vCenter database /manage question
We are running vCenter 5.5 on a separate Windows 2012 SQL server. Now we need to deploy another vCenter to scale out our environment. My question is can I use the existing SQL server and create a...
View ArticleCan ESXi 5.5 U1 be used with vCenter 5.5 (non-U1)
Hello, Some of our ESXi 5.5 hosts have been upgraded to U1 but we have not upgrade vCenter to U1 yet. Is this OK? My understanding is that vCenter ALWAYS has to be at a higher or same version as the...
View ArticleAre changes made directly to an ESXi host synchronized in vCenter?
Are any and all changes made to an individual ESXi host automatically synchronized to vCenter? If anyone knows of a good document detailing how this works I'd appreciate that thanks, Rick
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 heartbleed upgrade to 5.5.0.c
So according to the security announce email from VMware, there is a fix for vCenter 5.5 for the heartbleed flaw.Its recommending upgrading to 5.5.0c for my version of vCenter (5.5.0 Build 1312298). Has...
View ArticleVcenter Server suddenly will not start.
Could not log into Virtual Center, and discovered Vcenter Server Service will not start. Tried a few things like changing IIS port numbers, etc, no luck. Tried changing service logon to my account,...
View ArticleC:\Program Files\VMware\CIS\openSSL still reports 1.0.1e
Hello, I just applied the heartbleed patch vCenter Server 5.5 Update 1a 1750787 yet my openssl still reports that vulnerable version. I contacted support and they said that's normal after some time...
View ArticleStorage Monitoring service Initialization Failed / Got duplicate entries for...
Hi in our vCenter, the Storage Monitoring service cannot intialize. Storage views fail to launch orrectly, and for example, VC Operations manager cannot collect informations about storage capacity....
View ArticleVcenter 5.5 webclient empty
I have installed vcenter 5.5 web client and after the installation when I launch the window I am getting empty/blank page. Do I have to do anything else? https://localhost:9443/vsphere-client
View ArticleFailed to connect to VMware Lookup Service -...
Hello, I have a vcenter server 5.5 installed on win 2008 R2. i can connect to it easily using the vsphere-cleint but when i use the web client the following error is issued Failed to connect to VMware...
View ArticlevSphere 5.1 With vCenter 5.1: Deploy a new VM from a Snapshot
So, per the title, is it possible to deploy a new VM from a VM's Snapshot?What we did was snapshot at certain points of an application installation, OS patch, .Net patch, and finally a "Working" point...
View ArticleNeed answer for this interview question where
Hi All, Consider we have 2 ESXi hosts added to the cluster with no HA & DRS enabled. If one of the hosts goes down how will you get the list of VMs which was built on the failed ESXi host to...
View ArticleExporting single volume out of a VMX or OVA
Hi There, This topic was touched on in this link here Splitting 2 partitions on a single VMDK to 2 VMDKs ... It is an older post, but I am trying to do the same thing. I have an OVA file that was...
View ArticlevCenter in DR Site for SRM
I have just finished my upgrade to vCenter and ESXi 5.5 and now I'm looking to deploy a second vCenter in my DR site in preparation for SRM deployment. Can someone point me to a configuration or best...
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ESXI 5.5 sometimes hangs
Hi all, My Exsi server sometimes hangs. when it hangs, Desktop screen on Exsi still displayed basic page normally ( page have <F2>,<F12>..), but system hangs, so i cannot access it directly...
View ArticlevCenter Operations 5.8.0 Data Import Question
Is it possible to import historical data from standalone instances of VCOPS 1.0, and 5.0, into a running standalone instance of 5.8? I would like to have the historical data available in my reporting...
View ArticleAll VMs Reverted to Previous Snapshots and Performance Spike at 3:00am
Hello vCenter Community, I have a vSphere environment with two hosts, each with 64GB of ram and dual Xeon E5-2620 CPUs. The environment was recently set up (last 5 months) and has been running with no...
View ArticleWeb Client login with "Use Windows Session credentials" error
Hi,I have been trying to configure vCenter Server appliance 5.5.0b (suse).I've created a user in bash console and added permissions to it with full access to vcenter server (with propagation), added it...
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fault tolerance without site-recovery-manager, HA
Hi, we have not the feature site-recovery-manager.But I will build a fault tolerance for vcenter-server. I have 2 vcenter licenses and my idea is to build a group of linked vcenter server. if one get...
View ArticleVcenter Host 5.0 crashing with Microsoft 2012
Hello Everyone, My 2 host keeps crashing after I installed Windows 2012 x64 bit server. I am using VMWare 5.0, 1311175. Do you happen to know the fix for this? pls. advise. Thanks,palester90
View ArticleESXi 5.50u1 and Solaris 11.1
HI all!I try to install Oracle Solaris 11.1 for create 2 NFS share.Create VM (8 version), set 4096 MB RAM, 4 core and set Oracle Solaris 11 (64-bit) and connect VMXNET 3 adapter (fro 10Gbps speed...
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