vCenter - View/List configured alarms only
Is there a way to list only the alarms that have been configured, either in vCenter or with PowerCLI / PowerShell? Without going into the properties of every alarm in vCenter, one at a time, I'm unable...
View ArticleInventory Service install hanging during install
Upgrade vCenter from 5.0 to 5.1, latest build. Valid certificates were installed on this system before we started and all pieces installed nicely until we got to vCenter Server that failed with error...
View Articlevcenter SSO and Citrix Netscalar vpx for redundancy and HA
Has anyone ever tried using the free version of Citrix Netscalar VPX (limit of 5mbit) as a load balancer for multiple SSO servers)? Similar to what's documented here....
View ArticleCan't login to ESXi 5.1 Host with Active Directory Credentials
I am trying to setup Active Directory authentication for my ESXi 5.1 Hosts. I can successfully add the Host to the AD Domain but can't login. Firewall on the Host shows AD ports wide open.Domain...
View ArticleAD Authentication for vCenter fails after password change
I am currently running a small vsphere 5 environment with the vCenter Server Appliance version 5.0.0.3324 Build 472350. I have an issue where normal active directory authentication fails after the...
View ArticleVCenter Server Upgrade
Hi there; I'm about to upgrade VCenter 4.1 to update 3, and I'm at the agent upgrade point. It's indicating that it will disconnect all Hosts (ESXi) to install the agent. Does anyone know if by...
View ArticleWindows Template Corrupting
Hi, I have an infrastructure cluster of 2 ESXi 5.1 hosts with shared FC storage. I have a few more hosts with many more to come on the same management newtwork as the infrastructer hosts. These...
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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 ArticleCannot Start vCenter Server Appliance - "Waiting for vpxd to initialize:...
I am stumped. At first, I was able to at least login to vsphere and do operations. The client would close like every 15 minutes so it got really annoying. Now I am stuck with no launch to vsphere. I...
View Article5.1 client certificate errors
Just completed my 5.1 vcenter install. I used default self signed certs for all components. Issue: from vsphere client I left click on my cluster, VM tab, then click on a column to sort my list of...
View ArticleSSO - HA or not to HA
Hi guys I'm just coming to building out our production 5.1 kit. We're using AD for authentication and MSSQL as a backend. Obviously SSO is a critical part of the infrastructure and needs to be...
View ArticleCannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password
I have ESXI 5.0 vcenter and vsphere client.My vcenter is installed on a Windows 2008 R2 ssytem. When I log into the vsphere client with an administrator account of the vcenter windows server system I...
View ArticleVMDK Addition to VM
Hi - Can any one please tell me how to add the VMDK to VM that is running. I have created a 10 G vmdk using vmkfstools but i didn't find any option to add it via Cmd Line itself but no POWERCLI .. Can...
View ArticleVcenter VCSA snmp trap
Hi, I would like to monitor vCenter alarm in centreon. Snmp is configured in vCenter. Traps send from vCenter comes from 127.0.0.1 via UDP, That cause Centreon can't identify sender. Here is the...
View ArticleSingle Sign On (SSO) issue with vCenter 5.1
vCenter Server 5.1.0 build 880146Problem hosts are ESXi 4.1.0 build 433742 Hi- We are having an issue in which our enterprise monitoring server (OpManager VM) cannot log into certain hosts in our...
View ArticleMissing Sign-On and Discovery -> Configuration
Hi, Durring my upgrade to 5.1 I have installed SSO and upgraded the web client, however, the "Configuration" button is missing under the "Sign-On and Discovery" it is just not there. "Sign-On and...
View ArticleWindows License on ESXi
Hi,Apologies if this isnt the correct place for this. Basically we are trying to sort out our licensing on our ESXI Cluster We have 6 x ESXI Hosts with 4 Processors each (6 Cores) Im being told by...
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vSphere Center auto disconnect to ESXi host
Hi all!I'm installing vSphere.I installed ESXi on a host.I start vSphere Client and add this host to datacenter.It's fine, I can work something on this host.But after about 30s-90s this host auto...
View ArticleHow to upgrade the Linux based vCenter Server ?
Hi All, I am using the Linux(VM) based vCenter server 5.0. Now I need to upgrade to the vCenter server 5.1. How do I take a backup and restore the data on new server. New vCenter server 5.1 is also a...
View ArticleUtilizing enhaced vMotion with ESX4.1
Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to use the new enhanced vMotion capabilities (migrate VMs without a shared storage) with just the vCenter updated to 5.1.I have an environment where I have a...
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