Question on Distributed Switching
We currently run a mix of ESX 4.0 U2 and ESXi 5 U2 hosts. vCenter is version 5. Most host NICs are 1 GB. vCenter virtual switches are configured as standard. We need toreduce the number of Cisco...
View ArticleMove a template or VM 'model' to another host?
I created a W2K8R2 VM and it took all day to run updates and build what is basically a model which will be used to deploy several other VMs where only a few may have different specs than the original....
View ArticleAutomatic service(s) not running: Net.Tcp Listener Adapter, VMware vSphere...
After I reboot vCenter server(windows 2008) i have received alert that shows Automatic service(s) not running: Net.Tcp Listener Adapter, VMware vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Service, when i was...
View ArticleHow many VMs does vCenter with default database ?
Hi, We are doing Citrix VDI scalabilty testing on Cisco UCS B200M3 blade server for performance testing using VMware as Host. We need some basic queries please clarify us. My Environment...
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vCVA hang on DB start
Hi All, I deploy vCVA 5.1 to VMWare Fusion 5.0.3, can login the web console on first installation done, then I change the hostname and toggle the certification re-generate then reboot, now it's hang on...
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 ArticleRestrict access to VCenter through the vclient
HI All Please help me with this.we have big vmware infrastructure in my organization And I want the specific domain users should not connect to vcenter using vphere client. They should only able to...
View ArticlevCenter sql server using 100 % cpu
Hi, I'm running vCenter 4.1 with around 4 hosts everything fine, for last two days vCenter is showing 100 % cpu usage in taskmanager, i found the process was sql server. i didn't make any changes to...
View Articlehow to move sql express database to another sql server.
hi, i installed vCenter 4.1 couple of months ago with sql express installtion. now i wan to move it to another sql server, i don't find any console like sql management studio in my vCenter server. Only...
View ArticleCrash while using CancelWaitForUpdates
I am running into crash while using the CancelWaitForUpdates.I see that the thread that issues this API ends up closing the socket and the other thread that is blocked on WaitForUpdate crashes with...
View ArticleLowest permissions to allow file/folder moves between datastores?
Hi I am trying to set up granular rights to allow a systems administrator to manage the VM's and datastores that he is responsible for.I created him a resource pool under our production cluster which...
View ArticleLicense Capacity Exceeded Alarm in VC
Hey there, I'm getting this alarm after an upgrade to 5.1, everything is working fine but this alarm is appearing - The current license usage (xx GB vRAM) for VMware vSphere 5 Standard exceeds the...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 Call "UserDirectory.RetrieveUserGroups" for object...
Hi! Recently updated vCenter from 5.0 to 5.1 Now, i cannot add local server users.vCenter OS - Windows Server 2008 R2 ENG in domain enviroment.Domain permissions works fine. vCenter started with local...
View Article"Vcenter alarm: ESXi 5.1 Host connection failure/ Host not responding"
Hello Everybody, I am facing a strange issue with my Vsphere environment and VMware Technical support hasn't been able to help me so far. The case is still pending with them for about 2 weeks now. We...
View ArticleNeed A Power CLi Script please help...
HI All I need to maintain the Inventory of the Infrastructure so I need tha data Of Vm in the following format in the Excel please suggest the script This for Virtual Machine InventoryNAME | FQDN |...
View ArticleSysprep won't start
Hi! I'm using ESXi 5.1 build 799733 and vCenter Server 5.1 build 947673 My problem is, when cloning or building a VM from a template, and using the customization tools, sysprep never start once I start...
View ArticleMigrate from a Physical Virtual Centre to the Virtual Centre Appliance ?
Hi Guys,Hope you can help or point me in the correct direction. We currently have a Physical Server Running Virtual Centre 4.1 (standard version of sql on same box). Id like to migrate away form this...
View ArticleRemoving SAN Connection
We have an older HP EVA powered off but still cabled to several ESX 4.0 hosts. We will not be using the EVA at this point and want to disconnect and remove the hardware.The hosts have been rebooted...
View ArticleHow to programmatically get the custom https port of vcenter server. This...
Hello My windows server has a vcenter server installation that does not use default https port (443). The https port is customized to 1443. So I believe I will need to specify 1443 as port in my...
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how to enable predictive disk failure alerts
Hi, I have been using ESX servers with no internal storage.However, now I am trying to reuse an unused server with internal disk as extra host. The machine I am trying to use in a Dell R810 with PERC...
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