Upgrading vCenter 4.1 to 5.1 with a separate SSO server
I have tested an upgrade scenario where I have a vcenter 4.1 and a standalone SSO server. Because the SSO is separate user permissions and group assignments are lost during the upgrade, however the...
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vSphere Web Client keeps logging me out!
I am using (and liking) the vSphere Web Client. But after a short while of inactivity it keeps logging me out! It is most annoying. The old non-web client never dared such a thing, but this new client...
View Articleesxi 5.1 pxe boot error -- Failed to load COM32 file menu.c32
Hello I need to install esxi 5.1 through pxe, for this I followed VMware document....
View ArticleTime sync of Windows VM on vSphere 5.1b
Hello Community,How to enable time sync of windows VM with ESXi host on vSphere 5.1b, VMware tools does not give me up an option to enable. But it is available on vSphere 4.x and below.My need is to...
View ArticlevCenter upgrade 4.1 to 5.1 - disconnected hosts
Hi AllAfter an upgrade of vcenter server from 4.1 to 5.1.0b, my 4.1 hosts are now disconnected in vcenter server.When I click on the summary tab on one of the hosts I get, "Cannot synchronize host ...,...
View ArticleConnecting USB drives to vsphere 5 using vcenter
instead of uploading info across the network to datastore in vsphere 5.1 i want to upload it from a usb drive but i cant get vcenter/vsphere to see no drive i put in none of my usb slots. Can someone...
View ArticleSRM5 planned migration failed
Hi Team, I am working on DR test with SRM5 and netapp3210/2240 with snapmirror. The test and clearn up portions both fine. when I started the recovery with option"planned migration", it failed. the...
View ArticleVmware FT Limitation
Hi, I would like to know the number of VMs can be protected using Fault Tolerence(FT) in vsphere 5.1. it was 4 in vsphere 5.0. i am going to use vsphere enterprise licence. thanks
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3PAR - Add vendor provider problem
Hi, We have a 3PAR F200 and we try to Add a vendor provider in our Vcenter but we encourt a problem. I followed the following procedure: see image1.Went I try to follow this procedure "HP 3PAR...
View ArticleUpdate VCenter Server 5.0 U1 to 5.0 U2 (Solved)
Hi, i have a Vcenter Server installation 5.0 U1. I would like to update it to 5.0 U2, but i don't see and "in place" upgrade. How can i do it? Thank you very much
View ArticleSQL Server 2012 Downgrade to 2008 Licensing
We're moving vCenter 5.0 from a test VM to a purpose built one with vC 5.1, and intend to use SQL Server 2008, but have to buy 2012 (ker-ching!) and use the downgrade rights and so I assume we...
View ArticleVCenter Server virtuelle Maschine -- HDD Verkleinerung
Hallo, wir setzen VMWare vCenter Server 4. Insgesamt sind vier virtuelle Maschinen installiert. Auf der 4. virtuellen Maschine ist der VCenter Server installiert.Die Partitionen wurden allerdings zu...
View Articleexternal vSphere and vUM databases update planning advice sought
our vCenter 4.1 uses external Oracle databases. We have Linux operating system and Oracle Critical Patch Updates to apply to them, which will require databases quiesce and database server reboot. This...
View Articlewhere to download ESXi 5 update2 package for Update Manager
We run a Essentials Plus kit with ESXi 5 (3 Servers a 2 CPU) managed by a 5.0 vCenter Server. Now I'd like to update the 3 ESXi hosts and the vCenter Installation (which is running as a guest on one of...
View ArticlevCenter server corrupted
Still new to the virtual world. I have put in a call to our 3rd part vendor who installed our vCenter. But, I was wondering if someone could guide me in the right direction. We had a power outage...
View ArticleAlarm 'Network uplink redundancy lost': an SNMP trap for entity "ESXI Server...
Hello Everybody, I have 8 server cluster (esxi 5.1) which I manage by vcenter 5.1. If I click on any esxi host in vcenter and go to Tasks & Events Tab, I can see the following 2 alerts continously...
View ArticleP2V results in Blue Screen on virtualized server
I've P2V'd many Windows 2003 Std SP2 servers without incident. In this latest round I had six identical DL380. All running Windows 2003 Std SP2. I've been able to virtualize all EXCEPT for ONE....
View ArticleVMware_VDDK: SSL_VerifyX509: Certificate verification is disabled
Hi,İ'm using Acronis vmProtect 8 for replication but i have an issue. While the replication there is an error" VMware_VDDK: SSL_VerifyX509: Certificate verification is disabled, so connection will...
View ArticleVMs marked as "Managed by solution VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager...
I have 2 VMs stating they are managed by SRM in their summary tabs. Whenever I try to migrate them, I get a warned statingThis entity is managed by solution VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager...
View ArticleConvert VM to OVF
Hi Team, Would like to know if wqe have an option Export to OVF in Vcenter 3.5 version. If not wat is the alternative for that.
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