Limit concurrent vCenter tasks
Is there a setting in vCenter to throttle number of concurrent tasks? I really want to control number of snapshots that can be done at 1 given time. As to not overload my vCenter. Lets say no more...
View ArticlevCenter Infrastructure Navigator installation issue
Hi, I have installed vCenter operation manager. Now I am installing Infrastructure Navigator 2.0 vApps in VMware environment. I stopped at the steps attached with this post. Now when I open the URL as...
View ArticleSSL certificate for vcenter 5.1
We implement the certificate on vcenter followed by KB http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=2035005 , when doing the...
View ArticleFailed to connect to VMware Lookup Service
Hello, First off I just wanted to point out that I realize this had been asked tons before, but in my situation I am not using the vCenter Appliance. I am using Windows 2008 R2 servers. Four servers...
View ArticlevCenter 5 wont install on Windows 2008 R2 SP1
Hi all, I have a problem installing vCenter 5 in a virtual machine.The set up is as follows: It is a lab environment, running a single vSphere 5 server with a Windows 2008 R2 SP1 guest OS installed,...
View ArticleVM anti virus tool
Hi Guys, I just want to know how to configure Symantec anti virus with VM. do i hve to use vshield with it. please suggest any documentation for configuring symantec antivirus to the VM. regardsVINAY
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template actions grayed out
Hi, Today I've found out that for one of my templates some of the actions are grayed out. I can successfully deploy vm from this template, however I can't convert it to vm, nor rename it, nor remove it...
View ArticleListing Customised Virtual Machines and Virtual Apps in web client plugin.
Need to display different icons while listing Virtual Machines, Virtual Apps such as power on, Power off, suspended, Deleted (new icon needs to be added). Note: Virtual Machine and Virtual Apps list...
View ArticleStart and Stop Virtual Machines with the system
Hello, In a HA/DRS cluster @vcenter server 5.1, I enabled start and stop virtual machines with the system option but after I checked two days later, It is disabled again somehow. What makes it...
View ArticleSnapdrive causes connection problem to users.
Greetings,We have some problem with SnapDrive.First, we noticed that SnapDrive opens about 80 sessions at once.We have limit to 30 parallel sessions. Which caused that we couldn't connect to the...
View ArticleStatus report from vCenter database
HiHow do I get the following information to an speradsheet in a range of single row per virtual server. Number of cpuAvarage use of CPU last monthMemoryAvarage use of memory last monthDisk size (on...
View ArticleAutomate Shutdown when on UPS
Is there some kind of virtual appliance or something that can initiate a shutdown of all VM's and then ESX hosts when power is lost and running on UPS?
View ArticleSSO + AD = everyone logging in WebClient
Hello guys, ScenarioVMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.1SSO with Active Directory registered as an authentication repositoryA "Base DN" for users and groups was informed during the configuration...
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Limited number of Port Groups displays in vSphere Web Client
I am creating a new distributed virtual switch in the vSphere Web Client 5.1 and as I am adding my port groups I noticed that on the left hand column under my vDS all of my port groups are displayed...
View ArticleSOAP session count limit reached
Hi I have an error when attempting to log into vcenter, both locally and remotely. The error reads 'Unable to read data from the transport connection: The connection was closed'. Restarting the vcenter...
View ArticleSingle SignOn error during installation vm-sso-javaLib.log
When installing on vSphere 5.1 Single SignOn after entering the information in the database we get an error message:Failed connection to the database. For more information, see the paper...
View ArticleInvalid serviceUri scheme: Null (should be one of 'ldap' 'ldaps' or 'nis' -...
I'm using vCenter Appliance (5.1.0b) and SSO is enabled. I've enabled ad in the server admin site (the one on port 5480) , but when I attempt to add AD as an identity source (within vCentre Server...
View ArticleDeploying RHEL 6 VM - Customize not working
Hey, Currently working on a new ESXi5/vCenter5 installation and having a strange problem when cloning my RHEL6 VMs. I've setup a base VM to use as a template and have them cloned it to a template OK....
View ArticleVmware support and subscription
hi, i am going to purchase 2 vsphere 5.1 standard licences for a server. it has 2 CPUs. do i need to purchase 2 support and subscriptions for this? or 1 SnS is enough? please reply....
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...
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