Cloning - SID Question
Should we run sysprep after we clone? We are cloning Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 server. We are running vCenter 4 along with ESXI host. Thanks in advanced
View ArticleConverting a vm into ovf
Hi, I was trying to store a backup of a vm by converting it into ovf. but in this process i am loosing all the snapshots of that vm. can anyone help me with this??
View ArticleRecover vCenter using SQL DB backup
Hi All, We have a vCenter 5.0.0 installed, yesterday after restarting the server vCenter services failed to start. Eventually we stopped the IIS server and problem was solved but now tomcat service is...
View ArticleHow to disable vCenter logs for one specific user ?
Hello,I need to know how to disable log in vCenter 5 for only one specific user.Thank you
View ArticleVirtualCenter database size seems very large (11G); do I need maintenance?
I run vCenter 5.0.0 Build 455964, and use MS SQL 2008 R2 for the database (on a remote server). The size of the "VirtualCenter" database is 11G in size right now, and I can't tell if that's really...
View ArticleFind the size of snapshot
Hello There, I have been given a task to find the size of snapshots taken per virtual machine. I need to find the size of the space consumed by a snapshot.Is there a way to find it ?Read couple of...
View ArticleMigration Question: vCenter 4.1 on WinXP 64-Bit to vCenter 5.0 on WinSvr 2008 R2
I am currently running vCenter Server 4.1 U2 on a Windows XP 64-Bit VM, which manages two hosts running ESXi Essentials Plus 4.1 (build 260247). The two hosts are in a cluster configured for HA. We...
View Articlecannot login after upgrade to vcenter 5.1
after upgrade to vcenter 5.1, I cannot login vcenter and web client. when I login venter by "use windows session credentials", the error is "you do not have permission to login to the server", when I...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 - Hardware Status tab (No Data)
We are completing our migration in our TEST environment to our new vCenter 5.1 server. We have migrated our ESXi 4.0 U2 and 4.1 U2 hosts to vCenter 5.1. We are using the latest version of the HP CIM...
View Articlememory usage
Hi, have confusion on understanding on the memory usage on the VM. can some please explain by seeing the graph attached.
View ArticleError 29103 : Cannot read file or directory ; while installing SSO 5.1
I am hoping some one has a clue about this error message while doing a fresh install of vCenter server and components. Client : Windows Server 2008 R2 running as a VM. I have tried 1. the simple...
View ArticleVsphere enterprise license
Hi, Iam using vsphere 5 evaluation of ESXI 5 and vCenter now i have bought enterprise license for vsphere.but when iam putting my enterprise license on these evaluation of esxi 5 and vcenter it is...
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Can't login to vCenter appliance with "Use Windows session credentials" and...
Hi, I got a problem with login to vCenter appliance by VMware vSphere Client with selected option "Use Windows session credentials" and Microsoft Active Directory domain users. When I select this...
View ArticleVMware SRM installation with essentials plus 5.1
hi, I am going to buy vmware vsphere essentials plus for my datacentre. i have two servers in one location, each has 2 cpus.And another one in a different location (2 CPUs). now i need to buid a DR...
View ArticleAdd ESX 4.1 to Vcenter 5.1
Hello!I have 4 ESX 4.1 348481 host and 2 new ESX 5.1 sharing the same storage and network. All the virtual machines are placed on the 4.1 ESX hosts. My Vcenter is 4.Can I Upgrade my V-center to...
View ArticleSSO and Entirely Virtual Envorinment
Here is a scenario we are tossing around. I'd like to go entirely virtual in the next year. If I were to virtualize my vCenter 5.1 and all of my DCs onto a 3 host cluster. What is the startup procedure...
View ArticleAPI to find vCenter server in SSO Lookup service
How i can connect to SSO programmatically (via API) and find all vCenter in it.
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VCenter 5.0 Performance charts / SQL errors
I'm having an issue bringing up cluster level performance charts in the viclient utilizing vcenter 5.0 (upgraded from vcenter 4.1) with esxi 5.0 hosts. I can bring up performance stats per host but not...
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vCenter 5.1 SSO can see users but not groups
I have finally managed to upgrade to 5.1 and gotten SSO to talk to our LDAP server but I am not getting any groups back only users. We have a samba implementation using LDAP for the backend and since...
View ArticlevSphere Client 4.1 error issues communicating with the following vCenter...
When I start my vi client, it loads up fine but I get a pop up window with the following message: There are issues with communicating with the following vCenter server(s):view1.domain: Failure to...
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