I am running Fusion 10.0.1 on Sierra 10.12.6. I have a High Sierra (10.13.1) guest VM that runs fine until I attempt to update it to 10.13.2. After the update reboots the VM, it hangs with a black screen and white Apple. There is no progress bar or spinning indicator. I've allowed it to sit for several hours with no change. If I reboot the VM in this state, it hangs again after accepting my FileVault password. This behavior has persisted through all of the betas of 10.13.2, the final 10.13.2 update, and a full install from the 10.13.2 version of the Install macOS High Sierra app. The only way I can get the VM working again is to restore from a backup made prior to the update. What can I do to get the 10.3.2 update to install on the VM and reboot without hanging? Thanks!
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High Sierra Guest Hangs after 10.13.2 Update
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Cannot Install ASync Driver
Hello,
I am trying to install an ASync Intel driver downloaded directly from the VMWare Website. Unfortunately, after downloading the file, and transferring the offline bundle zip, I cannot install it.
I use the following command on the ESXI 6.5 server itself.
esxcli software vib install -d /tmp/VMW-ESX-6.5.0-igbn-1.2.0-offline_bundle-4646458.zip
I get this error:
[root@localhost:/etc] esxcli software vib install -d ~/etc/VMW-ESX-6.5.0-igbn-1.2.0-offline_bundle-4646
458.zip
Installation Result
Message: Host is not changed.
Reboot Required: false
VIBs Installed:
VIBs Removed:
VIBs Skipped: INT_bootbank_igbn_1.2.0-1OEM.650.0.0.4240417
I have also tried to put the server into maintenance mode using the following command:
esxcli system maintenanceMode set -e true
And then running the esxcli command again.
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manually remove vcenter 6.5 Windows 2016
Hi,
I am trying to remove the Server vCenter 6.5 from my Windows 2016 server.
Some how, the installation has become corrupted.
A uninstall from the programs folder ends up with an 1603 error on VCSServicemanager.
Tried to upgrade to the newest version with the same error.
Now i am stuck with a half installation of vcenter.
Is there a way to mannually remove this installation?
(No worries about keeping the database or config, i just need vCenter for my VEEAM backup and managing my host)
Regards,
Dimitri
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Need To Make a Full Copy of VM to USB Attached External Hard Drive
I remember this being a huge pain in the butt before. In ESXi 5.1 I need clone multiple VM's and then copy them to a USB attached external hard drive. I do remember this being possible, but I don't remember how to do it.
First thing is getting the VM Host to recognize that the external hard drive is actually there. I have a VM guest on that server with a USB Controller added, but no luck getting the host or the guest seeing it.
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object re-sync question
Hi,
I am working on a script to shutdown VSAN in the case of extended power failure in which case my UPS is going to run out of power and I don't have a genny.
I have borrowed bits of a powercli script and can now shut down my VSAN, however there is one issue. Documents say that you should not shut down if there is object re-sync going on. The issue is that object re-sync can take a very long time, longer than my UPS will hold up. So, if there is re-sync occurring, what are my options? Is there some way to pause it safely and shut down? Or what if I do shut down and it's re-syncing, will it not resume on power up?
Thanks
Bill
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Workstation 14 constant USB connection errors for biometrics device
I just upgraded to Workstation 14, on Win10 1709. When I boot up a Windows 10 VM, in the lower right corner I get constant errors:
The connection for the USB device 'validity sensors (WBF) VSF300' was unsuccessful
I'm NOT mapping this USB device into my VM. It IS listed under removable devices in the menu bar, but nothing is selected. This error message appears every ~5 seconds and lasts for a couple of seconds. Very distracting, but appears to be harmless.
How can I get rid of this message?
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Office 2010 (Word) Reconfigures on Startup if combined with different Applications
Experts!
I admit I am not a very advanced in app volumes mainly because I don't find a lot of resources on how to become an app volumes wizard. My setup
Dual App Managers (Load Balanced) pointing towards Always-On SQL
New Windows 7 Gold Image with Office 2010 & Lync 2010 & Adobe Reader included. Office Versions are 32 bit on 64 bit Windows 7.
Issues solved (but not sure why)
Project 2010 Appstack attached - Office Reconfigures or when opening Sharepoint wants to install something from MSOCache. But not on all users.
Visio 2010 Appstack attached - same behaviour
Visio Viewer (in Gold Image) Problems
Please note: no license errors
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Solution to those: Office repair installation and reinstalled the Appstacks, opening all office products and opening Sharepoint to ensure all components are installed.
Remaining Issue:
Adobe Acrobat Pro 11.0.17 AppStack attached and opening Word, it wants to reconfigure. Only when opening Word. Redid the process from above and so far no solution.
So far, my solutions have been guess work as I don't 100% understand what is going on and why it is happening. I was wondering if anyone else has seen these problems and has a solution to this?
However, I'd be even more interested on a more generic troubleshooting approach for issues arising when AppStacks are attached to a VM, because I foresee more of these issues coming up.
h
I'd be happy for any help you guys could provide and also grateful for any resources I could read to get a deeper understanding of how app volumes works and how the merge process works. For instance, I observed that when a user logs in with the Visio app stack installed, everything works fine. The user logs of, the VM is not refreshed, and the next user doesn't have a visio entitlement, therefore requires Visio viewer, in some cases Visio viewer will break. I would have expected though that all traces of the Visio appstack are removed once the vmdk is unmounted? I have now started to refresh on log off as a consequence.
