vSphere 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 ArticleMigrate VMs from old vCenter 3.5 to new vCenter 5.1
I got situation where I have old unmaintained (no maintenance license) VMWare enviroment running vcenter and esx servers in version 3.5. SAN is mixed iSCSI/NFS from two IBM N3300. All of this is going...
View Articlep2v error
Hi, am converting P2V windows 2000 server, finally am getting one error kindly help in this regards, find the attachment for error....
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 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 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 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,
View ArticleNational vCenter deployment
I have over 100 sites across the USA. All have decent bandwidth connectivity back to the HQ. I am fairly new to VMware, but have a long IT background. Someone decided to roll out vCenter Appliances...
View ArticlevCenter 5.0 Guest Customization - default to Power on Virtual Machine
Greetings, So, now when I utilize a template and Guest Customization, the check box for Power on Virtual Machine after completion is not checked and I have to manually do this and "remember" to do this...
View ArticleMost efficient Anti-Affinity Rule
I'm wondering if anyone has an opinion on what the 'best' anti-affinity rule would be, between VM-to-Host & Keep-VMs-Separate. Here is my situation: 6 ESX servers in 1 cluster~100 VMsHA, DRS, &...
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 ArticleBest way to move VMs between two clusters: HP and UCS
Hello,We have to move VMs from the UCSChassis cluster: 6 ESXi hosts into an HPChassis Cluster. I am just wondering how to do it with the minimum downtime. Thanks for your help,
View ArticleVDP 5 restore always fails for all backups for single VM with error E30931...
In our vSphere 5 setup w/ VDP (6.1.80-179 aka 5.1.0.56-179) a datastore failed.There a critical VM is now shown with disks w/ 0 Byte on the failed datastore. When trying to restore the impacted VM we...
View ArticleLinkMode Conflicts
basically I am getting the following error when trying to join a new vcenter, I get to the Conflicts step in the wizard and check the file conflicts.txt:- [RoleId: 4 --> 469762254] if I say yes to...
View Articlehow to migrate view 5.1 to vcsa?
Hi everyone, I had deployed a VIEW 5.1 service in the windows version of vCenter Server, including the VIEW connection server, VIEW composer server and so on. All works well. Later, I replaced the...
View ArticleDelegating admin permissions for departments
Hi, I've got a request from one of our department leaders to give them access to their specific folder within vCenter 5.1.So far, so good. The problem is that they need to be allowed to deploy new VMs...
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