vSphere Web Client 5.5 VM console connection timed out
I'm running vCenter server appliance 5.5 Update 1. It sits behind a NAT'ed firewall in the same vlan and network as all the ESX hosts it manages. My windows7 workstation is outside the firewall. I'm...
View ArticleDid a reinstall of vcenter server now there is no inventory
Hi all I had some issues after upgrading from Vcenter server 4 to 5.5. I decided to start again so I ununstalled all the components including sql Now that I have done a clean install when I connect to...
View Articlei deleted a VM from datastore (somewhat), now what?
Good Day! I was clearing out “test” data from a datastore when I got a locked file warning. After some digging I found that one of the “test” servers in the datastore was renamed in vSphere and was a...
View ArticleIssues with vCenter 5.5 web client on Safari, Chrome and Firefox on Mac
Hi Guys,I know this seems to have been covered a few times and a few months back, however, I am still having issues.I cannot open a console to my virtual machines through Safari, firefox or chrome.The...
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New build 4 ESXi vSan servers and new build vCenter Server for vSAN
OK, So I have fresh install of 4 esxi servers installed using the iso for vSAN. I also have the fresh new vCenter server installed using the iso from the vSAN section download.Now, how do I add a...
View ArticleSafe to stop VCenter Server Services on appliance?
I need to make a manual backup of the POSTGRES DB due to stale licenses issue. http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2054008 To do this I...
View ArticleHow to move vCenter server 5.5 from Windows Datacenter Server 2012 vm to...
My supervisor wants to move the vCenter server 5.5 we installed to a vm with Windows Datacenter Server 2012 to a vm with Windows Datacenter Server 2008?Can i just delete the vCenter Server 5.5 vm and...
View ArticleV2V Reduce Disk
Hi, I perform Virtual to Virtual migration ( vmware 5.0 to vmware 5.1) I would like to reduce the disk capacity of VMs, but vcenter converter doesn't had this feature like physical 2 virtual migration...
View ArticleHow quick can I get the entire affected List of Virtual machines OR rebooted...
Once HA Event happens on 5.x series, How quick can I get the entire affected List of Virtual machines OR rebooted ? Any script or CMD from VCLI to find the Event on Cluster. Let me know the CMD...
View ArticlePurging old data from the database used by VMware vCenter Server 4.x and 5.x...
Hi, I am trying to reduce the size of the database, currently 190GB using scripts supplied in the VMWare KB article 1025914 Unfortunately when I run the script I am getting error below: Msg 4440, Level...
View ArticlevCenter Database full after a few days
Hey I'm really new to VMware and just set up vCenter Server. Everything ran fine until vCenter was not reachable anymore.The reason: my Transaction Log is full (it was 9.9GB of 10GB max space available...
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vCenter Server 5.5 compatibility with vSphere 4 Hypervisor
I have recently installed vCenter Server 5.5.0.5201 (With a valid vCenter Standard licence) and I'm in the process of adding Hosts to the vCenter Datacenter. I can successfully connect to the Host but...
View ArticlevCenter keeps locking accounts
Hello everyone! I need some troubleshooting for this issue I'm having. Environment is vCenter Server Appliance Version 5.5.0 Build 1588022. The problem is vCenter keeps locking out both my vdp and...
View ArticleChanged IP Address of vCenter - No Longer Able to Manage Via Web UI
So, there are many questions out there related to this, but I haven't found a definitive answer to this issue. I recently changed the IP address of my vCenter (running on Windows, not the appliance)....
View ArticleAdding ESXi host to vCenter fails due to the hosts license
I have been handed an ESXi 5.5.0 server which has a vSphere 5 Hypervisor license. Unfortunately, vCenter Server (evaluation license) appears to not support the management of such hosts: "The host is...
View ArticleCannot use Windows session credentials when logging into vCenter
Hi, We have an Active Directory domain based on Server 2008 R2. I have successfully deployed a vCenter Server Appliance and joined the domain with it. I also added both forward and reverse lookup...
View ArticleSO Diagnostic & Troubleshooting Tools 5.5 - Do these actually exist?
Hi I keep seeing lots of blogs and documentation from Vmware about the SSO Diagnostic & Troubleshooting Tools 5.5. Do these actually exist? Ive seen lots of posts of people lookinhg for these...
View ArticleHow to create a new role for Read-only Console on vCenter 5.5.
HiRecently, My requirement is that this new role can Launch Virtual Machine Console and check console tab. but this role's mouse and keyboard can NOT involve in current running VM. Mouse and keyboard's...
View ArticleFresh install of VCenter 5.5 (error code 29113)
Need some help please: Setting up a fresh installation of vCenter 5.5, all components being installed are on the same Virtual MachineOS: Windows 2008 R2 Sp1 Not the Domain controller - Verified...
View ArticleCannot log into or reinstall vCenter Server 5.1
Hello, I am new to VMware and did not setup what we have.I attempted to login to our vCenter server and got the following message.vSphere Client could not connect to "I.P. Address" An unknown error...
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