OS customization does not work for Ubuntu Server 13.10
Hello there. I have a ubuntu server 13.10 template When deploy it and choose customize options, it goes well but when the VM comes up, customization is performed. It even does not automatically...
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VMware Update Manager Install Failed: VCenter Server credentials could not be...
When attempting to install VMware Update Manager 5.1 on Windows 2008 R2 , but then fails: VMware Update Manager-build-1022478: 12/05/13 15:30:57 ---------- Begin Logging ----------VMware Update...
View ArticleHost not appearing in Syslog Collector Overview
I have 22 esxi hosts configured to send syslogs to my vCenter server. While everything appears to be configured correctly and syslogs are being forwarded, I can only see 8 hosts listed under the...
View ArticleVcenter 5.5 Appliance and SRM
Hi guys, I'm trying to determine if the new 5.5 Vcenter Appliance is compatible with SRM. I know that it now supports linked mode, but I'm struggling to find out if SRM is also now fully suppported....
View ArticleUpgrade or ReBuild vCenter
Good Afternoon All, I am in the process of prepping some major changes to my new company's VMware environment. We currently have about 12 hosts running between ESXi 4.0 and ESXi 5.1 and every build...
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 ArticlevMotion VLAN\Distributed vSwitch Networking Issue
I'm experiencing a strange problem and was hoping someone might be able to shed some light. I have a vCenter cluster that contains 5 hosts. Four of the hosts are using standard vSwitches and one of the...
View ArticleHow to manually start guest OS customization
I need to deploy a copy of a VM to multiple branch offices that have poor connection.I could deploy these VMs from template of by cloning but these methods are only reliable for fast connections....
View ArticleVcenter 5.x w/ Esxi 5.5 My new LAB
This is in sorts a multi part question and I am not sure where to post it to start with. Yet Vcenter touches every aspect or the environment and from hardware to deployment, monitoring and so on. (...
View ArticleVMwareVCMSDS unable to start, unable to connect to vCenter server
I have a vCenter server problem. It was working fine last week, this week I could not connect. I think it is a problem with VMwareVCMSDS, because in the vpx-xx.log files it was complaining about...
View ArticlevCenter server 5.5 Installation issue
New, clean, install of vcenter server 5.5 on a new win 2008 R2 sp1 guest (on a new Dell host server), after Simple install successfully completes I can log into the web client but don't see SSO options...
View ArticlevSphere 5.5 and Windows vSphere Client
I recently did a fresh install of vCenter 5.5, and then upgraded my hosts to 5.5 from 5.0 and moved them into the new vCenter. I have noticed a slight problem with vCenter. I can log into it without...
View ArticleScheduled Tasks - Power On/Off multiple VM's at once - Script available?
Hello all, Query if anyone has come accross an effective way of shutting down/powering on multiple VM's at once either via the task scheduler or via a generated script? I am looking to create a weekly...
View ArticleI can't install vmware vcenter sign-on because i have an error message
I need to know how to install the vmware web client, because i install an virtual machine with version 10 and i can't edit from vmware client as usual.. plesae help me with that.. I tried to install...
View ArticleMissing Virtual Machine Fields
Recently we noticed that when looking at the virtual machine tab in VCenter Server there were certain machines that had information missing. For example, the DNS column had a number of machines with no...
View ArticleUnable to connect to vcenter, vmware sso service failed to initialize status...
Dear all, I have configured vcenter through vcenter appliance. My vcenter and inventory services are up and running, database and SSO are embedded, the network configuration is perfect, but still I am...
View ArticleHow to add an ESXi 4.1 in a vCenter 5.5?
Hi We are involved in a migration project since ESX/ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5. Now all my infrastructure is managed by a vcenter 4.1 and it manages several ESX 4.1 and ESXi 4.1. Recently we've bought a new...
View ArticleHow to go from vCenter Server 5.1 on Windows to vCenter Server Appliance
I have a vCenter Server 5.1 environment running on a windows server 2008 for testing. I let the Windows Server 2008 server demo elapse because we wanted to go to the vCenter Server Applicance instead....
View ArticleAny plugin to get the alert from cisco UCS
Hi all, Thanks in advance. Can anyone tell me is there any plugin available to get the cisco UCS alerts ( hardware alerts) from Vcenter. All our ESX servers are installed in Cisco UCS. Thankssiv_
View ArticleAppliance v5.5.0a and SSO and AD Group Authentication
Hi, I just setup a new vCenter Server Appliance v5.5.0a and need to use AD groups to do the authentication. I have a service desk group that I want add to the vcenter permissions. I am a little...
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