If you find unresponsiveness behavior of a virtual machine, you can use ESXCLI command to turn off or power off a virtual machine. Connect to console of your ESXi host, you can use putty to establish a ssh session. To find a list of all the virtual machines running on the host, use the below […]
Find the Service Tag of a Dell ESXi Host
There are several ways to find the service tag of a Dell ESXi host. This post could be helpful to find the Service Tag of a Dell ESXi Host remotely. You need to establish either a ssh or a console session to the ESXi host. Type in the below commands: [root@localhost:`] cd /bin [root@localhost:/bin] cd […]
Cannot disable the provisioning of desktops on a VMware View pool
Sometimes, you see the below error message on View Administrator Console while trying to disable the provisioning of desktops: “Provisioning was not disabled on all the pools due to an error” To resolve this issue, you need to change the values of “Allow users to choose protocol” from YES to NO. Therefore, changing this […]
Dell Wyse Device Manager (WDM) error : client cannot be deleted due to pending updates
While using Wyse Device Manager (WDM) server and trying to delete a thin client device from the device manger, you may receive an error message saying “client cannot be deleted due to pending updates”. You can try to apply the below fix: Under WyseDeviceManager, expand Update Manager and click on Real Time Commands. If […]
Desktop shortcuts disappear in Windows 7
In windows 7, the shortcuts created on the desktop may be missing. If the shortcuts are broken the System Maintenance Troubleshooter will be responsible to delete these shortcuts. A shortcut will be considered as broken if it is not always available for example a shortcut to a network folder will be considered as broken shortcut […]