install vCenter Server on a separate physical machine
hi Is it a good idea to install vCenter Server on a separate physical machine instead to make it as a VM guest on ESX/vSphere?
View ArticlevCenter vSphere Replication
Hi all, I have a small question regarding the implementation of vSphere Replication on a single vCenter. Deployment is fine, protection is fine for one VM for the moment. The thing is when I go to...
View Articlecleaning session lock table: failed in vCenter server appliance
Hi, I want to try the vCenter server appliacnce in my test Lab. I configured the vCSA. But i am unable to start the vCenter server. So after many reboot too, the error is same after the line of...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Startup/Shutdown grayed out
Hi all, I'm using vCenter Server 4.1 with 3 ESX 4.1 hosts. I'm able to click on the Properties option on Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown, under Host configuration. However, when the windows opens, all...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 / SSO permissions issue
So I have vCenter 5.1 deployed with SSO. I've successfully linked SSO to my domain but when I log in with a domain user I can't see anythink in the inventory no vcenter, hosts etc - just an empty...
View ArticlevCSA 5.0 to 5.1 upgrade - network identity
I've just upgraded vCenter Server Appliance. Along to http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2033990 the new appliance could assume the network identity of the old appliance. Hostaname of the new appliance changed...
View ArticlevCenter Client column sorting
The instructions to add/remove/sort columns below does not work. Does anyone have any hints? I have several colums that I do not want to see and no matter how I adjust the settings, they always come...
View ArticleSSO on vCenter Appliance
hi guys does the SSO database needs to be configure in the vcenter appliance to make it work? I see this http://screencast.com/t/H5WCftADfpO and thishttp://screencast.com/t/fKmEe0mxL do I need to...
View ArticleWindows 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?...
View ArticleUpgrading to vCenter 5.1 - vCenter Inventory Service Failure
Hi All, I know that we have many questions already regarding upgrading vCenter, but I did not see here yet this one. I am trying to upgrade the vCenter and my vCenter Inventory Service keeps failing to...
View ArticleCannot Register vCenter Server
Hi Experts, I tried to register a vCenter Server through vSphere Web Client Administration Tool and got the following error mesages: VMware ESX and VMware ESXi servers are not supported with vSphere...
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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 ArticlevCenter 5.1 - Host Profile Issue - IPv4 routes did not match
I am getting a "IPv4 routes did not match" error when applying host profiles in a lab environment, with the host in a non-compliant state. I have been able to get a host to be compliant only by...
View ArticleSSO Server install
Does anyone know how to find out which type of SSO server is installed? I'm trying to figure out if the sso server was installed in simple mode or multisite mode?
View ArticlevSphere Web Client, hosts gone
Hello, We just upgraded our environment from 5.0 to 5.1. Everything is OKay, except the vSphere Web Client (only supported management option).We can see our VMs, Datacenters, Datastores & Networks...
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vCenter 5.1 installation AD authentication error to VMware Single Sign On
I've created a separate service account for vCenter5.1 installation & I'm using that account throughout while using the same credentials for password authentication gives me an error [LDAP: error...
View ArticleError VCenter Server Service start fails
Hi .. i'm a new to VM.. i'm installing vCenter 5.1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 (4 GB RAM and 2 X vCPU) . It errors out starting the service.. full log file below attached ... please anyone help...
View ArticleTriggered Alarms export from multiple VC's.
Hi Team, I am looking for script to collect "Triggered Alarms" from 4 VC's in a single report. We are using ESXi 4.1 Ver in all VC's. Is it possible to collect all Triggered Alarms from 4 VC's in a...
View ArticleMigrate VM across vCenters
I currently have 3 vCenter Essential and just aquired a vCenter standard license so I want to move all the VMs into the new standard vCenter I will install. What is the best way to move VMs or ESXi...
View ArticleCannot login DOMAIN\ADMIN_USER@.... fills event log
Hi, I installed our vCenter a couple of weeks ago using a special domain admin account. Since then the vCenter is running without (known) issues. Today I had a look in the vCenter event log and found...
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