SSL Certificate Upgrade Gone Wrong
A bit ago I upgraded to vCenter 5.1 with two servers. The SSO and web client on one server and the vcenter service and the inventory service on the other. Had everything running great, no...
View ArticleVCenter 5.1 update 1 upgrade fails with "insert disk 1", now vcenter won't...
I’m having a problem with updating VCenter 5.1 to 5.1 update 1. I downloaded the ISO then mounted it on the VCenter server at our D/R site (it’s not gone “live” yet, so it makes a good test). I opened...
View ArticleError 29126. Second install in multisite SSO install
I'm trying to install SSO in a second site after successfully installing in a new site. After selecting the multi-site option and following all the normal options it error's right at the end with...
View ArticlevCenter 5.0 SSL Certificates
Hi, Really weird problem but im trying to get SSL certs working on a vCenter 5.0 implementation with Entrust generated certs. When I run the Managed Object Browser after replacing the certificates and...
View ArticleReason for 32 ESX hosts in cluster.
why there is a bottleneck of 32 ESX 5.1 Servers per cluster.. can I have HA / DRS turned on with 32 hosts will it work. Is there any dependency to have 32 ESXi servers per cluster.
View ArticleHow to get the user details of who has created the snapshot using powershell
Please help to find the user who has created the snapshot using powershell script.
View ArticleError 29155.Identity source discovery
Hello I'm installing vCenter 5.1U at the DR site and my AD and everything else is at HQ, We are using VPN to connect the two for what will be SRM. I have successfully setup SRM in the LAB via LAN....
View ArticleListing configured Alarm & Notification email recipients
Hi, We've had a couple of guys leave our team and I'm going through all of our services and replacing individual email accounts with distribution groups. This will make life easier for us in the long...
View ArticleHow do I configure NIS as a vSphere 5.1 SSO identity source?
VMware claims (e.g., http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/Whats-New-VMware-vCenter-Server-51-Technical-Whitepaper.pdf) that NIS is supported on 5.1 as an SSO identity source. However, I can't...
View ArticlevCenter SQL Server log file ballooning
Hi everyone For the past few weeks we've been having problems with our vCenter SQL logs (SQL Server Express).We're getting the error "The transaction log for database 'VIM_VCDB' is full" every 5-6...
View ArticleMount ISO in web interface versus client
I created a restricted access role, vm admin and browse datastore. I can login with this user to the client, browse and mount an ISO without an issue. When I use the web client and try to mount an iso...
View ArticlevCenter Server 5.1 Build Version Issues
Hi All, We have installed VC 5.1.0 Build 947673 - and its all working well.However when we tried to install Update Manager 5.1.0 1065152, it's saying its incompatible. The exact error is: "The vCenter...
View ArticleMoving VM between Virtual centre 4.1 to 5.0
Can you advise please. I have a vcentre4.1 and also we have vmware view 4.6. I am trying to setup a new pool, so I have setup a new VM called goldTemplate and will set this up as a template.We have...
View ArticleHow to Configure vCenter Alarm Advanced Conditions on Specific HBAs
Greeting all-- Looking for some advice here. I've got some hosts with multiple HBAs that connect to different types of SANs. I'm looking to configure an alert so that if vmhba1 has path/connectivity...
View ArticleConcerns over upgrading vCenter Server from 4.1 to 5.1
I'm currently reading through the guide and how to upgrade vCenter Server in Chapter 4 of "vSphere Upgrade: vSphere...
View ArticleIssues with snapshots during storage vmotion / storage drs
Hello all, we ran into an issue with our backup software (EMC Avamar) recently. A backup was performed (or at least it was tried) while storage drs was migrating the vm that was backed up between...
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Problem installing vCenter Server Update 2
I'm trying to install vCenter Server Update 2 on my existing vCenter server (Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise 64-bit). When I start the installation, it progresses until it gets to "Installing Charting...
View ArticleESXi Hardware - Battery Error
We are usning Dell Poweredge R900 server. In vCenter Server when i go to hardware tab of one of the esxi host i see an warning : "Battery On Controller 0 Discharging ---- Battery Staus: Learning." I...
View ArticleVcenter & Esxi 5
Hi I'm sorry Iasked this questionin the Department of Esxi 5 and I did not find theanswer I think Iaskedinthewrongsection .So the question is ? I installed vcenter and when i trying to add 2 hosts...
View ArticleAdding disk on DatastoreCluster
Hi, I am trying to add two disks to my VM. I want disk 1 on to stay on datastoreCluster1 & disk2 on datastoreCluster2I am using VmwareVsphere 5.1 JAVA SDK. And i am getting following...
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