Full control/permissions ONLY to VMs created?
Hi All, I am trying to create a custom VCenter role that allows a user to have full control of a virtual machine (shutdown, clone, delete, turn on, snapshot, etc...) to the VMs the user created...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 Evaluation Licenses Expires before the 60 day Eval period
I recently downloaded the vSphere ESXi 5.5 evaluation ISO the vSphere Client .exe file and the vCenter Server 5.5.0b and modules ISO. I was able to install the ESXi on my HP Proliant DL360 G5 host...
View ArticlevCenter Server Foundation features
Hello, I am looking into purchasing vCenter server and I see they come in two editions: Foundation and Standard. I am planning on managing 3-4 servers and I would like to have high availability,...
View Articlevsphere upgrade ; " VMFS3 to VMFS5 upgrade support more than 2 TB"
I am planning to upgrade my datacenter from ESX4.1 to ESXi5, But bit confused whether VMFS3 (after upgrade to vmfs5) will be able to support more than 2 TB. "Upgraded hosts, which keep the older...
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Windows Server 2012 Guest Customization
Hi All, Has anyone managed to get guest customization of Windows Server 2012 working? From what I can tell it doesn't work at all. I am running the latest version of everything (vCenter 5.1, ESXi...
View ArticleVLAN across hosts
Hi all, I've been tasked with introducing a test environment within our virtual infrastructure. This test environment will eventually have more than 1 ESXi5 host.Currently, we have 1 data center with 2...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client on OSX no mouse pointer issue
I have upgraded vCenter server to 5.5.0a which makes available client integration tools for OSX, which means that virtual consoles through vSphere web client are supposed to be supported on Mac. In...
View ArticleProperly decommissioning a VMware Data Recovery appliance?
I'm trying to decommission an old VDR 1.2 appliance, and rather than just powering it down and deleting from disk, I was wondering if there's a best practice for this. Since it's so old I'm not having...
View ArticleScheduled Tasks One Hour Off After Change to DST
We are on vCenter Server 5.1.0 Build 1064983. Since the change to Daylight Savings Time, our scheduled tasks are running 1 hour late. We're in the Eastern Time Zone, so we went from GMT -5 to GMT -4,...
View ArticleAdding USB controller freezes Host
Hi community,I run in a problem when adding an usb-controller to an w2k8 host (other hosts work fine, even with an usb-controller added). When adding the usb-controller, the host freezes and finally...
View Articlenot compatible question?
When I go to the map tab on my vcenter 5.1 it shows a couple vm,s that are flagged with incompatible cpu. see screenshot. what is this telling me exactly. I have 5 esxi 4.1 servers with 2 = Athlon and...
View ArticleCannot add previous hosts to vCenter Appliance
Greetings. We are in the process of migrating our hosts to new hardware. We had three working hosts running ESXi 5.5.0-1331820 with the vCenter Appliance on one of them. Everything was working fine....
View ArticleCustom vApp and OVA Environment
I have a need to test many different VLAN's on a host, and the easiest way is to have a VM configured as a vApp and use IP Pools to accomplish this. My goal is to automate this via PowerCLI, but the...
View ArticleVsphere Web client and fat client cannot connect to Vcenter server appliance...
Hi all, I really need some help here. I have a fresh install of Esxi5.5 and installed the vcenter server appliance 5.5.0.5201 build 1476389.I have host files configured correctly for DNS and have a...
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vcenter 5.1 upgrade to 5.1 update 2 SSO issue
Hi All We are attempting yo upgrade our vCenter 5.1 tovCenter 5.1 U2.But we can continue beyond the SSO component.On checking some logs we found the below errors, but we are not sure what this relates...
View ArticleHas anyone else updated to 5.5 Update 1 on VCSA and noticed the build numbers...
Updated our lab VCSA to 5.5 Update 1 (via the :5480 portal) and have noticed that while the console of VCSA (the blue screen) shows the build of vCenter at 5.5.10000 Build 1624811, looking at it in...
View ArticleDataStore Replication
Hi guys, looking for some advice. I have the following: 2 vCentre 5 DataCentres with ESXi 5.1 U1 hostsMany DataStores with static content (boot .iso files and vmware templates) These 2 sites do not...
View ArticleVcenter 5.0 - addin space to shared storage
We are running (2) ESXI 5.0 servers in Vcenter 5.0 . All of the storage is in a Dell MD3200i SAN connected with ISCSI. We are adding (2) new 600GB drives to the SAN in a Raid 5 arrangement for...
View ArticleVCSA 5.5 U1 very slow?
I updates a ESXi server to 5.5 U1 yesterday and also updated the VCSA to 5.5 U1. Since then, when connected to the VCSA using the Vsphere Client, browsing any object is very slow. CPU usage for the...
View ArticleWeb client on esxi 5.5 hangs with Loading.... editing vcenter server settings
Hello, Anytime I use the Web Client ( chrome or IE) and try to edit items from vcenter server - manage - general settings tab , like Mail or Timeout settings it just sits there with Loading........
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