VCenter shows a network for a VM that isn't associated to any hosts
I have a win2k3 VM that at some point had a network assigned to it called 'MONITORING'. That network is no longer configured in the ESXi(5.5) environment. The VM is attached to a network called...
View Articlepre-check tool fails to run on Windows 2008 R2 64bit?
Hi, is there any perequisites you need before running the pre-check tool for the VCenter 4.1 installation CD or zip file ? I tried to launch autorun.exe and choose the pre-check tool but it just...
View ArticleVcenter Database SQL Sever movement
Guy, we have some challenges while upgrading the vcenter 5.5 regards to the SQL DB , as currently our DB is running on below and both are not supported and we can not upgrade the both as there are more...
View ArticleUnable to clone
We have a vSphere 5.1 cluster and am trying to clone a running VM. When I start the process in the web client and get to the "Select compute resource", it says, "Error occurred while calculating...
View ArticleVMFS 3.3 datastore can't be updated to VMFS 5
VMFS 3.3 datastore can't be updated to VMFS 5, this is the last one to do-all of the others converted. Error is:Operation failed, diagnostics report: Unable to Upgrade Filesystem: Error -1 encountered...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 and SQL database upgrade Query
i have vcenter 5.0 running as a VM and SQL 2008 SP3 is running on another machine, now i would like to upgrade the vcenter 5.5 and seems to be the SQL 2008 SP3 is not supported so need to upgrade the...
View ArticlevCenter Server 5.5 silent installation issue
Our requirement is, vCenter Server 5.5 should be installed silently with its default SQL express database. To do this I am referring...
View ArticlevCenter SQL database connection.
Hello Friends , Need small help We are trying to move the vCenter SQL 2008 SP3 Database from one machine to another machine on SQL 2008 R2 SP2, but the issue is we do not know the password what is...
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 ArticleFree & best Capacity planning tool for vSphere 5.5
Any free and best capacity planning tools for vSphere 5.5.
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Web Client stuck in initializing 5.5
hi guys Web client gives a lot of headaches and I know I can reset it by stop and start service but this is too much....I've done that a lot already today I found that after using my user-password to...
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 ArticleVcenter Appliance and VDDK
I am very new to Vmware and I am slightly confused. I am running Sep Sesam for our backups and need to install the VDDK plugin in order to backup our Virtual servers. We are using the Vcenter...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client Plugin on Linux with Google Chrome
Why the VMware client integration plugin is not detected by Google Chrome even though the installation was successful?. I had to create /opt/google/chrome/plugins folder to finish the bundle...
View ArticleProblem Load Java - Highly memory consumption
Hello, I searched solution about resolving a known problem about highly memory consumption. I found some solutions like this...
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re-order display of vswitches?
Hi all,I am creating some vswitches with custom names and by default it looks like they are showing up in vsphere client as the 1st created --> last created. Is there any way to sort them...
View ArticleMigrate physical vCenter 5.0 to Virtual (VM) Vcenter 5.5
Hello friends , i wanted to move/migrate the vCenter 5.0 which is installed on physical box to a virtual with vCenter 5.5 as my SQL DB is also on remote server which also needs to be migrated so i can...
View ArticleManagement Network & vCenter in Differennt VLAN
Hi, I want to seperete Management & vCenter VLAN. For example Management VLAN 1 and vCenter VLAN 2.Is this possible ? I have tried to seperate but after sometime ESXi servers disconnected from...
View Articlerestore Virtual Center (using Cisco Nexus 1000V)
All, We upgraded to 5.5 and all seems good except for the fact that our VC server has been upgraded from 4.x to 5.0,to 5.2, and now to 5.5. I want to create a new 2012r2 prestine VC server.. I intend...
View ArticlevCenter Single Sign-On Install fails and rolls back
Hi All,,I am trying to install vSphere 5.5 in a POC environment. Unfortunately I cant get the vCenter Single Sign-On installed from either the Simple install or the Custom Install.It comes to a point...
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