VCloud not able to connect to itself using its own external IP?
In vcloud, each vm has an internal ip and an external ip. It appears to me that when a process in a vm sends a request to its external IP, it gets a timeout, while requests to its internal IP work...
View ArticleOptimal method for duplicating production VM configurations
A client of mine is in need of an integration and test lab environment to represent production. The production system is 90% virtual, running vCenter / ESXi 5.0. There are approximately 500 VMs,...
View ArticleP2V vCenter 4.1 Server
We would like to P2V our physical vCenter server. I have done some research and come up with a plan. Can someone take a look and let me know if they see any potential issues and/or if there is a better...
View ArticleAdding an existing vCenter 5.1 instance to a Domain
Hello! Currently in my environment we have a brand new VS3 but isolated from our domain in our datacenter. Does anyone know of any problems with adding a vCenter 5.1 server to a domain after vCenter...
View ArticleSudo Self Service
I am pretty new to VMware and all the cool stuff you can do with it and am curious if my scenario makes sense to try and accomplish and how I could go about doing it. I do NOT want a step by step,...
View ArticlevCenter service fails to start with dangling SSL error
Hello All, I'm getting below error when starting vcenter service after a database migration. DB migration was done within the same host moving the vcenter db from SQL express 2005 to SQL express...
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cloneing windows server 2008r2 fiald with costomizing
Hi friends I was trying to clone a windows server 2008r2 MV from a ESXi5.1 Host to the same host itself with costomizing options & it failed. the error is as below: can anyone tell me the way i can...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 HA question
I have 5.1.0,880146 running. I just set up 2 hosts with HA configured and wanted to do proof of concept w/ the customer. I left one test vm running on host 1 and rebooted the host. As expected as the...
View ArticleLooking for a Root cause?
HI Techies, I come across the situation where one of shared lun goes offline and due to which all the host on the vcenter started disconnecting one by one?I an not able to find the cause for this...
View ArticleSBS2011 Server reconized as Windows 7 64Bit
Dear Community. After installed 3 VMWare ESX 5.0 and one 5.1 in some build versions i have 4 times the same effect with this 4 installations on 4 different customers. I create a new VM with the...
View ArticleChange ESXi name in vClient
Hi! I have little question about ESXi presentation in VMware Vclient.In case ESXi was added by ESXi ip-address it will shown in vClient by it's ip-address. Is it possible to change this visualization...
View ArticleHow to access vcenter server configuration page after fresh installation
Hi friends, I am new to VMware tech.I just installed vcenter for practicing.before using vsphere client,I think we need to enable some settings in the config page through webpage.Whats the link for...
View ArticlevSphere web client folder or ressource pool doesn't show more than 20 virtual...
Hi, we are using the vSphere web client 5.1 and when there are more than 20 virtual machines in a folder or a ressource pool it doesn't show them anymore on the left side/frame. It only shows for...
View Articlevcenter-01.prod.local is not responding (reason: Session with VMware is not...
I continue to get this error on my vCenter servers, and I have no idea what I need to look at. I have been chewing through the logs, but cannot find anything of value. Any suggestions?
View ArticlePresenting storage to my vm host.
Hi all, I need help in building a lab: My team and I have 4 esx host already loaded with vsphere 5.0.2.4 TB of Datastore presented and well running.all running in a vcenter. We are required to build...
View Articlewatchdog-hostd.PID file getting removed
Hi Guys,I am facing problem with the host agent start the agent starts and then crashes. I tried to follow the following article but to no...
View ArticlevCenter Server has been successfully installed, but one or more was not...
After I have installed vCenter 5.1, the final note says the wizard was interrupted and the vcenter was installed successfully though some components were not installed !!it advises me to read logs .. I...
View ArticleCustom roles (junior administrator)
Has anyone successfully created a junior level admin type role and care to share the template? I am finding a need to limit some of the abilities of engineers in my group and really haven't found any...
View ArticleVMware vCenter Server 5.1 using 2012
Quick question, one which I am not see a definitive answer for. Can I install vSphere Center Server 5.1 in Windows 2012? Thanks,
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