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Workstation prompt windows are 3 screens wide

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After updating a video card adapter while Workstation running (Not a clever idea), my Workstation prompt windows are now 3 screens wide.

 

Windows JPG capture here:

 


VMWare Tools 10.1.6 not working in Windows 10 image

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Hi all,

 

In the process of shrinking my image file of WINDOWS 10 I was unable to open VMWare Tools, more specifically the vm icon in the system tray shows but only redirects to the About VMWare window - VMWare tools can also not be found under the control panel. It is updated to the version of 10.1.6 and I have already tried to completely remove and reinstall it.

 

How can I run/reinstall VMWare tools properly, in order to continue the shrink process?

 

Any advice is welcome, thanks in advance

Converting physical Exchange DAG servers with mailboxes servers to VM on ESXI hosts

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My new project is converting our physical Exchange DAG servers with mailboxes servers to VM on ESXI hosts. am looking for some Best Practices to watch out for. I will be using the VMware Converter Standalone to perform the conversion. but what is the best way, step-by-step, to do this? Should I use the "Synchronize" function in the converter? Do I need to convert each server with stopping services Or can I simply convert them online

vise.actions.sets extension point doesn't pass objectId

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Hi,

I'm developing a H5 plugin and try to add a action to the "ACTIONS" dropdown list when user select a host. The issue is when the modal dialog open the actionUrl, it only passes locale, objectId is missing, i pasted the sample definition FYI.

But if i use   com.vmware.vsphere.client.htmlbridge.HtmlActionDelegate instead of com.vmware.vsphere.client.HtmlPluginModalAction, it works and passes both locale and objectId.

I reproduced it with both vSphere 6.5U2 and 6.7U1, Is it a defect of com.vmware.vsphere.client.HtmlPluginModalAction ? Tks.

 

 

 

   <extensionid="testid">

 

   <extendedPoint>vise.actions.sets</extendedPoint>

   <object>

   <actions>

   <com.vmware.actionsfw.ActionSpec>

   <uid>testuid</uid>

   <label>test</label>

   <delegate>

   <className>com.vmware.vsphere.client.HtmlPluginModalAction</className>

   <object><root>

   <actionUrl>/ui/test/index.html?view=test</actionUrl>

   <dialogTitle>test</dialogTitle>

   <dialogSize>600,130</dialogSize>

   </root></object>

   </delegate>

   </com.vmware.actionsfw.ActionSpec>

   </actions>

   </object>

   <metadata>

   <objectType>HostSystem</objectType>

   </metadata>

   </extension>

vSphere Client - editing custom role seems to break the definition.

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Hi

I got an error message from our QA who discoved this problem.

We have custom roles - they are defined when our plugin is installed, and look like this (as seen in mob)

AuthorizationRole:

     info:

          description:

               label: Acme Authorization Role

               summary:  This is a role used in the acme plugin, bla bla bla

         name: com.acme.plugin.authRole

          privilege:  <list of privs>

     roleId: 123456

     system: false

 

After the user uses the Html Plugin, and adds/removes some privilges, the definition for the role (as seen in mob)

AuthorizationRole:

     info:

          description:

          label: Acme Authorization Role

          summary: Acme Authorization Role

     name: Acme Autorization Role

     privilege: <list of privs>

     roleId: 123456

     system: false

 

The problem here is that we search the roles to find our defintions, and since we use the name (com.acme.plugin.authRole) - ...

 

Is this problem known?

Cathy

UEM - Printers

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I'm currently looking to move away from having printers installed by .bat or GPO and have been playing with UEM.

 

I can get the printers to install based on client IP without any difficulty, but is there a way for the printers to be removed also?

 

E.g user logs in on 192.168.1.10 and receives PRINTER1

user reconnected on 192.168.2.10 and receives PRINTER2, whilst also having PRINTER1 removed from their Devices and Printers.

How to inject "root" and "trustedpublisher" Certificate over UEM 9.6 for User with...

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....with Condition setting "member of group"  'domain\xyz'

 

my old way over SCCM:

 

cmd.exe /c certutil.exe -f -addstore "root" "\\server\folder\cert1a.p7b"

cmd.exe /c certutil.exe -f -addstore "trustedpublisher" "\\server\folder\cert1a.p7b"

 

We need this for the application "Passwordsafe" for over 150 user on different clients, not every time the same clients because the user is moving.

