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http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1021976 all there 😉

When vms are not generating logs inside of vmware.log follow this KB: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2012441 Basically, vmware says that you should either ,…

I will have this 1 post for all useful commands. Rebooting remote windows box (gwmi win32_operatingsystem -Computername XXXXXXX -cred (get-credential)).Win32Shutdown(6) Please…

Found this useful post on communities how to handle with this. Also wrote some explanation in the thread http://communities.vmware.com/message/2003860  

Very useful 1liner to check the network configuration of remote windows box Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Filter IPEnabled=TRUE -ComputerName XXXXXXXX –Credential YourDomain\YourAccount…

So… i was surprised today when i wanted to change the advanced HA settings on my cluster and i could not…

In the esxi host i received a message: “The number of heartbeat datastores for host is 1, which is less than…

Don’t forget to print the poster…. http://communities.vmware.com/thread/327234

When umouting nfs datastore which was not holding any powered vm we received error that this operation can’t be completed. I…

As per vmware kb: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1008077 ” To check if Lockdown mode is enabled: vim-cmd -U dcui vimsvc/auth/lockdown_is_enabled To disable Lockdown mode:…

PowerCLI C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\vmware workstation\ovftool> .\ovftool.exe C:\x\vc\VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance -5.0.0.3324-472350_OVF10.ovf C:\x\vcsa\vcsa.vmx Opening OVF source: C:\x\vc\VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5.0.0.3324-472350_OVF10.ovf Warning: No manifest file Opening VMX target: C:\x\vcsa\vcsa.vmx…

short quick procedure for building custom iso image esx5 . First download the offline esxi5 depo file from vmware and then…