VMware vCenter Server Appliance - Forgot Root password
Guys, Not sure if this is the right forum but I have forgotten the root password for the web portal! How do I reset it? CheersJohn
View ArticleCreating the DSN needed to connect vCenter 5.1 to SQL Server
I'm looking for a simple, step-by-step process to create the DSN needed to connect vCenter Server 5.1 to an already-configured SQL database. It should be simple, yet usable by someone who is not a...
View ArticlevCenter 4.1 Migration
Thanks all in advance for your help on this. I'm running VMware with 2 hosts. vCenter 4.1 with sql 05 express is sitting on the 2nd host and i need to migrate it to another physical server (08 R2)...
View Articlevmsvc-DEBUG (recursed): RpcOut: couldn't open channel with RPCI protocol...
Not sure if i'm posting in the proper place. I have 3 esxi 5.1 servers in a cluster. I have 2 terminal server Windows 2003 x86 guests that are causing me fits. The vmtools quit spontaneously and I get...
View ArticleTerminal servers freezing
My terminal servers are freezing more often please help what might be the problem and how to solve this
View ArticleLicensing problem adding host to vCenter trial
I am evaluating vmware as a virtualization option in our datacenter. I have ESXi 5.1.0 installed on a host, and I deployed the vCenter trial appliance 5.1.0 on a second server. When I try and add the...
View ArticleSanity Check: Hardware compatibility: vMotion/CPU/EVC etc
Hi allWe currently have a DRS cluster with 6 Dell Poweredge R610 hosts with either Intel Xeon 5540 or 5530 CPUs which according to this KB article (http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1991) are in the Group D for...
View ArticleVC/SSO login doesn't work for me. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
Hi,I have recently upgraded to 5.1u1 and it has gone very smoothly :-) However, I want to add a user as an Admin from the domain. I added the users to the __Administrators__ group in SSO admin but they...
View Articledoes Look uri in vcenter point to Service Provider of vcenter.
Hi ALL ,I have few questions related to vCenter SSO integeration.It would be great if some one can help me in that. What is the 'lookupURL' expected to be ? Is this that of the SSO Service...
View Articlevcenter appliance connexion
hi everybodysome one can help me how to connect to a virtual appliance running on an ESXi and configure the DRS and HA Thanks tho all
View ArticleMoving vcenter 5.1.x to new server
I want to move my vcenter 5.1 u1 to a new server. I have only one vcenter with all services on it. Only Database is on other server. My main concern is SSO. Can i uninstall the service and reinstall...
View ArticleFailed to open disk !!
When ever backup tool tries to backup a VM it fails with an error :Backup tool uses VCB. ABC\ABC.vmdk Failed Failed to open diskABC\ABC_1.vmdk Failed Failed to open diskABC\[XXX-XXX-XX-XX-XXX]...
View ArticlevSphere Client 5.1 cannot connect to vcenter virtual appliance 5.1
Hi,my environement is composed of a desktop dell optiplex 390 on which i installed vmware workstation 9. Then i created a virtual machine that is running ESXI 5.1 and connected my desktop to the esxi...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Assistance
I have a nested VM via Workstation 9 studying for VCP exam. I am going through enabling hyper-threading exercise and the properties is grayed out for processors under configuration. I have done a few...
View ArticleVM disk space allocation confusion
In the vSphere Client, my vCenter server, a Windows 2008 R2 virtual machine, shows under its Summary tab that the "Provisioned" space for it is 88.11GB; its "Not-shared Storage" is 56.24GB; its "Used"...
View Articlevcenter failed to boot from disk 0
lately my vcenter is often having this error of failing to boot from disk 0 , I have to use the operating system windows 2008 disk and do a disk check and then become fine for sometime, but its started...
View ArticleVCenter Can't start after My Host restart
Dear:I Use Esxi5.1I instal vsa Manager OK and run.BUT, I shutdown 2 Host ,retart the host that contain Vcenter.But the VMware VirualCenter Server can start（in service ,it set as delay start）.. I...
View ArticlevixDiskLibSample crashing after VixDiskLib_Open on Linux 64 bit but working...
Hi, I have downloaded VDDK Linux 64 bit-from VMWare communityand installed it . I compiled sample vixDiskLibSample programme and running itto get the VM file details as following : esxi_rep.exe -info...
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Log Browser authentication failure
Hello, I have a strange problem with Log Browser authentication "Unauthorized access error". I performed all steps as described in KB 2037927...
View ArticleVCVA is not working in vmware workstation 8
My ESXi 5 is running inside vmware workstation and on esxi i deployed vcenter virtual appliance 5 but when i am trying to start VCVA it is giving error
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