How do I reset the VCenter password or remove it so I can rebuild?
I am new to the vmware community. I am not sure how to find this information, so maybe someone can help me. I inherited an ESX 5.1 environment. There are two Hosts and there is a VCenter server set...
View ArticleIs sql2012 supported?
Is ms sql2012 supported for vcenter 5.1 database, which will be running in an 2012 OS as well? Cheers,
View ArticleHow to speed up vSphere Web Client
Hello, we've got a vCenter Server (as VM - 8 cores, 16GB RAM) and running vSphere 5.1 on all hosts. Since the upgrade to 5.1 we're using the Web Client (as recommended) - but the Web Client seems to be...
View ArticleGenerating certificates for use with the VMware SSL Certificate Automation Tool
Hi,I am trying to use SSL certificate automation tool. Our vCenter Server is configured in Heartbeat mode. When I am trying to generate certificate signing request (CSR) for Single sing-on (SSO), 1st...
View ArticleVMWare VIM SDK .Net, update CustomFieldValue
Hi, I am not sure if this is the correct forum for SDK questions, please redirect me to a correct one if not, but here goes: I have this code: public void SetFieldValue(int key, string value){ var...
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slow deployment of templates or clones from vCenter Server
Deployment of VMs was all fine until last week & suddenly everything became very slow. I have downloaded the performance report for the ESXi & i can find some difference only in disk. Please...
View ArticleRSA_USER keeps getting dropped
Unable to complete SSO install, every time we run the install I get error 29114, when the database is checked the user RSA_USER is removed. We ran the sql script which is part of the install. any ideas...
View ArticleForum for vCloud Automation Center (vCAC)
Hi, Do we have a forum for vCloud Automation Center (vCAC)?
View ArticleNeed to set "vSphere Distributed Switch" after fresh install ESXi 5.1 ??
Hi All, Under a cluster, one of four hosts is planned to upgrade from ESX 4.0 to ESXi 5.1 (with fresh installation). All settings (IP, hostname, etc.) will not change. Since it is using "vSphere...
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Removed datastore from host, still present in vCenter?
I had some performance issues with my iSCSI connection on my QNAP SAN, so I decided to switch to NFS instead. Much better now, but the old iSCSI datastore ("Store-1") is still present in vCenter, even...
View ArticlePromiscuous mode on a virtual adapter
I've searched through forum posts, and they are confusing to say the least. Here's what I'm trying to do: I need to have the virtual adapter for one of my servers set to promiscuous mode. I'm using a...
View ArticlePerformance report issue in vCenter 5.X
Hi, we are using vcenter server 5.0 and 5.1. we are not able to pull the performance report for more then one day. we able to get only real time or past 24 hr. If we tried to more then one day, get...
View ArticleUnable to open VMC file
Hi,Within Win 7 machine, now I cannot open .vmc file. What should be installed for opening that? Many Thanks & Best Regards,HuaMin
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 ArticleSRM 5 with netapp SRA, FCOE to iSCSI site with RDM
Hi Team , could anyone please help to veify if it works in this scenario. We have PROD site running vmware vcenter 5.0, esxi5.0, SRM 5.0 , on Netapp 3210 filer ONTAP8.1 version. VMs are windows server...
View ArticleSSH Problem
Hello Guys, I have installed VMware infrastructure. I have lots of Vmware machine and i m accessing all of these machines using SSH taking there putty session.The problem is that now i m not able to...
View ArticleMigrate VM's between vCenter 4.0 and vCenter 5.1
I will need to join an esxi 5.1 cluster to an exisiting esx 4.0 cluster and will need to migrate all virtual machines from the old vcenter 4.0 to the new vcenter 5.1.I was planning on creating the...
View ArticleCheck memory status after resource allocation.
I have created two virtual machines on two hosts using vsphere client. After that I added them in a cluster. Then in resource allocation tab of cluster, gave 75% share to 1st VM.How it will be...
View ArticleVMware Tools won't install on Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.4
We have a vCenter Server 5.0.0 managing an ESX 4.1.0 host running a VM with Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.4 installed. Choosing "Install/Upgrade VMware Tools" from the VM's menu initiates the task, but...
View ArticleHost Profiles
If i install ESXi 5.1 on a new host. Can i apply my Host Profile which was created by using ESX 4 Host. Please suggest...
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