How to Convert VMWare 5.5 to Windows 2012 HyperV

Part 1 – Prep the VMware VM Uninstall VM Tools and VMware Converter Agent from within the OS Turn off the VM Make sure it’s checked as Independent in VMware by right clicking the machine name, then choose “Edit Settings”. Continue reading How to Convert VMWare 5.5 to Windows 2012 HyperV

Automatically Reboot VMWare ESXi Exception 14 Purple Screen

I have an ESXi VMWare server that has had a couple of purple screens now. Unfortunately, the default is to sit there and wait for some user interaction. This happens to require knowing about it, then a 30 minute drive Continue reading Automatically Reboot VMWare ESXi Exception 14 Purple Screen

How to Patch VMWare ESXi 5.5 from Command Line

*Note* Patches can be found by going to the Patch Portal. http://www.vmware.com/patchmgr/findPatch.portal  Recently after upgrading from VMWare 4.1 to VMWare ESXi 5.5 I ran into an issue with a Windows 2008 VPN server getting the following error message. PPTP VPN Continue reading How to Patch VMWare ESXi 5.5 from Command Line

Restart VMware Tools on Window’s Virtual Machines

  I keep running into an issue where VMTools will display a status of “not running” after rebooting some machines too fast, say after a Windows Update or just because they feel like it. One fix is to simply reboot Continue reading Restart VMware Tools on Window’s Virtual Machines