Question about Linked Mode
I would like to join our two environments with Linked Mode but had some questions I have not been able to find the answers to;in the management guide it states that all vcenter servers have to be...
View ArticlevCenter Appliance AD authentication issues
Hi, I am having some issues with getting vCenter to communicate with AD. I have an SSO appliance setup, and I have a service account setup to connect to domain.local. This is showing as working...
View ArticleRestrict Access to Infrastructure client but not web
All. I have some lower level admins that need access to my vCenter server. Is there a way that I can stop them using the full fat or Infrastructure Client but still allow them to use Web Client only?...
View ArticlePerformance problems making a cold clone of a VM
I'm running vSphere/ESXi/vCenter 5.0. I have a 1 TB virtual machine, which I cloned while shutdown and making the clone took 3.5 hours; which strikes me as a very long time. The source and destination...
View Articlevcenter notifications
Is there a way to be notified if a resource change has been made to a virtual Machine? We have to many admins that think they can add resources whenever they feel its needed.
View ArticleWeb Client 5.5 - How to upload/download files from datastore?
I cannot seem to get file upload/download from datastores working on my 5.5b vcenter webclient. When browsing the datastore/folder There is only buttons to install the Client Integration Plugin,...
View ArticlevCenter Server - where to install
Okay so I'm brand new to VMware, Virtualization, etc and I have what is hopefully some simple questions. First my layout. I have 2 Dell T320 PowerEdge Servers that came with ESXi 5.1 installed on...
View ArticleCustomization Specification Manager for Windows machine with auto-login
I'd like to use the Customization Specification Manager (CSM) to provide a host name for any new Windows 7 VM. I create new VMs based off a template. The template is configured to auto-login as the...
View ArticlevCenter multiple Clusters at separate sites and Management & vCenter Networks...
Do Hosts in separate vCenter Clusters need Management Network access to Hosts being managed by another Cluster which is managed by a different vCenter Server?Do Hosts in separate vCenter Clusters need...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client: Unable to connect to vCenter Inventory Service -...
Like the title says, when logging into vCenter 5.0 with the vSphere Web Client, I get an error that says its unable to connect to the vCenter Inventory Service. The vCenter Inventory Service starts...
View Article"Unable to create virtual SCSI device for scsi:0:0" importing *.OVA in ESXi...
Hi, i need to deploy an *.ova virtual machine in my cluster with ESXi 5.1 u2 (1900470) hosts, but when i try to start it i get this error: Failed to start the virtual machine.Module DevicePowerOn power...
View ArticleWhy does template customization make the NIC disconnected??
I've been testing template customization with a Win2k3 Enterprise 'gold' template.Every time I deploy from this template, the newly created VM does not have its NIC set to connect at power on.How do I...
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 ArticleMigrating my physical file server to a VM. Need help with starting the process
I'm migrating my file server to a VM and I'm required to build a plan to do so. can I get some insight on how to begin this process, what the documentation should look like and maybe even a few links...
View ArticlevCenter Upgrade 4.1 to 5.5 with SRM
Hi Folks, We are upgrading our infrastructure from vSphere 4.1 to 5.5. We also having SRM in our infrastructure. Hence we are doing two phase upgrade i.e. from 4.1 to 5.0.1 and from 5.0.1 to 5.5.To get...
View ArticleUpdate SSO identity Source when we fail over to DR site
Hi team , please may I have your assistance on SSO5.1Been trying for 3 days to define a valid Active Directory identity source in DR site.I must mention that this DR site is TOTALLY isolated from Prod...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 Cannot Join vCenter, vpxa rogue folder cannot be removed
Hello, we have an ESXi 5.0 that cannot be joined to vCenter 5.1It fails with timed out waiting for vpxa to start. the problem seems coming from:/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpx # ls -lahdrwxrwxrwx 1 root...
View ArticleError NoPermission when access to vCenter is provided via group
Hi All, I have installed new vCenter server 5.1.0, 1123961 on server 2012 OS (server is joined to AD).If we give access to user directly they can logon to vCenter via vSphere / Webclient with out...
View ArticleVCSA Firewall Config
I have a vCenter Server Virtual Appliance that I need assistance with edited the firewall file. I am connected EMC Networker to the VCSA and need to allow ports 7937 and 7938 - currently the server is...
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