Windows 10 VM's Power down on there own? Cannot work out why as the windows...
I have a couple of Windows 10 VM's running on Vsphere ESXi 6 that I create via VCenter Appliance, that seem to power down on there own? Ive tried checking windows Power settings but there is nothing...
View ArticleHelp! Can not reset administrator password.
Hello. Can anybody help me, please. When i`m resetting passoword for administrator@vsphere.local in my Vsphere 6, i get such error: "VmDirForceResetPassword failed (5)"What am i doing wrong?For...
View ArticleHow do you view older tasks/events
How do you view older tasks/events? The client only allows you to go back 1000 items? how do you see older than that ? Thanks
View ArticleHow can I view older logs tasks/events
Im unable to view beyond the one page VC2 gives me on tasks and events. How can I view older records ?
View ArticleThe type initializer for threw an exception for...
When running VI Client 4 or 4 U1, on Vista SP1 x64, I get the following error message. The type initializer for threw an exception for 'VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.ClientsXml' threw an exception. and...
View ArticleHow do you move from Windows vCenter to VCSA?
This seems like a tricky proposition especially when Distributed Switches are involved. So is there a way to move reliably to VCSA from vCenter 5.5 using MSSQL?
View ArticlevCenter vDS Move
Interesting dilemma here guys: I have vCenter as a VM on a one cluster and vDS.I have the SQL Server, which houses the vCenter DB, lives on another cluster and a different vDS.I basically need to move...
View ArticleCannot add host to vCenter server because datastore is shared with an...
I recently removed a physical host from a vCenter Server virtual appliance and am not able to add it back to vCenter Server because I get an error about the datastore already existing. I am running...
View ArticleThe vSphere client could not connect to vcenter.domain.com. The server...
All, All of a sudden am not able to login one of my vCenter. when i login am getting above given error. does any one came across such error, what action did you took to resolve it. Thanks in Advance.
View ArticlevCenter 6 Enhanced Link Mode after installion
I have installed 2 standalone TEST vCenter clusters. Embedded PSC. I want to enable Enhanced Link Mode so I can test cross-vmotion, but I cannot find how to join my 2nd vCenter to my 1st PSC single...
View ArticleBest configuration with distributed vSwitches and LACP
Hello everybody :-) I'm struggling trying to find and understand what would be the best configuration for my system (and of course to learn from it)...Considering the fact that I have : * A Cisco SB...
View ArticleVcenter update manager help
Hello, I have 3 x esxi hosts (ver 5.5) in a cluster in Vcenter. Vcenter is an appliance and I wondered how I can get update manager installed so I can scan the hosts for any updates? I've used...
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 6 - root password problems
Hi vSphere community, We are seeing some odd behavior with the vCSA and the root account's password. Basically the root password is changing or becoming locked out regularly. We've followed the KB to...
View ArticleVCSA 6 - /dev/mapper/seat_vgseat filling up
Hi Fresh install of vcsa 6 into an existing multi-site SSO from 5.5u2 (now SSO 6). The seat_vgseat volume keeps filling up. It has filled 20GB in roughly 36 hours. Other volumes seem fine (<50%...
View ArticleDRMDump file not getting zipped
So my vCenter ran out of room on C. On some investigation, the drmdump folder was 50GB!!!!! Upon futher investigation it seems only on of the cluster folders is the culprit. Every other cluster folder...
View Articlevcenter 6.0 web client - hangs when logging in with scrolling bar....
vCenter Version: 6.0 Build 2776511OS Type: Windows 2012 R2 I fired up the lab today and when I try to log into my vcenter web client, the login hangs with the blue/light blue barber shop pole/bar...
View ArticlevSphere 5.5 - vCSA - Inventory Database issues
Hello, i have what i hope will be a simple question - I have a small vSphere 5.5 deployment that is using the vCSA virtual appliance.Our Vcenter inventory was coming up empty, so i used the...
View ArticleWill downing one of my three hosts cause problems in vCenter?
I need to update the controller firmware on my three hosts. The only production server VM that we currently have has a very small maintenance window. If I shut down all VMs on one host can I then shut...
View Articlevcenter 6 in an WAN setup - cannot add ESXi 6.0.0 host, gets stuck at 80%
All,I have been trying a day now to find a solution to this. We have vcenter 6 running in LAN1, connecting an ESXi host in LAN1 and another ESXi i LAN2. LAN1 and LAN2 are connected with IPsec. DNS...
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