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VMWare ESX image to run on VMWare workstation

I've an linux image(debian) running on VMWare ESX 3.1. Is it possible to copy that image and run it locally on my local VMWare workstation? how?
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For VIServer and PowerCLI, how to prompt for Credentials only the first time in PowerShell, then store credentials and use them for next script run?

I want to be able to log into VIServers using PowerShell and have it ask for the credentials the first time the script runs, then save those credentials in the password.txt file and have the VIServer just use that password.txt file stored locally on…
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In a virtual machine monitor such as VMware's ESXi Server, how are shadow page tables implemented?

My understanding is that VMMs such as VMware's ESXi Server maintain shadow page tables to map virtual page addresses of guest operating systems directly to machine (hardware) addresses. I've been told that shadow page tables are then used directly…
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Is there a way to execute shell commands on VMWare server via PyVMomi

I am looking to take full advantage of the recently introduce pyvmomi module to further management and I would like to remove the use of ssh and convert utility calls through the API; Is this possible?
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How to configure VMs to automatically start when the host is on

I'm using VMware esxi 5.1. I have several virtual machines and need to power on them automatically when the host machine is powered on. I tried to go to the configuration tab from vSphere client and checked "allow virtual machines to start and stop…
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Can vmWare Server be installed in a X-less host?

I am planning to move my vmWare's Virtual Machines from a Windows host to a Linux host (Ubuntu). It is possible to run vmWare Server in a Linux host that does not have the graphical environment (does not have X)? I just wonder how the graphical…
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Getting all VirtualMachines using API (rbvmomi)

I would like to see some info for all the virtualmachines in my vcenter, right now I have: require 'rbvmomi' vim1 = RbVmomi::VIM.connect host: 'vcenter.foo.tld', ssl: true, insecure: true, user: 'keith', password: 'NSABACKDOOR' dc1 =…
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Running VMWare API on Web Site Fails

Im trying to write a web client which lets you manage virtual machines using VMWare API(Vix) Im using WCF in my server technology and a website, Im also using VMWare Tasks Wrapper that uses VMWare API When Im trying to connect to my ESXi Server…
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Web Access to Virtual Machine

Is their a way to access a web server such as windows server 2003 installed on a virtual box such as vmware from the host machine?
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VMWare for test IIS Server

I'm wondering if anyone can help. I'd like to run IIS on a VMWare server, but I'd like to be able to access the IIS server on it using a browser on the PC. Can anyone tell me if this is possible?
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Can powercli tell me what the VM Name is when listing network adapters for vms?

I want to get a list of VMs with a given vlan name configured so that when I am rolling back a vlan, with ACI I am certain that it is gone. This script works, I connect to the vcenter with powercli and pass in a vlan_name: foreach ($vm in Get-VM){ …
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I need more VMs, should I expand my current server, or just get another server to host them?

I've currently got in my office a few physical servers hosting a number of VMware guest OSs off VMWare server. We need to expand the number of VMs we need to use to do some testing and development in house. A smattering of them are world accessible…
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VMWare Server and RDP stops responding after turning on any VM on the VM Server

I have Windows Server 2008 installed on my physical server. On top of that I have VMWare Server 2 installed. In the VMWare Server, I have 4 Virtual Machines. Every time I turn on one of the VM, I can not connect to my Server 2008 or connect to my VM…
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esxcli software install returns with Error: Unknown command or namespace software install

When attempting to load a vib onto an ESXi 6.5 installation [root@myserver:~] esxcli software install I get the error: Error: Unknown command or namespace software install Has anybody seen this error and is it a setting that I am just missed and…
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VMWare Thousands of logs VFC: VFC_TreePrepPage:1170: Can not insert key into policy Busy

Today I saw thousands of log like "VFC: VFC_TreePrepPage:1170: Can not insert key into policy Busy" into file vmkernel.log. I searched on the internet but could not find the issue. Anybody helps me to find this issue. Thank a lot.
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