vCSA 5.1 Active Directory permissions don't work
After deployment and fist initial configuration (including join to my ActiveDirectory) of vCSA 5.1 I am not able to configure permissions in the VC based on my AD. This issue is described in the...
View Articlevcenter appliance - AD authentication
Today I was playing around with the new vCenter5 appliance. While setting up AD authentication, I had to include 'administrator' information. I tried using my own AD credentials with quite some AD...
View Articlevcenter redundancy
how do I provide some redundancy or fast recovery for vcenter server? I can back it up with vdr but vdr depends on vcenter. vcenter goes down vdr is not available. Is FT a good solution?
View ArticleCan´t login to fresh 5.1 installation
I did fresh virtual vcenter 5.1 installation, installing all 3 components required and I cannot install with domain admin account via vsphere client. During installation, I remember setting extra long...
View Articlelogin credential issue on vcenter 5.1
Hey guys, Recently I upgraded my vcenter server from 4.1 to 5.1. Orginally (4.1 version ) I use my AD account to login without the domain name prefix, just like username and then password. But in...
View ArticleHA Single Sign On Deployment with VCSA 5.1?
I'd like to setup my Single Sign On deployment for vCenter 5.1 in an HA fashion, and I'm also keen to use the vCenter Server Appliance for the Single Sign On service. However the only documentation I...
View ArticleRetrieving chart data... vSphere Client freezes
Hello, when I go to Performance -> Advanced of a VM the vSphere Client freezes saying "retrieving chart data...". Performance -> Overwiev is displayed correctly. Any idea why? It works...
View ArticlePlugins for vCenter 4.1
Hello. I'd like to consolidate as many tools into the "plugins" in my vCenter as possible. This way, I can minimize the tools that my other admins have to keep track of... in turn making it easier to...
View ArticleAdding 5.1 ESXi host to VCenter 5.0
Is there any restriction adding a new 5.1 host to an existing Vcenter cluster running 5.0 or does one have to upgrade VC first to 5.1 before adding the host? Thanks,
View Articledomain controller down - hosts disconnected - how to recover vCenter...
"disconnected from host: cannot verify SSL Thumbprint. There was an error unconfiguring vSphere HA agent on this host. To solve this problem connect the host to a vCenter server of version 5.0 or...
View ArticleJDBC error upgrading vCenter to 5.1
I searched high and low, went through all the previous posts I could find, but can't get past this pesky JDBC error while upgrading the vCenter 5.0 to 5.1. The SSO bit went without any issue, but this...
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Limited number of Port Groups displays in vSphere Web Client
I am creating a new distributed virtual switch in the vSphere Web Client 5.1 and as I am adding my port groups I noticed that on the left hand column under my vDS all of my port groups are displayed...
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Security/Network Questions
I have a couple questions regarding security zones and networks... not sure if this is the right area for it, so bare with me To paint the picture real quick: We have multiple security zones behind...
View ArticleUsing vmware tools 5 in vsphere 4 environment possible
Hi i've a guest os with vmware tools 5.x installed can i move it to a vcentre 4.1u1 environment? any compatibility issue i need to take note?
View ArticleGetting the error "The task was canceled by a user" while trying to power on...
I am using a vCenter Server version 4.0.0, build 208111.I sometimes get this message "The task was canceled by a user" message while trying to power on a VM.Am not able to understand what causes the...
View ArticlevCenter Server Standby Solution for Multiple sites
We are designing a project involving several remote sites and two datacenters. We would like to use a simple vCenter design with a single vCenter sever at one datacenter managing all of the...
View ArticleHow to know if VMwaer DPM function can work on server?
Dear Sir,I would like to know if VMware DPM function can work on my server. Is there any simple test can check it?I know that WOL and IPMI are necessary, what else?Thanks.
View ArticleVcenter service won't start following driver issue
I've searched for answers to this one and there are several; but none that quite match our case, and none of the suggestions seem to provide a resolution. It appears that a driver was updated on the...
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Errors in healt status
Hello everyone, I'm experiencing problems with Vcenter service status: three services are on alert (as you can check on the attached image).If i point out the addresses listed on the alerts, they are...
View ArticleMigrate existing vCenter SQL Server database to vCenter appliance
Greetings, I've seen plenty of documentation on how to install and configure the vCenter 5 appliance. VMWare tell us that they will be moving away from Windows based servers running vCenter to an...
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