Disable the connection log
Hello, I have a vCenter 4.1 and I would like to disable the connection log.In order to monitoring my ESXi and VM's problems, I have a script which permits to connect to the vCenter and asks it the...
View Articlechange notiification languages
Hello When user logon on web console vcenter 5.1 and provide a bad password or login information the notifications are in french. Also if the user add on the link address ?locale=en_US. Waht I can do...
View Articlevim.fault.HttpFault when sorting VMs in vSphere Client after 5.1 upgrade
Hello. I have recently completed a upgrade of vCenter from 5.0 > 5.1. I ran into some common teething problems with SSO but things look ok at the moment. I do have one problem that I'd really like...
View ArticleVCenter Service Failing.
My vcenter service is failing to start. Any one have any idea why? windows logs attached.
View ArticleError 29155.Identity source discovery
Hello I'm installing vCenter 5.1U at the DR site and my AD and everything else is at HQ, We are using VPN to connect the two for what will be SRM. I have successfully setup SRM in the LAB via LAN....
View Articlefresh Installation of vCenter5.1 - No login with the vSphere Client
Hi,I did a fresh installation (simple) of a vCenter5.1. On installation I had a warning 29155. After the simple installation, I started successfully installation of the vSphere Client. I could'nt...
View ArticleError Event ID 1000 for Vcenter service start
Hi All,Does any one got the error of Event id 1000 when starting the Vcenter service, this error comes when we have restarted the Vcenter server, and after that when we try to start the vcenter service...
View Articlevcsa or vcva (Linux appliance) will not start - file system has errors
So I have the vCenter linux appliance latest version (5.1U1) but I have seen this before on earlier releases too.On the console I have errors like below=========================================fsck...
View ArticleHow do I identify a vCenter locator in vSphere?
When deploying an OVA/OVF file to vCenter, ovftool requires a locator.The example locator in the user guide looks like this: vi://user:password@localhost/DatacenterWhen I look at the vCenter path with...
View ArticleChange the names that appear for my ESX servers
I have the Virtual Storage Appliance set up and running (VSA)I have one vCenter Server (running on Win2k8r2 and full MS SQL)I have two ESXi 5.0 hostsI have 2 VMs runningWhen I initially set up the VSA...
View ArticleDoes ovftool 3.0.2 support vCenter 5.0?
I'm using ovftool 3.0.2 to deploy an OVA to vCenter 5.0. I'm getting this message:Error: A connection to the remote object could not be made. OVF Tool does not support this server. My command with...
View ArticlevSphere client 5.1 shows no usage report on Summary & Virt. Machine tabs,...
If I'm on the vCenter server logged into the vSphere client as localhost, Windows creds. I get no usage reports for Summary and Virtual Machine tabs. If I log into the ESXi IP and root user, I get...
View ArticleSingle Sign On Administrators group deleted
Hi, I upgraded vCenter 4.1 to 5.1 update 1a over the weekend, which I might add was fun!! I got there in the end though. Today, I was messing with the Groups/Users in the web client and accidentaly...
View ArticleCannot login to VCENTER using domain credentials, authorize exception
Hi Guys, I am running vcenter version 5.1 and my esxi servers are also 5.1.Now, obviously the vcenter server is joined to the domain. As we are upgrading the entire infrastructure, the old DC must be...
View ArticleSSO DC Server changed
Hello, I installed a new DC server with Windows Server 2012 in my lab. I moved all roles from my old DC server (Windows 2008 Server) over and demotes the DC server and shut it off. What happens that...
View ArticleVDP appliance don't show up in VCenter Web Client
Hi, Our VDP server had some DNS problems. After we solved them, we've found there is no way to manage the appliance through VCenter WebClient. Though the VDP plugin is installed there, our VDP...
View ArticleNo SHA1 Thumbprint for hosts - Can't Verify in vCenter 4.1
Some hosts are not showing a SHA1 thumbprint when I go to verify the SSL certificated in vCenter. This is causing the vCenter 5.1 Pre-Upgrade check to hang. I can get the SHA1 by using openssl at the...
View ArticleVMware vSphere Web Client - migrate option greyed out
When selecting a VM to migrate the option to migrate is greyed out. In fact, Power On, Migrate, Revert to Current Snapshot are greyed out. I would like to migrate this VM to another host and...
View ArticleUpgrading vCenter to 5.1, certificates expired
I'm running vCenter 4.0, and in the middle of doing an upgrade to 5.1 (using the separate installation method). So far Single SignOn, WebClient, and Inventory Services were installed fine. While...
View ArticlevSphere HA detected a possible host failure of this host
Hello, I have been building a lab environment using the hardware below with VMware Workstation 8. Physical Hardware:Dell Precision 690Intel Xeon CPU 3.73GHz (2 processors)Memory: 12GBWindows 7 Pro...
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