vDS and network redundancy
Hello all, I have been tasked to have full network redundancy in our vDS setup (ESXi 5.5/vCenter 5.5) for my management network. Will I need to have 2 separate NIC's to do so? Is it really necessary to...
View ArticleConnect to vCenter error 503.
Good day.vCenter 5.0 is hosted on Windows 2008R2 ent (vm).When I am trying to connect to vCenter I get an error: The server could not interpret the client`s request (error 503 server is unavailable)....
View ArticleSingle vCenter Resource Pool Host Memory Doesn't Match Total Available in the...
I could be having one of those days, but I can't seem to figure this out. We have a cluster with three hosts, each has 256 GB of RAM. There is a single resource pool in the cluster. The RP is set to...
View ArticleSet an artificial limit on simultaneous storage vMotions?
Hello, I was curious if there's a way to set an artificial limit on storage vMotions at the vCenter level rather than letting it choose based on network speed? We're consolidating a bunch of spinning...
View ArticleDBC-VMfinder a Virtual Manchine searcher
Hello Everybody, I don't know if this is the place where I post this, but today I've published a little software that I've developed and I want to share with you. DBC-VMfinder is a Virtual Manchine...
View ArticleUnknown plugin tab in vCenter (chinese?), anyone know what it is and how do I...
I'm trying to clean up some old plugins and stuff from our vCenter and I have a strange one that I can't find anywhere so I can get rid of it. And the text on the tab in vCenter is chinese I think so...
View Articlewake on lan for VDI
Hello, I am working on VDI project and I can't wake up my VMs.I tested with a physical workstation, it works.I added <ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "TRUE"> in the .VMX file, it didn't help.I set up...
View Articlerename guest name and join a domain
Hi Is there any way to rename a guest and join the domain using VMWare API? (vim25) thanks all
View ArticleVcenter inventory service not starting
Hello I am looking for solution where vcenter inventory service is not starting after 5.0 Update03, i tried to look into the all logs and blogs, but no solution found, Finally i went for reseting...
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How to hide the bar in VM web console?
Opening VM console in Mac with vSphere Web Client, can not get real full screen due to the highlighted bar, is there any trick to hide it for Chrome on Mac?
View ArticleCTK.VMDK files get created automatically
We have a VM called ISTQB, yesterday morning it was noticed that this was offline. On investigation we found that the VM had a 'consolidation needed' message. I performed the consolidation which...
View ArticleProblem with my NFS Storage
I am runing VSphere 5.1 and i have 3 ESXi connected to it with VDs. every caple of secondes i lose connection to one of them and some time to both of them.Did something come across something like...
View ArticleConverter really slow with NFS datastore
I have a Netapp server that runs NFS. I connect my VMware servers to it via NFS. The VMs on these datastores work just fine, but I like to use VMware Vcenter Converter Standalone to make backup copies...
View ArticleRename Windows SSO server in Multisite deployment, VC 5.5
Hi, I am running two vCenter 5.5 appliances in two different datacenter locations. They each are using a local SSO node running on a Windows server setup as Multisite. I may need to rename the...
View ArticleReport alarms with configured actions only
Is it possible to report on or display only those vCenter alarms that have a particular action (like email) configured? For example, I'd like to know every alarm setup to email bob@company.com.
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Error install vcenter server 5.5
Error install vcenter server 5.5 Hi, I request your help to make the installation of vcenter server 5.5, I now get the following error "there is a problem With This Windows Installer packege, A DLL...
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5.5 Install fails with "The wizard was interrupted..."
Hey Everyone, I am having an issue installing vcenter server 5.5 on my server. I am using server 2012, installed MSSQL and created the database, then installed vcenter through the individual modes...
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How to execute an action on specific operation like host standby
Hi, I'm using PRTG to monitor all my infrastructure. My problem is when an ESXi host go in standby mode, the monitor detect an alarm as the host is not responding anymore which is fine and normal I'm...
View ArticleVCenter Datastore privileges
Can anyone tell me what the privilege.Database.UpdateVirtualMachineMetadata.label privilege is for? I'm creating a least privilege role for a storage team and I'm wondering if they need to have that. I...
View ArticlePlug-Ins
Hi all,Muddling through rolling out Update manager on Essentials v5.5.0 Build 2026576. I installed VUM and it's database on a different machine then vCenter (vCSA appliance). That install went smooth...
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