vCenter services not starting automatically after server restart
Hi,We are using vCenter Server 5.5.0 Build 1476327 installed using Custom Install Mode on Windows Server 2008 R2 with SQL 2008 R2. All SSO, inventory service, vcenter, web client etc., are on the...
View ArticleTemplate Hardening.
Hi All, I need the help to know some more thing deeply about Templates. 1) Windows : What is the best practice to do the Templated and hardening of the OS. Like Patch upgrade, Antivirus installation....
View ArticleNewbie - Vcenter Fails on install and rolls back installation during single...
Simple setup.1) esxi host hypervisor 5.5. fresh install1) Server 2008 SP2 x6, AD single domain1) Server 2008 SP2 x64, Vcenter Vcenter is member of the domain and can ping by FQDN of AD and by IP, all...
View Articleneed a script that will look at all of the VM servers and tell the names of...
Hi All,I need a script that will look at all of the VM servers we have and tell us the names of the ones that have not been logged into in the past 2 weeks and past month.Is this possible. if yes ?...
View ArticleWhy are two snapshots created when I quiesce a VM?
Hello, I have a quick question which I cannot seem to find an answer to. We recently upgraded a couple of our hosts to ESX(i) 5.5 and vCenter as well because we needed support for Server 2012 VMs....
View Articlegetting cannot complete customization of existing windows VM using vim java api.
Hi, I am using below given customization spec for customizing existing windows VM. and getting cannot complete customization . Can somebody tell me what is wrong here in code ? CustomizationSpec cuSpec...
View Articleneed help for resolving getting sysprep.inf answer file is missing when...
Hi , I am cloning and customizing windows vm. after this is completed I am seeing that no customization have been applied. I looked into C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vmware-imc\guestcust.log and found that it is...
View ArticleCan't remove previous network post-vm 10 upgrade
Hi Running vCenter 5.5.0 & ESXi 5.5.0 hosts, just upgraded a vm to version 10 hardware and changed the network to a different Virtual Machine port group/VLAN, but it still remembers the previous...
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SSO Configuration option disappeared after upgrade from 5.5 to 5.5.0b
After an upgrade from vSphere 5.5 to vSphere 5.5.0b Build 1441077 SSO configuration is disappeared from web-client Access Control menu when using administrator@vsphere.local account We have no any...
View ArticleMigration Path from vCenter 5.1 Windows to 5.5 linux Appliance
Hi to everybody, we have a vCenter 5.1 with Update Manager and SSO running on a Windows Server 2008 R2. We use on the same server the free MS SQL Server 2008 R2.In December or January we want to...
View ArticleCan't open console from vCenter unless I'm logged directly into the host also
This is a really weird one. I just added a new host to replace our current host for infrastructure VMs for a test lab. The plan was to add two in a cluster so if one failed we could bring back VMs...
View ArticleIdeas and Improvement Suggestions for VMWare Products
Hi Fellow VM Gurus, I am fairly new to the forums but not VMWare, I am interested to know if there is a link or email / forum for product improvements / ideas and suggestions?
View ArticleVCSA 5.5 Linux Appliance starnge behaviour - netlogond[3240]: 0x7fd8e4a90700:...
Dear all, I got VCSA 5.5 installed for a few days, using SSO authentication into an active directory domain.The VCSA is accessible, can run very well. But, after some hours, it stops responding into...
View ArticlevCenter 5.0 manage ESXi 5.5 hosts?
Can anyone confirm whether or not a vCenter 5.0 server can manage hosts that are at ver 5.5? Thanks
View Article2nd vCenter 5.5 services failing when added to existing SSO domain
Hello everyone. I succesffully installed and configured my first vCenter 5.5 with SSO on the same server. Created my datacenter, added hosts. All good.I am adding a 2nd vCenter to the environment to...
View Articlemigrating vcenter server vm from vsphere client
connecting to vcenter server by vsphere client.then trying to migrate it to other host validation succeeded migration started but it take a long time and the session gets disconnected can,t verify...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 Update 1b on Windows Server 2012R2 - problems with ADAM
When installing vCenter Server 5.1u1b on Windows Server 2012 it uses ocsetup.exe (Windows Optional Component Setup) to install ADAM which works quite well. However, it does note OCSETUP has been...
View ArticlevCenter SQL DB migration issue...
I am trying to migrate the vCenter SQL DB to a dedicated SQL Server.It already uses SQL Server but on the same VM as the vCenter installation. Moving the DB and realigning the ODBC connection failed to...
View ArticleError logs in our Linux Host Cluster shows I/O errors for RDM LUNS.
Error logs in our Linux Host Cluster shows I/O errors for RDM LUNS. Example log: 2014-02-13T18:47:20.866Z cpu2:9482)Partition: 414: Failed read for "naa.60000970000195701169533031363646": I/O...
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