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• Main configuration files for vmware ESX configurations

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  What is the main configuration file for VMware ESX

  configurations? (only one file without path name)

  Thank you!

  ESX.conf

• VMware ESX server CPU use test alarm

  Hi all

  For a new client, I need to show the alarm and ticket slot functionlity vmware ESX server logging settings

  • Use of the CPU of a server ESX VMW
  • Use of memory for the server ESX VMW

  While I reduced the threshold value of VMW ESX Server CPU use as beloow format

  WARNING - 5% and STDev.warning - 0

  I made this two days before configuration, but still no alarm generated for this rule.

  Help the creation of a test of the abveo metric ESX alarm

  Hi - I ended up having to do such things in the past as well. I just built a virtual machine added lots of processors and memory, then for the CPU, I used the script CPUBusy.vbs from VMware (Google search which) and down it load times so that he began to max real physical processors... For memory, I just opened a massive text file in Wordpad and scroll up and down it. This gave me the circumstances to test the alarms, just don't do as a busy time or use some dev ESX servers... Danny Bravo

• What is the best for VMware esx 4.0

  If I understand correctly, 4.2.1 for windows only supports VMware esx 3.0? IF ACS 5.0 supports VMware esx 4.0? Or is it a solution Manually applciation compete with hardware?

  Pls help?

  5.1 of the ACS is FCS and running on ESX 4.0

  See http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_system/5.1/installation/guide/csacs_vmware.html

• How do you know what was the latest patch installed on VMware ESX Server 3i, 3.5.0 207095

  Hello guys,.

  I've been running an old server that was installed in a test system on workstation DELL - Optiplex GX620 (32 bit).

  During installation, I had to confirgure the file: /usr/lib/vmware/installer/Core/TargetFilter.py to change the following line:

  "interface returned. GetInterfaceType() == ScsiInterface.SCSI_IFACE_TYPE_IDE' as follows:

  "interface returned. GetInterfaceType() == ScsiInterface.SCSI_IFACE_TYPE_ISCSI' this is it worked and I used it for 3 years now. However, right now, I was hoping to be updated with the latest patches and updates and I do not know if I just ESX or ESXi, or what was my last update, and what it takes then.

  I used this command to get the following result:

  # vmware - v

  VMware ESX Server 3i 3.5.0 build-207095

  ... I think that the 3i says I have an ESXi 3.5.0 but build 207095 the buid even as ESXi 3.5.0 patch 5?

  If this is not the case, how should I do to update? What is the KB # I should download?

  I can manage using vSphere Client 5.5 and I can't SSH using PuTTY.

  Note: When I run... "# esxupdate - bundle = ESXe350-201302401-I - SG.zip updated ' of in the folder where his property in the data store, nothing happens... just a new line scrolls.

  Also...

  # esxupdate query

  <? XML version = "1.0"? >

  <>request-response

  < installed packages >

  < package ID = "ESX-207095" >

  firmware < name > < / name >

  < version > 3.5.0 < / version >

  < rel > 207095 < / rel >

  < / packages >

  < package ID = "ESX-CLIENT-204907" >

  < name > viclient < / name >

  < version > 2.5.0 < / version >

  < rel > 204907 < / rel >

  < / packages >

  < package ID = "ESX-TOOLS-207095" >

  < name > tools < / name >

  < version > 3.5.0 < / version >

  < rel > 207095 < / rel >

  < / packages >

  < / packages installed >

  < / request-response >

  # /vmfs/volumes/525300ce-5ff6ad3d-e2ed-0014222aedb7/patches/ESXe350-201302401-O-SG

  ... is there any update for this system? I therefore believe that the patch software etc was not around when I was installing this server in 2010.

  Based on KB http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1014508 you run ESX 3.5 Update 5.

• IPSec on VMWare ESX 5.1 communication problems

  Hello

  We have 2 computer systems.  You running us VMWare ESX 5.1 and the other is running Ubuntu 14.04.  We have problems for IPSec to work between the two systems.  We cannot find any documentation or known issues with IPsec on VMWare ESX 5.1, so we're going to reach out to the community.