 

Thanks!

VM partagée dans un environnement Vshpere

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Bonjour,

 

Dans VMware Workstation, il est possible de partagée de VM (Shared VMs) et donc de se connecter dessus via l'option "Connect to server" présente également dans VMware Workstation.

 

Question : Est-il possible de partager une VM hébergé sur un ESX et intégré dans Vsphere pour pouvoir se connecter dessus de la même façon que si elle était sur Workstation ?

 

Existe-il une option dans Vsphere capable de rendre la VM partagée ?

 

Merci d'avance


Upgrading 5.5 --> 6.5, VCSA, New Mgmt Network

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Hi,

I am admittedly very rusty with Vmware administration, so I figured I would bounce this off you all;

 

I have 6 hosts running 5.5 and a Windows 2008 R2 guest with vCenter 5.5 managing it. I am (finally) upgrading the hosts - the goal is to replace the 6 hosts with 4. This is all fine, but I think I want to move vCenter from a Windows guest to a VCSA, and get us up to 6.5 in the process. I think this will allow me to get vCenter updated, and then let me phase out the old 5.5 hosts, and replace them with the new 6.5 hosts one by one.

 

My questions are;

1. Has anyone had any issues with moving from Windows based vCenter 5.5 to VCSA 6.5 using the wizard / migration tool? It seems so simple, I just haven't had the opportunity to play in a lab at all.

2. I would really like to get the vCenter server and esxi host's management network interfaces onto a different subnet. Right now, they are on the same subnet as our "production" network with the majority of servers and client machines. I am not quite sure how to implement this transition... has anyone done something similar? Is it feasible to have a vCenter server manage esxi hosts in two different subnets?

 

TIA -

David

EQUALS_ANY_OF Condition In Plugin.Xml Extension is Not Working.

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I am trying to apply a EQUALS_ANY_OF condition in plugin.xml file. but this condition is not working due to which my portlet is not appearing in plugin mode.

While on same extension when i am using  only EQUALS condition it is working fine and appearing in plugin mode.

Here is code below.

 

<extension id="mycompany.testPortlet">

     <extendedPoint>vsphere.core.datastore.summarySectionViews</extendedPoint>

     <object>

      <name>#{PortletName}</name>

         <contentSpec>

            <url>/ui/index.html?view=portlet-view</url>

            <metadata><entry><key>hasTitle</key><value>false</value></entry></metadata>

         </contentSpec>

      </object>

      <metadata>

         <objectType>Datastore</objectType>

         <propertyConditions>

            <com.vmware.data.query.CompositeConstraint>

                <nestedConstraints>

                    <com.vmware.data.query.PropertyConstraint>

                        <propertyName>summary.type</propertyName>

                        <comparator>EQUALS_ANY_OF</comparator>

                        <comparableValue>

                            <String>VVOL,NFS,NFS41,NAS,VMFS</String>

                        </comparableValue>

                    </com.vmware.data.query.PropertyConstraint>

                </nestedConstraints>

            </com.vmware.data.query.CompositeConstraint>

        </propertyConditions>

    </metadata>

   </extension>

 

Please provide some solution on it.

Thanks in Advance.

vmotion 21%

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Dear all,

 

we have 2 serperate vm enviroments, and we try to migrate hosts with vm`s from the old 6.0 enviroment to the new 6.7 enviroment.

this works , i remove a host ( with running vm`s ) from the old 6.0 and add it to the 6.7 enviroment.

 

when i try to migrate ( vmotion ) in the new enviroment from one host to the other host, vmotion fails at 21%

 

the only way it works is to shut down the vm and then migrate, this works.

only we would like to keep the vm`s running, is there a option to keep the vm`s running and migrate ( vmotion )

 

the old host is 6.0 and the new is 6.7 ESXI

 

thanks for all your reply

 

best regards

 

jeff

Create Rule with valueType "Substring" via API

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Hi everyone

 

I'm trying to create a Rule via the API. According to the documentation, the body needs to be provided as follows:

 

<rule xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/UM"><vcServerId>1</vcServerId><customerName>CustomerTest</customerName><objectType>VM</objectType><valueType>Unique ID</valueType><value>vm-21</value></rule>

 

This works fine for rules with valuetype "Unique ID". But i need to create a rule with the valuetype Substring and I cannot figure out, how I need to provide the body. If I send it according to the documentation i get the response that rules with valueType Substring mustn't provide a vCenter ID. If I send the body without the vcServerID Element i get the response that this is a mandatory element. If I leave it blank I get a parsing error back. Can anyone point me in the right direction? We use version 3.6.1.

