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Hi,
VMware vSphere does only allow to set MAC Addresses from the Range 00:50:56:00:00:00 up to 00:50:56:3f:ff:ff. You can set a static MAC out of this range but cannot start the virtual machine. The typical error message is:
Invalid MAC address specified. 12:34:6:78:90:12 is not an allowed static Ethernet address. It conflicts with VMware reserved MACs.
Continue reading ESXi: Cannot start VM. Invalid MAC address specified. 12:34:6:78:90:12 is not an allowed static Ethernet address
Hi,
copy & paste is disabled by default in VMware vSphere.
Continue reading VMware: Enable copy & paste in VMware Console for a VM
Hi,
Virtualbox allows to boot from USB. But this feature isn’t exposed to the GUI.
Lets start. First of all determine the physical disk. Open Powershell and query the disks by WMI
PS D:\> Get-WmiObject -Query "Select * from Win32_DiskDrive" Partitions : 3 DeviceID : \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0 Model : Samsung SSD 850 PRO 512G Size : 512105932800 Caption : Samsung SSD 850 PRO 512G Partitions : 1 DeviceID : \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2 Model : Generic USB CF Reader USB Device Size : 4030387200 Caption : Generic USB CF Reader USB Device
Hi,
a customer had the problem that a virtual machine is shown as invalid or orphaned. After removing from inventory (not from disk) he couldn’t register the vm again: “A virtual machine or template having the same name is already registered”
This could have multiple causes:
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Hi,
with PowerCli it is simply possible to generate an direct Link to accessing a VM’s Console without clicking through the whole vSphere Tree.
The anatomy of the URL is
https://%vCenterFQDN%:9443/vsphere-client/vmrc/vmrc.jsp?vm=urn:vmomi:VirtualMachine:%MoRef%:%vCenterUUID%
Continue reading VMware: Generate an URL for a VM Console Session