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Autodeploy+QLogic 8262
We already have a lot of servers PXE+kPXE booting ESXi images through Autodeploy. We do however have a problem with QLogic QMD8262 cards that will by default not boot the ESXi image. They will fail the...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 certificate replacement issue
I'm having problems getting the self signed certificates for vCenter v5.5 replaced with Enterprise CA certificates. I am using the certificate replacement tool from VMware. The SSO certificate is...
View Articlecan't rename VMs or type in search box with local client because of...
Not sure if anyone else is having this issue. Got some complaints from some other admins that they can't get a full vm name typed in the search box because the client is refreshing/flickering too...
View Articlevcenter essentials plus and vcenter standard
can I manage esxi hosts that have esentials plus license within vcenter standard? or does the seentials plus host need to be managed separately on a different vcenter?
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Unable to upload files to datastore from my mac
Hello,I'm trying to set up my lab using VMware Fusion, but it looks like I've got a problem with client integration plugin. I had the very same problem like one month ago, but it got fixed itself...
View Articleunregistered inaccessible vm - now shows as "unknown 1". I unregistered that...
Exactly as the title says. We had a vm go rogure and inaccessible. It had a lcoked file. I found the host with the locked file and did a force power off of the vm. After that the vm now shows as...
View ArticleFailed to install vSphere Web Client 5.1
Hi, We are running ESXi / vSphere 5.1. We would like to start using vSphere Web Client. When we attempt to install it on a Windows 8.1 workstation, it failed with the following error message:Web...
View ArticleProblem with Linked Mode / SSO on Vsphere Webclient
Hello, I have a strange problem, i have 3 Vcenter 5.5 and when i'm trying to connect on the 3rd one with the webclient (login OK), i have an error at loading :"Unable to connect to Vcenter : wrong...
View ArticlevCenter Server Service Wont Start after P2V
Hello community. Have an issue I have not been able to resolve and looking for assistance. Problem: vCenter Server Service wont start after the Windows Server was P2V'd. Getting an ERROR 2 from the...
View ArticlevCenter to net new vCenter srever and database - migration help
Hi all, We're about to go through the following process: Physical vCenter server with vm's running on network1 and network2 to virtual vCenter server running a new database and ONLY network1. My...
View ArticleStorage Provider error: 'ServiceNotInitialized'
I am running vCenter 5.0 b455964 with ESXi 5.0 b469512.When I go to the Storage Providers tab under Administration, I get the below error: The server fault 'ServiceNotInitialized' had no message.Call...
View ArticleUnable to reset administrator@vsphere.local with vdcadmintool (failed 9100)
I'm trying to reset the administrator@vsphere.local password but it fails every time... I'm using this document : VMware KB: Cannot change the administrator@vsphere.local password after upgrading from...
View ArticleVCenter full personalized localOs accounts with patch ability in VCenter 5.5
Hello for our litte PCI - Environment work this fine Center localOs Accounts with patch VCenter 5.5 | = or shell root | ssh root ->vcenter-server useradd | usermod -g users -G wheel -d /home/user -m...
View ArticleUnable to monitor database storage usage
Hello, I just updated vCenter Server from 5.5U1 to 5.5U2b. In "Service Health" there is new warning message: "Unable to monitor database storage usage. Refer to VMware KB 2078305 for details." I am...
View Articleupgrade from 5.0 to 5.5
Our existing environment is 5.0 with a Tier1 cluster of 3 servers, plus 2 tier 2 clusters. We run Vcenter 5.0 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 VM in the tier 1 cluster with Sql Express. Currently...
View ArticleSingle Sign on Permissions in vCenter
Is there any reason why the single sign-on account administrator@vsphere.local should have permissions in vCenter if the rest of my vCenter permissions are given to active directory groups instead of...
View Article.sa accounts in vCenter
I have a number of accounts in vCenter under home\administration\roles that are specified as such. (My AD domain is contoso.local): I know that the identity source that SSO is getting these accounts...
View ArticleProblem with Auto Deploy - Fatal error: 10 (Out of resources)
I am working with Auto Deploy this weekend and I am getting this same error when I try to boot my ESXi hosts. I have tried both the standard offline bundle (5.5.0-1331820) and a modified version with...
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VMware vSphere Web Client - migrate option greyed out
When selecting a VM to migrate the option to migrate is greyed out. In fact, Power On, Migrate, Revert to Current Snapshot are greyed out. I would like to migrate this VM to another host and...
View Articlevpxd consuming all memory -- vCenter slooooooow and cannot connect
As reported in http://communities.vmware.com/message/2020222 we are still experiencing the issue with vpxd consuming huge amounts of RAM and causing severe vCenter slowness. This has gotten much worse...
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