Unable to Install vCenter Server 5.1 on Windows 8
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View Articleerror 29114 cannot connect to db during VCenter 5.1 SSO install
I'm attempting to install VCenter 5.1 (build 947939) and I've selected the simple install and told the installer to use SQL 2008 express. So, the install gets to a point where it generates the above...
View Articledownload link for vCenter Server Appliance (Linux)
Hi, I have the following situation: we bought this week VMware for our internal servers and would like to administer the VMs with Linux (and only with Linux). I downloaded...
View ArticleHP DL server compatibility check.
Currently we have two clusterCluster1HP DL580 G5, X7460,processor Cluster2HP DL580 G7, X7550 processor We are planning to add two servers with HP DL380 G7. Let us know in which cluster will it be...
View ArticleLost datastore after resetting storage[vSphere 4.1]
Hi guys, Our system is vSphere 4.1. 4 hosts connect to a storage with multiple datastores created. The storage had problem as it needed to reset. After resetting, 1 datastore have problem. All hosts...
View ArticleWeird vCenter 5.1 Web Client / vSphere Client discrepancy
Hi, i was putting up a POC for a customer and i thought to use vSphere 5.1 to do that since it was a good way to get hands on the new version. I found some weird things setting up the environment, for...
View ArticleCannot contact esxi hosts from vCenter virtual machine
Hello all,I have two esxi 5.1 hosts, I've just installed and configured vCenter on a virtual machine on one of the hosts. vCenter server has 2 interfaces: nicA (public), nicB (private). esxi hosts have...
View ArticlevCenter SSO will not authenticate so I can register the Web Client
I get "The provided credentials are not vlaid. Please check VM_ssoreg.log in system temporary folder for details." I have tried my account both the VM one and the vCenter local admin account but to no...
View ArticleUpdate Manager Missing Patches
I've been working on upgrading our esxi hosts from 4.1 to 5.1 and ran into a problematic host. It was previously upgraded to 5.1.0 build 1021289 without issue using update manager. Now, however, when I...
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 ArticleMemory Resource Allocation - Serious Bug?
So I'm looking over Memory Resource Allocation, and I notice most VMs have the Limit set to the memory assigned to the VM (i.e. 1024 MB or 2048 MB). A few apparently random VMs have the limit set to...
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Virtualized VCenter 5.1 and Paravirtual SCSI Driver problem
Hi there We have been investigating a very strange problem, likely the strangest we have ever seen, and wanted to know if anyone else has seen this. The Setup is as follows:Software:Two ESXI servers...
View ArticleError 25004.Setup failed to create the vCenter Server repository.
Hi everybody, after searching this forum and a lot of other sites I decided to ask directly - unfortunately I didn't find any help elsewhere. I'm running a vCenter Server 5 under Windows Server 2008 R2...
View ArticleVcenter Service terminated - Access Violation
Guys, I need some urgent help here.I converted our Vcenter DB server from Hyper-V to VMware and now the vcenter service can't run anymore.It starts and after few seconds is terminated.The DB is fine...
View ArticleHow to generate Datastore IOPS in Vcenter?
.I want to know, how to generate the Datastore IOPS. When I select a Host>> Report perfomance>>DataStore>> and select Write rate and Read rate. It gives me all the Datastore Write...
View ArticleHigh CPU on VM after snapshot fails
vCenter 5.0.0 Build 455964Guest: Windows 2003 Server R2This is our standby server for BES 5. This server was migrated from VirtualCenter 2.5 a month ago, and VM Tools was updated at that time. There...
View ArticleSlow Mouse in vCenter Console (x64 2008 server) Solution
I've done a bit of reading in trying to find a solution. It seems that the display driver is at fault. There are numerous other articles out there but it seems none have a clear answer and/or steps...
View ArticlevCenter Statistics Interval and Logging Options
I haven't looked at these settings in a while but we have recently built a new vSphere 5.1 environment so I thought I'd revisit and review . I have generally stuck with defaults modifying the 5 minutes...
View ArticleUpgrade failed to update database
Database logs below [4/15/2013 10:58:28 AM] Info: Beginning upgrade process.... [4/15/2013 10:58:28 AM] Info: VMware VirtualCenter has been detected as a SQL server.[4/15/2013 10:58:28 AM] Info:...
View ArticleESXi4.1 in Vcenter 5 vmotion problem
Hi, I am in full process of migrating my virtual infrastructure to Vmware 5.I have installed a new vCenter (build 455964) and I migrated all the hosts from vCenter 4.1 to my new vCenter.I have 14...
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