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Monday, December 3, 2012

Error when doing a search for virtual machines in the vmware client

Posted on 4:25 PM by Unknown
Problem:You can search for vms when you connect to vcenter.  What is wrong? Is it your esxi host, your vcenter, your dbs?You might get An internal error occurred in the vsphere client. Details: unable to connect to the remote serverOr you might getLogon to the query service failed.A connection failure occurred (Unable to connect to the remote server)Reason:Check your servicesYou probably have the Vmware inventory service down on your...
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How to run a powershell script for vmware : walkthrough

Posted on 11:50 AM by Unknown
Here is a walk through on how to make and run a powershell /powercli scriptThe methods also apply to powershell but this is target towards running powercli commands for your esxi or vsphere hosts.Open Notepad.Add commands to notepad.Save file with a .ps1  extensionIn this example I named it snapscript.ps1Open your powercli shellConnect to your host or vsphere istance using the commandConnect-viserve r  HOSTorVSPHERENAMEExample:...
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