Unable to remove VMware ESXi host in VMware vCenter
During a migration process from ESX to ESXi at a customer site we had a problem removing a server from the vCenter inventory.
We checked the permissions on this server and we saw that the user who wanted to remove the server was admin on datacenter level. Here the screen we got.
Knowing there is a PowerCLI command to remove a ESXi host from the vCenter, we walked that way with success.
I used this
PowerCLI script to remove this server from the inventory after moving the
server out of the cluster to the datacenter level.
Connect-VIServer vCenterServer
Remove-VMHost “HostThatCannotBeRemovedViaGui” –confirm:$false
Disconnect-VIServer –confirm:$false
Clipboard Copy and Paste not possible in vSphere 4.1 Console connection
Hi,
I have done a lot of migration to VMware vSphere 4.1. Everytime I bumb into the same issue: When I open a Console to a Virtual Machine and want to copy / paste some info into the Virtual Machine, it does not work anymore.
This because in vSphere 4.1 VMware has introducted one of the setting out of the Security Hardening guide for vSphere 4.0. There ore 2 ways to bypass these settings:
- Use a RDP connection instead of a VMware Console connection to your Windows Machines and then the copy / paste still works (this is a best practice)
- Change the settings so copy / paste is allowed again. Read this VMware KB Article