vSphere web client allows guest customization where windows client does not
I am running vCenter 5.5. I have had issues with deploying custom appliances through the web client because it does not seem to enforce the same rules as the windows client does. When deployed through...
View ArticleHardware for a DR Environment
I've been spending the past few years developing and building/practicing working in a Disaster Recovery environment for my organization. Recently we upgraded to vCenter 5.5 and my requirements for...
View ArticleIs that possible to connect/communicate the Linux based vCenter server by...
Hi Team,From long back we have vCenter Server on Windows server 2003 in our environment. Right now, we have plan to use Linux based vCenter server. The thing is, we have some PS1 script for montoring...
View ArticleMove backward and forward in Snapshots
Hi folks, I have a twisted one here. If I am developing a software and am taking a snapshot of a VM everyday for (lets say) 30 days.For argument sake after 30 days, my engineer says that we need to go...
View ArticleCluster Resources - Invalid Query Error - vCenter Web Client 5.5
Has anyone ever seen this?
View ArticleTurning vSphere on and off
Hi there, I have a reporting bug on my cluster and the official vSphere resolution is to turn HA at the cluster level off and then turn it back on again. My question is will this interrupt any of the...
View ArticlevCenter Remote Console does not ask for login
Hello VMWare-Community, in previous versions of the vCenter Webclient it asked for the user authentication, if the user isn't currently logged in. In the latest version, there only pops up a window...
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Help vcenter 5.1 SSO Multiple Domain Controllers
Hi I would like some information.We have vcenter 5.1 installed and when the installation took place, we only had 1 domain controller.Since then, we have installed a second domain controller, to avoid a...
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SNMP traps from vCenter
This is my first post. It seems that vCenter may not have sent this trap: esx.problem.vmsyslogd.storage.failureerrorVCesx.problem.vmsyslogd.storage.failure|Logging to storage has failed. Logs are no...
View Articleis it possible to add CPU if CPU hot add/remove disabled
I heard it is possible to change CPU counts and memory without having CPU hot add/remove enabled through CLI. Is it possible to change the CPU and memory count without having to power off VM to enable...
View ArticleSnapshot before an O.S. wipe?
In my vSphere 5.0 environment, I want to take a snapshot of a Windows 2008 E vm as a temporary backup. Then, on Saturday, I want to boot the running W2008 E vm to a Windows 2008 R2 iso and reinstall...
View ArticlevCenter OVA deploy fails to boot!
Hello,I am running Esxi 5.1(Essentials License) and I am deploying vCenter 5.1(Essentials License) as a VM on my system. My system has several HDD's as datastores such as a SSD, a SAS and a few SATA...
View ArticlevCenter log of SNMP traps sent
I'm trying to sort out why our SNMP server did not get a trap from vCenter. SNMP is configured and working in/from vCenter, we are missing a specific alarm (type). Does anyone know if vCenter keeps a...
View ArticleTrying to install evaluation vCenter Operations vApp
Hi. I'm trying to test and learn about vCenter Operations Suite so i downloaded the free evaluation version that is in the OVF package form. After downloading and attempting to import it via vSphere...
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Inactive Datastore
To start off, I am a student in a networking program that has recently implemented a virtualized infrastructure using a solution from vmware (obviously since im posting this here) to start teaching the...
View ArticleCustomize vc 5.5 web client login page?
Greetings, Anyone aware of an advanced setting that will allow you to modify the logon page of the web client? I'd like to differentiate between our production and dev environments by using color or...
View ArticleReporting Veeam disk usage with Chargeback Manager
Hi all. New to the community, but not to VMware.I manage a small cluster. The pieces relevant to my question are 1 vCenter server, 1 vCloud Director server, 1 Chargeback Manager server, and 1 Veeam...
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vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 won't join AD domain
I am trying to join vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 to Windows Server 2012 AD domain authentication but I am getting following error messageAD Authentication settingsError: Invalid hostname. FQDN is...
View ArticlevCenter appliance 5.1.0 SMTP relay
We have vCenter appliance 5.1.0. and I want to set up email alerts. Our exchange server is the in cloud, no email server in the office. It looks to me that vCenter is setup only to relay email,...
View ArticleHow many connections of Web Console can be handled by Web Client Server?
Do we have any data on Load/Performance of vCenter/Web Client server with Web Console connections? Or do we know how many Web Console connections can be handled by a Web Client server? Thanks,Nagesh
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