Scripted Installation vCSA
Installing vCSA from the web interface is working correctly, but we prefer to do a scripted installation. After creating the needed templates with the same information as provided with the Web...
View ArticlePlatform Services Controller deployment query
Some advice please? Can we have 2 vCenter servers on the same management stack with their own SSO domains (or is that integrated in Platform Services Controller now?) both pointing at the same AD for...
View ArticleUanble to type in the user name field of the vsphere web client after firefox...
so this morning I was working on my Ubuntu 14.04LTS laptop using Firefox to access the vSphere web client. It updated the version from 36.something to 37.0 and after restarting Firefox I can no longer...
View Articlewhich is the risk of not restart a vm vmware tools after upgrade
I have ESXi 5.1 and ESXi 5.5 on the same virtual environment, update manually VMware tools in a VM windows and was prompted to restart, as the vm is in production I can not do because they must request...
View ArticleConfused by supported databases for 5.5
I just started doing some research on compatibility and requirements for a vcenter server 5.1 to 5.5 upgrade and I'm a bit confused. I'm also not a database guy so the problem could be me. :/ Anyway, I...
View ArticleVMware Syslog Service not found in vCenter Server 6.0 Web client ?
In vSphere Web Client Home page, click System ConfigurationUnder System Configuration click Nodes and select a node from the listClick the Related Objects tab. VMware Syslog service not found. When I...
View ArticleMcAfee Exclusions & VMRC Console Problems
Constant problem opening a console window through vcenter client or web client. VMRC Console disconnected. After much troubleshooting and testing this finally worked.remove mcafeeremove/reinstall...
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Restoring from a .tib file with multiple MRRs and Multiple disks
I don't know if I'm in the right place for this question, but I can't find an answer for this anywhere else.I am trying to build a Windows XP VM from a tib file I got from a customer.From this...
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vcenter appliance hardware version question
Ok, I am behind the times and thinking of completely moving to the vcenter 5.5 appliance to get off my physical windows install of vcenter 5.1. I have some vm's with pretty beefy specs, so when I came...
View ArticleUpdate a stand-alone vCenter 5.5 linux appliance to vCenter 6.0?
I have a stand-alone VMware environment (no internet access) . . . It is running vCenter server 5.5 right now and I would like to upgrade it to server vCenter 6.0. I have downloaded the ISO available...
View ArticlevCenter 6.0 Install fails "The supplied system name is not valid"
I'm getting these errors when i try to install vCenter 6.0Firstboot script execution Error. The supplied System Name vcsa6.mydomain.com is not valid. Posts like this:...
View ArticleHow to redirect ESXi dump collector log on vCenter Server 6.0 ?
I want to redirect ESXi dump collector log on vCenter Server 6.0 D drive but no option available to do this. Checked VMware KB # 2002954 but dont find vmconfig-netdump.xml configuration file. I don't...
View ArticleCannot add hosts to new vCenter Install
We have had a 40 hypervisor "free license" ESXi setup running for a while as we found it a great option for our Overpowered remote location servers that need little maintenance. This allowed us to...
View ArticleNotification to be send for any VCenter alarm changes
Hi, We have bunch of VCenter alarms configured on VCenter 5.5 and we need to audit if anyone makes any changes to them. My requirement is that if anyone makes any sort of...
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missing vCenter Servers Objects
Hi all, I'm new to the vCenter Server side of things. My goal is to get vCenter FT working between 2 servers running ESXi 6. I'm using trial versions of both 2008 R2 and vCenter Server. I installed a...
View ArticleVMware Server 2.0.2 Batch Start
Hi everybody, i have a Problem starting a vm from a Batch script. The command i used is: vmrun.exe -T Server -h https://localhost:8333/sdk -u vmware -p vmware start "home-pc/home-pc.vmx" I got the...
View ArticlevCenter 6.0 send email using TLS
I just installed vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.0 and would like to be able to send email alerts directly from this appliance to my Office 365 email account "smtp.office365.com" but it requires port 587...
View ArticleOracle 12.1.0.2?
Has anyone heard any rumors about when vCenter Server will support Oracle 12.1.0.2?
View ArticleCreating vmdk files
We have files on a LUN that we would like to encapsulate into vmdk files. Can you advise if the procedure outlined below would be correct? Thank you. • vSphere & vCenter 5.5 • NFS and iSCSI...
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Not enough memory?
Good Morning, Has anyone ran into a problem like this when installing vCenter Server 6 (embedded) on a physical machine (see screenshot)? The server has 8 GB of RAM installed so I'm not sure why...
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