vcenter service stopped after failing over DB
I run vcenter 6.0 on a active/passive SQL cluster when I failed over my db from one to the other, vcenter service was stopped. I had to manually start it any idea why?
View Articlevcenter dedication
Hi, When will you decide too create multiple vcenter enviroments? Will you do this for dedication and seperate any influence?Or is 1 vcenter for a whole enviroment enough acting in a 24 x 7 situation?
View ArticlevCenter 6.0 to 6u2 fails with error 1603
I tried to go to 6u1 some months ago and that failed too. Yesterday afternoon I tried to go from 6.0 to 6.0u2 and I continue to get the 1603 error message with the vcsservicemanager.msi...
View ArticleCustom Alarms - cannot find EventTypeID
We've seen events where the following error is thrown by some VM's when the snapshot for our backup tool is taken: "Error message from ESXhost: An operation required the virtual machine to quiesce and...
View ArticlevCenter6 appliance install
I just installed vCenter6 appliance and was surprised that it is a CLI install. Where do I obtain the GUI version of vCenter6?
View ArticleHowto install own root CA cert to vCenter appliance?
hello, i'm integrating my vCenter SSO with OpenLDAP over secure LDAP. identity source configuration wizard asks for certificate if LDAPS is specified. but how to make my vCenter appliance trusting...
View ArticleDefault host profile or default VMware configs?
Hi there, So we're having an issue where we've found a lot of our host profile configs are either not following VMware defaults or best practices, don't align with our vendor recommendations or doesn't...
View ArticlevCenter 6 and smart card authentication / not prompting for certificate (web...
Whenever I connect to the web client, the browser isn't prompting me to select a certificate. There is almost no documentation for troubleshooting smart card authentication for the web client so I'm...
View ArticleSSO HA
Hi All I have a vCenter 5.5 U2 Implementation. The powers that be want me to start looking at options for protecting vCenter, over and above vSphere HA. It seems I can use Microsoft Clustering, which I...
View ArticleDatastore full
Forgive me if I have posted this in the wrong place..... I have an HP 3Par on which I have a bunch of datastores. One of them has filled up, and my VSphere client is showing this datastore is stuck on...
View ArticleInconsistancy between settings with GUI and WEB clients on Datastore Cluster...
While playing/fixing VM override settings for Datastore clusters I have come across some seemingly inconsistent display of settings between the GUI and WEB clients. Let me try and explain and...
View Articleout of resource issue DRS with resource pools
Hii have vcenter 6 environment with DRS enables and one big resource pool (about 900 vms) with 1 child small resource pool (about 50 vms) lately machine gets "out of resource" errors. see attachedit...
View ArticleChange domain on vCenter Server
Hi, We are going to migrate all servers from one AD to Another. And I´m looking at the migration plan for vCenter Servers. What is the best way to migrate those to the new domain? We could do a fresh...
View ArticleUsers can't add tags in VCenter
Hi Guys, I'm sure this is something stupid I'm missing but I'm going round in circles. Users are wanting to use the Tagging feature to manage their VMs however unfortunately the option appears Greyed...
View ArticlePreventing web client from dumping hprof files when it crashes
How can I prevent the web client from dumping hprof files every time it crashes? This is filling up /storage/log and there is no simple way to clean these up from within the web client UI.
View ArticleAvoid browser warnings when using the vCenter Web Client with a self-signed...
Does anyone know a way to stop the browser warnings using the ver 6 web client when using the default self signed certificate (other than replacing the default cert with your own generated one? The...
View ArticleVMware vSphere Web Client Starts/Stops
Hi All, So we have 3 sites, 2 (London, New York) of which don't have this issue. The 3rd site (Hong Kong) has a problem whereby the "VMware vSphere Web Client" Starts, then Stops a minutes or so later....
View ArticleWhat is org.eclipse.osgi and its relationship to VMware Web Client 6?
Hi Everyone, Please could some help me understand what org.eclipse.osgi is and what its relationship to VMware Web Client 6 Service is? I'm asking because the VMware Web Client 6 Service Starts then...
View ArticleVCENTER Server 5.5 Update 3d how to enable TLS 1.2
Hello, I would like to know how to enable TLS 1.2 on VCENTER Server 5.5 Update 3d . Thanks
View Articlejava_pidXXXXX.hprof files - can they be deleted?
I have a number of large files, e.g. C:\ProgramData\VMware\Infrastructure\Profile-Driven Storage\Logs\java_pid12345.hprof on my vCenter server. Can they be safely be deleted? I can only find the...
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