Can't select domain user or groups in vCenter permissions
I've installed a new vCenter Server 5.1. After installation i want add domain user to vcenter roles. But i can't select the domain which vcenter server is a member of.What's wrong? regardsAndi
View ArticlevCenter SSO HA and WebClient
Hi, i am struggling during the installation of our new 5.1a version. I wan´t to configure a SSO HA Cluster and following the KB...
View ArticleCannot connect to virtual machine via telnet
Hi all, The virtual machine in the Vcenter is all fine with the network connection. I am able to ping the virtual machine remotely but I can't connect to it via telnet.Any particular reason for the...
View ArticleWeb client cannot connect to Data Protection appliance
Hi, I have installed vCenter Web client and the Data Protection appliance. I have the link in the Web client for vSphere Data Protection. Once clicked, I am invited to connect to my appliance. I click...
View ArticleHost Profile non-compliance error related to CIM Indication Subscription
I have this error against one of my esxi 5.0 server(build 768111) under Host Profile Compliance."Found extra CIM-XML Indication Subscription on local system for query SELECT*From CIM_ProcessIndication...
View ArticleNot able to configure vCenter Appliance
Hi, I have deployed vCenter Appliance on Workstation 8. When I try to do initial configuration (set embeded database, Test settings,...), it is throwing a popup 'Unknown'. Nothing happens after I hit...
View ArticlevCenter on Windows 2008 Server Core Install
Does windows 2008 server core provide sufficient functionality for vCenter to run properly? In other words, can I install vCenter to administer ESX(i) 4.x hosts on a Windows 2008 Server Core Install?...
View ArticleVMware vCenter and Windows Server 2012 (Server 8)
Hi,I just installed vmware vCenter Server on Windows Server 2012 but Vmware services not started so I cannot connect to the vcenter via vClient.When I try to start VMware services manually I get an...
View ArticleError on vCenter com.vmware.sps.fault.qsconnectionexception
Hi all;I get an error such as the appendix on vSphere Server. I ran into this error expanding the datastore. But on the virtual machines running normally comes at a time of error. Do not have a...
View ArticleVcenter (VCSA) update failed
Hello, i'm running the VCSA since a couple of months and tried to update it to 5.0 Update 1a...
View ArticleNetbackup for vms from VCENTER vs from VMs , Questions
Hello We are testing netbackup to get daily ( incremental ) Backup for the VMs configuring the Vcenter but feedback is : 1) the Admin says it seems slower than normal backup compared for the servers...
View ArticleVcenter recovery
Unfortunatuly Vcenter server vm crashed this week. To make things worse we had no backup. Now we started rebuilding vCenter 5.0 and reconnected it to the database (sql 5.0). Now everything loads just...
View ArticleLicense compliance alert
Hi all, This is just a general query. I got an alert for my Vcenter server which says "License compliance alert : License inventory is not complaint.Licenses are oversued." I never worked on licenses....
View ArticlevCenter Appliance 5.1 SSO
Hi, anyone using vCenter Appliance 5.1 with OpenLDAP SSO ?It looks like it uses "uid" for the username, any hints to change it to other attributes ? Regards.
View ArticleSSO domain ID is does not match (vCenter Install/Linked Mode)
I installed vcenter 5.1 as VC01 using vcenter Sinple Install.. no problems.When I try to install my second vcenter, I install the SSO, Inventory Service, and when installing vCenter server,I select to...
View ArticleReconnect host failed
Hi all, I tried reconnecting the ESXi 4.1 host but it failed with the following error : Cannot contact specified host (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx). The host may not be available on the network, a network...
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...
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 ArticleI lost my vCenter...
Hello, during the upgrade of vCenter from 5.0 to 5.1 I had some problems, and now I just reinstalled all the software and used a fresh database. All VMs on my 3 ESXi hosts are up. The old vCenter had a...
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