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• Windows 7 computer physical exported to the virtual machine and now will not boot on another machine

  Hello

  What I tried to do is the following:

  Export/create a virtual machine from the current physical running computer. After it's done, I plug in the USB key which contains the files of virtual computer for a laptop and try to start this virtual machine. It does not start due to "recent changes". This probably means that the OS never will start, right?

  This seems odd to me, or I can't understand what is happening here. I thought that to have a virtual machine means that the operating system could not doing the physical machine, it is running on, but just saw it is virtualized OS/machine.

  I would like to "clone" a current physical machine and then run it on another PC is because we need to have a client machine, convert applications on it and then return either the image (if they already had a running image) or we have a complete script on how to convert/upgrade for that client applications so that the downtime will be minimal and maximum success rate.

  Info:

  VMWare Workstation 7.1.2

  Windows 7 (desktop and laptop PC run this) 32-bit

  Some clients running ESX and we want to take a picture of that and do the same trick as for workstation

  A thinking about it?

  See you soon,.

  Steven

  I bought a copy of Virtualization Manager 2010 at the time where converter couldn't handle windows 7.

  Nowadays the 4.3 version should work well.

  As mentioned previously, the mebdedded in my computer is very outdated.

  On my site, you will find a howto for p2v 2008 r2 - this works for Windows 7 too - and it uses only free tools

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• change the settings of the virtual machine through configuration files?

  Hello

  Is it possible to change the settings of a virtual computer by directly modifying the configuration on the esxi host files?

  And no one knows where these files are stored? Searched for them, but could not find at all (yet)

  Say use winscp to change the config file that reflects the virtual machine?

  Thank you

  Delete the original virtual machine. Right click on the VM 'delete inventory '. Open the data store and locate the vmx file. Right click and "add to the inventory.

• Failed to get the IP address of the virtual machine of win7 with bridge.

  

  Hi guys,.

  My VM is win7 in the workstation9 with network bridge. Sometimes I can't get IP from DHCP, but sometimes I am able to.

  And I don't really know what causes it? Please help me.

  Thank you

  This problem is solved. Click on modifier modify-> Virtual Network Editor, select connected by a bridge. Then check the Panel under the list, focusing on bridged-> gateway

  There are 3 options in the drop-down list (auto, vpn, physical network), automatic is the default, just to select the physical card. Then throw on your virtual machine,

  IP is back, the problem is solved.

• Reset the virtual machine MAC address with API VCD

  Is it possible to get the same functionality that the VCD UI where for the properties of a virtual computer, you can go to drop-down list MAC address and select "Reset". After the virtual computer is updated, a new MAC address. I was not able to achieve this goal of the API by using the following link to change.

  API/v1.0/vApp/VM-2008703626/networkConnectionSection

  and by the way < MACAddress > Reset < / MACAddress >

  What makes the user interface behind the scenes? The same is possible via the API?

  Hello

  Try this element sends do not at all. This would reset the Mac address.

  Reset

  Kind regards

  Rajesh Kamal.

• ESXi host goes to the State and the virtual machine does not restart on other host does not

  Hi all

  I'm looking for a solution, in which case the host goes to the State and the virtual machine on it does not restart on a different host (they'll just gray) does not not what could be the problem here and how to fix it

  later when the failed host returns upward machines either go to motor off the coast of the State, or they show that under tension

  While the host is down or not responding do not I am able to ping the host ESXi (5.5) and able to ping the default gateway and the DNS servers of the host itself

  Yes AF, the answer to all these questions is Yes, it is a HA and DRS cluster active, I tried restarting mgmt service, we use a shared storage (storage iSCSI HP 3PAR and left hand)

• Stop the virtual machine

  I'm looking for a script to stop vm...

  Script works fine, but I have a few Questions or details

  $csv = import-csv C:\xxx.csv

  Foreach ($line in $csv)

  {

  Write-Host “====================================================================”

  Write-Host "$line treatment".

  $vminfo = get-view-Id ($line.vm) USER.USER

  Write-Host "checking the VMware Tools on $line... »

  # If we have the VMware tools installed

  If ($vminfo.config.Tools.ToolsVersion - eq 0)

  {

  Write-Host "($line.vm) don't have vmware tools installed, strong power this one.

  # Hard power off.

  Stop-VM ($line.vm)-confirm: $false

  }

  on the other

  {

  write-host "I'll try to stop $vm.

  # Turn off with elegance

  Get - VM ($line.vm) | Stop-VMGuest-confirm: $false | Out-Null

  }

  }

  1. my code below what I'm missing / or hurt?