  Here's what we did:

  1. we configured Ubuntu and VMWare systems to use IPv6, we can ping each other using IPv6.

  2. we configure IPSec on an Ubuntu operating system by following the instructions below:

  https://help.Ubuntu.com/community/IPSecHowTo

  3. we have followed the instructions below to configure IPsec on VMWare.

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1021769

  Here's the problem:

  When 2 Ubuntu systems run IPsec, they are able to ping each other.  However, when allow us IPSec communications between VMWare and Ubuntu, the ping is suspended.

  Here is the result of the configuration of command esxcli on VMWare:

  UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS-> Ubuntu IPv6 address

  VMWARE. IPv6.ADDRESS-> address IPv6 from VMWARE

  
  Name Source address Destination address State SPI Mode Encryption Algorithm, integrity algorithm to life

  --------           -------------------------------------  -------------------------------------  ------      -----     ---------     --------------------               -------------------           --------

  GoToDPSA UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS VMWARE. Mature IPv6.ADDRESS infinity 0 256 transport 3des-cbc hmac-sha2-256 x

  VMWARE DPToGoSA. IPv6.ADDRESS UBUNTU. Mature IPv6.ADDRESS infinity 0 x 300 transport 3des-cbc hmac-sha2-256

  Name of the Source address Source Port Destination address Destination Port Protocol flow Action Mode SA

  --------          ----------------------------------------  -----------        ----------------------------------------  ----------------          --------       ----     ------     ---------      --------

  VMWARE DPToGoSP. IPv6.ADDRESS/64 0 UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS/64 0 everything on transport ipsec DPToGoSA

  GoToDPSP UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS/64 0 VMWARE. IPv6.ADDRESS/64 0 in ipsec transport GoToDPSA

  Here's what we found:

  After debugging the problem (using tcpdump), we found that the VMWare system sends the ESP packets, but never sends a package AH (required for IPSec authentication).  Even when the encryption protocol is null, the system of VMWare would always send ESP packets, but never once sent a package of AH.

  Here is the resulting execution trace: Ubuntu - ping-> VMWare:

  ...

  IP6 UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS > VMWARE. IPv6.ADDRESS: AH(spi = 0 x 00000256, seq = 0 x 16): ICMP6, an echo request, seq 1, length 64

  IP6 VMWARE. IPv6.ADDRESS > UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS: ESP(spi = 0 x 00000300, seq = 0 x 1), length 160

  IP6 UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS > VMWARE. IPv6.ADDRESS: AH(spi = 0 x 00000256, seq = 0 x 17): ICMP6, an echo request, seq 2, length 64

  IP6 VMWARE. IPv6.ADDRESS > UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS: ESP(spi = 0 x 00000300, seq = 0 x 2), length 160

  IP6 UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS > VMWARE. IPv6.ADDRESS: AH(spi = 0 x 00000256, seq = 0 x 18): ICMP6, an echo request, seq 3, length 64

  IP6 VMWARE. IPv6.ADDRESS > UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS: ESP(spi = 0 x 00000300, seq = 0 x 3), length 160

  Summary:

  There seems to be a problem with IPSec in VMWare ESX 5.1 on IPv6.

  We noticed that the downloads section of the site support provided patches for VMWare ESx 4.x and earlier, but lack of patches for VMWare ESx 5.x.

  Are there known issues in this area or available patches to fix this problem?  Your kind suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

  Sorry for the late reply, but here the analysis of what is happening and why you are experiencing a problem.

  The Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) to IPsec protocol will encrypt a payload of the packet and can

  Optionally authenticate the packages as well. You do not include orders allowing you to set the

  Security Association (SA) and political security (PS), but the output in your post indicates that you

  you want to encrypt the payloads both authenticate packets in mode of transport between the hosts.

  I don't know why the Ubuntu IPsec HowTo examples using protocols AH and ESP to encrypt and

  authenticate the packets. In our view, it is best done in a single step with ESP, ESXi only

  offer the option of AH with IPsec. Of course, this requires configuring the ESXi server and your

  The host with a configuration of IPsec compatible Ubuntu (or any other operating system).

