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• You can install vCenter as a virtual machine with fault tolerance

  The benefits of having vCenter as a virtual machine are features such as HA and snapshots, is there a problem with having a fault tolerance enabled on a virtual machine that is the vCenter server to manage fault tolerance?

  He couldn't see in the documentation for fault tolerance limits

  Well...

  vCenter lists 2 CPUs as required and FT only works with one...

  -Matt

  VCP, vExpert, Unix Geek

• vCenter Orchestrator - Clone virtual machine with a name like VM_Date

  Hello

  I have try the Workflow "Clone virtual machine, no customization. It works very well but I would like to change settings (cloned virtual machine name), but I don't know how I could do this.

  I would put the cloned vm name: vm_date like this CHDCVSCT0001_31_08_2011.

  Is someone can help me?

  Thanks in advance

  Good day

  Best regards

  Christophe Simond

  No prob. Scripting Self is always the best way to learn

• Search for virtual machines with function "Shared Folders" (HGFS) running

  I'm looking for advice on creating a script to find all VM with HGFS running, or where the service is actually used.

  Apparently, VMware posted the notice of security VMSA-2016-0001 | United States yesterday and my security people are panicking.

  Any information you have would be useful.

  Thank you

  Ludi

  The only way I know is questioning the guest operating system itself and check the registry path:

  HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider\Order

  and check if the value string ProviderOrder hgfs, vmhgs or vmhgfs.

  You should remove these values and restart the virtual machine for the change to take effect.

  Wise PowerShell:

  $VM = get - VM NameofVM

  $Reg = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]: OpenRemoteBaseKey ("LocalMachine', $vm.extensiondata.summary.guest.hostname")

  $RegKey = $Reg.OpenSubKey("System\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider\Order")

  $RegKey.GetValue ("ProviderOrder")

  VMware KB: Guest Windows cannot update hgfs.dat or vmhgs.dat

• Help to get a list of virtual machines with switch network and name

  I'm trying to get a simple list of virtual machines on a single host and include their name and networkname.

  When I run this Get - vm | where {$_.} $host.name - eq "ESX.local"}, I get the virtual machines with their name.  When I run this Get-networkadapter - vm Get - vm | where {$_.} $host.name - eq "ESX.local"} I download news network with the name of the network, which is what im after. "  I want to combine these 2 commands and get vm name and network name in a csv.  The network name is the Group of ports, the VM is affected change settings for example, it could be vlan10 or what you named your group of ports in the switch DV.  I've attached a screenshot of the orders successfully.

  Hello, brisketx-

  You could do a little more efficiently by getting first the VMHost (s) that are of interest, then get their virtual machines and then using a computed property for the names of network for virtual machines.  As:

  Get-VMHost esx.local | Get-VM |    Select-Object Name, @{n="NetworkName"; e={(Get-NetworkAdapter -VM $_ | %{$_.NetworkName}) -join ","}}
  

  You can then, of course, lead to Export-Csv to write the data to a CSV file.  How does do for you?

• I'm looking for a Script that can list all virtual machines with type of NIC E1000 via the output of the CSV file.

  Hi gurrus and LucD

  I'm looking for a Script that can list all virtual machines with type of NIC E1000 via the output of the CSV file.

  The script should search for information in a multiple Vcenter servers and multiple clusters and list all the VMs name, status (two powers on or off) with type card NETWORK Type E1000 only no other.

  Concerning

  Nauman

  Try like this

  $report = @)

  {foreach ($cluster Get-cluster)

  foreach ($rp in Get-ResourcePool-location $cluster) {}

  foreach ($vm in (Get-VM-location the $rp |)) Where {Get-NetworkAdapter - VM $_______ | where {$_.}} Type - eq "e1000"}})) {}

  $report += $vm. Select @{N = "VM"; E={$_. Name}},

  @{N = 'vCenter'; E={$_. Uid.Split('@') [1]. "Split(':') [0]}},"

  @{N = "Cluster"; E = {$cluster. Name}},

  @{N = "ResourcePool"; E = {$rp. Name}}

  }

  }

  }

  $report | Export Csv C:\temp\report.csv - NoTypeInformation - UseCulture

• Find vCenter in a virtual machine is

  Hello

  We have 5 vCenters and it can be difficult to find a virtual machine at times. I do a script that connects to each vCenter, so I will try to find a "get - vm" command that will pull the vCenter as the virtual machine is in. But I'm not able to find it. Can someone tell me with PowerCli, how can I get the name of the vCenter a VM is in?

  Thank you

  Scott

  I could find in ExtensionData.Client.ServiceUrl

  Thank you.

• Cannot create a virtual machine with a vmdk file copied from another location, please find the attached error

  Hi all

  I copied a file from one place vmdk and try to make a new virtual machine with this vmdk file. But when I turn on after the creation of vm error is coming. Error in the text and the image below

  Power on the virtual machine: cannot open scsi0:0 disc: disc not supported or not valid type 7. Ensure that the disk has been imported.

