Using templates save you lots of time when it comes to deploying virtual machines. And if you are looking to get a slight edge on your deployments in lab or production using customization specifications may be the way you want to go. Here are some quick steps to deploy using this method: From the […]
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I am excited about the release of VMware Labs Flings release of version 3 of the Embedded Host Client. For those of you who find yourself out of the loop at time, no worries it happens. Here is some details about the the embedded host client: The Embedded Host Client is written purely in HTML and JavaScript, […]
We have recently encountered a strange issue where users get stuck on the Word, Excel, Powerpoint splash logo where it says “Contacting the server for information.” We have spent several days on this issue and it seems to have impacted a large user base. I am working with the team here to find a resolution […]
That time has come, when you upgrade vCenter 6.0. Here are some quick simple steps to see this done. As always, its a good idea to have a backup before proceeding. In my case I used a snapshot of my appliance. This was done by me connecting directly to the ESXi and creating a snapshot. […]
Creating several templates in SCVMM today I encountered the an error with the id of ‘12700’ with the message: Error (12700) VMM cannot complete the host operation on the s0106hvlab5.jermsmit.local server because of the error: ‘W10_64_jermsmit’ could not initialize. (Virtual machine ID B4B770E3-9DD7-4C3F-B2A5-36CA37151600) Not enough memory in the system to start the virtual machine W10_64_jermsmit with […]
The day would come where I would need to change my password in vCenter… Today was that day; Thankfully vCenter places am informative notice of your expiring password. Here is how you can change your password using vCenter 6: Log into vCenter 6 Click Home. Click Administration. Click Single Sign-On > Users and Groups. Click the Users […]