Limit concurrent vCenter tasks
Is there a setting in vCenter to throttle number of concurrent tasks? I really want to control number of snapshots that can be done at 1 given time. As to not overload my vCenter. Lets say no more...
View ArticlevSphere 5.5 Can NOT change SSO password policy
So I had this issue in beta and RC. Either it did not get fixed or I'm still doing it wrong. Everytime I try to change the SSO password policy to 0 which is never expire I get and error. Basically...
View ArticleTeaming doubt
Guys, Suppose if I have 4 VM's sitting on an esxi host. For an instance consider VM1 and VM3 is communicating with Vmnic0 (active) and VM2 and VM4 with Vmnic1( active). Since it is an active-active...
View ArticleHow to troubleshoot if DAVG value is high?
Hi Guys, Can anyone suggest me the steps or a workaround to mitigate situations with high DAVG value. KAVG value is under limit. Many Thanks.
View ArticleRemove a datastore from an old Host webclient
So I followed the following document to remove the datastores from an ESXi Host that had failed Unable to remove a datastore from the vCenter Server 4.x / 5.x inventory (1026661) It removed the...
View ArticleHow datastore are selected by vcenter for Datastore heartbeat?
Guys,Hope all is well. I have a doubt on this. What if all of my datastores are shared among all the host in a cluster. What if I am having a combination of iscsi, RDM and FC in my cluster? How vcenter...
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 5.5b - SSO Identity Sources - 'alias' value should not be empty
I managed to add my VCSA to a Windows Server 2012 Domain, but when I tried to add the domain as an identity source, the VCSA seemed to accept this, but now I cannot manage my identity sources. I keep...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 on W2k8 R2 - Simple Install fails
So I'm trying to install vCenter 5.5 on a VM running W2K8 R2 and it fails every time.Done a bunch of google searches - seems like other people are having same failures.Mine the simple install just...
View ArticlevCenter Login Timeouts
I am having an issue with vCenter where periodically I get an error of a timeout via DNS name or IP address. Its not a credentials issue as I works sometimes, but then other times it doesn't. What log...
View ArticleVMware Vcenter 5.5 download Link
Hello, I want to install VCenter please share the exact link of download VMware vcenter server as there are many Vcenter products i want the one who is managing the multiple Esxi hosts. I download one...
View ArticlevCenter adding and removing NIC
I have removed the NIC from my vcenter server because I was having some network issues with that server, now when I try to add a new one the network label drop down is blank? I am using 5.1 with vDS. I...
View ArticleCan't login to vCenter
The authentication server returned an unexpected error: ns0:RequestFailed: Internal Error while creating SAML 2.0 Token. The error may be caused by a malfunctioning identity source. Ideas? Cant login...
View ArticleMoving an ESX/ESXi host with vDS from one vCenter Server to another (1029498)...
I'm reading KB 1029498 VMware KB: Moving an ESX/ESXi host with vDS from one vCenter Server to another, and I'm confused on how to to perform step #2 if my management vmkernel virtual adapter is part of...
View ArticleWeb Client on VCenter appliance can't connect to VCenter - Admin-cmd scripts...
Hi I have deployed a vcenter appliance (5.5.0), and changed the SSL certs. When I log in to the web client on this appliance, it can now not connect to the vcenter. I found the articles to register the...
View ArticleVM invalid state
Hi Team, The VM is in Invalid state and if i try to power on the VM it's throw"Failed to find a host for powering on the virtual machine.the following faults explain why the registered host is not...
View Articleimpact on HA slot size calculation or on cluster
Hi, What will be impact on HA slot size calculation or on cluster, due to heterogeneous cluster. Basically I want to have cluster with: 3 ESXi of 512 GB RAM2 ESXi of 256 GB RAM How it will invite...
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Error #1034 in web client when accessing Administration page
Think this happened before Update 1 on 5.1 but everytime I try to enter the Administration page in the web client I get what looks like a Flash error. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the web client...
View ArticleProblem connecting to VCenter with vsphere
Guys, Need your help, on friday for an as yet unknown reason our VCenter server stopped allowing direct connections to it. We have 4 servers in linked mode and you can connect to one of the others...
View ArticleCluster sizing best practices - when and why to spawn a new cluster?
I'm looking for some guidelines to follow regarding cluster sizing. I know about the limits - but the question at hand is more "best practice" than limits. Is there a strategy for sizing that reflects...
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