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VMware vSphere: Cannot register a virtual machine in inventory: A virtual machine or template having the same name is already registered

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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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VMware: Generate an URL for a VM Console Session

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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%
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VMware: Find VMs by IP Address

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sometimes you want to find which IP Address belongs to a virtual machine. This can be easily done by powercli, provided that the VMware Tools are installed in each VM.
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VMware: vSphere Logfiles

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short post just for me as bookmark:-)
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VMware: List Users who have a active Console Connection to a virtual machine

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there are multiple active console connections and you want to know who are currently connected?
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