VMware – Setting up ESX NTP Time Sync
ESX NTP KB ID 0000798 Problem Having your ESX Server running the correct time is quite important, and before you visit this subject, I would suggest you MAKE SURE the time is set in the ESX Servers BIOS, ie the internal clock is set correctly first. I’ve lost count of the amount of times I’ve seen Windows domains fall over because the ESX host has reverted to its BIOS time and replicated that time to its guests, suddenly your...
VMware: List/Audit VMware Tools Versions
KB ID 0001618 Problem If you want to either audit, or simply get a quick list of which of your VMs are running which versions of VMware Tools, here are a few options. Show VMware Tools Versions With PowerCLI Use the following Syntax Get-VM | Select-Object -Property Name,@{Name=’ToolsVersion’;Expression={$_.Guest.ToolsVersion}} Like so; Show VMware Tools Versions With VI Client Using HTML Client To Show VMware Tools...
vSphere ESX: Replace / Update the VMware Tools ISO
KB ID 0001566 Problem On Experts Exchange this morning someone asked about how to upgrade the VMware Tools as a result of a security advisory that advocated updating Windows VMware Tools to version 10.3 So here’s how to replace / upgrade the VMware Tools distribution ISOs, that live inside ESX. Solution Firstly, you need to download the tools! It’s easier if you simply get them in .zip format. Download and extract them,...
Manually Extracting VMware Tools Drivers
KB ID 0001518 Problem If you want to get hold of the actual drivers from VMware tools, e.g. to have them in a machine that you will be deploying into VMware ESX/Workstation etc, then this is how to do it. Solution I’m using WinSCP to connect to one of my ESXi servers, (it’s free, and just works!) From the root directory locate vminages and open that. Tools-isoimages, (this might seem long-winded, but if you keep an eye on...
VMware Jumpy /Erratic mouse on Server 2008 R2 Virtual Machine
KB ID 0000377 Problem Seen on Windows Server 2008 R2 running on VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 Solution Firstly, I’m assuming you are running the latest version of VMware tools on the machine in question, this procedure was carried out with VMware tools version 8.3.2 and cures the problem. 1. On the affected VM Click Start > In the search run box type > devmgmt.msc {enter} 2. Expand “Display adapters” Right click...