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After upgrade to VCSA 6: High cpu load after a few hours?
Hi! I've upgraded our VCSA appliance from 5.5U2 to 6 and everything seemed to went fine but after it ran about 12 hours, the appliance began to eat up the two vCPUs almost completely, rendering the web...
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VCSA 5.5 to 6.0 upgrade is changing FQDN
I'm getting this message during the upgrade process to 6.0 on our VCSA that I haven't seen in any of the guides I've read online: Will this have any affect on any fqdn-based connections we have to the...
View ArticleHow to host remote virtual severs on local vsphere client?
We are a company that manages the IT services for a growing number of companies. We currently have Vsphere 5.5 set up in our data center that host about a dozen companies virtual servers or desktops....
View ArticleIs it possible to run vCenter 5.1 or 5.5 without SSO
Hello, My question is in the title : Is it possible to run vCenter 5.1 or 5.5 without SSO ? I don't want to install AD because I don't need of it. It was not necessary in vCenter 5.0 and I would like...
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How to backup Postgres on VCSA 6.x - Automatically
Hello,For those of you out there that use the VCSA, how are you getting a DB consistent backup automatically? In the 5.x days, I had a script that ran locally on the VCSA that dumped the DB and...
View ArticleAfter clonning a server, license of Windows server has lost
Dear colleagues, I was doing some proofs with my virtual environment, clonning computers already configured and so on. After that, I have just found that the license of the windows server has lost. It...
View ArticleMigrating VMWare 5.0 Cluster from SAN/Hosts to VMWare 6.0 Cluster with new...
I have a customer that has 3 ESXi 5.0 hosts and a vSphere cluster with Standard licensing. These 3 hosts connect to an EMC SAN via iSCSI.I have a new UCS Chassis with 3 blades and a new EMC SAN...
View ArticleWeb Client 5.5 - How to upload/download files from datastore?
I cannot seem to get file upload/download from datastores working on my 5.5b vcenter webclient. When browsing the datastore/folder There is only buttons to install the Client Integration Plugin,...
View ArticlevCenter Alarms via SNMP
Hello, Does anyone know if there is a document from VMware that includes all the alarm trigger names that are available? For example, every alarm has a trigger. Every trigger has a present name. I need...
View ArticlevCenter 6 'Empty Inventory' due to permissions
I have a fully functional, completely working vCenter 6 environment. Admin users can log in and see the entire inventory, as they're supposed to. However, I have a number of business users that need...
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Can't start VM ESXI 6.0 - Connection refused
Hello! I cannot figure out an issue and hoping maybe someone can give me some tips. I have ESXI 6.0 host on vcenter server appliance 6.0. Everything was working fine. I then moved the hosts out of...
View Articlevpx_hist_stat2_ records not in VPX_SAMPLE_TIME2
The purge_stat2_proc stored procedure that purges the records from the vpx_hist_stat2_<n> tables isn't cleaning up the records because they don't exist in the VPX_SAMPLE_TIME2 table. I am find...
View ArticlePSC HA Options
Hey, We're planning a new vSphere 6 deployment, and currently looking at our options for vcenter HA. We will have a number of vCenter servers, so we will be deploying an external PSC. Does anyone know...
View ArticleSYSLOG collector in vSphere 6
Is the SYSLOG Collector in vSphere 6 discontinued? Up to vSphere vCenter Server 5.5 there was an option under vSphere Support Tools to "Install vSphere Syslog Collector".From the install screen of...
View ArticleThe VMRC console has disconnected.. attempting to reconnect
Seeing this error on my Virtual Center client while tryign to get to the console.. We are running Virtual Center 5.0 Build 455964 Anyone now how to fix it?
View ArticleSingle VCSA 6.0 with External PSC failover to another Datacenter
Using a single vCenter 6.0 with external (primary) PSC, I'm looking to test failover to a DR datacenter. I have another external (secondary) PSC already deployed in the DR datacenter joined to the same...
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VCA 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:...
View Articlevcenters 6 in enhanced linked mode - web client has empty inventory if no...
Hi,i have 2 vcenters 6 u1, with external PSC connected to the same SSO domain.I want some users to be able to see all vcenters thru the ELM, and some customers to be sticked to only one vcenter. With...
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Windows 2012 Server - Best practices for creating Template
On Windows 2012, has anyone created templates for this OS (VM)?If so, what services did you remove, disable or install or what tweaks did you do to create a "Base" template? Any ideas or suggestions?...
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VCSA 6 install error - Supplied name not valid
When installing a second vCenter I keep running into the errors: 1. Firstboot script execution error.2. The supplied System Name vcenter-01.domain.local is not valid.3. If the supplied system name is a...
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