Hi, I faced same problem.

Greetings,

I'm working on some rest integrations between ServiceNow and other things.  One of the items I wanted to document is  vRO as an end point.    I have a VMUG advantage subscription but can't seem to find the link for the vRO appliance. Has anyone been able to get vRO?

Thanks for the advice!

Mike

Has anyone found a solution to stop Windows 10 update from downloading updates while having the Mac Host connected to a metered connection? The VMware Network Adapter shows up as a wired connection which cannot be set to metered connection in Windows 10.

I've worked around this by disconnecting the adapter with I am traveling but sometimes I forget and remember after Windows 10 has downloaded 100's of MB's worth of updates on an LTE connection. It's VERY frustrating.

hi guys,

The Keyboard of my notebook not work with with VMware workstation 12,

Does anyone have any ideas to solution.

Best Regards

This is my current development setup,

PC1 - Windows 10 and Visual Studio 2015

PC2 - Windows 2012 R2 (Domain Controller, SQL Server, etc..)

Most of my applications runs against Active Directory and SQL Database, I think I could use a single PC, virtualizing either Windows 10 (Dev Setup) or the Windows server 2012 (Domain controler, sql, etc..)

What is the better approach, virtualize PC1 or PC2?

Ps. I'm planning to use VMWare Workstation Pro 12.

Hi,

We are currently running 5.1 Update 3 with the following HA settings applied

Restart priority - High

Host Response - Leave Powered on

VM Monitoring - Disabled

Datastore Heart beating - Select any of the cluster datastores. Then checking the heartbeat datastores I see that vsphere has selected 2 datastores for its heartbeat.

We had an issue with a single host where it dropped its datastores. Virtual machines were still pinging as they were still in memory but they weren't in a healthy state. Virtual machines didn't HA onto other hosts in the cluster until we rebooted the ESXi host that had the storage issue.

Can someone please explain why servers didn't HA on the ESXi which had no SAN storage available to it. I would of thought it would of kicked in as there would be no heartbeat for the datastores.

Thanks.

Hi

I am trying to use Eclipse for developing a plugin for vRO 7.0. The official vRO plugin-SDK page suggests that the SDK is packaged with the appliance for version 7.0. How do I download the SDK? Is the location of SDK within the appliance mentioned somewhere?

Thanks

Nachiket

Hi,

I have VMware Workstation Pro 12 running on Windows 7 and hosting Ubuntu Linux.

There is a folder in Windows 7 that I am sharing with Ubuntu through the Shared Folders feature of VMware Workstation Pro and I would like to get more information on how concurrent access by both operating system is managed. I searched in the documentation but did not find anything relevant.

I will have users in both systems accessing files in the shared folder at the same time.

Thank you,

Fabio Lanza

Has anyone done Penetration Testing specifically focused on vCenter Server, vCloud Director and ESXi?  I'm not finding any good resources on this.   Any help on this appreciated and private message appropriately if the content is sensitive.

Thanks!

I'm not clear exactly what the issue is on this "critical" vulnerability.  Is the issue that if someone logs into vcenter admin privileges with the web client, then visits a malicious website while they are logged in, that the malicious website code could take over their session and get control of vCenter without the person seeing what is happening? Not sure I understand the risk...can someone clarify?

Just upgraded my CentOS Server from 6.7 (where VMware Workstation 12.1.1 worked fine) to 6.8.

After a reboot VMware did it's usual thing where it wanted to re-install it's drives. It failed at installing the network component. Here are my logs:

