vCenter 5.1 Integrated Auth 2012 Compatibility
Hi, we are interested in upgrading our AD domand and forest functional levels to 2012 R2. Before doing so, however, we want to check to see if VMware VirtualCenter 5.1.0 build-1235232 is compatible...
View Articleperformance problems with vmxnet3 and MS AX dB
Hi,what is the correct way to troubleshoot Networking Performance Problems on a Windows 2008r2 sp1 Server.The vsphere Server 5.0 Build 623860, the Windows w2k8r2sp1 Driver has the Version 1.2.24.0...
View ArticleUpdate Vcenter Server to 2012?
I have a Vcenter server that has been on a 2008 (not R2) box for about 5 years now and has gone through several Vcenter version upgrades. My SQL Vcenter DB is on a dedicated DB server and all Vcenter...
View ArticleVmware Vcenter to 5.5B
Dear All,we are running on Production a Vcenter appliance 5.5.0 and need to update to 5.5.0.Banu walkthrought how to do this ?Currently version is 5.5.0.5201 Build 1476389please advise how to do this
View ArticleDisconnect Media generates Error #1009.
I'm running vCentre Version 5.5.0 Build 1441077. When I try and disconnect a CDROM in vCenter I get Error #1009. Do I need to resort to the traditional client to handle media? Thanks, GTG
View ArticleDo i need to put my vCenter APP 5.5 on my VDS?
I am running 3 hosts with ESXi 5.5 and vCenter Appliance 5.5, now i wish to setup a VDS for all 3 machine but was wondering if i really needed to put my vCenter Appliance on the virtual distributed...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 LACP - LAG with HP a7506
Hello all,I'm trying to setup LACP using LAG between vCenter 5.5 VDS and a HP A7506 physical switch, somehow the LACP is not being activated..... Do I absolutely need running VM and / or traffic of...
View Articleorphaned vmdk's that I can't remove
I used the script from the following link below to identify orphaned vmdk's in my environment. I was able to remove all the orphaned vmdk's except for a series of them for a virtual machine. We use...
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Anyone else having problems with VCSA 5.5B not starting?
Looking over the threads here, I noticed that FQ13 posted earlier that they had problems VCenter 5.50B crashing, others were having problems with 5.50b on Windows. We were running 5.5A with little...
View ArticleFailed to connect VMware Lookup Service? Unable to connect to Vcenter webclient?
Dear all, I got the solution for this error, but I wanted to know why this happens, I configured VCA appliance perfectly, AD activation was also done properly, but yet I wasn't unable to connect to my...
View ArticlevCenter Server Service is not starting
I have performed all the changes to migrate the vCenter Server database from SQL Express to full SQL Server following the Knowledge Base ( that is posted by VMware ) its URL is mentioned here for...
View ArticleIssue building a 5.5 test environment
Im trying to build a test environment with 5.5 and having an issue installing vCenter on a VM. The host is a ML110 G7 and has plenty of disks and RAM.I have ESX 5.5 installed on it and it works fine.I...
View ArticleExtract who has logged in/out of vSphere
Hi, I've been asked to produce a report of the people who have logged into the vSphere client for the past 6 months. Looked on the web but i wasnt able to find a great deal of information. Does anyone...
View ArticlevApp VM Advanced Properties
So I have a VM I have built as a vApp, setting the vApp properties and creating the scripting internally to the VM to read the OVF environment variables. This works great, I can deploy the VM from OVF...
View Articlevcenter 5.5 - unable to install Directory Services
I keep getting the following error installing vcenter on Windows 2008 R2. See attachment. Jointool.log 2014-02-12 07:13:30,729 com.vmware.vim.jointool] Operation Mode: initialize[2014-02-12...
View ArticleAlert when Host nic utilization reaches 80%
hi, i want to configure an Alert when Host nic utilization reaches 80%.
View ArticlevCenter Heartbeat 6.6 & vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5
Hello, Knowledge Base 2058239 indicates the following as it relates to SSO & vCenter Heartbeat, "vCenter Server Heartbeat 6.6 is only supported in environments with a single vCenter Single Sign-On...
View ArticleDeployment of a 2008 R2 template, without sysprep?
Hey guys, I know it has always been common practice to run sysprep to create a unique SID for new servers. I recently read an article by Mark Russonivich of Microsoft that said this is really not...
View ArticleDomain authentication coming in funny, and generating failure messages
We have a monitoring solution running on Scientific Linux 6.2 authenticating to the MOB URL of vCenter 5.0.0, 913577. On an irregular basis, we're getting authentication failures because the UserName...
View ArticleSnapshot without memory of a VM with RDMs
Its widely known one cannot snapshot a VM with RDMs in physical compatibility mode only virtual but it is possible to take one if the memory is excluded (and or the quiesce guest file system is...
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