Web client installing
Hi All, I installed web client on VCenter server. I am able to listen on port 9443 for https ,9090 for http. I have two questions here plz help. 1) I want to uninstall the web client from VCenter...
View ArticleDHCP Issue when deploying template in different vlans
Hello, I hope someone will be able to help me ... I am using vsphere 4.1 Let say I have two different vlan defined in my environnement. - Vlan 100- Vlan 200 I have build template for each kind of Os I...
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After upgrading vCenter from 5.0 to 5.1 Could not find stored procedure...
Hi all.After upgrading vCenter from 5.0 to 5.1 found this error in MS SQL 2008 R2 when executing job "Past Day stats rollup": MessageExecuted as user: xx\yyyy. Could not find stored procedure...
View ArticleWhat does GA mean
anyone knows what it is meant by "GA" or general availability for Vcentre?Thanks for any info
View Article2 Question about HA
I'm studying for VCP5 exam and I'm playing around in a lab environment with SAN datastores. I have 2 Hosts setup in a cluster with HA enabled using admission control policy: host failures cluster...
View ArticleHow do I identify effective permissions for a user in vCenter?
Many organizations don't have a defined protocol for adding permissions to vCenter. It often ends up being a convuluted web of explicit user and group permissions added at various levels of vCenter....
View ArticleSingle Sign On (aka SSO) and LDAP
I am at my wits end and wish to query the masses for any assistance. I upgraded vCenter from 5.0 to 5.1 and have had the joy of fighting with SSO. I am able to configure SSO to authenticate Active...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 Roles Best Practices
The following roles can be installed on separate servers or for small installations the same server. Single Sign OnInventory ServicevCenter ServiceUpdate ManagerWeb Client But, is there a best...
View ArticlevCenter dead after BSOD. SSO Problem
Had a BSOD on our vCenter 5.1 server yesterday (first time!), and now none of the vCenter services will start. SQL (which runs locally) seems fine, but after looking at the logs, it appears that the...
View ArticleStorage DRS (SDRS) Questions
Hi, I've been using the new APIs to provision using SDRS and had some questions. Sorry if this is documented somewhere but I haven't been able to find it: 1. If I create a VM in SDRS (using...
View ArticleMulticore cpu support
Currently running vCenter 4.0 U2. We have W2K3 and W2K8 Standard and Enterprise guests. Confused over licensing and use of CPU sockets. cores and vCPUs. Would like to change a Windows guest .vmx...
View ArticleA few static MACs among a sea of auto-generated
I have hundreds of VMs and I have never made any of them static. Now our network team has purchased a solution from a vendor that requires a handful of VMs with static MAC addresses. They are...
View Articlehow to import OVF /OVA file from powercli ?
hi Guys, How I can import any OVF or OVA file in vsphere cluster using powercli. Please assist. ThanksregardsNM-BG
View ArticleGetting the error "The task was canceled by a user" while trying to power on...
I am using a vCenter Server version 4.0.0, build 208111.I sometimes get this message "The task was canceled by a user" message while trying to power on a VM.Am not able to understand what causes the...
View ArticleCan´t login to fresh 5.1 installation
I did fresh virtual vcenter 5.1 installation, installing all 3 components required and I cannot install with domain admin account via vsphere client. During installation, I remember setting extra long...
View ArticleSingle sign on install SA password?
So when trying to upgrade from 5.0 U1 to 5.1 it wants to install SSO. Ok so the SSO installer wants the SA password for the local SQL express instance...but the SA account is disabled by default. Are...
View ArticleMissing host in SSL setting window
Hello everyone, I was about to upgrade my vCenter from 4.1 to 5.1 and the upgrade came with this popup massage asking me to set the SSLverification. So I went to the Admin menue ==> vCenter server...
View ArticleAdding a ESXi 4.1 host to vCenter 5.1
License not available to perform this operation. The host is licensed with vSphere 4 Hypervisor. On the compatibility list ESXi going back to 4.0 should be compatible.
View ArticleVcenter service won't start following driver issue
I've searched for answers to this one and there are several; but none that quite match our case, and none of the suggestions seem to provide a resolution. It appears that a driver was updated on the...
View ArticleSOAP session count limit reached
Hi I have an error when attempting to log into vcenter, both locally and remotely. The error reads 'Unable to read data from the transport connection: The connection was closed'. Restarting the vcenter...
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