vCenter Appliance Installation error - Cannot start Component Manager /...
Hello all, I am stuck with installing the vCenter Server Appliance 6.5: I get the error message "error while starting service 'cm'" or (2nd try) "cannot register license service with component...
View ArticleVMware vSphere Web Client - migrate option greyed out
When selecting a VM to migrate the option to migrate is greyed out. In fact, Power On, Migrate, Revert to Current Snapshot are greyed out. I would like to migrate this VM to another host and...
View ArticleWindows vCenter 6.0 with External PSC Patching Methodology
Hello all, I thought this would be pretty well documented but I just can't find it anywhere. I have two sites and in each site there is a single Windows PSC server and 2x Windows vCenter servers. The...
View Articlevcsa6.5 networks
just fired this appliance up to take a look. have attached one host, but host is still at 6.0.0,5572656 looking at "Network"'s, it show the three that I already had on Standard Sw. How do I add another...
View ArticleUserinit.exe registry changes on first boot of clone machine
Hello Team,I have a issue and want to understand how userinit registry works when a clone machine starts. So the below is the scenario:I have a Virtual machine where I have modified the registry path...
View ArticleAlarms mail setting
I have a question about the SMTP function in virtual center i have configured the vCenter Server Setting => Select Mail sender setting. I filled in SMTP sever and the Sender Account...
View ArticleCancelling a cold datastore migration
Hi All! Is this safe to do? I've found two articles that have kind of mixed feedback. Unfortunately its around 1.7TB and has been running since early Saturday morning, now being Monday morning the...
View ArticleProblem with last command when configuring PSC HA in 6.5
Hi all, I am configuring PSC HA in a 6.5 environment.All appliances are at the 6.5 express patch 3 version level. (I copied and replaced the updateSSOConfig.py and UpdateLsEndpoint.py scripts from a...
View ArticleMigrate from Windows vCenter 6.5 to VCSA 6.5
Hi there,Is there a migration path from a Windows vCenter 6.5 to a VCSA 6.5? The migration tool said not supported
View ArticleNot 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...
View Articlevcenter u3b upgrade from u3a
I tried to upgrade from vcenter 6.0 u3a to u3b on windows platform. it was straight forward upgrade on the psc. but when i tried upgrading vcenter, it prompted me to unisntall vcenter completely...
View Articlerollup jobs explained
Hi, could someone explain to me relations between vpx_hist_stat[1-4] and vpx_sample_time[1-4] tables in vPostgres database?Why 1-4?How rollup jobs are working? What's the logic? thx vmrale
View ArticleThe available memory resources in the parent resource pool are insufficient...
Hello, I have been trying to power on a Nexus 1000V VM running on an ESXi 5.1 on a vSphere vCenter 5.5 and i keep getting an error message concerning available memory resources. I am running on a...
View ArticleDeploy VMs from content library - no customization options in deployment wizard
I am running vCenter Server 6.5 build 6816762 and VCSA 6.5 build 6816762 in 2 test environments. I have a customization specification which needs to enter hostname and IP during deployment. however...
View ArticleVCSA 6.0 ISO?
This is my last option. I am a college student setting up a esxi 6.0 lab to study for certification. If anyone can help or give info I would greatly appreciate it. I am trying to locate the software...
View ArticleUnable to open vSphere Client 6.0 on Win10
Hello I have a windows 10 pro Laptop and I recently installed vSphere Client 6.0 and I am unable to launch it. When I click on the vSphare icon nothing happens.I see the task running on taskmanager but...
View ArticleScheduling VCSA 6.0 database backup?
I recently upgraded from vCenter 5.5 on Windows, with MS SQL database, to the VCSA 6.0 u3b. Previously, backing up the SQL database was easy; we use EMC Networker, and I just added the SQL server to...
View ArticleHelp for migrating VMs to new host
I'm getitng new hardware in a site and I am migrating all VMs off are old hardware and I wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts on what I might be missing. This is a vSphere 6.0 environment (both...
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