Web Client access to vCenter Appliance
. When I try to login to the vCenter Server Appliance as administrator@vsphere.local the interface accepts my credentials and then just keeps loading and reloading the vmware logo over and over. It...
View ArticleHow to perform "side-by-side" migration from vCenter 5.5 to 6.0 U1?
Hi, I got question regarding "side-by-side" upgrade and/or migration from Windows Server 2008 R2 VM with vCenter Server 5.5 with SQL Express and Update Manager to new fresh Windows Server 2012 R2 VM...
View ArticlevCenter Essentials, multi-site SSO/PSC, Enhanced Linked Mode
In vCenter 6.0 with Platform Services Controller 6.0, I realize that the new "Enhanced Linked Mode" is enabled by default when you join a 2nd PSC/SSO node to an existing PSC/SSO domain. This is great...
View ArticleLinked mode - 5.5 linked to 6.0?
I have two 5.5 vCenters in Linked Mode. A PROD and a DEV. I want to upgrade DEV to 6.0u1b. After the upgrade, can I re-link PROD 5.5 to the DEV 6.0 instance? This does not seem to be documented...
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VC 6.0
I have installed VC 6.0 fresh in the os and pointed to the old SQL -VCDB .In the vsphere client i can login but all the host in the cluster showing in disconnected state. what could be the reason....
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Error importing OVA file
Hello, I'm trying to import an OVA file and I get the error: "A vCenter Server resource is missing or invalid. Either the resource was modified while the operating system was running or the server is...
View ArticleConnecting to the SSO server returns : Unsupported nested context...
All, Learning vSphere from scratch, to do some dev against the vSphere Server. Just trying to get the samples to build and run. They build without any errors or warnings on VS2013 (upgraded to .Net4)...
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VCSA 6.0u1 (updated from VCSA 6.0) vSphere Web Client error
After I upgraded my VCSA 6.0 to 6.0u1, I can't login to the vSphere Web Client. How to upgrade from VCSA 5.x & 6.x to VCSA 6.0 Update 1? | virtuallyGhetto Adobe Flash clock animation spins for a...
View ArticleCan't install or upgrade to VCSA 6
I'm attempting to either install or upgrade a vCenter Server appliance to version 6.I've tried installing it from scratch on an ESXi 6 host.I've tried installing it from scratch on an ESXi 5.5...
View Articlevm mac address
I have migrated around 40 virtual machines from one virtual center to new virtual center along esxi host.now i am having a duplicate MAC address problem. some times my old vcenter takes a MAC address...
View ArticleRemove an "active certificate" from a 6.0 PSC
Hello. I have a 6.0 vCenter and 6.0 External PSC. Am I able to remove an "Active" cert from the PSC using either the GUI or a command? I've looked around but can't find any way to do it. I'll keep...
View ArticleCannot Use Windows Session Credentials in vSphere Client (6.0 U1)
I experienced this issue of not being able to use Windows session credentials with the 6.0 vcenter appliance, but after upgrading to U1 that is supposed to fix the issue (according to this kb), the...
View Articlevpxd log error messages - login failure question
Services won't start up. I'm trying to move my database (from localhost/sql express) to a sql server. I moved the database over and am getting a "Login failure" messages. Here is a sample of...
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Cannot Create Content Library
Hi all I'm running in a strange issue. When trying to create a Content Library through vSphere Web Client, I'm always getting an error that states that The operation failed because "this method...
View ArticleVM Max Disk Latency Alarm - BAD TRIGGERS
vCenter Build: 4.1.0, 345043ESX Build: 4.1.0, 348481 I am trying to create an alert for VM Max Disk Latency (ms), I went through configuring the alarm and all seemed good, but as soon as I hit "OK" my...
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Host profiles not applying
I'm hoping someone can help me while I wait on vmware support, this has got me scratching my head as to why. I'm in the process of moving from AMD to Intel Hosts, as part of that process I'm also...
View ArticleHow will adding hosts to a New vCenter 6.0 VCA install affect my vmware...
I am getting PostgresSQL and VCSServiceManager errors when upgrading a windows 2008 vcenter 5.0 to 6.0 update1. Can I just create a new vCenter 6.0 VCA and join the hosts to this vCenter?What would I...
View ArticleEMC VSI and Update 1b
Anyone else here using EMC's VSI vSphere plug-in? I'm having problems managing my VNX after the 1b Update. No context menus are seen in vCenter.
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no uplinks in dvSwitch created by UCS Manager in vCSA 6.0u1b
I trying to setup UCS vnic passthru in vCenter Server Appliance 6.0u1b. I had:updated my UCS domain to version 2.2(6f);installed VMware-VCSA-all-6.0.0-3343019.iso;installed ESXi 5.1 with last updates...
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template actions grayed out
Hi, Today I've found out that for one of my templates some of the actions are grayed out. I can successfully deploy vm from this template, however I can't convert it to vm, nor rename it, nor remove it...
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