Realtime performance statistics reset after vMotion?
Quick question...probably a total softball that I've simply never noticed before. When one vMotions a VM from one host to another do the realtime performance stats reset? That seems to be what I'm...
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We currently have two vCenter Servers.First vCenter (VC1) supports a three host cluster (Cluster 1) for virtualized servers. The vCenter is also virtualized and runs in this cluster (Cluster 1).Second...
View ArticleCannot add host to vCenter server because datastore is shared with an...
I recently removed a physical host from a vCenter Server virtual appliance and am not able to add it back to vCenter Server because I get an error about the datastore already existing. I am running...
View ArticleUnable to open console in vSphere Web Client after 5.5 upgrade.
We are unable to open the console of any VM through vSphere Web Client following the upgrade to 5.5 This goes for all user groups including administrators.When you right click on the VM to get the menu...
View ArticleRecover NIC from vCenter distributed switch
Hello,I have been playing around with the new vCenter 5.5 server and at some point, after adding several hosts to a vCenter distributed switch i have tried to remove them one by one. But every time i...
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 5.5
My current environment is vSphere 5.1 using windows based vCenter Server the web client, I am doing a POC with the VCSA 5.5 do I need to install 5.5 web client and what exactly does this executable do...
View ArticlevCenter Storage Monitoring Service initialization fails in vCenters with >...
Have nine 5.1 vCenters all configured similarly. 5 of the 9 have > 1600 datastores and the vcenter storage monitoring service tries to initialize but fails on all of them. The vCenter Storage...
View ArticleConverting VHDX to VMDK
Hi Guys, We are currently backing up our exchange server with the bog standard backup which comes with windows (windows backup), which is saving to the hyper-v vhdx file type, what is the best way to...
View ArticleHow to clean up a failed Vcenter 5.5 install of a second vCenter server in...
Hello,First, my situation: I’ve successfully installed the following services on a single box: vCenter Single Sign-On (Vcenter Single Sign-on for your first vCenter Server)vSphere Web ClientvCenter...
View ArticlevCenter disable components !!!
after you installed vcenter appliance, accessed and created the cluster with hosts and other virtual machines, after that when I connect again vcenter appliance all elements (datacenter, cluster, vm's)...
View ArticlevSphere 5.5 install on second server fails at CustomAction PostInstallScripts
I know that Windows 2012 R2 is not supported. But we have got vCenter 5.5 working on Windows Server 2012R2 Standard Trying to setup an additional vCenter in Win2012....Sitename and credentials being...
View ArticleMove vCenter database
Hello, I would like to move a vCenter database from a SQL Server 2008 R2 express to a SQL Server 2008. I tried to backup the DB on the SQL 2008 R2 express, copy it to the other SQL server, create an...
View ArticleVMware vCenter 5.5 SSO certificate file location
Hello all, I need an extra pair of eyes concerning the VMware vCenter 5.5 SSLCertificates request for Single Sign-On. The problem I have is with the creation of the SSO certificate for the Single...
View Articlevmware.log files
What is the deal with the VMware.log files being so big? Is there a way to "shrink" these? Also why are they various log files within the same folder per VM?
View ArticleIn vcenter, Under Targets, in Dynamic Discovery all the buttons are greyed...
Dear all, I am working on vsphere 5.5, working through webclient, I have added software iscsi adapater, I have configured VMkernel Network adapter in vswitch0, but when I am trying to add target server...
View ArticlevCenter SSO 2.0 mmc snap-in diagnostic tools
Hello! In different vSphere 5.5 preview articles I heard about management tools, that should be included in vSphere 5.5 GA release. Some weeks ago I successfully upgrade my infrastructure to 5.5 RTM,...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client - Do not have access to a vCenter Server 5.1 system
Using vSphere Web Client 5.1Trying to access vcenter 5.1 server Logged in as admin@system-domainNo vcenter server listed.Suggested troubleshooting steps:Verify that the vCenter Server system was...
View ArticleCan unused vCenter database indexes be removed?
I searched the forum and haven't seen this discussed. We are seeing that many indexes on all of our vCenter databases are apparently unused. The indexes have 300-plus million writes (in some cases) but...
View ArticlevCenter server suddenly stops working
Hi all, Every once in a while (about 2 times a week) vCenter service stops with the following error in event viewer: Faulting application name: vpxd.exe, version: 5.0.0.29542, time stamp:...
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VCSA Upgrade 5.0 to 5.1 Problem - host list empty
Hello, I'm upgrading from VCSA 5.0 to 5.1.I folled this http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2033990 KB Instructions.At step 14, after the trust is done I should get a list with all managed Hosts, but all I get is...
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