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 like to change the VM's settings...however if you power off the vm (to change the settings) I lose web management (because it is hosted from the VSphere server) and I cant use the Windows "fat client" to change the settings because you get the following error message "You cannot use the VSphere client to edit the settings of virtual machines of version 10 or higher, use the VSphere Web Client to edit the settings of this machine"

It is a complete catch 22

Any advice?

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, can I just start with a fresh vCenter Server Appliance install 5.5 instead?  What settings are even stored within vCenter vs. the individual ESXi host machines?  Is this OK to do on a live system?

Good day, and I hope yours is better than mine...

Just downloaded and set up VCSA 6.0 U2.  Finally got it to join my domain*.  Added admin group from domain and gave them permissions.  Every time I tried to use NT authentication (the checkbox) it would error out.

I found and followed articles 2020970 and 21112283.  Now I am unable to log into the web client nor the vSphere client.

web client yeilds this

A server error occurred.

[500] SSO error: Cannot connect to the VMware Component Manager https://vcenter.sso.unitedpolicefcu.com/cm/sdk?hostid=827ac00b-1131-452e-b9fa-6b69a3a3f7ef

Check the vSphere Web Client server logs for details.

          vsphere client says

Windows session credentials cannot be used to log into this server   (which is what started the 2 KBs above)

or

Cannot complete login due to incorrect user name or password  (I tried SSO Admin, domain user, appliance root user)

I have tried the certificate replacement steps (option 8, then 8, then 3, then 4, then 8 again).  Each ends with errors similar to this:

2016-03-29T18:35:36.382Z   Updating certificate for "com.vmware.vim.eam" extension

Status : 0% Completed [Operation failed, performing automatic rollback]

Error while performing Cert Replacement operation, please see /var/log/vmware/vmcad/certificate-manager.log for more information.

Performing rollback of Root Cert...

Get site name

hq

followed by this at the end of the roll back

Updated 0 service(s)

Rollback Status : 40% Completed [Rollback machine Cert...]                 

Rollback Status : 50% Completed [Rollback vsphere-webclient Cert...]                 

Rollback Status : 60% Completed [Rollback vpxd Cert...]                 

Rollback Status : 70% Completed [Rollback vpxd-extension Cert...]                 

2016-03-29T18:36:23.960Z   Updating certificate for "com.vmware.vim.eam" extension

Error while reverting certificate for store : vpxd-extension

Rollback Status : 0% Completed [Rollback operation failed]

Error while performing rollback operation, please try Reset operation...

please see /var/log/vmware/vmcad/certificate-manager.log for more information.

Thanks for the help from Stumped in Miami.

*  And for those of you getting Error 11 on trying to join the domain go into the SCVA web portal, drill down to the actual network settings and switch the DNS to manual.  Sorry I can't be specific on the actual path to this setting.  Although I gave it specific DNS at set up and a static IP I finally found that it had reverted to getting DNS from DHCP...  Hope this helps.

I have a user that can't tell me what is logging into vCenter with his credentials.  The account will go idle for several hours.  If I kill the session, it comes right back.  How can I find something more identifiable like an IP of where the session originates?  I tried http://nickapedia.com/2010/02/15/vsphere-mini-monitor-now-with-more-cowbell/ on my Win 7 x64 desktop but it crashes in various ways when trying to login to my vCenter.  I know there are PowerCLI scripts to kill idle sessions but this "service" will just log right back in immediately.  Thanks.

Hello,

I'm trying to import an OVA file and I get the error:

"A vCenter Server resource is missing or invalid.  Either the resource was modified while the operating system was running or the server is experiencing a general problem"

This OVA file is from Cisco, it's called Prime.  I had to install another OVA file from Cisco just now and that was fine.

Is it a resourse issue on the reource pool, not sure where to look.

Thanks

Hello,

I'm having issue every 3/4 hours connecting to my vCenter 5 server (last patch, on Windows 2008 R2 as a VM, last Microsoft Security Patch Installed).

