Thank you @Scott28tt it really helped to understand the Change. I was scared about the code and Questions ! 
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Re: VCP5-DCV Exam questions vs the VCP510 question set?
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Re: vCO PowerShell plug-in access is denied
note if you are running this on vista or later, or based on the fact you are referring to DNSCMD then 2008 or later will all need to use elevation to execute the commands.
windows UAC on vista / 2008 or later OS will all run in low privilege sessions even if the account you specify is an administrative account.
The login process has been changed significantly on these operating systems. I would highly recommend Mark Russinovich's guide to UAC to explain what is happening here.
But the short version is this.
When logging in as an admin account on a UAC enabled system. You actually get two authentication tokens.
1) admin token
2) filtered token
the idea is to reduce rights for admin users so they don't accidentally run malicious content on a server. Therefore any time you attempt to do anything it is run in the filtered token context this simply means an account which has less or equal privilege to a standard user.
You can easily flick between the tokens using "right click runas admin".
Now obviously this is not so easy on a programmatic call. There are a couple of ways to achieve this. The simplest of which is to download a 3rd part tool called elevate.exe.
then run
elevate.exe dnscmd <blah blah>
the other ways are somewhat more complicated particularly in light of the fact WinRM is involved.
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Re: Unable to import OVF
With only a single file, it's most likely an .ova file. Next time just change the file extension to .ova to see whether this works.
André
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Re: "The file specified is not a virtual file"
What you may try is to see whether mapping the virtual disk (File -> Map virtual disk) as a host drive will work.
André
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Re: hgfs driver for VMware tools version 9.6.1-1378637 (Fusion 6.0.2) for linux is broken
@gsaito @steve
For folks with Linux guests who are coping with this issue, NFS seems to work quite well as a workaround. Make sure your VM gets a stable IP on a host-only network, expose an NFS share to it, and you're good to go. I'm back on VMware 6.0.2.
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Re: Unable to import OVF
I tried to rename it to ova, it didnt work.
The tar file contained the ovf & vmdk files.
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Adding SSD issue
Hello,
I have added a SSD to my ESXi host that will store all the VM's. After installing the drive was not recognized as being a SSD so I followed KB2013188
I went trough all the steps and the drive is now being recognized as SSD but, during the process I got an error message.Is this as expected or is there a problem?
Thanks,
Robbert
naa.60030130f09000001a24838e0921b630
Device Display Name: Local LSI Disk (naa.60030130f09000001a24838e0921b630)
Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_LOCAL
Storage Array Type Device Config: SATP VMW_SATP_LOCAL does not support device configuration.
Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_FIXED
Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba2:C2:T0:L0;current=vmhba 2:C2:T0:L0}
Path Selection Policy Device Custom Config:
Working Paths: vmhba2:C2:T0:L0
Is Local SAS Device: false
Is Boot USB Device: false
/vmfs/volumes # esxcli storage nmp satp rule add --satp VMW_SATP_LOCAL --device naa.60030130f09000001a24838e0921b630 --option "enable_ssd"
/vmfs/volumes # esxcli storage core claiming unclaim --type device --device naa.60030130f09000001a24838e0921b630
/vmfs/volumes # esxcli storage core claimrule load
/vmfs/volumes # esxcli storage core claiming reclaim -d naa.60030130f09000001a24838e0921b630
Unknown Device name naa.60030130f09000001a24838e0921b630
/vmfs/volumes # esxcli storage core claimrule run
/vmfs/volumes # esxcli storage core device list -d naa.60030130f09000001a24838e0921b630
naa.60030130f09000001a24838e0921b630
Display Name: Local LSI Disk (naa.60030130f09000001a24838e0921b630)
Has Settable Display Name: true
Size: 475883
Device Type: Direct-Access
Multipath Plugin: NMP
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.60030130f09000001a24838e0921b630
Vendor: LSI
Model: MegaRAID SAS RMB
Revision: 1.12
SCSI Level: 5
Is Pseudo: false
Status: on
Is RDM Capable: false
Is Local: true
Is Removable: false
Is SSD: true
Is Offline: false
Is Perennially Reserved: false
Queue Full Sample Size: 0
Queue Full Threshold: 0
Thin Provisioning Status: unknown
Attached Filters:
VAAI Status: unsupported
Other UIDs: vml.020000000060030130f09000001a24838e0921b6304d6567615241
Is Local SAS Device: false
Is Boot USB Device: false
No of outstanding IOs with competing worlds: 32
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Re: Virtual Flash ESXI 5.5
According to the screenshot, the SSD is already used/formatted as a VMFS datastore. In order to use the SSD for vFlash, you need a clean SSD, i.e. delete the existing datastore.
