Category: Virtualization
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VMware Tools SVGA driver fail to install on VM
You will see an error message “Setup failed to install the SVGA driver automatically. This driver will have to be installed manually“. Even if you try to install the VM tools with Complete or Custom modes, you will end up with the above error. In order to resolve the issues, you can follow below workaround…
How to customize vCenter SSO login page
Lets image that you are sick of the default vCenter default login page and want to add your company logo and name into the SSO login page. It is possible with both Appliance and Windows Based vCenters. To carry out the task, you will need the below tools & utilities; Putty WinSCP Make sure that…
How to change default snapshot location in VMware
By default the snapshots which are taken for any vm are stored with their parent in the same directory or storage. Sometimes you may run out of space and you might not be able to take anymore snapshots so in that case you can always use some other location for the storage of snapshots. But how…
Converting a VMware Linux Guest to HyperV
There are some situtaions where we fail to move Linux based Guest VMs to Hyper V from VMware. If you haven’t figured it out already, the basic problem here is that the Linux VMs (that came from the VMware environment) don’t have the Hyper-V drivers configured because they weren’t needed at installation (again, on VMware), but the…
How to Unlock vCenter SSO Domain Accounts from the Command Line
We will require to confirm the existing Domain Name & Site Name as the first step. Then only we will be able to reset the SSO Domain Account. The Steps are as follows; Step 01 – Identifying the Domain Name & Site Name Begin by SSH to your VCSA. Discovering your SSO Domain Name: /usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vmafd-cli…
Troubleshooting checklist for VMware Converter
Troubleshooting checklist; To eliminate permission issues, always use the local administrator account instead of a domain account. To eliminate DNS issues, use IP addresses instead of host names. If OS level Network Teaming is enabled, remove the Teaming. Ensure that you do not choose partitions that contain any vendor specific Diagnostic Partitions before proceeding with…