vcenter appliance - compatible with ANY additional VMware products? SRM, for...
And if not - if any product that ever needs to "plug-in" to vCenter is just not going to work with the appliance - then, hmmmm .....
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 delay when opening vm console
Last week we updated our vCenter Server from 5.0 to 5.1. And since that moment we experience some delay while opening vm console windows.We used to have a black screen for about 1 or maybe 2 seconds...
View ArticleProblem adding second vmxnet nic - Windows 2008 R2 VM
I have a Windows 2008 R2 VM in my production environment currently with 2 virtual nics installed, one vmxnet3 and one e1000. I need to add a second vmxnet3 nic. The problem is when I add the additional...
View ArticleStorage DRS (SDRS) Questions
Hi, I've been using the new APIs to provision using SDRS and had some questions. Sorry if this is documented somewhere but I haven't been able to find it: 1. If I create a VM in SDRS (using...
View ArticleThe type initializer for threw an exception for...
When running VI Client 4 or 4 U1, on Vista SP1 x64, I get the following error message. The type initializer for threw an exception for 'VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.ClientsXml' threw an exception. and...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 won't start after reboot
Wow, what a bungled mess 5.5 has been. I have seen this happen on more than 1 installation. On a fresh install of vCenter 5.5.0 (build number 1378903 which is supposed to be the fixed 'a' release),...
View ArticleAttention Drobo B1200i users
Drobo is looking for VMware users that have deployed Drobo B1200i units within their ESX virtualization infrastructure. The company is working on a better integration workflow with VMware vCenter...
View ArticleAny AD Account Can Log Into vSphere Web Client
I've started messing with vSphere 5.5.0a. From what I can tell any user with an AD account can log into the vSphere Web Client. They can't really see anything but the fact that they can log in bothers...
View ArticleUser root@ logged out (login time: , number of API invocations: , user agent:...
ESX 5.1Vcenter 5.1Vsphere Rep ova installed Error above keeps logging from same ip address over and over again to different hosts I do not have vshield installed. I power off the vm and the events stop...
View ArticleIs there a way to add mutltiple vCenter server in a single Web Client...
Hi,Is there a way to add or register a vCenter server to a single Web Client under the version 5.5? All the administration tool like admin-app has been removed on version 5.5. Any help will be...
View Article"vCenter does not support hosts of this type (VMware ESX Server 3i 3.5.0"
Hi people. I'm having a strange issue with my new vCenter Server Appliance (v5.5). When I try to add ESXi 3.5 hosts I get a message from vCenter saying that this version isn't supported. Adding 5.1...
View ArticleClik here to view.
vCenter Server 5.5 authentication issue with some AD account.
We have an authentication issue with our vCenter server (SSO) 5.5 and our Windows 2008 active directory. When we try to login with some AD services account we have this error message : Cannot parse...
View ArticleUpgrade from local to remote SQL
I have a current VCenter Server 4.0 running with a local SQL 2005 on a windows 2003 32bit install, I'm planning an upgrade to 4.1 and of course need a new 64bit server for vcenter 4.1. Anyone know if...
View ArticleVirtual Center 5.5 Web client host display view
Does anyone have a way to default the view for hosts and clusters to show all the hosts on the left pane? To switch between hosts I have to click up to 'hosts' then click in the center pane on the host...
View ArticleCancel Storage DRS recommendations?
vCenter 5.0, ESXi 5.0 Can you cancel the "Apply Storage DRS recommendations" task? I started an offline move a VM from a datastore cluster on one host to another host and a different datastore...
View ArticleVCSA 5.5 Services not starting
I have been working on setting up VCSA 5.5 in a lab environment for the past couple of days. I have run into a number of bugs that have caused me to re-install from scratch including the IP address...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VSCA 5.5 Rename VM task never ends. Stucks in "validating"
We've got a problem with vmware vcenter web client. When any user (even root) tries to rename a virtual machine o folder, he gets a window saying "validating" and it never ends. We have vmware vcenter...
View ArticleJoining a domain controller of a 2012 windows server
Good day, I created a 2012 virtual server, and changed it to a domain. my pc's ip is 192.168.11.***-gateway is 192.168.11.* the virtual server ip is 192.168.80.**** and the domain is test.test "keep...
View Article"General System Error " when trying to create a host profile
I have a cluster comprising 3 ESXi 5.5 nodes. I'm trying to set up profile compliance on this cluster, however I am unable to generate the host profile using any of the nodes as the reference host. The...
View ArticleChange Vcenter server appliance IP address to a other subnet / VLAN
Our company wants to change the IP address of our VCSA to another VLAN / Subnet. But I'am afraid the VCSA gets isolated from the network. We use a distributed switch, but I discover that on the ESXI...
View Article