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Hello all, I have been using VIM applicance 2.0.0.398 Build 890698 a while and everything was working fine.last week i was trying to log in to the vsphere web client to start working with the VIM click...
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Changing ports after installation
Hello everyone, quick question...I've tried to search for it on-line and here, but no succes. I'm running a ESXi 5.0 host for a project in school.I manage the host via vCenter Server. While installing,...
View ArticleCan not connect to vCenter Virtual Appliance (embedded DB) in vCenter Chargeback
hiis it possible to connect to an embedded DB?in Chargeback?i have a vCenter Server Aplliance ,i have installed it with embedded Databasenow i want to add vcenter in charge back managerbu it require...
View ArticlevMotion appears to have stalled for one vm
Hello, We are running vSphere 5.1 / ESXi 5.1 I've been moving machines around various datastores and hosts today both using DRS and SDRS and manual migrations. All machines apart from one have...
View ArticlevSphere Datastore Heartbeat problem / Question
Hello, Recently we experienced an odd issue with two of our ESXi5 clusters. Each of these clusters has their own storage that wasn't shared between the two however with the older cluster getting near...
View ArticlevCenter Server 5 Role Permissions Required to Apply Host Recommendations?
I have a subset of admins to take care of specific VMs. The role created to give them access to the VM allows them to power off and power on the VMs. However, if we are doing some maintenance in the...
View ArticlevSphere Client Displays VM Annotations Incorrectly
In the vSphere client, I clicked a VM and then clicked the Summary tab and added an annotation for that VM. Then I clicked on a different VM, and the same annotation text appeared. As I click...
View ArticleFailed insertion of statistics - vSphere 4.1.0
Hello,I have a problem, when viewing the "events" shown in my vCenter I get the following error "Stats insertion failed for entity XXXX due to ODBC error".I get this error for a bunch of my ESX's. I...
View Articlehow to tell if a host server is being managed by a vcenter server?
I found a ESXi host server in my server room and I can connect to it with the root user name. How can I tell if this server is being managed by a Vcenter server somewhere while connected to the host...
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Datastore Space Utilization - 'Other' File Types
Hi, All. We have a SATA FC LUN, presented to 3 x ESX 4.1 hosts and 1 x ESXi 4.1 host (all fully patched) from an IBM DS4800 SAN. We wanted to provision some new test VMs and noticed that the...
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Error #1034 in web client when accessing Administration page
Think this happened before Update 1 on 5.1 but everytime I try to enter the Administration page in the web client I get what looks like a Flash error. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the web client...
View ArticlevCenter 5.0U1 to 5.1 upgrade fails
Hi all I have tried upgrading a vCenter server from 5.0U1 to 5.1 and installation fails in the first step. I receive a "Error 20010.Failed to configure LookupService" error.I am running English version...
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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 ArticleUpgrade to 5.1 question about SSO
Hello,I have reviewed almost every 5.1 guide, BP, and white paper out there and I am not finding exactly what I am looking for. I am wondering if I can use a domain account that uses SQL Authentication...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client - wrong date/time format?
Hi. In the vSphere Web Client, it seems the dates/times are always displayed in American format (mm/dd/yyyy, h:mm AM/PM) instead of my computer's and my vCenter (Windows) Server's correct...
View Articlecan't access vcenter after decommissioning old domain controllers
help! i can no longer access my vcenter servers after decomissioning our old domain controllers. i tried updated the identity sources in the SSO configuration via the web client but that did not...
View ArticleUpdating vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 to 5.1 U1 fails - OpenSSL Fatal Flips...
Hello there, I am having more or less the same errors as there:http://communities.vmware.com/message/2233398#2233398 The update failed (used the repository) and i can't check for updates anymore...
View ArticleHow to relocate VM's to different datacenter?
We have two different data centers. Each one has its own set of hosts and uses its own local SAN storage array. Each data center has its own VCenter installation. The hosts and VCenter are all at...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Hardware Version
I have upgraded all of my ESXI hosts and vCenter from 5.0u1 to 5.1.0. When I create a new VM, the most recent virtual machine hardware version that I can select from is 8. What am I missing?
View ArticleDump Collector crashes
Hi, we upgraded to vSphere 5 some time ago and I tried to install the Dump Collector now.I installed it on the vCenter server (Win 2003 R2).It seems that Dump Collector is looking for some config files...
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