Today I was installing VMware View in my homelab, after trying to install VMware View Composer 2.7 I received this error message:

Error 1920. Service VMware View Composer (svid) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services.

Solution:

After creating a new ODBC connection to my SQL server I still can’t finish the installation, the installation want to start service: VMware View Composer (svid).. after changing the logon service with the credentials I used for the ODBC I was able to start the service and finish the setup

Last week I received some warnings at some HP Proliant DL380 G7’s, the warning message:

Host Baseboard Management Controller status

The HP branded VMware vSphere 5 installation (build 474610) detected that my colleague disconnected the UTP cable at the ILO interface.. okay.. good to know

If you don’t use ILO (not recommended) you can disable the ILO interface at the ILO bios

Global iLO 3 Settings:

Lights-Out Functionality                        [DISABLED]

iLO 3 ROM-Based Setup Utility              [DISABLED]

Require iLO 3 RBSU Login                     [DISABLED]

Show iLO 3 IP during POST                   [DISABLED]

Sometimes.. grrr, stupid me!!.. I’ve configured last week a new Windows 7 x64 virtual machine, but this machine suspend itself after 30 minutes, I thought it was a bug.. couldn’t find any setting configured in vCenter or the particular host but saw only this messages:

Virtual machine is suspended – by User

Okay… shame shame.. the solution:

Tip: Always configure profile: High performance

Last week I need to locate some traffic from physical switches to my virtual environment.. I need to find out which MAC address belong to which virtual machine (+ adapter).. time to script this include menu

#====================================================================#
#   SCRIPT:        Find_VM_by_MAC_address_menu.ps1                   #
#   FUNCTION:      Find VM (+ adapter) by MAC address with easy menu #
#   OWNER:         Sander Daems                                      #
#   CREATED:       11/01/2011                                        #
#   MODIFIED:      11/01/2011                                        #
#   VERSION:       v.1.0                                             #
#====================================================================#
#   CHANGELOG:                                                       #
#                                                                    #
#    v.1.0                                                           #
#	 - Created script;                                               #
#                                                                    #
#====================================================================#
#   HOST - CUSTOM DEFINITIONS                                        #
#====================================================================#
Write-Host "Let's find that damn address" -foregroundcolor green
#====================================================================#
$cluster = read-host "Select Cluster name"
$macaddress = read-host "Select MAC Address to find"
#====================================================================#
#   Script                                                           #
#====================================================================#
Get-Cluster $cluster | Get-VM | Get-NetworkAdapter | Where-Object {$_.MacAddress -eq "$macaddress"} | Format-List -Property *
#====================================================================#

Daniel Buonocore Sander Daems

To prepare a SAN to SAN migration I need to list all virtual machines with RAW Device Mappings, I found a very nice script at Pastebin (I’ve this you’re script, please comment to receive the credits), the script:

$report = @()
$vms = Get-VM | Get-View
foreach($vm in $vms){
     foreach($dev in $vm.Config.Hardware.Device){
          if(($dev.gettype()).Name -eq "VirtualDisk"){
               if(($dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode -eq "physicalMode") -or
               ($dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode -eq "virtualMode")){
                    $row = "" | select VMName, VMHost, HDDeviceName, HDFileName, HDMode, HDsize, HDDisplayName
                    $row.VMName = $vm.Name
                    $esx = Get-View $vm.Runtime.Host
                    $row.VMHost = ($esx).Name
                    $row.HDDeviceName = $dev.Backing.DeviceName
                    $row.HDFileName = $dev.Backing.FileName
                    $row.HDMode = $dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode
                    $row.HDSize = $dev.CapacityInKB
                    $row.HDDisplayName = ($esx.Config.StorageDevice.ScsiLun | where {$_.Uuid -eq $dev.Backing.LunUuid}).DisplayName
                    $report += $row
               }
          }
     }
}
$report

Ps. the script can take a while to list…

Upgrade VMware Tools, all virtual machines in cluster:

Get-Cluster "Productie" | Get-VM | Update-Tools –NoReboot

Upgrade VMware Tools, located in folder:

Get-Cluster "Productie" | Get-Folder "Beheer servers" | Get-VM | Update-Tools –NoReboot

Upgrade VMware Tools, selected virtual machine:

Get-Cluster "Productie" | Get-VM "BHR-SVR11" | Update-Tools –NoReboot

Get VMware-Tools versions:

Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine | select Name, @{ Name=”ToolsVersion”;
Expression={$_.config.tools.toolsVersion}}

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