Change IP of vCenter and ESXi hosts [v5.1]
I have to change IP address of vCenter and ESXi hosts (HA, EVC cluster) - vSphere 5.1 version.vCenter with DB and SSO on the same VM.I want to do it in this way (with running VM's): 1. Turn off HA 2....
View Articlevcenter server and disaster recovery
Here is our scenario: we have two sites: site A and site B. half of our vmware hosts and iSCSI sans are in site A with the other half in site B. our vcenter server is in site A (it is a physical...
View ArticleMAC address in card VS mac address in OS
Dear Support, The first I have vcenter, I have virtual machine with 2 network card with 2 MAC example: 00:50:56:b7:42:3b and 00:50:56:b7:42:3cthis card connect to port-group (distributed virtual port...
View ArticleHardware version When creating a virtual machine
Hi, Does anybody know when creating a new virtual machine in vsphere 5.1 U1 custom or typical only virtual machine version 4,7,8 can be chosen.But if i deploy a template i get VMX-09 why is that ?...
View ArticlevCenter service 5.1 doesn't start after DB migration
Hi, We are in vSphere 5.1 and we try to migrate our databases from SQL Express 2008 to SQL 2012 R2. Update Manager DB went fine, but we cannot start vCenter service. What we have done :- Backup &...
View ArticleCheck vCenter Server Inventory Size
Where in vCenter Server can I check the inventory size setting that was configured during installation (SMall, Medium or Large)?
View ArticleInventory service doesn't start
Hi, Recently the "vCenter Inventory service" stopped working and doesn't start from "Services" exiting with code 1. File ds.log has lots of errors like: [2013-10-24 05:01:33,786...
View ArticleVCSA SSO doesn't like AD groups with spaces?
Has anyone else come across this issue? I recently installed the vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 and configured single sign on to log on with our domain accounts running on a Windows 2008 R2 active...
View ArticleVCSA 5.5 Services not starting
I have been working on setting up VCSA 5.5 in a lab environment for the past couple of days. I have run into a number of bugs that have caused me to re-install from scratch including the IP address...
View ArticleWindows Virtual vCenter - Snapshot - Hosts Disconnecting
Morning, Got an odd one. We have a virtual Windows vCenter Server. When we take a snapshot (with or without memory) all hosts on the vCenter briefly disconnect. This happens in the last second of...
View Articlevcenter server error you dont have a permission . when trying to connect...
can anybody help me , I am facing some problem related to v center server 5.5 connectivity . we are using esxi 5.5 and on this esxi5.5 we are running VM . On this single vm we have installed v...
View ArticleNo connection vc-client to vCenter Server Appliance possible
Hi, after restart of the VCSA I can`t connect with the vc-client to the VCSA. When I connet over the GUI, I have no entries in the vCenter Server, Services and Authentication window. Only in the...
View ArticleVPXD log file : Unable to get exclusive access to vCenter repository.
Hi ,can't connect to internal DB after hard reboot to VC ,can't login any more to vcenter unless root , but all my database deleted no HOST / cluster exist . i try to reboot many services like...
View ArticleHelp with vCenter fresh install and failover-cluster
Hi All, This will be my first post but I need some help. Im fairly familiar with VmWare and we use it in a small business environment.I'm having trouble finding any decent instructions of how to setup...
View ArticleNeed some assistance with VCenter Network uplink lost alarm...
Hi everyone, Recently I noticed that our VCenter has been filling the logs with a sequence of 'Network connectivity lost' and 'Network uplink redundancy lost' with errors. This messages can only be...
View ArticleProblem with vCenter SSO and Active Directory groups
Hello to Everybody! I'm currently running into an issue with vCenter's SSO v 5.1.The SSO is installed on the same server as the vCenter Server.The vSphere Web client is installed on a separate server....
View ArticleCustomizing VCenter 5.1 Single Sign On with oracle 11g
We are reconfiguring and redesigning our virtual infrastructure and got a problem about security issues in the SSO installation of vcenter 5.1.First of all we are using oracle databases with several...
View ArticleAdding an Active Directory domain in vCenter
Hi ... I installed a vCenter 5.0, some time ago.Actually the vCenter is installed in a server joined to AD.We want to include Active Directory Users as Administrators in vCenter but when I try using...
View ArticleError 29456 when trying to install vSphere Syslog Collector
Hi all, I recently upgrade my vcenter from v4.1 to v5.1. Now, I am trying to install the Syslog collector (vCenter integrated), but keep on getting : Error 29456: vCenter Extension could not be found....
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 cannot connect to VDP 5.5.1
Hi, I'm trying to make VDP work in my env.I installed and configured it - but after restart there were no VDP visible in vSphere Web Client.So I unregistered VDP extension, restarted VDP and Web Client...
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