Building a new Vcenter Server and moving DB's
Hi All, I have a few questions about creating a new Vcenter server and Moving the databases. Our current SQL server has too many DB's and at minimum we need to move vcenter to another sql server. That...
View ArticleDisaster Recovery of vCenter using Symantec System Recovery 2013 (SSR2013)
I have a situation where we have a physical vCenter server that is "kept together with tape and rope".We have a new machine but with dissimilar hardware. Rebuilding is possible but will take a lot of...
View ArticleWhat are the requirements to safely backup vCSA 5.5 using embedded DB?
Now that thevCSA5.5is production ready and the embedded Postgres DB supports 100 host and 3000 VMs, the next question is how do I safelybackupthevCSAappliance? Thanks,-MattG
View ArticleCan't Add-EsxSoftwarePackage to ImageProfile
I'm running a test lab with 3 hosts and based on the guide from Duncan Epping I succeeded in PXE booting + deploying my hosts. However, I get an error during boot and I think it is because the driver...
View ArticleI have a issue with vCenter Alarms.
When a alarm is changes to GREEN (Gray to Green or Red to Green or Warning to Normal) we are still receiving notification emails even after removing the notification alerts. Can anyone assist on this...
View ArticleFailover com Vcenter
Good morning, I wonder if the vcenter can fail over without turning off the machine that is being migrated to another host? . Having one and two storage servers esxi 5.1 installed vcenter put adcionei...
View Articlevcenter 5.5 - adding domain users
I seem to successfully join my vcenter 5.5 server to my domain but for some reason I am not successful in adding domain users to the vcenter server. i'm attaching a screen shot where I try to add...
View Articleresource pools creation
I would like to start configuring resource pools in my environment, but struggle to understand how to configure them for certain VM's. How to size the pool right and what application servers to put...
View ArticlevCenter Single Sign-On Install fails and rolls back
Hi All,,I am trying to install vSphere 5.5 in a POC environment. Unfortunately I cant get the vCenter Single Sign-On installed from either the Simple install or the Custom Install.It comes to a point...
View ArticleA typo in adding parameters to enable VM copy/paste is making me crazy
Aloha, I am trying to enable copy/paste on a VM by doing this - LazyWinAdmin: How to Enable Copy/Paste Operations Between GuestOS and Remote Console on vSphere 5.1 (GUI and PowerCli). Done this a...
View ArticleAbout vSphere APP HA
Dears, I am trying to install vSphere App HA,when I deploy it on Web Client,it just doesn't show up on administration-->SolutionsI have tried to deploy many times, but still not get it.Does anyone...
View ArticleIs it possible to move the ESXi hosts between clusters along with the VM's...
Hi All, We have two( Prod1 & Prod2 ) clusters of 8 and 4 esxi 5.0 hosts , now we are planning to migrate the esxi in Prod2 to Prod1. We dont have enough resources in the cluster to put one esxi...
View ArticleIssue with single sign on
I was trying to update my single sign on server thats on a windows VM. So in the process I updated the single sign on and I realized that I could not log into vcenter server using the vcenter client....
View ArticleCould not start vCenter Server appliance
Hello, we have been using vCenter server (5.0 and 5.1) on Windows Server 2003 for a long time. Now, with vCenter Server 5.5 there is a need for Windows Server 2008 64-bit and accompanying database...
View ArticleTroubles with adding AD users to VC (one way trust between VC AD and production)
Hello All! We have the following configuration:fresh VC 5.5 install, joined to test DOMAINBall users use production DOMAINA credentialsDOMAINB has a one way trust to DOMAINA In VC 5.1 it used to work...
View ArticleDuplicate VI3 license servers using same keys?
I need to migrate VI 3.5 hosts to vCenter 5.0. Does the VI3 License server service phone home to validate licenses? I need to have the old and new license servers running during the migration with...
View ArticleShould I start over and migrate Vcenter to a new server?
I had a major issue with Vcenter and SSO services failing to start after applying MS updates and restarting the host.I had a snapshot of the machine taken with it powered off, unfortunately reverting...
View ArticleCan't add Principals to SSO groups
Logged as admin@system-domain I go to SSO Users and groups and click on groups.When I select a group there is no Add Principal icon.What am I missing?
View ArticlevCenter 5.0 and Windows Server 2012 Guest - mouse cursor problem in console
Hi Community, We're noticing that the mouse cursor on Windows Server 2012 VMs when working in the Console doesn't work right. Even with VMware Tools installed. Has anyone else had this problem and...
View Articleupgrade vcenter sql express to vcenter appliance 5.5 with fling?
HelloI do not want to use a full SQL server for this upgrade and from reviewing things for the environment and the vcenter appliance will be a great for this environment. However I do not want to start...
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