The behaviour is that who has already the vSphere Client opened, cannot do anything (for example, no Console to the VM or no edit settings) but if somebody tries to log on via vSphere client receive the following error:

the complete message is "Call ServiceInstance.RetrieveContent for object ServiceInstance on Server vcenterserver.domain.com  failed"

The only way to solve this issue is to restart the vCenter Server service on Windows. I've an opened support case but no success at the moment. The main issue is that everything that work with vCenter fails (for example, Netbackup backup, Veeam Replica and so on).

Somebody who has already faced this issue?

Thanks in advance

In my cluster, there are 3 hosts. two of them could be joined domain. However, one of them can not. There is system error like "An internal error occurred in the vSphere Client Details: Object reference not set to an instance of an object". I try the webpage. it is still at the issue. error message "error object not found" Can someone tell me what I shall do?

Hey guys, I'm a newbie to the VMWare world and have just experienced my first problem. 

My system was installed by a 3rd party vendor that, due to uncontrolable circumstatnces, is not accessible at this time.  So, I'm attempting to see if anyone might have a resolution for me.

I'm using ESX 4.  When I open the vSphere Client application and enter my login credentials, I receive the following slew of errors:

     The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)

     This application has failed to start because MSVCR71.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.

     VMware Remote Console unrecoverable error: (player)

     SSLLoadSharedLibrary: Failed to load library libeay32.dll:126

The last error writes a dump file.

This application has always worked flawlessly.  The problem started while I was on a business trip last week.  I'm suspecting that some type of update (Microsoft, Java, etc.) is probably what is causing this issue.

I tried re-registering the dll files but it didn't make a difference.  I would love to re-install the application as suggested, but I'm currently unable to locate that download on VMware's site.

I'm just curious if anyone has any suggestions or possibly the location of the downloads?

Thanks in advance,

Steve

Hi All,

So we have 3 sites, 2 (London, New York) of which don't have this issue. The 3rd site (Hong Kong) has a problem whereby the "VMware vSphere Web Client" Starts, then Stops a minutes or so later. From the logs this is what I see

C:\ProgramData\VMware\vCenterServer\logs\vsphere-client\logs

eventlog.log

[2016-06-03T00:53:37.474+08:00] [ERROR] region-dm-8                   <AG0000E> Application context creation failure for bundle 'com.vmware.vim.dataserviceadapters' version '6.0.0'. org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'searchBasedAdapter': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'searchBasedAdapterImpl' defined in URL [bundleentry://208.fwk1575495023/META-INF/spring/bundle-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'searchService' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'searchService' defined in URL [bundleentry://208.fwk1575495023/META-INF/spring/bundle-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'queryServiceIndexImpl' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'queryServiceIndexImpl' defined in URL [bundleentry://208.fwk1575495023/META-INF/spring/bundle-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'queryServiceSharedHttpConfigPool' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'queryServiceSharedHttpConfigPool' defined in URL [bundleentry://208.fwk1575495023/META-INF/spring/bundle-context.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [com.vmware.vise.vim.commons.vmomi.vc.VcAwareSharedHttpConfigPool]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Timeout must be at least 1 millisecond: -1000

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1455)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:519)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:294)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:225)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:193)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:589)

  at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:925)

  at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.context.support.AbstractDelegatedExecutionApplicationContext.access$1600(AbstractDelegatedExecutionApplicationContext.java:60)

  at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.context.support.AbstractDelegatedExecutionApplicationContext$4.run(AbstractDelegatedExecutionApplicationContext.java:325)

  at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.util.internal.PrivilegedUtils.executeWithCustomTCCL(PrivilegedUtils.java:85)

  at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.context.support.AbstractDelegatedExecutionApplicationContext.completeRefresh(AbstractDelegatedExecutionApplicationContext.java:290)

  at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.extender.internal.dependencies.startup.DependencyWaiterApplicationContextExecutor$CompleteRefreshTask.run(DependencyWaiterApplicationContextExecutor.java:137)

  at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.agent.dm.ContextPropagatingTaskExecutor$2.run(ContextPropagatingTaskExecutor.java:95)

  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)

  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)

