Converter 5.1 - Unable to detect disks or volumes on the source machine. Make...
Hi, I'm trying to convert a RHEL 6.4 virtual machine on KVM, pretending this is a physical system during conversion.After a while the conversion stops with the message "Unable to detect disks or...
View ArticleVcenter SQL Server Backup
Hi,I am trying to backup db on Vcenter using my domain admin id which is also in local admins on Vcenter server but its giving me access deniced error , Even i cant not access VC DB from Management...
View ArticleAlarm repeatedly triggered
Hi I am doing this on vCenter 5.1 U1. I have modified the default lost network connectivity/redundancy alarms to send me an email repeatedly (15 min) when status goes from yellow to red.I also...
View ArticleInventory Service registration with SSO fails after certificate exchange
Hi, I''ve installed vCenter 5.1 Update 1 on a fresh Windows Server 2008 R2. For this I've followed the description to replace the self-signed certificates by CA-signed ones (see...
View ArticlevCenter Performance charts
Hello,i've recently migrate my vcenter db from mysql express to mysql standard on a dedicated vm. Now part of my graphs are "corrupted". for example i can't see nothing in Performance - Advanced - CPU...
View ArticlevCenter System Change SSO
I was just curious if anyone knew if the bug identified in this kb VMware KB: After making a change or restarting Single Sign On server system, vCenter Server 5.1.x fails to start has a clever work...
View ArticleHow to Check Time on Vcenter Appliance?
Simple question: how do I check what the time is on my Vcenter Server Appliance? I am running 5.1 Update 1a.
View ArticleCPU Architecture Requirements for vCSrv5
Hi all We currently have vMware4(ESX) with 3 Windows vms on a Dell T410. (2 x Xeon® E5520 2.26 GHz Quad Core Processor) We have ESXi5 on two new Dell R420. (2 x Xeon® E52430 2.20 GHz Six Core...
View ArticleAccount permissions changed?
This morning we noticed that all of the administrative accounts within Vcenter can no longer do anything. A single user account can get in and manage the servers but can not modify the other admin...
View ArticleManually remove vSphere Client (ESXi 5.1) from a crashed vSphere Server 5...
Hi, I have some VM Hosts running ESXi 5.1. Their management server has crashed and is not recoverable. How do I go about removing the link the ESXi install has to its management server seeing as though...
View ArticlevSpehre Web Client - IE page won't load. Starts up blank (white page)
Question about vSpehre Web Client.I have just finished installing a new vCenter server and everything is working just fine except the Web Client when accessed from the local server via...
View ArticleAdding vCenter Server Appliance to AD
Building up a brand new VMware environment and attempting to setup the vCenter Server Appliance. It was successfully imported into a host, it runs, I can connect to it over the network on both 5480...
View ArticleVCenter Migration - SSL Certificates
I am planning to move my VCenter 5.1a host following these steps. http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=5850444 In step 14 it states: If...
View ArticleExport search results in VC
Sorry simple one but is there a way to export the results from a search which yields a list of VMs? Example, I search for a list of servers with a certain word in their description and get a list of...
View ArticleVC MAC address issue - VC VM lost Network - suddenly lost network connectivity
Hi My VC server (virtual machine , 5.0) suddenly lost network connectivity, from the physical switch MAC address is not learned, if i changed the IP address as a test it is working !!!! (but there are...
View Article3 vCenter SSO with single site or multi site ?
Hi ,I am having 3 vCenter at different location. Now I am planning to upgrade my vCenter to vCenter 5.1 with SSO. But after going through the below sites , Am little bit confused wether I should go for...
View ArticleSysprep via OSCustomisation
this should be easy............but is driving me mad Using vCenter 5.1 and ESXi 5.1Windows 2008R2 SP1 absolute basic install, next next etcVM Shell is all correct as per Windows 2008R2 etcInstall...
View ArticleRemoving SSL requirement for vCenter 5.1
We recently had a certificate expire on us which left us without the ability to use our domain logins to get into our VMware environment. I'd like to remove the SSL requirement so that we don't run...
View ArticleHow to make an HP EVA controller visible to a VM?
Folks - I'm trying to figure out how to get a Virtual Machine to "see" an HP EVA storage controller. I am not trying to do an RDM or even "VM Direct Path/PCI passthrough" (though the latter would be...
View ArticleRename VM via PowerCLI
hi all,I tryed to rename a VM (the host name of the VM) via PowerCLI with this code:New-VM -Name $name -Template $template -VMHost $vmhost Set-VM -VM $name -OSCustomizationSpec &Spec1...
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