Can not connect to vCenter Virtual Appliance (embedded DB) in vCenter Chargeback
hiis it possible to connect to an embedded DB?in Chargeback?i have a vCenter Server Aplliance ,i have installed it with embedded Databasenow i want to add vcenter in charge back managerbu it require...
View ArticlevMotion appears to have stalled for one vm
Hello, We are running vSphere 5.1 / ESXi 5.1 I've been moving machines around various datastores and hosts today both using DRS and SDRS and manual migrations. All machines apart from one have...
View ArticlevSphere Datastore Heartbeat problem / Question
Hello, Recently we experienced an odd issue with two of our ESXi5 clusters. Each of these clusters has their own storage that wasn't shared between the two however with the older cluster getting near...
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Error #1034 in web client when accessing Administration page
Think this happened before Update 1 on 5.1 but everytime I try to enter the Administration page in the web client I get what looks like a Flash error. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the web client...
View ArticleUpgrade to 5.1 question about SSO
Hello,I have reviewed almost every 5.1 guide, BP, and white paper out there and I am not finding exactly what I am looking for. I am wondering if I can use a domain account that uses SQL Authentication...
View Articlecan't access vcenter after decommissioning old domain controllers
help! i can no longer access my vcenter servers after decomissioning our old domain controllers. i tried updated the identity sources in the SSO configuration via the web client but that did not...
View ArticleDo alarms clear automatically?
Hi all. We recently had an alarm come up and applied a patch to supposedly fix the issue. When we came back online, the alarm was still there. I am wondering- Do alarms in vSphere clear/disappear...
View Articlegeneral question about VMWare Auto Deploy dependencies and restrictions
Hello, I'm a Network Engineer, so forgive my ignorance of what might be some basic VMware concepts. In my company, we're deploying VMWare Auto Deploy. I've read this...
View ArticleTroubleshooting "a general system error occurred migration failed while...
Hi Everyone, Looking for a bit of help on this one. I am having real problems doing migrations from 1 host in a cluster of 8 hosts. Whenever I try to do a vmotion of more than one machine it gives the...
View ArticleVirtual machine disks consolodation is needed.
Hello, I'm having an issue with one of the VMs in my environment. It was hung on reset at 95% and wasn't moving. I ran ssh'd into the host the VM was running on and did a services.sh restart. Once...
View ArticleRDM attached list ??!
hiI wanna to know how can I find ROW DISK MAPs (RDMs) that attached to my VMs in Vcenter via command line or scriptting . I have more 400 vm that most of them have more than 2 attached RDM Disks .
View ArticleMoving Inventory Service to Another Server
Does anyone have any suggestions or pointers to articles on moving the inventory service of an existing environment to its own dedicated server? We are planning our vSphere 5.1 upgrade from 5.0 and...
View ArticleBridget not go correctly???
Hello evrybody, I have the following situation/problem: Vmware9A physical machine (Win7), and 3 virtual machines above: (Win srv 2008 Win7Pro and XPPro).Bridged connectionMy LAN: 192.168.0.0The...
View ArticleRestart Physical vCenter 5.0 Server after power supply termination
Dear all, We are using a Physical vCener 5.0 server, with 3 ESXi servers and a EQL iSCSI SAN. Our vSphere SQL database is located in a VM. Last Sun, as the power supply of our floor need terminate for...
View ArticleCan't connect to vcenter 5.1 appliance with vsphere client after power failure.
Hi all, Had an ungraceful shutdown of vcenter 5.1 appliance, now can't connect with the vi client. Have tried restarting etc. Followed this KB as it sounds like my problem, but when starting the ODBC I...
View ArticleVirtual SQL vCenter backend question
According tot he recommendations in the vCenter 5.1 Database Best Practices white paper, VMware recommends the following layout for disks of the SQL backend server: SQL Server It is recommended to...
View ArticlevCenter and update Manager
Hello all, I have Vcenter 5.1 running on a WIndows 2008 R2 server. Now when I log into Vcenter Web Client none of the VMHost machines show up. Am I missing something as to how to add the hosts? Also,...
View ArticlevCenter in Linked mode access issues
I have 2 vCenter 5.1 servers in linked mode with no firewall between them, connected via layer 2 connectivity, in two different data centers. They are both a member of the same domain, with DC's in...
View ArticleVirtual Machines status Unknown
I started having a problem with Virtual Center after upgrading all the environment to 5.1.My virtual machines suddenly get disconnected.When I check the vm list I see machine name (inaccessible) and...
View ArticlevSwitch Policy Question
I need to vMotion all the guests off of 2 hosts to reboot the hosts, but get a compatibility message stating one of the network connections on the guests uses a different offload or security policy...
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