Event & Alarm notifications are not receiving on mail.
I configured the mail sender setting under the vCenter Server Setting but i am not receiving any event & Alarm notification mails for a long time.Please help out........
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HiI was told there is documentation about how to install a 2nd Vcenter 4.1 server to co-exist with your current one in the same Datacenter. the aim is to eventualy migrate all functions from one to...
View ArticlevCenter 4.1 Annoyances
Don't know about anyone else, but I keep finding annoyances with vCenter 4.1. I have a couple at the moment, I wonder if anyone else has had the same & knows what to do about them: 1) Search -...
View ArticleCold migration of Vcenter server
We are changing CPU architechtures from AMD to Intel.I've moved all my vms with the exception of the server that runs VirtualCenter 5.01.The database is on the machine as well. My plan is to: 1....
View ArticleBoot VM based on load of another VM
Hi all, I'm looking for a solution that will boot VM's on demand based on the load on other VM's, perhaps in the same resource pool. Essentially, the desired outcome would be something like this: -...
View ArticleConfiguring SQL 2008 R2 Enterprise for vCenter Server 5.1
Seasons' Greetings to all. Kind of a newbie here. This is for my lab environment. I have always used the vCenter Server Simple Install option which also installs the bundled Microsoft SQL 2008 R2...
View Articlerenaming clonned vm files.
hi, i recently clonned 5 vms with a master vm. i want to rename new vms as server-1 server-2 so it was done during clone process. The thing is now i have to change the names for 2 as nfs-1 nfs-2 , i...
View ArticleReplacing vCenter version 5 Certificates
Hi all, I have the documentation from VMware and the articles from virtualvcp.com on replacing the certs. I have setup a test vCenter server but it isn't exactly the same as what I have in production....
View ArticleHost profiles and vSwitch0
Hi Guys, I have a strange issue with host profiles that i am hoping someone can help with. I have created a host profile from a reference host. As part of editing the host profile i deleted all the...
View ArticleThe type initializer for threw an exception for...
When running VI Client 4 or 4 U1, on Vista SP1 x64, I get the following error message. The type initializer for threw an exception for 'VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.ClientsXml' threw an exception. and...
View ArticleHost Connection and Power State - cannot send email error
Just realized that after the upgrade to 5.1 from 5.0 the vCenter server is unable to send any email alerts for the ones we have pre-defined.The current setup I have is broken down to individual vm's. -...
View ArticlevCenter Appliance 5.1 Active Directory no longer functioning
I had a vCenter appliance in my home lab running 5.0 and I had AD working just fine. I upgraded to the 5.1 appliance according to the documentation and now it seems that my AD integration isn't...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 performance tab "no data available"
Hi All I have a problem with the peformance tab not showing any data for VMs & hosts. I have done a fair bit of searching on this problem and not found an answer yet. My thoughts is that its a...
View ArticleVCENTER Error 29165 Identity Source Reference Update Error
Hi, I am trying to install VCenter Simple installation and while it was installing the SSO, it shows the following error: Error 29165.Identity Source Reference Update Error I am installing VCENTER...
View ArticleThoughts on Web Client vs Tradition Client
I'm planning a migration from vCenter 4.0 to 5.1.0a. I have a test 5.1.0a environment setup to experiment with, and so far I like the web client. I was just wondering what the community thought about...
View ArticlevCenter database logs growing up abnormally
Hi, We have a vCenter on other site of our company with a remote SQL database,I don't know why its database is growing up abnormally.If you had same experieneces on same status, please help me. BR
View ArticleCan vCenter Server 5.1 manage ESX 5.0 hosts?
I have 3 ESXi 5.0 hosts with shared datastores being managed by vCenter Server 5.0. Just upgraded one ESXi hosts to 5.1 but I can't connect it back to vCenter Server 5.0. I plan to upgrade the other...
View ArticleManage multiple data centers and migrating VM's
We have a data center set up running a mix of VMWare 5.0 and 5.1 on a number of HP BL465c blades. The storage is on an EMC VNX5700 array. VCenter 5.1 is on a physical machine local to the data...
View ArticleDoes deleting vApp also delete VMs contained within?
Based on a previous discussion, I understand that a vApp is bound with a given vCenter Server. So that leads me to a few other questions... 1) Is a given vCenter Server vApp bound to a single...
View ArticleDo I have to upgrade vCenter Server going from 4.1 U2 to U3?
I'm running vSphere 4.1 Update 2 on my hosts. I not long ago just did the major upgrade from 4.0 to 4.1U2 (including the jump to 64 bit VC server). Now I see Update 3 is out (I know I'm behind the...
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