Mount 2TB guest with VDDK 6.0
I'm using VDDK 6.0 build 3566099 to mount a 2TB Win 7 x64 guest on the U: drive of my test system (also a Win 7 x64 system).In total I have 20 guests ranging from Win Vista x86-Win Svr 2016 x64 - all...
View ArticleNon-VCD, Proxied Console, VS6
Let's talk consoles, non-vcd out to the internet. I am currently proxying the 5.5 web client version using the pre-authenticated method everyone is custom to - but now that loophole has closed due to...
View Articleworking with 4.1...path to my virtual disks
Folks, I'm working with ESX 4.1 and have a large machine with 12 virtual disks - I'd like to know for certain which datastores these disks are located on. Virtual Machine Properties > Disk File not...
View Article"A WebService annotation is not present on class:...
Hi,We have a vSphere HTML SDK plugin developed using vSphere 6.5 SDK. One of the dependencies for our plugin is vim25.jar (from the libs folder of vSphere 6.5 HTML SDK).Our plugin gets loaded...
View ArticleDoes free version of ESXi 5.5 require a licence? If so, how do I get one?
I've spent an hour looking at the licensing info on the VMWare site, and also contacted a VMWare support rep who simply directed me back to the parts of the site that I'd already seen (Licensing ESXi...
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I get Darwin kernel panic on mac os x 10.9 and above but I'm most stable on 10.7.3 mac os
View ArticleRename snapshot API
HI, I have windows desktop application which commands or automates VMware functionalities. I want to rename existing snapshot and update same with following flow, but i don't see any vmware API to...
View ArticleHow can I build a dynamic form in vRO by adding text field as required by the...
Hey fellow members, I would like to pick your brain on something, I’m trying to generate a dynamic form by adding more text field whenever a user clicks on + or -. However, I’m not doing it right or...
View ArticleHow to wait a task after cloning VM with VMWare.vim.dll ?
Hello everybody, I work on a web interface which manage virtual machines on vsphere Esx 5.5. My interface is based on .net web forms (not MVC)I followed jeffpaton posts (using VMware.Vim ) which...
View ArticleESXi 5.5.0 installation hangs (and K/B freezes) at "Welcome" screen
I have put the ESXi 5.5.0 installer on a USB stick and also a CD. The installer worked fine (from the USB stick) on the first machine that I tried it on over the weekend. Today however I'm trying it on...
View ArticleAdd NTFS-formatted data drive to ESXi 6.5 Windows Server guest?
I have a Windows 2008 Server guest on an ESXi 6.5 host. I have an NTFS external USB drive which I want to access from the guest on a permanent basis. Can anyone tell me how and if this is possible?
View ArticleSnapshot consolidation failure may be caused by a mismatched amount of...
I have a situation where we had our VM's on our 5.1 Server become unresponsive this morning due to running out of disk space. Upon investigation we found that one server indicates that Disk1 has 2...
View ArticleHow to get IP address of vCenter Server?
I want to get IP address of vCenter Server from my plugin. But from vimObjectReferenceService, I only can get host name of vCenter Server (something like vc01.example.local). Is there anyway to get IP...
View ArticleEnable vSphere Web Client Automation
In this post I will provide some files and instructions that will allow you to create automated tests for the vSphere Web Client. Important notes, before you start:This post describes how to enable the...
View ArticleHow to assign same signature to a DS using...
I am unable to use "resolveMultipleUnresolvedVmfsVolumes" as it requires HostSystemStorage reference and "HostUnresolvedVmfsResolutionSpec". I am unable to find correct way to populate the spec file it...
View ArticleAutoscaling with vSphere
Hi everyone. I'm struggling to find the better approach in order to automatically power on a virtual machine when another one vm is running out of resources ... this type of approach is called...
View Articlelock vsepehe
Hello we used vcenter server lock it We removed it vcenter but not unlock server on vcenter now we can not login to vSphere it massage locked please help me
View Articleimport samples/vsphere-wssdk-html case, happened an error
[2017-02-08T18:28:51.670+08:00] [INFO ] TCP Connection(56)-127.0.0.1 <DE0000I> Installing bundle 'com.vmware.samples.vspherewssdk-service' version '1.0.0'. [2017-02-08T18:28:51.707+08:00] [INFO...
View ArticleActionSetSpec object naming in vsphere flex 6.5
Hi, Our plugin has a set of actions under an ActionSet extension, which are displayed when right clicking on a vm.Up until Vsphere 6.0 the name shown for the action set when right clicking seemed to...
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