  See the error of the stack for more details on the cause of this problem.

  Time: 31/03/2015-14:40:05

  Target: DBServer

  vCenter Server: vcsa

  Error stack

  An error was received from the ESX host turning on DBServer VM.

  Unable to start the virtual machine.

  Power DevicePowerOn module has failed.

  Unable to create the virtual SCSI device for scsi0:0, ' / vmfs/volumes/543d140b-feb33d52-7640-90b11c9796c3/vmdk/kapuatdb.vmdk'

  Could not open scsi0:0 disc: disc not supported or not valid type 7. Ensure that the disk has been imported.

  This error message generally if the hard files have been copied hosted as VMware Workstation product, which uses a format of sparse file that is not supported on an ESXi host. Instead of the hard copy, you can use VMware Converter, or - if you prefer - you can convert the hard using vmware-vdiskmanager (before transfer) or vmkfstools (after downloading). I deal to use vmkfstools you will need to load the mutliextent module (see for example "Clone or migration operations involving virtual discs non-VMFS on ESXi fail with an error" vSphere 5.1 Release Notes)

  André

• URGENT! After installing 6 Fusion and creation of new virtual machine with Windows 7, I get a message "VMware Fusion cannot enter the unit". WHAT SHOULD DO?

  After purchase, installation and activation Fusion 6 with the license key, I had a library of VMS showing 2 Boot Camp partitions. It's strange that I only have 1.
  I tried to activate them but received a message that it is out of date in 2 cases. (see annex 1)

  I started a new virtual machine with a Windows 7 installation disc directly on my HD. I have provided a way to do this and followed the instructions of Fusion to the screen.

  Apparently, everything went well and after several restarts, the installation appears to be over (see annex 2) I tried to open and run the installed Windows 7. I had however a window with the following message:

  "Pending the unit.

  "VMware Fusion cannot enter the unit. Please wait until the unit starts automatically, or interact with the virtual machine below. ' (see annex 3)

  Here Windows 7 seems to start but after a while with the home screen and of the Øresund finishing this window closed and open a new window called library Virtual Machine on the left showing the partitions of Bootcamp and the Virtual Machine Windows 7 x 64 and in the middle gray a representation of what is supposed to be the Windows 7 desktop. (see Exhibit 4). When I opened the settings button a window with different setting options pops up. This mark means to me that Windows is installed but the final opening isn't the case

  When you quit Vmware Fusion indeed Windows seems to be close (see part 5)

  What is going on? What has gone wrong? What should I do? I don't know how to solve the problem.

  I should f.i. remove the virtual machine from Windows 7 and is free automatically made partition on my HD as the reboot with the Windows installation disc? or y at - it another way to enter the UNIT?

  Help, please!

  Thanks in advance

  Your virtual machine is running. It is in the unit - which each windows gets its own window of Mac - and you have no application Windows running, there is no visible windows. You can start a Windows application in the start of Fusion menu in the menu bar at the top right, or turn on the Windows task bar on the view menu and start applications from there. Or use the view menu to switch to the Single mode or full-screen, which puts all of your Windows desktop in a window separate from Mac.

  You do not have two partitions to Boot Camp on your Mac, you have two virtual machines named "Boot Camp partition".

  The message about it being unable to enter the unit arrives while the merger is pending for the tools begin to run, because the tool is necessary for the unit.

• How to export/import a virtual machine with ESXi 5

  I use the free version of ESXi 5 and have created a virtual machine that is configured with the software for our project. I would like to share this virtual machine with other members of the team, some of whom are in other places and have slow network connections.  I want to pack the VM in a reasonable size file or a set of files I could ftp (or put it on DVD for people in areas of slow network) that they could then import into their ESXi hosts. The virtual machine has a 60 GB drive that is implemented by using the option 'thin', so it contains only 6 or 7 GB of real data right now.  Is it possible to export the image to a file or set of files that can be imported to another people ESXI host?  Before when I used VM Player we could do this by upgrading backup files in virtual machine directory and copy them to the new machine. With the ESXi data store, I don't know that something like this can be done.  I used vCenter Converter to convert to ESXi Infrastructure VM in VM Player format (and vice versa), but it is extremely slow. I think I might point the Source to my ESXi host and the Destination to a co-workers ESXi host and run a 'conversion' to transfer the files, but I think it would be very slow and impractical for some people to 'slow-network '.  I tried with vSphere Client navigation data store and I see the download options, but when I tried to download a VM directory it just hung.  I enabled ssh on my server ESXi and I found the store of data under/vmfs/volumes and when I look in the folder that contains my VM, there a file myvmname - flat hard which is 60 GB in size, so if I tar the contents of this folder to move elsewhere it will be huge.