2016-05-28T18:21:09.477-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Log for VMware Workstation pid=27658 version=12.1.1 build=build-3770994 option=Release
2016-05-28T18:21:09.477-07:00| vthread-4| I125: The process is 64-bit.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.477-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
2016-05-28T18:21:09.477-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Host is Linux 2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64 CentOS release 6.8 (Final)
2016-05-28T18:21:09.476-07:00| vthread-4| I125: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": No such file or directory.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.476-07:00| vthread-4| I125: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/settings. Using default values.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.476-07:00| vthread-4| I125: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/home/sa_schewee/.vmware/config": No such file or directory.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.476-07:00| vthread-4| I125: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /home/sa_schewee/.vmware/config. Using default values.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.501-07:00| vthread-4| W115: Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-27658.log
2016-05-28T18:21:09.511-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Obtaining info using the running kernel.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.511-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Created new pathsHash.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.511-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Setting header path for 2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64 to "/lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.511-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Validating path "/lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include" for kernel release "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.511-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Failed to find /lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include/generated/utsrelease.h
2016-05-28T18:21:09.511-07:00| vthread-4| I125: using /usr/bin/gcc for preprocess check
2016-05-28T18:21:09.518-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.518-07:00| vthread-4| I125: The header path "/lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include" for the kernel "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64" is valid.  Whoohoo!
2016-05-28T18:21:09.587-07:00| vthread-4| I125: found symbol version file /lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/Module.symvers
2016-05-28T18:21:09.587-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Reading symbol versions from /lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/Module.symvers.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.597-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Read 12201 symbol versions
2016-05-28T18:21:09.597-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Reading in info for the vmmon module.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.597-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Reading in info for the vmnet module.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.597-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Reading in info for the vmblock module.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.597-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Reading in info for the vmci module.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.597-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Reading in info for the vsock module.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.597-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Setting vsock to depend on vmci.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.597-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Invoking modinfo on "vmmon".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.600-07:00| vthread-4| I125: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.600-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Invoking modinfo on "vmnet".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.601-07:00| vthread-4| I125: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 256.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.601-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Invoking modinfo on "vmblock".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.603-07:00| vthread-4| I125: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.603-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Invoking modinfo on "vmci".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.605-07:00| vthread-4| I125: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.605-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Invoking modinfo on "vsock".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.607-07:00| vthread-4| I125: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.618-07:00| vthread-4| I125: to be installed: vmnet status: 0
2016-05-28T18:21:09.624-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Obtaining info using the running kernel.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.624-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Setting header path for 2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64 to "/lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.624-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Validating path "/lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include" for kernel release "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.624-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Failed to find /lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include/generated/utsrelease.h
2016-05-28T18:21:09.624-07:00| vthread-4| I125: using /usr/bin/gcc for preprocess check
2016-05-28T18:21:09.632-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.632-07:00| vthread-4| I125: The header path "/lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include" for the kernel "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64" is valid.  Whoohoo!
2016-05-28T18:21:09.701-07:00| vthread-4| I125: found symbol version file /lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/Module.symvers
2016-05-28T18:21:09.702-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Reading symbol versions from /lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/Module.symvers.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.711-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Read 12201 symbol versions
2016-05-28T18:21:09.711-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Kernel header path retrieved from FileEntry: /lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include
2016-05-28T18:21:09.711-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Update kernel header path to /lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include
2016-05-28T18:21:09.711-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Validating path "/lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include" for kernel release "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.711-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Failed to find /lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include/generated/utsrelease.h
2016-05-28T18:21:09.711-07:00| vthread-4| I125: using /usr/bin/gcc for preprocess check
2016-05-28T18:21:09.719-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.719-07:00| vthread-4| I125: The header path "/lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include" for the kernel "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64" is valid.  Whoohoo!
2016-05-28T18:21:09.720-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Found compiler at "/usr/bin/gcc"
2016-05-28T18:21:09.724-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Got gcc version "4.4.7".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.724-07:00| vthread-4| I125: The GCC version matches the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.724-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Using user supplied compiler "/usr/bin/gcc".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.727-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Got gcc version "4.4.7".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.727-07:00| vthread-4| I125: The GCC version matches the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.729-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.729-07:00| vthread-4| I125: No matching PBM set was found for kernel "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.729-07:00| vthread-4| I125: The GCC version matches the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.729-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Validating path "/lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include" for kernel release "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.729-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Failed to find /lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include/generated/utsrelease.h
2016-05-28T18:21:09.729-07:00| vthread-4| I125: using /usr/bin/gcc for preprocess check
2016-05-28T18:21:09.737-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.737-07:00| vthread-4| I125: The header path "/lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include" for the kernel "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64" is valid.  Whoohoo!
2016-05-28T18:21:09.738-07:00| vthread-4| I125: The GCC version matches the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.738-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Validating path "/lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include" for kernel release "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.738-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Failed to find /lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include/generated/utsrelease.h
2016-05-28T18:21:09.738-07:00| vthread-4| I125: using /usr/bin/gcc for preprocess check
2016-05-28T18:21:09.746-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.746-07:00| vthread-4| I125: The header path "/lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include" for the kernel "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64" is valid.  Whoohoo!
2016-05-28T18:21:09.746-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Using temp dir "/tmp".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.747-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Obtaining info using the running kernel.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.747-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Setting header path for 2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64 to "/lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.747-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Validating path "/lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include" for kernel release "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.747-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Failed to find /lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include/generated/utsrelease.h
2016-05-28T18:21:09.747-07:00| vthread-4| I125: using /usr/bin/gcc for preprocess check
2016-05-28T18:21:09.755-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.755-07:00| vthread-4| I125: The header path "/lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include" for the kernel "2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64" is valid.  Whoohoo!
2016-05-28T18:21:09.825-07:00| vthread-4| I125: found symbol version file /lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/Module.symvers
2016-05-28T18:21:09.825-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Reading symbol versions from /lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/Module.symvers.
2016-05-28T18:21:09.834-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Read 12201 symbol versions
2016-05-28T18:21:09.834-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Invoking modinfo on "vmnet".
2016-05-28T18:21:09.836-07:00| vthread-4| I125: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 256.
2016-05-28T18:21:10.081-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Setting destination path for vmnet to "/lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/misc/vmnet.ko".
2016-05-28T18:21:10.081-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Extracting the vmnet source from "/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar".
2016-05-28T18:21:10.087-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Successfully extracted the vmnet source.
2016-05-28T18:21:10.087-07:00| vthread-4| I125: Building module with command "/usr/bin/make -j8 -C /tmp/modconfig-tH7bci/vmnet-only auto-build HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc IS_GCC_3=no"
2016-05-28T18:21:11.063-07:00| vthread-4| W115: Failed to build vmnet.  Failed to execute the build command.

