vSphere 5.1 SSO with Site DR with SRM 5.1
helloI have a doubt in an environment of mounting main site to site DR I have 2 sites: matrix:2 esxi hosts 5.1 vcenter1 AD DR Site;2 esxi hosts 5.1 vcenter1 AD I have no license vcenter heartbeat to...
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Transferring Files From Windows Server to ESXi Host(s)
I'm trying to following the instructions HERE so that I can install the HP ESXi Utilities Offline Bundle for ESXi 5.0 and (hopefully) fix an iLO issue I'm having. Upfront, no I can not go to the host,...
View ArticlevCenter Appliance Stops working
hi guys all of a sudden my vCenter Appliance 5.0.0-455964 stops working I mean it works it stops and sometimes I have to reboot it or I just need to restart the vcenter service but most of the time I...
View ArticlePort Requirements for vCenter Server 5.1 - SysLog Collector
Hi to All Has anyone installed a SysLog Collector? My vmware book by Lowe mentions little about ports for it. During the install of the server it gave me a list of ports. I accepted all the defaults...
View ArticleMulti-Hypervisor Manager with Hyper-V Pros and Cons
What are the pros and cons of using multi-hypervisor manager to manage hyper-v hosts at remote sites? If you have a small number of servers at remote sites, and you want to limit costs, what are the...
View ArticleESXi could not reach isolation address
Hi, I'm experiencing a strange behavior of one of my ESXi (7 total in my cluster) every single night.I don't have this problem during the day but (coincidence ?) when my Veeam backups start and after a...
View Articleclient closed, idle vcenter session remains
In vcenter I see idle sessions that I don’t believe should be there and I don't understand why. I’ve had users put in <inactivitytimeout>120</inactivitytimeout> in their...
View ArticleWindows scripting commands not executing in guest customization's "Run Once"...
I’m executing a couple Windows scripting commands in the Run Once section of guest customization for a WIN2K8 VM, but it appears vSphere is not parsing it correctly, because there’s no sign of the...
View Articleif vcenter server is down what will be the overall impact???
Dear Team, if vcenter server is down what will be the overall impact??? request you to share your views on the same. regardsMr VMware
View ArticleMove vCSA to new host using vMotion?
I am in the process of upgrading 2 ESX 4.0 hosts to ESXi 5.1. Both hosts are part of a cluster running under a vCenter Appliance that is on one of the hosts that needs to be upgraded. At this point I...
View ArticleUpgrade from 4.1U1 to 5.1U1 SQL DB error, installation aborts
During the vCenter upgrade, after all the info is put in, during the database upgrade section, a window pops that says "Exception thrown while executing SQL script" Click ok, and it 'rolls back' and...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 not showing any VMs
We upgraded vCenter server to 5.1. Now, all I see is the DataCenters and ESXi hosts. No VMs. What happened?
View ArticleService Bootrun doesn´t start
Hi everybody, the service bootrun wants to start the following .exe C:\Users\ADMINI~1.GLA\AppData\Local\Temp\2\vmware_guestcust\bootrun.exe that location does not exist... But why is this location...
View ArticleMoving vCSA to new host??
Hello, I have a three host cluster being managed by a vCSA appliance that is running on one of the hosts. What is the best method to move the vCSA to a new host? Can the vCSA vmotion itself? Or...
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Utilizing update manger when unable to vMotion.
Utilizing update manger when unable to vMotion. I have three Essentials licensed 5.0 hosts and vCenter running on one of them as a VM. All VM is running on local disk. I am tired of patching from CLI...
View ArticleHow to report percentage of completion of File Replication From one File...
Hi I want to write File Replication API and i want to know how can i report percentage of completion of File Replication Process. Thanks in advance
View ArticleScript to migrate vCenter to a new server
Hi All, I know that there is a powershell script in VMware site(DOC) to migrate permission, Cluster, Hosts, Pools, etc., to a new vCenter. But now I cannot find it. Has been removed? Anyone have the...
View ArticleVCenter Upgrade 5.1 .0 - Consolidation
Hi, I am wondering if someone can guide me in the right direction: Currently this is my enviroment: I have 2 different offices/Sites connected via the WAN. There is also small remote site with one...
View ArticleCannot ping VCenter Server and Security issues
Hi, I am testing a lab (Windows) in which I do push installation of an antivirus which requires communication between server and remote machines. As part of the pre-requisites a ping from server to...
View ArticleADD A HOST WIZARD NOT RESOLVING SHORT HOSTNAME ONLY IP & FQDN (ESXi5.1)
I was able to complete a successful install of VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5.1.0.10100-1123965_OVF10.ova. I was able to login into VMware vCenter Server Appliance web page port 5480 and VMware web...
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