Duplicate Current VM on ESX 5
Good afternoon, I have a VM on my ESX 5 server that is a base image. I want to copy it to a new machine & customize it for its use. What is the easiest way to do this? It is staying on the same...
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After reading the page at the link you provided I now understand what is happening.Thank you for your help,stmux
View ArticleRe: Duplicate Current VM on ESX 5
if you only have a standalone ESX Host and not vCenter, you can use VMware Converter and "copy" the gold image to another ESX Host. Otherwise, if you have vCenter, just convert your gold image VM to a...
View ArticleRe: Can Orchestrator be used to deploy apps within VM's?
You can use the guest operations workflows to run the install commands or a full script to do it. With that said you can also use vCO to orchestrate Application Director as part of an end to end...
View ArticleRe: assigning persistent desktops via mac address or computer name
some questions on kiosk mode if you dont mind 1) We need to make sure that these accounts are only able to access the broker they are created on, and not the Windows boxes themselves. 2) For passwords...
View ArticleRe: Can Orchestrator be used to deploy apps within VM's?
Thank you for the reply! I will investigate the Guest Operations Workflows. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! Drew
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Re: Problems with audio CD burning on Windows 7 with VMWorkstation 9
Well since you can burn data with the internal drive and audio with the external drive it looks like it is more an issue with that particular internal drive then VMware Workstation per se. Not trying...
View ArticleSpeccing Out a New ESXi 5 Server
I want to put together a new ESXI 5.x server for a client and would like to clarify some points, if I may. 1. ESXI 5.x supports up to 32 gigs of RAM, correct? 2. If I have a server with one quad core...
View ArticleRe: False Capacity/IO Alerts?
Hey jddias, Thanks for the response. I grabbed screenshots of 2a, 3a, and 3c. I skipped 3b since it's set to Physical not Usable at the moment so it (should be) irrelevant. I've done a lot of tweaking...
View ArticleRe: vSphere Replication Manager Appliance will not deploy
The server is the Linux appliance I downloaded, running version 5.1.0, Build 1123961.The client from which I deploy is connected to the vCenter Server. I just ran some checking and noted that the...
View ArticleRe: assigning persistent desktops via mac address or computer name
1. Broker/Connection server tags could be one way to limit which pool is access through which broker/connection server2. Not sure about this. It sounds like you want no human interaction (is this...
View ArticleSSO Upgrade Error
Hi!We have:1. 2 SSO in multisite mode2. 2 vCenter Server 5.1.0b3. Linked Mode4. SRMEverything works perfectly, no any mistakes.In attempt to execute updating SSO to build vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1a...
View ArticleRe: Can Orchestrator be used to deploy apps within VM's?
I started looking at the Guest Operations Workflows. I tested a few of them (like List Directory), and am starting to get a comfort level with how vCO works. I did not see any example Guest Operations...
View ArticleRe: Can Orchestrator be used to deploy apps within VM's?
DOH, never mind, after typing and posting this I just noticed "Run program in guest." I will look into that now. Drew
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Re: Set Memory Reservation & Limit For List Of VMs
If i may.. Your script looks good, and to push it a little you could do something like this Get-Content C:\tmp\VMList.txt | Get-VM -Name $_ | Get-VMResourceConfiguration | Set-VMResourceConfiguration...
View ArticleRe: Can not Complete the configuration of HA agent on the host. Other HA...
HA failing to configure at 97% is often related to DNS resolution issues. Please double check whether this is ok and resolve any issues (see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003735)Disconnecting and...
View ArticleRename cluster
Hi I am running with vCenter 5.0 and ESXi 5.0 Hosts.Now i want to change name(rename) of one of the cluster . I want to do right click edit settings on cluster and change cluster name.will this effect...
View ArticleRe: Speccing Out a New ESXi 5 Server
1. It's only the free Hypervisor edition which is limited to 32GB physical memory. However, even the low priced Essentials Edition will not only remove this limitation, but also unlocks the API to...
View ArticleRe: Rename cluster
It won't effect anything other than the name displayed for the cluster - this is non-disruptive.
View ArticleInstalling Net Framework 1.1
Hello, I am trying to install a program on a virtual machine with Windows XP. This program requires Microsoft Net Framework 1.1, which is not compatible with Windows 8, and that's why I would like to...
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