Win2012 Server Core: GUI installation


powershell
Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra,Server-Gui-Shell -Restart -Source wim:d:\sources\install.wim:2

to check for the correct source wim file:

Get-windowsimage –imagepath d:\sources\install.wim

the volume license ISO has the following images included:
1: enterprise core
2: enterprise with gui
3: datacenter core
4: datacenter with gui

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VMware: NFS datastore handling on commandline

list nfs datastores

esxcfg-nas -l

restore nfs datastores

esxcfg-nas -r

delete nfs datastores:

esxcfg-nas -d myDatastore

or

esxcli storage nfs remove -v myDatastore

add nfs datastores:

esxcfg-nas -a myDatastore -o nas-ip -s /vol/volume

VMware KBs:
KB1005057
KB1029301

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VMware: restarting management agents

on ESXi:

/sbin/services.sh restart

on ESX:

service mgmt-vmware stop
service vmware-vpxa stop
service vmware-vpxa start
service mgmt-vmware start

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kleine Töff Runde…

kleine Töff Runde:

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always start vSphere client in English (or German)

edit the VMware vSphere Client icon and add the parameter -locale:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\VpxClient.exe" -locale en-US

other locales are:
de-DE
en-GB
fr-FR

 

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