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• New to 5 of ESX and VMWare

  Stupid question, I just installed ESX5 and it keeps warning me that require a license.  I got the license for 60 days when I signed and downloaded the software but there is no place to enter!  I use the Client software and try to create a new machine, whenever I start the machine, it disconnects the ISO I want to use to install an operating system.

  1. where can I enter the license number and

  2 How to install a new OS in a new virtual machine if she keeps disconnect the ISO as soon as I start the new virtual machine?

  Any help would be appreciated.

  Thank you

  Hello and welcome to the forums!

  1. you must enter the license key in the vSphere Client: in the 'Configuration' tab, click on "Software/Licensed features" on the left, click the 'change... '. "link at the top to right.

  2. If you want to connect to a CD-ROM / ISO type 'Client' while this is possible when the machine is under voltage. Then, turn on the virtual machine first, then use the menu in the console for you connect to a local ISO file or a local CD-ROM drive. If the Starter goes too fast, restart again by pressing Ctrl-Alt-INS to the console.

  -Andreas

• Need a powercli script to create a new account a local administrator on all ESX and ESXi hosts in the vcenter

  Hi all

  If someone can help me with a powercli script to create a new account a local administrator on all ESX and ESXi hosts in the vcenter, create a role called admin and give all access except the root. This shoulb be past by a virtual centre.

  Very much appreciated to help him.

  Kind regards

  MelLvin

  I suspect that you posted your question to the wrong thread

  This requires only a minor change to the script above actually.

  Something like that

  $groupName = "group"$accountName = "user"$accountPswd = "password"$accountDescription = "A user"
  
  $esxlist = Get-VMHostforeach($esx in $esxlist){    Connect-VIServer -Server $esx -User root -Password "password"
  
      Try {      Get-VMHostAccount -Id $groupName -Group -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null    }    Catch {      New-VMHostAccount -Id $groupName -GroupAccount | Out-Null    }
  
      $rootFolder = Get-Folder -Name ha-folder-root    Try{        $account = Get-VMHostAccount -Id $accountName -ErrorAction Stop |        Set-VMHostAccount -Password $accountPswd -Description $accountDescription -AssignGroups $groupName    }    Catch{        $account = New-VMHostAccount -Id $accountName -Password $accountPswd -Description $accountDescription -UserAccount -GrantShellAccess -AssignGroups $groupName    }
  
      $rootFolder = Get-Folder -Name ha-folder-root    New-VIPermission -Entity $rootFolder -Principal $account -Role admin
  
      Disconnect-VIServer -Confirm:$false}
  

• Script - missing and hotfixes installed for ESX and ESXi

  Can I have the script i.e. missing and hotfixes installed for ESX and ESXi using the CLI power only? out put should be csv format

  You reset the content of the table $Results on each iteration of the baseline.

  Try like this

  $Results = @()
  foreach($esx in Get-VMHost) {
    foreach($baseline in (Get-Compliance -Entity $esx -Detailed | where {$_.Status -eq "NotCompliant"})){
      $Results += $baseline.CompliantPatches |    Select @{N="Host";E={$esx.Name}},    @{N="Status";E={"Compliant"}},    @{N="Baseline";E={$baseline.Baseline.Name}},Name,ReleaseDate,IdByVendor,    @{N="KB";E={(Select-String "(?http://[\w|\.|/]*\w{1})" -InputObject $_.Description).Matches[0].Groups['url'].Value}}
  
      $Results += $baseline.NotCompliantPatches |    Select @{N="Host";E={$esx.Name}},    @{N="Status";E={"NotCompliant"}},    @{N="Baseline";E={$baseline.Baseline.Name}},Name,ReleaseDate,IdByVendor,    @{N="KB";E={(Select-String "(?http://[\w|\.|/]*\w{1})" -InputObject $_.Description).Matches[0].Groups['url'].Value}}
    }
  }
  $Results
  

  It will give the installed and lack of patches which are defined in the non-compliant baslines related to the ESXi host.

  If you want to see all the lines, also the most consistent, omit the Where clause on the base line (foreach) loop.

