Hi All,
I get this error often and its random in behavior. I had setup Licensed version of Windows 7 and created a copy of it. I am working on the copied version. Is it something to do with copy?
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Blue screen with error "The Video Scheduler has encountered fatal and unexpected error" while using Windows7 on VMware Workstation 14 Player.
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VMware Workstation 14 runs slowly with a system-wide VPN enabled and guests are stuck with black screen
Hello,
I've seen two similar threads regarding the problem, but none of them helps to resolve the VMware Workstation 14 misbehaviour:
workstation pro 14 upgrade from ver 12 produces blank screen when running existing VM's
VMware 14 Launch Virtual system black screen
The facts:
1. VMware Workstation 12 in the same environment has none of the issues.
2. After update to VMware Workstation 14 the app runs slowly (constantly freezes) and after very slow boot guest is stuck with a black screen (there's a chime login sound, so booting is OK).
3. Both issues happen ONLY if a system-wide VPN connection is active (Juniper Networks VPN client in this case and the user from second thread had identical issues while using NordVPN).
So, the problem seems to be caused by the VPN client - probably new VMware Workstation 14 is relying internally on the network stack that when altered by VPN software causes it to break.
Could you please review the case, reproduce the issues and provide a solution in the next update?
I can share any additional information related to my environment if required.
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esxi 6.5 - monitoring vmkernel (vxlan)
I've been wondering if it is some methods in vsphere web client/powercli or other ways to monitor vmkernel (vxlan).
In my case after reboot host boot from pxe, creates new vmkernel (vxlan) and gets new IP from dhcp server. I want to know if host get IP address and get IP address from proper pool. Want to know if vxlan will work properly on host.
Do you have any ideas?
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Datastore browser shows different size on vmdk then the ESXi shell
Hi,
I moved a VM from one host to another and also choosed to make the disk thin instead of thick.
I run the sdelete command on the Windows server and then vmkfstools -K to punch out zeros.
Now in the datastore browser the size is 40GB but when i list it on the ESXi shell it shows as 160GB.
How big is it in reality?
Datastore browser in vCenter
ls in ESXi shell
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cannot connect to vcenter single sign-on server 7444/sts/stsservice/vsphere.local
Hello All,
I cant able to login to my vcenter server appliance through web client , vi client is working fine . vcenter server appliance version is 5.5. If anyone face this issue before please advise. I got some tip but before processing if anyone faced and solved this issue that will be more helpful.
thanks in advance.
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after High Sierra 10.13.2 Update with Fusion 10.0.1 I get Unidentified Network on Windows 10
Hi,
after the last update of OSX.
I start my Windows 10 virtual machine on Fusion 10, at the beginning it work correctly then, after a while, I get Unidentified Network error message in the windows network adapter.
The error persist to the a simple windows restart operation.
The only way to solve the problem is to completely quit of fusion program, at the next start the network works fine for a while.
I use wifi in my Mac machine and the network configuration on fusion is the default "Shared with my Mac".
before the update I used HighSierra 10.13.1 and everything worked fine.
any suggestion?
Thank you
Domenico
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Is there an option for Drive Mapping with an password behind the UNC Share ?
like that:
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vRA 7.3: How to reconfigure CPU/Core/Socket for VM Item?
HI,
By default vRA configures number of vCPU as number of sockets. In some cases I need 2 sockets and 4 cores = total of 8 vCPU's (Windows 7 limitation).
I use System.getModule("com.vmware.library.vcaccafe.request").requestResourceAction(operation,inputs) action with properties below to reconfigure VM.
//Create a properties object for the inputs
vmProperties = new Properties();
// Mandatory inputs:
vmProperties.put("provider-Cafe.Shim.VirtualMachine.Reconfigure.Requestor" , "service@domain.local");
vmProperties.put("provider-Cafe.Shim.VirtualMachine.Reconfigure.Storages" , "[]");
vmProperties.put("provider-Cafe.Shim.VirtualMachine.Reconfigure.Networks" , "[]");
vmProperties.put("provider-Cafe.Shim.VirtualMachine.Reconfigure.ExecutionSelector" , 1);
vmProperties.put("provider-Cafe.Shim.VirtualMachine.Reconfigure.CpuCount" , newCpuCount.toString());
vmProperties.put("provider-Cafe.Shim.VirtualMachine.Reconfigure.PropertyBag" , '[{"PropertyName": "VirtualMachine.Core.Count","PropertyValue": "2"}');
vmProperties.put("provider-Cafe.Shim.VirtualMachine.Reconfigure.MemorySize" , newMemorySizeMb.toString());
Core.Count is ignored!