  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'searchBasedAdapterImpl' defined in URL [bundleentry://208.fwk1575495023/META-INF/spring/bundle-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'searchService' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'searchService' defined in URL [bundleentry://208.fwk1575495023/META-INF/spring/bundle-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'queryServiceIndexImpl' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'queryServiceIndexImpl' defined in URL [bundleentry://208.fwk1575495023/META-INF/spring/bundle-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'queryServiceSharedHttpConfigPool' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'queryServiceSharedHttpConfigPool' defined in URL [bundleentry://208.fwk1575495023/META-INF/spring/bundle-context.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [com.vmware.vise.vim.commons.vmomi.vc.VcAwareSharedHttpConfigPool]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Timeout must be at least 1 millisecond: -1000

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:329)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:107)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveConstructorArguments(ConstructorResolver.java:616)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:148)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1035)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:939)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:485)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:294)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:225)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:193)

  at org.eclipse.gemini.blueprint.service.exporter.support.OsgiServiceFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(OsgiServiceFactoryBean.java:198)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1514)

  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1452)

  ... 17 common frames omitted

vsphere_client_virgo.log

[2016-06-03T00:53:38.423+08:00] [ERROR] iLogServiceListener@6b61be00  org.osgi.service.log.LogService                                   Bundle org.eclipse.equinox.ds_1.4.0.v20120112-1400, [SCR] Unexpected exception occurred! java.lang.IllegalStateException: BundleContext is no longer valid

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.checkValid(BundleContextImpl.java:931)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.getServiceReferences(BundleContextImpl.java:498)

  at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.ds.Reference.hasProviders(Reference.java:127)

  at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.ds.Resolver.selectNewlyUnsatisfied(Resolver.java:600)

  at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.ds.Resolver.getEligible(Resolver.java:364)

  at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.ds.SCRManager.serviceChanged(SCRManager.java:222)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.FilteredServiceListener.serviceChanged(FilteredServiceListener.java:107)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.dispatchEvent(BundleContextImpl.java:861)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.ListenerQueue.dispatchEventSynchronous(ListenerQueue.java:148)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.ServiceRegistry.publishServiceEventPrivileged(ServiceRegistry.java:819)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.ServiceRegistry.publishServiceEvent(ServiceRegistry.java:771)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.ServiceRegistrationImpl.unregister(ServiceRegistrationImpl.java:225)

  at org.eclipse.virgo.util.osgi.ServiceRegistrationTracker.unregisterAll(ServiceRegistrationTracker.java:71)

  at org.eclipse.virgo.medic.impl.MedicActivator.stop(MedicActivator.java:78)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$2.run(BundleContextImpl.java:771)

  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.stop(BundleContextImpl.java:764)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.stopWorker(BundleHost.java:510)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.suspend(AbstractBundle.java:566)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.suspendBundle(Framework.java:1206)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.decFWSL(StartLevelManager.java:592)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.doSetStartLevel(StartLevelManager.java:257)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.shutdown(StartLevelManager.java:215)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.InternalSystemBundle.suspend(InternalSystemBundle.java:284)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.shutdown(Framework.java:692)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.close(Framework.java:600)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.InternalSystemBundle$1.run(InternalSystemBundle.java:261)

  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

[2016-06-03T00:53:38.426+08:00] [ERROR] iLogServiceListener@6b61be00  org.osgi.service.log.LogService                                   Bundle org.eclipse.equinox.ds_1.4.0.v20120112-1400, [SCR] Unexpected exception occurred! java.lang.IllegalStateException: BundleContext is no longer valid

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.checkValid(BundleContextImpl.java:931)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.getServiceReferences(BundleContextImpl.java:498)

  at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.ds.Reference.hasProviders(Reference.java:127)

  at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.ds.Resolver.selectNewlyUnsatisfied(Resolver.java:600)

  at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.ds.Resolver.getEligible(Resolver.java:364)

  at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.ds.SCRManager.serviceChanged(SCRManager.java:222)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.FilteredServiceListener.serviceChanged(FilteredServiceListener.java:107)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.dispatchEvent(BundleContextImpl.java:861)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.ListenerQueue.dispatchEventSynchronous(ListenerQueue.java:148)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.ServiceRegistry.publishServiceEventPrivileged(ServiceRegistry.java:819)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.ServiceRegistry.publishServiceEvent(ServiceRegistry.java:771)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.ServiceRegistrationImpl.unregister(ServiceRegistrationImpl.java:225)

