Unresolveable SNMP Trap OID from Esxi 5.0
Hi,I am implementing a monitoring system that will include the use of SNMP Traps.I have configured the Esxi hosts with the address of the trap receiver and I know that the process works as I am...
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Performance tab - stats.log errors
Hi, Hope someone can help. I'm seeing a lot of errors in fresh installed vCenters Servers (internal SQL Express and other vCenter with external Oracle 11g). The stats.log states tomcat-http--15 ERROR...
View ArticleProperly remove datastores?
Hello, In the past we have just removed datastores with the "delete" option in vCenter, when they were no longer needed.We have had no issues with this procedure. We have just upgraded to vSphere 5.1...
View ArticleSSO and certificate error
I have problems vith SSO. Nobody can log into any client. The vsphere client just says: "A general system error occured: Authorization exception"The web client is a little more informative: "The...
View ArticleProvisioned ESXi 5 via Auto depoly doesn't add to the Cluster
Hi.. an ESXi5 server has been provisioned using the Auto Deploy and I have created the deployrule, it shld add to the cluster, unfortunately I get the below error "Cannot connect ESX host in XXX...
View ArticlevCenter 4.1 update 3a - Install Failure on 2008R2
When attempting to install vCenter Server 4.1 Update 3a on a fresh virtual 2008R2 domain member server, we get an error message: "Setup Cannot Create vCenter Server Directory Services instance. Error...
View Articledefault vcenter 5.1 server registration problem
Hello Guys;I don't know which smart guy has contrived vcenter 5.1 sso thing but I'm sure all vmware admins are appreciated to him/her and praying for him/her every day even every hour regularly......
View ArticleAn unrecoverable problem has occurred, stopping the VMware VirtualCenter...
Hello Gentlemen;I'm trying add an esxi 5.1 to vcenter 5.1 which is on win2008r2 & sql2008r2) but the following error message is displayed and the host can not be added. Do you have and idea how to...
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vCenter 5.1 does not see Host CPU Host Mem or Guest Mem on 4.0 hosts
Pretty much in the title. vCenter was upgraded back in September or so to 5.1, and there are mixed clusters running: 4.0 esx, 5.0 U1, and 5.1. On the 4.0 ESX hosts, we do not see the CPU/Host Mem or...
View ArticleSet stateless caching to San disk
I have a question about Auto deploy and stateless caching. I want to install all servers with auto deploy (which already works with stateless), but now i want to make it a stateless caching...
View ArticlevC 5.0 to 5.1 on new vm
Hi, Has anyone upgraded vCentre5.0 on one machine (with external database) to version 5.1 on a new vm? From the documentation it looks like it isn't supported: "The vCenter Server 5.0 installation...
View ArticleColors in performance graphs/charts
I realize this is an almost ridiculous question, but is there anyway to change the colors in the performance graphs/charts? Reason I ask, there's several VM's I have to watch closely daily, and as luck...
View ArticleVCenter 5.1 - connecting from VMware Workstation snapshots do not update when...
We're recently setup VCenter 5.1 with one cluster and host. It is setup for domain authentication and we use vm folders with permissions to keep the departments separated.Everything seems to be working...
View ArticlevSphere clients kicked from vCentre 5.1b appliance?
Hi all- I am having an issue which seems to have elements of several other posts on here, but I really don't know where to start as I cannot find any specific errors logged, or failures. I have a...
View ArticleCan a Vcenter 4.1.0 server Co-exist with ESX 5.1.1 Hosts
Hi there, I was planning on upgrading my VMware enviroment but i have just noticed that my vcenter server that is running 4.1.0 doesnt have enough CPU to run 5.1. Is it still possible to upgrade my...
View ArticleMinimum privileges for Managing Templates
I want to create a role that has the minimum privileges required for creating and modifyting virtual machine templates and provisioning virtual machines. Is there a guide for this? This role should...
View ArticleThe data source timed out
Hi, I'm facing with "The data source timed out" on cluster performance tab, all vCenter services working fine.Screeshot attached.
View ArticleProblem with permissions
I have a datacenter in vCenter 4.1 (recently upgraded from 4.0). Before the upgrade to 4.1, I'd added an AD group to the Administrator role at the datacenter level and on the folder that contains the...
View ArticleProblem with AD connection from vCenter Appliance
Hi, Have one appliance (V5.1.0b) that I try to connect to an AD, and it says it is successful both in the GUI and if I try it from the CLI.If I download the config-file and look at the AD-variables,...
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Windows Server 2012 Guest Customization
Hi All, Has anyone managed to get guest customization of Windows Server 2012 working? From what I can tell it doesn't work at all. I am running the latest version of everything (vCenter 5.1, ESXi...
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