  To illustrate, suppose the ESXi server has the address 2001:db8:1 and the host of Ubuntu has the

  address 2001:db8:2. We will use cbc-3des for encryption of the useful and hmac-sha2-256 load for integrity

  authentication mode of transport - just like in your message.

  On the ESXi host, the commands to do this might look like this (of course, you need to generate your)

  own keys and not re-use those I did).

  # Add the outbound security association ESXi

  esxcli ipsec ip network his Add.

  -sa-source = 2001:db8:1.

  -sa-destination = 2001:db8:2.

  -sa-mode = transport.

  -sa-spi = 0 x 200.

  -encryption = 3des-cbc algorithm-

  -encryption key = 0x6dd50fa97e919365d393fd0d404c655f80651316e9418682.

  -the integrity algorithm hmac-sha2-256 =.

  -integrity key = 0x730047c680d9812535a741bbb3521a29322cca77464cf16092519c4165ca6958.

  -sa-name = sa_1to2

  # Add the ESXi inbound security association

  esxcli ipsec ip network his Add.

  -sa-source = 2001:db8:2.

  -sa-destination = 2001:db8:1.

  -sa-mode = transport.

  -sa-spi = 0 x 300.

  -encryption = 3des-cbc algorithm-

  -encryption key = 0x50988e55ca6a0d0440cf0c29f80d308df884616ec4b55552.

  -the integrity algorithm hmac-sha2-256 =.

  -integrity key = 0xf76caa5b4985a8a9d1c7cedbcf43f21b83401818e3b8d5e526a8c99ff4d4baa7.

  -sa-name = sa_2to1

  # Add the outbound security policy ESXi

  esxcli network ip ipsec Ms Add.

  -sp-source = 2001:db8:1 / 64.

  -source-port = 0.

  -sp-destination = 2001:db8:2 / 64.

  -destination-port = 0.

  -top-layer-protocol = any.

  -action = ipsec.

  -output = flow direction.

  sp-= transport mode.

  -sa-name = sa_1to2.

  -sp - name = sp_1to2

  # Add the ESXi incoming security policy

  esxcli network ip ipsec Ms Add.

  -sp-source = 2001:db8:2 / 64.

  -source-port = 0.

  -sp-destination = 2001:db8:1 / 64.

  -destination-port = 0.

  -top-layer-protocol = any.

  -action = ipsec.

  -direction of flow = in.

  sp-= transport mode.

  -sa-name = sa_2to1.

  -sp - name = sp_2to1

  # List the ESXi security associations

  esxcli network ip ipsec its list

  Name Source address Destination address State SPI Mode Encryption Algorithm, integrity algorithm to life

  -------  --------------  -------------------  ------  -----  ---------  --------------------  -------------------  --------

  sa_2to1 2001:db8:2 infinite mature 2001:db8:1 of hmac-sha2-256 0 x 300 transport 3des-cbc

  sa_1to2 2001:db8:1 infinite mature 2001:db8:2 of hmac-sha2-256 0 x 200 transport 3des-cbc

  # List the ESXi security policies

  List of the sp network ip ipsec esxcli

  Name of the Source address Source Port Destination address Destination Port Protocol flow Action Mode SA

  -------  --------------  -----------  -------------------  ----------------  --------  ----  ------  ---------  -------

  sp_1to2 2001:db8:1 / 64 0 2001:db8:2 / 64 0 everything on ipsec transport sa_1to2

  sp_2to1 2001:db8:2 / 64 0 2001:db8:1 / 64 0 in ipsec transport sa_2to1

  On your Ubuntu host, you need a compatible IPsec configuration. In general, on linux systems

  use the command setkey BSD-door, this is done by changing the system-wide

  in/etc/ipsec configuration file - tools.conf.

