Billing and accounting with Chargeback Manager (ITBM, vRealize Manager)
Hello community! Is it possible to perform full accounting life cicle in IaaS with any VMware products? I mean full chain from resources leasing (vCAC), CPU/Memory/IO consumptions and billing...
View ArticleWhere to run vCenter Appliance?
What are the pros/cons of running vCenter Appliance VM on the hosts it is managing? As a general guideline, I prefer NOT to run a vCenter VM on the same host environment it is managing. Rather, I...
View ArticleVMware Converter denied while trying to convert Linux server
Hey all, I'm trying to convert a CentOS 6.6 Nagios server to a VM on an ESXi 5.5.0 cluster and not having any luck. When I try to start the conversion I get following error message: [Code]Permission...
View ArticleVM is inaccessible after failed datastore and host migration
Hello, we did VM migration (host&datastore) on our prod environment and suddenly the migration failed due to unreachable storage, and now that VM is inaccessible,can someone help me with this...
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Unable to connect to the MKS: Host address lookup for server...
i get the following error when I log onto my Vcenter through Vsphere and try to connect one of my server with the console: unable to connect to the MKS: Host address lookup for server...
View ArticleExit standy mode Exit standby mode task times out and the host status is not...
I have vcenter appliance with 4 Esxi , when I put any Esxi server in stand by mode I cannot wake up it again , I read these two articles Exit standby mode task timeout and the host status is not update...
View ArticleStorage vMotion errors out at 32% with IBM storage
Hi all, i'm trying to do a storage vMotion of a live VMs from an IBM V7K to the IBM SVC controller which is controlling the same V7K that we are trying to move the VM from. I hope it makes sense....
View Articlestop snapshot in process
any way of stopping a snapshot in progress? if i reboot the host during snapshot process will the VM become corrupt?
View ArticleVMWARE SDK sample code error
Hi Experts, I downloaded the SDK and compile the sample code but I got the error when I ran the sample code as below: C:\devproject\SDK\vsphere-ws\java\JAXWS>run.bat...
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Vcenter login error cannot open
https://Hostname:7444/lookupservice/sdk or https://[hostname]:5480 Attached error screen cannot access Vsphere webclient also checked all services running in server .. Any idea ?.
View ArticlevCenter Server or vSphere Host expired SSL certificates
Hi, i'm wondering what happens when SSL certificates from the vCenter server or from Hosts expire.Does it have an impact on normal operations? Will the connection between vCenter and Hosts being...
View Articlehow to manually change the ports for HTTP on vCenter Server
Hello Experts, We have Windows Server 2008 SP2 machine where we had v5.1 installed with other components SSO, Inventory services, vCenter Server and Update Manager.So we upgraded SSO, Inventory...
View ArticleCannot add host to vCenter after upgrade
I have 4 hosts in my vCenter environment and just upgraded one of the hosts from a Dell custom 5.5 U1 Build 1746018 to 5.5 U2 Build 2068190. The main reason for this upgrade was to clear up issues of...
View ArticleHost not responding
We have an environment with 5 hosts managed via vCenter. All running 5.5.Lately one of the hosts has started going into a not responding state. It cant be pinged, SSH'd or contacted. The VMs on it all...
View ArticlevCSA and VNXe3100 LUN connection failed
Hi guys, how are you doing? I got a problem here. Let me tell the scenario: I have a VNXe3100 exporting iSCSI LUNs. The exporting process is all done in the storage interface. We got an isolated ESXi...
View ArticleVcops - Changing the data collect interval
Hi everyone, I need some help please about Vcops Custom ui !the data collect interval is 5 min by default, and I need to change it to 1 min. could any one show me how ? Thanks for helping guys.
View ArticlevDS and vCenter Server on SAN
I have a very precise question concerning this possible issue. I have 3 hosts with no local VMFS (ESXi installed on flash cards) and all Datastores are on SAN.VCenter Server is a VM residing on SAN....
View ArticleManaging VDI desktops and virtual servers in one place
As per licensing requirements, we run one vCenter server for our virtual server hosts and a second separate vCenter server for our virtual desktop hosts. We aren't using View or anything. Just...
View ArticleUnable to move vCenter off of local storage
Hey all, I recently joined the world of VMware (yeah, I'm late to this party) but I haven't done any of the training yet. I'm running vSphere Essentials Plus on two ProLiant servers, each with 600GB of...
View ArticleMinimum Hardware needed to install VMWare VMVisor 5.5
Hi Community, Need some help in setting up my VMWare VMVisor 5.5 environment. I need to buy some bare minimum machine which will support VMWare VMVisor 5.5 on it. I am hoping to have 6 to 8 vms on it....
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