How do I solve this issue?
Findings:
If I use the “VirtualMachine.Core.Count” custom property on the VM in the blueprint and do a new deployment, the VM will have the number of cores per socket as configured. This works.
If I do a “Reconfigure task” on an VM Item in vRA and set custom property “VirtualMachine.Core.Count” it is ignored.
Use case:
Windows 7 only supports 2 sockets.
Windows server 2008 Enterprise supports only 8 sockets.
/Brian
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No VUM in vCenter 6.5
Hi,
I have a newly installed vCenter 6.5 appliance but I can't find VUM anywhere.
The "VMware vSphere Update Manager" service is running and in good health.
I can't find anything with Update Manager in the Client Plug-Ins och vCenter Server Extensions.
Thanks.
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vRA Dropdown Default Value
Does anyone know of a way to set the default value in a dropdown in vRA 7?
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API to Modify EVC Settings by Using vRO
Hi All,
Do we have any API or function which helps to modify the EVC settings by using vRO? Was unable to find any functions in vRO API explorer.
Regards
Sandeep
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Deploy a proxy agent and worker in a different domain
Hi guys,
I have two domains one is my "production" and the other one my "test". In my production domain i have install the vra with two appliances two IAAS componets servers. In my production enviroment every works perfekt. Now I want to deploy a proxy agent and a worker in my test and connect it to my vra 7, is this possible without a trust of the domains? Does someone have a best practise guide for this or is it unsupported?
My enviroment:
Production:
-vCenter 6.0
-ESXi 5.5
-vra 7.0.1
Test:
vCenter 5.5
-ESXi 5.5
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vRealize Orchestrator REST API Hangs after a few delete commands
So I was working on a script to poll the VRO API for workflows, which would essentially track these until completion, and archive them to a database. The logic is basically:
1. Look at vRO and get a listing of executions for a given workflow, and get the details (execution Id, parameters, completion time, completion status, last step, etc.)
2. Check the database table where I am storing these to see if this execution Id has been logged
3a. If the execution Id is already logged, update the entry.
3b. If the execution Id is not already logged, insert the new entry.
4. Check the status of the execution - if it is in a completed state of some form (failed, completed), delete that entry from VRO..
The script worked great for logging - and it worked perfectly fine right until the point that I started deleting workflows.
I am basically running:
DELETE https://{vro_server}:8281/vco/api/workflows/{workflow_id}/executions/{execution_id}/
I am running this using Invoke-RestMethod in Powershell. I also noticed that in the relations.link property of the return JSON when retrieving a execution, there are some other verbs available:
https://{vro_server}:8281/vco/api/workflows/{workflow_id}/executions/{execution_id}/logs/
https://{vro_server}:8281/vco/api/workflows/{workflow_id}/executions/{execution_id}/remove/
https://{vro_server}:8281/vco/api/workflows/{workflow_id}/executions/{execution_id}/state/
I had tried playing with the /remove/ resource, but I tried GET, PUT, PUSH, and DELETE, and it threw a 404 on each. So it's entirely possible I'm going about this the wrong way, and if so, feel free to stop me here.
So, first I tested the DELETE verb against the execution. This worked on my test execution. So I added the logic into the script, added a long sleep, turned on verbose output, and kicked it off and watched. There was 2 successful deletes right at the beginning. It moved to the third, and I noticed it took longer. Eventually I got an error indicating that the operation timed out. It failed on the 4th as well. I killed the script, and after making a couple modifications, I kicked it off again. This time, even getting my listing of executions failed with a time-out issue. It then moved on to my next VRO appliance (I have 4, because they only support 5 vcenter SDK connections each), it successfully pulled in all my executions, and then just like the first appliance, there was 1 success, then failure. Then, a second failure. Then a success. Another failure, another success. And then it moved to all failures. Now if I try hitting the REST API for either of these appliances, it fails.
