Excessive vCenter Events Log Problems after updating to latest HP management...
Hi, Note really a vcenter problem, more of a HP problem I suspect. I have recently applied the following HP VIB's to resolve the issue of the filling of the / volume with the file /var/log/hpHelper.log...
View ArticleDisable Snapshots For Individual VMs?
Hello Everyone, Is it possible to disable snapshot support for individual VMs, perhaps via an advanced setting for it? Or is the closest solution to put all its virtual disks in independent mode?...
View ArticleCant connect to https://vcenter/sdk/vimService
Trying to run Dell's dpack by connecting to our vcenter server. I add our vcenter URL and after trying to connect I receive: "Failed to connect with the VMware VCenter Server...
View Articletwo hosts in cluster, vms in shared storage, when one host is down, vms show...
I have two hosts in a cluster using shared SAN storage for all VMs and data. Right now I noticed if one host is down, half the VMs show offline/disconnected (they were not running at the time)....
View Articleerror 29114 cannot connect to db during VCenter 5.1 SSO install
I'm attempting to install VCenter 5.1 (build 947939) and I've selected the simple install and told the installer to use SQL 2008 express. So, the install gets to a point where it generates the above...
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An internal error has occurred- Error #1034
Every time I am getting this error while accessing the webclient.I have restarted teh webclient services but still happens, Has anyone faced this issue? Thanks
View ArticleUnable to retrieve health data from http://server:9084/vci/downloads
Under vCenter Service Status, in the VSphere client, I see the error "Unable to retrieve health data from http://server:9084/vci/downloads". We did move the vCenter server from one machine to another...
View ArticleUpgrade VC 4.1 to 5.1
Hello all, Just a little advise please I need to upgrade a clients VC instance in order for them to support Server 2012 They currently run 4.1 on a 2003 R2 64bit VM Rather than go through the hassle...
View ArticlePerformance Graph required of last week or month through vCenter 5.0 u2
I need to get the performance graph through vCenter Server 5.0 update 2 but it provide data only one day. How can get the report of CPU ,Memory, Disk and network performance graph of last weak or...
View ArticleGet the report of Host Hardware Status via email
I need to get a report of hardware status of host machine via email. Currently, I have to check the Hardware Status of host machines manual using by vCenter Server 5.0 U2. kindly confirm me that is it...
View ArticleDPM with VM-host affinity
Hi Community,We want to run DPM in combination with VMs which are assigned to one specific host. Normally DPM/DRS tries to evacuate the host before it is shut down. However, the assigned VM cannot be...
View ArticleCannot open the disk Failed to lock the file
Error when attempting to share a disk across two vm's. I have two VM web servers and a shared disk for data, each web server has 20GB drives for OS and they share a 500GB drive for data. I will be...
View ArticleLicensing Question...
We are migrating from vCenter 4.1 to vCenter 5.1. We are going to stand up a new server for vCenter 5.1 and then migrate the ESXi hosts from vCenter 4.1 to the new vCenter 5.1 server. We will need to...
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vCenter Server 5.1 fresh install w/off box MSSQL database
Hi all, Looking for some advice on the best way to handle a fresh install of vCenter Server 5.1 using an off-box MSSQL database. Have done some searches and watched a few of the videos that are out...
View ArticleRecovering vSphere management after vCenter crash
vCenter server hardware has failed and two vSphere server are still associated with that server. Looking to disassociate both servers with the old vCenter and establish a new connection with the new...
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Need to Configure "Datastore usage on disk" Alarm as per Best Practice...
Dear Team, I HAVE NOTICED THAT ON ONE SAN DATASTORE FREE SPACE IS ZERO BYTES, BUT I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY ALERTS ON EMAIL, THAT ALERT GENERATED ON 7/5/2012. FOLLOWING IS THE SNAP HOW "DATASTORE USAGE...
View ArticleHealth status showing temperature 77 degrees C as normal?
Hello! We have Ncentral monitoring enabled on our servers and are getting reports that one of our HP ProLiant DL380 G7 ESXI 5.0 hosts has 77 Degrees C.After checking, I can see that temperature is...
View ArticleScheduled Tasks - Shutdown VM and Migrate
Hello Everyone, I am looking to schedule a task to shutdown a VM and then migrate the VM to another server. I did mange to schedule the shutdown but not able to schedule the migration due to the fact...
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SRM and Heartbeat using the same VC?
Hi everyone, My team is looking to implement SRM and Heartbeat. Shouldn't be a problem, only my supervisor wants to try and use it in an... interesting way.Her idea is to have a vCenter Server on the...
View ArticleChange hardware acceleration for RDP client VMs
Is it possible to change hardware acceleration, if so how. This change settings option is grayed out. Didn't know if we need to try a different video driver for Windows 7.
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