Basic vCenter and vMotion setup doubts - ESXi in different networks
Hi there, I have a legacy vSphere setup I want to leverage and integrate into a vCenter, basically to be able to do vMotion and have all hosts visible from it, and I have several doubts someone with...
View ArticleI have been asked with this question some one help to find the right answer.
1. You have a cluster of 8 ESXi hosts that require installation of a new security patch that will require a reboot of each host. Explain how you would reboot each host without impacting the VMs.2. X...
View ArticleNeed to populate VC performance data on a custom dashboard tool
Hi All, We have a custom reporting tool in our organization called as custom dashboard. our requirement is to pull the performance data from the VC DB and populate it in the custom dashboard tool....
View Articlevcenter server upugrade question
Ok, I just inherited fixed sort of a mess of vmware hosts and vm's. I haven't really done any upgrades to vcenter or vsphere before so just wanted to make sure I'm doing things in the correct order....
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vCenter Service Status - Database storage is running low.
vCenter (v5.5.0.2001466) Service Status alert - " Database storage is running low. Refer to VMware KB2078305 for details"I've looked at KB2078305 -- but it is generic SQL/DB troubleshooting tips.The...
View ArticleConfiguring Alarms for separate teams
Hello, I am trying to configure alarms that notify separate teams. I would like to have the below alarms configured at both the data center level for Team 1 (which manages everything) and the same...
View ArticleHow to set up Advanced Conditions in vcenter alarmsI(Vsphere HA failover in...
looking at this alarm, 'vSphere HA failover in progress', i see that there are advanced settings in the condition. What exactly do we enter in the conditions to get this alarm to work?i just want to...
View ArticleCannot take snapshot - causing RedHat guest to hang
Hi, I have a RedHat 6.6 VM and whenever I try to take a snapshot (Manually or from a backup, in this case Symantec BackupExec 2014), the vm becomes unresponsive and eventually crashes the webserver...
View ArticlevCenter server upgrade with View Composer on the same machine
Are there any tricks or things I should be aware of with this? I will be moving from vCenter 5.0.1 to 5.5 and the View Composer is 5.0.
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 says windows 2012R2 guest has VMtools out of date
I have a rather unusual situation. I just installed a Windows 2012R2 guest VM on my ESXi5.5 host in vCenter5.5. vCenter says the following: VMtools is out of date on this VM BUT, when I try to...
View ArticleMoving vCenter 5.5 Appliance to New Cluster
We are moving from older servers to newer servers and I have built the new cluster using the same vCenter. The storage is different and the old cluster does not have access to it so I am shutting down...
View Articlehow to force VMRC in vCenter web client 5.5 Update 2b
Hello, I'm more than happy to see VMRC being usable with the Web client. I would like to set it as the default console for our VMs. with right click "launch console", etc... is it possible? is it also...
View ArticlevCenter SDK install for XenDesktop 7.5 provisioning services
Hi everyone.. Just wondering if somebody can help me.. We are trying to get the XenDesktop 7.5 installed in our environment and link it with our vCenter 5.5 server.. This requires installing the SDK I...
View ArticleWhich option I need to Select Standalone SYSLOG Collector or intergrate with VC
Dear Team, we have already installed VC /SSO /SQL / Inventory service, running fine from last 18Months. Now we are planning to install Vmware SYSLOG collector feature , while installing it give two...
View ArticleCan we install SYSLOG collector on Invetory Server...
Dear team, in our environment we have individual VM for VC / SSO / UpdateManager / SQL / Invetory . Just want to confirm where I have to install SYSLOG collector service . Which VM will be best for...
View ArticlePostcustomization script for Linux guest during VM cloning
Hi all, I've created CustomSpec. file (xml) via Customization wizard (Vsphere client) for my clones. And I'd like to run some linux OS commands (creating/removing files) during VM is being customized...
View ArticleExtra storage allocated to VCenter Server
Hi guys. I'm running VCenter 5.5 to manage a small fleet of ESXI 5.5 hosts. The VCenter server itself is virtualized. When I look at the storage allocation for the server, it shows three LUNs in use....
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Search Option is not working in vcenter
Hello experts i am having the below issue during search for any of the VM's so any idea what is wrong and needs to be fixed . Apart from this i was gng through that - VMware KB: Searching for a...
View Article"vSphere Replication does not support changing the length of a replicated...
Hi all, I get the above error when trying to allocated more space to a SQL server in our environment. I have never seen it before and all of the fixes suggested on this site apply to people who have...
View ArticleWhich "localos" accounts can be disabled in the vCenter appliance?
I have been asked to disable all non-essential OS accounts in the vCenter appliance we use (5.5). In the web interface, I found a view of users, including one call "localos" which I am assume are...
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