vCenter web Client 5.5 fails to log in or takes lot of time (around 10 -20mins)
Hi, We have the 3 vCenters (5.5) which is connected with Linked mode, it's taking lot of time to login to the server or sometimes it fails with Read time outUnable to connect to vCenter Inventory...
View Articlewhat is the latest version SQL supported for v5.5 update 2? 2012 2014?
What is the latest version of SQL (for vCenter and VUM) supported for v5.5 update 2 and v6.x? Is it 2012? or is 2014 supported too?
View ArticleLogin to VCSA 5.5 console :5480 fails - However VIC and WebVIC work?
Hi All, Running 5.5 VCSA, we can login to the VIC using the user name and password set when we deployed VCSA. Of course with SSO in 5.5 we now need to use need to use administrator@vsphere.local and...
View ArticleInstalling Vcenter Convertor 5.5.3-2183569 on Vcenter 5.5 server
Hi All, Is it ok to Install vCenter convertor on Vcenter server 5.5?Is there any know issues with this ? Thanks,....
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"The file specified isnot a virtual disk"
Probably can't see the text in the image so I'll type out some of it. Not sure why I can't paste it in here. Failed to start the virtual machineCannot open the disk...
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vCenter 6.0 - high CPU usage!
Hello! When we was on vCenter 5.5 its CPU consumption chart was nearly flat when idle and was about ~400-500 Mhz max.Now we have this when upgraded to vCenter 6: High peaks every 5 minutes - some...
View ArticleCannot Access Console
Hello Guys, I'm encountering a weird issue i was wondering if anyone faced it before , i plugged an ssd into a server that had a datastore from another ESX ( same version, same hardware) it had one...
View ArticleLive migration of vCenter Server VM's to a new server - is it possible?
Hello all, We recently purchased new server/san equipment and I would like to migrate/move my vCenter server VM's over to the updated server equipment. Is this possible or will a cold migration be...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 UTC timezone causes Active directory permission issues
Due to VMware mandatory use of UTC for ESXi 5.5, I could not change the time zone settings, because I use NTP server to update time, these hosts always have UTC, I am located in CST, where my...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 RDS / Terminal servers - Choppy / very poor flash video...
We are running 3 Server 2008 RDS session hosts in a vmware environment. The VMs are running on 3 hosts, the hosts are Poweredge R720s, each with two 10 core 2.2GHz CPUs, and 132GB of RAM. The hosts are...
View ArticleHp Smart Array Error
Hi Guys Today one of my host I trailed off suddenly, I check the alarms and this alert appears: HP Smart Array P420i Controller: Embedded: HPAS1 anyone know what happens thanks
View ArticleESXi host disconnecting randomly
Hello members, Facing quite strange issue where one of the host in my home lab keeps disconnecting randomly. The issue is very random and not happening at specific intervals. ESXi 5.5 build 2068190 and...
View ArticleFreqent Alerts for Alarm.HealthStatusChangedAlarm vmware-vpostgres status...
Hello, I upgraded my vCSA from 5.5 to 6.0 last Friday. However, Friday evening I started to get frequent (10-50 minutes apart) alerts for HealthStatusChangedAlarm stating that the vmware-vpostgres...
View ArticleVM shows present in NFS data store after moved from to vmfs data store
HI,1) Create a vm using NFS datastore2) had created few snapshots3) Migrated this VM from datastore to local VMfs4) all the files are moved to defined vmfs datastore5) Storage >> nfs_datastore...
View ArticleAuto Deploy Post Install Actions
I'm trying to come up with a good solution that will create a Virtual Machine from a template as a post install activity after an ESXi 5.5 host is created through Auto Deploy. Here's the general...
View Articlevsphere6 storage reports
I'm looking for the storage report in vsphere web client: I select an object, monitor but I do not find the storage report.Even with the vsphere client 6.0 the storage view is not present.It seems...
View ArticleVCenter Converter Standalone 'network Error'
Trying to migrate some virtual machines from ESXi 3.5 to ESXi 6.0 using vCenter Converter Standalone Gets to about 5-6% before failing stating "FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion:'The...
View Articlevcenter log browser steps and tools
How to use vcenter log browser, please share any tools and tips. How to verify host is sending the logs to remote syslog server.
View ArticleHow to add ports to VDs Switch for LACP
Hi All, I have created vDS switch on vCenter 5.5 windows 2012 R2 server.I created two LACP Group with out issues each with 8 ports.When adding third one I am getting error " The link aggregation group...
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vCenter 6.0 Client GUI bug???
I think I've come across a client bug in vCenter 6.0 When using the C# client, if you right click on VMs, it shows I can "revert to current snapshot" or I can "consolidate" the VM, however if I look...
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