Backup and restore in vCenter environment
Hi,I am new to vCenter, i am familiar with vmware ESX backup restore with the help of VADP and VDDK.Now i am trying to explore vCenter, I want to take backup of vCenter VM without asking login details...
View ArticleRemoving inaccessible datastores query
HI, I recently replaced the RAID card in one of our Dell hosts and now have inaccessible datastores. I am just really trying to figure out whether to leave them listed (untidy) or delete them...
View ArticleESX server fail to restart.
Hi team,My esx server failed by the following error it is in HP585 server "Lint 1 interrupt on pcpu 0"
View ArticleWebclient not working Could not connect to one or more vCenter Server systems
Hi All, I just installed vCenter 5.5 and appears to have finished fine. I can log into the vSphere client on my computer and see my vcenter server. When I log into the...
View ArticleWhat logs do I need to look at to figure out why my vcenter upgrade is failing?
Trying to update Vcenter from 5.5.0.5201 build 1476389 to 5.5.0.20400 build 2442330. I keep getting the same error: Failed to install updates(Error while running installation tests) Not sure where to...
View ArticleFailed to upgrade vcenter 5.5 to U2
I am upgrading vcenter 5.5 to Update 2e. And getting error of installing Profile Driven Storage. Any idea how to solve it? Thanks Action 14:41:06: VM_InstallSPS. Installing Profile-Driven...
View ArticleBest practices while deciding vcenter database size.
Hello All, How to optimize the ever growing VCDB. Can we keep a tab on the database size? What are the measures to take to clean up the database and reduce the size?
View ArticleClient Plug-in is Missing on VSphere Web Client
Dears My LAB consist of ESXi , VCenter and VUM on Version 6 , these components have been joined with Windows 2012 R2 Active Directory Environment. When I login to Vsphere Web Client using...
View ArticlePower-cli and Inventory Service
Hi, we installed a vcenter server (5.5 u2) with the Inventory Service and we are using power-cli to start esx servers. To check if esx has completely started we use "connect-viserver"...this command...
View ArticleProblems with Chrome Version 42.0.2311.90 m
Last week Google stealth updated Chrome from version 41 to 42. Now the Client Integration Plug-in for 5.5 no longer works. I have reset Chrome, re-installed Chrome and re-installed the Integration...
View ArticleMultiple VCenter Essentials Plus Sites Wanting Single point of Administration
I am trying to find any kind of documentation on this or some advice. We have 20+ sites with FlexPods running VMware vSphere 5.1 Essentials Plus licenses, and would like to configure 1 VCenter in our...
View ArticleMigrate ESXi from one vCenter Server to another with dvSwitch
Hi there I'm actually preparing me for a vCenter migration and have some questions.I'm migrating an esxi 5.5 cluster from one vCenter to another one. The esxi server are configured with distributed...
View ArticlevCenter Server to vCenter Server Appliance - have you seen any advantages of...
With the new vCSA 6.0 increases and the vCenter to vCSA converter fling I'm interested in hearing real world experiences from those in a large environment from/if anyone who has made the change from...
View ArticlevCenter Application Time
We have a vCenter appliance running, version 5.5.0.10000 Build 1624811. The time is set to sync with Active Directory as it's domain joined but it is an hour behind. None of our domain servers are an...
View ArticleVcenter Mail Alarms
Hello everyone!:I have configured the mail alarms in my vcenter, but when a disk usage alarm is released, the mail is showed with the next message: Target: IND_MAILPrevious Status: GrayNew Status: Red...
View ArticleError attempting Backup PBM
I am getting this error "Error attempting Backup PBM Please check InvSvc upgrade logs for details." while trying to upgrade my vCenter 5.5 to 6.0 I tried VMware KB: Resetting the VMware vCenter Server...
View ArticlePowerCLI Host Property MaxEVCMode is not present
Not sure if this is due to the fact that EVC mode on this cluster is not enabled but when we run Get-VMHost <VMHostName> | Get-Member there is not a 'MaxEVCMode' Property. DO I need to look...
View ArticlevSphere crash dump collector in vCenter 6 appliance
Hello, I am attempting to get the crash dump collector up and running on the vCenter appliance in version 6. Looking at the configuration steps below it does not appear they have been updated for...
View ArticlevSphere syslog server in vCenter 6 appliance
Hello, I have configured my VCSA and as a syslog server and my hosts are configured to send their logs to it as described below:...
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Vcentre 6.0 host level requirements?
Hi Guys, Quick question, what are the levels of ESXi versions that a vcentre 6 server can manage? Can we use a vcentre 6 server to manage 5.1 hosts? Thanks!
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