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Re: Is there an alternative to the "su -" command on ESXi 5.1 hosts?

September 10, 2013, 4:11 pm

Evening, You might want to look into the vma from vmware this virtual appliance will give you the ability to execute commands on the host without too much escalation. Just a two cents suggestion....

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Re: Powershell script to change the Path Policy w/o MSCS cluster

September 10, 2013, 4:15 pm

Evening, It's all about the logic you want to create. Using powershell this is all possible. I do something quick and dirty like this via powershell. I don't want to change the path policy on my...

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Re: The VM that wouldn't die --or-- How the %^$^%$ do I shut down a suspended...

September 10, 2013, 4:19 pm

Give the following a try... While the Virtual Machine is shutdown, manually edit the .vmx configuration file placing a # in front of: snapshot.action = "autoRevert" This is a setting that's available...

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Re: Choosing a startup VM

September 10, 2013, 4:47 pm

Try launching windows 7 manually by going to documents/virtual machines/boot camp . Are u getting any errors.?

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Re: Choosing a startup VM

September 10, 2013, 4:54 pm

No errors, but frequently after windows launches displays the desktop without any task bar or icons.

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Re: migrating vcenter

September 10, 2013, 4:57 pm

[2013-09-10 15:43:27,535 pool-17-thread-1 INFO com.vmware.vim.dataservices.federation.FederationReconfigurator] Error connecting to peer:https://xxxxxxxxxx:10443 reason:...

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Move/migrate a VM to a new datastore and convert to eagerzerodthick

September 10, 2013, 5:01 pm

Hello,I am struggling w/ this for some time. I have tried many code snippets but I seem to be in a catch 22. My goal is to: Move a VM from a standalone DS (DS-standalone-1) to a new Data Store...

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Re: Outdated Entry in DNS Cache when connecting to VCHB name with Remote Desktop

September 10, 2013, 5:07 pm

That is exactly what we had to do as well. We removed the VCHB public name from AD and our problems immediately cleared up. Thanks!

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Re: P2V Windows 2008 Domain Controller

September 10, 2013, 5:16 pm

I have a question - why not build a new WIndows 2008 Machine and DC Promo it?

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VSphere/Vcenter/ESX 5.0.0 issue: Unable to upload...

September 10, 2013, 5:19 pm

I have built this several different ways now and I always get this same exact error. I am running as "Admin" so I have every privilege available.There are no special characters in the password, I have...

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Re: P2V Windows 2008 Domain Controller

September 10, 2013, 5:22 pm

I understand that building a new one is the preferred method but there is an urgency to do it this way. Our servers are on lease and we have to return the hardware. Thanks

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Re: Planning a new storage solution

September 10, 2013, 5:36 pm

Phatsta wrote: Yes, I know some from performance logs I've gathered, but I didn't mean for this discussion to dig that deep, as to analyze everything down to IOPS. Maybe I didn't phrase my question...

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SSL failure

September 10, 2013, 5:49 pm

I am ready to apply my new certificates, when I log into the configurator and go to the SSL page, I get the following error: "Something failed and we cannot load the screen you were about to view. You...

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Re: Backup solution for (free) ESXi

September 10, 2013, 6:03 pm

how do you configure unitrends to backup the free ESXi license? I just installed it and got errors on all my hosts saying they are not licensed for the operation.

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Re: Backup solution for (free) ESXi

September 10, 2013, 6:20 pm

autumnwalker wrote: how do you configure unitrends to backup the free ESXi license? I just installed it and got errors on all my hosts saying they are not licensed for the operation. Sorry you are...

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