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Grant console only access of a Windows virtual machine hosted on a vSphere server to users

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Santosh Bhandarkar — Leave a comment

I had a particular requirement wherein I had to grant few usersĀ console only access of a Windows virtual machine hosted on a vSphere server. Well, VMware vCenter has predefined roles with which I could have assigned users limited access however,…

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VM Migration fails with error : Currently connected network interface ‘Network adapter 1’ uses network ‘VM Network’, which is configured for different offload or security policies on the destination host other than on the source host.

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Santosh Bhandarkar — 6 Comments

A little background of my private ‘cloud’ šŸ˜‰ setup : vCenter 5.1, ESXi 5.1 Update 1 hosts in a cluster setup, HA, DRS and vMotion are all enabled. For some host maintenance activity, Ā I was trying to migrate live VMs…

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Unable to access ESXi shell from DELL iDRAC console

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Santosh Bhandarkar — Leave a comment

To access ESXi shell, first you need to enable that on ESXi host. Following VMware KB articles provide details on enabling ESXi Shell Using ESXi Shell in ESXi 5.x (2004746) Using Tech Support Mode in ESXi 4.1 and ESXi 5.x…

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