Monthly Archives: April 2012

Power On virtual machine – Unable to access file since it is locked

Posted on April 30, 2012 by brian.wuchner

Several times in the past few weeks I have ran into virtual machines that do not power on because of locked files. Steps to troubleshoot this issue are described in KB10051: Virtual machine does not power on because of locked … Continue reading →

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Verify VAAI settings with PowerCLI

Posted on April 23, 2012 by brian.wuchner

I recently had a need to validate that all hosts in a specific vCenter had appropriate vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) settings. I didn’t want to change the values, I was just looking for the existing values. This short … Continue reading →

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Creating and Reviewing Windows crash dumps in VMware virtual machines

Posted on April 16, 2012 by brian.wuchner

The other day I was assisting a co-worker who needed a memory dump of a Windows virtual machine. He was working with Microsoft support and the support engineer mentioned that the process for gathering this data was different since we … Continue reading →

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Disable SSL for VMware Converter 5 using powershell

Posted on April 9, 2012 by brian.wuchner

Starting with VMware Converter Standalone 5.0, the default action is to secure the P2V data with SSL. While this is nice if you are converting machines across an untrusted network or need the additional level of security, it can really … Continue reading →

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