I want to set up a "mini build-server" for our team. Since VMware Player is not supported anymore I had to use VMware Workstation and I somewhat successfully have set things up. But now more and more annoyances surface!

To allow the autostarting of VMs they obviously need to be "shared". But it seems, that with that there goes the nuisance that these VMs cannot share folders any more with the host. And it also seems, that Copy/Paste does not work with these "shared VMs".

Is there a work-around to get these features working also with "shared VMs"?

It is VERY annoying and time consuming to always have to shuttle these VMs between shared and non-shared mode just to be able to transfer some data or new code versions to them!

this takes quite a long time (5 minutes for about 70 items) per host.  any ideas on how to speed this up (hit the host directly at console, run async etc.)

$vmhosts = Import-Csv ".\vmhosts.csv"
$advsettings = Import-Csv ".\advsettings.csv"
Write-Host " "
foreach ($vmhost in $vmhosts) {  # Get Start Time  $startDTM = (Get-Date)  foreach ($advsetting in $advsettings) {  Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity $vmhost.name -Name $advsetting.setting | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value $advsetting.value -Confirm:$false  }  # Get End Time  $endDTM = (Get-Date)  # Echo Time elapsed  "Elapsed Time: $(($endDTM-$startDTM).totalseconds) seconds"
}

Thanks!

I just upgraded my Windows 10 x64 PC to dual 4K monitors (which looks amazing BTW). I'm running Workstation 12.1.1 and inside my guest Windows 10 x64 Enterprise VM I get fairly frequent screen corruption. This happens in both "Windowed" mode and in Unity. For example, sometimes the Outlook toolbar becomes a mishmash of black, random graphics, and other "trash". The VM has the latest VMware tools installed, and all current Windows 10 updates. The physical GPU is a nVidia GTX 760 Ti.

Any advice? Fortunately/unfortunately I'm a vExpert so while I have a Workstation 12 key, I can't open support tickets on it.  

I'm having some trouble figuring out what is happening with my Guest OS sizing.

I have a WIndows 10 guest running on my MAC in Fusion 8.1.1 (mac os 10.11.2)

In setting general, the disk shows up as using 25GB with no unallocated space to clean up.  I've just cleaned it.

In the hard drive settings it shows up as an 800GB disk (which is larger than my actual drive by a large amount).

I've gone into the guest and shrunk the volume to 400GB, but the disk manager won't let me shrink it any smaller for some reason.  It's showing 25GB of used space out of 400.  In disk manager is says size of avaiable shrink is now zero. so i can't go any smaller.

