I was recently using VMware converter to perform a file level clone of a physical server. However several hours in it failed. After reviewing the converter logs I found the following error:

"FileLevelCloning::task{12}: Image processing task has failed with PlatformError fault: (123) The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."

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So you've just created an additional LUN/volume and presented it to all your ESXi servers?

Now you want to rescan the HBAs on the servers so you can start using the storage, but you dont fancy manually doing this on say 10 or maybe even 100 servers.

Here is a very handy piece of VMware PowerCLI that will connect to your vCenter Server, get the list of clusters and hosts, then rescan all the HBAs on those hosts (ESX/ESXi). 

Note: Don't forget to change vcenter.domain.local to your vCenter server!!

So we have already covered SRM 5 - Priorities and Recovery Order in a previous post. However what if we want to manipulate the startup order more specifically within a priority group?

Well that's what we have "VM Dependencies" for for each virtual machine within the recovery plan.

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I've been building Office 2010 as a ThinApp for some time now, recently it has got a lot more simpler to achieve. Better still VMware official support it with KMS and MAK licensing now, if using the latest version of ThinApp.

Sometimes I dont always take my notes around with me so I'm posting this up on my site so others can use it. Enjoy! Its worked for me over and over but if you find anything I could change/improve let me know. 

1. Pre-Requistites:

• ThinApp package VM must be Windows 7 SP1 plus updates
• ThinApp software must be 4.7.1 or higher
• Check the .net feature is installed in Windows 7 (should be by default)
• Copy contents of Office 2010 ISO (Folders/files) to capture machine

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