VMware Workstation – ‘Linked Clones’ from Templates
Jun05

VMware Workstation – ‘Linked Clones’ from Templates

 Linked Clones KB ID 0000953  Problem VMware Workstation, is a great test tool, if i need to take a look at some new software, or plan how I’m going to do a job, and I don’t have access to the ESX server, or test bench, it’s a great tool to have on my laptop. If you build machines form scratch, every time you need one it can take a while. To address that you can create a template and deploy machines from that. To...

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PowerCLI: Get All Snapshot Information
Aug03

PowerCLI: Get All Snapshot Information

KB ID 0001690 Problem This was asked on EE today, and it was an interesting one so I wrote it up. How to locate all the Snapshots in your VMware virtual infrastructure, and see how much space they are taking. Solution Use the following PowerCLI; Get-Snapshot * | Select-Object -Property VM, Name, SizeGB, Children | Sort-Object -Property sizeGB -Descending | ft -AutoSize Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links...

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VMWare: Virtual Machine Disks Consolidation Needed
May08

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,...

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VMware – This Virtual Machine Appears To Be In Use
Nov17

VMware – This Virtual Machine Appears To Be In Use

KB ID 0000959  Problem I wanted to give a copy of a VM to a colleague, so I removed all the snapshots, and cloned one of my test VM’s. When I went to power on the original this happened; The virtual machine appears to be in use. If this virtual machine is not in use press the “Take Ownership” button to obtain ownership of it. Otherwise press the “Cancel” button to avoid damaging it. Configuration file:...

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Deploying VMware View 5 – Part 5 Deploying Linked Clone View Desktops
Nov17

Deploying VMware View 5 – Part 5 Deploying Linked Clone View Desktops

KB ID 0000607 Problem Note: This is an old post for VMware view version 5, you might want to read Deploying VMware Horizon View instead. It’s been a while since I wrote Part 4, so it’s time to wrap this up. Now we have Composer installed on the Virtual Center, we can start to deploy our linked clone desktops. Solution VMware View – Prepare your Source Machine 1. I’ve already covered how to prepare your Windows...

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