Assistance required running PowerCLI cmdlets from vCO
Hello, I am trying to run a PowerCLI script from vCenter Orchestrator (5.1.0). So far I have configured the Powershell host and I can run simple powershell scripts, but when it comes to use a cmdlet...
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hi! just created my first Cloud Organisation with vSphere PowerCLI 5.1 with new-org -name "bla" -fullname "blubb" IfI do this on the Web Frontend, the next page will ask me for an admin user for that...
View ArticleBlack Boxes on VMware View Windows 7 x64 Desktops (Bitmap Cache Issue)
Hello there, I've come here in the hope that some kind people will be able to give me some advice/pointers for an issue I currently have with our VDI setup, thats starting to seriously grate on me. We...
View Articlewhere to get the vmware-view-client 1.7.0 for linux?
It seems the 1.7.0 version has not been placed into the repository...
View ArticleLab not loading
I have been having trouble loading INF-005 for over 2 weeks now. I have tried another lab but still not loading. Stuck on loading screen and never launching. Any idea how to resolve this?Thanks
View ArticleView ReCompose Stuck on Customizing
Whenever we do a recompose on our View Desktops 5.1.0 build-704644 the desktops get stuck in the customizing state. Normally, 4 or 5 desktops will go through the recompose without issue, but the other...
View ArticlePhantom Warning on vSphere 5 cluster
Good morning, I have been investigating an alarm on a vSphere 5 cluster in vCenter I have looked from the cluster down through every level, checking for outstanding alerts or alarms - finding noneThere...
View ArticleInstalling Mac OS X Server 10.6.3 on Fusion 4.1.4?
The machine I'm installing onto is a mid-2012 MacBook Pro running OS X 10.8.2. Since I can't install the server software into Fusion, I can't update it. Is there any way to succeed with this...
View ArticleTrying to add a Virtual Printer
Running VM Workstation 7 on a Windows XP Pro x64 Host with NT 4.0 SP6 Guest. On VM-Settings-HardwareTab-Add I only have a selection for Printer not Virtual Printer? This is not an ACE instance. Thanks!
View ArticlePowerCli to pull RDM info
I use the following script to pull matrix from all my vCenter's. We have some RDM's that I want to capture in this as well... is it doable? When I say capture... Im looking to pull the # of RDM's as...
View Article4 vCPU desktop exhibiting sticky typing
I'm continually getting vague reports of "slowness" with virtual desktops, however this one actually came with a verifiable, reproducible symptom. When a user is typing in a browser or a document, at...
View ArticleWhat to expect if I disable the VMware Update Manager Service?
I need to mitigate the Jetty 6.1.22 DoS vulnerability. One way is to disable the VMware Update Manager Service that uses Jetty. If I do this, what can I expect? Will my vCenter server still operate...
View ArticleManaging screen output from PowerCLI cmdlets?
The output I get shown from running cmdlets in my script varies, sometimes there's quite a lot of info written to screen other times there's none, but I can't figure out why. What do I do to manage the...
View ArticleDisabling Java in Browsers
We would like to disable Java in our internet browsers owing to the much-publicised Java exploits, rather than uninstalling it (so that it can be enabled for specific uses when required). Can this be...
View ArticleUnable to convert Windows 7 Enterprise Physical machine to VM
I have been fighting with this for days now. I am hoping that someone can help. I am attaching the logs that I got. Basically it gets to 98% or so, then it always fails.
View ArticleWant to run VMWare Workstation on Intel Core 2 Duo processor without VT-X...
Hello Experts, I have to run VMWare Workstation 9 on my Dell Vostro 1310 laptop which has Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor...
View ArticleNaming conventions of Adapters
In some screenshots, documentation, experience, I've seen Local Area Connection 2 instead of VMnet1 and vice versa.In some screenshots, documentation, experience, I've seen Local Area Connection 3...
View ArticleError starting after moving from iMac to Mac mini
Just copied a osx guest from an imac (osx 10.7.5, core i5, 12G ram) to a new mac mini (osx 10.8.2, core i7, 16G ram). Running Fusion v 5.0.2 on both. Trying to start the guest on the new machine, I'm...
View ArticleAD Plugin errors - Error when destroying an element: Connection reset
I have a workflow which needs to cleanup our environment after removing a vApp and I am trying to use the AD plugin to destroy the machine object using the computerAd.destroy() method and I keep...
View ArticleSlow snapshot "take" and snapshot "committ"
We're running into an issue when taking and committing snapshots on large disk size VMware guest machines where taking and committing snapshots causes the guest to lose 5-6 pings which then causes...
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