vCenter Appliance 5.5 high wait and CPU
hi guys I have a vCenter Appliance 5.5 build 1476327, which is behaving very slow, VMs takes a long time to power on for example, I see using top high CPU overall usageand wait is 70%-80% which us very...
View ArticleVC appliance 5.5u1 - java consuming all cpu resources - is this thing ready...
Greetings, I've been running the 5.5 appliance since it was released last Sept. For the most part it worked well in our small Dev environment. I've now got a production implementation I'm working on. I...
View ArticleVCSA 5.5 Hostname Change Problem
Hi, I am working on getting a new implementation of VCSA v5.5 up and running and I have the VM created and working, but I am having an issue changing the name of the server. I am running the...
View ArticleNewly deployed vCenter Server 5.0U3 appliance will not allow any actions to...
I just created a new vCenter 5.0U3 server, set up its IP address, used the web access via the 5480 port to set up its embedded database and the other various details. Any attempt to access the web...
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 ArticleESXi disconnecting from Vcenter check
Hello, I was wondering if anyone knows of a Nagios check that checks if a ESXi (5.1) hosts gets disconnected from the Vcenter (5.1)? I've been looking for this check and can't seem to find one out...
View ArticleMigrating to a new vCenter Server and bringing the vDS intact?
Hi. We need to abandon the old (physical) vCenter Server and move everything to a new (virtual) one. It's currently on 5.0, but will be upgraded to 5.1 before the migration. The problem is that all VMs...
View Article"The specified key, name, or identifier already exists."
Although I have seen a few threads referencing the message... "The specified key, name, or identifier already exists." I have found a different scenario that generates this error. We had several...
View ArticleWeb client doesn't show storage devices or paths
When I click on a host, manage, storage and then storage adapters, I don't see anything on the Devices or Paths tabs when clicking on an HBA. I've tried both the 5.1 and 5.5 web clients, with Chrome...
View ArticlevSphere Webclient authentication takes 3-5 minutes to complete
Hey there, I have a vCenter Server Appliance here where the authentication step of the vSphere Client login takes 3-5 minutes every time a user wants to log in. When the user is finally logged in,...
View ArticleMigrate vSphere HA to new vCenter server without recreate HA
Hi VM experts, I have 3 HA clusters in existing environment. We are planning migration of vCenter servers. As I've researched, I know there is a way to migrate those HA cluster with recreating HA on...
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Change iSCSI Controller of virtual vCenter Server
I have a possible solution to this but wondering if anyone had a better idea? I have a vCenter server which is a virtual machine hosted on a VMware 5.0 U3 platform (4 Host HA cluster). The SCSI...
View ArticleFail to create Tag/Category for VirtualCenter
Hi, Two Virtual Center with 5.1 version. Just migrated a Custom Attribute to Tag for VC1. The migration looks fine but the Tag/Category shows in the other VC, VC2, and none of the VM managed by the VC1...
View ArticleHelp - The server took too long to respond vCenter 5.5, login fails need...
Hi folks, that error make me crazy i need help. Sporadically this error occurs when i try to login i need try twice to get in, other problem its a little delay to login (about 20 secs with loading on...
View ArticleCan't change virtual machine settings!
Hello I have recently upgraded our VMware estate to 5.5, however we use a virtual machine as the VSphere server. This has caused an issue because I have upgraded the VMware hardware to V10 and I would...
View ArticlevCenter Server 5.5 installation, MSSQL problem
Hi, I'm installing vCenter Server 5.5. I've already created MSSQL database, users and roles with all required permissions, using scripts from installation directory. During installing, after entering...
View ArticleWeek long headache with CA signed certificates on VCSA 5.5
After a week of deploying VCSA 5.5 over and over again, probably 18 times, and seeing what must be every SSL related error possible, I am asking advice here for those who may have stumbled through this...
View ArticleInstalling CA-signed SSL certificates on vCenter 5.1 (Server or Appliance)
I recently upgraded my ESXi 5.0 hosts to ESXi 5.1 and they all kept the CA-signed SSL certificates I previously installed. I did a fresh install of vCenter 5.1 Server where the same box ran SSO,...
View Article"Cannot connect to Storage service" Using web client and vCenter server...
Hello, I am using ESXi 5.5 and the latest VCVA , I can no longer see hardware status for the host and I get the error above when looking at Storage reportsfor any VM. I have rebooted the Host etc...
View ArticleVMware customization specification problem
Hi,I have vCener 5.5 and from web client when I create a vm from a template,First It powers on the vm and you can use it and after a long time starts restarting that vm and the customization process....
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