Re: We need to migrate 200 Windows XP/Windows server 2003 VM’s from one...
Hi LucD, Thanks again. Answer to your first question Do you see the VXM path for all the VMs ? actually the file is getting overwritten instead of appending it. Actually I have tried ruing script with...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1 Hangs after a few hours to a few days of running
I had observed similar behaviour which interim logged an illegal vector error in the VMkernel and messages log files shortly before an HBA stops responding to the driver.Try disabling Interrupt request...
View ArticleRe: No output from PowerCLI client
I found the reason.Onyx will output message when connect to a vCenter.But it doesn’t work when you use Onyx to connect to a single ESX server.
View ArticleRe: We need to migrate 200 Windows XP/Windows server 2003 VM’s from one...
PowerCLI C:\Scripts> Get-VM $vm | Select Name,@{N="VMX";E={$vm.ExtensionData.Config.Files.VmPathName}} Name VMX----...
View ArticleRe: Simple Disaster Recovery Strategy - brute force copy of VMDK's?
interesting - how about doing a trial run and see what issues come up?
View ArticleError: The specified virtual disks needs repair
Dear experts, Please help, I have following issue only with my Win7 image, any other OSs are fine:I copied my virtual image (all files) physically to another EXT disk.The disk was mapped to the same...
View ArticleRe: HA with Fault Tolerance Design
That is a tough question to be honest as typically HW implemented is based on requirements of the business and / or constraints on-site. Instead of using someone elses design get a design partner in...
View ArticleRe: We need to migrate 200 Windows XP/Windows server 2003 VM’s from one...
I noticed you placed the Export-Csv inside the loop, I think it should be like this $tgtDs=Get-Datastore-Name (Read-Host"Carefully enter the target Datastore name to move, PowerOFF and unregister the...
View ArticleRe: HOL-PRT-02: Console unavailable
Dusteve, sorry bout late response,,, i think we have all been recovering from PEX,,7 days in las vegas,,, it was strange seeing daylight again,, I just tried it and lab / manual popped up okay,,, im...
View ArticleRe: We need to migrate 200 Windows XP/Windows server 2003 VM’s from one...
Oh got it LucD. Thanks again. Let me try and update you. RegardsSuresh Dhanaraj
View ArticleRe: Run Set-VMGuestNetworkInterface get "element not found" error
That's the latest version, so it should be ok. I can't seem to be able to reproduce that problem.Since the Set-VMGuestNetworkInterface cmdlet uses the Invoke-VMScript cmdlet under the covers, can you...
View ArticleRe: VC's inventory using powercli
I did some rewriting to improve the speed of the script. The problem was that for every virtual machine the Get-View cmdlet was called to retrieve the host and all the datastores. This takes a lot of...
View ArticlevSphere 5.1 Licensing : vCPU rights
Hi all, I am just wondering about the vCPU rights per vSphere edition.In standard edition the vCPU right is 8.Does this means: 1) VM can only have max of 8 socket with 1 core per socket...
View ArticleRe: Serial Number - Where do i have to do an entry?
Hi,thank you all for this fast respones. Only for my understanding. The ESXi and the VSphere Client (V5.1) are free? Best Regards, Heinz Krischeu
View ArticleRe: VC's inventory using powercli
I attached the script to the post containing the script. Do you know that you can connect to all you vCenter server at the same time after setting your PowerCLI Configuration to Multiple with the...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1 hosts randomly disconnects from vCenter
No disconnects in the last week or two - haven't done anything yet.On next disconnect we will upgrade firmware and driver! Thanks everyone for sharing your experience.
View ArticleRe: We need to migrate 200 Windows XP/Windows server 2003 VM’s from one...
LucD, Is there in any suitable place to put ‘-RunAsync’ in script 1 or 2 to reduce the timeline futher? RegardsSuresh Dhanaraj
View ArticleRe: Serial Number - Where do i have to do an entry?
That's right. ESXi free (aka vSphere Hypervisor) is the same product used for vSphere it's just the licensing key that limits the functionality. Down the road you could upgrade to one of the...
View ArticleRe: Serial Number - Where do i have to do an entry?
Only for my understanding. The ESXi and the VSphere Client (V5.1) are free?Yes ESXi is the Free Edition and it has certain number of limitation like maxmim 32 GB RAM, read-only to API's etc.. If you...
View ArticleRe: We need to migrate 200 Windows XP/Windows server 2003 VM’s from one...
Several of the cmdlets in the scripts can indeed be run with the RunAsync parameter. But be aware that in this case you will have to coordinate the flow of the script yourself.For example, when you run...
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