  at org.eclipse.virgo.util.osgi.ServiceRegistrationTracker.unregisterAll(ServiceRegistrationTracker.java:71)

  at org.eclipse.virgo.medic.impl.MedicActivator.stop(MedicActivator.java:78)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$2.run(BundleContextImpl.java:771)

  at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.stop(BundleContextImpl.java:764)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.stopWorker(BundleHost.java:510)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.suspend(AbstractBundle.java:566)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.suspendBundle(Framework.java:1206)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.decFWSL(StartLevelManager.java:592)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.doSetStartLevel(StartLevelManager.java:257)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.shutdown(StartLevelManager.java:215)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.InternalSystemBundle.suspend(InternalSystemBundle.java:284)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.shutdown(Framework.java:692)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.close(Framework.java:600)

  at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.InternalSystemBundle$1.run(InternalSystemBundle.java:261)

  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

I have two host running ESXi 5.0 which I have succesfully added to my vcenter (5.0 client and server).  However one of the hosts is missing 3 vm's from its inventory.  I can connect directly to the ESXi 5.0 server and see all vm's running.  I am sure it is not coincidence that these three servers are my only linux servers (canned Squid proxy servers).

1) I stopped and started the Vcenter server services.  same results.

2) I have removed and readded the host. same results, but I do want to note that during the add process I did see that all servers showed in the list of vm's running on the host.

Thanks for any help!

J

Hello,

i'm running the VCSA since a couple of months and tried to update it to 5.0 Update 1a (http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2031331). After 14 hours the Update was running, middle in database-upgrade, nothing happened anymore, that's why i've rebooted the Vcenter appliance. It never came up again

Well, then i've made a restore through Veeam and finally the Vcenter appliance is running again, with the old 5.0.03324 Build 472350.

Now i would to try to Update the Appliance to 5.0.0.5239 Build 759855 again, but the Update failed before it really starts

What can i do?

Error: Failed to install updates (Error while running installation tests and post-install scripts