 

Thanks!

Item Desroy fails with message: The following component requests failed: NSX Edge. Edge IaaS id is null in resource data

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Running VRA version 7.4.0 (build 8182598), NSX is version 6.4.1 Build 8599035.  I really haven't been able to identify a pattern but perhaps 1 out 5 items, or blueprints that have been requested from the catalog and have been in use for days/weeks will fail with that error message when the Destroy request is sent.

 

The work around is tedious, you can "force destroy" the item, however there are several artifacts left behind in vSpehe and NSX, primarily networks and edge-routers.  So you have to map out what's connected and delete in the correct order, a real PITA.  This is happening with blueprints that use NAT networks, haven't tested other types of networks since the NAT type is what we're currently using.

 

Any insights would be appreciated.


Alex

Select Value in Blueprint

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Hello Guys

 

In a blueprint of Centos 7.5, I create a workflow of assign a new disk from 100GB to 200GB post finished the request. This not present errors and the disk is created without problems, but the customer need in the blueprint the conditions of enable or not the options of add the new disk.

 

If the user select "Yes" in the request the slider of select of size of disk be enabled, but the user select "No" the slider do not enabled.

 

Is possible to do what the client asks?

 

Regards

 

SAN

NVIDIA Grid vGPU M10 performance issues with PCOIP protocol (high GPU utilization)

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We have been working on implementing M10 vGPUs in our VMware environment and have been experiencing performance issues. We worked with NVIDIA to verify that the environment is setup correctly. Here is quick bullet point list for the environment.

  • vSphere 6.7
  • Host have VMware ESXi, 6.7.0
    • PowerEdge R740
    • Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8168 CPU @ 2.70GHz
    • 768 GB RAM
    • 2x M10 GPUs
  • Horizon 7.4.0
  • Linked Clones
    • Windows 10 1803 (also tried 1809 & 1709 builds)
    • 4 core
    • 8 GB RAM
    • M10-1B vGPU profile
    • Teradici based zero clients (PCOIP)

What we have noticed is after our first small set of user testing and no issues we began a larger test and noticed that once we hit about 15 users per M10 we began getting performance issue reports. The users are seeing lag in the interface, a right click on the desktop might take 5-10 seconds for the context menu to appear. The same could be seen with the start menu. Additionally these issues were only occurring on vGPU VMs. On the same host non vGPU VMs were not experiencing the same slowdowns. We began to notice that the pcoip_server_win32.exe was using a lot of CPU and GPU time via the task manager. We began trying different version of the vmware agent and direct connect, various revisions of the driver for esxi. We tried standalone fresh copies of windows 10 and various build numbers. Thus far no combination we have attempted has resolved the issues for vGPU machines when there are more than a few users per machine. The performance problem appears even if we use the Horizon software client and have it set to PCoIP.

We tried running it with different Horizon Agent versions (6, 7.0.2, 7.2.0, 7.4.0, 7.5.1, 7.6 & 7.7) and using direct connect bypassing Horizon Server.

We also tried running VMs using VMware Blast protocol and it didn’t have the high GPU usage issues, but unfortunately, almost all of our thin clients only support PCOIP.

Attaching screenshot below: please note the GPU utilization of PCoIP Server (32bit) process.

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UPDATE 1:

After a long discussion with NVIDIA, they concluded that it's not on their side.

They pointed us at this KB: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4156/~/nvidia-smi-shows-high-gpu-utilization-for-vgpu-vms-with-active-horizon-session

Looks like it's a known issue with Teradici PCOIP protocol and it hasn't been fixed yet.

UPDATE 2:

I tried downloading and installing Teradici's PCOIP Agent (PCoIP_agent_release_installer_graphics.exe) direct from Teradici. Then I ran "NvFBCEnable.exe -disable", it disables NVFBC capture and switches back to CPU. And it works great - no GPU spike when idle and a much better performance overall.

