How to keep vCenter metrics for several months for reporting?
Hello,we have a large vCenter implementation and need to trim the database performance metrics to only a couple of months.However, we have new a requirement to keep the performance metrics (ex: daily...
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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 ArticleChange logon services in vmware virtualcenter management
Dear all, I would like to find if it is possible to change the log on as "vmware virtualcenter management webservices" services in the vcenter server?Currently it is under domain administrator account...
View ArticleVR Replication takes long time
I installed VR 5.1 on one of my esxi server and configured it for replication. my vcenter 5.1 has 8GB RAM. but when i start to replicate one single VM to the second server, it consumes all the vcenter...
View ArticleUpgrade path failure from vCenter v5.0 U2 to v5.1
Hi, I noticed that VMware has released a new version on December for vCenter v5.0. This new Update 2 includes possibility to run vCenter Server on Windows Server 2012. Please see detailed information...
View ArticleResource pool custom shares
Hi, I'm struggling with a particulare concept surrounding resource pools with custom shares and I'm wondering whether anyone can point me in the right direction. If we have a scenario in which we have...
View ArticleAfter restarting vCenter server 5.1 services going down
Hi , Please help me with a solution that when iam rebboting my vCenter server 5.1 my vcenter service is going down and i cant able to login using vsphere client.So in the services when iam manually...
View ArticlevSphere SSO with OpenLDAP (eDirectory)
I recently upgraded to vCenter Server 5.1 from 5.0 and was able to get SSO installed just fine and was very excited about being able to authenticate to vCenter using my eDirectory accounts. So I...
View ArticleStorage I/O Control Aggregate IOPs graph
On the Datastore, Performance tab - The "Storage I/O Control Aggregate IOPs" graphI was just wondering if the vertical number on the graph is a straight number and not in hundredes or thousands ? I'm...
View ArticleNeed sample java using vim25 to create vApp from scratch.
This is a continuation of a prior discussion titled "Does deleting vApp also delete VMs contained within?", but with regards to sample programs only. In that discussion I ask for pointers to good...
View ArticleUpgrade vCenter Server from 4.1 to 5.1 - extremely slow snapshot creation since
Hi, We are in the process of upgrading our farm from vSphere 4.1 to 5.1. The first part of this process was to upgrade the vCenter Server to 5.1 and then assuming all was ok we were then planning on...
View ArticleMigration of Virtual Machine from AMD to Intel failed
Hi, I have tried to migrate(cold) a virtual machine from an AMD host to an Intel but totally failed. I keep getting the error attached. Has anyone encountered this? I need help.
View ArticlevCenter thin provisioning not so thin?
Hi, We're having some troubles with the disk setup of our vCenter. This is the situation: we're running 12 Ubuntu virtual machines with thin provisioned 300GB disks on a vCenter cluster with a total...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 SSO and failure to successfully authenticate users
I have experienced this problem with the 5.1 upgrade including the latest 5.1.0b. In fact the latest patch makes it impossible to add users explicitly via the vSphere client whereas previously I could...
View Articleperformance rollups broken after upgrade from 4.1 to 5.1
After upgrading my vCenter Server from 4.1U3 to 5.1, rollups of the performance history do not work any longer. The jobs that trigger the stored procedures "l_stats_rollup2_proc" and...
View ArticleChange Syslog Collector 5.1 configuration
Hi, Could someone tell me how i can verify the configuration of my Syslog Collector? (not on Vcenter) I want to change the size of the log file and add more rotation. I edited the vmware-syslog.xml...
View ArticleSSO domain ID is does not match (vCenter Install/Linked Mode)
I installed vcenter 5.1 as VC01 using vcenter Sinple Install.. no problems.When I try to install my second vcenter, I install the SSO, Inventory Service, and when installing vCenter server,I select to...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 HA SSO with F5 load balancer
Hello, Has anyone tried to configure this? I'm looking to see if anyone has some sample configurations on how to get this working. Thanks
View ArticleDifference between vmware HA & vmotion
Hi can anyone explain the difference between the 2?
View ArticleAPI for converting VHD to VMDK
I need to convert VHD file to VMDK file. Is there any Java API for converting VHD to VMDK in vCenter SDK?
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