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VMware vSphere: HTML5 Webclient returns 503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint)

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last week I upgraded an vSphere instance from vSphere 6 to vSphere 6.7.
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VMware: Setup HTML5 Client for vSphere 6.0 with vCenter on Windows

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these are there the steps to setup the new HTML5 Client within an vSphere 6 environment.

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VMware vSphere: Script to update License Label

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the vSphere GUIs, Win32 nor the Webclient based on Flash, does not provide the ability to change the label of a license key.

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ESXi: Cannot start VM. Invalid MAC address specified. 12:34:6:78:90:12 is not an allowed static Ethernet address

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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.
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VMware: Enable copy & paste in VMware Console for a VM

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copy & paste is disabled by default in VMware vSphere.
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