What to expect if I disable the VMware Update Manager Service?
I need to mitigate the Jetty 6.1.22 DoS vulnerability. One way is to disable the VMware Update Manager Service that uses Jetty. If I do this, what can I expect? Will my vCenter server still operate...
View ArticleRe: vCenter appliance CPU Usage
guys we found that vpxd is using the CPU at 100% most of the time. and also found that vmware data protection is the cause for this We are opening a case with vmware
View ArticleRe: vCloud Director change organization limits
Hi Jim, VMware introduced this into the API in 5.1, and they are still working on support for 5.1 in PowerCLI. To get (and set) the information you are looking for at this point in time, you will need...
View ArticleManaging screen output from PowerCLI cmdlets?
The output I get shown from running cmdlets in my script varies, sometimes there's quite a lot of info written to screen other times there's none, but I can't figure out why. What do I do to manage the...
View ArticleRe: Can't See Storage on BladeCenter S
I've upgraded the firmware to 1.10.12 on the LSI controller but still no storage appearing.
View ArticleDisabling Java in Browsers
We would like to disable Java in our internet browsers owing to the much-publicised Java exploits, rather than uninstalling it (so that it can be enabled for specific uses when required). Can this be...
View ArticleRe: vC Ops 5.6 License
Replace - check out the Licensing vCenter Operations Manager 5.6 section of the release notes for very specific info about...
View ArticleRe: Unable to convert Windows 7 Enterprise Physical machine to VM
Is this by chance a corporate image on a work machine? I have seen this happen several times to people who have Endpoint Encryption on their hard drives or other forms of encryption/security. It will...
View ArticleProblem starting Pulse tool hosted in Tomcat
I have the pulse.war file hosted in a Tomcat instance and I am trying to get it to connect to my Gemfire 7 cluster via a locator running as a JMX Manager. The locator and my only gemfire cache server...
View ArticleWant to run VMWare Workstation on Intel Core 2 Duo processor without VT-X...
Hello all, I, too, need to be able to run a VM with a Win 7 64-bit OS on an Intel box, but in my case, it supports Intel VT-x, but I can not enable it. The error message I get is as follows: The issue...
View ArticleRe: Naming conventions of Adapters
Are you talking about when using VMware Workstation? I have always seen the network connections say "Local Area Connection 1, 2, 3, etc" If there is only one adapter but it says Local Area Connection 2...
View ArticleRe: vCloud Director change organization limits
Thanks. That link isn't working. I'm basing my code off of this: http:/blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/2012/03/automating-creation-of-vcd-organizations-users-and-org-vdcs.html
View ArticleRe: Error starting after moving from iMac to Mac mini
Some additional information... this appears to be related to the setting: Enable code profiling applications in this virtual machine Under Settings / Processors and Memory / Advanced When I toggle this...
View ArticleRe: AD Plugin errors - Error when destroying an element: Connection reset
Something happend today and my plugin is getting errors now. It won't load up in the inventory if I click through it justd show a red x with "Error in plugin". Is this possibly a bug in the plugin?...
View ArticleRe: Slow snapshot "take" and snapshot "committ"
Wondering what the result was from the ticket with VMware? We have a similar issue with slow snapshot committ.
View ArticleIs it possible to diable / bypass the Intel VT-x check in Workstation v9.x?
Hello all, I have commented in a related question, but wanted to start a new question as well. Please forgive the duplication. I have an Intel box that DOES support Intel VT-x, but it is disabled and...
View ArticleRe: Problem starting Pulse tool hosted in Tomcat
Hi Tom, If you've gotten that far, presumably you've set up a pulse.properties file already? You may need to set java.rmi.server.hostname=<ip-address> on the server running the manager, to the IP...
View ArticleMount shared volume via SSH?
I logged into my ESXi 5.1 server using SSH (as root) in order to mount a remote volume. I successfully logged into the server, but when I tried using the 'mount' command I got the message 'mount not...
View ArticleHow to debug serial pipe on esxi 5.0?
Hello everyone,I have setup a serial pipe, \\.\pipe\com_1 between 2 virtual machines residing on the same esxi 5 host.1 virtual machine hosts a POS application under windows 2008, and another hosts a...
View ArticleRe: configuring CPU and NICs
Thanks yet again Luc for the spot-on answer!LucD wrote: Have a look at Re: powercli command to add cpu cores to the cpu?$spec=New-Object –Type VMware.Vim.VirtualMAchineConfigSpec –Property...
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