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vSphere Cluster with Mixed ESXi 7 and ESXi 8 Hosts – DRS and HA Compatibility
We have a VMware vCenter Server cluster consisting of 5 ESXi hosts:
3 hosts are running VMware vSphere 8 Enterprise
2 hosts are running VMware vSphere 7 Enterprise
I would like to confirm whether ...
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Unable to Debug kernel with KGDB in vmware
I tried to debug kernel with KGDB. So I compiled kernel:
ENABLING_KGDB
I Flashed that kernel into my VmWare VM, then create new virtual serial port in my VM as socket pipe(/tmp/kgdb-socket).
Then I ...
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Obtaining disk space consumed by snapshot using pyVmomi
I am trying to calculate the disk space used by a snapshot in vSphere 8 using pyVmomi. I can navigate through the snapshots but trying to isolate the files in use by a snapshot is proving difficult. ...
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nbdkit-vddk-plugin with snapshot= reads base disk only, ignores snapshot chain delta files
I'm using nbdkit-vddk-plugin (v1.42.3, Debian bookworm) to read a VMware VM disk through a snapshot chain for warm migration. The disk opens successfully (correct 25 GB size), CBT detects changed ...
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Why is the WSL (Nat) able to reach to Vmware (Nat)?
Thank you all for reading my post in advance.
So I have my VMware Virtual machine (Nat) which is listed as below:
huang@ubuntu:~$ ip route show default
default via 192.168.189.2 dev ens33 proto ...
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Why does Python get a red carpet to vSphere while Java gets a CAPTCHA and a shrug?
VMware’s pyVmomi is the velvet-rope VIP pass to vSphere: whisper pip install pyvmomi, and the data center parts like the Red Sea. It’s a universal remote with actual buttons, not stickers.
Java, ...
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How to pass custom IDataObject format via Drag & Drop from Host to VMware Guest?
I'm facing an issue with drag & drop between a host system and a VMware guest VM, where my application's custom data format gets lost during the process.
My setup:
Host OS: Windows 11
Guest OS: ...
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Using Git across network denied Linux Vmware
I have a specific scenario where my Windows machine has access to the remote repository just fine, but my Linux 20.04 VMware instance does not (This is intentional, and for the sake of this question, ...
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Errror Message: ETIMEOUT when try to connect to the microsoft graph api
I've been facing ETIMEOUT error always when I try to make a call to microsoft graph api with axios. I am on the Ubuntu VMware right now and using node - 20.19.2.
I tried to find a solution here and ...
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How can I get each snapshot size in VMware vSphere by using PyVmomi SDK?
How can I get each snapshot size in VMware vSphere by using PyVmomi SDK?
I got a snapshot object by PyVmomi, but there is not any info about size of the snapshot. Is there any way to get size of the ...
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CefSharp is crashing the Application on VDI
We have an application that uses CefSharp (131.0.6778.86) to display several quite simple html pages within a WinForms Application.
For one specific customer the application suddenly crashes with ...
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Powershell REST API calls to delete users from vCenter SCIM database
I'm looking to automate deletions of SCIM users from the local vCenter ID DB on my home lab. I've got the below code so far, the auth piece works, but the actual loop against the input.csv users fails ...
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How to integrate the Workspace ONE SDK into a .NET MAUI application?
I’m trying to integrate the Workspace ONE SDK into a .NET MAUI application. Can anyone provide a detailed guide or the necessary steps for integrating the SDK for both iOS and Android platforms? I’d ...
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Powershell Move-HardDisk cmd issue
I am working on a Powershell script to automate migration of a few hundreds of virtual disks of my vmware infrastructure and came up to an issue:
The parameter "-Confirm" from command Move-...
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How do I find Unattached disks in Vcenter
I am using and learning about the vCenter APIs and found the Python pyVmomi package to access the system.
I have managed to get some samples working, and can, for example, print the names of all VMs ...