I'm getting an error when attempting to create a snapshot, "Detected invalid...
Hello All, I got a failure on one of my backups so after a little digging I saw that there are no snapshots for the specific VM that failed. When I try to do a manual snapshot I get an error "Detected...
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New-TagCategory : 5/2/2017 2:44:44 PM New-TagCategory The underlying...
Has anyone seen errors related to creating tags in the new powercli 6.5.1 New-TagCategory : 5/2/2017 2:44:44 PM New-TagCategory The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error...
View ArticleUser Profile is not updating in UEM
Hi, I am facing one strange issue in UEM, one my user's profile is not updating when he logoff the VDI even thou he is in appropriate security groups Thank you,Vkmr.
View ArticleThe file specified is not a virtual disk
I copied my VM from old laptop to new. Was running 12.x on old laptop. Downloaded 12.5 and installed (running linux mint 18) both old and new OS When I try to start guest -> Unable to change...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 Network Issues: Broadcom, ntg3, EtherChannel, defaulting to...
Hey guys, I am having problem, and i am wondering if anyone else has seen a similar issue since upgrading to ESXi 6.5? After seemingly random amounts of time the network on the hosts and VM's will drop...
View ArticleGet Protection Group of a VM
With the SRM PowerCLi cmdlets, I see it is possible to get a list of all VMs in a protection group. But if I just have the name of one VM, how can I query SRM and find out the protection group it is...
View ArticleUsing VUM to upgrade host from 5.5 to 6.0
Hi, I'm trying to use PowerCLI to upgrade some hosts from 5.5 to 6.0. I'm not sure if it's failing because, if you do it manually via Update Manager, it prompts you to accept the EULA? get-baseline...
View ArticleVRA machine access - multiple users within the portal
Hi if a user were to build 15 vms in the vra portal they would have console access etc etc. if these machines need to be accessed the same way by multiple users, could this be done? i know that they...
View ArticleVcHostFibreChannelHba.device doesn't reflect what is seen in vCenter
I'm writing some workflows to take care of automatic zoning using the Cisco MDS REST API. As part of that I need to be able to identify ESXi host HBAs on the SAN fabric. Today, we create device...
View ArticleRecovering Templates Etc.
Ok here is a question for which i can not find an answer. My issue is i tried to update my vcenter server a few days back and ran into someissues which ultimately didn't leave me much choice then to...
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Unable to use HTML plugin-seed (v 0.9.5) with live data / Client ID...
CONTEXT: I have generated a plugin using the instructions in "HTML Client Plugin Seed v0.9.5" document, using command: ./plugin-seed/tools/generate-plugin.sh (plugin name is "rcplugin") This...
View ArticleCreate VM on ESXi 6.5 Web Client from Existing VMDK in Datastore? Desktop App...
To All, I would like to use the web tools to create a new vm in ESXi 6.5.0 from an existing vmdk file already in the datastore. I basically ran the clone on an existing vmdk with the vmkfstools to...
View ArticleCannot Start vCenter Server Appliance - "Waiting for vpxd to initialize:...
I am stumped. At first, I was able to at least login to vsphere and do operations. The client would close like every 15 minutes so it got really annoying. Now I am stuck with no launch to vsphere. I...
View Articleconnecting two vmware hosts to nexus 3k switches
does anyone have any best practices on connecting 2 VMWare hosts to 2 Cisco nexus N3K switches . Any sample configuration would be very helpful as this will be the first time setting up VPC with vmware...
View ArticlevCenter 6.5, single SSO domain, two SSO sites, Enhanced linked mode
Hello,I've been trying to find out if this is a good option or not. I currently have a client that has two vCenter 5.5 servers with embedded SSO modules, they both belong to the same SSO domain, but...
View ArticleBandwidth hog
I want to see my users based on bandwidth current, average etc. I want to sort the thousands of guest machines currently using the most network resources.I do not see a way to do this. I have...
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Vsphere unable to connect to the MKS: Internal error
Hello, When i'm trying to open a consol virtual machine with vSphere Client, I got a black screen with the error "unable to connect to the MKS: Internal error". There is no firewall between my VM and...
View ArticlevSphere Client doesnt open Datastore Folder after creating a RDM vmdk
i created, over a SSH connection to my ESXi (HP Custom 6.0.0 update 2), a RDM .vmdk file to a 4TB Harddrive Since i did that ,the folder in which i created the vmdk file, won't open anymoreit displays...
View ArticleGet-ScsiLunPath output different for ESXi 6 hosts
hi, I have been using this script flawlessly on my ESXi 5.5 hosts.: http://www.vmspot.com/disable-esxi-fibre-ports-using-powercli/ However it just stopped working on my ESXi 6 host i did some debugging...
View ArticleCan modules for PowerCLI be used even if module's application is not present?
OK. I just saw the exciting news about PowerCLI being offered in the PowerShell Gallery (*sweeeeeet*). As I was looking at the information. I saw the list of all the modules (i.e. VMware...
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