4.1 to 5.1 Upgrade - SQL 2008 Std or R2?
Hi, Am looking to upgrade my companies vCenter 4.1 installation to 5.1 so I have been replicting my environment on an isolated test lab so I can see how it goes. Currently I have vCenter Server running...
View ArticleMigrating from vCenter 5.0 to 5.1
Currently I have a vCenter 5.0 installation w/4 hosts(cluster). My vCenter is virtual on the cluster. My cluster is sized so that I really only needed 3 of the 4 hosts. I want to be able to create a...
View ArticleSRM With SAS connections
hi, I am going to make a proposal for a DC & DR site with vcenter Site Recovery manager. We use IBM DS3524 (firmware version 7.84.44.00) storage with SAS connections to the hosts. vmware says SRM...
View Articleautomatic vMotion on error / host evacuation
hello, how can i configure selected VMs to move from one to another host of my vSA HA cluster?i feature moving some VMs to another host, if one host throws a PSU alert, a fan fault or a BBU error.is...
View ArticleAlert on vCenter Service Status
Hello, OnI have a Virtual Center at version 5.0 Update 1 installed on a Windows 2008 R2, and I have the same symptons that appear on following KB:http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2016177But I don't have any...
View ArticleNew install of vCenter Server Fails - SSO
I am running a new nested system for a home lab. I am running Workstation 9 with latest vCenter version. I have the DC, SQL all setup and verified. The clocks are set to the same time within seconds...
View ArticleVmware Vcenter 5.1 unattended installation
Hi Team, Am trying to install Vcenter 5.1 in a unattended way, i have used the following code. start /wait vmware-vcServer.exe /S /L1033 /v " /qr LICENSEKEY=\"\" DB_SERVER_TYPE=Custom...
View ArticleRemove Host from vCenter while keeping VM's online?
Planning on moving serveral esx hosts to a new vcenter server. The hosts are connected to the current vcenter server and are in a cluster. I would like to keep all VM's running while doing so. If I...
View ArticleVcenter 5.1 Command line installation
Hi Team, I have used the below Command line installation method , but still the parameters are not feeded in to the wizard , can any one help pelase ? d:\Vcenter-Server\vmware-vcServer.exe /S /L 1033...
View ArticleRe: vCenter inventory Service
Hello Guys, I am trying to Install vcenter server 5.1. I had a successful instalaltion of the vcenter Single Sign on Server. I am trying to install the Vmware vCenter Inventory service. I am installing...
View ArticleUsing DRS to seclude a VM to a host
Hello all, I am looking for some method to seclude one VM to one host. I see there are methods within DRS to keep the VM to the host, but for other reasons we need to keep all other VMs off that host...
View ArticleGuest OS selection during VM creation, discrepancies in posible selections
Attempting to deploy a new Windows Server 2012 VM while connected to our vCenter Server via the vSpere client.. I get to the guest OS selection and click the Windows radio button, then expand the drop...
View ArticleCommand line installation in Vcenter 5.1 fails.
I'm trying command line installation of Vcenter5.1 by usinghttp://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vsp_51_vcserver_cmdline_install.pdf. from which i've created batch file and executed it in...
View ArticleVSA Installation Failure
Hello Guys, I'm trying to install VSA and the setup returns a failure. I tried some things to repair, but without success.Please could you help me? My Enviroment:2 servers ready to deploy VSAThe...
View ArticleAD Authentication works for some but not all users
I have setup a vCenter server and added one host. The ESXi 5.1 host is joined to the domain and so is the Windows 2008 R2 server that vCenter is installed on. I have setup about 35 users from AD...
View Articlehow to logon to ESXi shell with domain id
Hi, We have joined ESXi 5.0 host to active directory. We can logon from VI client with our domain credentials.We want to access ESXi shell with our domain id. Please suggest.
View ArticleExit standby mode
Dear's, I need help. After configure vMotion, the host started standby mode and now he's do not Power On. On Power On one message is displayed: Exit standby mode:The operation is not supported on the...
View Articlehow to configure update manager to download only esxi 5.xx patches
Hi, I want my UpdateManager to download only ESX 5.0 and above patches. This is because I dont have any previous version of ESX in my enviroment. I found this article for UpdateManager 4.x which...
View ArticlevCenter Operations Manager 5.7 Blank Dashboard
I've just upgraded my Operations Manager from v5.0.2 to the new v5.7 using the upgrade package (.pak file.) The upgrade process was relatively painless and reported no errors. But now, the Dashboard...
View ArticleDeploying using customization specification
Hello, I'm trying to deploy VMs from a template that I have created and customize them using a customization specification. I'm using vSphere 5.0, my template is Windows 7 32-bit using a Multiple...
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