My issue is that I keep running out of space on the VM...which i don't understand, because the volume has plenty of room and there is space on the drive and I'm not using much on the VM.

I would like to shrink the VM, but I can't find an option to do that.

any help would be appreciated.

thanks

I have a workflow to create a server inventory. It runs some WMI/Powershell to do this. When a user requests service I wanted their email address to be sent through to the vRO workflow and into powershell as a parameter.

I used the _asd_requestedBy variable and created a hidden Requestor variable (${_asd.requestInfo_~requestedBy~emailAddress)) as shown below...

When the workflow runs the variable 'Requestor' is populated with the email address perfectly.

My question is how can I now consume that variable in my vRO workflow?

Whenever I connect to the web client, the browser isn't prompting me to select a certificate. There is almost no documentation for troubleshooting smart card authentication for the web client so I'm hoping that someone has been able to get it work.

Here's what I've done so far:

• I have the PSC configured for smart card authentication
• I have the root and issuing certificates loaded in the PSC
• I have an Active-Directory identity source configured (and tested)
• I've replaced the vCenter SSL certificates with trusted certs from our CA
• I've replaced the user certs in PSC with trusted certs from our CA
  • The certs all have unique subjects and the FQDN in the subject-alt

I've tested this in IE and Chrome and the "Use Smart Card Authentication" checkbox is visible on the login page but the browser never prompts for the cert. I'm not getting any certificate errors (that I can see) and the SSO logs on the server aren't giving any errors. The smart card is working fine with other applications including other web-based authentications.

Here is some relevant output:

C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\VMware Identity Services>sso-config.bat -get_tc_cert_authn

***** Loading all the necessary jars from directory : C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\VMware Identity Services *****

***** Loaded JARs successfully *****

clientAuth:   want

truststoreFile:   C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\runtime\VMwareSTSService\conf\trustedca.jks

truststoreType:   JKS

C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\VMware Identity Services>sso-config.bat -get_authn_policy -t vsphere.local

***** Loading all the necessary jars from directory : C:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\VMware Identity Services *****

***** Loaded JARs successfully *****

SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.

SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files/VMware/vCenter%20Server/VMware%20Identity%20Services/slf4j-log4j12-1.6.4.jar

!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]

SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files/VMware/vCenter%20Server/VMware%20Identity%20Services/lstool/lib/slf4j-log4j1

2-1.7.2.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]

SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation.

IsPasswordAuthEnabled:   true

IsWindowsAuthEnabled:   true

IsTLSClientCertAuthnEnabled:   true

IsSecurIDAuthnEnabled:   false

revocationCheckEnabled:   false

useOCSP:   false

sendOCSPNonce:   false

useCRLAsFailOver:   false

OCSPResponderSigningCert:   UndefinedConfig

OCSPUrl:   UndefinedConfig

useCertCRL:   true

CRL CacheSize:   512

CRLUrl:   UndefinedConfig

trustedCA:   CN=XXX ROOT

trustedCA:   CN=XXX ISSUING, DC=xxx, DC=com

Any help is certainly appreciated!!

Hello everyone.  I am an EXSi/VMware noob so I'm a bit out of my comfort zone.  I have a Supermicro motherboard with an onboard SAS controller that is supported in EXSi 6.  I have eight 4TB drives attached to the SAS HBA and 2 SSD drives connected to the onboard SATA.  I was able to add all the drives as datastores and that works fine.  But I need to dedicate several complete drives to one VM and I have not been able to get this to work as the RDM option is greyed out no matter which VM I try.  I tried removing one of the Hard Drives from the datastores (it's gone) but I still don't see it as an option (and now I can't see it when I try to add it back as a datastore but that's another issue).

I've been researching this issue and I've tried disabling the RDMFILTER option in Advanced Settings and no go.  I tried flowing the process in KB article 1017530 (Raw Device Mapping for Local Storage I get the following error:

vmkfstools -z /vmfs/devices/disks/t10.ATA_____TS32GSSD25S2DM___________________________201009163653400631A4:9 /vmfs/volumes/APPSSD/RDM/rdm9.vmdk

Failed to create virtual disk: The system cannot find the file specified (25).

I thought maybe I needed to create the RDM folder in the store so I did it and then I got a new message:

Failed to create virtual disk: Operation not permitted (65545).

