Collect EMC Grabs on ESXi hosts

Requirements:
1. EMC Grab (can be downloaded from support.emc.com).
2. Java must be installed. We can check using the command “java –version”.
3.
Process:
1. Download the EMC grab.
2. Browse to the EMC grab downloaded folder in command prompt.
3. Enter the below command:
emcgrab.exe –host <IP_Address_of_ESXi> -user <username_of_ESXi> -password <password_of_ESXi> -vmsupport

4. Accept the Legal Agreement by typing Y.
5. Enter the following information – Party Number,  Company Name, Phone, Email, SR Number etc. for Identification information.
6. Now the tool will start to collect the data and wait for it to finish.
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Download link for EMC GRAB for ESXi: ftp://ftp.emc.com/pub/emcgrab/ESXi/
Download link for EMC GRAB for ESX: ftp://ftp.emc.com/pub/emcgrab/ESX/

Fixing Mouse Control Issue while taking RDP of Win 2012, 2016 Servers

Most of the time when we are working with Win 2012 and 2016 servers via RDP, we would have had tough challenge in controlling the mouse in RDP screen.  Its not controllable, can’t point the mouse where you need, the clicks you do end up on other options and it’s more frustrating. 👿👿

We can fix this problem by editing the Mouse Properties and disable the pointer shadow.

Go to Start > Control Panel > Mouse

In the Mouse Properties window, select the Pointers tab and Un-Check Enable Pointer Shadow > Click apply.

Now we should be see the mouse is controlling smoothly.  😀😀


There is also a way in registry to disabled this (I recommend to at least export the key which you are about to modify):
I actually recently came across the following registry settings which seems to disable the cursor shadow for any users ->
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects]
"VisualFXSetting"=dword:00000003
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
- vcadmin


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\CursorShadow]