vCSA 5.5.0a - Users with spaces are unable to authenticate
I am not able to login to the vSphere Web Client or full client when the username contains spaces. I was able to figure this out after some troubleshooting. I created a user named "Testing" and it...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 Console through proxy
Hello. Essentially we have a 5.5 Cluster setup that works great. Local access works fine from terminals on the network. However remote users access the network typically via proxy over an SSH tunnel....
View ArticleAdding/Viewing ESX hosts local datastore in vCenter
Hey all, I'm glad to join these forms and hope I don't get shot down for not having a VM cert (I'm trying hard to find out where and how to get it) I have recently graduated with a Network Managing...
View Article"Reset Alarm to Green" not available
We have a vSphere4 vCenter server running. Now there are some triggered alarms, which I can Acknowledge. But I also want to clear it, so the alarm goes green. The problem is that the menu "Reset...
View ArticleAdding Hosts With Existing VMs to "Greenfield" DRS Enabled Cluster
I am currently involved in an evaluation project for Hypervisor 5.5 and vCenter. Existing are 2 physical servers with redundant everything and 8 SAS hot swap hard drive bays. Initially, of the 8 bays...
View ArticleEnable EVC Mode from VMware vCenter Server Appliance
Hello, I am fairly new to vSphere. I have two hosts running ESXi 5.1 One of those hosts is running the "VMware vCenter Server Appliance" with vSphere version 5.5. I currently have a single cluster...
View ArticleGetting continous event on vCenter
Hi, We had implemented vSphere 5.1 in our environment along with heartbeat and vCOPS. Now the issue is we are getting continuous events in our vCenter server as 'Cannot login username @127.0.0.1'. I...
View ArticleConfiguration Tab
I feel really dumb asking this but why don't I have a "Configuration Tab" for my guests? I need to set the "On ESX Server startup, Guest Power options" so that my guests start automatically when the...
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 ArticleCreate Host Profile from Reference Fails 5.5b Device Alias duplicated within...
Cannot create a host profile on this brand new cluster of HP DL980's. vCenter 5.5b and ESXi build 5.5.0 1474528. I get the following error: Call "HostProfileManager.CreateProfile" for object...
View ArticleVcenter Appliance 5.5 Network
Hi All, I have vcenter 5.5 setup but when I try to manage it via the weclient it just constantly hangs (the client) I couldn't even enter the foundation license. Is there a common task that has to be...
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 ArticleUnable to open console in vSphere Web Client after 5.5 upgrade.
We are unable to open the console of any VM through vSphere Web Client following the upgrade to 5.5 This goes for all user groups including administrators.When you right click on the VM to get the menu...
View ArticleMinor bug in web client when entering VLAN
I seem to have run across a minor bug in the web client when entering a VLAN. I'm running vCenter Server 5.5 (appliance).To replicate:Create a portgroup on a standard switch with VLAN 4000.Try to...
View ArticleHA events after upgrading to vSphere 5
Hi all, Starting to come across some niggling issues since upgrading, I knew this would happen on such a large environment adopting pretty early.The latest is an issue with HA, It seams to be...
View ArticleBest Practice statement from VMware regarding VM CPU Affinity settings?
I am creating documentation/policies documentation for my company, and am required to find official VMware statements regarding any best practices that I assert. After studying up on CPU Affinity, it...
View ArticlevCenter Converter 4.2.0 - Unable to contact the specified host.
Hi, I've searched all over the internet and been working with VMware tech support, but I am unable to find a solution. I am running vSphere 4.1 on Windows 2008 R2 and all is working well, except I am...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 service could not start
I had running vCenter 5.1 update 2 in a Windows Server 2008 standard. I did an upgrade from Windows 2008 standard to a WIndows 2012 Standart. Now the VMware VirtualCenter service could not start. I...
View ArticleWhen will web client support for IE 11 be implemented? Its not in the...
When will ESXI 5.5 support IE 11? The 3/11/2014 release of update 1 did not include support for IE 11.Windows 8.1 does not support installing older versions of IE.
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Download vSphere 5.1 web client integration plug-in error
I am getting an IE error when trying to download the client integration plug-in :- I have put the IE settings to Low security for Internet and disabled pop-ups. Any ideas please ?
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