What gives? Did I do something wrong? How do I start this sucker back up?
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Event Subscriptions - software components
Does anyone know if there is an appropriate Event Topic for a Workflow subscription that matches the end of the processing for Software Components on a vSphere machine?
I am creating a blueprint with several VM machines, that have software components assigned to perform various installation roles. Once the software components have successfully completed on each VM, I wish to trigger a vRO workflow. I have tried using the 'Machine Provisioning' event topic, to use the Lifecycle state name VMPSMasterWorkflow32.MachineProvisioned POST and VMPSMasterWorkflow32.MachineActivated POST and both appear to be triggered before the Software Components are processed.
Any thoughts greatly appreciated.
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Can you configure VMWare Fusion to show Virtual Machine Library as a default option?
It's rather annoying that VMWare by default loads the last VM used,
Can the Virtual Machine Library screen be displayed allowing me to select a VM as a default action instead when I click on the icon in the Dock?
Cheers.
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Is there a way we can have a webpage being embedded to VRA resource action form?
I am trying to show a web portal in VRA screen so that the user can make some selections there before submitting the request.
Do we have iframes support?
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AppVol 2.12.1 - Certificate has not been verified
Hi guys,
can anyone of you confirm that the vcenter certificate verfication in appvol manager get lost again after few days?
We have the vmware self-signed certificate on our vcenter server. We also accept this certificate in appvolumes 2.12.1 with click on accept (machine managers).
After that I can see the message: "Certificate: Using administrator trusted certificate"
If I check this setting after few days its again lost and I have to accept the certificate again. It's doesn't impact the appvol functionality, but I will create a lot of log entries.....
Validating SSL certificate for "VCA.domain.local": Rejected because certificate is neither verified nor trusted
Failed to connect to vSphere at "domain\srvappvol@VCA.domain.local": SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=error: certificate verify failed
Regards,
VM-Master
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Dell MD3860i PowerVault iSCSI SAN + ESXi 6
I'm trying this query here and on the Dell forums. The MD3860i has dual active controllers, each with 2 iSCSI 10g ethernet links.
Question: how does multipathing in ESXi 6(.5) work with this? Is any special setup or best practises required?
Reason: Each RAID disk group and LUN within the group is owned preferentially by one of the two controllers. Each of the 4 iSCSI ports has its own IP. Therefore multipathing access needs to be smart enough to choose the two correct IPs on a per LUN basis (LUN owner controller). Choosing the wrong IP (other controller) still works (via an internal pathway I guess) but at something like a 7:1 performance hit according to fio tests I've been conducting.
I do not see any special MPIO driver pack for the MD3860i SAN on Dell's website (and I have raised this with Dell) (unlike the EQLLogics which did have a special MPIO driver).
Is this something that ESXi figures out, or is it helped by the PV MD vCenter plugin?
On an aside, just noticed the vCenter plugin is only available for ESXi 6.0, not showing for 6.5 - just wondered if anyone else had noticed that? (Also raised with Dell).
Cheers - Tim
PS for our needs, the MD3860i is otherwise a good choice - populated with 44 mix use 960GB SSDs arranged in 2 RAID6 disk groups and accessed by 4 hosts, I am seeing performance figures of upto 19k IOPS (4k blocks, total over all 4 hosts) and the ability to saturate all 4 10g links in an ideal test using random read/writes with 66% reads (which reflects our workload) - for a small unit it is very nippy.
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503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint:
Error Message:
503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [class Vmacore::Http::LocalServiceSpec:0x000001d47454d440] _serverNamespace = /ui action = Allow _port = 5090)
Hello guys good evening, I was encountered this error on my host machine when accessing the vcenter server with vSphere Client (HTML5) - partial functionality, any solution or recommendation to solve my current issues on my vCenter Server 6.5 thank you guys and GOD BLESS US ALL...
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.vmdk big problem! vmware phone support not find solution
hi, every two weeks I have this problem on different VDI machines. to solve the problem I have to restart the hosts and reconfigure the virtual machine. I've already change a backup system.
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