New Backend DB for Vcenter
Hi Folks, I have question concerning the Vcenter DB. Our VCenter installation runs on an Oracle Backend DB. This DB needs to be migrated to a new Server Hardware. During that migration time (approx. 1...
View ArticleWeb Client Plugin does not install
Hi, on one computer I have the problem that the Plugin Tools for Firefox or IE do not install. It is a Windows 7 64bit Computer. I tried it last week with the tools for 5.1 and now after the update to...
View ArticleNot able to open vCenter Operations Manager Administration
Hi All, I have deployed vCOPS on vCenter server. But could not able to open vCenter Operations Manager Administration by clicking on 'Available' link. Please refer below screenshot. I have installed...
View ArticlevCenter upgrade from 5.5.0 to 5.5.0B - Big mistake?
We had a happy vCenter 5.5.0 server running on Windows Server 2008, until we made the mistake of upgrading to 5.5.0B. Shortly after the upgrade, the vCenter server was running smoothly. However, about...
View ArticlevCAC 6.0 Build Profiles not working
Hello, and I apologize for my ignorance on all things vCAC but I am brand new to it. I have vCAC 6.0 up and running and am able to deploy systems using it. I have a baseline windows 7 x64 image that...
View ArticleA 'VMware vCloud Suite 5 Advanced' license key
Pls advise, we recently bought a 'VMware vCloud Suite 5 Advanced' product, and it came with a license key. Does this license key also cover the vSphere vCenter Server product?
View Articlevmsvc-DEBUG (recursed): RpcOut: couldn't open channel with RPCI protocol...
Not sure if i'm posting in the proper place. I have 3 esxi 5.1 servers in a cluster. I have 2 terminal server Windows 2003 x86 guests that are causing me fits. The vmtools quit spontaneously and I get...
View ArticlevCenter connection alarm on unmounted LUN devices
vCenter (5.1.0b) still triggers "Cannot connect to storage" alarms on all of the hosts in a cluster even though we unmounted the LUN device properly.Is there a way to prevent these false alarms and...
View Article2 NODES Cluster with virtual vCenter (ESXi 5.5)
Dear All, Recently I was asked to create a two nodes cluster, without any other physical server or storage. I tried to create a cluser with vCenter on a virtual machine and for the replication, i...
View ArticleDatastore VM Allocation
I recently added a couple of new datastores to my VMware SAN and went about migrating some of my virtual machines to provide more space on my existing stores when I noticed something odd. I use a...
View ArticleVcenter troubleshooting
Hi gurus More help needed 1) When I open Vcenter web client I get the following errors a) client is not authenticated to VMware Inventory service ( attachment)...
View ArticleLoad-balancing with Heartbeat?
Having never used Load-balancing with vCenter or Heartbeat, I was wondering: Can you use the 2 together? This is related to my previous post, if Linked Mode becomes nonviable, I still have to provide...
View ArticleNew vCenter VM and need to connect to an ESX1 4.1 host.
Hello all, I am under a not difficult situation in my enterprize environment, but someho I am very confused after some hours of trying. Currently I have an ESXi 4.1 host with some VMs on it. One of...
View ArticleDifference between Consumed, Active, Private, shared, swapped and compressed?
Difference between Consumed, Active, Private, shared, swapped and compressed?
View ArticleRenaming AD Group or USer breaks access?
I have had a strange thing happend in our 5.1 environment.A specific AD user group had admin access to the whole environment. After renaming this group in AD and some waiting time, the access was still...
View ArticleWhat is this License if for, VMware vCenter Server 5 Standard for View 5
Sorry for asking this stupid question, What is this "VMware vCenter Server 5 Standard for View 5" License, is it also for a 'VMware vCenter Server 5 Standard' only license?
View ArticleWeb client console requires internet access?
Just ran into a problem when our internet connection went down that I I can't open a console session with the HTML5 web console. I requires access to ajax.googleapis.com in order to function. S
View ArticleCan login to esxi gui but not shell?
Hi, I have an installation of Cisco custom esxi 5.1. I set the root/pass and can login to the esxi gui fine. But, when I ssh into the same host using the same username/pass it says it is denied....
View ArticleSupport for the vCenter database running on a SQL 2012 AlwaysOn Availability...
I run into this question a lot, especially now that folks are deploying more and more SQL 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups. Does VMware support the vCenter database running on a SQL 2012 AlwaysOn...
View ArticleDeploy from template - select network
Without going into too many details... here is my dilemma - I have 2 templates - 1 for Server 2008 R2 and 1 for Server 2012. Both templates have one NIC that is attached to the "Server VLAN". Recently,...
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