Call "UserDirectory.RetrieveUserGroups" for object "UserDirectory" on vCenter...
Hello when I try to insert permissions into my VCenter I get following Error when I try to search a User Call "UserDirectory.RetrieveUserGroups" for object "UserDirectory" on vCenter Server...
View ArticleMissing SSL certificates error when upgrading to vcenter 5.1 from 4.1
Hi, I got this error during Vcenter upgrade from 4.1 to 5.1: "SSL Certificates cannot be located in the directory c:\programdata\vmware\vmware virtualcenter\ssl\. Restore these certificates in this...
View ArticleChange name of a Distributed Virtual Switch in vCenter 5.1.0a
Hello,I have to rename a DVS that has about 20 Port Groups configured under it with 150 VMs using those port groups. I just want to change the name of the DSV at the top level. Will this...
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 Appliance loses password?
We have a vCenter 5.1 Appliance VM that seems to lose its Root password every few days and our backups start to fail. We try to log in as Root and get an "incorrect username or password" error. We...
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Vsphere Web "web client is not authenticated to vmware inventory service -null"
Hi All, I have issue with Vsphere Web client login. "web client is not authenticated to vmware inventory service -null" when i am trying to log in my virtual center via web client it giving be above...
View ArticleAuto discover multiple 5.1 vCenter servers
I see that multiple vcenter 5.1 servers pointing to the same SSO server(s) will auto detect the other 5.1 servers using the look up serviceAnd adding multiple 5.0 servers to 5.1 is easy enough. What...
View Articleinvalid virtual machine configuration error
Hi Techies, I am getting error message "invalid virtual machine configuration" while expanding the disk of VM from vCenter. just want to know the root cause for this and how to get rid off from this...
View ArticleNetwork Health Monitor Status Unknown
While using the new vSphere 5.1 Web Client, I have got a vCenter 5.1 with Distributed Network Switches. I have enabled "VLAN and MTU health check" and "Teaming and failover health check". However, when...
View ArticleWIndows 2012 VM's on Vsphere5
We are using vsphere 5.0.0, 455964 and ESXI version 5.0.0, 821926. Does this version support windows 2012 VM's.If not, can you let me know what I need to upgrade to, to get windows 2012 VM's working.
View ArticlevCenter 5.0 - Moving SQL database breaks perf chart (fix)
I'm posting this in case it helps anyone else, and avoids them wasting 3 hours troubleshooting like I did this morning! Basically if you move your vCenter 5.0 SQL database to a new server you *will*...
View Articlevcenter 5.1 SSO / SQL express syntax
When attempting to use an exsisting SQL express database, since it doesnt ask anywhere for the instance name, i'm assuming I can put the instance name in the Servername field? SERVERNAME:...
View ArticleConfiguring vCenter Single Sign On for High Availability
Anyone have this working?? I have 2 single sing on servers installed with an external mssql database working. Don't know how to get it working with a virtual pointer, i've tried make it with round...
View Articlevm time - changes even when vmtools option is unchecked?
I'm just wondering how this would happen: vms running on a host that was esxi 4.1 - but the server ntp settings had not been configured. Then vms were migrated off to other hosts, and the first host...
View ArticleVMware SSO and Linked mode
Hi Guys, We have once vCenter server 5.1 which was installed using the "vCenter Simple" installation method and now we are planning to install one more vCenter Server intance on different location. I...
View ArticleSysprep/Customization Specification - Change default user name for auto logon
In the customization specification we have the ability to auto logon as the administrator. Does anyone know if the "administrator" username can be changed? For example, instead of logging in as...
View ArticleGuest Customization Post Provisioning
Following on the question raised here - Guest Customization without Cloning a VM, is it possible to apply only a specific portion of the OSCustomizationSpec (e.g. a static IP address assignment)? If...
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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 ArticlevCenter 5.1.0b fresh installation
I'm looking for advice as to what version of vCenter I should install. The latest 5.0.X version on the latest 5.1.X version. Being a new environment, I really didn't give it much thought and just...
View Articlewhen trying to upload esxi 5 iso I get an error
I am trying to use the vmware update manager. When I click on import ESXi image and select the iso file, the status bar runs for a little bit then states the following error below.Failed to trasfer...
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