Disconnected Host in vcenter. Vm's are still on and running. How to register...
Hello all, We have a problem with one of our hosts in our enviroment. De host is disconnected, the vm's are still running on it, but we cant reconnect the host to vcenter. We can't connect to the host...
View ArticleMultisite SSO with 2 Separate vCenter Environments (Test/Live)
I currently have two separate vCenter environments which I would like to be available in one 'Web Client' so basically I would like our Test and Live Environment available in our Live webclient...
View ArticleQuestion about using a standalone VMware Update Manager server
We are currently running vSphere 5.5 Update 2 on our environment and have Update Manager installed on our vCenter server. Our vCenter server is a phyical server with approximately 80GB of local...
View ArticleExporting hardware status data via PowerCLI
Hello there, I was wondering if someone have used PowerCLI to export the Hardware Status xml information for a host in vCenter? I'm not really familiar with PowerShell or PowerCLI so I'm not sure if...
View Articlevcenter multi NIC capability
Hi, Wanted to know if we can assign multiple NICS to vCenter server appliance so that one network is for internal use and the network is for external ( bot with different network range and netmask ) .
View ArticleLost vCenter root password
Hi all, our vadp backup stopped working and I can't log to vSphere console as an vadp user. So I thing there is something wrong with a password of the vadp user. But I found I forgot my root password...
View ArticleHow to get Multiple Virtual Machines Custom Performance Report
Hi Guys, We have multiple virtual machines, we need to collect particular virtual machines performance data on a customized date and time. Kindly help me is there any way to do in simple task, as it...
View Articlevcsa 5.5 to 6 migration error
Hi, I have an issue with the migration to vcsa 6 fro 5.5got a error message : "Error when trying Backup Authz" When I check the appliance it crash at the step 122/400What I can see in the console :...
View ArticlevCetner Appliance time problem
Hi Community,I configured vCA with default time sync then I noticed that vCetner is tow hours back in time than the hosts or the VMs. I could not used other method for timing sync such as NTP because...
View ArticlePlease advise me to add a new shared storage in an existing infra
Hi All, In our environment we are planning resizing activities, Now we have IBM storwize v3700 . I m looking for another shared storage , anyone please advise me which is best and we are using...
View ArticleHow to access externally connected USB storage from hosts putty session. Is...
Hi , I have IBM flex x240 node and I have plugged an external usb storage to that flex, I want to access the connected usb through putty session of that host. Is that possible . That usb formatted...
View Articlesched.cpu.latencySensitivity = "low"
After an vCentre upgrade to 5.5U2d we found performance issues in our environment.After some investigation we found over hunderd VM with the setting "sched.cpu.latencySensitivity = "low"". set.I'm 100%...
View ArticleUpgrade vCenter 5.1 to 5.5 and move to another Wndows Server
Current: vCenter 5.1 U2, Windows Server 2008R2, local databaseFuture: vCenter 5.5, VM Server 2012R2, same local database I am trying to come up with a plan that will accomplish the above. I did some...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Problem with Raid
Anybody has worked with the SuperMicro equipment, I have a SBE-714E Enclosure with 14 blades, the more I am unable to install VMware on it, the Raid does not show the hard drives for VMWare, only works...
View ArticlevCenetr Virtual Appliance 5.5 : AD: The OU format is invalid
Hi I am trying to join virtual center appliance 5.5 to AD 2012 R2 but its giving me error while joininh the domain : The OU format is invalid command:/usr/sbin/vpxd_servicecfg ad write ucpadmin...
View ArticleVCSA: Couldn't login VCSA 5480 port after joining AD Domain
Hello, I am running 5.5 U2. After joining VCSA to AD Domain, I couldn't logon to https://VCSA IP address:5480 any more.Error message is "Unable to authenticate user,Please try again!". I tried root,...
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Am unable to vmotion one particular VM
Hi all. I am upgrading our 3 ESX hosts (in an IBM blade S) from esxi 5.5 to 6 In moving VMs off the last host so I can run the upgrade I get this erro with one VM What could be causing this thanksTracy
View ArticlevCenter server appliance CLI options for clustering and HA policies
Hi all, Can anyone point me to the command line options for vCenter server appliance to make clusters ( adding ESXi hosts ) and applying high availability policies. Please suggest. Thanks
View ArticleNeed help to retrieve a VM
Hello Guys, One of my colleague did something wrong with one VM and it's a mess now.The VM has been renamed and removed from inventory.The old name was SRVWINGLP01 and has been renamed to SRVLINGLP01....
View ArticleLarge cpu spikes while "idling"
Our vCenter server shows enormous spikes of 100% cpu every five minutes. Seems to be related to performance charts service and one ore which I haven't figured out. This didn't happen in 5.5 where VC...
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