Question about mounting a replicated LUN in vCenter
We are currently usuing version 5.1 of vCenter and ESXi. During a DR test yesterday, we mounted a replicated LUN to our VMware cluster at our DR site. I then chose to add the LUN. I was given the...
View ArticleVirtual Center Service Will not start
Hi We are currently having an issue where our VirtualCenter Server service is stuck between starting and started. I have looked at a few suggestions on here and cannot seem to resolve this issue! The...
View ArticleCloned VM gets corrupt over and over again.
Hello I am currently facing a strange problem. If I clone our GoldenImage VM (used for View Deployment) it gets corrupt.The cloned VM (Win7) mostly starts successfully untill I start clicking around a...
View Articlevcenter 5.5u1 appliance update - 2.5 hrs and counting
I jumped on the u1 release today by upgrading my 5.5 appliance in my new prod farm that is not yet deployed. This update must have a lot of database updates as I'm seeing a lot of growth in the...
View ArticleCannot start second vCenter 5.5 in linked mode
Hello, I have performed a clean install of two 5.5 vCenters. The end goal is to link them both via linked mode and eventually pair them using SRM. The first one (called VC55.KERSMASH.local) installed...
View ArticleAdding vceneter server to AD authentication
Hi ALL, I tried lot of docs and KB articles , but I am not able to add vcenter server 5.0 to AD for authentication users . Vcenter server is already part of domain . can any one please help .
View ArticleVcenter task detail
I have a vcenter event indicating a user reconfigured a virtual machine. In vcenter events and tasks there does not appear to have detail about the exact task. How do I get the details about what was...
View ArticleChange host management IP addresses
I may have a need to change the IP addresses of my management interfaces on my ESXi 5.x hosts. Unfortunately I thought it was a good idea to add all of them to Vcenter using their IP address, not...
View ArticleSingle Sign On upgrade issue 5.1 to 5.5
Hi, Has anyone encountered the below error when trying to update SSO to 5.5? I have downloaded the latest install package 5.5 update 1 but I keep getting the error. The server is a 2008 SP2 machine....
View ArticleAdding Video card to host to be used by the guest OS
Hello,I have a system configured with ESXi 5.5 and i need to have the guest OS use the video card in the Host. The Host is a Sabertooth X79, the Video card is a Nvidia GT610 and I need to be able to...
View ArticlevCenter Server 5.5 Update 1 | 11 MAR 2014 | Build 1623101
Running 5.5 vcenter / ESXI hosts with vDS and I need to run the Update 1 to fix a few items. Since I am running vDS is there anything I need to be aware of for the update? Or do I just mount the ISO...
View ArticleCan vCenter 5.5 U1 manage ESXi 5.0 hosts?
According to VMware Interoperability Guide, looks like vCenter 5.5 U1 can manage 5.5U1 hosts only.This is a major problem for me. I just opened a case with VMware, but can someone confirm this? Thanks
View ArticleCannot power on VM after restore.
Hello, I just restored a VM that I deleted from backup with Veeam. The restore worked, I added the VM back to inventory on the host and all seemed ok. When I power the VM on. I receive the following...
View Articlevcenter appliance upgrade from 5.5b to 5.5.1 results in all inventory being...
I used a previously good method in the appliance management console to check for the upgrade then upgrade today. After a lengthy upgrade, I logon and find all of my previous inventory gone including...
View ArticleVSAN Transport
Hi, maybe this is not the correct forum to ask, but since the beta forums are closed i don´t know where to move it. So if there is a new vsan area, moderators, feel free to move my question ;-) So...i...
View Articlevmware performance overview page cannot be displayed
Vmware performance overview page cannot be displayed,I already started the service "VMWare virtualcenter management webservices" and don't have another system or software using the "port 80" but...
View ArticleDecommission process
Hi Team, Can you please help me to create a check list before decommisstioning cluster and ESX server.So that a safe decommisstion will ouccer with out any impact on production luns or network Thanks
View ArticlePass user credentials to VM console
I would like to provide my users with direct links to the virtual machine consoles so that we can have a dashboard of sorts with our different VMs that they can access. I have copied out the URL for...
View ArticleWeb Client login with "Use Windows Session credentials" error
Hi,I have been trying to configure vCenter Server appliance 5.5.0b (suse).I've created a user in bash console and added permissions to it with full access to vcenter server (with propagation), added it...
View Articlequerying the vCenter DB....
OK, I need to get a list of all VM's in all Datacenters in vCenter and the folder they are in....Here's my query WITH x AS ( SELECT DISTINCT name, id FROM VPX_ENTITY ) Select x.Name AS...
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