Does 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...
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Single 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 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...
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Extra Disk Created during Clone/Sysprep for Windows Server 2012
I am running vSphere 5.1 with all patches applied to everything. When Windows Server 2012 was RTMed I started building a primary server to use for clones for all of our other ones. This worked fine...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 lab environment without AD
Hi guys, I am attempting to perform a sanity check of our vCenter 5.1 server to the most recent version of 5.1. To accomplish this I have created an isloated lab and cloned the production vCenter and...
View ArticleWeird login issue specific account
hi guysI have vCenter Appliance 5.1 U1a build 1123961Active Directory W2012 I have this account for read-only access - controlit - . All of a sudden the person reported he was not able to log in error:...
View ArticlevCenter VM snapshot
Hello! It's just a question about how to make correct snapshot and revert to it for VM where vCenter was installed, in case vCenter's DB was installed on another VM... I mean, vCenter has use it's own...
View ArticlevCenter service can not start
I use ESX5.1 and vCenter .I could not start vCenter service and vpxd log is the below. I tried restart of SQL service and inventry service but still in problem. 2013-07-14T17:29:44.423+09:00 [04060...
View ArticleSSO install with reverse lookup failure
we are in the process of preparing for the upgrade of our existing environment from vSphere 5.0 to vSphere 5.1. I’ve attempted a mock installation of SSO Server and have also run the SSO...
View ArticlevCenterからGuestOSをインストールできません。
ESX5.1とｖCenterの評価版を使用してGuestOSのWindows2008R2をインストールしようとするのですが、電源をいれても途中でPowerOffになります。 エラーメッセージには 当社はお客様のサポート資格に基づいて対応します。 とかいてあります。これは何でしょうか？ 192.168.0.8 からのエラー メッセージ: 当社はお客様のサポート資格に基づいて対応します。...
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance (SLES) out of disk space, service cannot start
Hi everyone We had a scheduled maintenance window over the weekend while some work was carried out elsewhere in the building. As a precaution we shutdown the infrastructure that we we still keep onsite...
View ArticleImporting VMs
I received a removable disk containing a large number of VMware guests. These need to be added to our corporate vCenter (ver 5) inventory. I can do that by using the vCenter browser to copythe .VMDKs...
View ArticleIs there a 'Documented' maximum's for Datastore's per vCenter
Hello All, I know that there are no documented maximum's for number of Datastore's per vCenter(5.0), but I would like know if there is an advisable number? The reason behind asking this questions is to...
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Could not connect to one or more vCenter Server systems. Came in today and...
I came in today and have no access no to the vCenter Host with my normal Windows Authentication, though I can login with my Windows creds. just fine. I can login to the IP of ESXi with root and...
View ArticleAny way to automatically 'check' the VMware Tools option when deploying an...
We packaged up a VM as an OVF template. We set some network properties during the deployment itself, using XML properties in the OVF. These properties can't be sent to the VM unless the "VMware Tools"...
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 Articleset switch tag vlan
Hi,I'am installing esx 5.1.I have 3 vlan (prod, vmotion, vmkernel). I look that when on dcui (yellow screen) I put vlan correct, I cannot ping esx host. If Iremove vlan tag I can ping esx host.I...
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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...
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