Database problems?
Hi, I recently upgraded from 5.0 to 5.5 U1 (including the heartbleed bug patch) and am having what I believe are database issues. All services start and I am able to connect via the vSphere client and...
View ArticleOS customization fails with VMXNET3, works with Intel NIC
vCenter 5.5u1 appliance. When using a non-sysprepped Server 2012 R2 template with a customization specification, sysprep is never executed. After lots of trial and error I found out that it fails with...
View Articlecan't create datastore in web client
Just upgraded to 5.5U1 and I'm trying to get used to the web client. I went to create a new datastore by first rescanning which seemed to work fine then I tried to create a new datastore (VMFS) but...
View ArticlevCenter Server service can not start
Hi,Our virtualization system is using vSphere 5.5 version. Everything were OK until before yesterday that could not load Inventories information. Anywhere in the vSphere client navigator GUI were...
View ArticleUpgrading to 5.5 Update 1
For the upgrade to 5.5.1 A with driver roll-up 2, it says "This image should not be used for ESXi upgrades." In the readme file it says to use a different method to upgrade the drivers. Is there an...
View ArticleFalse cpu usage alarms
Hello Using vcenter 5.0 build 623373 and esxi 5.0 build 821926. I am getting many cpu alarms on windows 2k8 r2 OS's. But perf mon/task manager is consistently reporting normal or below average cpu...
View Articlehow to move templates between datastores
Hi there, I have 10 VM templates on a datastore and would like to move all templates to a different datastore. What is the Best way to move templates between datastores? Thanks.
View ArticleHow to change vCenter Web client Panel Layout
Hi All, I have upgraded my VMware Infrastructure to 5.5. Now with the new feature and policies from 5.5 version , We need to login through VMware vSphere Web client. So my Question is ...... Is there...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Web Client stuck in initializing 5.5
hi guys Web client gives a lot of headaches and I know I can reset it by stop and start service but this is too much....I've done that a lot already today I found that after using my user-password to...
View ArticlePurge data from VCSA 5.5 postgres database (vpx_event & vpx_event_arg tables ) ?
Does anyone have any instructions for removing entries from the vpx_event & vpx_event_arg tables for the postgres database in VCSA 5.5? Due to someone's poorly designed monitoring scripts, we now...
View ArticleMaintenance Mode Question
We currently do not utilize Admission Control. I know, I know. But it's not my call. Well now I have a two-node cluster with each host showing over 90% memory utilization. I'm concerned that I will not...
View ArticleAdding ESXi 5.1 Host to vCenter 5.1 giving problem
In my environment, I configured a cluster having 3 ESXi 5.1 Hosts for testing HA. To test my HA mode I shutdown one of the DR site host. Cluster took action and completed HA operations successfully,...
View ArticleDownload ISO Folder & Templates from shared LUNs failed
Hi, couldn't download ISO folder and Template to my PC, All the ISO images are disconnected from VMs. BR
View ArticleNot able to login into vCenter 5.5 after upgrade
I just upgraded vCenter from 5.1 to 5.5.0, build 1750795. The upgrade process was the smoothest in all the upgrade I have done since 3.5, until I tried to login. It said "You do not have permission to...
View ArticleCan I access vCenter performance counters/history and build a Crystal Report...
Hello. I have the need to create very specific reports on hardware performances and I'm not sure how. For example, I need to get information like "for the last 2 weeks, on business days only, pull disk...
View ArticleClean Stale Lun entry from ESX4.1 host
Hi, We are observing issue in our client production environment, where the Lun has been removed from storage entry. Still ESX 4.1 trying to get the path for that lun. I have checked target, as well...
View ArticleClik here to view.
quiescing the guest file system creating two snapshot files
Why would or should quiescing the guest file system create two snapshot files. In our environment we have the following vmdks. Syntest.vmdkSyntest_1.vmdkSyntest_2.vmdkSyntest_3.vmdkSyntest_4.vmdk When...
View ArticleQuestion about Expandable Reservation??
Hi, I have created the Resource pool in my Environment and set the VM Reservation value as 1024MB with Expandable Reservation option. Also Set 512MB Reservation for VM1 and VM2 respectively and moved...
View ArticleWhat keeps turning off SSH on my hosts?
So inherited an environment running 5.1 (vCenter and ESXi) I have one cluster that is I enable SSH from the security profile, it gets turned back off within a few minutes. This does not happen with new...
View ArticleReplacing the VCENER VM with Physical VCENTER
Hi a Customer requested VCENTER to be installed on a VM due to budget limitations he had before but now want to have a physical Server to replace the VM the thing is it has multiple of applications and...
View Article