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

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Managing NSX with Active Directory Domain Accounts
By Petr McAllister

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NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE

GENERAL NEWS

Why Get Certified in Network Virtualization?

Networking – the profession and the technology – has evolved quickly. And demand for virtualization is expected to grow so networks are as agile as compute. It is now a necessity to limit hardware-centric infrastructure and increase agility, flexibility and heightened security with network virtua...

May 20, 2016 3:06:41 PM

Getting Comfortable with vPostgres and the vCenter Server Appliance – Part 2

In Part 1 of this blog series I talked about vPostgres, some of its features, and why it’s the database platform of choice for the vCenter Server Appliance. In this post, Part 2, I’ll dig a bit deeper into the gears of vPostgres. We’ll take a look at some of the key configuration settings and why...

May 20, 2016 1:00:58 PM

Top 40 Horizon View articles for April 2016

Here is an update for the top Horizon View articles list for April 2016. This list is ranked by the number of times a VMware Support Request was resolved by following the steps in a published Knowledge Base article. Manually deleting linked clones or stale virtual desktop entries from the View Co...

May 20, 2016 12:38:27 PM

Inventory objects fail to display in the vSphere Web Client

An issue recently causing a few calls into our support lines happens after installing or upgrading to vCenter Server 6.0. The issue also impacts the vCenter appliance and is not specific to Windows. The issue occurs in the vSphere Web Client due to caching within the VMware Inventory Service. Whe...

May 19, 2016 5:31:49 PM

Managing NSX with Active Directory Domain Accounts

By Petr McAllister As one of the network and security leads for the VMware TAM program in North America, I was contacted by a colleague whose customer wanted to discuss NSX permissions and rights in detail. The questions from this customer inspired this post. In this post, we’ll cover some of the...

May 19, 2016 3:31:53 PM

Goodbye vSphere Client for Windows (C#) – Hello HTML5

Today we have two important announcements. First, the C# client (AKA Desktop Client/thick client/vSphere Client for Windows) will not be available for the next version of vSphere. Current versions of vSphere (6.0, 5.5) will not be affected, as those will follow the standard support period. You’ve...

May 18, 2016 4:59:41 PM

Where in the World are VCAPs, The Changing IT Landscape, and 2 New Training Courses

Where in the World are VCAPs? [Infographic] Where in the World are VMware Certified Advanced Professionals? Answer: everywhere! Check out this blog post for our detailed infographic highlighting the geographical location of VCAPs. The IT Landscape is Changing: Are you Ready This blog post discuss...

May 18, 2016 2:28:31 PM

Understanding The Layers Of Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

We’re almost half way through the year, and it is shaping up to be a “tipping-point” year for hyper-convergence and HCI. Combine faster CPUs, lower cost flash (with exciting technologies on the horizon) and software innovation with the majority of data centers standardizing on server virtualizati...

May 17, 2016 5:34:57 PM

Take Part in a Technical Deep Dive and Demonstration of the Hybrid WAN

Now that cloud computing is the new norm, the question you need to ask yourself is, “How many workloads should I be migrating?” If you’re at that stage, and would like VMware experts to guide you through migrating vSphere workloads to the cloud, then join our upcoming webcasts for a deep technica...

May 20, 2016 4:05:31 PM

VMware Software Defined Data Center and vRealize Suite Management Transform IT at CNRA

by Rich Bourdeau The California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) is made up of 33 different organizations chartered with protecting and managing the historical and natural resources of California. In the past each organization had their own independent IT shop. Over the past few years, CNRA has be...

May 20, 2016 8:00:20 AM

VMware vForum Live Chicago is Here May 25th

VMware vForum Live Chicago is rapidly approaching and if you’re an IT professional interested in exploring the benefits of virtualization, mobility, or cloud, then join our experts in-person for an interactive, all-day event that will take you through technical deep dives of VMware solutions. Sig...

May 19, 2016 9:44:50 PM

vCloud Air Network Compliance Spotlight – FERPA

Welcome back to our vCloud Air Network Compliance Spotlight series, where we explain the compliance issues that affect journeys to the cloud. Previously, we’ve covered: SSAE 16 PCI-DSS HIPAA ISO 27001 ISO 9001 FedRAMP For this blog, the focus shifts to the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act ...

