Sizing vCPUs for vCenter Server
If you are running vCenter Server in a VM, is there a reference guide for determining the number of vCPUs that should be assigned to the VM?
View ArticleSSO users and groups Error
When I try and display Users & Groups I am getting this error "Error: Idm client exception: Failed to establish server connection" Cant for the life of me figure out why. Using vCenter Virtual...
View ArticlefindByUUID does not seem to be working
Hi All, I am using VMWare SDK 5.0 Java APIs with VCenter Server 5.0.0. The findByUUID documentation says "Finds a virtual machine or host by BIOS or instance UUID.".But in my case it does not seem to...
View ArticleVcenter Virtual Appliance 5.5 SSO
I am trying to setup Vmware Vcenter Virtual appliance 5.5 in my lab environment with my 5.1 ESXI server. So far I have managed to deploy the OVA file and set it up to what I feel is the correct setup...
View ArticlevCSA with Windows 2012R2 AD controller, LDAP search not working / SSO broken
Hi, After upgrading vCSA to 5.5.0a and Windows AD to 2012 R2, AD logins to vCSA no longer work. sso/vmware-sts-idmd.log shows: 2013-11-05 17:08:57,135 WARN [LdapErrorChecker] Error received by LDAP...
View ArticlevCenter Single Sign on Fails to install and rolls back
I'm trying to install vCenter on a Windows 2008 Server and the installation is "interrupted" and rolls back. This is not on a domain controller and we are only managing three ESXi servers. Here is the...
View ArticleUpgrade vCenter 5.5 to 5.5.0a
I'm new to vCenter 5.5 (who isn't?). It must be fairly easy, but I can't find clear directions for updating vCenter 5.5 to the newest release 5.5.0a. Could someone point me in the right direction?...
View ArticleWeb Client doesn´t like Internet Explorer
We have a real weird issue with the VSphere Web Client 5.1 U1. In our productive Installation the web Client does not Show any site if we are using Internet Explorer. If we are using Firefox or Chrome...
View ArticleInstall new vCenter Server and Migrate Database
Running vCenter 5.1 U1 on Windows 2008 R2 virtual machine.SSO, Update Manager and SQL is running on this server also.Want to create new vCenter 5.5 Server, running SSO and Update Manager with remote...
View ArticleAbout the customization for vSphere Web Client
Dear all, Help! who can provide some documents or tips for the customization for vSphere Web Client.e.g.1. Change the logo2. Chenge the layout.3. Add my other app's linkand so on... Thanks a lot.
View ArticleUnable to Connect to MKS:
Hi All. I'm hoping someone might have an answer, I tried the VMware blog where I found a "solution" but it hasn't helped. I hope this will make sense. I have a nested environment in VMWorkstation...
View ArticlevMotion and NICs
I am working in an environment that has multiple standalone ESX and ESXi hosts. Our goal is to bring all of the hosts into vCenter to manage them and also implement DRS and HA clusters; however,...
View Article5.1 SSO Multisite Question
Is it correct that multisite mode only really exists to provide faster local site access to a SSO server and if access to the primary SSO server is lost then both vCenter servers are affected even...
View ArticleCloning a vm gets wrong dns entry
We have a problem with writing to the DNS server situation: We wil clone a running machine ( named VM01 ip: 10.10.10.10) ( tried more vm's) with the option : Customize using the Customization...
View ArticleMigrate between 2 VM Host
I have a Windows 2003 server running on one VM host and wants to migrate to another VM Host. It has 600 GB data and wants to lower the downtime. And we don't have VMotion. Does any one have a fast...
View Articleremove one path from a host
Hi.I have in my vSphere environment 4 ESXi 5 hosts, all of them connected with redundant path towards the storage arrays. Now i need to remove one path on each host because i want to create a fabric...
View ArticleHost Profile Noncompliant
We are experiencing an issue where our Host Profile fails in our ESXi 5.0 environment. One of the configuration settings is Advanced Configuration Option > Annotations.WelcomeMessage. We have it set...
View ArticleLogin Active Directory issues for vCenter 5.5
Hi all, I need some help on setup new vcenter 5.5. I'm able to login with administrator@vsphere.local. I'd able to add in identity source for Active Directory via the "active directory" or by LDAP....
View ArticleCan't seem to verify new host with vsphere web client
Trying to install Hotlink's Hybrid Express. Last step is to add their EC2 agent vm as a host. It works up to a point but ends up saying that it cannot verify the SSL cert. I've tried going into Vsphere...
View ArticleRookie Clustering Question
Hello All -- We are currently deploying VMware 5.1 under the Essentials license, 1 vCenter server managing 3 ESXi hosts. I discovered that although the license doesn't enable vMotion, HA or most of the...
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