Link status failover detection behavior
We are using a“Route based on the originating virtual switch port ID” LB policy with "failback" and "link status" failover detection. We had an outage recently where a planned switch reboot turned into...
View ArticleVM Template & deployed VM share same VMDK
Hello everyone, I'm having an issue with templates. I created a Windows Server 2008 VM and then I converted it to a template. From there, I deployed a VM and customized it to have the proper hostname,...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 Web Client shows incorrect inventory
I upgraded my vCenter to 5.5 from 5.1 and it works except the Web Client has incorrect inventory data. It is missing some VMs and has some ghost VMs that don't actually exist. There aren't any error...
View ArticleTopology maps blank
My map relationships are blank for everything (data centers/clusters/hosts/VMs ect). There is an error report and a screenshot of the error attached. They are from storage views maps. I'm on version...
View ArticleVC Server licensing
I have a number of hypervisors running with the vSphere Essentials license. I set up a VC server in trial license mode and added all these hosts. Once I purchase and apply the VC server license, and VC...
View ArticleVM OS installed is other than the ones selected in the VM configuration
Hi All, I was looking at one of the VMs and found that virtual machines contain operating systems other than the ones selected in the VM configuration.I do not see any issue on the server, just...
View ArticlevSphere Standard Switch
Hi, 1). What is the maximum vSphere standard switch can be created on a host ? 2). Configuration maximum for = Total virtual network switch ports per host (VDS and VSS ports) - 4096 My...
View ArticleCan not find vCenter Server Installer
Running the free Vsphere esxi 5.5 when i connect to get the client it tells me I ought use the web client if i select the link 'Download VMware vCenter' i end up on a most confusing page with...
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vCenter Server 5.5 authentication issue with some AD account.
We have an authentication issue with our vCenter server (SSO) 5.5 and our Windows 2008 active directory. When we try to login with some AD services account we have this error message : Cannot parse...
View ArticleWhy every domain user can login to vcenter appliance via vsphere web client?
Hi I created new vcenter appliance, set up AD auth, gave my domain account to admin group and moved hosts to new vcenter.I can login with domain account, got VM etc.But what it bothers me is one thing:...
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Server has long %ready time and %cstp problem how to resolve it
Dear Users, We have a critical ESXi host with important VM's but we are noticing a slowdown on our network and on the server it self.So I have begun investing the problem and noticed that one server...
View ArticleDRS powered on a VM immediately after OVF Import
We have some isolated clusters. I needed to move a VM from one isolated cluster to another and chose to export and import an OVF template of the VM. During the OVF deployment in the new cluster I made...
View ArticleCan vCenter manage hosts both inside and outside the local network?
Can vCenter Server 5.5 manage vSphere hosts that are located both on the local network and (with proper ports opened on the firewall) hosts located on other networks? What I'm trying to do is: We have...
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Unable to add ESXi4.1 host to VSphere 5.1 VCenter
Hello, I have tried adding a ESXi4.1 host to a VCenter 5.1 server and receive the following: I am of the opinion that the license used on the host is a free edition and this is why I am receiving the...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 U1 - change/rename
Hi, can you anybody give me help if is it possible change name of vcenter (windows machine, not in domain)? How it "handle" SSO server running on this host? I found only helps for vc2.5-4.0. vcenter...
View ArticleCorporate Snapshot Policies
I've had to address this in every environment I have supported and it's always a mine field. As end users have learned about snapshots, they naturally want to use them as protections against changes to...
View ArticleConfused by supported databases for 5.5
I just started doing some research on compatibility and requirements for a vcenter server 5.1 to 5.5 upgrade and I'm a bit confused. I'm also not a database guy so the problem could be me. :/ Anyway, I...
View ArticleHow to determine which vSpphere 5.5 LACP load balancing type
I see there are about 20 different supported load balancing types for LACP in vSphere 5.5. I'm trying to decide which I should use in our environment but not familiar enough with all the factors that...
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance and certificate replace
Hi all Maybe this is something someone has written about before but i take a shot again. Im comming from a vCenter 5.1.x in Windows and now im going for the vCSA 5.5, vmware have a KB explaining the...
View ArticleMemory HotAdd for vCenter Server
Are there risks associated with hot adding RAM to vCenter Server running on Windows 2008 Server?SQL Server is on a separate VM from vCenter. Are there risks associated with hot adding RAM to the VM...
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