  $vminfo = get-view-Id ($line.vm) USER.USER

  Write-Host "checking the VMware Tools on $line... »

  2. Tools a lot of combination

  Tools installed - but not running

  tools not install

  Are that both will have to stop-vm?

  3.

  I got a simple code, it will cover the tools stuff?

  $vm = Get-VM
  $vm | where {$_. Comments . State -eq "Running"} | Shutdown-VMGuest -confirm:$false
  $vm | where {$_. Comments . State -eq "NotRunning"} | Stop-VM -Confirm:$false

  
  

  4. I want to stop 50 virtual machines simultaneously, how the

  
  

  Your script seems to be ok.

  When the VMware tools are installed you can do a gracefull shutdown (Stop-VMGuest) within the guest where OS the obligation for the VMware tools.

  The next option is to stop the virtual machine (VM-Stop), with what would be the power button on a physical computer.

  No phasing out of the BONES and a potential risk on the corruption of the OS.

  With switch RunAsync that the cmdlet returns immediately, it will not wait until the underlying vSphere method is complete.

  The method will continue, but in the background.

  You should check these tasks to background (Get-task), to monitor the successful completion.

  To manage VMS in batches of 25 and wait 60 seconds between batches, you could do something like that

  $vms = get - VM

  $step = 25

  $start = 0

  for ($loop = 0; $loop - the ([math]: ceiling ($vms.)) Step Count / $)-1); $loop ++) {}

  $vms [$start... ($Start+$Step-1)] | where {$_.} Guest.State - eq "Running"} | Stop-VMGuest-confirm: $false - RunAsync

  $vms [$start... ($Start+$Step-1)] | where {$_.} Guest.State - eq "Keep"} | Stop-VM-confirm: $false - RunAsync

  sleep 60

  $start += $step

  }

• 7 - fusion '3D Acceleration requires an update of the VMware tools in the Virtual Machine'

  Hello

  I installed the free Fusion 7 trial this week on my iMac and subsequently installed Windows 8.

  The resolution of the screen under Windows is very low compared to the Mac OS.

  In addition, I have the warning message in the Windows display settings:

  '3D acceleration requires an update of the VMware tools in the Virtual Machine'

  I also note that the display driver in Windows is the display driver database with Microsoft.

  A few weeks ago I installed version 6 of Fusion and it worked very well.

  Any ideas?

  Thank you

  John.

  Take a look at the installation and the use of the VMware tools and more spicifically to manually install or upgrade VMware Tools in a Windows Virtual Machine.

  If by chance, VMware Fusion is not properly mounting image VMware Tools windows.iso file then you have to do it manually.  It is located in "/ Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/isoimages/windows.iso" and will have to be copied, not moved, in a location that is accessible out of the bundle of VMware Fusion.app as the office.  If you need to do this, you can right click on the bundle of VMware Fusion.app see the content of the selection box and access its location to copy.  To assign the windows.iso on the CD/DVD image, take a look at: Connect and Set Up a CD/DVD Drive

• Creation of the virtual machine on a cluster using the vmcreate.pl script

  Hello

  I checked a few posts on this forum on how to create the virtual machine through vmcreate.pl, but responses was not so clear to me...

  These are the topics I've read:

  Create a VM on the Cluster instance

  How to configure the managed object HostSystem

  So, I would like to create a virtual machine on a Cluster, and not on a specific host. The vmcreate.pl script would have done the job? Or should I change it?

  In the topic = > VM create instance on Cluster I did not quite get, what I need to change...

  That's what I do:

  vmcreate.pl - server 'ESX NAME' - username "LOGIN" - password 'PASS' filename - vmcreate.xml - schema vmcreate.xsd

  
  

  Result:

  Creation of the 'myTestMachine ': VM error

  SOAP fault:

  -----------

  Error string: InvalidArgument

  The fault detail: InvalidArgument

  Here are the values of the XML file:

  < name > myTestMachine < / name >

  blah < Home > < / Host >

  blah < Center > < / Center >

  > Guest Id < Linioch < / comment-Id >

  blah < Datastore > < / Datastore >

  < > 2048 Disksize < / Disksize >

  > 256 MB memory < < / memory >

  < processor number > 1 < / number processor >

  < Nic-network > < / Nic-network >

  < Nic-Poweron > 1 < / Nic-Poweron >

  The values are correct the cause I checked the other perl scripts.

