Host 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...
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VMware VirtualCenter Server Service not starting
I've been fighting with this issue for a while now and haven't been able to find a solution - even with checking the posts on this forum. I am running VMware vCenter Server 5.1.0.32743 on a Windows...
View ArticleThe VMRC console has disconnected.. attempting to reconnect
Seeing this error on my Virtual Center client while tryign to get to the console.. We are running Virtual Center 5.0 Build 455964 Anyone now how to fix it?
View ArticleVM is Maked as Invalid - How to restore this VM to Operation?
Hi, We have a VM that is showing as:(Invalid) <vm-name> in the Hosts & Clusters view. I have had a look at the ESXi Host's /var/log/vmware/vpx/vpxa.log file and it shows entries such...
View ArticleCan you reverse VM hardware from 8 to 7?
The documentation says you can reverse the VM hardware from 8 back to 4, if you do a snapshot first. See this URL:...
View ArticleProblem with vCenter 5.1(W2K8) & SSO without AD
Hi all, I am having problems with my first experiences with vC 5.1 / SSO. I have a vm running W2K8 + DNS but no AD. That's what I want and need. 5.0 had no problem with this but with 5.1 I cannot get...
View ArticleSSO: RSA_USER and RSA_DBA permissions to the RSA Database
I am using an external SQL server. I attached the scripts I've been told to use to create the RSA dataase and then the RSA users. I have limited SQL experience but, don't see where permissions are...
View ArticlevMotion between two vCenter Servers
From what I've read so far, it looks like this isn't possible, but I just wanted to ask to make sure. Is it possible to live migrate a vm located on a host managed by "vCenter Server A" to another...
View ArticleVM shows alert icon with no alarms triggered
I have been having phantom alarms lately. Virtual machines will show the red alert icon with no alarms triggered. I checked the VM, the host, the cluster, the folder, the datacenter, and vcenter but...
View ArticleIs it possible to use VSphere clone image in VMWare Workstation?
Hi, We have a vSphere environment running 3 virtual machines, I want to move one of them to a stand alone server now, so I tried to clone this virtual machine in vSphere client, after 2 hours I got a...
View ArticleMoving a vApp (Ops Mgr) from one cluster to another?
Is there a way to move a vApp (vCenter Operations Manager, in this case) to another cluster? I saw there was a way to clone it, but I received an error when trying to do this. Obviously there's a...
View ArticleClustering with different resources
I have two brand new identicle R620 Dell servers. I have another 8 month old R510. I've read that its not advised to cluster servers together that don't have identicle specs. I really want to cluster...
View ArticlevCenter 4.0 and vpxd.exe memory
I've seen some threads about this issue, but nothing that has helped me. I have a 32-bit VM as my vCenter server (with 4GB of RAM). Every day (sometimes more than once), vpxd will consume enough of...
View ArticleRunning SQL queries against the vCenter database
HiI need to get status informationfrom the vCenter database on vCPU,memory, disks how many there areand how much is left on them. I would very much appreciate a wellwritten "select" query to send to...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 AD Identity Sources 1 Domain 2 Different Base DN's
Is it possible to have vCenter user accounts sourced from 2 or more different Base DN's from the same domain?It looks possible by adding another identify source to the SSO configuration but I was...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client, hosts gone
Hello, We just upgraded our environment from 5.0 to 5.1. Everything is OKay, except the vSphere Web Client (only supported management option).We can see our VMs, Datacenters, Datastores & Networks...
View ArticleVMNIC alarming
Hello all, I have a need to raise alerts when a vmnic fails but I'm having trouble understanding the logic behind existing vmnic alerting. Below are examples of the logic I have seen but I would...
View ArticleAlarm VM snapshot size (GB)
Hello, I have the 'VM snapshot size (GB)' alarm enabled on my cluster. I have the warning threshold set to 7GB and the alert threshold set to 10GB. I took a single snapshot of a virtual machine....
View ArticleVCenter Server 5.1 show migrated VM on old and new Storage
Hello, we update 2 vsphere 5.0 Hosts to 5.1 and the vcenter too. Now we connect new Storage to the vsphere Hosts and migrate some of the VMs on the new Store.(all of them have latest VMtools...
View ArticlevSphere 5.1, I need a rolled up newspaper
OK, guys, I need to vent to this forum. I need someone at VMWare to know how upset I am at the state of 5.1. I want to get all the developers and architects, or however you designate your roles in...
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