{"id":487,"date":"2010-09-21T14:23:56","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T13:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/?p=487"},"modified":"2010-09-21T14:25:49","modified_gmt":"2010-09-21T13:25:49","slug":"copy-paste-option-is-disabled-in-vsphere-client-4-1-default","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/?p=487","title":{"rendered":"Copy &#038; Paste option is disabled in vSphere Client 4.1 &#8211; default"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we upgraded one of our vSphere Clusters to 4.1 &#8211; it went smoothly \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>But today the users reported that they weren&#8217;t able to use cut % paste between the guest and their computer using the vSphere Client (Console).<\/p>\n<p>After a quick google we found that VMware has tightened the vSphere security by disabling this feature. See VMware <a title=\"KB1026437\" href=\"http:\/\/kb.vmware.com\/selfservice\/microsites\/search.do?language=en_US&amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;externalId=1026437\" target=\"_blank\">KB 1026437<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you need the cut &amp; paste functionality you can enable it again on the guest or host level.<\/p>\n<h3>For a single VM:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Using the vSpher Client logon to your vCenter server.<\/li>\n<li>Poweroff the VM.<\/li>\n<li>Edit the VM&#8217;s settings<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to <strong>Options &gt; Advanced &gt; General<br \/>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-489\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/?attachment_id=489\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-489\" title=\"cutpaste_Properties\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_Properties-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_Properties-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_Properties-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_Properties-500x275.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_Properties.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Configuration Parameters<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Add the following rows, by using <strong>Add Row<\/strong>\n<pre>isolation.tools.copy.disable \u00e2\u20ac\u201c  false\r\nisolation.tools.paste.disable  \u00e2\u20ac\u201c false\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-490\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/?attachment_id=490\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-490\" title=\"cutpaste_CP\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_CP-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_CP-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_CP-150x121.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_CP-500x406.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_CP.jpg 603w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>OK<\/strong> twice to close the dialogs and save the changes.<\/li>\n<li>PowerOn the VM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>For all VM&#8217;s on a host ESX\/ESXi<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Must be done on all hosts, so you don&#8217;t loose the functionality when the VM is migrated to another host.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Open a SSH to the host ex. using Putty<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Open \/etc\/vmware\/config in your favorit editor .<br \/>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-493\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/?attachment_id=493\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-493\" title=\"cutpaste_cos_vi1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_cos_vi1-300x69.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"69\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_cos_vi1-300x69.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_cos_vi1-150x34.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_cos_vi1-500x115.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_cos_vi1.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Add these lines to the file<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<pre>isolation.tools.copy.disable=\"FALSE\"\r\nisolation.tools.paste.disable=\"FALSE\"\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-499\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/?attachment_id=499\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-499\" title=\"cutpaste_cos_vi2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_cos_vi21-300x128.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_cos_vi21-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_cos_vi21-150x64.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_cos_vi21-500x213.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/files\/cutpaste_cos_vi21.jpg 673w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Save and close the config file. Cut &amp; Paste will work after a VM powerson, reboots or resume.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we upgraded one of our vSphere Clusters to 4.1 &#8211; it went smoothly \ud83d\ude42 But today the users reported that they weren&#8217;t able to use cut % paste between the guest and their computer using the vSphere Client (Console). 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