Multi-Site vSphere Environments - Best Way to use VCENTER
Afternoon, Want to run a few ideas off the community. I have a interesting but I think common problem that I want to get suggestions on. Have a client with Multiple Production Sites. Each site has its...
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upgrade 5.1 to 5.5 : error 87 SSO install
Hello i want to upgrade vcenter server from 5.1 update 1 (b 1064983) to 5.5.0c when running SSO installation, i have this error about SSL certificate: error 87 : error happened when extracting SSL...
View Article2012 default profile to clone the VM
Hello Team,Every time after creating a virtual machine of 2012 OS, am changing the host name manually.IS there any default profile for 2012? I have one profile for creating VM's of 2008. I tried to...
View ArticleSAN storage
HiIf we have a SAN storage in my network how can I make Data center in my VMware ESX?
View ArticleCentralized vCenter vs Multiple vCenters
Hello, Proposing a discussion on single vCenters vs Multiple vCenters. It seems to to me that its a preference aka "religious" discussion beyond the major technical requirement. The only technical...
View ArticleDistributed Switch question
Hi vSphere community, Beside maybe permissions, is there any reason why it is a bad idea to have ESXi Hosts from different clusters participate in the same Virtual Distributed Switch? Thanks
View ArticleVcentre Server 5.1 Permission Logs
Hello to allWe have a fairly large vsphere and Vcentre setup and from the Vcentre logs I want to figure out who and when assigned rights to a particular person and on a particular date and timeIs there...
View ArticleReplacing Default Certificates
Hi, we are running a vCenter 5.1 U1c environment, along with SSO 5.5. SSO is installed on a different Server to vCenter/WebServices.I have created all the necessary certificates, however when using...
View ArticleMigrate virtual server to different cluster
Migrating a virtual server from primary to backup cluster, continues to hang at 30%. Not able to clone from primary to backup cluster, continues to hang at 30%.Please help.Thank you.
View ArticleCPU Performance charts
I think I have a cluster that has been overprovisioned on the vCPU side of things. Ive been reading about the CPU Ready metric and am trying to understand if this is really the issue or if its...
View ArticleUpgrade Vcenter from 5.0 to 5.1 update 2: vsphere web client failed to install
I 'm doing an upgrade of vcenter server (2008R2, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB disk) from 5.0 to 5.1 update 2 release.Single Sign ON, Inventory Service, vCenter Server and vSphere Client components are OK.When I'm...
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 ArticleVCenter SSO re-install with VShield interaction
We have a really complicated issue with SSO. We are using VCenter 5.1 U1a and have tried to upgrade the whole VCenter to the last 5.1 U2a version, because of compatibility issues with our backup...
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vCenter 5.5 Database support & ESXi 5.5 Guest OS support
I'm planning to upgrade my vSphere Suite, below are the details:- Current Config:-vCenter 5.0.0, 455964ESXi 4.1.0External DataBase:- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP1) - 10.50.2500.0 (X64) Jun 17...
View Articlepermissions needed for guest migration?
Hi there! What permissions are needed in a role for a that role to be able to migrate a guest VM from one machine/cluster to a different machine/cluster? I've tried assigning the "Virtual Machine...
View ArticleCannot login after installing the vApp
initial login screen, see jpg tried admin/vmware
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Why is vCenter Server on its own server?
Hi, so this probably has an obvious answer, but given that I am still learning VMWare, and network administration in general, it isn't apparent to me. I am setting up some virtual servers with...
View ArticleWhen is com.vmware.vim25.PerfCounterInfoInt is introduced?
Hi all, I am using vijava 5.0, connect to vcenter 5.5.0. Occasionally, I got ClassNotFoundException when querying performance data from vCenter. java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:...
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 ArticleeToken authentication with vCenter console
We are running ESXi 5.5 and the latest version of vCenter. We use SafeNet eTokens for two factor authentication to our servers. I can launch a thick or thin client from my desktop directly to our...
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