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Unable to install vCenter converter

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I am trying to install vCenter converter standalone 6.2 and I am receiving an error that it can't copy converter-agent.xml, error 29163. I am running Windows 7 x64.

 

I have tried:

1) running directly as an administrator.

2) Stopping the vmware processes.

3) Fixing the permissions on the temp folder.

4) Stopping AVS.

5) Disabling UAC.

 

I can see that the file is created and then deleted. I am not on a managed workstation or on a domain but on a personal computer. I am trying the local install. Should I try the server? I am attaching the error and the logs. Please advise what else I should do.


Get-Cluster does not display information

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Good afternoon,

 

I have been testing with a script but it was not working, to rule out the problem I have run the Get-Cluster command and I have noticed that it does not show any information.

All other parameters of the Powercli are working correctly.

 

Could it be that I am missing some parameter in the vCenter to obtain this data?

 

Regards,

vRA 8.0.1 - vCenter Coud Account - failed to synchronize images.

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I am fairly new to 8.0.1 and I have an issue with my vCenter Cloud Account failing when synchronizing images:

I am able to locate and apply my image templates in my Image Mappings but my Blueprint is failing when it tries to locate the image. I am playing with user inputs in my Blueprint which could be the cause but I would still like to figure out why my image sync fails.

I have verified my service account creds and everything else seems to be functioning. I would like to try removing and re-adding the Cloud Account but I am not sure the impact that will have on my projects, blueprints, etc.

 

Does anyone have any ideas, any help would be appreciated.

ESXI 6.7 VM Cannot share vmnic on a host only network

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I am setting up a lab in VMware Workstation.

I have configured the management interface vmnic0 on a host only network.

vswitch0 has Management port group and VMnetwork port group.

When I try to install a VM and user VMnetwork it fails to get an IP address. If I switch to NAT or Bridged it works.

I can connect to the management interface to manage the host.

Are host only vmnics restricted?

 

I have also tried to connect iSCSI on a host one network and also a LAN segment with intermittent success. It works some times and then does not.

ESXi host with problematic Broadcom FCoE driver

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Hey Guys,

 

I am seeing the below "ESXi host with problematic Broadcom FCoE driver" in the vCenter Health Recommendations.

 

The notes that come with this warning reads the below:

ESXi host might crash with a purple diagnostic screen error caused while trying to allocate an input/ output clock. The issue is fixed since driver version 12.0.1216.4. Click the Ask VMware link above for further details.

The warnings are seen on all ESXi hosts in our vCenter Inventory and I've seen this at multiple customers. I also check and confirmed that the version of the brcmfcoe driver is below the recommended version mentioned above.

 

I logged a case with GSS however their recommendation is more of a trial and error method. They are suggesting to

 

1. Disable the brcmfcoe driver and check if the warnings are gone from the vCenter Health check

     OR

2. Upgrade the brcmfcoe to version 12.0.1216.4 or later and check the vCenter Health check again.

 

Anyone seen the above and got any useful information to provide on this?

 

Cheers, Onil

Enable ESXi shell remotely

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Team,

 

I know by default ESXi shell / SSH disabled, but is there any way to enable it remotely? I would like to automate few things (Setting VLAN and IP on hosts without login to IDRAC Console)

 

Note - ESXi are factory installed without IP

 

1. Access Dell IDRAC via putty

2. run "racadm gethostnetworkinterfaces" to get Dell USBNIC IP

3. SSH to host using this IP

4. run few ESXi commands

How can I release an unused partition from HDD back to datastore

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Hello everybody,

 

I have a VM with windows server 2016 running as a file server for my organization. At the beggining of the VM construction I configure much more space from the datastore than I will ever need. The extra space is in offline partition and I want to know if there is a way to reclaim this space back to the datastore. The datastore is stored in an external storage (dell ME4012) and the esxi is on version 6.7. There is also a vCenter appliance managing the esxi host.

 

Thank you.

vSphere Uplink MTU shows 1500 via CDP info

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vSphere Uplinks show 1500 MTU using CDP information from it's upstream Nexus partner but I verified the Nexus at 9216 on that interface. I also enabled 9000 on the vNIC of the ESXi host UCS server and rebooted.

