Cannot Login to vCenter
On our vCenter server, I find that I cannot login this morning. Was working fine yesterday. I am getting the attached errors. One for the web client and the other for the installed client. I have...
View ArticleSet default location for snapshot to local esxi
Hello friends, We have a 3 node esxi 5.1 cluster & iSCSI storage. All the vm's are currently running on storage. I want to change set the default loation of snapshot created for vm's on esxi local...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Deleting VSwitch/VDSwitch. Error messages. Screenshots.
Im aware of the amount of images! Sorry. :-) I am trying to understand vswitch and VDSwitch, and now I am battling to get rid of the VDS, but I manage only to get error messages: An error occurred...
View ArticleHow to retrieve information under VMware.Vim.HostCpuIdInfo
Hello all! I'm looking for a way to display all VM's and the CPUID Mask value for edx register under Level 80000001 via PowerCLI. The following article describes how to set it, but I am not talented...
View ArticleWeb client Failed to connect to VMware Lookup Service error with old DNS name...
HI, I had a Vcenter server named virtualcenter.domain.com (192.168.1.10) with Vcenter 5.1 (With SSO, Inventory, Webclient) on a windows 2008 R2 with a MSSQL2012 db.I tried to update from 5.1 to 5.5u1...
View ArticleVcenter SysPrep
HelloI want to create clone from template with custumization of operating system (sys prep)Now when i prefome it vcenter asked me for the answer file and my quastion is where dose the vcenter saves it?Thx
View ArticleClik here to view.
Where Can I Download Storage vMotion Plugin ?!
Hello guys,I'm looking for download Storage vMotion Plugin in vmware.com but I didn't find it ...I have the vCenter Server version 5.1 Build 1235232 ... Is there something I missed ? Thank you in...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 renaming doesn't work
Hello,I've tried to do a little experiment before trying it on a production server:I have created a new (virtual) vCenter server in order to rename it.I've checked online how to do it step by...
View ArticleRe: Restrict VM admin user from reserveing the cpu and memory on VM
How to restrict user from createing reservation on resource pool
View ArticleWake On Lan Issue On VC 5.5 .
HiI'm learning Vmware Vsphere, and now I'm testing its DPM featuresI build a lab config using 3 machines : 1 Win2008+VCenter 5.5 server and 2 ESXi 5.5 hosts;all of them has 2 intel e1000 nic,I...
View ArticleForgot to stop vCenter service before 4.1 to 5.1 upgrade
Like the title says, I forgot to stop the vCenter service on my vCenter server before upgrading it from 4.1 to 5.1. I used the simple install and it completely without errors and I am able to manage my...
View ArticleClustering 2 Instances of VCenter for Redunancy between sites
We have 2 sites that we have VSphere ESXi 5.5 Servers at one primary site and one backup site. I am working on bring the backup site online right now, however I am running into a conundrum. Each site...
View ArticleStorage DRS disabled on a VM
All, I was wanting to inquire what the impact of disabling SDRS for an individual VM was. Will it still include this VM in the used space calculation for SDRS rules? I would assume so and it would...
View ArticleUnable to connect to vCenter
I am trying to learn more about vsphere 5.5 and have installed a lab at home. Created a DC and 3 VMs. I also have 2 Hosts to test DRS, HA, Clustering , etc VM#1 - Domain ControllerVM#2 - LAB-VC...
View ArticleVMTools on vCenter Virtual Machine
Is it safe to install vmtools onto my virtual vCenter server?
View ArticleHow to check Packet drop on dvSwitch
Dear Team, I want to check packet drop on dvSwitch then how to check and what metrics I have to check. regardsMr VMware
View ArticleHorizon View Client - Connection Error
Hi AllI am hoping there is someone out there can can help me...I have a working VMware Horizon View environment set up and working. The issue i am having is allowing access to the agent via the...
View ArticleError #1009 when opening Client Plug-Ins on vSphere Web Client.
I am using vCenter Web Client with vCenter 5.5. I recently installed the Dell OpenManage Essentials Plugin for VMware Integration. The plugin itself seems to be working correctly (it appears on the...
View ArticleCTK.VMDK files get created automatically
We have a VM called ISTQB, yesterday morning it was noticed that this was offline. On investigation we found that the VM had a 'consolidation needed' message. I performed the consolidation which...
View ArticleQuestion about VM Operation Manager installation
Hi, - Is IP Pools need same network as vCenter server ?? Or either connectable network is ok ?? - In my environment, there are around 150 VM in 2 cluster. What's the disk size I should assign for VMOM...
View Article