• Can I migrate existing Win7 Pro VM since the VCenter for MAC OSx 10 using the Migration Assistant from PC and VMWare Fusion 4.0 and

  I have a P2V to ESX virtual Center successful and is not passed to my MACBook Air with Lion 10 and using VMWARE Fusion 4.0?

  I keep getting errors of failure while trying to use the PC Migration Assistant within the virtual machine and the MAC is using the Migration Wizard in the Fusion 4.0 and MAC begins the process, it keeps saying that it is impossible to write the file to the folder I chose on the local Documents of the MAC hard drive.

  Please inform, all the firewall settings are disabled on both sides, and file sharing is enabled on the MAC, including Windows SMB for the profile folder / I am tempted to write to...

  Simply copy the vmx and vmdk of this virtual machine via scp or any equivalent to the mac

  you don't need the Migration Wizard

• Stop the Service Console and shell scripts

  Now that VMware announced ESX 4.1 is their last hypervisor with a service console, I was wondering-

  What are the options to make what is now a large number of Linux shell scripts perform the same functions on ESXi - i.e. PowerCLI, Host Profiles, etc. and how long we have until officially support chips for the ESX service console?

  Thank you

  PowerCLI does not rely on a service console. However, you must have paid the ESXi version for them to work.  With respect to the profiles of the host, which is a characteristic of vCenter and has more no dependencies on the COS.  You can start watching to convert all of your shell scripts PowerCLI and use scripts.

  What about when VMware will stop support for ESX, I do not anticipate happening any time soon.

• What is the main difference between VMware vSphere 4 and VMware Infrastructure 3

  Hello friends,

  What is the main difference between VMware vSphere 4 and VMware Infrastructure 3?

  Kind regards

  Mustafa Rashid

  Take a look at the following documents, there are so many out there:

  http://communities.VMware.com/community/VMTN/vSphere (there is a new features pdf doc)

  http://blogs.VMware.com/VMTN/vmware_infrastructure_3/

  http://www.VMware.com/products/vSphere/small-business/features.html

  http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/04/21/vSphere-linkage/

  Here twopages which shows some of the different features and takes what licenses are supported which: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/buy/editions_comparison.html and http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/buy.html

  Yet once if you just browse some of these links, you will get everything you are looking for and the wait is the product GA will tomorrow so look on release notes, etc.

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

  William Lam

  VMware vExpert 2009

  Scripts for VMware ESX/ESXi and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/

  repository scripts vGhetto

  http://Twitter.com/lamw

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

• Question: ESX and vShield

  Hello

  I am conducting a study on the safety in the vrtual environment and I have a question about VMWare Hypervisors.

  ESX and adjustable vShield upward on the same server cluster? They both will remain as hypervisors? because from what I've read, I've heard that ESX and vShield are hypervisors and vShield is only for reasons of security, while ESX is a more general hypervisor...

  Could you confirm or explain my mistakes?

  Thank you

  ESXi is the hypervisor - taking the material resources of a host and delivering them to virtual machines. vShield provides a layer of security to the virtual environment using virtual machines / devices that run on the computer host ESXi - hope this clears up it

• HOL-INF-04 - display performance and VMware vSphere 5.1 - Lab has expired

  Hello

  I started 'HOL-INF-04 - display performance and VMware vSphere 5.1' lab and before I could make the workshop, it has expired.

  Now I can not re - start. What should I do now?  Help, please...

  Concerning

  Nishant

  Nishant,

  It's a little gremlin that snuck into the code, guys it fixed today. It was that if lab has not started and user not leave lab cleanup script would enter in...

  Test, it should work...

  Lets us know.

  Pablo

• ESX and ESXi

  What are the fundamental differences between ESX and ESXi. Someone could it say please interview point of view. Just need about 4 to 5 differences.

  Thank you

  Prashant

  The difference between ESX and ESXi, ESX was the classic version with a dedicated Service console embarked with him, however, ESXi is the version of Vsphere without the Console service. Because ESXi is without the service console, so its size is very small and its called summer have footprint small disc. With the release of VSphere VMware 5.0 and later versions has deprecated the classic ESX version there is therefore no now unavailable ESX and we only ESXi now.

