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vCenter 5.1 does not see Host CPU Host Mem or Guest Mem on 4.0 hosts
Pretty much in the title. vCenter was upgraded back in September or so to 5.1, and there are mixed clusters running: 4.0 esx, 5.0 U1, and 5.1. On the 4.0 ESX hosts, we do not see the CPU/Host Mem or...
View ArticleWebclient login issue
Hey Guys, So I deployed the following - SSO, inventory service, webclient, and vcenter server all as separate vms. Now in the webclient i am trying to register the vcenter. It asks me for the vcenter...
View ArticleUpdate error from vsphere 5.0 to 5.1
I installed Vcenter 5.1 on a brandnew server using simple mode in a workgroup.this is not connected to a domain. after that i installed fresh copy of vsphere 5.1 on a cisco c210 M2 server and upgraded...
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vCenter Appliance joined to domain, but no domain available
I´ve setup vCenter Appliance 5.1 and I joined it to my AD domain, but when I try to create permissions and and link them to AD group, I can´t see my domain: Any idea, why this is happening?
View ArticleSplit config question
Hi,We're trying to setup a split solution with SSO+Inventory+Web Client running on VCSA and vCenter Server+Update Manager+Web Client on Windows. This is working great, we do however have an error...
View Articleweb client virtual machine console timeout
Hi, I'm on vcenter 5.1 On the web client, when I try to open a virtual machine, It print "connection timeout".I use wireshark to see what happened.I saw that the web console try to connect to my...
View ArticleCLI Command to do Enhanced Vmotion(Change both host and datastore)
HI, anyone know how to do enhanced vmotion i.e Change both host and datastore using cli command P.S :- i am able to do HOST and STORAGE Vmotion seperately using CLI command
View ArticlevSphere Data Protection not registered in Web Client
I deployed the vdp ova file to one ESXi host and finished configuration successfully. No error message. But I cannot see and vdp related plugins in web client, hence I'm unable to use vdp. Is there any...
View ArticleReboot Guests automatically
We have some Citrix provisioned servers in our ESXi cluster, sometimes they don't start up correctly and get caught at a PXE screen. We have alerting setup that tells us that this has happened but we...
View ArticleQuestion about using a custom HTTP port for vCenter 5.1...
Are there any known issues with setting the HTTP port for vCenter 5.1 to a different port like port 81 (instead of the default port 80)? We installed the vSphere Authentication proxy, which requires...
View Articleconsole issue after upgrade vcenter 5.1
Hi All, I'm facing two strange issue after upgrade the vcenter to ver. 5.1. ( the ESX host ver is 4.1.0 ) a. I can access the console of VMs via right-click VM -click "open console" in the menu, but...
View ArticleGuest network issues on reboot
I've come across this dilema before in a smaller environment where it didn't cause an impact. However, now this is occuring in a large production environment.Here's the story, some of our guests when...
View Articlevcenter 5.1 cannot connect with https://:443/sdk
Hello I installed vCenter Server 5.1.0a but, when I log on vSphere Web Client, show an error: cannot connect with https://<FQDN>:443/sdk. Then, Managment don´t show any vCenter Server Could you...
View ArticleExpected put message. Got: ERROR
Hi I have a question about Expected put message. Got: ERROR We are currently investigating an error with an backupvendor and they have asked us to performa a download of a vmx file from the backup...
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VC Server Upgrade from 4.0 to 5.0
I am trying to upgrade my Vcenter 4.0 to 5.0 . Currently I am using a local database for VC 4.0 . Now i have created a new database SQL 2008 on a remote server, Configured the DSN and resotred my...
View ArticleRole permissions for Affinity Rules
Hi All,is there a way to set up or assign a user role who has only permissions to set "affinitay rules" in vcenter on a drs cluster. If somebody could provide me a privileg path to assign that...
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Perf Charts service experienced an internal error - vCenter 4.1u1- Different Fix
I was recently installing vCenter 4.1 U1 on and Windows 2008 R2 Server which was utilising a remote SQL 2005 Server listening on a non standard port when the "Perf Charts service experienced an...
View ArticleInstallation VMware vCenter 5.1.0a
Hi all,I've a very big problem installing VMware vCenter Server 5.1.0a. This is my environment:VMware vCenter Server 5.1.0a (SSO, Inventory, vCenter Server) Microsoft SQL Server Standard 2008 R2...
View ArticleCan I migrate/move a datacenter to a different vCenter server?
My customer currently has five hosts in a cluster, managed by a vCenter 5.0 server. They are planning to stand up 5 more hosts in a new cluster at a new site. Then they want to migrate their existing...
View ArticleIntermittent vCenter/ESXi host disconnect issue
Configuration: vCenter Virtual Appliance running 5.1.0. 2 x identical ESXi hosts running 5.0U1. VCVA is running on ESXi host 'a'. Symptom: vCenter complains of a disconnect in communication with the...
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