Single Sign On (aka SSO) and LDAP
I am at my wits end and wish to query the masses for any assistance. I upgraded vCenter from 5.0 to 5.1 and have had the joy of fighting with SSO. I am able to configure SSO to authenticate Active...
View Articlevcenter alarm environment variables
vSphere 6.0 Documentation CenterThe documentation above makes it seem like vCenter will create environment variables when specific alerts/alarms are triggered. I'm assuming, since the documentation...
View ArticleEnabling TLS 1.2 on ESXi 5.0 & Vcenter Server 5.0
Hi All, Can anyone help me, how to enable the TLS 1.2 on ESXi 5.0 and Vcenter 5.0. Thanks
View Articlecleaning out old logs in vcsa 6
any idea where I can clean out or remove old logs older than 6 month on the vcsa appliance?
View ArticleContent Library - Cannot create service "%s"
Has anyone seen this error before? I got to create a new Content Library location, and the vCenter errors and states Cannot create service "%s". This type of error also happens if I try to delete an...
View Articlevcsa 6.5 update - VAMI not working (SOLVED)
I updated vcsa 6.5 to build 4944578 (released 2/2/2017) and the management interface was not working after the update. Poking around I found that the vami-lighttp service startup was failing. Looking...
View ArticleTask failed Error: The remote server returned an error: (503) Server...
I had a power outage and both ESXi servers, including the vCenter virtual machine went down. Since than I have had a non accessible vCenter server but accessible ESXi servers. The error when tring to...
View ArticleUnable to Clone or Create VM's after Database Migration
We recently migrated our VCDB to a remote server. Since then, we cannot clone VM's, deploy from templates, or create new VM's. VMotion and Snapshots are working fine. When attempting to clone, it...
View ArticleAD authentication issues
Hi all.I have 3 ESXi hosts, which I (successfully) joined to domain.Hosts are 5.5, same build, same DNS settings, same NTP settings all 3 servers joined domain successfully, all 3 have computer...
View ArticleHow Install Already Sysprep Windows OS converted as Template
HI Team,I have Created VM with windows 2012 R2 OS and then run the Sysprep /generalize /shutdown /oobe after this command OS is in shutdown state.then I have converted this as template. Now I am trying...
View ArticleCannot login vrops@vsphere.local@
On my Vcenter 6.0 I am seeing this event coming up all the time and I am not able to login to vROPS using my AD credentialsAny clue what is broken ?????
View ArticleIs it possible to delete an STS Signing Chain from SSO?
Hi all, I have an external vCenter 6.0 u2 appliance connected to an external 6.0 u2 PSC appliance. In the past some other PSCs have been used but then they were decommissioned and deleted and the...
View Articlevcenter server 6.0 to 6.5u1e upgrade error
I got this error when trying to upgrade from vcenter 6.0 to 6.5u1e any idea?
View ArticleDatacenter Folder for VMs
I am in vcenter under VM and template view. When I create a folder at root level and try to put VMs in it, it gives me an error Are VM folders restricted only per DAtacenter? I am trying tp put...
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 Articlehost profile - errors mismatched parameters for pspdeviceconfigurationprofile
I exported my settings from a esxi server into a host profile. but after exporting and checking the host for compliance it fails with this error any idea?
View Articlevccenter alarm for predictive disk failure
how do I get alerted for predictive disk failure for vcenter alarms. I do not see a definition
View ArticleVMware Client Integration Plugin 6.0 install failed - solution
Hi, I tried install VMware Client Integration Plugin 6.0 for deploy new vCenter Server VA and I received this error:There is a problem with this Windows Installer package.A program run as part of the...
View ArticlevSphere new install SSO fails
Using VMUG, so I'm high and dry here otherwise. Brand new install, Server 2012 R2 host VM. Absolutely cannot log in, have no idea on the direction to go since even the admin account password I set...
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