• Differences between ESX and ESXi

  Hai,

  As I am new to VI environment I doubt that where features ESX and ESXi are different, it may be stupid but can help me a lot.

  Hello

  Please check the link to the differences between ESX and ESXi below.

  http://www.VMware.com/products/vSphere/ESXi-and-ESX/compare.html

  Please note ESX is present in version 3.x, 4.x. starting vsphere 5.0, we have only ESXi.

  ESXi doesnot have a service console and has the smallest footprint of 70 MB and so is safer and more reliable, because it has a smaller surface set.

  Please allow points if you find the article useful.

  Thank you

  Aakash Jacob

• VMotion with ESX and ESXi in the same cluster.

  My client wants to spend his whole army ESX 4.0 to ESXi 4.1 host. I know that it requires a clean install of the host. But vMotion always works in a cluster with a mix of the host ESX 4.0 and ESXi 4.1?

  You will be fine to have a mixed group of ESX and ESXi hosts.

  Dave

  VMware communities user moderator

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• Server 2008 and VMware issues

  I just heard a rumor that there may be some

  problems with Microsoft Server 2008 and VMware version 4.0.   We are in

  the planning process of a move from Novell to AD and I need to check

  If there is a problem.

  in fact, there is a problem (again), involving most of the time the upgrade of virtual hardware version 4 virtual hardware version 7, and she is related to the way Windows 2008 handles the mounting of 2 or several disks (standard windows 2008 t - it a way, Windows 2008 Enterprise made the opposite effect)

  Carefully read this KB: 0 45642524 http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1013109&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&dialogID=45826554&stateId=0

  hope this helps you

  Jose Ruelas B

  http://aservir.WordPress.com

• store of data sharing between ESX and ESXi?

  Hello everyone

  This is something I have not yet tried, but is it possible to share the same store of data between ESX and ESXi (version 4)?

  /MH

  Without a doubt.

  ---

  MCSA, MCTS, VCP, VMware vExpert 2009

  http://blog.vadmin.ru

• Licenses of Microsoft and VMware data center

  Hello

  You have a question regarding Microsoft Licensing and VMware ESX hosts.

  We have a Microsoft School Agreement and a lot of our windows servers are running standard edition. One is business running. All about the physical servers.

  We are virtualizing some of our Windows servers and schools prices are very favourable if we buy a license of data center. Its about £70 and it means that we can run an unlimited number of Microsoft server VM in VMware. relation to the enterprise which is only £5 cheaper, but only allows you to run a maximum of 4 people.

  Question, I realized that a Windows license for data center would be per processor, so if I have 2 physical processorsin each esx host, I need to get 2 X Datacenter license per ESX host, is - that correct?

  If I bought 6 data center licenses (3 ESX host with 2 physical processors in each), what version of Windows server can be used, I understand his only standard or Premium, can anyone confirm this? It also covers Windows XP?

  Thank you

  > Question, I realized that a Windows license for data center would be per processor, so if I have 2 physical processorsin each esx host, I need to get 2 X Datacenter license per ESX host, is - that correct?

  Fix.

  License from Microsoft Windows Server 2008 to run with Virtualization Technologies

  Page 13:

  Instead of license servers with enough licenses Windows Server 2008 Standard to satisfy the greatest number of simultaneously running instances of Windows Server, the processors in servers could be allowed with Windows Server 2008, Datacenter Edition. This would allow an unlimited number of instances of Windows Virtual Server to run simultaneously in operating systems. Because the servers have two processors, two licenses of Windows Server 2008, Datacenter Edition for each server should be. Licenses of Windows Server 2008, Datacenter Edition provides the flexibility to move instances of Windows Server without concern to maintain the license compliance.

  > If I bought 6 data center licenses (3 ESX host with 2 physical processors in each), what version of Windows server can be used, I understand his only standard or Premium, can anyone confirm this? It also covers Windows XP?

  Anton is correct - Datacenter license covers only the OS Server.

  Some info about OS desktop VMware licenses - FAQ VMware: licenses Microsoft Windows Vista on a VM for VDI.