  #! / usr/sbin/setkey - f

  flush;

  spdflush;

  #

  # SAs ESP using 192 bit long keys (168 + 24 parity)

  # generated using: dd if account = / dev/random = 24 bs = 1 | xxd - ps

  # ESXi supports 3des-cbc, aes128-cbc, or null

  #

  # AH SAs using 256 bit long keys

  # generated using: dd if account = / dev/random = 32 = 1 bs | xxd - ps

  # ESXi supports hmac-sha1 or hmac-sha2-256

  #

  Add 2001:db8:1 2001:db8:2 esp 0x200

  E 3des-cbc 0x6dd50fa97e919365d393fd0d404c655f80651316e9418682

  -A hmac-sha256 0x730047c680d9812535a741bbb3521a29322cca77464cf16092519c4165ca6958;

  Add 2001:db8:2 2001:db8:1 esp 0 x 300

  E 3des-cbc 0x50988e55ca6a0d0440cf0c29f80d308df884616ec4b55552

  -A hmac-sha256 0xf76caa5b4985a8a9d1c7cedbcf43f21b83401818e3b8d5e526a8c99ff4d4baa7;

  # Security policies

  spdadd 2001:db8:1 2001:db8:2 all Pei in ipsec

  ESP/transport / / need;

  spdadd 2001:db8:2 2001:db8:1 all Pei on ipsec

  ESP/transport / / need;

  I have no problem of encryption and authentication of IPv6 traffic between a server ESXi 5.1

  and a host of 14.10 Ubuntu using this configuration.

• Slow opening Excel file with MACRO and links from network on the Desktop view file server compare to physical PC

  Hi guys,.

  It's a weird thing.

  I just encountered a very strange problem when you open one of the excel files located on a Linux Samba Shared running file server.

  My laptop physics has a Dual Core 2 Duo 2.27 GHz, 4 GB of RAM and Windows 7 Pro 32-bit.

  My Desktop view has 2 vCPU (UC from host to 2.99 GHz/Core with base 16), 4 GB of RAM and Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit.

  Note: The Desktop view is located on the FusionIO card locally on the server, so it is lightning fast.

  When I open excel file from my physical office, need you 3 seconds to open and 5 seconds to enable the content (because it is a big xls file with a bunch of MACRO and LINKS to a different worksheet)

  When I opened that same excel view Desktop file, it takes you 18 seconds to open and 1 minute to activate the content.

  Anyone happened to have the same problem with their environment to experience?

  Do you mind sharing some tips to solve this?

  Finally, be able to locate the problem.

  It was Sophos EndPoint AV for vShield that I deployed for assessment.

  Once I turned off politics, everything is back to normal.

  Couldn't believe that via vShield endpoint was causing all this because I tried Symantec and BitDefender for vShield before and no problem at all.

  Well.

  I hope that Sophos or VMware vShield team has a solution for me.

  Nice day!

• VMWare ESX Server training

  Hello experts,
  I'm new to vitrualization.
  I installed vmware workastation v 7.0 and I also have VMWare ESX Server training Trainsignal dvd for training so here are my questions:

  Can I install VMware vSphere Hypervisor 3.5 on my VMWare Workstation 7.0 for training v?

  Is - this VMWare vSphere Hypervisor 3.5 product different from VMWare ESX Server 3.5?

  I'm you ask all these questions because I want to be sure I can complete a training with VMWare vSphere Hypervisor 3.5 suite drive of my Trainsignal VMWare ESX Server 3 and because I am not allowed to download the evaluation version on VMWare ESX Server 3 and because the VMWare customer service could not answer my simple question and quoted me to the community by them to get advice.

  Thanks in advance for your help and advice.

  Hi nasolsi,

  Can I install VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5 straight on my VMWare Workstation 7 training without affecting my HDD physical whole?

  Yes, it has nothing to do with your actual score and highlights form the part of space, he took from your partition to create the disk of the virtual machine. So basically it will eat the space in the physical partition but does nothing else like the formatting of the entire disk.
  

  
  

  and the performance on my PC?

  No, this will not affect your PC's performance as the workstation will run the pages of RAM and cycles on your physical PC hardware microprocessor.

  
  

  If permitted increase RAM by a value so that you do not encounter CMTF or any other problem. 2048MB is the minimum memory required to run ESXi.

• Data growing in vmware esx server disk 3

  Hi, I have been asked by a colleague If I can be useful to expand d: ------disc on an existing virtual windows server 2003.

