Update a stand-alone vCenter 5.5 linux appliance to vCenter 6.0?
I have a stand-alone VMware environment (no internet access) . . . It is running vCenter server 5.5 right now and I would like to upgrade it to server vCenter 6.0. I have downloaded the ISO available...
View ArticlevCenter 6.0 Install fails "The supplied system name is not valid"
I'm getting these errors when i try to install vCenter 6.0Firstboot script execution Error. The supplied System Name vcsa6.mydomain.com is not valid. Posts like this:...
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 ArticleHow to redirect ESXi dump collector log on vCenter Server 6.0 ?
I want to redirect ESXi dump collector log on vCenter Server 6.0 D drive but no option available to do this. Checked VMware KB # 2002954 but dont find vmconfig-netdump.xml configuration file. I don't...
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missing vCenter Servers Objects
Hi all, I'm new to the vCenter Server side of things. My goal is to get vCenter FT working between 2 servers running ESXi 6. I'm using trial versions of both 2008 R2 and vCenter Server. I installed a...
View ArticleCannot add hosts to new vCenter Install
We have had a 40 hypervisor "free license" ESXi setup running for a while as we found it a great option for our Overpowered remote location servers that need little maintenance. This allowed us to...
View ArticleNotification to be send for any VCenter alarm changes
Hi, We have bunch of VCenter alarms configured on VCenter 5.5 and we need to audit if anyone makes any changes to them. My requirement is that if anyone makes any sort of...
View ArticleVMware Server 2.0.2 Batch Start
Hi everybody, i have a Problem starting a vm from a Batch script. The command i used is: vmrun.exe -T Server -h https://localhost:8333/sdk -u vmware -p vmware start "home-pc/home-pc.vmx" I got the...
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Not enough memory?
Good Morning, Has anyone ran into a problem like this when installing vCenter Server 6 (embedded) on a physical machine (see screenshot)? The server has 8 GB of RAM installed so I'm not sure why...
View ArticlevCenter 6.0 send email using TLS
I just installed vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.0 and would like to be able to send email alerts directly from this appliance to my Office 365 email account "smtp.office365.com" but it requires port 587...
View ArticleOracle 12.1.0.2?
Has anyone heard any rumors about when vCenter Server will support Oracle 12.1.0.2?
View ArticleCreating vmdk files
We have files on a LUN that we would like to encapsulate into vmdk files. Can you advise if the procedure outlined below would be correct? Thank you. • vSphere & vCenter 5.5 • NFS and iSCSI...
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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 ArticleOnly one host in cluster could not reach isolation address
Hi In my envelopment system in cluster there are 3 host using ESXi4.0 and vCenter 4.1.all host install on cisco UCS. Just only one host have a problem, other work fine no error about "Could not reach...
View ArticleRe: Only one host in cluster could not reach isolation address
Hi, If a reboot of the host or management agents have fixed it, it was probably an issue with the host itself not being able to ping the HA isolation address. This, by default, is the default gateway...
View ArticlevCSA6 problems
Not having much luck with deploying the vCSA6 appliance and from what I have read I am not the only one. I have managed to get it deployed in my lab however after finally getting a successful...
View ArticleHow to gather as much information as possible via script from my vsphere...
Hello Folks. We run several vSphere cluster. Each with it's own vCenter Server. I asked myself if there is a possibility to get those information I could see in vSphere Client via a scripting API. For...
View ArticleClient Integration Plug-In Setup Problems
I cannot open the vcsa-setup.html file, it claims it needs a "Client Integration Plug-In". I successfully installed the Client Integration Plug-In from the vsca directory on the CD. However, neither...
View ArticleHow to export / report performance data for ALL vms at once?
I need to know how to produce performance excel spreadsheets for all VMs at once. Anyone?
View ArticleVCA Update from 5.5.0 update 2 to 5.5.0 update 2d failed
Hi, I was trying to update my vCenter Appliance from 5.5.0 update 2 to 5.5.0 update 2d and there was an error: Failed to install updates(Error while running post-install scripts.) Checking logs shows:...
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