Snapshot without memory of a VM with RDMs
Its widely known one cannot snapshot a VM with RDMs in physical compatibility mode only virtual but it is possible to take one if the memory is excluded (and or the quiesce guest file system is...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 _R2_, when will VCenter 5.5 support it?
GuysAny idea when we can installed vCenter 5.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2?
View ArticleAdd host test The host 10.10.9.10 is already connected to this vCenter Server .
I have VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 running. I had a few issues with it one being "Add host test The host 10.10.9.10 is already connected to this vCenter Server ". I was getting this same...
View ArticleAfter vMotion of domain controller (win2008R2) problems with sysvol share
Hi all, we always run into trouble when migrating a domain controller (win2008R2) with vMotion. Eventually after the vMotion is finished successfully the sysvol share of the migrated dc becomes not...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 unattended installation documentation?
Is there any documentation for doing a command-line (unattended) installation of vCenter 5.5? For 5.1 I followed this guide...
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...
View ArticlevCenter Virtual Appliance - Certificate Regeneration
Hi,Our new VCSA 5.5b dumped it's SSL certificate earlier this week so I turned to the option to regenerate certificates as we are just using self signed ones. This worked fine after the reboot except...
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Error when install VCENTER 5.5
Hi, I try to install a vcenter server 5.5 over w2008 R2 and I found an error and the installation go to rollback action. I see the log but I didn't found the problem. Can yo help me please? I'm...
View ArticlevCenter Server fails to start after reboot
I recently experienced an issue where my vCenter Server Service failed to start upon reboot. After examination of the vpxd.log I noticed the vCenter service was being forced to shut down due to a port...
View ArticleSSO conundrum
So the entire issue is as follows: Classic situation where information was not documented accurate and the Master SSO admin@system-online password was lost.I discovered this when I went to upgrade...
View Articlehow to restore a Distributed virtual switch.
hi , i have an issue where one of my esx i 4 host crashed and then we have rebuild the vmware host and i have got the backup of the esx.conf file with me from the previous day. i have got distributed...
View ArticleWhy every domain user can login to vcenter appliance via vsphere web client?
Hi I created new vcenter appliance, set up AD auth, gave my domain account to admin group and moved hosts to new vcenter.I can login with domain account, got VM etc.But what it bothers me is one thing:...
View ArticleRun Command on Alarm Trigger
Hey everyone, I am looking for a method to run a perfstat command on our N-Series controller when a trigger is set off in vmware. I know that seems a bit intense but I have made a batch file that will...
View Article2 independent vCenter Servers in one Active Direcory Domain
Hello, we may want to move all our ESXi servers with VMs to a new vCenter Server as the old one already had multiple updates installed.Is it possible to install another independent vCenter Server in...
View ArticleWeek long headache with CA signed certificates on VCSA 5.5
After a week of deploying VCSA 5.5 over and over again, probably 18 times, and seeing what must be every SSL related error possible, I am asking advice here for those who may have stumbled through this...
View ArticleDomain credentials required when logging on
Hi, For reasons unknown, I have to precede my logon to my VCenter server with my vSphere client with the domain name. (in other words domain\username as opposed to just username). I've never had to do...
View Articlesername.fqdn (coredump from vmware esxi dump collector) Failed the remote...
Hi, when i am trying to export the core dump logs i get the above error with vcentre. all other logs work but this fails on all my hosts. anyone come across this before?thanks
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Change iSCSI Controller of virtual vCenter Server
I have a possible solution to this but wondering if anyone had a better idea? I have a vCenter server which is a virtual machine hosted on a VMware 5.0 U3 platform (4 Host HA cluster). The SCSI...
View ArticlevCenter SSO 5.5 (Multi-Site and HA)
I have asked this question to VMware tech support and VMware PS and I get various responses. So now I'm relying on the true experts for assistance for my vCenter 5.0 to 5.5 upgrade. Site A has two...
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Vsphere Web "web client is not authenticated to vmware inventory service -null"
Hi All, I have issue with Vsphere Web client login. "web client is not authenticated to vmware inventory service -null" when i am trying to log in my virtual center via web client it giving be above...
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