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AutoDeploy Host Profile is assigned but nothing is configured.
I have 16 HP blades that I am upgrading to the latest 5.5u1 versions for a Proof of Concept for vSAN and SRM.Blades 01-08 will be DC-A.Blades 09-16 will be DC-B. I will use the same build of ESXi on...
View ArticleOVF environment services by vCenter ?
I've run into something that surprised me, showing my lack of knowledge about some services provided by vCenter. Case in point, cisco has released a firewall virtual appliance (ASAv) which delivers as...
View Articlemigrating vcenter db from sql 2008to sql 2012
how do i do a vcenter 2008 to vcenter 2012 migration? any good references here?
View Articlewhen i create a snapshot for VM with virtual disk of 20TB, how much space...
I have a vm with thick disk used space of 20TB DFS server and it's configured in thick disk. i have made changes in .vmx to move the snapshot to different datastore. I need to know how much space will...
View ArticleUpgrading a vCenter appliance from 5.5.0.5201 to 5.5.0.10200
Updating via the update tab in vcenter doesn't work (I have never had that succeed even with direct outbound access), the swing approach only works for point releases. I cant find in the docs how to...
View ArticleClient Integration Plugin
Is vCenter 5.0 Web Client able to use the Client Integration Plugin? When I go to the Web Login screen, I can download the client integration plugin but when I view the DataCenter or Cluster , I do...
View ArticlePerformance Charts - No Data available
Hi All, I have 3 esxi 5.0 nodes and they are connected vCenter 5.0. When click performance tab for both ESXi and Vm's on the esxi node 1 amd 2 there "No Data available" error chartcold not be loaded.In...
View Articlemoving VMs between DataCenters
I need to move a VM from one datacenter to another datacenter. Both DataCenters have their own vCenter5 Server. What is the best way to do this?
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Migrating from 5.0 to 5.5
Hello everyone, I have what is probably a very stupid question, but I don't have a lot of experience with VMware so please excuse me... I have recently inherited a vSphere 5.0 estate that consists of...
View ArticleRoles and Permissions
Hi, I'm using vCenter v5.5 and have a requirement to document roles and permissions, as well as create some custom roles. Rather than start from scratch does anyone have a MS word Table or spreadsheet...
View ArticlevDS and new dvPortGroup
I need to create a new dvPortgroup on the dvSwitch for a new subnet vlan. How do I accomplish this? I know how to do it with a standard switch but never done it on a distributed switch.
View ArticlevSphere Web Client Error - An internal error has occurred - Error #1009.
I am running into an issues accessing the client plug-ins page in the vSphere Web Client. The error is in the subject line and a snippet from the vsphere_client_virgo log is below. Here's the scenario...
View ArticleHow to install the VMware vCenter Server Appliance using ovftools with...
Hello. I'm trying to install (importing to esxi) the VMware vCenter Server 5.5 Update 1 Appliance (VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5.5.0.10000-1624811_OVF10.ova) using ovftool.I would like to set the...
View ArticleCan VMWARE HA power on VM from the host which is not up
HI, I have got a simple question to ask to you. my VMWARE environement is composed by 3 hosts, vcenter is also a VMwhen I shutdown all hosts and poweron only 2 hosts, the VM located on the third host...
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Error deleting a template - Vsphere
Hi, I have a probleminVCenter. I'm trying todelete a templateinVCenter, andthefollowing erroroccurs: "A specified parameter was not correct" What can bethe problem? Thank you,Regards.
View ArticleIssues upgrading SSO from 5.1 to latest 5.5 release
I'm trying to upgrade our existing vCenter server system from 5.1 to the latest release of 5.5. I'm doing the custom install for each vCenter component, but am having issues trying to upgrade SSO (the...
View Articlehost not responding when esxi server reboots
I have in the lab setup VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5.5.0.5201-1476389 with 5 esxi hosts.. All the esxi hosts are 5.5.0-1331820. esxi is setup to netboot stateless with static ips. We will be...
View ArticleExcluding File of folder into a snapshot
Hello,I'm searching a solution to exclude some file or folder from the virtual machine snapshot. I dont want to exclude the full drive by choising independent mode. His there a possibilities to do that...
View ArticleSelective Cloning
Is there still no way via the client or web client to select which disk you want to clone? With all the cloning of environments I do, it would be really nice to have the option to only select specific...
View ArticleAnyone still separate pagfiles to separate VMDKs still?
Just wondered how many people still create a separate swapfile disk and place it on a pagefile datastore on Windows servers? My current workplace has done this historically and I'd like to revisit this...
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