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External PSC Replication Partner with more than one PSC
Can an external PSC be installed as a replication partner with an existing embedded PSC that is not replicating with anyone and a replication partner with another external PSC? We are trying to bring...
View ArticleESXI 5.5 Manual Migrations that shouldn't be allowed
Good Afternoon,My question is can I somehow block hosts in one cluster from migrating to hosts / storage in a second cluster when both clusters are managed by the same Vcenter Server?Notes- All...
View ArticleTime configuration
Hi When configuring Time configuration for the ESXi hosts.I have entered the NTP server ip addresses.Under the Tab General - startup policy i can see the three options. 1. Start automatically if any...
View ArticlePLEASE HELP! vcenter server missing error, services not starting (sso & vpxd)
1.whenever i try to access vcenter thru the client i receive an error : server missing 2. SSO service starts then stops - 'stopping' after a reboot3. vpxd service not starting with error 1000 - not...
View ArticlevCenter Events filter using multiple entities
Hi, I'm trying to fetch vCenter events using Java SDK. In my vCenter setup, I have a data center and a cluster. There are 'n' number of DVS switches under the data center. New DVS switches may also get...
View ArticleRDM Luns Shows less capacity in SFS partition not the full capacity
Hi, We have extended the one of the RDM LUN from 740 GB to 1.07 TB. RDM device was presented to Windows VM and the VM is running in vSphere 5.5 Environment. After extended the LUN from the storage, we...
View Articlewebserver https port for vcenter 6.0
Hello How can I programmatically obtain the custom https port for vcenter 6.0? is there a configuration file or registry key for example? ThanksElizabeth
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"VMware highly recommends." Version 5.5U3b and earlier version hosts?
Hi, I will shortly be setting up a new Dell server with ESXi. The lowest compatible version it can run is 5.5U3. I have two existing servers running their highest compatible ESXi version which is...
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vCenter 6 Web Client doesn't load any items Not empty inventory error
We are at 6 U2 and this issue has plagued us since the first migration to v6. We have a external PSC for all vCenters and a total of 4 vCenters connected. Around every 3 days the issue occurs...
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Permissions in vCenter 6.0 - limiting access to VMs
I am trying to set up permissions in vCenter 6.0 by setting up groups and limiting access to folders by groups. These permissions work in the VMs and Templates view, in the Datastores view and Networks...
View Articlevsphere appliance log size
Hi, How can I limit specific logging in vsphere server appliance? For instance i have the default /storage/log 10G partition with almost 1G in /storage/log/vmware/vsphere-client/logs/access/.Those are...
View ArticleVM do not appear in Horizon Administrator
I created a VM in VSphere Client and it does not appear in Horizon 7 administrator. What am I missing? When VM appears in Horizon?
View ArticleCannot start VM
Hi,we created a VM and when trying to start I get the following error:An error was received from the ESX host while powering on VM VGLI3.Failed to start the virtual machine.Failed to power on VM.Could...
View ArticlevSphere 5.5U3 - Cannot enable DRS affinity Rule
I have created a vApp with 16 VMs in a vSphere 5.5 enabled cluster. In each vApp, a two VMs (total of 8 pairs) that need to reside on the same host as they are connection to an Internal Only virtual...
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vshpere client could not connect to "Vcenter". You do not have permissions to...
My vmware webclient is working absolutely fine , but vi client is throwing error that i do not have permissions to login. Not only this, i can not login to any of the hosts individually using my domain...
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Host profile remediation failing
One for the forums, as I can't find the error on Google or Bing, and being a home lab it doesn't really warrant a support call... I've set up Host Profiles in my vCenter server, extracted from a host...
View ArticleVCenter Server Appliance 5.5 and VMWare Tools
Un-installing an re-installing of the VMWare tools on VCSA 5.5 worked. Followed vCenter Server Appliance update and VMware ToolsBut i still see that the VMWare Tools for the Simulated hosts still show...
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Removing VM from inventory database implications
Hi, I'm wanting to know, if I remove a VM from the inventory, what happens at the DB level? Are the records (tasks/events I'm concerned about) purged or retained under some other unique ID? As I've...
View ArticlePlease Let me know clear steps to update vCenter 5.1 U3 Linux appliance to...
Please Let me know clear steps to update vCenter 5.1 U3 Linux appliance to 5.1 Update 3b using an OVA file
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Big ldf file.
Hello there.I got MS SQL Server 2008R2 (well, appwiz.cpl says so, however if I remember it right, R3 update was installed, but I don`t know how to figure it out), Windows Server 2012 R2.I really newb...
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