 

I'm even able to vmkping storage with an 8972 payload from the ESXi host which traverses through the vSphere Uplinks to the Nexus and then storage.

 

Perhaps it's just giving me the switches management MTU?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks in advance


VMware Workstation 15.1 mouse issue with RDP and Windows 10 1903 host

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I have a computer that I RDP into that runs the latest version of VMware Workstation (15.1). I just upgraded it from Windows 10 1809 to Windows 10 1903.

There is a defect where anytime the mouse changes inside a VM (like from a pointer to a hand) the mouse jumps slightly, making it very annoying to actually do anything in the VM with a mouse. The guest OS can be anything, Windows OR Linux. I'm also running the latest VMware tools in the guest.

This problem only occurs if the host is running Windows 10 1903 AND you are RDPing into that host. This is guest agnostic.

When I reverted the host back to 1809 the problem went away. The mouse jumping problem seems to be associated with a Windows 10 1903 host running VMware Workstation.

I'm not sure where to report this bug. I tried to buy a support contract for VMware Workstation but you can't buy one if you only hold one license.

Is there a place where I can report this bug? Does anyone have a workaround for it?

PowerCLI Invoke-VMScript Error

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Hello,

 

When running the Invoke-VMScript commandlet I receive an error similar to the following:

 

Invoke-VMScript :    Invoke-VMScript         An error occurred while sending the request.

At line:1 char:1

+ Invoke-VMScript -ScriptText "get-service" -VM $VM -GuestUser Administ ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Invoke-VMScript], ViError

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VmGuestServiceImpl_DownloadFileFromGuest_DownloadError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViC

   ore.Cmdlets.Commands.InvokeVmScript

 

My code is as follows:

 

add-type @"

using System.Net;

using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;

 

public class TrustAllCertsPolicy : ICertificatePolicy {

    public bool CheckValidationResult(

        ServicePoint srvPoint, X509Certificate certificate,

        WebRequest request, int certificateProblem) {

 

        return true;

    }

}

"@

 

$AllProtocols = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]'Ssl3,Tls,Tls11,Tls12'

[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = $AllProtocols

[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CertificatePolicy = New-Object TrustAllCertsPolicy

 

Invoke-VMScript -vm "test centos7" -scripttext "ls" -guestuser root -guestpassword #####

 

I tried the resolution outlined in the following thread with no success:

Error running Invoke-Vmscript - An error occurred while sending the request. FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VmGuestServiceImpl_DownloadFileFromGuest_DownloadError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.InvokeVmScript

 

I'm running PowerCLI 12.0 on vSphere 6.5.0.30000 with VMware Tools version 10346.

 

Is my code sound or is there something that I missed?

 

Thanks in advance.

Move VM Tags to Replicas

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Is there anyway to have powercli copy tags from the production VM to the replica, the replicas are named <ORIGINAL>_replica.

Idea / Feature Suggestion: Useful to have vmdk disks, usually SCSI / SATA / IDE, make possible for mounting as USB disk as well

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I am a happy user of Workstation for over a decade, since days of I think version 4 workstation.

 

Recently, began to use Tails Linux https://tails.boum.org/ and of course it works with Workstation 12 pro.

 

But I had been only booting up Tails using ISO image live CD mode. In this mode it can not create a persistent file to store some info or settings. As result I am using vmware snapshots to store.

Tails only creates persistence file to store info when it boots up using USB thumb drive. Yes, I had been able to use USB thumb drive and booted up in EFI BIOS mode in vmware too. But I have to physically plug in a USB thumb drive too.

 

It is kind of good if VMware will allow a vmdk file virtual disk - same as those we connected via SATA / SCSI, to be also simulated to be (HOT) plugged into VMs. Then in this case it will become very convenient.

 

I think for more than just Tails purpose, if VMware could hot-plug VMDK disks as USB device, it serves a whole lot of useful functions for test / development and powerful usages.

 

There are physical USB HDD SSD and there are physical USB thumb drives. I suppose VMDK files can simulate them, but I can be ignorant or wrong.

 

My suggestion is to have essentially thumb drives / SDcards / MicroSD cards simulated by VMware using a VMDK like file / files, this will be a new dimension of simulation that is still a lacking now.

 

 

 

Thanks & regards

 

tsxi

Login

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How I can restart my password?

