View Admin 5.1.3 Pool Entitlement Best Practices
I am looking for a white-paper or other documentation that might layout the best practices for pool access entitlement using Active Directory.
View ArticleIP Addresss Management withing ESX
We would like to integrate an IP address management service\extension\plugin into ESX. The idea of the management software is to lease an IP from a set of 4096 IPs whenever requested for a job. After...
View ArticleHow to rename the folder C:\Windows\Temp\vmware-SYSTEM
Hi,How can i rename the folder C:\Windows\Temp\vmware-SYSTEM in my vcenter?My backup software failed and the support says that to solve this problem i need to rename this folder...but Windows Always...
View ArticleVcenter 5.5. Appliance and SSO dont work for me
Hi -I am trying to get SSO for vcenter 5.5. appliance working. Here is what I have done and my environment. My environment is a win2K8R2 domain. My vcenter is in a one way trusted domain. For example...
View ArticleI have no custom scripts but I see this error: custom pre-freeze script in...
Hello, When backing up a particular Windows 2008 R2 guest I see this error: "custom pre-freeze script in the virtual machine exited with a non-zero return code" This guest has no custom pre-freeze...
View ArticleIssue with vCenter Support Assistant 5.1.1
I deleted vcenter support assistant 5.1.0 from the disk and I deployed and configured vCenter Support Assistant 5.1.1 without any problem but after registering with username and password, I get a...
View Articlemigrate vcenter 5.5 express database to ms sql 2012
hi, recently we deployed vcenter 5.5 using sql 2008 express (one of the installation options for vcenter 5.5).customer is asking to migrate the database to ms sql 2012, which is on a remote server to...
View ArticleHow to connect to VMWare Virtual Desktop through a browser
Hi, One of our customer has got multiple virtual desktops from VMWare (VShpere 5.0) .The customer is currently connecting to those VD's through the Windows Remote Desktop Connection tool. The...
View Articlewhat is the password for SSO - administrator@vsphere.local when installing...
Guys,Hope all is well.Need help, i was trying to check how new Vsphere look like but got struck in between, i have no clue as this is my first installation. Kindly help, many Thanks.
View ArticleHost Profiles Alternative?
We are having increasing difficulty with Host Profiles as the vSphere product evolves. Most of our issues revolve around the way vSphere enumerates storage hardware as well as other issues surrounding...
View ArticleCan you dial back thin provisioned space for a VM after the fact within vCenter
I know you the standalone converter can accomplish this, but I can't seem to do this within vCenter itself. I basically have a Windows OS template that has a vDisk containing the boot partition set to...
View ArticleHow to reset root password in ESXI 4.1 /5.1
HI All I have goggled and found one KB from VM Ware for reset root password It Says that we need to re-install the host ? and recommended by VM Ware so friends is there any other way to reset the root...
View ArticleNeed Help : migration between vcenter : minimize downtime.
Hi All, I have 2 different vcenter installed on different location (1 in US and Maldova. ) I have some R&D vms in Maldova which i have to delivers to US customer. Now i want them to move with there...
View ArticleHow can I see the host raid manager
Hi,Can any one suggest what I should do to see the raid status through mega raid manager along with steps Hardware used : IBM3650 M3 and IBM3550 M2 with adaptec raid controller card ESXi version: 5.1...
View ArticleWhy no vCenter Appliance for Hyper-V hypervisor
I can convert vCenter Appliance 5.5 to run on Hyper-V 2012 R2 (boots fine, is network accessible), but it is not only not supported, but in fact does not work (configuration fails)It seems that...
View ArticlevCenter App memory usage in home test environment
Hello all,First post of mine so please bear with me. I have recently taken the vSphere 5.1 ICM course and am studying for the VCP exam. My test environment is on my PC which is 4ghz 6 core AMD with...
View Articlewindow 2003 p2vERROR -- Convert: converter.fault.ManagedDiskOpenFault
2013-12-30T18:32:22.820+08:00 [03632 error 'Default'] [task,350] [LRO] Unexpected Exception: converter.fault.ManagedDiskOpenFault2013-12-30T18:32:22.820+08:00 [03632 info 'Default'] [task,379] [task-5]...
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Updating vCenter Server 5.1 SSL certificate - error
Hello everyone, we setup a new Windows Server 2008 R2 as a vCenter Server 5.1I'm now trying to install new certificates for all vCenter parts (server, inventory service, web client, ...) with Windows...
View ArticleExtracting Hardware Sensor Info From an HP Customized ESXi Image
Hi,I found many topics about using powershell or powercli to get hardware info but none did what i wantedinstalling an HP customized ESXi image makes the hardware info much more detailed and what I...
View ArticlePowerCLI throw error when i try to count the totla linux VM
HI All, when i try execute the Command on PowerCLI for count the total linux /windows VM ,it's throw error ,please if any Kown how to fix the issue ,please share it. Below are error Msg:PS C:\Program...
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