  Thanks in advance for your help

  Michal

  Thanks to xyz222 for the user and post Re: instance of VM to create the Cluster

  I was able at the end of the problem. So simple... The value of the in the xml file should be for example "rhel6_64Guest" and not a random word... that's all!

  sudo./vmcreate.pl--serveur SERVER - LOGIN - password PASS - filename... username/SampleData/vmcreate.xml - schema... /Schema/vmcreate.xsd

  Successfully created the virtual machine: 'teeest2' under host HOST_NAME

• Move the virtual machine from one host to another ESXi

  Hi all

  Quick question, if I wanted to move a virtual machine hosted on a server ESXi ESXi server what is the easiest way? Should I use the converter to do?

  Thank you

  ESXi 4.1 (Vsphere Hypervisor)

  So have free Vmware Vsphere Client

  In this case, the options are:

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• Shortcut to the Application on the virtual machine

  Hello

  I wonder if it is possible to have shortcuts on my dock that points to an application installed on a Windows 7 VM?

  When the user clicks the shortcut, VMWare Fusion is open, the Windows 7 VM boot and application loading?

  If so, what would be the shortcut text?

  Thanks in advance.

  When you run an application when the Virtual Machine is for unity a Dock tile for the app shows on the dock and you can ctrl-click it and select Options > keep in the Dock and use it to open this app if the Virtual Machine is running or not.  Of course after that, if the Virtual Machine does not work it will be started and then the application open.

• Could not open the Virtual Machine: get Windows XP line 1: syntax error

  The VMware Fusion team:

  I impatiently force them to leave my MacBook Pro as my virtual machine was frozen... as a result, whenever I try and open my VM, I get this error: http://img.Skitch.com/20100316-bdpjryuqdskw8831i8j56iyqs1.jpg .

  I restart and no improvement.

  Tips, thoughts, suggestions? Thanks a lot for your help.

  I do not have the fainest idea why you're engaging again the truncated .vmx file of origin that you posted first however back a review what I said.  The line at the bottom is the .vmx file that I have attached to my last answer should be used to replace your computer in the Virtual Machine "s as package but the Virtual Machine must be stopped, not suspended and merger closed when you replace the truncated by a good I have attached.»  I can't do it, is more obvious or simple then I already have!

• Cannot ping the Virtual Machine by host

  Hi all,

  Please help, I use VMWare Workstation 6.5 and I have a physical operating system which is Windows XP SP2, I have a network card, but not connected to a physical switch, the IP address is 192.168.0.1. I installed a Virtual Machine using Microsoft Windows 2003 server as the operating system, promote as domain controller, install the DHCP, DNS service and assign an IP 192.168.0.2, no default gateway.

  My VMnet1 on physical operating system has an IP 192.168.204.1 and VMNet8 has an IP 192.168.126.1.

  The host, I cannot ping the 192.168.0.2 which is the IP address of the Virtual Machine. Even in the Virtual Machine, I can not ping 192.168.0.1 is the IP address of the host. From what I read, the physical and the virtual machine were connected with a virtual switch. Am I wrong?

  Any advice?

  Thanks in advance.

  They SEEM to be in different networks, you need search routing between them,... since they differnet networks...

  on the other

  they do host and the virtual machine on the same subnet / network for EXAMPLE: class C class network 192.168.200.0/24

  granting of points if my answer was helpful... Thank you > > > > > > > >

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• VMware workstation and ReadyNAS to store the virtual machine

  Hello

  I just bought a Netgear Readynas box for home (Readnas RND2000 XRAID SIN) and it seems like a big box to keep a backup of my critical data and flow data and video music.

  Now that will take about 100 GB in space and I'll always have weird to play with 400 GB and it made me think if I host all my test VM I created using VMware workstation, for the moment I use a local computer, but its lack of disk space, I tried to put the virtual computer on an external drive and performance is ok on it as well but for me , it would be ideal if I could store them on the readynas and open them through VM workstation.

  Of course put it on a NAS box could be problematic, has anyone tried this on one of these boxes ReadyNAS? its probably not designed for this type of data and traffic, but if anyone has got, it works, I would be interested to hear comments.

  One of the potential problems in my view is I'll be going through a wireless router with a 4 port 100 mb go and see that as a problem, it replaces a gigabit switch would make a huge difference, or would it still slow?

  I would appreciate any advice on this.

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• Description of the virtual machine

  Hello

  Can someone tell me please how to add the description of a virtual machine using client vspher.

  You should be able to add the description "Annonations" tab in the "remarks" section of the summary of the VM tab.

  The search function in the vSphere client also has the ability to search the virtual machines using these Notes.

  Post edited by: vGuy