ESXi host shows "not responding" in vSphere web console after 60-90 seconds...
I'm not sure where to go next with this, hoping someone can offer advice... This is a fresh install of vCenter 5.5 and an existing ESXi 5.5 server. I see my ESXi host and all details in the web...
View ArticleVCSA 5.5 Maximum Host Limits - soft or hard limits?
I have a VCSA 5.5 using an embedded database. Documentation shows that the embedded database has a limit of 100 hosts per VCSA. When I built the VCSA, I was aware of this 100 host limit and calculated...
View ArticleSSO fails to start after upgrading to vCenter 5.1 Update 2
After trying to update the vCenter server from V5.1 U1 to U2 the SSO service fails to start. The following information is registered in the event log with event id 7031:The vCenter Single Sign On...
View ArticleCould not start vCenter Server appliance
Hello, we have been using vCenter server (5.0 and 5.1) on Windows Server 2003 for a long time. Now, with vCenter Server 5.5 there is a need for Windows Server 2008 64-bit and accompanying database...
View ArticlevCenter SSO New Site
I have a vCenter 5.5 system up and running fine. I tried to install a second vCenter SSO server as an additional server for a new site. But the installer kept on giving me the mythical 1603 error...
View ArticleSSO 5.5 upgrade fails
I wanted to update our vCenter Server in the test lab to 5.5 and it's failing at the very beginning, at SSO upgrade. The update starts and after a short while it begins to rollback actions. After...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client - SSO Identity Sources Error
Hey, I'm getting the attached error whenever I browse to Administration > Single Sign-On > Configuration > Identity Sources tab. This didn't happen the very first time I did it but after I...
View Articlei have installed SSO with multisite option.... when i try to export i get the...
i have installed SSO with multi site,inventory services,vCenter and working fine at the primary site. When i try to export the SSO using this KB article VMware KB: Exporting and importing for manual...
View Articlebjr, je m'appel louis-michel suis étudiant en informatique en rep....
hi! je m'appel louis-michel suis étudiant en informatique en rep. démocratique du Congo je desire obtenir un support sur l'historique de Vcenter server et Esxi?
View ArticleWhen will vSphere Web Client support for IE 11 be released?
When is vSphere going to work on IE 11? You can't even open a freeking console window? Really?? We're running Windows 8.1 and cannot back/down rev to an earlier version of IE.
View ArticlevCenter Server 5 Role Permissions Required to Apply Host Recommendations?
I have a subset of admins to take care of specific VMs. The role created to give them access to the VM allows them to power off and power on the VMs. However, if we are doing some maintenance in the...
View ArticleClone a VM as a backup.
Hi Esteemed IT Folk My question is as follows ,I have been tasked with upgrading some of out windows 2008r2 servers to 2012 ,I would like to do a in place upgrade on them which seems fairly...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 Service status reports the warning: Performance Statistics rollup...
Service status reports the warning: Performance Statistics rollup from Past Week to Past Month is not occurring in the database. I read KB 2015763, and confirmed that the Statistics Intervals are...
View ArticleWebclient Not showing all VM's
When I go into webclient from firefox I don't see all my VM's under the cluster, it seems to me that if I'm clicking to expand the tree's they always fail, doesn't anyone know about this, is there a...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 SSO and a child domain as identity source
Hello, we have an Active Directory with 2 domain in the forest.One root domain "contoso.local" and one child domain "belgium.contoso.com" Only the child domain contains resources (users and...
View ArticleAMD vs Intel for ESXi Servers
Have been searching for real world comparisons between AMD and Intel processors in a VMware environment. I am currently running AMD opterons and have a chance to upgrade server hardware and I am...
View Article"Disconnecting" a managed host from vCenter Server: practical application?
The vSphere client offers the possibility to "disconnect" a managed host from vCenter Server (rightclick > disconnect). I was wondering in which situations this would be used/useful? Does it impact...
View ArticleViewing inventories of multiple vCenter instances SSO/Linked Mode
Hi Everyone, The setup is vCenter 5.1 standard/ESXi 5.1 E+ I have an issue with the SSO/linked mode. I'm able to browse inventories of two vCenter instances, however: -when I run the Linked Mode...
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Issues with Host Profiles - Syslog.global.logDir
Hi I have issues with Syslog.global.logDir in my Host Profile.I get this error:Option Syslog.global.logDir doesn't match the specified criteria. Under Advanced Configuration Option in the Host Profile,...
View ArticleIn vcenter 5.1, I am unable to clone a virtual machine into template and...
Dear all, In vcenter 5.1, Whenever I am cloning a virtual machine into template and try to store it in shared datastore, I am encountering an error "Unable to access file "shared vms." but when I am...
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