By default, being able to copy and paste items from your machine through the console of a VM is disabled. This makes sense, there are security implications here. However, if you're in an environment where you trust your users and you're constantly moving files or managing VMs, having the ability to copy and paste is huge. So here's how to enable it: To enable Copy & Paste on one machine Log in to a vCenter Server system using the vSphere Client and power off the virtual machine. … [Read more...] about Adding Copy and Paste Functions to vSphere VMs or in vCenter
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Please make sure SQL Server Agent service is running on the Database Server
If you're manually upgrading vCenter, you might run into this error. VMware tells you it's either the media or the Agent that needs to be started. But in my issue, when upgrading from vCenter 5.5 to vCenter 5.5 Update 3, I needed to enable the SQL Agent Service in Services in order to get it to work. Here's my fix: Go to Services Find SQL Server Agent Service and see that it is disabled Right click the service and change it to Automatic in properties Start the service … [Read more...] about Please make sure SQL Server Agent service is running on the Database Server
VMware Workstation VMs shows Network Cable Unplugged
I ran an updated to Windows 10 and all of a sudden my VMs in VMware Workstations were showing "Network Cable Unplugged" when I tried to use them. Here's what I did to fix that: Power off all your VMs In VMware Workstation go to Edit > Virtual Network Editor Choose to change settings and say OK to run as admin If you have static IPs or IP ranges you want to keep, note them Choose "Restore Defaults" at the bottom I didn't have to remove or add anything back to the VM. They came … [Read more...] about VMware Workstation VMs shows Network Cable Unplugged
VMware vCenter – The Storage Service is not initialized. Please try again later.
We were doing a routine upgrade of the SQL Database that's tied to the vCenter server and got a new error in Storage Views on a host. The error is below: This issue is pretty straight forward to correct. By default, Vmware ESXi 5.5.0's VMware vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Service uses the Local System as the account to manage the service. Unlike your VMware VirtualCenter Server, which probably uses a service account you created, the Local System is not equipped to start and manage the … [Read more...] about VMware vCenter – The Storage Service is not initialized. Please try again later.
Vim.Host.DiskPartitionInfo.spec – VMware can’t add extra drive.
So you want add another datastore but you're getting the follow error: The short story is that the drive needs to be formatted but there are partitions on there that VMware just can't get rid of first. So, you'll need to delete the volumes on your own, you can do one of two things: Put the drive in a Windows machine and delete the volumes completely. Get all command prompt ham on the drive and delete the volumes via SSH. Here's the commands to do it via SSH: First list what … [Read more...] about Vim.Host.DiskPartitionInfo.spec – VMware can’t add extra drive.
VMware Horizon View – Enable Servers in Desktop Mode
With Horizon View, if you want to publish servers in desktop mode, such as publishing Server 2008 R2 as a desktop, you'll have to make some changes within ADSI Edit. The change is fairly straightforward. Here's a quick tutorial on how to get it done. To start, open up ADSI Edit on your VMware Connection server, or any server on the domain with access to your domain controller: From there, choose More Actions over on the right and choose Connect To. Enter the … [Read more...] about VMware Horizon View – Enable Servers in Desktop Mode
VEEAM 7 Patch 3 Released
VEEAM 7 Patch 3 is here, fully supporting vSphere 5.5 and much more. Here's a link to KB1854, giving you everything you need to know about the release. You can download Veeam 7 Patch 3 here: http://www.veeam.com/download_add_packs/vmware-esx-backup/7.0patch3 Some quick details from the KB Article: KB ID: 1854 Product: Veeam Backup & Replication Version: 7.0.0.839 Published: 2014-02-13 Created: 2014-02-11 Last Modified: 2014-02-28 There are some updates that are really … [Read more...] about VEEAM 7 Patch 3 Released
Connect VMware to Nimble SAN
In this post, I'm going to go over the quickest way to get your Nimble SAN connected to a VMware ESXi environment through vCenter. This method will give you a volume where you can store VMDK attached storage for your guests. Some of these steps will be for vCenter 4. Please pay close attention to my notations as some items will not be necessary with later versions of VMware, or later versions will have options in the GUI instead of in the CLI. This tutorial assumes you have healthy environments … [Read more...] about Connect VMware to Nimble SAN
Configure SNMP on ESXi Servers
Here's a quick and easy way to configure SNMP on your ESXi Servers, which is done by editing the snmp.xml file. In this tutorial: ESXi Version 4.0 SSH into your ESXi Host Use this command to browse to the right directory: cd /etc/vmware Use this command to open the snmp.xml file: vi snmp.xml If you haven't used vi before, you only need to know the following keystrokes and commands: INSERT, ESC, and :wq!Here's the default xml file: We're going to edit this file and restart … [Read more...] about Configure SNMP on ESXi Servers
Quick Daily Humor – Loose
I hope this makes you smile as much as it made me. Cheers! … [Read more...] about Quick Daily Humor – Loose
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