May 19, 2016 4:00:35 PM

Define SDDC Success Based on IT Outcomes

By Andrea Siviero You’ve just deployed a new technology solution; how do you define whether or not it was a success? People often have difficulty agreeing on the definition of “success” because there are two interconnected dimensions in which a project can be judged as a success or a failure. The...

May 19, 2016 2:26:46 PM

What can we achieve with a simple “uptime” output in Log Insight

If we want to know whether a child is sick, we measure fever. Sure, it’s not a perfect method, but a stuffy nose and the temperature are sufficient for a quick diagnosis. Usually we will not run blood analysis, computer tomography or microbiological tests. Although some doctors and mums may prefe...

May 19, 2016 10:01:30 AM

Discover the Power of VMware vCloud Air in Our Latest Edition of VMware: Hero On Demand

As any IT hero can attest, seasonal workload spikes are no trifling matter. Especially when the demand for limited onsite resources grows out of step with your budget. It’s a growing crisis … but wait! Quick! What’s that in the sky coming to your organization’s virtual rescue? Have no fear, — VMw...

May 18, 2016 4:00:35 PM

Still Using Perimeter Defenses To Protect Your Data Center? Stop, Drop, and Defend—With Micro-Segmentation

There are a lot of reasons that IT organizations are virtualizing their networks more and more—and chief among them is micro-segmentation. Micro-segmentation, which comes hand-in-hand with network virtualization, divides the data center into distinct segments. Each segment can be secured separate...

May 18, 2016 12:00:27 PM

Getting More Out of vRealize Operations 6.x: Full Stack Application Monitoring

On May 25th, the Getting More Out Of webinar series will present a session on vRealize Operations Manager 6.x – Full Stack Application Monitoring. As a preview, here are some highlights from the session and what you can do to prepare and get the most out of this session. First, this session will ...

May 17, 2016 2:36:26 PM

SAP HANA on vSphere – Support Status and Best Practices Summary

Since SAPHIRE 2016, SAP supports now also SAP HANA on vSphere 6 deployments for production workloads, see SAP Note 2315348 for details. The support for vSphere 6 allows customers to increase the RAM to up to 4 TB (4080 GB) of existing virtual SAP HANA systems when migrated to vSphere 6 and allows...

May 17, 2016 11:32:30 AM

New VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2016-0005

Today VMware has released the following new security advisory: New VMSA-2016-0005 The advisory documents remediation for a critical deserialization vulnerability in Oracle JRE, CVE-2016-3427. VCenter Server is one of the affected products however only the local exploit scenario is relevant if the...

May 17, 2016 4:46:47 AM

VMware releases STIG Compliance App for FREE

Hello Everyone, I am pleased to announce the availability of VMware STIG Compliance App . Using this app, you can assess, remediate and harden remote *NIX machines in line with STIG (Security Technical Implementation Guide) or any other security configuration benchmark. The app is available as a ...

May 16, 2016 4:06:31 PM

Updated – Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSphere Availability and Recovery Options

Choosing the right availability configuration for your SQL Server on vSphere can be a bit confusing as there are more than a few options to choose from, questions such as: Should I use vSphere HA if i’m using AlwaysOn? What are the implications of running different availability configurations on ...

May 16, 2016 2:56:42 PM

4 Ways Views Can Improve Your vROps Workflow

By: Kyle Wassink, Blue Medora Customization Empowers the End User VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) offers a significant level of customization to the end user, from alerts to views to dashboards and more. This level of customization empowers the end user to mold the platform to their specific n...

May 16, 2016 10:00:28 AM

END USER COMPUTING

Google I/O, Apple Genius Groves & Windows 10 Security Top This Week’s Mobile News

Because everyone loves a top 10. In case you’ve been living in a cave this week, Google announced some pretty nifty tech goodies at its I/O conference. Our faves? New Android N details (plus a naming competition!)—including a new virtual reality (VR) platform called Daydream—plus Home, its new Am...

May 20, 2016 3:00:38 PM

VDI with Horizon Accelerates Workflows at BDP International

BDP International helps chemical producers, major enterprises, pharmaceutical companies, oil and gas suppliers and major retailers track their product shipments around the world. BDP also provides their customers with just-in-time logistics to ensure sensitive shipments get where they need to be ...

May 19, 2016 1:44:40 PM

Exploring Virtual & Augmented Reality in the Enterprise

It seems like every major technology summit these days isn’t complete without the mention of virtual and augmented reality. Consumers and enterprises alike have cause to be excited. While the technologies are still in their infancies, both promise revolutionary new ways by which we will interact ...

