VMware VMRC: Failed to install hcmon driver – Windows 10

While trying to install VMware’s VMRC on Microsoft Windows 10 the installation fails with error “Failed to install hcmon driver” Solution: The solution that resolved the error for me was to run the installer with elevated privileges. Open a command prompt as administrator. Launch the installer from the elevated command prompt.

Upgrade VMware vCenter Server Appliance from command line

Going from VCSA 6.0 to 6.0 U1 is quite simple. First, you’ll need a patch ISO, which can be found on here. You ‘ll notice there are two patch ISOs, FP and TP. Download VCSA patch from here. https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/patch#search FP is a full product patch for VC & PSC appliances only. TP is third party Read more about Upgrade VMware vCenter Server Appliance from command line[…]

Groupwise Virtual Backup/Restore and Adding a second Virtual disk to a SUSE Linux Machine

So today i was looking into a more space effective way to look after the Groupwise backups and came up with the following solution, i had seen DBCopy and want impressed…why do i need to copy the data every night to have a backup when i have the data in snapshot already? I’ve only been Read more about Groupwise Virtual Backup/Restore and Adding a second Virtual disk to a SUSE Linux Machine[…]

Space Reclamation from VMware

This is another quick note for me as its not something i need to do alot. After migrating a VM to another datastore i noticed our Nimble was showing less free space than VMware – from the past i remember running a command to rectify this but obviously forgot it hence me making a note Read more about Space Reclamation from VMware[…]

Adding Subject Lines to Postfix Logs

After trawling logs from users who give you a time and a recipient when they deal with this recipient quiet a lot is a pain…so i asked for the subject of the email only to notice its not there (new to this postfix malarkey) – so quick google and this enables the subject in the Read more about Adding Subject Lines to Postfix Logs[…]