Virtual Center 6.0 U1 Design Considerations
I am looking at deployment options in my environment and initially plan to stand up a LAB environment. I was looking at the possibility to stand up the VCSA for 'LAB' with HA PSC's behind and F5 load...
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Adding host to vCenter - the host is already connected
Hi, Im trying to add two hosts to VmWare VCenter Server 5.1 when it comes to adding the second host I get the error message that the host is already connected when its not - any ideas please? Thanks
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Chrome and vCenter 6 Client Integration Tools
Hello, Having issues with running the vCenter 6 Client Integration Tools in Chrome. Chrome will not recognize the tools as being installed although they are. We had the same issue with Firefox and...
View ArticleAdding VASA provider and SMS certificate
Environment: vCenter 6, external PSC. VMCA setup as intermediate. We're trying to install the 3PAR Recovery plugin as described here: http://h20628.www2.hp.com/km-ext/kmcsdirect/emr_na-c04125399-3.pdf...
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cpu ready time
hi, virtual machine has 4 vCpu , 8 gb memory and e1000 adapter. when i was looking on esxtop . cpu ready time beetwen % 4.65 - % 5.25. OS is microsoft server 2008 R2 64 Bit . Host is Esxi 5.5 what is...
View ArticleError importing OVA file
Hello, I'm trying to import an OVA file and I get the error: "A vCenter Server resource is missing or invalid. Either the resource was modified while the operating system was running or the server is...
View ArticleVCenter 5.5 constant login failures with Identity Management Service
I recently changed a domain account password and now on the vcenter server there are constant login failures that reference the VMware identity management service. The service is logging in as a...
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External PSC - VCSA gets Invalid Credentials
I recently deployed an external PSC using the recently-made-public VCSA 6.0 U1 appliance. Initial deployment of the external PSC went off without a hitch. No problems whatsoever. However, when it...
View Articlereplace SSL certificates with AutoDeploy (vCenter 5.1)
I'm trying to replace all certs used by vCenter 5.1 and have so far succeeded using the predeployment method stated in Derek's blog here. However, this link, and the corresponding VMware (threadbare)...
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Inventory Service failing to Start
@Hi Guys, Firstly my panic is over and fixed However I wanted to ask the forum how I managed to get myself in this position, if someone has has explanation. So, my Inventory Service was refusing to...
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After AutoDeploy Install, Windows Event show cannot be found
After installing Autodeploy on Windows server 2012 R2 with SP1, and completing the install I get: The description for Event ID 1 from source AutoDeploy cannot be found. Either the component that raises...
View ArticleVirtual Center Sql 2005 MDF file corrupt need help.. Backup was on same...
The mdf file for my vsphere4 virtual center sql 2005 db is corrupt and can not be recovered. What is the best way to get back online? Any help would be great. I still have the ldf..
View Articlevmware-dataservice-sca status changed from yellow to green
Hello , Below vCenter 6.0 U1 alarm frequently changing, any idea ? alarm.VsphereClientHealthAlarm - Event: Status change (7582963) Summary: vsphere-client status changed from green to yellow Date:...
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Repointing VCSA with embedded PSC to external PSC
I did this once before without any issues, but I am getting an error when trying to do so again. The VCSA with the embedded PSC is on 6.0 U1, as are the external PSC's. I have tried with both FQDN...
View ArticleClones and Licenses
I'm new to VMware and have pretty much been thrown into a position where I need to know a lot quickly so I appreciate any help I can get.What I have are 70+ separate hosts (Dell R220) in remote...
View ArticleConnect Update Manager to VCenter Server appliance
Hi, Environment: VSphere ESXi 6.0 recently updated. I use the v6 VCenter Server Appliance (which requires setting its password INCLUDING special character(s)). In connection to this server appliance I...
View ArticleCannot Enable vMotion Traffic on Eval Version
I am evaluating vCenter and am trying to test the vmotion/vsan capabilities. I created a cluster and I have one host where vmotion is enabled but when I try to add a second host with the same...
View ArticleCannot Start vCenter Server Appliance - "Waiting for vpxd to initialize:...
I am stumped. At first, I was able to at least login to vsphere and do operations. The client would close like every 15 minutes so it got really annoying. Now I am stuck with no launch to vsphere. I...
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vCenter 6.0 U1 - Replace machine SSL certificate, VMware Component Manager...
I have installed an external PSC (6.0 U1) and have attempted to replace the machine SSL certificate with a custom certificate from our CA I have tried using both the certificate-manager CLI and the new...
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vCenter for both server and desktop workloads
Are you able to use one vCenter server to manage both servers and desktops? One cluster of ESX hosts contains server workloads and the other cluster of ESX hosts contains Citrix desktops. What would...
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