Can't login with administrator@vmware.local
I was able to generate a new password last week for the Vcenter Server Appliance (5.5U2) and it worked for logging in so I made note of it and I came in today ready to upgrade to Vcenter 6.0 only to...
View ArticlevSpere web client access from Win8.1 and IE 11
Having some strange behavior accessing the vSphere Web Client from Windows 8.1 using IE11 from laptop systems.vCenter version is 6.0 update 1bWe re-imaged a laptop and a desktop both with the exact...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 Linked mode - Does it require vCenter server and its other...
First vCenter installed at site A. Second vCenter Server installed with multisite configuration option with new SSO setup in new site (site B). New SSO in new site (site B) registered to first SSO at...
View ArticleCan vCenter Server manage a cluster with hosts in different locations?
Can vCenter 5.5 manage a single cluster with hosts that are in 2 separate locations (different buildings on the same campus)? This is for a total of 4 hosts - 2 at each site - and approx. 20 VMs...
View ArticlePlugins in the vCenter 6 appliance
I recently moved from a Windows based vcenter 5.1 install on a physical server to the virtual appliance for 6.0. In the past if I wanted to use a plugin, I'd either install it right on the Windows...
View ArticleSome AD users not appearing in list of group memberships in SSO
I'm on the latest version of the 5.5 appliance. When I add AD users to the Administrators group of Single Sign-on, some users show in the list and some don't. The permissions work, so I know it's...
View ArticleDisable vMotion on all VMs in a resource pool
We have a use case requirement that we disable vMotion on all VMs that get added to a specific resource pool. It's not a setting that you can toggle via the settings of a resource pool. Has anybody...
View ArticleVCSA: High Availability
Hi Community Does anyone have any experience of how VCSA copes with a hard shutdown for e.g. lets say VCSA is hosted on a host in a cluster that abruptly fails and vSphere HA kicks in to restart it on...
View Articlevcsa log in with ad trusted domain
I have a trust set up between 2 domains (A & B). I can login fine to domain A windows boxes using my domain B account.I've added a new identity source for domain A in vcenter and can't log in using...
View ArticleInstall a new vCenter Server to replace another one that fail
Hi everybody: I have a doubt, I have an infrastructure composed by two nodes of ESXi 5.1 and one vCenter Server 5.1 mounted on Windows Server 2008 R2 (The windows was located on a physical server) and...
View ArticleSNMP agent problem after update to VCSA 6 update 2
Hi, yesterday I updated VCSA appliance from version 6u1 to 6u2 and after the update I have problems with SNMP agent.The SNMP agent was working after restart about 30 minutes and then it stopped...
View ArticlePlug-In Management not appearing in web client.
I am using the vcentre 5.5, and have started to use the vpshere web client. But in the web client in administration/solutions, I cannot see the plugin management to enable plugins. I have stopped...
View ArticleVSC 5.1 to VSCA 6.0
we are migrating our production from 5.1 to 6.0 as support ends this year. we have windows running VSC but we want to switch over to VSCA for DR purposes and one less license. I have been googling...
View ArticleVCSA: VM Tools
Hi Guys, I have installed the VCSA (VMware VirtualCenter 5.5.0 build-3142196) and when I looking under Summary/General under VMware Tools its populated with "? Running (3rd Party/Independent)" Is this...
View ArticleVmware integrated openstack sur vsphere client 6 !!
bonjour,je travaille sur vsphere client 6 et j'essaie d'installer Vmware Integrated Openstack. Ce dernier s'installe correctement mais en consultant l'inventaire de Vsphere il n'apparait pas,pourtant...
View ArticleVCenter in AWS
Hi There, I wanted to ask a question about hosting a vCenter within an AWS environment as an actual instance, connecting and managing ESXi hosts at remote sites via a VPN tunnel. There would be no...
View ArticlePermissions needed to clone vm to a template in vSphere 6.0?
Hey, thank you in advance to everyone who has the patience to read all this, but I think it is necessary to understand the scenario. We have a problem with our vSphere 6.0 U2 environment concerning...
View ArticleVCSA - Roles and Privilages - where are they kept in files/db?
Where can I find roles in VCSA (shell/file/db) and privileges belongs to them? Role_id column exists in vpx_access table, but I'm unable to find dependent table with roles (vpx_role is empty) and...
View ArticleEmbedded vcenter appliance 5.5 to 6.0
HiWe have two sites with a vcenter appliance embedded in version 5.1 u1 with external Oracle data base (Same windows domain).We will want upgrade to 6.0 version and we will can use linked mode. -...
View ArticleUpgrading to VCSA 6 from Windows Vcenter w/Oracle
Anybody have feedback with the plan below – any issues, roadblocks, suggestions for improvement? Note that I know Update Manager is an option to upgrade an existing host, but we’ve had issues with...
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