how to patch ESXi host which is also running a Vcenter applicance
Wondering if it is possible to patch an ESXi 5.5 host using VUM that is same hosts running the Vcenter virtual appliance?
View ArticleConvert P2V Windows 2000 ESXi 5.5
Hi, We're running ESXi vCenter 5.5 with 3 5.5 hosts. I'm trying to convert an old physical Windows 2000 server and add it to one of our ESXi hosts.It seems like the latest version of the Agent...
View Articlebackslash was added to the user name cannot login
My name is Michel Vaillancourt.I would like help with a problem that I have. I made a virtual machine with Windows 7 and created 2 users. The first is a user with low privileges and the other is with...
View ArticleNetwork Adapter "Connect at power on" is not enabled after deploying Server...
Hi, When I try to deploy a Windows Server 2012 R2 in the following ways (see below) any sysprep/customization like connect to Active Directory etc fail because the Network Adapter is never connected...
View ArticleAny option to export all settings we have configured on vcsa 5.5
Hi Admins, Is there any options to export my all configurations configured on vcenter server appliance including networking , hosts files , like that , I want to get all details related to my...
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Particular services failed to start during vCenter server installation
Hello,I have issue with vCenter Server installation, the error messages show as below. kindly help for troubleshooting. thank you. OS : Windows 2008 standard SP2 64bitvCenter Server version :...
View ArticleProblem Saving network settings on Vcenter 5.5 Appliance on the admin page.
I have set up out Vcenter 5.5 appliance and was trying to add out AD server as identity source but i discovered that the hostname wasnt the full FQDN, so I logged on to the admin page the port 5480...
View ArticleBest practice and consideration to remove a host from a Cluster and add back...
Dear Brothers, I have 5 clusters in a datacenter and I would like to do a firmware update on a host that is on a cluster. Due to performance issue, I would like to upgrade firmware and then would like...
View ArticleCisco UCS and VMware networking issue.
The UCS Blade has been setup and configured with the Management Interfaces configured on a 192.168.254.x network, I can ping the Virtual IP's and the Fabric Interconnect IP's from any other network. If...
View ArticleMigration possible for DB from vCenter 5.0U1 Oracle to VCSA 5.5 with vPostgres?
Hi all, Had a look around the web for a Database migration guide (or at least confirmation that it can be done) for going from vCenter 5.0 to VCSA (Oracle -> vPostgres), but haven't found much. We'd...
View ArticleUnable to authenticate via alias name of identity source for vmware SSO...
Hi,Am trying to add alias name of the identity source ( ldap.xx.xxx.com) instead of the actual domain server name for SSO authentication purpose.But after adding the alias name, am unable to...
View ArticleKB 2079644 : What is MaxNotificationPerConn
Dear all,I have the issue mentioned in KB 2079644 in my vcenter and am planning to carryout the resolution provided in the KB.However, before implementing the resolution, I would like to know the...
View Articleno statistics data displaying for some hosts in vcenter
Hi Issue : No statistics data displaying for some hosts in vcenter ( In summary tab its cpu and memory showing 0MHz & 0MB)Disconnect and reconnect host fixed the issue as per below kb. VMware KB:...
View ArticlevSphere Client could not connect to vcenter
Friends,I can not connect with the vCenter, the message is: vSphere Client could not connect to vcenter. An unknown connection error occurred. (The client could not send a complete request to the...
View Articlecannot login to vcenter until 10 minutes after the vcenter server computer...
I keep getting the unable to connect to remote server message in vsphere client when I try to connect to the vcenter server. However if I wait for 10 more minutes approximately, I can successfully...
View ArticleRDM Automation Scripts?
I have a question regarding automating the mounting and un-mounting of RDM disks to a VM via script. We're trying to replace FC calls to a Dell Compellent on a VM without the use of NPIV (our UCS...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 upgrade to U3
When upgrading to U3 for vCenter, I am always getting errors for SSO. During the install the SSO and VMware vCenter service will fail to start, if i copy the jre folder from C:\Program...
View ArticlePerforming File copy operations
Hello,Are there any vSphere API (Web Services SDK) available for performing some file copy operations in a Datastore. I'm looking to copy or move some files between NFS and VMFS Datastores. Can someone...
View ArticleDuplicate VM- locked datastore files wont delete
I noticed on our datastores that several VM's have duplicate folders that contain locked .vmdks and chkpoint vmdk's that will not delete. Question 1: Is there a script/process to unlock these files so...
View ArticleEffect of vMotion on Virtual Machines in a vApp
I've done quite a bit of searching and I am unable to find the answer I am looking for. We have a few vApps residing on our cluster and from time to time the associated VMs need to be moved to a new...
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