difference between vMA and vCenter
Hi Guys, we use vCenter to manage ESX/ESXi host and also vMA for the same. just want to confirm the main difference between vMA and vCenter Server. regardsVINAY
View ArticlevSphere HA detected a possible host failure of this host
Hello, I have been building a lab environment using the hardware below with VMware Workstation 8. Physical Hardware:Dell Precision 690Intel Xeon CPU 3.73GHz (2 processors)Memory: 12GBWindows 7 Pro...
View ArticleNo vCenter Servers listed after upgrade from 5.0.
Hi,I upgraded from vCenter Server from 5.0 to 5.1.0a this weekend. When I login to the vSphere Web Client, there are no vCenter Servers listed. All of this is the most basic of installs - everything...
View ArticleUsing IP address or FQDN for Single Sign on Server
If you attempt to assign vCenter Server's Single Sign on Server in 5.1 an IP address instead of an FQDN, you get a warning that it is not recommended. Other than being able to connect to the SSO...
View ArticleWhen to Separate vCenter and Single Sign on Server
With 5.1, I have the option to have the Single Sign on Server separate from vCenter Server. When is this necessary and appropriate and when is it overkill? If I am using vCOPS, VCD, and other...
View ArticleCloning a VM always expands disk
I'm trying to clone my VMs to a NFS datastore to use as backups. However whether the original disk type was thin provisioned or if I just select the destination disk type to be thin provisioned it...
View Article3.5 to 5.1 Upgrade Issues
I am working on upgrading (7) ESX 3.5 hosts to 5.1 by vMotion-ing all of the VMs off of one host, removing it from the cluster and doing a clean install of ESXi 5.1. I am also installing a new vCenter...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client 5.1 -- Migrating Custom Attributes to Tags
Hi Community, We have upgraded last week our vCenter Servers to 5.1. So, I´m now experimenting with the all new Web Client at the moment. For the best user experience, I want to convert my custom...
View ArticleUpdate Manager 5.1 / HP depot not working
Hi, I want to add the HP Online depot as a download source to the Update Manager. The URL http://vibsdepot.hp.com/index.xml gets validated, but no HP updates get downloaded after hitting "apply" and...
View ArticlevCenter 5.0 migration from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 R2
Hi All, I am currently preparing to migrate both my vCenter 5.0 application and SQL server from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008. In the VMware documentation that I have read there is a step required to...
View ArticleSSO login in 5.1
dear guys, i just finished installing 5.1 infra with SSO and i'd like to understand more what is happening.I had no trouble so fare except the fact that the newly upgraded vCenter is out of the linked...
View ArticlevSphere Replication icon not appearing in vCenter
I've deployed a VRA (5.1.0.1) to my vCenter (5.1) from the vSphere web client, but for some reason the VRA service wont start and i cant see any vsphere replication icons in either the web client or...
View Articlerolling back vcenter 5.1 install
can i rollback a 5.1 install to 5.0? is it safe doing that? what happens to the vcenter agents already uploaded to the esxi servers?
View Articlecan any one help me i am not able to login in vmware Vsphere client 5.1 and...
Hi Friend i have install vcenter 5.1 sucessfully but i am facing issue to register Vcenter server and i am not able to loing on vsphere client as i added my AD in SSO and Discovery please help me .
View ArticleUnable to Assign Permissions to AD Users
Good afternoon,I am unable to assign permissions to my AD users. Scenario:Select VM and go to Permission tab > Right Click and Add Permission > Add > Select the Domain > (after it lists...
View ArticleStorage DRS migrations - cannot see the VM name
Hi everyone, Just a complaint to see if anyone else has noticed this. I have started a SAN migration, and I am storage vMotion'ing 500+ VM's to a Storage DRS cluster. When moving VM's to the cluster,...
View ArticleAD Account can't login with group permissions
Alright, I am having a bit of a weird thing going on that I am hoping someone can help me with... I have user jsmith, who is an AD user, jsmith is a AD member of the ADgroup VMAdmins. VMAdmins has...
View Articleweb client 5.1 where are the plugins
Dear all, i just upgraded to vCenter 5.1 and of course i'm testing it all.1st i do not see the plugins entry under "administration" =>"solutions" only extensions are available.If i connect to this...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 inital login error with admin@System-Domain
We've tried to 'upgrade' to 5.1 from 5.0 using Simple Install. It appeared to go fine but then we couldn't connect to the server using VMware vSphere client. So we decided to uninstall everything...
View ArticleSpecifying a vCenter Server Managed IP
This my be an easy question for some, but I am new to vmware. My question concerns the vCenter Manged IP Address. Should this address be the IP of my vcenter server or a free address in the same...
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