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“Failed to open disk scsi0:0: Unsupported and/or invalid disk type 8” error when trying to power on a VM on ESXi 4

Posted on June 5, 2013June 5, 2013 by admin

Convert the file to zerothick type. vmkfstools -i uda20.vmdk -d zeroedthick uda20z.vmdk nJoy;-)

Vmware Client Automating connections

Posted on April 10, 2013April 18, 2013 by admin

This is a hint from Andrew Thanks.. C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\VpxClient.exe -i yes -s 10.21.68.8 -u root -p password Works ! In a batch: start “VMLauncher” /D”C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\” VpxClient.exe -i yes -s 10.21.68.8 -u root -p password” Thanks nJoy 😉

Enable VMWare time sync from command line

Posted on January 9, 2013February 4, 2013 by admin

Virtual machines and NTP do not go easily well together. Machines paused for extended periods tend to loose the ntp sync since the difference grows too much. Also from VMware Docs the following info might be clarificatory: Do not configure the virtual machine to synchronize to its own (virtual) hardware clock, not even as…

Vmware tools autoinstall after kickstart

Posted on August 19, 2012August 19, 2012 by admin

kickstart postinstall, you can read how to do this on the internet. wget http://foo/tools.tar.gz tar xzvf *.tar.gz cd directory-where-you-untarred vmware-tools-install.pl -d BINGO ! Giggidi Giggidi