Problem vCenter Appliance & Web-Client
Hi, I have deploy new servers with VMware vSphere 5.5 with VMware vCenter Server Appliance.I have a problem! when I connect to my vCenter Server with vSphere Client, It show all, host and VM. But, with...
View ArticleHost Profiles and local dump file
Hi, i am just working with hostprofiles to get it working in my environment. But i have an issue configuring my local dump file.I install the host with autodeploy. I would like to do a statefull...
View ArticleAutoDeploy huge amount of errors
Some weeks ago updated vCenter from 4.x to 5.1I see the huge list of logs in windows events:--------------AutoDeploy 1 None "The description for Event ID 1 from source AutoDeploy cannot be...
View ArticleAssigning Administrator role to AD Group and delete default administrator...
Hi I have added AD group and assigned Administrator role to it. I want to delete administrator account or assign Read only role to it. But by executing I get an error. When I...
View ArticleHow to find the corresponding vmdk of the /dev/sd* disk added in linux system?
Hi, I have a situation where there are 3 disks -> /dev/sdj, /dev/sdk, /dev/sdl -> all 3 of same size in a RHEL system. I want to remove a disk(/dev/sdj) from the system from Vsphere. How to find...
View ArticleMoving vCenter database from SQl 2005 to SQL 2012 standard edition
Hi, As I was informed vCenter 5.5 database no longer supports SQl 2005 so I need to move vCenter database from one server to another. Any particular thing that needs to be done I was under impression...
View ArticleI/O Latency Monitoring
Hello guys,Is there a way to monitoring "Storage Path" and "Storage Adapter" in performance Tab over one week ? I just can do it in real time ... Thank you allPS: I cant create post on vsphere...
View ArticleCloning process in vCenter 5.5
I have recently upgraded from vCenter 5.1 to 5.5 and noticed the cloning process is very slow. Did anyone else notice? any suggestions? I still have my old vCenter 5.0 and when I clone a VM there it...
View ArticleUpgrade vCenter 5.0u3 to new seperate vCenter 5.5u1 server
I currently have a vCenter server 5.0u3 server with about 20 ESXi 5.0u3 hosts. My environment is running HA, DRS, SDRS, and has a single vDS with tons of port groups within.OS is Win Srv 2008 r2 with...
View ArticleQuestion about moving vMotion to new vSwitch
I am replacing my ESXi servers and I want to reconfigure vMotion to use a separate vSwitch with multiple NICs. Currently they are on my iSCSI NICs (I know it's not best practice) which is why I want to...
View ArticlevCenter Windows patches
Is there any documentation or guidelines in regards to if you should install Windows patches on your vCenter server or what patches you should install? I want to apply security patches but don't want...
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Repeated Tasks in Vmware Vcenter/Vsphere or a workflow
Hello All, This Question am going to ask might be a little basic as am not an expert in VMware Vcenter/Vsphere Support Person. So the question is, what are the tasks that are frequently...
View ArticleVM's unable to see vmfs datastore on host
I have 2 VM's v.10 that are unable to see/connect to a vmfs datastore on the host in the web client. The host is 5.5 and I have 2 other hosts and vm's that are 5.5/v.10 that can see the datastore fine...
View Articlevcops present in vSphere client but not in vSphere Web Client
Question for you. I just installed vCOPs to demo in our environment and I am having an issue seeing it in the web client. I am able to see it in the actual vSphere Client with all of the registered...
View Articlevcsa not starting after power loss?
Got a weird issue. I'm running vcenter appliance 5.5 update1 on a 2 host cluster in my lab. I started with 5.5 and updated it to 5.5 u1. It was running fine but yesterday my lab lost power and i...
View ArticleNeed help with a BMR of Guest VM
I am using DPM 2010 to make Bare Metal backups of some of my VM's and I need help doing a test BMR of one of those VM's so I know what I am doing in the event there is a actual crash of one of the...
View ArticleRecreate datastore which has been deleted from vCenter
Hi, I have deleted a datastore from vCenter (no data on the datastore), when I try to re-create the datastore I can not see the storage in the list. I have not done anything to the backend VPLEX, how...
View ArticleESX Cluster with vCenters in both DCs
Hi, we are deploying a new DC and we have the the following scenario:- Twin DCs working as active/active.- 1 ESX cluster between DCsWe see that we can only have 1 vCenter. If we have only 1 vCenter in...
View ArticleHow do I create standard vSwitches in a HA cluster where the VM fails over to...
I have a lab set up with 2 ESXi 5.5 hosts and vCenter. I want to create a situation where each VM must have a dedicated NIC. If I create vSwitchABC on host 1, what do I do on host 2? Create...
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Renamed storage device not shown on every host
Hi,Currently using VCSA 5.5 Build 1623101, I'm seeing this:I'm trying to rename storage devices. I do this on the host called esxb10You see, all is well.Now I go to another hostYou see some of the...
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