Set-Variable -Name loc -Value “NY”
connect-viserver NYvcenter001.xxx.xxx.com
i tried
connect-viserver ($loc)vcenter001.xxx.xxx.com & all possible combination ..Please suggest
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Set-Variable help
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Windows 8.1 RSAT Server Manager can't find any of my servers. Keeps saying "The local computer is either not domain-joined, or it cannot access a domain controller."
I created a virtual network with VMWorkstation 11 for a project in my Windows Server 2012 class. My network includes a domain controller(Windows Server 2012 Data Center) with a domain name of JJJC3.local, a regular server(Windows 2012 Data Center), and a client/workstation running Windows 8.1 Enterprise. When I go to add my servers to Server Manager from the Active Directory tab on my windows 8.1 machine, I keep getting an error message saying: "The local computer is either not domain-joined, or it cannot access a domain controller." All my machines are up, running, and logged in. They are all on the same exact domain and I'm very sure all my IP settings are correct. Why do I keep getting this error??? I showed this problem to my professor and he can't figure it out either. I re-installed all my machines from scratch, but that didn't seem to fix anything. Could the problem be with VMWorkstation? Any help would be seriously appreciated. Here are a couple screenshots below.
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Windows PE USB Stick
Hi,
does anyone knows how to build a usb stick that starts just a windows pe and do not install windows on the harddisk.
I just want to provision a base layer after the system is booted into the windows pe.
Does the base-layer after that will be provision into the ram-disk or in the harddisk ?
Because the normal bootable usb-stick will install the system directly with the image and the mirage client.
Regards,
Rob
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App Layer: Capture Cleanup
Current situation:
A recored App Layer cannot be managed in any way. Any recorded data, including garbage, will be part of an App Layer.
Feature request:
Have the possibility to cleanup the App Layers by interacting with the actual captured data.
Something like a ThinApp Capture folder where we can remove unneded data like MSI installer backup files, other temporary data, etc.
Best Regards,
Don
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Basic Help for a N00b? Thanks
Greetings all, I am new to my organisation and would like to get vRealize Orchestrator Up and running. I have some experience with and working knowledge of VMware/vCenter/vSphere/Fusion and Virtual machines as a concept, I just want to do this correctly.
Main Goal: Keep good backups of our VM's
Given: We have three ESX servers (3 Datastores etc.) and Are running vCenter Version 5. We have about 9 Virtual Servers in production (Backup DC\DNS\DHCP, SQL servers, a wiki, Apache\web host, Terminal Services services etc.). None of them are too complex or large but we want to keep a good and quickly available backup of each. In one of my previous lives we used to keep backups by doing a fresh snapshot everyday, and keeping 3 snapshots per machine. I attempted to set that up here but it appears the ability to have it automatically take a snapshot and then delete any older than "x" days is gone? It's been about three years since I've used vShpere. (My most immediate previous life we didn't use VMWare in any fashion). So a-hunting I went and discovered that VMware doesn't recommend using snapshots as a backup method, they recommend using vRealize Orchestrator instead. I was told by (Someone at VMWare) that this available for free.
What i need: Some basics about how this is used. So far it appears it can be done in two ways, as an add-on to vCenter (Would this be like having a new features pane show up in vSphere or something?) or, as some kind of standalone server. (Is this server also a VM, what OS is it?).
Sorry If i am asking questions that are too basic, but i thought it might be an easy answer from someone with experience. Thank you in advance.
