Which OS does vCenter appliance ova file uses ?
Which OS does vCenter appliance ova file uses ?Redhat 6.1 64bit ??
View ArticleI can not ping to imported vCenter appliance
I imported vCenter appliance ova file to Vmware Workstation and assign static IP address,mask,gateway ,but I can not ping to vCenter.Why is that ?I tried both bridge network and NAT for VMware...
View ArticleTweaking the web client human interface
Hi am trying to tweak the vcenter web ui client interface , i tried creating a new extension point using web client SDK , but i want to do a small modification in the existing user interface , Is there...
View ArticleVCenter Backend-SQL-DB Maintenance
Hi Guys, we have our Vcenter (4.1.0 Build 491557) DB running on a remote MS-SQL-Server. For a planned System-Maintenance the SQL Server will not be available for one hour during that time,...
View ArticleHow to Reset dvSwitch Uplink Statistics Counters
I want to be able to view my uplink port statistics, but I can only seem to view the cumulative numbers of what I assume is the life of the dvSwitch. These are the statistics that you see when going...
View ArticleMY GOSH!!!! (Does It Have to Be This Difficult????) :-)
Evening... Is there "anywhere" on the vmware site where a person can just download "vmware vcenter server 5.1" for a 60-day evaluation as opposed of downloading the OVA appliance? Thanks....
View ArticleThinking of creating a new vCenter - moving from old. Need some thoughts/help
Hi Folks, I currently have 2 physical locations, A and B. I have one vCenter 5.0 server in each location in linked mode. I have had a lot of issues with linked mode and VMware support tried but was...
View Articlehow to balance load at vm start among hosts and VDI best practices
Couple of dumb questions. I have two hosts and when VMs start they don't balance between the hosts. What do I have to do to enable this? I don't want DRS and automatic moving of VMs at this time, I...
View ArticleIPMI Requirements in vCenter 5.0
Greetings, We are chasing down the use of IPMI with in our organization in response to a CERT security bulletin - TA13-207A: IPMI TechAlert. I see where IPMI can be used on the host with regard to...
View ArticleRemoved LUNs still showing on one FC path
Hi, I have a vmware cluster with 4 hosts running ESXi 5 upd2. Recently i have removed some LUNs and i have noticed that in the Storage Adapters section, for two hosts, on one FC card on each host,...
View Articlelogin issues with vSphere client
Hello Everyone,I am working on an issue that I was interested in getting some feedback on. We have a new installation of vCenter 5.1 that we are working with. However, we are having issues logging in...
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Issue with the management network
Hi, i have a question about the management network and the restart process of it. I have a cluster with a few esxi 5 upd hosts, all running the same version. I have created a vSwithch and assigned...
View ArticleWeb Client not showing items listed in standard vsphere client
Hi all, I have a strange problem which I hope you can help me with. I've recently finished installing a fresh vCenter environment, details below - Latest vCenter server (all components running on same...
View ArticleSVMotion issue: SOAP request error - possibly a protocol issue: 500 Can't...
Hi, While running the SVMotion from workbench, receiving the error "SOAP request error - possibly a protocol issue: 500 Can't connect to <vCenterServerIP>:443 (Bad service '8080/')". Can anyone...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 and SQL Express 2008 R2
Hi, Just wanted to check against the limitations of SQL Express 2008 R2 and vCenter 5.1. We have a small environment with 4 hosts and 60 VMS, the recommendation for SQL Express is 5 Hosts/50 VMs....
View ArticleSQL Server database Transaction Isolation level for vCenter Server Database
Hi , In my environment, the current transaction Isolation level for the vCenter SQL Server database is 'READ COMMITTED' on SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP2) . Please let me know the VMware recommendation on...
View ArticleConsole/MKS connection problem; Port 902/TCP not listening on VCS appliance
Virtual Infrastructure clients are unable to open consoles on VMs managed by my VCS 5.1 appliance. I see lots of people with this same issue, but they don't mention if they're running vcenter server...
View Articlehi All! When I try to add vNIC as an uplink port from a UCS Blade to a...
hi All! While trying to add vNIC as an uplink port from a UCS Blade to a Virtual Distributed Switch through VC, problem is when I try to add one vNIC as an uplink port to 14 th vDS Switch there is an...
View ArticleAdding ESXi 5.1 to vCenter buy FQDN rather than IP
We have ESXi 5.1 and I have it added to vCenter 5.1 by IP (everything's running fine) but I wanted to add it by name. I have DNS resolving its name and IP(reverse) correctly.1)I didn't know if I could...
View Articlewindows 2008 is continuously working slow.........
Hi All, We are using ESXi 5.1 on top of that we have one virtual machine (which is server 2008 R2), is continuously working slow even though ESXi performace was good, what are trouble shooting on this?...
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