vCenter 5.5 appliance database has quadrupled since patching 5 weeks ago
Since updating my vCenter appliance, its postgreSQL database increased 250% in size to fill the 60GB partition in two weeks - it had been holding steady at about 20-30GB for the last year or so. I...
View Articlein-place upgrade windows 2003 32 bit
Hi all, I am having trouble doing an in-place upgrade of a VM windows 2003 32 bit to Windows 2008 32 bit. I need to do this as applications running on the existing OS not compatible with 64 bit OS. All...
View ArticleNo ctrl character passthrough in the Web Client
OK, ran into another web client problem this morning. Ctrl-C isn't being passed through to the VM when using the web client's console application. Tried Ctrl-C, Ctrl-Z, and Ctrl-D (to invoke the...
View ArticleA bug with VMCA generating certificate for port 9443 of vcenter appliance 6
Hi,I don't know if this is a bug or not. I configured VMCA using my enterprise CA to generate valid certificates for all the services.It worked well for normal https://vc/ website & it generated a...
View ArticleHow does NVRAM will affect vmotion
HI Team, Can any body help me to understand how NVRAM will affect vmotion process.
View ArticlevCenter appliance "Failed to install updates(Update manifest not downloaded....
Hi there I've downlaoded a new OVA of vCenter 5.5.0.20200 Build 2183109 and deployed a couple of days ago as the previous instance was giving the same problem. Now I'm having again the same error:...
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Error during vCenter 6 Installation, please help.
Hello We are trying to do fresh install of vcenter 6 on Windows Server 2012 (this is a vm running on ESXi 6). SQL 2012 STD edition is installed on the same server on which vcenter will be installed....
View ArticleHow to rename configuration files from datastore with out downtime
HI Team I have renamed the guest name from vcenter. How to rename configuration files also in datastore with out taking down time.
View ArticleHow to check which NIC is using by guest in a particular time
HI Team, Could you please help me to understand below concern. Is there any way to check from Vcenter, which uplink NIC card is using by guest in a particular time .
View ArticleProblem with a restore with NetVault
Can anybody help me?I have a problem to make a restore of a backup with NetVault.The log shows me the following. Failed to open virtual disk Failed to restore VM disk data More details of "Failed to...
View Articlevcenter 6 upgrade failed with error message : No mapping between account...
i am upgrading my vsan from version 5.5 to version 6.according to the upgrade documentation, i should upgrade vcenter first(from version 5.5 to 6). However, when i am upgrading the vcenter, the...
View ArticleUpgrading HBA firmware on ESXi hosts
We are looking at upgrading our firmware to the latest version on our Emulux HBAs on our ESXi server, has anyone done this? HBA - Emulex / LPE12000ESXi - 5.5 update 1c What is the best process in...
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 Articlea connection error occurred. verify that your computer can connect to vcenter...
friendsI can not deploy an OVF, the following message appears: "a connection error occurred. verify that your computer can connect to vcenter server"
View ArticleFailed to update the Vcenter
Hi Guys.i am trying to update the Vcenter server from 5.5.0.5100 Build 1312297 to 5.5.0.10300 Build 1945271when i try to update online i get the next error . Last Check:Sunday, August 17, 2014 9:38:38...
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Error updating the second vcenter connected to one SSO.
I have successfully updated to version 6 sso and first vcenter.when I start upgrade the second server get the following error:"The SSL certificate of the Platform Services Controller does not match...
View ArticleUpgrade to 6.0
Has anyone any advice or best practices on updating to 6.0. Currently running vcentre 5.5 on a windows 2012 server. All hosts running 5.5. SQL DB on a seperate box. Thanks
View ArticleAlarm for newly deployed VM doesn't always work
Not sure if anyone else has ever run into this but here's the scenario:Running 22 Hosts that are a mix of esxi5.1 and 5.5vCenter server 5.5 and client 5.5 I have an alarm set up at the top of the...
View ArticleSchedule A VM Export
I'm running Vcenter 5.5 and my hosts range from 5.1 to 5.5. Does anyone know a way I can automate the export of a virtual machine? I would like to have a VM saved to an ova or ovf file on a UNC path...
View Articlevcenter 6 appliance - failed to configure network
I installed VCSA and it has the network information configured butr getting message Failed to configure network. I can ping the IP address. I can ping other IPs from the VCSA console. I cannot open the...
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