vmware ESXi upgrade does not see previous version
Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to 6.5 using iso at the console. We have successfully upgraded 2 other host however on one host the upgrade is not finding the previous install of 5.5 so we are only getting...
View ArticleNot All VM's finish Recompose
Recently moved my Composer server from a 2008R2 server to a 2016 server and Recompose functions seem to be working. However in my test pool i have 3 machines that get recomposed and one of them comes...
View ArticleRe: How determine if VM in Vcenter (6.7) is Managed by Vcloud Director (9.5)
Will the presence or absence of the Cloud UUID not tell you that? Get-VM-Name MyVM |Get-AdvancedSetting-Name cloud.uuid
View ArticleRe: vCenter crashed after updating
Hi! I had same problem. I upgraded my vcenter appliance 6.5U2 from Build 9451637 to Build 11347054. After rebooting, I saw this error:(https://myvcenter.local) - 503 Service Unavailable (Failed to...
View ArticleHow do I stop VDI Image from booting with last logged on user name
When a new windows 10 ver 1709 VDI image boots it has the last logged on username, it seems as if the persona of the user who created the master is transferred to the snapshot. How do I prevent the VDI...
View ArticleRe: Delete Snapshot make the flat disk grows in size
I read your post 5 times and I still do not understand why you are surprised.To me this looks exactly like what we would expect.
View ArticleRe: Which is a entrance examination for VMware.
Thank you so much Scott for your assistance.
View ArticleRe: How do I stop VDI Image from booting with last logged on user name
Have you tried setting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\dontdisplaylastusernameto 1?
View ArticleRe: Delete Snapshot make the flat disk grows in size
Why? After I reclaimed the space with sdelete vmware show me an used size of 200 GB, not the full 5 TB,
View ArticleRe: Script to remove floppy drive from VM on next reboot
Delete the floppy from the vmx and power cycle?
View ArticlevRO Policy keeps stopping
Hi guys, we have a vrealize orchestrator policy that is vital to our infrastructure This policy needs to be running constantly as it is required for any network related updates/changes to take effect...
View ArticleRe: How determine if VM in Vcenter (6.7) is Managed by Vcloud Director (9.5)
Found it myself: $_.ExtensionData.config.ExtraConfig | Where-Object -FilterScript {$_.key -eq "cloud.uuid"}).value if it is set, its managed by vcloud director.
View ArticleRe: How do I stop VDI Image from booting with last logged on user name
Hello cjscol and no, all the working images from the old master have the same setting which is 0 and they boot without the last logged on username
View ArticleiSCSI Best Practices - Standard vs Distributed vSwitches
Hello- We have a new vCenter 6.7 and I've been doing a lot of research regarding the best practices around iSCSI using Standard vs Distributed vSwitches. I could not find any documentation that...
View ArticleRe: select template via portgroup and datastore
PS U:\vmwarescript> [Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = 'en-US'; & 'U:\vmwarescript\Create from CSV.ps1'New-VM : Cannot convert 'System.Object[]' to the type...
View ArticleRe: select template via portgroup and datastore
You are assigning the complete hash table to the Template parameter.It is the idea that you pick one based on the key, that is composed from the datastore and the portgroup.
View ArticleRe: Master Image Upgrade from LTSB1607 to LTSC1809
Not sure if you will experience this as well, but two things I experienced when trying to use LTSC was that boot up of the clones took forever. The Base image took forever to boot up as well if there...
View ArticleRe: Master Image Upgrade from LTSB1607 to LTSC1809
The workaround for now is to use VMFS 5 instead of 6. VMware is aware of it and currently working on it
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