vCenter 5.1 and Single Sign-on migration
Hi Guys, I have the follow infrastructure:Server_1:vCenter Server 5.1vCenter Single Sign-onvCenter Inventory ServiceSQL Server Express 2008vCenter Database(VIM_VCDB)Server_2:SQL Express 2008vCenter...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 not on domain... is this possible?
Greetings I have had some considerable struggles with installing vCenter 5.1 within infrastructures that are not part of an Active Directory domain. The root of the problems seem to be the ability for...
View ArticleEnic and Fnic Drivers
Hi, I have opened a case with vmware related to the cisco ucs 210M2 server. i have installed esxi 5.1 on that. but there were some issue with the server. so i opened a tag with vmware. but they are...
View ArticleIssues with VMware Player
Can anybody help me please? I have two issues, but here is the background. I am running a VM using VM Player with Server 2008 x64 Enterprise as my OS and Windows 7 on the client system. The version of...
View ArticleSingle Sign On With Single VC
Hi All I have a single virtual centre server connecting 2 clusters / sites: Primary Site4 hosts, 90 VM'svCenter Server 5.1 on physcial servervCenter Single Sign-on installed locally to DBvCenter...
View ArticleData center design issue
Hi, I have a requirement to design a datacenter solution for a customer. following are the details. Sample VM template Hard Disk200 GB (SANàRAID 1 - 20%, RAID 5 - 80%)Processor2 * 4 v CoreMemory8 GB...
View ArticleSpeed up OVF Exports ?
Hi , I am trying to export some pretty large vApps, these are taking up to 20 hours to complete, anybody have any ideas how I could speed this up. I am assuming that all the time is taken to compress...
View ArticleAltGr / Right Alt key funny in Web Client
I want to type at symbol (@) in my spanish keyboard in Web Client.In spanish I must press AltGr (right alt) and 2.But when I do Web Client takes me to another page, losing all the pending changes. I...
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VCSA - 404 Error - vmware-sso
Hello! This problem may have been from a power outage, I do not know. I am unable to login to the VCSA vCenter 5.1.0.5300 Build 947940 with the vSphere client. From the management web service, both the...
View ArticleWhat are the ways to move to vCenter 5.1 from 5.0 ?
I have vCenter 5.0 with mixed hosts, most of them are ESX 4.0, couple of them are ESXi 5.0. I would like upgrade vCenter to 5.1.What is the best and least disruptive way to do so? I'm considering an...
View ArticlevCenter Server Service Won't Start
Our vCenter server service won't start. The vpxd log contains the following info; 2013-04-23T09:25:46.263-04:00 [03640 info '[SSO][SsoFactory_CreateFacade]'] Solution user set to:...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 WebClient HTTP access log?
Hi, all. I'm building a large vSphere 5.1b environment and I bumped a problem regarding WebClient.Where can I find the HTTP(S) access log of vCenter WebClient? http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2004090This kb...
View ArticleHow does HA treat vApps
Does HA respect the boot order of VM's within vApps? I have heard yes and no so I thought I would check here hoping I could get a confirmation for one or the other. Let's reference my question to 5.0...
View ArticleHost Profiles - adding user to 'Root' group on host
Can anyone advise if there is a way to add a user to the ESXi host 'root' group via Host Profiles? It seems more geared towards configuring 'new' groups and permissions rather than adding users to the...
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Restore Thin Provisioned VM - 20 - Allocate blocks events a second
Hello when restoring av VM, Allocate blocks is logged 20 times a second, this will put extra stress on both vcenter/db has anyone had this issue? when restoring a VM with TSM for VE (i don't think...
View ArticleNeed help on mounting 4TB USB External Storage device to ESXi 4.0.
Good day folks, I am currently running ESXi 4.0 and planning to upgrade to v5.1. Prior upgrading, I need to backup all my VM images to a 4TB USB external storage device hooked up to my VMWare host...
View ArticleEVC on a cluster
Hi there I was wondering if there is anyway I can add a host with running vm's into a EVC cluster, is there any cheat around the restrictions in the kb below. what if I created a new non EVC cluster,...
View ArticleUpgrading vCenter 5.0 to 5.1 with vCenter Server Heartbeat
Hi all, I need some help from all of you. I have this environment: 2 vCenter Server version 5.0 : Physical and Virtual protecting by vCenter Server Heartbeat 6.4. The Physical is Primary node and...
View ArticlevCenter Converter Standalone - Conversion successful but when boot, get error...
Hello VMware Community, I have a critical W2K3 R2 SP2 server (physical) that is being moved to a new building and in the meantime wished to virtualize it and configure it to keep our medical billing...
View ArticleNvram missing
Good afternoon, We gave an ESX with vcenter to an user that had VM in our Vmware CLuster.To import Virtual Machines we use Vmware Converter between cluster and his new ESX.We notice that one file...
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