  They use:

  VMware ESX Server 3i Version 3.5.0 Build 110271

  VMware Infrastructure Client Version 2.5.0 build 119826

  Is it possible to extend the disc in vSphere clienten, start by clicking on the edit \ disk and then expand the *. wmdk file of 25 GB to 40 GB? After this connection in the server and expand the disk using a few better disk expansion program.

  / T.

  Yes, it should work even with the virtual machine. After having developed the virtual disk in the graphical interface, connect to the virtual machine Windows 2003 (or open the console or via the administrative RDP session) and rescan storage in disk management. Assuming that the data disk has only one partition or is the last partition on the disk and does not have the file exchange/swapfile on it, you may even be able to extend disk space by using the diskpart command-line utility.

  André

• Error: Running VMware ESX in a virtual machine requires the external virtual machine

  We are running ESX Vmware 5 on a virtual test in ESX 4.x environment and machine unable to start the virtual machine on Vmware ESX 5. with the following error.

  Error: -.

  Running on a virtual machine VMware ESX requires the external virtual machine is configured to run a VMware ESX guest operating system. You can not power on a virtual machine until the external virtual machine is reconfigured.

  We found after KB

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1030283

  Howerver, I'm not able to find the option

  1. Select the virtual machine that is running ESX.
  2. Go in VM > Settings.
  3. Click the Options tab.
  4. Select the General settings.
  5. Under Guest operating system , select VMware ESX.
  6. Click OK.

  We are not able to find this option in ESX 4, so we can run this VM.

  Please help urgently...

  Kind regards

  The log file looks good now.  However, it seems that ESX 4.0 is older than I remembered.  Please, add the following line to your ESX VM configuration file and try again:

  monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = TRUE

• Close VMware ESX 3.5 &amp; 4.0 hosts... What about the DRS?

  Hi experts,

  Here I begin this discussion to know the following:

  Facts:

  Farm with guests VMware ESX in u5 versions 3.5 and 4.0 U2

  DRS configured as entirely not automated, no rules.

  Issues related to the:

  What happens with DRS to deploy new virtual machines with Virtual Hardware 7?

  They will receive only on ESX 4.0u2 hosts?

  Could cause instability on the other virtual machines?

  I raise this because I have no experience in mixed environments, and I expect the DRS feature so smart that moves and power on virtual machines on hosts that are able to manage virtual machines with virtual hardware that is compatible with, I'm so innocent?

  Virtual machines with Virtual Hardware 4 can be moved throughout of these clusters 3.5 or 4.0, but what happens with VM with the newest virtual hardware?

  If they had moved in any case on a host ESX 3.5, what will be the behavior of this virtual machine?

  Last, but not least important, what do guys suggest to bypass this until I have all migrated hosts?
  (Migration of all hosts will take more than a month, support and SLA issues, so I need a workaround solution)

  Thanks in advance for your time and answers this!
  Kind regards
  RaMorn

  Hello

  1. what happens with the DRS to deploy new virtual machines with Virtual Hardware 7?

  2. they will receive only on ESX 4.0u2 hosts?

  3 could cause instability on the other virtual machines?

  1 VM' with HW v7 will be migrated only between vSphere 4.X nodes in a cluster

  2 VM with HW v7 will be only on vSphere 4.x nodes

  3 nope

  1. I raise this because I have no experience in mixed environments, and I expect the DRS feature so smart that moves and power on virtual machines on hosts that are able to manage virtual machines with virtual hardware that is compatible with, I'm so innocent?

  2. the virtual machines with Virtual Hardware 4 can be moved throughout these clusters 3.5 or 4.0, but what happens with VM with the newest virtual hardware?

  3. If they got anyway moved on a host ESX 3.5, what will be the behavior of this virtual machine?

  4. last, but not least important, what do guys suggest to bypass this until I have all migrated hosts?
  (Migration of all hosts will take more than a month, support and SLA issues, so I need a workaround solution)

  1. Yes, the DRS will be

  2. see comments of mu above

  3. nothing will change on the behavior of the virtual machine, only VMware tool will be updated

  4. all depends on how your is configured, how is use, VM how you would deploy during the month?