Thanks for your support in advance.
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vCD PowerCLI Create an Edge Gateway
Hello,
I need to automate in PowerCLI one more Step during Org VDC setup, the "Edge Gateway Creation".
At the moment it looks like the only way to do that is directly via API (via PowerShell in my Case):
vCloud Air Documentation Center
Has anyone done that before in PowerCLI / PowerShell or maybe a better way that via API?
Kind Regards,
Markus
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Get MAC Address of an virtual desktop with View PowerCLI?
Hi!
Is it possible to get the mac address of an virtual desktop with View PowerCLI?
get-desktopvm -pool_id<Pool-ID> unfortunately returns only IP Address
Thx for help
Axel M.
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How secure would a Windows XP guest with host-only networking be?
My interpretation of the documentation is that such a VM would be as secure as one having no network adapter at all, but it doesn't hurt to double check to make sure I'm not somehow exposing the host/other guests/etc. to threats without being aware of it...
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UCS B-Series VIC VXLAN Offload
Hey, has anyone enabled know if it is recommended to enable the UCS Adapter Policy for VXLAN Offload for VIC 1340s?
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Query on Enhanced Linked Mode
I have an scenario:-
PSC01 is configured by New SSO domain
PSC02 is configured by New SSO domain
Both of these PSCs are in two different SSO domains. Question is:- Is it possible to change SSO domain of PSC02 (Joining in to SSO Domain of PSC01)?
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Problem updating HP BL460c Gen 8 from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.0
I'm having a problem upgrading some HP blades in my environment from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.0. The servers in question are BL460c Gen 8's. The installed cards are: HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB Adapter, and 2 x HP LPe1205A 8Gb FC HBA for BladeSystem c-Class. They have the 2017-04 SPP applied to them.
We are using Virtual Connect to provide networking with a pair of HP VC Flex-10 Enet Modules and a pair of HP VC 8Gb 20-Port FC Modules.
I'm using Update Manager to perform the host upgrade against the HPE ESXi 6.0 customised image. At no point does Update Manager warn there is going to be an issue with missing drivers. vCenter is running 6.0 Update 2, and I'm trying to use HP ESXi images at the same update 2 revision.
The upgrade seems to work fine. However, when the host reboots into ESXi 6.0, after a few minutes I get a text screen with the following error "There was a problem with the network device specified on the command line. Error: No NIC found with MAC Address....xx:xx:xx:xx"
From the research I've found its suggesting that the network driver isn't being loaded, hence why it can't find the NIC. However, I've done host upgrades on other HP blades without any issue. The only difference is that instead of Virtual Connect, those enclosures are fitted with Cisco B22 networking. The blades themselves have the same 554FLB network card along with a 554M Mezzanine card. But I really don't see how Virtual Connect could cause this issue.
Would appreciate some help and advice as I'm out of ideas.
Many Thanks.
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Mapped drives "double connection"
Hi, I've just migrated a Customer to Horizon 7.3.2.
He had enabled local drives mapping (for local drives and USB drives), it stil works but now we see the mapping 2 times for a same drive in Windows Explorer: one in "drives and devices" like before and one new in "network drives" with a drive letter.
Is it a new feature of Horizon 7.3 and can we disable it?
Thanks.
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Upgrading vCenter server
I currently have a vCenter server housed in a Windows 2012 server. I need to upgrade from 5.5 build 2001466 to 5.5 u3. All my host are 5.5 the last host added is a 5.5u3. I am planning to do an upgrade for next year to 6. I am wondering if it all the better to just jump to 6. I know I can manage my host as long as my vCenter is a higher version.
Thank you for your help,
Edsel
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VMConAWS
Is anyone here in the lighthouse program for VMware Cloud on AWS? Has anyone purchased a cluster for POC/POV purposes?
Just curious what your experiences have been.
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VM's dont vmotion automatically after maintenance mode
i had a problem with our UCS server and had to replace memory. i put into maintenance mode and all vm's vmotioned to other blades. i swapped out memory. blade is running but now vm's wont vmotion back. ha and drs are enabled. i have 7 servers in this cluster.
do i need to "bounce" ha or drs to get it to resync?
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Hide Catalog Item Request - Blueprint Component tabs
Hi All
I am trying to hide certain tabs such as Storage when requesting a new VM
This is very similar to another forum post (https://communities.vmware.com/message/2724573#2724573)
Cheers, Luke
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SSD still not showing
We have just upgraded our VM hosts to the Lenovo Server ST550 - RC-27-11-2017-COMPALLI-ST550 with 240GB Lenovo S3520 SATA 2.5" SSD for the VM base install.
When I run the # esxcli storage nmp device list command the SSD still not showing, however when I check in the BIOS the drive is there.
As a workaround I have installed the HOST onto an internal USB3 as the server’s support this.
How do I get this drive available to attach as storage? We are running VMware ESXi 5.5.x
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UEM Self-Support
Hello,
Just noticed after setting up the UEM configuration for RDS apps that Self-Support tool is not functioning. After resetting a configuration no flag file is set in the users share for the configuration and after completing a logoff/on the self-support indicates no file size associated for that configuration. However, when browsing to the users file share we can confirm that the configuration is still there and it has not been deleted. The user can browse to the configuration and delete the setting manually.
Please let me know what I should be looking for.
Thanks
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