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When running VMware PowerShell CLI you receive this error:
Set-ExecutionPolicy : Access to the registry key ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftPowerShell1ShellIdsMicrosoft.PowerShell’ is denied.
Right click powercli and click: “Run As Administrator”
Once powershell starts type this command:
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
If you have VMware vCenter – Click Migrate
For those of us who do not have VMware vCenter:
1. Shutdown the VM
2. SSH to the ESXi machine and type:
vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/NAME-OF-VM/NAME-OF-VM.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/NAME-OF-VM/NAME-OF-VM-thin.vmdk -d ‘thin’ -a lsilogic
Once the copy is done, go into the settings of your VM, delete the hard disk, and add a new hard disk pointing to the “thin” vmdk you created. Boot your vm, if it all works then you can use the datastore browser to delete the thick vmdk and you are done.
ESXi / ESX / VSphere / VMWare
Something is locking your VM and preventing it from starting.
Solution: Snapshot the VM
Snapshot unlocks the VM.
Now the VM will start normally.
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Installing FreeBSD 7.1 (or 8.x), with the AMD64 version, under VMware ESXi and the CD loader crashes with a: “BTX Halted”.
The solution is to enable: “Intel Virtualization” in BIOS. Also known as “VT”
However if your BIOS also has Intel VT-d (Direct I/O), do not enable this.