vCenter 5.1a doesn’t show in the Inventory tree(not discover)
Hi All, I have installed my vCenter 5.1a, after some issues I manage to install everything wihtout big issues. But now when I run and login to vCenter Web Client I dont have any vCenter to manage. Some...
View ArticleNo guest console display vSphere Client 5
Hi all, I have recently upgrade to vCenter version 5 on a fresh machine and subsiquently upgraded all the hosts to ESXi5. I am in the process of upgrading all the vmware tools installs, but being a...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 Web Client Service does not start
Hello guys, I installed in my LAB and worked the installation of vCenter 5.1, all ok. Now I installed in the Production environment and all installation ok, but the VMware vSphere Web Client service,...
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance
I am looking to build out a very large vSphere 5.1 environment. What are the best practices regarding the vCenter Server Appliance. Should I run the entire environment under one vcsa or should I...
View ArticleInstalling vCenter Server 5.1 on Windows Server 2012
Hiya, ---First of all, I would like to use this topic for experiences running vCenter 5.1 on Windows Server 2012. Hopefully I will manage to get this all running and others will find answers in this...
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Vcenter WebClient 5.1 no Vcenter???
Just got done upgrading everything to 5.1 and I'm not seeing anything in my webclient: Is there a quick way to reregister Vcenter with the inventory service?
View ArticleConsiderations when installing vCenter Server
I'm looking to compile a list of all the considerations (or as many as possible) when installing vCenter Server. For example, configuration choices, design choices, etc. like: -physical or...
View ArticlePassing custom props from vapp to vms
Hi, I am fairly new to vapps, and have question around it. vapp (via OVF) provides way to specify custom properties which can be passed down to vms inside it. Now, there is OVF for vapp and OVF...
View ArticlevCenter log files entries for new VM's or distributed Port groups
All, I can not seem to find the entries for new VM or distributed Port groups in the vpxd.log file. Any suggestions? thank you
View ArticlevCentre Server Database Size
Hello All, My vCentre Server (5.0) database has been growing by about 2GB per day for the last few weeks. It was initially on a local SQL Express server, but moved it onto full SQL once it hit the...
View ArticlevCenter Network Inventory - Missing Objects
vCenter Server - 5.0.0 Build 623373 Using the vSphere client (5.0.0 623373) and loading the Inventory->Networking interface the list of standard switch networks is only a small subset of the...
View ArticleVcentre server appliance AD issues
Hi, I have just installed ESX 5.1 on a brand new server and then connected it to our domain. This went through without an issue and I can Add permissions based on AD accounts. I then installed the...
View ArticleMoving Vkernal port from one standard switch to another standard switch
Hi there,How can I move the vkernal port from one standard switch to another standard switch in vsphere, vcenter server 5.1? Help plz
View ArticlevSphere Replication Appliance Placement
I'm currently looking into deploying the vSphere Replication Appliance. We only have a single vCenter at our primary site which manages our DR site as well. Should I place the appliance in the DR...
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How to rename a windows server name for template deployment
Hello, I am setting up a template, and during testing, I am tyring to figure out how to deploy a template so that in windows the name I give it during the template process, is the name of the Windows...
View ArticlevCenter vs host permissions
We are running vCenter and ESXi 5.0 and I noticed an issue the other day when one of my staff tried to login to one of our hosts directly using the vSphere Client. We have a few AD groups that we've...
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data migration, vCenter Server 4.0 to 4.1 (and new server)
Existing server:windows 2008 32 bitvCenter Server 4.0 New server:Windows 2008 R22008 SQL Server Management Studio (The VMWare fellow told me to install this when I got hung up) So I followed the...
View Articlepatching and upgrading versus clean installations
I have a very basic question about clean software installations versus upgrades to a patched older version. If I install say 5.0.1 (not updating a previous version), is the result the same as...
View ArticleProblem with quiesced snapshot on Server 2008 R2 with ESXi 4.1 U1
Hello Since we have updatet from ESXi 4.1 to Update 1 we have problems with taking quiesced snapshot. Before we have installed the update 1 quiesced snapshot worked witout problems. When we take a...
View ArticleDeploy Custom Applications From vCenter
What options are available for deploying custom software packages like Microsoft SQL Server from vCenter to a VM. I did some research myself and I found "VMWare vCenter Configuration Manage" and...
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