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Task: virtual machine reconfiguration - LOOP
hi, we have a esx 5.0 cluster and vSphere Client / Server 5.1. since 2 days, every minute, a task is created: virtual machine reconfiguration. it´s always the same server. the server has not been...
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Sizing vCenter Server on an Oracle database
I'm attempting to determine exactly how much space my vCenter Server data is using on my Oracle database. The size of the .dbf file is 120GB. However, as you can see in the diagram not all of the...
View Articleconsole error via vCenter 4 server
Hi There, We have a vCenter 4 server managing my ESX 4 U2 hosts. Everything was working until today. All of a sudden, i can no longer use console of my VM from my vCenter server. Following error...
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After upgrading vCenter from 5.0 to 5.1 Could not find stored procedure...
Hi all.After upgrading vCenter from 5.0 to 5.1 found this error in MS SQL 2008 R2 when executing job "Past Day stats rollup":MessageExecuted as user: xx\yyyy. Could not find stored procedure...
View ArticleCold SVMotion doesn't change filenames
Aloha, According to this - http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2008877if my display name is out of sync with the corresponding folder...
View ArticleWill web client fallback to HTTP if HTTPS doesnt work?
Hi, When downloading the plugin, will the web client fallback to HTTP if HTTPS doesnt work, provided I have added allowHttp=true in webclient.properties? Say I have registered my plugin with...
View Articlehost disconnected, why???
hii add 2 esxi host in vcenter server but after 1 minute or less these host automatically disconnect from this server then i have to re-connect these again. why this is happening? is there any...
View ArticleCloudXC Example VMware Architectural Decisions Register Update - Network...
CloudXC Example VMware Architectural Decisions Register - Network Failover Detection Policy http://joshodgers.com/2012/12/12/example-architectural-decision-network-failover-detection-policy/
View ArticleCloudXC Example #VMware Architectural Decision Register Update - Time...
CloudXC Example #VMware Architectural Decision Register Update - Time Synchronization for Virtual Machines...
View Articlechkdsk command on a VM
Hi Guys, just want to know, is it recommended to run chkdsk command on VM running with windows server. regardsVINAY
View ArticleHow to implement CA certificates in vCenter using W2K8 R2?
Hello,Just wanting to know if anyone has a suggestion or link to examples for implementing my own CA certificate, etc for vCenter 5.0 and my ESXi 5.0 U1 servers? I have an internal W2K8 R2 domain and...
View ArticleFull datastore when transfering data
Hi all, I'm having a serious problem with datastore capacity when I transfer a huge amount of data to a virtual machine by SSH. The datastore has 511GB of total capacity. During the transfer proccess...
View ArticleHaving issues adding ESXi host to vCenter Server Appliance
I've been spending lots of time working on the new vCenter 5.1.0A. I have two vCenter environments in my test and dev. vCenter1 = Windows 2008 R2 vCenter server. It has local domain Microsoft CA self...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 / ESXi's user login/logout logs
Hi, we're monitoring our vSphere 5.1 environment with Nagios. Most of the checks (cpu, memory, hardware, etc.) are performed against the hosts and not through the vCenter. The checks use a local user...
View ArticleCannot Register vCenter Server
Hi Experts, I tried to register a vCenter Server through vSphere Web Client Administration Tool and got the following error mesages: VMware ESX and VMware ESXi servers are not supported with vSphere...
View ArticleVMware vCenter - Alarm Network Utilisation
Hi there, I have tried enabling this but am having issues. I have set it up but get alerts like the following:- Target: BLaaaaaaaaPrevious Status: GreenNew Status: Yellow Alarm Definition:([Yellow...
View ArticlevSphere 4 ESX - Setting EVC
In vSphere, I can see under summary for both a cluster and a host in the cluster the status of EVC Mode. How can I be certain that every virtual machine has also taken on the EVC setting to...
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Can't do a cold VM migration between two distributed switches
So, we recently starting using 1000v distributed switches. We have two clusters, each with it's own distributed switch (different VLANs). Obviously we can't hot VMotion between these two clusters...
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Host Storage Status vCenter Alarm - triggers/actions
My default Host Storage Satus alarm is set as follows:Triggers (default) - Normal (group=storage, newstate=green), Warning (group=storage, newstate=yellow), Alert (group=storage, newstate=red)Action -...
View ArticleFailed upgrade of VCVA to 5.1.0a (5.1.0a | 25 Oct 2012 | Build 880472)
Has anyone successfully used the built-in upgrade feature to upgrade to this build? I tried it earlier today (after making a snapshot furtunately!) and had a number of problems.Issues included: -...
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