Once we delete the .vmdk file from snapshot can we restore it.
I've have a small question on VMware. If we deleted the file from snapshot file name .vmdk file. Can we restore it.
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Getting the error below adding a host to vCenter. OVF deployment of vCenter. Version 5.5. Brand new Flexpod with 4 blades. Three of the hosts connected just fine. All 4 service profiles are...
View ArticleMissing tables in vCenter database?
We had a power outage and long story short everything went down. As things were coming up my 5.5 VMs came on by themselves while we were still working out issues with the network and storage. All of...
View ArticleLACP on Multiple Distributed Switches on Same vCenter 5.5
Hi All, I Have vCenter 5.5 and for some reason it is not allowing to add new esxi host to the vDS switch.VMware engineer supported to create new vDS switch for new esxi host and test it. I created new...
View Articlestandard vs distributed switches
We are starting a new 5.5 environment and I setup a distributed switch for my vm network but another admin setup a standard switch for the iSCSI network. I know management is easier with distributed...
View ArticleHardware Monitoring of VMware Hosts
We are a medium-large size business with 23 VMware Hosts (Dell) and about 125 Virtual servers. I've searched and searched and can't really find a good piece of software to monitor my hosts. We have 2...
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 ArticlevSphere Web Client Console Session Zoomed In
Hi All, I've got a weird one here, I hope someone can help. I installed vCenter 6.0 and added my 6.0 hosts. When I logged into the vSphere web client and opened a console to one of my Windows 2012...
View ArticleVMware vCenter Server 5.5 update 2 Install Error – “Create standalone...
VMware vCenter Server 5.5Installtion failing with “Create standalone instance VMwareVCMSDS” failed i got couple of VMware docs, but my OS is windows 2012 server,any hlep is appreciated. VMware KB:...
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VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices won't start
I'm trying to deploy an ova/ovf appliance (vRealize Infrastructure Navigator) and it keeps failing. I read a KB that said my services for "VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices" needs to be...
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vCenter Web client: A server error occurred. [500] SSO error: null
Hello All, I have problem with vCenter 6.0I have installed vCenter 6.0 with external Platform Services Controller. When I worked in Web client I was seeing alert(warning), something like "vAPI health...
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Summary page for every host is blank.
VSphere 5.5ESX 5.0 I recently discovered every host has a blank summary page when connected to VCenter. This occurs with the thick client or the web client. When connecting directly to a host the...
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 ArticleError in Vcenter 5.5U1 Web Client and Plugin Update Manager
Hi I upgraded my Vcenter Appliance from 5.5 to 5.5U1 without problems. And upgraded the Windows Update Manager Server. Now i have this error message when i open the Update Manager TAB in the Vsphere...
View ArticlevCenter Operations Manager - Public Dashboard
We are looking to create a mission control system at our company where we will have a TV that integrates several different monitoring tools into one webpage. We are hoping to have this TV graph data...
View ArticlevCenter Licensing Question
We currently are running vSphere 5 environment with a vCenter 5 server (using the VCSA). My vSphere ESXi licenses are eligible to upgrade to vSphere 6, but my vCenter license is not. After further...
View Articleremove VM from folder but do not delete
Vcenter 5.5 with a host cluster. I have a VM in a folder and I need to remove it from that folder, but not change its host. So far, all I am able to do is move it to another folder or completely...
View Articlevsphere web client nolonger working after upgrade
We have upgraded our vcentre from 5.5 to 6.0 and the web client has stopped working on our external domain name. We had it on https://vcent.externaldomain.com.au:9443 with pointed to our internal...
View Articlevcenter not work after change domain
hi i change my domain name and after this disjoin and join vcenter machine to new domain and install sso another on vcenter with this domain but vsphere client can not connect to vcenter and VMware...
View ArticleChanging vCenter host display name from IP to FQDN
Hi guys, I'm trying to change the display name of an ESXi host from IP to FQDN. I've tried the following:...
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