Why 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 ArticlevCenter 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 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 ArticleFailed to migrate vm's from ESXi 5.0 host to 5.5 host .
Hi, I have upgraded vcenter/ vsphere from 5.0 to 5.5.With vcenter upgrade i have no problems, everything went smooth. The problem is in the hosts. I have upgraded 3 hosts from 5.0 to 5.5 without...
View Articleno more VMware vSphere Client after ESXi 5.5
Hello, I've seen somewhere, but can't remember where, that vCenter will not support the windows based vSphere client and will only be usable from the web based client after ESXi 5.5. Is there any...
View ArticleNetwork cards and VMware HA compatibility
Hello,I'm setting up a cluster between two machines, the machines only have one integrated network card.To create a cluster you need a redondant network if i don't mistake. So can I add a random pci...
View ArticlevSphere 5.5 Flash Read Cache
Hi, I have updated my vCenter to 5.5 and of course one of the interesting improvements is Flash Read Cache. I installed SSD drives and was able to see it in vSphere Web client and now need to assign...
View ArticleUpgrade vcenter to 5.1/5.5 or only up to 5.0 update 3??
vCenter v5.0.0 v755629ESXi5 Hosts - v5.0.0 U3 1489271 Hi All Thanks for reading my post. I am currently working on a patching project to get all of our clusters up to a certain degree of updates and...
View ArticleDeleteing mutiple VM's in Virtual Center 5.1?
Does anybody know of a way to delete multiple VM's at a time in virtual center 5.1?Looking for an easier way rather than searching for one VM at a time and deleting one at a time.I have done A LOT of...
View ArticleSSO configuration issue
Hi gurus If you have read my previous posts you will know that I am very new to all this , so go easy on me , still learning. I would like to integrate AD authentication on my cluster, so I can...
View Articlewhat are the best practices to convert my vcenter vm to physical machine....
what are the best practices to convert my vcenter vm to physical machine. Please help......
View ArticlevCenter Single Sign On service
Hi, On many VMware forums if I want to change database server for SSO it says restart SSO service. But i looked at least 15 servers and this service doesnt exist. Is it under different name hidden...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 and vCenter 5.0 !!!
Dear, I have an environment with vCenter 5.0 and ESXi 5.0 hosts 3, but installed a new host with ESXi 5.1, my question is: - Can I add that host to ESXi 5.1 cluster with vCenter 5.0 and manage it like...
View ArticleAPI path to get UUID where datastore name is the input
Hi All, I am trying to find the correct API links (using vCenter APIs) to get the UUID of the lun associated with a particular datastore. input:datastore namecluster namevcenterSDKconnection...
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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 ArticleVcenter 4.1 to 5.5
We currently have Vcenter 4.1 running on sql express 2005 with server 2008R2. I want to migrate away from my phyiscal box to a virtual running 5.5 and sql 2008 r2 and Server 2008 r2. (Plan is to bring...
View ArticleStateful AutoDeploy
We try to install an esxi server with autodeploy. the installation must be a stateful installation. when we select the disk with local or remote the installation fails. what do i have to define for a...
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