Detailed info about tasks and failed tasks restart
Hi I'm new in vCenter but worked long time with Microsoft SCVMM. I can not findtwo functions thatwere very useful:1.Detailedinformation aboutthe task. For example, whenmigratingseenhow manygigabytes of...
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Error 28038 setup cannot create vcenter instance
I encountered this error while installing vCenter 5.1 on Server 2008 R2 (that's the part of Domain). RegardsRahul
View ArticleWhere is document how to make Vmware HA environment ?
Where is document how to make Vmware HA environment ?
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Help with install ESXi 5.1 with SSO
So I am setting up a testlab and have used a combination of the guides in the links below. Installing ESXi seems very simple and it goes through without a hitch. I have successfully logged into...
View ArticleHow to upgrade vCenter Virtual Machine Hardware version
Hi All, How to upgrade vCenter Hardware version, we have single vCenter server Is there any way to upgrade hardware version... ThanksSrikanth Raavi
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Help! unknown hosts in license inventory
configuration:14x2Cpu IBM HS 22 Blade serversIBM Bladecenter EvSphere 5.1 Hi! Recently I've completed interactive upgrade of 14 esxi 5.0 hosts up to 5.1 using installation CD. I've added all hosts to...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 SSO Manual Replication
I have setup two sites each with its own vcenter and sso setup with linked mode. Now to replicate the SSO's data I need to manually export and import the information. Is there an easier way of doing...
View ArticleMoving Storage disk to new VM
Hi, I have a Windows VM that is playing up. It is a secondary fileserver and the system won't boot up. Can I move the attached disks to a new VM if I create and new Windows 2008 R2 VM? If so what is...
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Could not power on VM: Number of running VCPUs limit is exceeded
Hello I have a vcenter 5.x with 2 esx 5.1 host. I have DRS on. The thing is, when i try to power on a virtual machine, i get this message: Is there any way to change this limit? The only thing i have...
View Articleshow thick/thin provisioned disks
Hi Is there a way to determing if an existing vmdk for a vm is thin provisioned or thick provisioned?How do we go about determing it from VCSA or ESX ? I only found...
View ArticleRegional template distribution and deployment
Running vCenter v5.1 based in California with vSphere 5.1 servers in California, New York, London and Amsterdam. We have been creating templates more and more to distribute new operating systems around...
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vpxd.exe have enormous amount of Page Faults, restart takes ages
One of our physical w2k8 5.1 U1a vCenter servers is running with 96GB RAM and using around 40GB in normal operations (150hosts and 2500 VMs). Windows Page File Size is configured with Custom Values...
View ArticlevCenter Appliance Broken
After completing the task of installing the snmp service through yast and configuring it, my vCenter appliance will no longer work. The Server service will not start automatically on reboot of the...
View ArticleBacking up vCenter Appliance
I am following this article on how to backup the vCenter Appliance: VMware KB: Backing up and restoring the vCenter Server Appliance (vPostgres) database it will not take the EMB_DB_Password value...
View ArticleSSO can't survive a simple reboot... correction can't survive a password...
I've built up a development 5.1 environment with a few hosts and vcenter running on a Windows 2008r2 vm (on a different cluster). I'm running all services including SQL express on the VM. After many...
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ESXi host dirty removal from cluster
So here's what happened, one of our HP G7 AMD hosts went dead, kaput, not even get to post and just beeps perpetually.So it's been down for a while and we started seeing some problems in the cluster so...
View ArticleSYSprep dont run in a template
HelloI have vcenter 5.1Just created a VM 2008 r2CLone it as a templateClick deploy vm from templateChoose customization Fill in the infoSelect generalyseAfetr the new VM is okBUT when the vm boots...
View ArticleWhat is the fastest way to move a server from a VCenter to another Vcenter (...
I want to move my VMServer ( 500 GB VMDK) from a VCenter to another Vcenter. I tried to use converter but it will take 2 days because moving from location to another location. What is the fastest way...
View Articlevmotion between 2 datacenter
Is it possible to vmotion between 2 datacenter which has shared storage and same VLAN ?
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