Cannot see Hardware Status of Host ESXi 5.5 anymore in Web client 5.5.
Hello, I can no longer see the Hardware Status of the Host ESXi 5.5 using the web client. I can however see it under Health status using a direct connection to the host using vSphere client.If I...
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vCenter 5.5 Installation failing.
Hello Guys, It's a brand new server with Windows 2008 R2 installed from scratch with all updates. vCenter Single Sign-On, Web Client, and Inventory Service gets installed with no issues but during the...
View ArticleMemory Hot Add on Exchange VM's
Hello everyone, Just need to know i would like to hot add the memory on my exchange server (mailbox servers) VM's , so is anybody faced any issue while doing the same. I know there will be no reboot of...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5, cannot login after installing SSO
I have an environment running vCenter 5.5 that we have been using the default administrator@vsphere.local user to login. After installing SSO, I cannot login using either vSphere or the web client....
View ArticleAdd second screen to VM
Hi we are working with vmware vcenter 5 , i was asking if its possible to add second screen to VM, what we want to do is making one screen as primary screen and the second screen as extended,...
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Problema ao consolidar uma VM (Problem consolidate a VM)
Boa tarde a todos,(Hi,) Estou com um problema no VMWare em que eu não consigo consolidar uma VM. Ocorre a mensagem de "Unable to access file <unspecified filename> since it is locked": I have a...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 U1c
I am preparing to load 5.5 U1c Is this update, U1c, compatible with Horizon View 5.3 and 6.0?The support Matrix only shows U1 for View and may other rproducts Like vCD, vCAC.Does not indicate if 1c,...
View ArticlePurging old tasks/events in VirtualCenter
I thought I would share this procedure I documented to purge old tasks and events in VirtualCenter. I initially opened a support case on this with Vmware because I wanted to get rid of the older tasks...
View Articleif vcenter server is down what will be the overall impact???
Dear Team, if vcenter server is down what will be the overall impact??? request you to share your views on the same. regardsMr VMware
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 AD Authentication Help
Hello, I was successfully able to install my vCenter Server 5.5. For identity sources I have vsphere.local as default but I have also set-up AD (Integrated Windows Authentication) under configuration....
View ArticleMigrating ESX host and VMs from one Vcenter to another
I need to move few ESX hosts and its VMs from one Vcenter to another. I don't want to get a MAC address conflict for the new VMs creating in old Vcenter with VMs migrated to new Vcenter. What are the...
View Articlecannot join 2 vcenters in linked mode
I am trying to join vcenter in site2 to vcenter in site1 So I go to site2 and run the linked mode configuration wizard It fails with the following... 2014-08-10 22:40:20,292 com.vmware.vim.jointool]...
View ArticleInstalling VMware tools on PCLinuxOS guest
Hi all, I just started playing around with VMware player (version 6.0.3). I made a new virtual machine and installed PCLinuxOS on it. I want to now install VMware tools on to this guest, so I click...
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance and AD Proxy
Trying to get this configured so I can continue the hardening process for my hosts. Using the appliance version of vCenter and starting to get the impression that this isnt possible to use the AD...
View ArticleVcenter 5.5 foundation cluster
Have 3 hosts in my Vcenter cluster running foundation version with esxi 5.5.0 and want to upgrade 2 hosts to new hardware. Have 8 vm's per host. Thinking I should move vm's to the other hosts and then...
View ArticleQuestion on License vcenter 5.5
Hello Folks, Small doubt Just wanted to know as i am gng to upgrade the vcenter from 5.0 to 5.5 and i have downloaded the vcenter 5.5 evaluation copy and using in testing environment but now the 60...
View ArticleDisable SDRS automated moves prior to the vCenter upgrade 5.5
Hello Experts , I was just reading somewhere it was mentioned that you should disable SDRS automated moves prior to the vcenter upgrade from 5.0 to 5.5,. Leave it that way for at least 24 hours, past...
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 ArticleProblems with NFS Datastores
Hey, I apologize if this is not the right place to ask the question. I have two host machines both running ESXi. I've configured a cluster which spans these two hosts. Within the cluster configuration...
View ArticleReset the agents on the ESX hosts during P2V vCenter
Hello All, I am planing P2V of my vCenter which are currently connected to 5 ESXi hosts and all Esxi host are have very important production servers like exchange , SQL and others so Just reading the...
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