Version - 5.0.0.3324 Build 472350
Description - VMware vCenter Server Appliance
Update to version 5.0.0
08/08/2012 05:48:35 18860 main:UA_CLI.cpp:187 (updatecli) [INFO] Starting Install
08/08/2012 05:48:35 18860 updateStatus:UA_CLI.cpp:45 (updatecli) [INFO] Update status: Starting Install
08/08/2012 05:48:35 18860 updateStatus:UA_CLI.cpp:45 (updatecli) [INFO] Update status: Running pre-install scripts
08/08/2012 05:48:35 18860 executeFile:UA_CLI.cpp:86 (updatecli) [INFO] Running /opt/vmware/var/lib/vami/update/data/job/38/pre_install '5.0.0.3324' '5.0.0.5239'
Installing update from version 5.0.0.3324 to version 5.0.0.5239
Stopping VMware vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Service...
Stopped VMware vSphere Profile-Driven Storage Service.
Stopping VMware Inventory Service...
Stopped VMware Inventory Service.
Stopping tomcat: success
Stopping vmware-vpxd: success
Shutting down ldap-server..done
VMware vSphere Client is not running.
08/08/2012 05:48:50 18860 updateStatus:UA_CLI.cpp:45 (updatecli) [INFO] Update status: Done pre-install scripts
08/08/2012 05:48:50 18860 updateStatus:UA_CLI.cpp:45 (updatecli) [INFO] Update status: Running installation tests
08/08/2012 05:48:50 18860 executeFile:UA_CLI.cpp:86 (updatecli) [INFO] Running /opt/vmware/var/lib/vami/update/data/job/38/test_command
warning: /opt/vmware/var/lib/vami/update/data/package-pool/package-pool/vmware-open-vm-tools-common-8.3.2-292861.sles11sp1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA1 signature: NOKEY, key ID 66fd4949
Preparing packages for installation...
        file /etc/vmware-tools/poweroff-vm-default from install of vmware-open-vm-tools-common-8.3.2-292861.sles11sp1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package open-vm-tools-2008.09.03-5.45.x86_64
        file /etc/vmware-tools/poweron-vm-default from install of vmware-open-vm-tools-common-8.3.2-292861.sles11sp1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package open-vm-tools-2008.09.03-5.45.x86_64
        file /etc/vmware-tools/resume-vm-default from install of vmware-open-vm-tools-common-8.3.2-292861.sles11sp1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package open-vm-tools-2008.09.03-5.45.x86_64
        file /etc/vmware-tools/suspend-vm-default from install of vmware-open-vm-tools-common-8.3.2-292861.sles11sp1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package open-vm-tools-2008.09.03-5.45.x86_64
        file /etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf from install of vmware-open-vm-tools-common-8.3.2-292861.sles11sp1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package open-vm-tools-2008.09.03-5.45.x86_64
        file /sbin/mount.vmhgfs from install of vmware-open-vm-tools-common-8.3.2-292861.sles11sp1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package open-vm-tools-2008.09.03-5.45.x86_64
        file /usr/bin/vmware-hgfsclient from install of vmware-open-vm-tools-common-8.3.2-292861.sles11sp1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package open-vm-tools-2008.09.03-5.45.x86_64
        file /usr/bin/vmware-xferlogs from install of vmware-open-vm-tools-common-8.3.2-292861.sles11sp1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package open-vm-tools-2008.09.03-5.45.x86_64
08/08/2012 05:48:55 18860 executeFile:UA_CLI.cpp:92 (updatecli) [ERROR] Failed with exit code 65024
08/08/2012 05:48:55 18860 updateStatus:UA_CLI.cpp:45 (updatecli) [INFO] Update status: Running post-install scripts
08/08/2012 05:48:55 18860 executeFile:UA_CLI.cpp:86 (updatecli) [INFO] Running /opt/vmware/var/lib/vami/update/data/job/38/post_install '5.0.0.3324' '5.0.0.5239' 2
Failed with status of 2 while installing version 5.0.0.5239
VM version is still 5.0.0.3324
08/08/2012 05:48:55 18860 executeFile:UA_CLI.cpp:92 (updatecli) [ERROR] Failed with exit code 256
08/08/2012 05:48:55 18860 updateStatus:UA_CLI.cpp:45 (updatecli) [INFO] Update status: Running VMware tools reconfiguration
08/08/2012 05:48:55 18860 executeFile:UA_CLI.cpp:86 (updatecli) [INFO] Running /opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_reconfigure_tools
Configuring VAMI VMware tools service wrapper.
vmware-toolbox-cmd is /usr/bin/vmware-toolbox-cmd
08/08/2012 05:48:55 18860 updateStatus:UA_CLI.cpp:45 (updatecli) [INFO] Update status: Done VMware tools reconfiguration
08/08/2012 05:48:55 18860 updateStatus:UA_CLI.cpp:45 (updatecli) [INFO] Update status: Error while running installation tests and post-install scripts
08/08/2012 05:48:55 18860 main:UA_CLI.cpp:223 (updatecli) [ERROR] Failure: updatecli exiting abnormally
08/08/2012 05:48:55 18860 main:UA_CLI.cpp:225 (updatecli) [INFO] Install Finished
Version - 5.0.0.3324 Build 472350
Description - VMware vCenter Server Appliance
Update to version 5.0.0

Is it supported by vmware when somebody wants to migrate the vm from vCenter 6.0 u1 to vCenter 6.0 u2? Let's take the example both of these vCenters have their individual PSC's and both PSC's are in same sso domain and the both the PSC's version is 6.0 u2.

Hi !

I have an issue with the java.exe in the environment which I work. In the environment i have a physical server: Sun Fire X4100 Server with 2 CPUs and 16 GB of RAM for controlling the virtualization. On the system it is the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter and vCenter 5.5.

Mostly we are 5 guys in the team that are using the vSphere Web GUI. We are connecting to the server using RDP and after a while we cannot login because the CPU is at 100%. It takes 20-30 min to be able to login. And then 5-10 min to be able to click on something. For example to kill the java.exe file that is keeping the CPU at 100%. This is not a good idea because afterwords the Web GUI is not working so we need to reboot the server.

Do any of you has an idea why this is happening ?