  See you soon

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  Please, do not forget the points of call of the "useful" or "correct" answers

• How to enable SNMP on a VMWare ESX servers

  We have a couple of vmware esx 3.5 update 2 hosst and look at the upgrade to vSphere before the end of the year. However, we have an obligation to enable SNMP traps SNMP can be captured for performance monitoring.

  Is this just a cse of

  .1 login as root

  (2 edit the snmpd.conf file and add "rocommunity xxxx" where xxxx is your read-only community string). The file is usually located in the/etc/snmpd.

  3 restart the agent SNMP - /etc/init.d/snmpd restart

  Hello

  Implimentation SNMP in vSphere 4.0 differs from ESX 3.5.x.

  You need to download a zip file containing all of the SMIv2 (RFC2578/STD58)

  compliant MIB modules for use with ESX/ESXi and vCenter with

  related application notes. These MIB modules support all ESX, ESXi

  and vCenter product releases through version 4.0.

  For SNMP configuration information, see Chapter 5 (configuration of hosts and vCenter Server: SNMP and vSphere)

  in the vSphere Basic System Administration guide.

  Link to Ref: http://communities.vmware.com/community/developer/managementapi

  Thank you

  Kabre

• With the help of VMware ESX in a business continuity Plan

  I'm looking to set up a Plan for continuity of the business using Vmware ESX. I would like to install an outside site that will duplicate a few key servers. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can do this with ESX? Is it as simple as pushing Server snapshots to the offsite location? Any ideas...

  Thank you

  Scott

  Hello

  Welcome to the forums.

  I'm looking to set up a Plan for continuity of the business using Vmware ESX. I would like to install an outside site that will duplicate a few key servers. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can do this with ESX? Is it as simple as pushing Server snapshots to the offsite location? Any ideas...

  One thing to know is that a snapshot in terms of "VMware" is not a full copy of the disc, it is a file that contains the changes to the drive block since the snapshot was created. Snapshots of assistance in making backups of virtual machines running, but allowing the basic disk to copy while the data is written to the snapshot. Then, you're the snapshot.

  So how do DR/BC is having a good backup strategy using one of the available backup/replication tools.

  There are:

  Veeam Backup w/replication

  Vizioncore vRanger backup and vReplicator for replication connection

  EsXpress doctorate for backup (restorations of use for replication)

  There is also some SRM if your San is supported, etc.

  So there are a lot of options the question is how 'real time' you need the data. You could also use the replication SAN, Double Take, etc.

  Best regards
  Edward L. Haletky
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• VMware ESX server update CD &amp; 3WARE CONTROLLER

  VMware has a cd ISO labled the following: VMware ESX Server 3.5 Update 3 driver for 3ware 9650SE and 9690SA SAS HBA controllers GCCA CD.  The URL is: http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/drivercd/esx350-3w-9xxx-2.24.08.021vm35-146309.html#InstallESX

  QUESTION: Anyone know if this drive works with ESXi 3.5?  The downloads of the installation, update 3 or 4, I tried to load do not work for me.  If this does not work, can you me where the download is that he asks?  If this is not the case, the ISO EXSi can be modified to work.

  The disc is for ESX only but if necessary you can extract the driver and use with ESXi.   I had check ESXi was last updated yesterday and there is no 3ware with her driver.   See the instructions here to create an oem.tgz file - http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/customize_oem_tgz.php.  There is also a link to the 3Ware Update1/2 site of 3Ware driver.  I check which driver is more recent and use it.

• How to add a new virtual machine to the ESX host using the existing files?

  I need to implement a function clone without the use of cloneVM_task. I copied (a special copy) a set existing VM Directory Active Directory to a new directory and renamed copied all files prefix name of the new direcotry.  What task VM (reconfigVM_task, createVM_task or registerVM_task) command can I use to add that the new copied VM on the ESX host? I need to manually update the .vmx for new UUID file and other parameters?

  Thanks for any help.

  I think that as long as you have updated all the names to reflect the new clone you must be fine and on the first step, you will be prompted with a question.

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

  William Lam

  VMware vExpert 2009

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

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