How to restrict the acces to specific user to connect to vcenter throght the...
How to restrict the acces to specific users to connect to vcenter throgh the vsphere client and they should only be able to acces through the web client
View ArticleTesting Spec
I have to write a customer acceptance test spec document for vCenter and the ESXi 5.1 datacenter we've built. Are there any official VMW documents that anyone knows of that detail recommended testing...
View ArticleVMware tools slow to install and kills CPU.
I have been running esx since 3.02 and have recently upgraded from 4.1 to 5.1. When I went to upgrade the vmware tools some vm's, 2003 and maybe a few 2008 windows servers seem to really drag and take...
View Articlevcenter server password recovery?
hey guys,i deployed a 3 vmhost with network storage about 3 weeks ago. I installed the vcenter server appliance and everything worked fine.Today i'm not able to log into the vcenter server at all... it...
View ArticleiSCSI Datastore refuses to connect
I'm new to a VMware vCenter / vSphere environment, but not new to system engineering. This one has me stumped as I've checked various VMware KB's, youtube toots, ..etc. I'm simply trying to connect...
View ArticleCreating Templates, do I use sysprep.
I use ESXi5 and Vcenter5. I have a few questions about templates. Do I need to use sysprep? On the vSphere 5 Documentation Center page I can either convert or clone a VM to a template no mention of...
View ArticlevCenter Service Status and Hardware Status plugin errors in vSphere 5.1 -...
When I tried to enable the VUM for vSphere 5.1 (another issue I'll address in a different thread but if anyone has information on that, by all means chime in here), I also noticed there were 2 other...
View ArticleAll VMs disconnected on the vCenter between 2:30 am and 3:00 am
Hello, Everyday all VMs appear disconnected in the vCenter console between 2:30 am and 3:00 am.SCOM is reporting them as not connected, heartbeat failing etc.. Application users are calling as they...
View ArticleUpgrade vCenter Server 5.1
Dear, In upgrade process vCenter Server 5.1 from vCenter Server 4.1. When register vCenter Server with Single Sign On, at Lookup Service URL, in SSO_host_FQDN_or_IP, I type the localhost that I...
View ArticleUpgrading from ESX 4.0
Thanks in advance for any advice. I’m the IT Manager at a school district and I am preparing to upgrade to Vmware 5.1. I currently have three ESX 4.0 servers and one Vcenter 32bit server on a...
View ArticleDisks need consolidation and active snapshot?
hi guys I have a virtual machine that is telling in a warning that "Virtual Machine Disks consolidation is needed" but also VM has an active snapshot a prettu old one by the way. so what should I do...
View ArticleUpdating VMware tools in HA/FT cluster
We have a cluster running several ESXi 5.1 hosts and one ESXi 5.0 host. The VM's running on the 5.1 hosts show their VMWare tools as outdated, but the VM's running on the 5.0 show their tools as being...
View ArticleCombining multiple vCenters
Hi, I currently have 2 vCenters, one for PRD (6 ESXi 5.1.0 hosts, VMware Std, approx 50 VMs) and other for VDI (2 ESXi 5.1.0 hosts, approx 40 VDs). Therefore I have 1x Trend Micro Deep Security Server...
View ArticleAlarm action keeps repeating even when the alarm is no longer triggered
Hello,We have an alarm action set to "send a notification trap" and it is set to repeat every five minutes. I am wondering why it continues to be sent even after the condition triggering the alarm has...
View ArticleWhat are the changes will happen on the esx side, when i do a vmotion and...
What are the changes will happen on the esx side, when i do a vmotion and svmotion?
View ArticleAgent unable to save configuration to disk: Error syncing firmware...
Hi, I am facing issue with two of my hosts in the cluster of 6Hosts. Hosts are getting disconnected and connected back on vCenter Server.I found out many portals wherein it defines resolution to this...
View ArticleInstalling vCenter and Single Sign on, Error, could not connect to lookup...
Hi, I want to install our first vCenter. Now I am at the Point to install die Single Sign On. But I get always the message, could not connect to lookup Service.Details can be find in VM_ssoreg.log in...
View ArticleUnable to delete LUN from datastore by vCenter
Hi, Recently my vCenter server has been out of order and I was unable to access my vCenter through vCenter. Than I configured new vCenter in another system that is working fine with HA. After this I...
View ArticlevCenter Server database migration
Hi I hope you can help. we are currently running vCenter 4.1 on w2k8 and the DB is hosted a separate MS SQL Server 2005. we are experiencing performance issues and i will have to move the DB to another...
View ArticlevCenter Linked Mode
Hi,I am building vCenter 5.1 Linked Mode LAB including vSphere replication. I am following the following steps 1) Single Active directory and DNS for both vCenter Servers2) Can i achieve the vCenter...
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