Unity view does not work on Fusion 10
I have a Mac Pro with macOS High Sierra and VM Ware Fusion 10.1.1, I use both Mac and Linux gusts and neither have the ability to use unity, is there a bug or an issue with Fusion and High Sierra? I...
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I am getting this error message: Cannot open the disk '/Volumes/Macintosh Backup/Windows XP Professional 17-06-38-374.vmwarevm/Windows XP Professional-000014.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it...
View ArticleVMware guest service ManagementAgentHost.exe is unsigned
During an audit for unsigned processes we discovered this VMware process running that was unsigned. We are using VMware tools 10.2.0 build-7259539 in the guest (the latest) and VMware Workstation Pro...
View ArticleNo space left in Datastore after deleting snapshot.
Hi,the story goes like this:On VmWare ESXi 61. I increased the disk space in three VMs and took a screenshot of each one.2. I kept the screenshots because I didn't know they would keep growing.3. Today...
View ArticleCheck password aging
Hi, I want to check the age of users's password.My goal is to write a script to send emails to users before the password expires. Thanks
View ArticlevSphere Essentials and VDDK
Hi all, I ran into an error when trying to access a virtual disk on an ESXi 6.5 with Essentials license (please note - plain Essentials, not Essentials Plus). I'm using VDDK 5.5.5 to connect to the...
View ArticleCopy vm and restore to another host
Hey All, We currently use Veeam to take backups of our VM's however I need to copy the contents of one VM and restore to another host in a different subnet. The don't use Veeam, is this possible to do...
View Article503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint
503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http16LocalServiceSpecE:0x07f05b78] _serverNamespace = / action = Allow _port = 8309) Hi, after try create a NFS share from other...
View ArticleMigrate Datastore from 1 VM to Another
We have a file server located on an ESXi with its own datastore (Capacity of 25 TB). We are trying to migrate the DATASTORE, not the server, to another file server. The file server we are migrating...
View ArticleSpoof vmware's environment
I've noticed some software packages will not allow you to install and run software in a virtual environment. The error that comes back after running the programsays "This software does not support...
View ArticleDisable smart detection for specific drives
Hello, I am trying to disable smart detection for the internal usb thumb drive ESXI has been installed to, as well as for the HP SmartArray Controller, as syslog reports both drivers not to be smart...
View ArticleSome VMs wont auto-release mouse cursor
Ever since we upgraded to vSphere 6.5/ESXi 6.5 i've noticed that about half of the time when I deploy a template it won't auto-release the mouse cursor and the only fix is to reinstall the virtual...
View Articlebacking up and restoring your ESXi configuration
Hi This is my first post. I have inherited an esxi 6.0 host (Del Poweredge R730) with 4 VMs on it. The VMs are servers essential to running the business. I am planning to update this host to esxi 6.5...
View ArticleESXi and VCSA - Failed login Audit report - moved from vSphere noobs
Hi all, I need to do reports on failed logins ( as I'm sure many do ) I'm in a simple environment with several esxi5.5 boxes reporting to a VCSA 6.0 I can get most of the failures ( ESXi ssh,...
View Articlechanged management network - lost access to host
I am setting up a dedicated management network, step by step. Old setup: 2 VLANs, 10.0.25.0/24 and 10.0.20/25vcenter server at 10.0.25.302 hosts (esxi6.5), one at 10.0.25.34, other at 10 0 20.51 New...
View ArticleNeed to P2V Windows 10 Surface Book Pro - Keeps attempting startup repair
Folks, We have a Windows 10 Surface Book Pro that we are attempting to P2V. We are using the stand-alone client and after the process completes we go to startup the machine it keeps looping on the...
View Articlehow to troubleshoot: all physical network interfaces stop responding
Running ESXi 6.0.0 2494585 on a Dell PowerEdge R610. The problem I have with this machine is that, every so often, about once a month, but sometimes more frequently like once a week, I will lose all...
View Articlehow to troubleshoot: VM fails to come up after reboot
See this discussion which may or may not be related: how to troubleshoot: all physical network interfaces stop responding In summary, sometimes I have to do a hard reboot of my physical machine because...
View Articletrying to replace VMCA certificate with a new certificate - request...
hi, I am trying to replace the root certificate of the VMCA with a subca certificate of our Microsoft Windows CA.Using the certificate manager on our vcenter server appliance (PSC is embedded):...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Blast through UAG
Hi I am having problems with Bast connections through my UAG, I am just finishing off a deployment so its not yet work When i try to connect through the UAG In the client i don't get an error , it...
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