Events notification email is posible in vcenter 5.1
I want to receive the events notification via email, just like Alarm notification. is it possible in vCenter Server 5.1? Note:- When new VM will be created by any user then its notification should be...
View ArticleFresh install of vCenter 5.1 - "Invalid license key: License file not found"
I did a fresh install of vCenter in my lab, starting at 5.1. Installed everything on D:\ without any errors (vCSSO, Inventory service, vCenter, Web Client, etc), and it all worked fine. I entered in...
View ArticlePrivileges with user in multiple groups
Hi all, I'm having a problem regarding privileges on a farm at my job place. The problem is this: my user is part of a group (authenticated against an Active Directory domain) that has the role of...
View ArticleMissing Virtual Machine Fields
Recently we noticed that when looking at the virtual machine tab in VCenter Server there were certain machines that had information missing. For example, the DNS column had a number of machines with no...
View ArticleUnable to connect to vcenter, vmware sso service failed to initialize status...
Dear all, I have configured vcenter through vcenter appliance. My vcenter and inventory services are up and running, database and SSO are embedded, the network configuration is perfect, but still I am...
View ArticleSnaphots & virtual hardware
Does reverting to a previous snapshot bring back the old virtual hardware the VM had and remove the hardware which has been added after the snapshot .? For example,1. I have a VM with 1 NIC.2. Now I...
View ArticleVCenter Server 5.1 show migrated VM on old and new Storage
Hello, we update 2 vsphere 5.0 Hosts to 5.1 and the vcenter too. Now we connect new Storage to the vsphere Hosts and migrate some of the VMs on the new Store.(all of them have latest VMtools...
View Articlessl verification failure for "ip" due to a host thumbprint mismatch.
Hello.Have big problem with vSphere clientToday i press button Clear SSL certificate in IE on my Windows 7 OSThen i faced with strange issueI'm trying connect to vm console (client connected to...
View Articleupgrade vCenter 5.0 to 5.5
Hi, we want to upgrade our vCenter 5.0 to 5.5 with update. does someone have any tips or doc that can help us? thanks.
View ArticlevCenter 5.1.0U1b update to 5.5 fails (Error 1603)
I keep getting errors while trying to install vCenter 5.5 Single Sign-On which results in a rollback.I tried it with Simple Install and Custom Install.I already tried to delete the CIS Folder and...
View ArticleStart fresh with new vCenter 5.5 install vs upgrade?
I've been trying to get my vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 install to migrate to 5.5 OK, but it's giving me headaches. Some interface elements are missing, I can't get consoles to work, etc. That said,...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client on OSX no mouse pointer issue
I have upgraded vCenter server to 5.5.0a which makes available client integration tools for OSX, which means that virtual consoles through vSphere web client are supposed to be supported on Mac. In...
View ArticleMaximium vCPU per VM in the Essentials and Essentials plus bundles.
Hi,We are looking to build a tactical development environment and are looking at using the 5.1 Essentials bundle but have a problem. I have found two documents stating different max vCPUs per vm, on...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client - Do not have access to a vCenter Server 5.1 system
Using vSphere Web Client 5.1Trying to access vcenter 5.1 server Logged in as admin@system-domainNo vcenter server listed.Suggested troubleshooting steps:Verify that the vCenter Server system was...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client - wrong date/time format?
Hi. In the vSphere Web Client, it seems the dates/times are always displayed in American format (mm/dd/yyyy, h:mm AM/PM) instead of my computer's and my vCenter (Windows) Server's correct...
View ArticleCould not start vCenter Server appliance
Hello, we have been using vCenter server (5.0 and 5.1) on Windows Server 2003 for a long time. Now, with vCenter Server 5.5 there is a need for Windows Server 2008 64-bit and accompanying database...
View ArticleCan't use Remote Console in Web Client: "SSL verification failure for...
I'm brand new to vSphere 5.5. I just upgraded a 4.1U1 install and everything went well. However, now that I'm trying to work with the web client, I can't actually connect to any of my VMs via the...
View ArticleJDBC error upgrading vCenter to 5.1
I searched high and low, went through all the previous posts I could find, but can't get past this pesky JDBC error while upgrading the vCenter 5.0 to 5.1. The SSO bit went without any issue, but this...
View ArticleStorage service is not initialized
vCenter5.1 and all esxi5.1 servers - no upgrades, all fresh installs. I get a "Storage service is not initialized, please try again later" when i click on the storage views tab. The sms logs are full...
View ArticlevCenter 5 install : Could not connect to DB with specified JDBC URL
I am trying to get vCenter 5 installed on Windows 2008 R2 severSql express 2008 R2 installedWhen I try to connect to install it I receive:Could not connect to database with specified JDBC URL I also...
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