May 19, 2016 12:00:11 PM

Enhance & Optimize Your Citrix Environment with VMware

See You In Vegas, Baby! Visit us at Citrix Synergy on May 24-26, where we will demonstrate many new VMware products and innovations that complement and optimize a Citrix XenApp or XenDesktop environment, including: Comprehensive Application Lifecycle Management for XenApp Real-time App Delivery w...

May 18, 2016 6:35:23 PM

9 IoT Influencers Share Smart Tech They’re Most Excited About

We’ve been talking a lot about the Internet of Things (IoT) here on the AirWatch Blog lately, and obviously we have our favorite use case picked out. But as IoT continues to grow, it’s getting harder and harder to keep tabs on all the cool things that businesses are doing—so we reached out to som...

May 18, 2016 3:26:16 PM

The End of “Good Enough” User Experiences for the Masses: NVIDIA Tesla M10 + VMware Horizon 7

It used to be that graphics performance was purely the domain of CAD professionals, enthusiasts, creative agencies and the like. For the longest time, a virtual barrier existed between the haves and have-nots. The haves depend on an immersive, high-powered experience to get work done, while the h...

May 18, 2016 12:28:05 PM

Watch Citrix XenDesktops Provision Faster Than Ever Imagined

Have you ever wished you could provision personalized Citrix XenDesktops at the speed of stateless ones? We have been working hard to bring VMware Instant Clone capabilities to XenDesktops. Come see us at Citrix Synergy—booth #520G—as we demonstrate this capability as a technology preview called ...

May 18, 2016 12:00:25 PM

Enterprise App Best Practices for Android Available Today

Enterprise application developers now have an easier way to build Android mobile apps for work. New AppConfig Community enterprise app best practices to develop mobile apps for the Android operating system (OS) are available today. [Press Release: AppConfig Community Announces Android Best Practi...

May 17, 2016 4:00:10 PM

It’s Here! The EUC Insights 2016 Free Online Event

Virtual app and desktop delivery, unified endpoint management, identity and security, mobile productivity apps…the world of end-user computing (EUC) never stops changing. Register today for EUC Insights 2016 , our free virtual tradeshow where you can learn how to tackle EUC’s newest challenges. C...

May 17, 2016 1:50:39 PM

Windows 10 Security Features Built for the Digital Workspace

Anytime, anywhere access to work is now a basic need for the modern employee. As business technology and worker demands evolved, so have IT’s security challenges. Whether remote, in the field or in the office, workers are no longer physically connected to your network or data center. Instead, tod...

May 16, 2016 2:24:53 PM

Now Is the Time to Invest in your Enterprise Mobility Success

When deploying an enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution, many IT teams feel as though they have to make trade-offs that will result in someone or some group being unhappy. Giving end users all the access they want may raise security issues and regulatory compliance concerns. But locking d...

May 16, 2016 1:28:19 PM

INFOGRAPHIC: Business Mobility Shapes Retail Store of the Future

Mobile payments have increased by four times between 2004 and 2015, and consumers are even paying with their mobile devices. Now that about 70 percent of consumers have access to a smartphone (and 51 percent a tablet), mobile influences the majority of purchases for nearly half of consumers. Reta...

May 16, 2016 1:18:54 PM

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I am searching for the same answer.  I am stuck with the error, "Make sure the smart card is inserted properly.  Close your browser window then retry."

I have done the same steps as the Original Poster except that I have not replaced my SSL and user certificates with trusted ones.  I therefore get untrusted certificate warnings before I log in.

I did do the following two steps in order to progress my issue slightly:

- Added my vCenter Server FQDN to the Local Internet sites and Trusted Sites (through Group Policy).

- Installed the Client Integration Plugin

I can log in with Smart Card authentication if I select "Use Windows Session Authentication."  However, I have multiple certificates and do not want to use my Windows session certificate to administer the vCenter Server.   The vSphere Web Client does not prompt me for certificates, so I cannot switch to my other certificate.  Likewise, I do not want to login to Windows and/or open Internet Explorer with my Administrator certificate.  These are not security best business practices; and boy does my organization like their best business practices.

Smart Card certificates work fine for all other websites and applications.