Annotation field not available in vSphere web client ?
Hello, we are currently using the GUI vSphere client and we use the annotations field to summarize information about VMs. We want to migrate to the web version of the vSphere client, but we can't see...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client shows 0 vCenter server
Hi all. As a newbie, I am currently playing around with vCenter 5.1. just got vCenter Server 5.1 with all the required components (SSO, Web Client Server, etc) installed on a test server. After the...
View ArticleSet UUID for a VMDK using VCentre SDK Kit
Hi, I have use case where i want to set a new UUID to the VMDK using VCentre SDK Kit. I am making use of Java VCentre SDK API for my use case implementation. We have a method "SetVirtualDiskUuid" ,...
View ArticleSetting hosting server permanent for a guest server
Hi,We are running on VM environment with 4 hosts with HA. the version is 5.1 update 1. One of the guest server's application is bound to the hardware and once this server is migrated to other host, the...
View ArticleVMWare vCenter Installation on Windows 7 (WorkGroup)
Hello Guys We have recently purchased the following products from VMware: vCenter Server 5 EssentialsvSphere 5 Essentials I have successfully installed vSphere 5 on Essentials on 3 different hosts...
View ArticlevSphere Appliance Snapshot Reversion fails: A General System Error Occurred:...
Well folks, I'm kinda in the soup this time!My overall goal is to upgrade from vSpere 5.0 to 5.5a. I have the new Appliance ready to go, but the old appliance just would not show me the upgrade tab....
View ArticleMove hosts to new vCenter
I have a somewhat unique situation. . .here are the details: RequirementMove three hosts from an existing vSphere Essentials cluster and vCenter to a new vCenter BackgroundThe three hosts to be moved...
View ArticleUnable to install vCenter web client
Hi: I am seeing an error while installing vCenter web client at the point where you provide you vcenter sso admin user and password. I have verified that the admin user and password are correct by...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 Domain Group login fails
Hello Community, we upgraded vCenter and the ESXis from 5.1 to 5.5 successfully.We are using Native Active Directory user authentication and we used to have just our Domain Users group added to a...
View ArticleHow to update ESXi 5.0 U2 to 5.0 U3 (bugfixes and security) ?
Hello, I used VUM to apply 5.0 U3 fixes in ESXi 5.0 U2 hosts, but the build number after update is 1311177 instead of 1311175 as showed on "Correlating vCenter Server and ESXi/ESX host build numbers to...
View ArticleBuilding Several Hosts Efficiently
I'm fairly new to VMware and just completed an install/configure class. However, I took the class before my employer gave me my first assignment, so I wasn't able to ask any work related questions....
View ArticleWorkflow for Change VM password in Vcenter Orchestrator? Is there any script...
Workflow for Change VM password in Vcenter Orchestrator?Is there any script for change VM password through VCenter Orchestrator??Please kindly help!
View ArticleMigrating vCenter from Windows to VCSA w/Endpoint, vDS, UM, SSO, etc.
After doing a lot of browsing and reading I am fairly comfortable with the process for migrating a simple Windows-based vCenter installation to the VCSA. But what about moving everything else? I've...
View ArticleUpgrading from 5.1 to 5.5 in linked mode
Hi, I have to upgrade two 5.1 vcenter servers (windows version...non-appliance) that are linked together. I read on Derek Seaman's blog...
View ArticleAdd another cluster in vcenter?
Hi, I will have to deploy dl380e in 11 branch offices, I install esxi standard 5.1 u1 on the dl380e and create 2 VM in each site, I want to add the host on my Vcenter, it is not in the same subnet ....
View ArticleDell ExtPart
Hello everyone, Has anyone used Dell ExtPart utility to extend system drives of windows 2003 servers in production. I am thinking to use this utility in my production eviornment. I have heared that...
View ArticlevCenter SSO doesn't work with single-label domain names
Is it possible to add single-label active directory domain as authentication source to vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5?When I'm trying to add MYDOMAIN the following error appears: Ids non-local-os or...
View ArticlevCenter Task Description
Is it possible to determine that this task was that was performed in vCenter?...
View ArticleIP duplicate. How to identificate an virtual machine and ip
Hi guys. Yesterday, at night, my production app fails because something/someone use the app IP for one hour (18:53). Question: There is a way to know what vm started at 18:53? Or a way for know...
View ArticleMaking the Transition from vSS to vDS
In our current environment we strictly use vSS. The plan is to migrate to vDS. By migrate I mean we are going to build out a new cluster, with new hosts and connect those to the vDS. Once we get to the...
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