  Can anyone suggest a solution?  The licensed version of ESXi would offer better alternatives?

  You can watch export OVF available in the Client vSphere for this function.

• Start and stop Virtual Machines with the system

  Hello

  In a server cluster @vcenter HA/DRS 5.1, I enabled start and stop virtual machines with the system option but after I checked two days later, he is off again somehow. What makes this option off? I had a power failure in the datacenter. vCenter server has not been upward. I started all of the ESXi servers manually then went all VMs account is declining. I want that they start automatically when server ESXi upward.

  Thanks in advance,

  Thank you. This option is more valid than if the hosts are part of an HA Cluster license. I suspect that you configured through the traditional vSphere Client and that it is a bug with this client. If you try with the new vSphere Web Client, you will find a notice that it is disabled and there is no button "Edit".

  Concerning

• Research of virtual machines with reservations

  We have over 500 virtual machines in our group and there are at least 3 Directors who are able to create virtual machines in our environment.  I need to know a way to search for virtual machines with memory or the CPU reserves.  We lack vSphere 4.1.  Thanks for your help.

  If you have a configured cluster. by using the vi client, access your vcenter

  Click on your cluster > resources tab (you can move the memory, processor and storage)

• Networking between the virtual machine with the operating system Linux in VMWorkstation

  I'm new to Vmware Workstation 7

  I had installed vmware workstation on XP. I created two virtual machines with RHEL 4. I am unable to network between two virtual machines.

  I can't make a ping a machine to other Linux, which is the operating system on both the machine. However, cannot connect ftp or can't see computer networked in computer > network under linux...

  I had used the guest network only on both the machine with the same adapter vmnet8 (considering as switch) and have assigned static IP address at a time

  ORDI1 - 192.168.42.21

  COMP2 - 192.168.42.10

  and also have installed vmware tools on both the machine...

  can someone help me on this...

  muzaffar700 wrote:

  I can't make a ping a machine to other Linux, which is the operating system on both the machine. However, unable to

  ftp connection or may not see computer networked in the computer > network under linux...

  Disable all firewalls in your linux guests.

  I had used the guest network only on both the machine with the same adapter vmnet8 (considering as switch) and have assigned static IP address at a time

  ORDI1 - 192.168.42.21

  COMP2 - 192.168.42.10

  and also have installed vmware tools on both the machine...

  can someone help me on this...

  Host-Only is VMnet1, you used only NAT. static use of intellectual property and switch to DHCP for now. Make sure that the VMWare DHCP Server service is running. Put network cards in comments to "host-only '.

  Post your host ' ipconfig/all'.

  AWo

  VCP 3 & 4

  Author @ vmwire.net

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• Create an array of Virtual Machines with an index to allow the selection of the index entry

  I would like to help with the following.

  Using the GET - vm to return all the virtual machines in a table or a table, but with a number of index against each of them. Perhaps even the number of its position in the matrix or $myarray [0]. I am struggling with the best way to go, be it a table to 2 dimensions or an object, but then how do I get the numbers in there.

  The reason for this is to present a list of virtual machines with a number on the side, to which the user then enters the number instead of having to type the name of the virtual machine.

  Ideally resembling:

  vCenter 0

  1 Exchange

  2 FilePrint

  3 SQL

  4 DC

  $vms = $get - vm | Select name

  1. a way to get the number. ##

  $vmsindexed =?

  '' This is the virtual machines to the choice.

  " "

  $vmindexed

  " "

  $selectedNum = read-host "enter the number of the Virtual Machine to power on.

  $selectedVM = $vms [$selectedNum]

  "You have selected Machine virtual $selectedVM.

  " "

  Start-VM - VM $selectedVM

  Thank you in advance, I'm going crazy thinking about it!

  The following script will give you a list of virtual machines with a number on the front, then you can type the number, choose the virtual machine you want to start:

  $VMs = Get-VM
  $VMsArray = @()
  $VMs | ForEach-Object { $VMsArray += $_.Name }
  Write-Output "Here are the virtual machines to choose from"
  Write-Output ""
  For ($i = 0; $i -lt $VMsArray.Length; $i++ ) { Write-Output "$i $($VMsArray[$i])"}
  Write-Output ""
  $SelectedNum = Read-Host "Enter the number of the Virtual Machine to Power On"
  $SelectedVM = $VMsArray[$SelectedNum]
  Write-Output "You have selected Virtual Machine $SelectedVM"
  Write-Output ""
  Start-VM -VM $selectedVM -Confirm
  

  Robert

• Migrate a virtual machine with snapshots.  Works?

  In the past, moving VMs between databases or host with snapshots was deadly.

  It still happens in ESX4?

  ESX4 does not throw the warning, as did ESX3.5.

  You can migrate a virtual machine with snapshots, you can just see a different question.  You try to make a vMotion in vCenter?

  What is the symptoms you see?

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1005228