-Jim
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DS info
works well :-
Get-Datastore | Select Name,
@{N="TotalSpaceGB";E={[Math]::Round(($_.ExtensionData.Summary.Capacity)/1GB,0)}},
@{N="UsedSpaceGB";E={[Math]::Round(($_.ExtensionData.Summary.Capacity - $_.ExtensionData.Summary.FreeSpace)/1GB,0)}},
@{N="ProvisionedSpaceGB";E={[Math]::Round(($_.ExtensionData.Summary.Capacity - $_.ExtensionData.Summary.FreeSpace + $_.ExtensionData.Summary.Uncommitted)/1GB,0)}},
@{N="NumVM";E={@($_ | Get-VM | where {$_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOn"}).Count}} |`
Sort Name | Export-Csv -Path C:\xxxx.csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture
I need % free space &
% Used space
I tried below :-
$TotalDisk = Get-Datastore |select @{N="TotalSpaceGB";E={[Math]::Round(($_.ExtensionData.Summary.Capacity)/1GB,0)}},@{N="UsedSpaceGB";E={[Math]::Round(($_.ExtensionData.Summary.Capacity - $_.ExtensionData.Summary.FreeSpace)/1GB,0)}}
$UsedDisk = Get-Datastore |select @{N="ProvisionedSpaceGB";E={[Math]::Round(($_.ExtensionData.Summary.Capacity - $_.ExtensionData.Summary.FreeSpace + $_.ExtensionData.Summary.Uncommitted)/1GB,0)}}
Get-Datastore | Select Name,
@{N="TotalSpaceGB";E={[Math]::Round(($_.ExtensionData.Summary.Capacity)/1GB,0)}},
@{N="UsedSpaceGB";E={[Math]::Round(($_.ExtensionData.Summary.Capacity - $_.ExtensionData.Summary.FreeSpace)/1GB,0)}},
@{N="ProvisionedSpaceGB";E={[Math]::Round(($_.ExtensionData.Summary.Capacity - $_.ExtensionData.Summary.FreeSpace + $_.ExtensionData.Summary.Uncommitted)/1GB,0)}},
@{N="NumVM";E={@($_ | Get-VM | where {$_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOn"}).Count}},
@{N="DiskSubRatio"; E={$UsedDisk/$TotalDisk} } |`
Sort Name | Export-Csv -Path C:\xxxx.csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture
Something silly i am doing Please guide ...
Thanks
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How to new a virtual harddisk with the specified IDE type using powerCLI？
How to new a virtual harddisk with the specified IDE type using powerCLI？
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How to bind CPUs、enable SR-IOV using powerCLI？
I can't find the way to bind CPUs、enable SR-IOV using powerCLI？
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MTRRs error on installing esxi5.5 within virtualbox
Hi Guys,
I encountered an MTRRs error while I was trying to install esxi 5.5 within a VirtualBox (ver 4.3.20) which runs on CentOS 6.6.
The vbox settings are:
Type: Linux
Version: Linux 2.6/3.x (64bit)
RAM: 4096MB
CPU: 2core
The iso was bootable, but hanged with purple screen and mentioned about: No variable MTTRs: assuming ESX is running in a VM.
How can I get rid of the problem? Thank you!
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can't install vmware workstaion on window 7
i can't install vmware workstation to my hp laptop window 7 once i have downloaded and click for installation then show me an error here below is detail
window can't open this file
use the web service to find the correct program
or
select the program from a list of installed programs
plz help me how to fix this and which program should i select ?
thanks
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Help Create Some New DCD Study material / New Material
Hello all,
So after just missing my first attempt at my DCD I figured I would take what I learned from that experience and help build some new practice material for those who are attempting the VCAP-DCD5.1/5.5 exam. During my studies I found a lot of good material out there around the items on the blue print but didn't find a lot of material to help me get into the mind set / exam mode per say. A good example of this is Joshua's Test Track for the DCA. He has created some really good practice questions with a lab to boot to really get you in the right mind set for the DCA. What I would like to do is build something simular for the DCD.
