  I deleted the directory .lck file.

  When I start the VM OS prompt written

  Loading... - VMware Workstatiion

  and nothing else happens.

  Another guest operating system will work very well.

  How can I restart my XP?

  After a day down from the host (a very cold reboot) and deleting all .lck files.

  VM aloowed me to dispose of the session.

  After that cold booted XP as it was before.

  Thanks to a.p. to put me on the right forum.

• no storage device found more by guest operating system installation on a virtual machine

  Hello

  I'm trying to install a guest on a new virtual machine operating system, but I can't go forward.

  I use a Dell PowerEdge 2850 , the hypervisor Server VMware ESXi 3.5 update 3 and the VMware Infrastructure Client on my computer with operating system Windows XP host.

  I am able to create a new virtual machine, but also to start on a cd for installing a guest operating system, which is (still) of Windows XP. During the installation-Setup asks me to press on enter for a new installation, the next thing is a screen with the message that Setup cannot find any storage device! It's weird, because I use the same as other data store created vm is imposed and other virtual machines always work. I created the new virtual machine several times and deleted, this is no problem. I restarted the server, but that did not help.

  Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

  I also met this problem with a fresh install of XP VM.  Windows XP does not have a driver for the BusLogic or free storage controller... without that driver, only the virtual controller is not

  recognized and drives are not found.

  http://KNMI.WordPress.com/2008/02/28/VMware-installing-Windows-XP-on-ESX-using-LSI-Logic-driver/