Storage Provider error: 'ServiceNotInitialized'
I am running vCenter 5.0 b455964 with ESXi 5.0 b469512.When I go to the Storage Providers tab under Administration, I get the below error: The server fault 'ServiceNotInitialized' had no message.Call...
View ArticleUnable to reset administrator@vsphere.local with vdcadmintool (failed 9100)
I'm trying to reset the administrator@vsphere.local password but it fails every time... I'm using this document : VMware KB: Cannot change the administrator@vsphere.local password after upgrading from...
View ArticleVCenter full personalized localOs accounts with patch ability in VCenter 5.5
Hello for our litte PCI - Environment work this fine Center localOs Accounts with patch VCenter 5.5 | = or shell root | ssh root ->vcenter-server useradd | usermod -g users -G wheel -d /home/user -m...
View ArticleUnable to monitor database storage usage
Hello, I just updated vCenter Server from 5.5U1 to 5.5U2b. In "Service Health" there is new warning message: "Unable to monitor database storage usage. Refer to VMware KB 2078305 for details." I am...
View Articleupgrade from 5.0 to 5.5
Our existing environment is 5.0 with a Tier1 cluster of 3 servers, plus 2 tier 2 clusters. We run Vcenter 5.0 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 VM in the tier 1 cluster with Sql Express. Currently...
View ArticleSingle Sign on Permissions in vCenter
Is there any reason why the single sign-on account administrator@vsphere.local should have permissions in vCenter if the rest of my vCenter permissions are given to active directory groups instead of...
View Article.sa accounts in vCenter
I have a number of accounts in vCenter under home\administration\roles that are specified as such. (My AD domain is contoso.local): I know that the identity source that SSO is getting these accounts...
View ArticleProblem with Auto Deploy - Fatal error: 10 (Out of resources)
I am working with Auto Deploy this weekend and I am getting this same error when I try to boot my ESXi hosts. I have tried both the standard offline bundle (5.5.0-1331820) and a modified version with...
View ArticleVMware vSphere Web Client - migrate option greyed out
When selecting a VM to migrate the option to migrate is greyed out. In fact, Power On, Migrate, Revert to Current Snapshot are greyed out. I would like to migrate this VM to another host and...
View ArticleA newbi question: vCenter Community edition on linux
I have looked many places but I have been unable to find the vCenter Linux appliance as an installable appliance. I am sure I am no doing something correct. Could one of you with more experience point...
View Articlevpxd consuming all memory -- vCenter slooooooow and cannot connect
As reported in http://communities.vmware.com/message/2020222 we are still experiencing the issue with vpxd consuming huge amounts of RAM and causing severe vCenter slowness. This has gotten much worse...
View ArticleVsphere Web "web client is not authenticated to vmware inventory service -null"
Hi All, I have issue with Vsphere Web client login. "web client is not authenticated to vmware inventory service -null" when i am trying to log in my virtual center via web client it giving be above...
View ArticlevCenter Appliance is connected to AD but cannot browse/lookup users/groups...
Hi all, Hopefully someone can help me with this.. I just connected our vCenter Appliance to our Domain. And from the CLI I can lookup users. vcenter:~ # id DOMAIN\\useruid=2022179929(DOMAIN\user)...
View ArticleInventory view host & cluster has been changed
Hi guys, I have been facing a strange problem with my vsphere web client. After rebooting one of my ESXi host my inventory view has been changed and I don't know why. My VMs from host & cluster...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 Appliance - Cannot see any AD users/groups after setting up SSO
I am playing around with the vCenter 5.5 appliance (investigating whether it is feasible to move to the appliance from Windows hosted vCenter). We are currently running vCenter 5.0, so I have no...
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 ArticlevSphere 5.5 App HA - is licensing for Hyperic "included" or extra?
Just wondering: I know that App HA requires two virtual appliances: "vSphere App HA and vFabric Hyperic" Does the base license for vSphere Enterprise or Enterprise Plus include the required Hyperic...
View ArticleERROR CODE 2 VCENTER SERVER I NEED HELP VCENTER SERVICE DON'T START
bonjour, je me présente je suis patrick, je suis étudiant informaticien; j'ai un soucis avec vcenter server,je n'arrive plus à me connecter avec le client vsphere;le service vcenter server ne démarre...
View ArticlevCenter VPXD.log logging a lot of messages
I'm trying to offload our vCenter logs to a syslog server and I noticed while doing this that vCenter is logging ALOT of messages. Specifically vpxd.log to the tune of 24,000 in about a 6 minute time...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 SSO's ldap source no longer provides anonymous option?
Hi, perhaps I've over looked something but it seems like the vCenter 5.5 Single Sign On interface no longer offers any ability to leave the username/password blank to anonymously hit your ldap service....
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