With that in mind, here is the project:
I would like to build a interactive webpage that will simulate what the design questions and drag-n-drop questions are like on the exam with some practice questions created by myself and other people of the community. How I'm going to try and make it, I'm going to try and use jsPlumb or maybe other simular drag-n-drop java libraries with html 5 to help create an enviroment. Here is a link to the jsPlumb so you can kind of get an idea of how it will work:
Demo
jsPlumb 1.6.4 demo - home (Vanilla)
Other Java libraries to try
http://www.codecademy.com/forum_questions/51aea0670b92bcd46d000667
This is what it will look like:
Once the frame work is in place we can create test questions and have an interactive testing system to also help grade peoples awnsers to help prep people for the DCD exam prior to writing.
Milstones of the project:
1.) Create Photoshop and site layout - I have already completed this and continueing to work on it to get more scenario's, I will post the photoshop .psd shortly incase anyone wants to use them to create there own for the time being
2.) Collect Good test questions with photoshop with an awnser page for the time being until the javascript is written - this partialy done. I currently only have two questions created
3.) Put it all together and post it. I'm in the process of registering a blog so once I get that done and everything is together I can post the interactive page there and link it in the forums
4.) Shed less tears over failed DCD attempts 
Here are the first two questions I have created:
DCD-Design-Q1
DCD-Drag-n-Drop-Q1
DCD-Q1-A1 - One possible design choice to suit all the requirements, there is many others. I will also build on this design and put a section for NIOC for those who want to add in 10GB NICS
Now for a quick explanation to my awnser to the design. For this one I put in an additional 2xQuad Port nics in the available PCI slots. This allows for 2 nics for mgmt, 2nics for iSCSI, 2nics for backup, 2 nics for FT, 2 nics for DMZ for isolation, and 4 nics for the VMware Network as one of the requirement was it needed 2.43Mbps throughput. Since you never truely get 100% on network transfer speeds I typically build out to 80%, which is 800Mbps for a 1GB nic. So to meet the 2.43Mbps you would need a minium of 3 1GB NIC's, however this leaves a single point of failure as if one nic fails the VM Network can only push 2Mbps of traffic till that NIC is back online. Thus I bumped the VMnetwork to 4 1GB NIC's so there was no single pont of failure. If anyone else has better ways or other ways please feel free to post on it or work through the question.
DCD-Drag-n-Drop-Q1-A1
A quick Explantion of the design layout
Special thanks to lbourque for running this past the VMware Certification team so fast and getting the green light
If anyone wants to create some questions please post them here as I've told lbourque I'd post them here so they can be looked over incase there is any issues with them.
Current questinos / designs i'm working on:
vApp desing question
Storage design question
Calculation questions IE. what is the min amount of hosts you need to run X number of servers with X cpu, X memory, X networking
Multiple choice questions to hammer on the blue print topics like RPO, RTO, ect.
Thanks again, and I hope to get enough free time in the next few weeks to make some good progress on this.
Also please excuse any spelling mistakes / type-o's, I put this together pretty quickly and haven't had a great deal of time to look it over 
Cheers everyone and good luck!
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VCAP DCD 5.5 or 6?
Hi guys
I need some advice; I have a VCP510DCV (expires in April) and am busy with prep for my DCD 550. Should I rather just do my VCP550 renewal and then wait for DCD 6 exam and course?
Thank you in advance,
Etienne
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Empty vm library
I've been using vmware fusion 6 for a while, but when I opened it today, there were no machines found. Went to look at my mac's console; there were many lines similar to this:
"2/14/15 7:22:14.980 PM VMware Fusion Start Menu[346]: assertion failed: 14C109: libxpc.dylib + 40320 [876216DC-D5D3-381E-8AF9-49AE464E5107]: 0x13"
Anybody know what's going on?
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After the crash and recovery vCenter 5.1 were hosts who still use licenses.
I have a "VMWare vSphere 5 Enterprise Plus" license for 12 CPU with unlimited cores per CPU.
After a crash and recovery server with VMWare vCenter 5.1 were hosts who still use license.
How to remove a nonexistent host? Details see the attached screenshot.
p.s. Sorry for my English.
