Tag: vmware

Install Open VM Tools (Vmware Tools) on Suse Linux

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To install on Suse Linux Enterprise (SLE) For SLE 12 SP1 run the following as root: zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:VMware/SLE_12_SP1/Virtualization:VMware.repo zypper refresh zypper install open-vm-tools For SLE 12 run the following as root: zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:VMware/SLE_12/Virtualization:VMware.repo zypper refresh zypper install open-vm-tools For SLE 11 SP4 run the following as root: zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:VMware/SLE_11_SP4/Virtualization:VMware.repo zypper refresh zypper install open-vm-tools For SLE 11 SP3 run Read more about Install Open VM Tools (Vmware Tools) on Suse Linux[…]

ESET Era Virtual Appliance – Losing Client Connections

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Again another quick post more for my notes than anything, had a few issues with the ESET ERA 6 Appliance losing connections from the clients, basically the clients connection time goes over the policy you have set. A restart of the appliance gets it up and running for so long but then it will happen Read more about ESET Era Virtual Appliance – Losing Client Connections[…]

VMware VMRC: Failed to install hcmon driver – Windows 10

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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

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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

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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[…]