Manage ESX 5.5 Host with VCenter
Hey! I've faced issues while trying to add ESX 5.5 Host to my VCenter server. this is my last rows on my log file:mem> 2014-07-06T19:41:08.140+03:00 [08376 error 'HttpConnectionPool-000001']...
View ArticleUpgrade 5.1 to 5.5 advice clarification required please
HiHopefully some one can answer this in plain simple terms.We have Vcenter Server 5.1 build 799731The vcenter server is sat on one of 3 ESX hostsThe 3 ESX hosts are 5.1.0 799733 All 3 are in one data...
View ArticleFailed to run VAAI Certification test for STAF return code 2
Hi All, I met one issue while run VAAI certification test with workbench. It failed for: Error: Error on determining the SDK Service build, RC:2, Result: VTAF_Host.Error: Trouble creating test...
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Ghost server in vSphere WEB Client - Could not connect to one or more vCenter...
I upgraded my vCenter server a few weeks back and I keep getting the error: I can't find any link within the WEB Client that points to the old server, but every time I log in with my Admin account or...
View ArticleMigrate to new vCenter
I have two vCenters up and running, ESXi 5.0 and ESXi 5.5. Our existing environment is on 5.0 and 5.5 is a brand new environment I have built (we decided not to upgrade the existing environment for...
View Articlevcenter - alias value should not be empty
Hi, I have a standard esxi 5.5 with vcenter installed. Only 1 VM. I came on one morning and for whatever reason, I cannot login to the vsphere client in the vcenter. I can login directly to the esxi,...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 Client Integration plug-in not working under IE and Chrome
Has anyone encountered a problem where the Client Integration Plug-in doesn't work even though it has been installed? I have upgraded vCenter to 5.5 (from 5.0) and I am seeing the same problem across...
View ArticlevCenetr Virtual Appliance 5.5 : AD: The OU format is invalid
Hi I am trying to join virtual center appliance 5.5 to AD 2012 R2 but its giving me error while joininh the domain : The OU format is invalid command:/usr/sbin/vpxd_servicecfg ad write ucpadmin...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5.0c 5.5.0 U1b Supported upgrade path?
Hi, The Supported upgrade paths section in the 5.5.0 U1b release notes has been omitted. Can anyone confirm if upgrading vCenter 5.5.0c to 5.5.0 U1b is supported? FYI 5.5.0U1a is marked as being...
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Updating vCenter Server 5.1 SSL certificate - error
Hello everyone, we setup a new Windows Server 2008 R2 as a vCenter Server 5.1I'm now trying to install new certificates for all vCenter parts (server, inventory service, web client, ...) with Windows...
View ArticleVM Template mass(mutiple) deployment
Hi Team, Could any of you please tell me/guide me how to deploy multiple vm deployment at a time using the template. I know this is possible from the powercli scripts.. I just wanted to know how we...
View Articledeploy VM from this template. Takes > 20 min.
What is a normal "Deploy VM from this template" time when the network have these specs: - 1 GBIT Network. (Did a file-transfer and it had 904 MBIT throughput.) - Transferring to a SSD from a 7200 SAS...
View ArticleCan I seize scripts from vm console?
Hi all, Excuse me, in our project, it will generate a random password printed in vm console, so that user can login with the random password. Actually I want to make an automatic login program. How can...
View ArticleHow to download vcenter server 5.1
hi,Let me know how to download vcenter server5.1 . Whenever i tried it gives me error like you don't have permission to download. I need it for testing purpose. Please suggest me how to proceed.
View ArticleMigration Path from vCenter 5.1 Windows to 5.5 linux Appliance
Hi to everybody, we have a vCenter 5.1 with Update Manager and SSO running on a Windows Server 2008 R2. We use on the same server the free MS SQL Server 2008 R2.In December or January we want to...
View Articlecertificate and inventory service isuue
We have a vCenter Server Appliance who manage our environment. More than three month ago we upgraded from 5.1 to 5.5 version.Few days ago we noticed that we cannot log on with root credential. We...
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 logging of admin activity
Does anybody know if there is a way to view an audit log detailing such tasks as removing or adding a disk to a VM by who?When this happens, there is a task logged as 'Reconfigured virtual machine' but...
View ArticleHow do I get list of datastores under a folder?
I have created folders at vCenter level and added datastores to it. How do I list of datastores under a particular folder?
View ArticleVCenter Standard, Essentials Plus Host
I am having an interesting issue... I know the documentation says this isnt possible but this setup was working perfectly until today. We have 13 Hosts with ROBO kit licenses. We have 3 Hosts with...
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