Deleting Orphaned VM from vCenter Inventory in vSphere Web Client

Orphaned VMs in vCenter Inventory is not an new Issue. But last week one of my customer struggled for removing it from inventory as in vSphere Web Client, he did not get remove from inventory option when my client right clicked on orphaned vm.

In vSphere Web Client, Remove VM from Inventory option is not directly available when you do right click on VM. For this Click on All Virtual Infrastructure Actions > More Uncategorized Actions > Remove for Inventory.

Cannot install the vCenter Server agent service. Unknown installer error System

Issue
Cannot install the vCenter Server agent service. Unknown installer error System 
Cause
This issue occurs due to the process in which VMware-fdm-uninstall.sh runs when there is a reboot request set on the host.
Resolution
This issue is resolved in vCenter Server 6.5.x,
To work around this issue in earlier versions, place the affected host(s) in maintenance mode and reboot them to clear the reboot request.

 

Customization of the guest operating system is not supported in this configuration

Issue :- Today when i was performing the VM deployment from template, it gets failed with this error message "Customization of the guest operating system is not supported in this configuration"

Solution:
1. Convert your template to VM
2. Power it On
3. Install VMware Tools
4. Power it Off
5. Convert it back to Template.

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