André
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Re: Where i can download VDI Agent + Client software
Are you referring to the Horizon View agent and client?
The clients are here and does not need any login:
Download VMware Horizon View Clients for View
The agent are here and does require a login:
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Re: Adding SSD issue
This is not a problem, and sometimes happens if the device was in use, right at that moment. It's possible that a few seconds later, the command would complete without any problems. According to your esxcli storage core device list, the device is now being detected as an SSD drive (Is SSD: true). Do note that this does not make a difference for the VM's however. They still run on an SSD drive even though ESXi does not detect it as SSD.
The (only?) advantage you now have, with the device being recognised as SSD is that you can use it for swap to Host Cache.
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Re: Vmware tools Status?
No, not manually installed, but rather, not compiled via the installation on the CD (Guest -> Install / Upgrade VMware Tools).
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Re: Help! Host will not boot into esxi 5.5 after installation?
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Rather than copying a complete KB article (VMware KB: ESX/ESXi host fails to boot after installation or upgrade), please consider to post a link or at least provide the link to the source. Providing a link ensures that people will find up-to-date information in case the KB article is updated at some time.
André
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Re: New to Vmware : Confused between relation of ESX/vSphere/Vcenter
You shouldn't need to upgrade your host, as you stay within the same version (5.0). You need to update your host using normal Host Patch baselines and not Host Upgrade baselines. You upgrade when you move from (i.e.) 5.0 to 5.5.
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Re: Help! Host will not boot into esxi 5.5 after installation?
Could you try installing it on an USB stick without any local storage? Be sure to set your boot method accordingly.
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Re: Horizon View 5.3 with HTML 5 no Sound.
A few things to try:
1. Right-click on your sound/speakers icon in the system tray, select Playback Devices, go to Speakers properties (the one which is green-ticked, also disable the red ones, if any), then go to Enhancements and tick Disable all sound effects. And that's it, restart the browser and enjoy.
In short: Volume mixer -> Playback devices -> Playback tab -> Speakers properties -> Enhancements -> Disable all sound effects -> Restart browser.
2. Open Internet Explorer. Go to Tools> Internet Options.
Switch to the Advanced Tab.
Scroll down to the Multimedia sub-heading.
Make sure the box next to Play sounds in web pages is checked. Click "ok". Restart Internet Explorer. Test to see if you can hear sound online.
2. Disable any addons, (e.g. Adblock Plus, NoScript, Flash Block, Ghostery)
Also you can check if something is missing in the Audio section: HTML5test - How well does your browser support HTML5?
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Re: Upgrading a host from 5.0 to 5.1 update 5
With a new, pre-installed host (assuming it's not already configured), I'd go ahead and reinstall it with the version you need.. Anyway, if you want to upgrade/patch the host, you may find VMware Front Experience: Quickest way to update your standalone host to ESXi 5.1 U1 as well as some other posts on this blog very helpful.
André
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Re: Adding SSD issue
Thank you very much for the quick reply and the comprehensive answer.
I do recall reading somewhere that I should not place the swap file on the same disk as the VM's? I have ESXi installed on a USB. will ESXi select the swap destination automatically, in this case the SSD because iT is the only drive currently installed?
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Re: Free Code for VCA-DV in Philippines
Hi,
You can try the 2 code below.
1. VCA13GKN
2. VMRT1B01791B
Regards,
Raymond
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Re: Where i can download VDI Agent + Client software
Yes i think that's the correct path . I am new with Vmware as we are testing VDI Solution . Thank you for pointing me in right direction .
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Re: Adding SSD issue
Placing the swap file on a different (usually slower type when you are using Host Cache, or a faster one (SSD) if not) disk is a best practice as described in the performance best practices document (http://www.vmware.com/pdf/Perf_Best_Practices_vSphere5.5.pdf - page 28). The default location for the swap files is in the same folder as the VM, but you can override this on a host (or cluster basis) under Configuration -> VM Swapfile location and choose a specific datastore. For the cluster, this is located in the cluster settings.
However, this is a bit more advanced stuff and needs to be thought through before changing this and it seems to me like you do not need this now. So, your VM swap files will be stored in the same folder as your VM files, but do note, that a swap file is equal to the memory assigned to the VM, minus any reservation. For a 8GB VM without any reservation, an 8 GB swap file (thick) will be created, so you lose 8 GB of capacity. Since SSD's usually are not so big as SATA or SAS disks, you might want to keep this in mind.
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