AutoDeploy huge amount of errors
Some weeks ago updated vCenter from 4.x to 5.1I see the huge list of logs in windows events:--------------AutoDeploy 1 None "The description for Event ID 1 from source AutoDeploy cannot be...
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Hi Guys, This is a relatively easy one I guess for someone out there! Had a VSphere Server but its completely dead, I cannot start any of the services even after trying every help page out there. Can...
View ArticlevCenter 5.0 Database Connection Ecryption
the database team enabled the connection encryption on their database now the VMware vCenter 5.0 wont start up with the following error message: [VpxdVdb::SetDBType]:database eroor:ODBC...
View ArticleSingle Sign On Multisite Configuration (5.5)
With the appliance, is the Single Sign On multi-master feature available? I would like to deploy the appliance (without Linked Mode), but with a single SSO authentication domain. The documentation...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client not reconizing Host
Hello there, I'm a bit new to VMware despise one recent formation and so try to improve myself on this, i hope you could help me on this.I use vCenter Client and vCenter Web Client 5.5 to manage 2...
View Articlecan we delete vpxd-XXX.dmp.gz
my virtual center drive is FULL. Found many vpxd.dmp.gz . I was thinking to delete them. can anyone confirm that it is ok to delete vpxd-dmp.gz files from virtual center logs Thanks in advance
View ArticleUpgrade vCenter Server 5.1 to 5.5 on fresh install
Hello everybody I'm trying to upgrade from vCenter 5.1 to 5.5 on a freshly installed VM. So the clean installation in simple mode went fine, I've got everything up and running that I need, SSO, Web...
View Article5.5 simple install database password
I have installed VCenter 5.5 using simple install. Following the successful install of vcenter but before making any changes, I used the SSL Certificate updater tool to create new certs based on my...
View ArticlevCenter Server and SQL Express
I am creating a new vCenter 5.5 server that will manage 5 hosts in a cluster with 37 virtual machines at our primary site. At our DR site, we will have 4 hosts setup in a cluster for replication from...
View Articleperformance report for VM
Hi, We have removed a VM from the Inventory and re-added it. I understand that Vcenter will generate performance report for the VM after the VM was re-added to the Inventory. But, we have a situation...
View ArticleFallback to old vcsa in case upgrade to 5.5a fails
Hi, I am working on an upgrade from vcsa 5.0 with embedded DB2 to 5.5a. Since it is production environment, I need to be able to fallback in case upgrade fails. So for sure snapshot and backup will be...
View ArticleError with datastore uploader in web client
Hi all. I have a problem with uploading files via the vsphere web client. Just upload process will not start and progress is 0% all time. JavaScript console output: VMRC Probe version is:...
View ArticleVcenter best pactrice
Hi All i like to know What is the Best Patrice for install Vcenter Server psychical or as a virtual?. if we are using Vithual Vcenter what will happen in case of Vcenter hosting Esxi Server Got fail....
View ArticleSteps to Integrate Cisco UCS Manager with VMware vCenter
Hi Guys,This blog post is for everyone who work with Cisco UCS servers and VMware on top of it. A single pane of management to do most of the daily tasks related to physical servers and virtualization...
View ArticleHow do I move virtual machines from a VMware4 farm to a VMware5 farm?
I have two VMware farms- the VMware4 farm which is currently running our production and a new VMware5 farm which we wish to use going forward. Both farms run on separate hardware clusters and both have...
View ArticleMigrate vCenter to an alternate VM
Hi all, I have an issue with my vCenter due to a problem with a backup solution implemented in the current infra.Regarding this official document: VMware KB: Migrating vCenter Server to a different...
View ArticleResource Pools - Starting From Scratch
Currently our resource pools are useless, we have 2 in each cluster but they were configured with the default settings. I need to come up with a plan to create a new cluster and redesign the resource...
View ArticleIssue with Alerts in vCenter 4.x
Starting Novemeber 7, we have been receiving high CPU usage alerts from two of the ESX hosts in our 3 host high availability cluster. We have been receiving more and more alerts each day starting with...
View ArticleHow to create user for accessing web console of Vcenter Server Appliance
The console by default is located at https://<ip>:5480For VC appliance, the default user that has access is root. Can I create another system level user and grant him access to the console? I...
View ArticleCapacity Monitoring for VMware Cluster
I have got a vSphere which has two Clusters. We are looking to convert our Citrix Servers and move them into the Clusters but need to keep High Availability of the cluster so as not to overload it with...
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