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Storage Shutdown in 5.5 and APD
Good day,
I have two SAN's and four Esxi hosts. Everything is VSphere 5.5 update 2. We are not using HA.
One of the SANs is aging so I want to pull it from production to change a battery. The old SAN will likely will only be down for 1-2 hours. I am going to move all the VM's off the old SAN.
I have read that I have to UNMOUNT and then DETACH the stores from eash ESXi host before I down this older SAN. Many talk about APD issues if I do not do these steps, although many of these are older posts and VSphere 4 based.
Do I have to do this steps or risk an APD situation?
Thank you,
HMorris
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LDAP queries are hitting vNIC bridge instead of being passed through
I have a strange problem that I haven't seen before. I was setting up a lab with 2 servers for Apache ldap authentication against Active Directory. Both servers are build and working but when I put in the settings for the Apache authentication to use LDAP it just prompts me over and over again. If I look at the Apache logs I can see:
[error] [client 192.168.1.8] user <username> not found.
LDAP/Active Directory is using 192.168.1.150
Apache is using 192.168.1.200
So it seems as if the LDAP binds that should go straight to 192.168.1.150 are actually going to the bridge for my networking in Fusion, which of coarse won't have users and passwords. This happens if I use the default 'share with my Mac' adapter settings or in the bridged mode. However, if I run something like "ldapsearch" right from the command line to Active Directory it succeeds. It's only things like Apache and totpcgi that this happens and it won't pass them through.
Is there any way that I can force the bridged NIC to send things on without this happening?
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Losing Windows disk space on Macbook Pro... Please help..Thanks
Dear VMWare Community,
I have a little problem and I would be glad if you could give some guidance.
1. I have a Mackbook Pro with 232 GB HD and 8GB RAM.
2. Using VMWare, I installed Windows 7 and allocated 90 GB HD and 3.5 GB RAM.
3. OS X Disk utility confirms that 90 GB of my Macbook Pro HD has been used.
4. VMWare settings also confirms that indeed Windows has been allocated 90 GB disk space.
5. Both Mac and Windows work just fine.
Problem - Windows Drive C (the only drive in my Windows) only has 40 GB. I would be glad if you could help me figure out where did the 50 GB go.
Thanks in advance.
RE2015
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Problems uploading VM to ESXi v5.5 - The operation is not supported on the object
I'm trying to upload a Windows7 VM/Guest from VMWare Fusion 7 Pro to ESXi v5.5 and I keep getting an error "The operation is not supported on the object"
No other information to go on. Other Linux VM's uploaded just fine.
I've tried ovftool also and same error. Also tried it from Workstation v10, same error against the same ESXi v5.5 host.
The VM works fine in Fusion 7 Pro and Workstation v10.
What's going wrong here? How do I get this uploaded onto ESXi v5.5?
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Is there any API for creating SRM recovery Plan?
Hi,
I checked the SRM API document https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/srm-api/srm_58_api.pdf
But I didn't find the API to create Recovery Plan on the SRM. Does any body know how to create it through API? Thanks a lot!
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How to change catalog default storage policy?
$catalog = Get-Org -name test |get-catalog -name "test catalog" $storProfile = Search-Cloud -QueryType ProviderVdcStorageProfile -Name "Standard 1" | Get-CIView $cat.ExtensionData.CatalogStorageProfiles = $storProfile
I am trying to change the default storage policy on a organizations catalog
Organization -> Catalogs -> Org Catalog -> Properties -> Storage -> Pre-provision on on specific storage policy
I can't get the storage profile into the right type for the catalog:
returns:
Exception setting "CatalogStorageProfiles": "Cannot convert the "VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud.Views.VMWProviderVdcStorage Profile" value of type "VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud.Views.VMWProviderVdcStorageProfile" to type "VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud.Views.CatalogStorageProfiles"."
So I guess the question is how do I set $storProfile to a CatalogStorageProfiles object?
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