However, when I try to do this on Horizon Agent's Teradici protocol it disables NvFBC for a brief period of time and then as soon as I reconnect via PCOIP it re-enables it back, see extract from a log below:

  1. Svgadevtap:NvFBCFixed capture by enabling NvFBC

Is there a way to permanently disable NvFBC on Horizon Agent's Teradici Protocol?


FC storage adapter disappears in ESX 6.0 and 6.5

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For my vSphere cluster I have a set of HPE bl460c blades each with the FlexFabric 536flb adapter in the LOM slot which does double duty as both network adapter and FC adapter via FCoE.  This has worked well since I set it up last year.  However recently I've had to rebuild one of the blades from scratch.  Initially I tried this with ESX 6.5, but after running into problems I reverted to the latest release of 6.0 and have found no difference between them.  The problem is that the adapter is no longer recognized as a storage adapter.  The network side of it functions fine but as a storage adapter it simply doesn't exist and I'm left with no access to my SAN.  Running 'esxcli fcoe adapter list' returns nothing.  Running 'esxcli system module list' the fcoe module is not listed.

 

It sounds very much like the problem described in this blog post:

http://tomaskalabis.com/wordpress/vmware-esxi-broadcom-bcm75840-and-software-fcoe/

and this Dell support article:

Dell Server: Qlogic 578xx FCoE Storage Adapter Disappears From VMware Client Configuration Tab Following Server Reboot |…

And I note that the HPE 536flb uses the same chipset and OEM driver as the Dell adapter, however the fix in these articles - setting the autodiscover parameter to 1 - doesn't seem to work.  The other solution in the Dell article, reverting to an older driver, does succeed in getting it to show up as a storage adapter again, however it's stuck Offline. The bnx2fc module refuses to load with the error 'bad parameter'.

 

Has anyone else experienced this?  How do I get access to my storage back?  (and why hasn't this affected any of the other hosts which are all fully patched and updated to the same version I built this one with?)   Thanks.

vRA 7.3 custom spec - Computer Name and Hostname

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Hi all,

 

I need to specify the a "Computer Name" in customization spec different from the "Machine Name". I've modified the custom spec in vCenter as shown in the capture below:

But then, I cannot find the way to specify that parameter with custom properties. I always get the same error message: "A specified parameter was not correct: spec.identity.hostname"

 

I've tried with:

  • ext.policy.activedirectory.system.machineName
  • SysPrep.UserData.ComputerName
  • spec.identity.hostname
  • VirtualMachine.Admin.Name

 

Any ideas?

Thanks.

A specified parameter was not correct: spec.identity.hostname

Failed to start the virtual machine (error -18)

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buen día

mi máquina virtual no inició

uso VMWare EsXi 5.5.0

indicando el siguiente error:

Failed to start the virtual machine (error -18).

archivos en el datastore:

VMPS2K12.vmx

VMPS2K12.vmdk

VMPS2K12.nvram

vmware-14.log

vmware-16.log

vmware-12.log

vmware-11.log

vmware-15.log

vmware-13.log

VMPS2K12.vmxf

VMPS2K12.vmsd

VMPS2K12.vmx~

VMware Workstation 64-bit guest operating systems are not supported by this host and will not run.

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So, I'm having this issue with VMware Workstation when I'm running the New Virtual Machine Wizard and on the Guest operating system option it will show 64-bit guest operating systems are not supported by this host and will not run.    So what I did first thing is to make sure that Virtualization Technology is turned on in the BIOS setting and it is then power cycle the server boot to OS still no luck so I went back to BIOS roam around the BIOS setting flipping settings on/ off that may have something to do with VT and still no luck, I then roam around on different forums and still didn't found a solution for my issue then I thought what if I turn off the Virtualization Technology.... after doing that the 64-bit guest operating systems are not supported by this host and will not run doesn't show up anymore! so at this point I'm not sure which one should I follow, my BIOS setting or VMware Workstation.  Please help, any input would be greatly appreciated.

 

System Spec

Dell R730

Dual Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 2.4Ghz

64GB RAM

 

I want to run a nested VM and create a lab for ESXi

Best practice to change esx syslog location

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Hello,

I'am two esx version 5.1. my syslog.global.logdir is on san that i want to replace. My new san is online.

I want to move my log on one datastore in the new san

What the best way ?

just copy log to the new datastore and change syslog.global.logdir value with the new path ?

after change syslog.global.logdir value muste i reboot my host?

 

thanks for your help

 

Olivier

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