(Error while opening the virtual machine: You have tried to open this virtual machine too many times. Make sure your account and password are valid, then try again later.)

Can't register or download vsphere 7

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Hi

 

I am trying to download the vsphere 7 iso but I couldn't. I have tried it on IE, Edgx, and firefox.

 

I log into my account, and go to the vsphere 7 download page, but nothing shows and says I am not registered. evalcenter

 

vmware_register.JPG

 

so I try to register, but every time I fill it out I get this error.

 

registration_error.JPG

 

At first I thought it was just a temporary thing since I was doing it on a Sunday night and they might have maintenance, but I just tried it again still the issue persists.

rvtools deploymnet powershell

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Hi Luc,

 

can you please check the attached image to see if it is the right option to run rvtools.

also if you can tell the passthroughauth switch used in comand.


Could not fix hard VM/host affinity rule violation

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Hello Community,

 

We have affinity rules to pin vms to their hosts for our application that is very sensitive to CPU ready wait times. We have an issue where one VM will not return to it's designated host.

 

Troubleshooting so far:

The rule has 3 VMs to the one host.

There are no conflicts of rules.

The two other VMs will return to the host.

The affected VM will return to another host if I change the rule.

Turned off / on DRS rules

Removed affected VM from affinity rule and then re-entered it.

Tried rebooting the host as well.

 

Nothing seems to work. I cannot get the one VM to return to the specific host set by the rule.

 

How can I troubleshoot this further?

VMWare Workstation Pro 14: NVMe support?

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Hey guys,

 

I'm playing with the thought to upgrade my v12 to 14 as I'm using it on a Laptop with two NVMe drives and the disk performance of the guest isnt great.

 

In the release notes VMware Workstation 14 Pro Release Notes i found the paragraph:

Virtual NVMe support Workstation 14 Pro introduces a new virtual NVMe storage controller for improved guest operating system performance on Host SSD drives and support for testing VMware vSAN.  NVMe devices require virtual hardware version 13 / ESXi 6.5 compatibility and later.

 

I quite dont understand the "...NVMe devices require virtual hardware version 13 / ESXi 6.5 compatibility..." part.

Is this just a driver requirement inside the guest? A driver on the host? Or even a requirement for my host-hardware (NVMe drive itself and my mainboard/chip)?

 

Thanks for your input

Soko

VMware Fusion black screen on boot

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I'm having this issue with VMware Fusion recently when I try to start metasploitable 2 virtual machine which is basically Ubuntu. So once I click on "start up" button I get a solid black screen and that's it nothing else happens. I do not even get the VMware BIOS screen. Things I tried to resolve this issue are:

  • Deleted the virtual machine and reinstalled it.
  • Removed VMware and reinstalled it.
  • Unchecked the "Accelerate 3D Graphic" box.
  • Checked the intel VT-x/EPT box.

The virtual machine specification are:

  • 1 processor.
  • 512 MB of RAM.

The VMware Fusion is Professional Version 8.5.6 running on MacBook Pro 2016 with touch bar model with the latest update.

Cannot expand sub-folders after upgrade to vCenter 7.0

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Hello,

 

I upgraded my vCenter 6.7 server to 7.0 and now after the upgrade, I am unable to see VMs in sub-VM folders.

 

There's the main DC. In that DC, there's a VM folder called Labs. In that folder, there's a folder called Pentest with 4 VMs in it.

I can see the Pentest folder in the Lab folder, but I cannot see any VMs in the Pentest folder.

However, when I click on the folder and then click on VMs, it does show them.

 

I've attached a screenshot.

Windows 10 Microphone/Jabber not working

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Hello Everyone,

 

We are currently on Horizon 7.8 with Instant clones and we use Cisco Jabber for messaging and calls. We have couple of offsite users that work remotely and they are trying to use their laptop's speakers and microphone for calls however their built in microphone doesn't seem to work. They are on the newest Horizon Client as well. When they make a call from withing Horizon session, the call goes though they can hear another party though their speakers but the other side cannot hear them. I looked at those laptops (different models) and I see that withing laptop's OS mic is working but when within session it doesn't. Again output sound works but mic is not going through.

 

Does anybody have any idea what might be the case?

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