Another Memory Question (Host Related)
I have been watching our host memory stats and trying to figure out why the host is swapping and ballooning when there is memory still available. Note: we do not have limits or reservations set....
View ArticleEXSi v5.1U2 NIC Drivers
I recently experienced a Pink Screen of Death on a UCS C260-M2 running 1.5.7(c) of the Cisco BIOS package. I opened a Cisco TAC case and they had me do the following command: ethtool -i vmnic1 with the...
View ArticlePerformance History data not available
We have moved the sql database on new sql server since then VC not showing any performancy history data however realtime data is available. Please help me to fix this issue, thanks in advance.
View ArticlevCenter Server Installation
1. I would like to install a VCenter Server 6 with Operations Management(vSOM 6.0) on a VM. Should I create a new VM on the same host to install vCenter Server?2. Can I install VCenter Server 6 without...
View ArticleWarning of deprecated volumes but all have been upgraded to vmfs5
I just finished upgrading our three hosts from esxi 5.5 to 6. (blades in an IBM Blade S) I upgraded the four vmfs volumes from 3 to 5 but two of the hosts are giving a warning of: Deprecated VMFS...
View ArticleUploaded vCenter appliance from Fusion to ESX host but appliance doesn't boot...
I have a vCenter appliance running in VMware Fusion and decided to upload it to one of my ESX hosts using the "Upload to Server..." menu item in Fusion. The appliance arrived on the host but when I...
View ArticleWebclient from vCenter Server 6 not working on secondary nic
Hello,I update my vCenter 5.5U2 to 6.0.0. Update was successful, everything work fine. My ESXi are in 192.168.100.0/24, vCenter is 192.168.100.10 and the admin workstations are on the same network.Now...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client - The console has been disconnected...
Just installed ESXi 6 and vCenter 6. I'm attempting to open a console to a Virtual machine from the vSphere Web Client. I click Actions-> Open Console-> New Webpage opens that is completely...
View Articleerror login web client in vcenter server 6
hi guysafter installing vcenter server 6 i tried to login web client for first time but i got an error :503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [class...
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vCenter 6.0 - Can not mount ISO from local to VM
Hey In my vCenter 6.0 Test environment, i noticed that i can not mount a local ISO File to a VM. vSphere 5.5: vSphere 6.0: Can please someone check, if this option is still available with vSphere 6...
View ArticleHow to implement VADP plug-in for storage arrays.
I needed to implement the VADP plug-in for CloudByte storage array.can anyone share some light on it? As per my understanding, VMWARE VADP plugin for storage arrays implies taking a VM snapshot using...
View ArticlevCheck reporting script not working
Hi all,I am trying to setup an automated script to send me an email of my vSphere environment.I found Alan's script but I couldn't make it work. It doesn't open up in the web browser. I tried to...
View Articlevcsa 5.5 to 6.0 upgrade not enough disk space
Our VCSA 5.5 to 6.0 upgrade fails due to lack of disk space in the 6.0 appliance. Our VCSA 5.5 appliance has about a 400GB drive due to our logging and retention needs. When we try to upgrade to...
View ArticlevCenter 6.0 Inventory Service not starting - createDB.bat not running correctly
Hi, I am running a Vmware server in a testlab managed by a vCenter 6.0 (testlab) server.Yesterday the machine running the vCenter server unexpectedly got shut down because of a power failure.Now, when...
View Articlevcsa 5.5 to 6.0 upgrade - not enough vcpu on host
Hi gents,I ran to a problem today. I am trying to upgrade our VCSA 5.5 to 6.05.5 config - 2vCPU, 16GB RAM, managing 22 hosts with 200 VMsI tried to make an upgrade, but it tells me, that the Appliance...
View ArticleDistributed switch: which ethertypes are switched and which consumed
Hello Team, Distributed switch version 5.5. I am interested in the Ethernet frames with the following ethertypes:0x88CC Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)0x88E5 MAC security (IEEE 802.1AE)0x8909...
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vSphere 6 - You do not have permissions to view this object or this object...
I installed a new vCenter Server, when i log in, on some pages i have the message:" You do not have permissions to view this object or this object does not exist". Im Administrator on the vCenter...
View ArticleUnable to connect to the MKS : Login (username/pass) incorrect
He guys; when i try to open console on vcenter for any vm i get this error. Unable to connect to the MKS : Login (username/pass) incorrect i closed vcenter then i connected to esx host with vsphere...
View Articleinstall vcenter 6.0 problem
i have when i install vcenter the error isunsupported 16 bit application the program or feature "\??\G:\VCenter-Server\vmware-Vcenter-Server.exe cantnot start or run due to incompatibily with 64-bit...
View ArticlevCenter Fails to start after joining Domain
Hi I do know i did something really wrong and got into a situation where i am. What i did was i had installed the vCenter on W2K8 box and it was running fine. Later i decided to join this box to AD...
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