Maximum number of snapshots
Is there any limit on the number of times an image can be snap shotted or is this solely dependent on disk space?
View Article5.1 SSO Multisite Question
Is it correct that multisite mode only really exists to provide faster local site access to a SSO server and if access to the primary SSO server is lost then both vCenter servers are affected even...
View ArticlevSphere Standard Switch
Hi, 1). What is the maximum vSphere standard switch can be created on a host ? 2). Configuration maximum for = Total virtual network switch ports per host (VDS and VSS ports) - 4096 My...
View Articleremove one path from a host
Hi.I have in my vSphere environment 4 ESXi 5 hosts, all of them connected with redundant path towards the storage arrays. Now i need to remove one path on each host because i want to create a fabric...
View ArticleWeb Client doesn´t like Internet Explorer
We have a real weird issue with the VSphere Web Client 5.1 U1. In our productive Installation the web Client does not Show any site if we are using Internet Explorer. If we are using Firefox or Chrome...
View ArticleVC tool to export Configuration informaiton
Hello, I am looking for a tool or a way to extract the information found under the configuration tab. For my particular task i need the information in the Hardware section, Storage Adapters view. How...
View ArticleLink VC 5.5 to environment with VC 5.1
I currently have 6 virtual center servers. My main VC is running 5.1 and they are all linked. I am setting up a new environment at a remote location and want to use VC 5.5. Can I link VC 5.5 to my...
View ArticleUpgrade from 5.1 to 5.5 with SRM
I currently have VC 5.1 installed and have SRM configured. If I upgrade to VC 5.5, will SRM still work or will I have to install and configure a new version of it?
View ArticleVCSA SSO doesn't like AD groups with spaces?
Has anyone else come across this issue? I recently installed the vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 and configured single sign on to log on with our domain accounts running on a Windows 2008 R2 active...
View ArticleCan't seem to verify new host with vsphere web client
Trying to install Hotlink's Hybrid Express. Last step is to add their EC2 agent vm as a host. It works up to a point but ends up saying that it cannot verify the SSL cert. I've tried going into Vsphere...
View ArticleRookie Clustering Question
Hello All -- We are currently deploying VMware 5.1 under the Essentials license, 1 vCenter server managing 3 ESXi hosts. I discovered that although the license doesn't enable vMotion, HA or most of the...
View Articlevob.net.vmnic.linkstate.down
Good Day!!! I would like to set an alarm for an event "vob.net.vmnic.linkstate.down" in vCenter. Is that possible? vob.net.vmnic.linkstate.down message can be either found in meesage.log file in ESXi...
View ArticleAsk about database vcenter contain
Hi All, Sorry for newbie question, i wanna ask about database vcenter contain besides performance history , task and event. Is the database contain configuration vcenter too like ha, drs, and extension...
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Permissions to Restart and Shutdown a ESX Host
hey everybody, we need to set the permission for a specific group of people to shutdown and restart the ESX host. We managed to get it working with the permission for "Maintenance Mode" under "Host...
View ArticleLogin Active Directory issues for vCenter 5.5
Hi all, I need some help on setup new vcenter 5.5. I'm able to login with administrator@vsphere.local. I'd able to add in identity source for Active Directory via the "active directory" or by LDAP....
View ArticleVcenter Virtual Appliance 5.5 SSO
I am trying to setup Vmware Vcenter Virtual appliance 5.5 in my lab environment with my 5.1 ESXI server. So far I have managed to deploy the OVA file and set it up to what I feel is the correct setup...
View ArticleMigrate between 2 VM Host
I have a Windows 2003 server running on one VM host and wants to migrate to another VM Host. It has 600 GB data and wants to lower the downtime. And we don't have VMotion. Does any one have a fast...
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vCenter 5.5 Appliance and AD authentication
hi guys I just installed a new vCenter 5.5 Appliance latest version released few days ago (anyway I having the issue with both 5.5 version released so far). the problem is I am adding the same values...
View ArticlevCenter Web Client and "Use the Customization Wizard to temporarily adjust...
Has anyone else noticed that the option to "Use the Customization Wizard to temporarily adjust the specification before deployment" that exists in the C# client when deploying a machine from a template...
View ArticlevCenter Storage Monitoring Service Service Initialization failed after...
I recently upgraded from vCenter 5.1 to 5.5. After the upgrade I began to get health warnings for the VMware vCenter Storage Monitoring Service that say "Service initialization failed". I have rebooted...
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