Performing vMotion using VMware vCenter server fails with the error:...
Hello, I performed storage VMotion to new EMC Unity Data Store, i get below errors in the vcenter server:"com.vmware.sps.fault.qsconnectionException""A general system error occurred: Failed to write to...
View ArticleVCSA 6U3b Certificate Replacement
It's amazing there is nothing out in VMware KB (or Google) land about the (I thought) simple task of generating new certificates in the VMCA for expiring certificates. I have a month before they...
View ArticleHow to properly shutdown vCenter appliance 6.0U2?
I have vCenter Appliance Server 6.0U2a running on ESXi 6.0U2 host which hosts about 15 VMs. Also on the same host, I have an Active Directory Windows 2012 R2 VM Server which is also a DNS server. At...
View ArticleVSphere 6.5.0.5100 Export Problem !!!!
hello everybody I have two problems in export:1- when I try to export OVF I can't found drop-down menu for OVA templet2- when I try to export OVF 3-files will download (ISO, VMDK&OVF) why even when...
View ArticleError while trying to fetch {baseComplianceStatus} from property provider in...
Hi , I am a storage plugin developer for VMware and our plugin sits on VMware web client. Not able to list down provisioning operations in this particular Vcenter (we have to show list of provisioning...
View ArticlePros and Cons of running Windows 8/10 in a production VCenter Server Farm
Recently, I have been asked by my boss to setup a Windows 10 VM in my VCenter server farm. To be frank, I didn't know how to really respond to that. I know that workstation os run more iops and are...
View ArticleHow to Monitor vCenter Appliance 6.0
Hi, We have started to use the vCenter appliance now instead of the windows version. For the Windows install we used to monitor the VMware services and if the vpxd.exe service stopped it would raise an...
View ArticleMigrate from vCenter 6.0 to VCSA 6.5
Hi, Would like to bounce a question off of the community. I am testing in my lab and have got to a point where I need validation on what I think is the problem. I am working through the process of...
View ArticleThe VMRC console has disconnected.. attempting to reconnect
Seeing this error on my Virtual Center client while tryign to get to the console.. We are running Virtual Center 5.0 Build 455964 Anyone now how to fix it?
View ArticleVCSA 6.0 to 6.5 Stage 2 problem
Good afternoon everyone I'm trying to upgrade my lab VCSA 6.0 to 6.5. I did upgrade it successfully a few months ago but broke it running HA, so reverted back to the v6 one. Trying again. Stage 1...
View ArticleData is not collected for the current statistics level
I am not seeing any data under perfomance for a datastore in web client. what do I need to turn on to get this?
View ArticleThe type initializer for threw an exception for...
When running VI Client 4 or 4 U1, on Vista SP1 x64, I get the following error message. The type initializer for threw an exception for 'VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.ClientsXml' threw an exception. and...
View ArticlevCenter 6.5 Fresh Install on WHS 2011 Fails
I am trying to make a fresh install of vCenter 6.5 on a very basic WHS 2011 server using:- Embedded Option- VMWare DB There are a lot of similar errors that I've seen KBs for, but none that actually...
View ArticleHelp! Can not reset administrator password.
Hello. Can anybody help me, please. When i`m resetting passoword for administrator@vsphere.local in my Vsphere 6, i get such error: "VmDirForceResetPassword failed (5)"What am i doing wrong?For...
View ArticleOVF Error
I have vcenter 6.5 and I created some vms that I extracted as ovf templates and when I tried to import the ovf file into a different vcenter I get an error that says "manifest file entry is invalid...
View Article[Help] Platform services controller error 500
I recently rebooted my VMWare vCenter/vSphere platform services controller, and tried to access the web interface and got this, It's running on Windows and I did a standard Windows reboot. (Server 2012...
View Articlevmware-dataservice-sca status changed from yellow to green
Hello , Below vCenter 6.0 U1 alarm frequently changing, any idea ? alarm.VsphereClientHealthAlarm - Event: Status change (7582963) Summary: vsphere-client status changed from green to yellow Date:...
View ArticleHigh cpu Event ID 1000
We receive tons of Event ID 1000 Issue is High cpu and cannot rdp to vm. it is s a virtual machine. Noticed that the vpxd-profiler.log had tons of calls to the Performance manager API from account:...
View Articlevcsa 6.5 backup completion status
How can i check the vcsa 6.5 backup completion status, if i logged out from vcenter appliance management interface?
View ArticleError updating vCenter 5.5 to 6.0
Hello. Error updating vCenter 5.5 to 6.0 during database export.What can be?I update it under the domain administrator, who has access to SQL Server Management Studio.Logs attached....
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