VMware Fusion: Guest VM ‘Lost’ Network Connectivity
KB ID 0001450 Problem I keep a Windows 10 VM on my laptop, and last week it lost network connectivity, (it’s set to get its IP from my mac and get network connectivity via NAT). The guest was getting a 169.254.x.x APIPA address so either NAT was down, or there was no network? Solution You need to ‘Restart’ the services on the Mac host machine. Execute the following two commands;...
vSphere: Setup Domain Authentication via PSC
KB ID 0001442 Problem If you separate your PSC (Platform Services Controller) and your vCenter, then you can setup domain authentication on your PSC. Solution Log into the web console of the PSC > Appliance Settings > Manage > Active Directory > Join > Supply a the domain name, a domain username and password > OK. You will see it has been successful as now you have a ‘Leave’ button. Configuration >...
vCenter and PSC: IE Content Was Blocked
KB ID 0001440 Problem I’d just installed a new vCenter and Platform Services Controller for a client this week. When I tried to access the web consoles I saw this. Content was blocked because it was not signed by a valid security certificate For information see “About Certificate Errors” in Internet Explorer Help. No amount of allowing certificates without revocation, and tinkering with the registry would let me in?...
vSphere: Open Console Only Opens the Web Console?
KB ID 0001437 Problem At first I simply though this was an IE problem, but I tried with Firefox and Chrome and it was the same. ‘Open Console’ simply opens the web console, and does not offer you a choice any more? Solution They’ve done a great job of hiding it! On the VM’s summary tab, click the options ‘cog’. And theres the options again. If you want to use the VMRC, you will need to download it...
EVE-NG (VMware) Connecting to the Internet
KB ID 0001432 Problem I did an article a while back on doing this with UNL, so I thought I’d revisit it today for EVE-NG. I really like EVE-NG, for proof of concept work, testing, and just learning new products I cant think of any product better. But what if you want to connect your labs to the outside world? Solution In all honesty a lot of this article you can skip, I’m just showing you what’s going on down at the...
VMWare: Virtual Machine Disks Consolidation Needed
KB ID 0001430 Problem You may see a ‘warning triangle’ over one of your VM’s, and on its summary page you see the following; Virtual machine disks consolidation is needed. Virtual machine Consolidation Needed status. Solution Basically theres a problem with the machine snapshots, If you right click the VM > Snapshots > Consolidate. Yes – Job done, that was easy. Related Articles, References,...
VMware vSphere: Adding NFS Storage
KB ID 0001408 Problem If you have some NFS storage, and you want to use it as a Datastore in your VMware environment, this is the procedure to follow. Pre-Requisites I’m assuming you already have a network connection between your ESX servers and the NAS box, (i.e you have a VM Kernel NIC) on the same network. I’m also assuming you have the NFS setup correctly, in this example I’m using a Buffalo NAS box. But you can...
VMWare vCenter: Cant Remove ‘Orphaned’ VMs
KB ID 0001398 Problem I noticed I had a VM that was ‘Orphaned’ in my vCenter web console. It was not a production server or anything, I just wanted to delete it. However the option to Delete or Remove from Inventory was not available. Solution It turns out, you just need to ‘dig a little deeper’. All Virtual Infrastructure Action > More Uncategorized Actions > Remove from inventory. Related Articles,...
VMware Fusion: Windows 10 ‘Lost’ Mapped Drive to the Host
KB ID 0001394 Problem My Windows 10 VM decided it was going to do a major update last night, so I let it get on with it. However today I can no longer access the ‘shared’ drive that it had back to the host (my MacBook). Solution I’m pretty sure this is the second time this has happened, so after berating myself for not documenting the fix last time, this is the fix. Run Regedit (Windows Key+R > regedit {Enter})...
VMware: Depreciated VFMS Volume(s) Found On This Host
KB ID 0001383 Problem Well there is a bug on ESX version 6.0.0 that causes this error message, in my case the client had VFMS3 volumes. Depreciated VFMS volume(s) found on the host. Please consider upgrading volumes(s) to the latest version. That’s what was causing the error in my case! Solution I chose to simply update the VFMS3 volumes to VFMS5 > Right click the volume > Upgrade to VFMS5. Select the volume(s) > OK....