Restoring dvSwitch Configuration
Hi, I have a vCenter Server that I rebuilt from scratch again because it crashes few days ago due to the database being full. I didn't bother to backup the dvSwitch configuration before re-installing...
View ArticlevCenter Upgrade & Host Agents
Planning to upgrade vCenter 5.0 to 5.5 in the near future. Half of our hosts are ESX 4.0 and the other half ESXi 5.0. Will host agents need to be upgraded as part of the vCenter upgrade ? If so,is...
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Can customize "New Virtual Machine" Wizard?
For example, I want "Thin provision" option is not available when they deploy new VM.
View ArticleVcenter Server/ADWS Broken after in-place upgrade from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2
I have a physical Vcenter server that was on Server 2008 R2 64-Bit and I did an in-place upgrade to Server 2012 R2 64-Bit. After the upgrade VCenter is thoroughly hosed. It appears as if one of the...
View ArticlevSphere SSO 5.5u2b HA Install "Failed to establish a secure connection to...
I am installing the vCenter SSO 5.5u2b in an HA configuration. When installing the first node i used a generated password that was 20 characters long and consisted of lower, upper, and numbers for the...
View ArticleRemove a cluster in vCenter 5.5
I have two host in a cluster. I want to move them both to a new vCenter server (2012 R2). I have to enter maintenance mode to move the host because they are in a cluster. However, I can select culter...
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How to get more useful alerts in vCenter?
When the alert is something like 'Memory usage', and it's related directly to a VM, its kinda useful.. What confuses me is that this actually seems to be the most verbose alert you can get. Is it...
View ArticlevCenter SSO 5.5u2b HA for vCAC re-install STS service Unrecognized option:...
im attempting to configure the vCenter SSO 5.5u2b in an HA config for use with vCAC 6.1. Im following the guide:...
View ArticleIs it still possible to use a single host for vSphere 5.5, vCenter, VMs and...
Hi, I just deployed a management host and setup vCenter. i want to create a datastore to store ISOs and then deploy some test VMs. However, this doesn't appear possible. So what am I missing. Do I...
View Articlevcenter host migrations
I have two vcenters both are 5.5 , one is a standlone with everything in it, DB SSO etc. and the other is an upgraded 5.01 to 5.5 with seperate DB Server SSO server etc. Both are 100% VDS no VSS (i...
View ArticleNo ctrl character passthrough in the Web Client
OK, ran into another web client problem this morning. Ctrl-C isn't being passed through to the VM when using the web client's console application. Tried Ctrl-C, Ctrl-Z, and Ctrl-D (to invoke the...
View ArticlevSphere vCenter 5.1 Events filling up SQL DB from VDP 5.1.11.3
I have a vCenter 5.1 environment with VDP deployed for backups. The backups jobs run successfully, and the environment is stable. I a specific issue with the SQL database filling up with a flood of log...
View ArticleMean Time for Maintain a Physical Machine
Hi everyone I'm a student and currently I researching on cloud computing availability. I need to know how much time a physical machine turns off for maintenance and upgrading purpose and how much time...
View ArticleESXi hosts disconnected/not responding in Vcenter after upgrade (4.1 => 5.5)
Hello. I'm upgrading our current infra (Vcenter/3 ESXi 4.1 hosts/Essential license). vCenter Server was upgraded OK, then I began upgrade esxi hosts one by one.Upgrade process is OK, but after...
View ArticleVCSA issues - aparent connectivity problems
As of last Friday we are having some major issues with our vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (v5.1). The initial symptoms (which continue) are getting logged out of the vSphere client when connected to...
View ArticleCannot login to SOAP server by using CIM Services ticket
Can I login to an ESXi host using the CIM Services ticket?The ESXi host is managed by a VCenter. I know the credentials of VCenter.I can login to VCenter and get a ticket to the ESXi host by invoking...
View ArticleESX Log File (vmware 4.1)
I have a question regarding log file. We are using vmware version 4.1, early this month one of the guest VM failed backup and error quiesce to take a snapshot. I tried to fix this error using Symantec...
View Articlevcenter 5.5 update seems hung
Hello all,I have Vcenter with this details:Vendor:VMware Inc.Appliance Name:VMware vCenter Server ApplianceAppliance Version:5.5.0.10300 Build 1945271I'm trying to install the update to 5.5.0.20200...
View ArticleCPUID errors
Can anyone advise if the following lines pulled from a VMs vmware.log file during a VM Automation (DRS?) power on event would have any detrimental impact:2014-11-22T10:40:08.092Z| vmx| I120: CPUID...
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