Service account trying to log into vCenter several hundred times a minute -...
I have been working on a script to pull the vCenter tasks and events through PowerCLI with the "Get-VIEvent" commands and noticed something strange going on. For some reason I have a service account...
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Vcenter Appliance 5.1 - AD issue with external DNS -
Hello, We try to put in place an AD authentication on our Vcenter Appliance 5.1. AD works fine for other machines (Win2008, Win2012). But AD is not the DNS zone, so we had to create the SRV...
View Articlevcenter 5.5 failed, the service will not start!
Friends, I'm having trouble in vCenter services "vCenter Server" and "web services" do not start, already looked in the event log error and makes reference to the event in 1000. watched the ODBC and is...
View ArticleData Protection User Role
Anyone know of user roles in the Sphere Web Client to grant: "User A" with Read-Only Access to vDPA -and-"User B" with vDPA Backup/Restore Admin rights Only I've tried assigning Read Only...
View ArticlevCenter 4.1 Upgrade to 5.x SQL Server
Hi All, Im looking at upgrading my vCenter 4.1 installation to vCenter 5.x. As per the below link please can someone confirm that by upgrading it will automatically upgrade the database to a supported...
View ArticleHelp!! vCenter 5.1.0 VMware Customization in Progress keep customizing VMs.
Hi Guys, I'm facing a different issue which I've never seen before. I'm using vSphere 5.1.0, 1743533 and vCenter Server 5.1.0, 1473063. I've created a new VM Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and...
View ArticleError in Vcenter 5.5U1 Web Client and Plugin Update Manager
Hi I upgraded my Vcenter Appliance from 5.5 to 5.5U1 without problems. And upgraded the Windows Update Manager Server. Now i have this error message when i open the Update Manager TAB in the Vsphere...
View ArticleLooking for the best scenario to do P2V.
I have the following virtual farm setups: Melbourne & Sydney:- 7x VMware hosts in each site running VMware 4.1.- 1x datacentre in each site made up of 7 virtual hosts.- 2x SANs in each site used...
View ArticleMigrating VM (VMDK's/VMX/etc) from one VC to another VC with Source and...
I'm migrating a guest from a datastore presented to a host in a cluster on one of our virtual center servers to a datastore presented to the same host in our DR virtual center environment. I have...
View ArticleCan I use vSphere web client without dns?
Customer won't use a dns in its environment.After deployed a vCenter without dns configuration, web client plugin cannot mount local device.Is there a solution?
View ArticleSpecification Customization Manager with Windows 2012 R2
I'm having some issues with this, I've setup the customization I want with "virtual machine name" being the guest host name, and added in the credentials to add the machine to the domain, but after...
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Can't reache my vCenter Appliance anymore by web management, ssh (Personal lab)
Hi , I'am new in the virtualisation world, so i tried to install à personal lab to be able to do some virtualisation tests on my PC.I have installed a vCenter appliance 5.1 on my workstation, so for...
View ArticleInterview Question
1) What steps do you take virtualise a physical datacentre ? 2) ESXi runs on 64 bit cpu. How does it supports windows 32 bit ? Because at the end VM uses underlying physical hardware which is 64 bit ?
View ArticleWhat is the Discovered Virtual Machine folder in vCenter web console?
What is the Discovered Virtual Machine folder in vCenter web console?I have about 20 vms listed in here and the rest listed under Virtual Machines. Thanks,Dan
View ArticleGuidance for redeploying Vcenter 5.0 to 5.5
Hi, I currently have a Vcenter 5.0 environment. II want to fresh install 5.5. Rather than upgrade from 5.0 to 5.5. Main reason is that we are using the SQL2005 Express currently.I want to uninstall...
View ArticleHelp on the best way to move guests from vCenter to a standalone Host
I have rewritten this question about the best method to move guests from a vCenter cluster to a standalone VM. I have four (4) guests I need to move off my vCenter cluster to a standalone VM host. My...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 imcXXX.tmp file after Image Customization
Hi, Has anyone ever ran through a problem where you try to deploy W2K8 R2 VM from Template using Customization Wizard and end up with a "VMware Image customization in progress" loop?There is a...
View ArticleWeb Client Unable to See Datacenter
My Setup: 1. This is a lab environment.2. I have the vCenter virtual appliance sitting inside the ESX environment datastore that I want to manage.3. I have the vCenter server fully configured and...
View ArticleCan we do Host Firmware upgrade from Vcenter
HI Team, Can we upgrade the ESXi Host firmware from Vcenter server itself...? If we can upgrade from vCenter please let me know the process for the UCS Blade server's. Thanks in advance. Thanks,Sravana...
View ArticleCan we do vMotion from esxi 5.1 to esxi 4.x version
Hi All, Can we do vMotion from esxi 4.1 to esxi 5.1 version ? Virtual machine hardware version 9 ThanksSrikanth
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