I would like to use vCenter as evaluation.
I downloaded and installed vcenter.I tried to input evaluation license key ?Product NameLicense KeysVMware vCenter Operations Management Suite 5.7 (supports VMware vCenter Server 5.1...
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vCenter error "Call ServiceInstance.RetrieveContent for object...
Hello, I'm having issue every 3/4 hours connecting to my vCenter 5 server (last patch, on Windows 2008 R2 as a VM, last Microsoft Security Patch Installed). The behaviour is that who has already the...
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance, DB2 database prune and command line upgrade?
Hi everyone I've inherited an installation of vCenter Server Appliance, managing 2 ESXi hosts. We only have 8 VMs running as most have now been migrated to our new platform in colocation. However the...
View ArticleUpgrade from vsphere 5.0.0 for vcenter and then hosts
I am in the progress of upgrading our Vsphere environment from version 5.0.0 to 5.1 Could anyone point me in the direction of any documentatiion and best practices I believe the best path to be...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 delay when opening vm console
Last week we updated our vCenter Server from 5.0 to 5.1. And since that moment we experience some delay while opening vm console windows.We used to have a black screen for about 1 or maybe 2 seconds...
View ArticleInstall vcenter server 5.1u1 on windows server 2012 essentials
Hi, we are trying to install vcenter server 5.1u1 on windows server 2012 essentials, but the installer tells us that our os is not supported.Has someone an idea how we can solve this problem? Thanks in...
View ArticlevCenter Appliance 5.1 Active Directory no longer functioning
I had a vCenter appliance in my home lab running 5.0 and I had AD working just fine. I upgraded to the 5.1 appliance according to the documentation and now it seems that my AD integration isn't...
View ArticlevCenter appliance 5 and SMTP Configuration
hi guys I setup the SMTP Server IPand Sender Account in my new and shiny vCenter Appliance 5 server SMTP Server: 192.168.1.xSender account: vcenter@mycompany.net now testing for the email alerts I get...
View ArticleForce Client Settings through vCenter
Hi, I would like our vCenter Server run in our company to tell the vSphere Client to disable the First Steps-Page. For several reasons, we have frequently changing Clients, and we keep important notes...
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 Articlecannot install the vcenter agent service. cannot upload agent
on my esxi 5.1 host, I am trying to reconfigure HA but got the error cannot install the vcenter agent service. cannot upload agent any idea why? othe hosts in the cluster are ok
View ArticleVCenter HA Agent error
Hi All, this is my first discussion, I have a strange situation on VCenter Server 4 Foundation ... I have set HA with no particular situation (standard switch, and just used like monitoring ...) and...
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How to control a users experience?
I am currently running a Clustered pair of 2 ESXi Hosts running ESXi 4.1.0u3, managed by a vCenter Server. I am still relatively new to vCenter and all of it's functionality. I was wondering if the...
View ArticleWhere to find detailed list of vCenter SNMP Logging Types
Just trying to find a detailed list that could provide me with information as to what exactly is included in each category, when it comes to choose a vCenter SNMP Logging type.Example: Information,...
View ArticleHow to migrate SQL database express addition to SQL Enterprise addition
Hello All, We have installed vCenter server with default SQl data base...Right now database showing full because we had almost 15 esxi servers top of that 120 VM's are installed. so i...
View ArticleHost Profiles removing default gateway since upgrading to 5.1
We have a number of ESXi hosts on separate management VLANs with different default gateways. We always managed with one host profile because we could disable IP routing from being applied which ensured...
View ArticleMulti-Sites VMs backup solutions ?
Hello i am currently running 7 ESXi host 4.1 -5.1 servers in 7 diffenrent cities. Each host contain 4-5 VM. They are connected togheter in vCenter appliance 5.1 in one of the location using NAT with...
View ArticleIssues with Deploying a VM from template
I am having some issue deploying a VM from template with guest customization. I have not been able to find any answers on the web.Here is my setup: vSphere 5.1.0Build 1064983 1) Create a VM (WIN2K8R2)...
View ArticleQ: how to recreate "Host Memory Status" alarm
Hello, Simple question:I've accidentally altered the "Host Memory Status" alarm, and I'd like to put it back the way it was. Can someone post what the default alarm should have under General, Triggers...
View ArticleHow logout in vCenter server without prompting the user to confirm ?
Hi All, I'm new to VMware product/tools. I'm using the following command to logout from vcenter server, Disconnect-VIServer -Server * -Force the above command prompting me to confirm the logout. but i...
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