SSO configuration and default domain
Good morning, I'm currently working through the steps required to build a new 5.5 vCenter server with the aim of eventually migrating our existing 5.0 ESXi hosts to it before upgrading them to ESXi...
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How to Edit Settings on virtual vCenter running vmx-10?
Hi, Recently I setup whole new vSphere 5.5 environment on several physical servers and then deployed virtual vCenter 5.5.Unfortunately I made a mistake and upgraded virtual HW to vmx-10 on vCenter. Now...
View ArticleSolutions for system-wide patch management
I'd like to know if there are any solutions from VMware that manage patch deployment across all pieces of VMware software. It would be nice to have a single place to go for patching vSphere, vCenter,...
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Upgrading from ESX 5.0 U2 to ESX 5.0 U3
Folks ive been doing a good bit of searching but havent found what im looking for - im looking for a white paper that details the steps required to move from U2 to U3. Anyone able to help. i read the...
View ArticleEval download for vCenter 5.5.0 Update 1a is same file as Update 1
I have been building out a nested virtualization lab using Fusion, and was working with vCenter 5.5.0 Update 1 installed on a Windows 2012 R2 host. I blew it all away to start over, and when I went to...
View ArticleCanceling snapshot removal process
Hello everybodyI just wanted to ask is it safe to cancel- delete all snapshot process ? I've made snapshot a while ago and now made mistake of deleting it when VM is still runing , after 6h its 12 %....
View ArticleRead only role for user that also needs to view logs - what privilege?
I have an audit user that has read only role and they discovered that they can't view the logs (version 5.0 623373). so I want to keep the read only role but add the privilege to view the VIC logs...
View ArticleIn vCenter, under HOME>Management>EVENTS I am seeing event message:
Hi Experts,In vCenter, under HOME>Management>EVENTS I am seeing event message: "Cannot login user NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON@x.x.x.x : no permission" x.x.x.x is the IP address of our vCENTER...
View ArticleConsolidating VM on to same datastore
A VM was originally created on VMFS1 and the name.vmdk, name_1.vmdk files created. More disk volumes were created on a different datastore VMFS2. When created the names of the new volumes match the...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client access in vCenter Server Appliance
hi,im using vcenter server appliance 5.5 deployed using ovf, vsphere web client service is running well. when accessing from user using https://vcenterserver:9443/vsphere-client i got certificate...
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Essential kit managed through vCenter standard
Hello We got 3 host ESXi 4.1 cluster but the version doesn't matter, because we want to upgrade it in nearly future. The thing is that we also want to expand our infrastructure, lets say with 2 new...
View ArticleChanging VCenter server IP Address
Hello VMwareAfter i changed vcenter ip address(Windows Server 2008) , i cannot connect to vcenter.in windows services i restart VMware VirtualCenter Server,but it cannot be stared.this error will...
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How can I get rid of an 4K sectors LUN ?
Hi, On our equallogic newly upgraded there is an option to create 4k sectors LUN'sI did so and I presented this to the esxi. It is detected, but I can't use it as DATASTOREThe reason is simple, no...
View ArticleMigrating vcenter to another machine
I have a virtual center running with 5.1 version and build a new virtual center with 5.5 U1a. I would like to move all objects including alarms, permissions assigned, inventory, schedule tasks and DRS...
View ArticleSRM with Essentials Plus, licensing vcenter Q.
I see that SRM is compatible with essentials plus, Compatibility Matrixes for vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.1My question is can I run 2 vcenter servers in 2 different sites using the same vcenter...
View ArticleCould not connect to one or more vCenter Server systems: VCENTER APPLIANCE 5.5
Hi all, I have installed with new v center appliance 5.5 in my lab environment.i have connected with external oracle db.have enabled embedded SSO .connected with windows AD. in the configuration...
View ArticleVcenter service 5.5 doesn't start after domain change
Hi we have a vCenter server 5.5 (simple install) on windows server std 2012. After changing the domain of the vcenter server, the vcenter service doesn't start. Any ideas ???Thanx
View Article5.5 heartbleed patch issue with certutil and multiple FQDN/IP on cert
Hi-I'm running into a vcenter server 5.5 Heartbleed update (to 1750787) issue with certutil.exe. Per the instructions on VMware KB: Resolving OpenSSL Heartbleed for VMware vCenter Server 5.5 , after...
View ArticlevCenter Server Service stops with VmRoot Error Panic! in vpxd.log
Hello, I have a problem with a vCenter Server. The service didn't start anymore since yesterday. Vpxd.log shows only Unrecoverable VmRootError Panic! I updated the vCenter Server from Version 5.5b to...
View ArticleNo ctrl character passthrough in the Web Client
OK, ran into another web client problem this morning. Ctrl-C isn't being passed through to the VM when using the web client's console application. Tried Ctrl-C, Ctrl-Z, and Ctrl-D (to invoke the...
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