Bogdan

Tried connecting into the web interface and it states it cannot connect to the inventory server.  I see the service is stopped and when I try to start it, it fails.  Error message in event log: The VMware vCenter Inventory Service service terminated with service-specific error Incorrect function..

I have rebooted the server and had the same issue.  I have a backup of the SQL/server but I have never ran the backup.bat as referred to in here: VMware KB: vCenter Inventory Service fails to start and cannot back up the Inventory Service database

I cannot seem to find a great article on what will be impacted by resetting the service fresh?

Hi,

I got problem that Web Client is not able to connect to vCenter. It is showing message:

HTTP Status 404 - /vsphere-client/

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type Status report

message /vsphere-client/

description The requested resource (/vsphere-client/) is not available.

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Apache Tomcat/7.0.26

I have tried to restart Web Clent Server but not helped.

Please help!

Does anyone know of a way to remove/delete old patches from the patch repository in Update Manager ?

I'm running all ESXi 4.1 and I want to remove all the old ESX 4.0 patches, and other os patches that we do not run to clean up the repository.

Any ideas ? maybe a utility or CLI that might do the trick ?

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

I've searched all over the internet and been working with VMware tech support, but I am unable to find a solution.  I am running vSphere 4.1 on Windows 2008 R2 and all is working well, except I am unable to import any physical machine into vCenter.  No matter if I use IP, host name, host:port, I always get the error "Unable to contact the specified host..." when trying to install the converter agent remotely.

If I use converter standalone or manually install the agent on the source, the conversion works fine.

Conversions worked fine in 3.5 but now on 4.1, it is broken.  I have verified that all the ports are open and I can connect to all shares on the source machine from my vCenter server.  UAC is off and the windows firewall is off.  Does anybody have any clues on what may be going on?

Thanks for any help you guys can offer.

I have a set of limted users who are only given the 'power options and media' permissions to their specific VM's and nothing else.  They can get to do what they need; however, I have a need to let them edit the cd settings and mount an .iso file directly out of the local datastore on the esx host.

They also get permission denied when its set to "Client Device" and hit the button to mount their local CD.

I would prefer to mount the .iso from the 'Datastore ISO file" but it would suffice to get the "Client Device" working.

I have tried to give datatstore browse and modify device settings but they do not ungrey the browse next to the mounting of iso file.  Manual type in doesnt work either.  I still want to limit them without giving administrator access.

Hi,

We run VMware vCenter 4.1 with 3 ESX hosts, and 50 VMs. vCenter is running on Windows 2008 R2, with SQL 2005 Express SP2.

Yesterday our virtual backup failed, saying it couldn't connect to the vCenter agent. When I looged into the issue, it appeared that the vCenter Server service had stopped. Up on further investigation it appears that the SQL Express database had reached 4GB in size, which is the limited, and this caused the vCenter service to fall over.

I've checked some forum posts, and have performed the following:

• Set a database retention policy for tasks & events, this was originally un-checked, but I have checked it, and set it to 90 days initially, and now 30 days.
  
• Found a script on the VMware forum called VCDB_table_cleanup_MSSQL_V4.X.sql which can cleanup the database. I set it to delete data older (changing SET @DELETE_DATA = 1) than 90 days, and it removed 130,000+ rows.
  
• Performed a database shrink & file shrink on the data file - this only got me back 9mb?
  
• Performed a database shrink & file shrink on the log file - this got back a little more, about 100mb.
  
• Changed the log file size from 460mb to 1024mb, in the database properties > files settings.
  

However, even after all of the above, when I restart the server, or stop & start the vCenter service, the following errors are logged in the application log:
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Log Name:      Application
Source:        MSSQL$SQLEXP_VIM
Date:          16/08/2011 08:51:44
Event ID:      1827
Task Category: (2)
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          SYSTEM
Description:
CREATE DATABASE or ALTER DATABASE failed because the resulting cumulative database size would exceed your licensed limit of 4096 MB per database.
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Log Name:      Application
Source:        MSSQL$SQLEXP_VIM
Date:          16/08/2011 08:51:44
Event ID:      1105
Task Category: (2)
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          SYSTEM
Description:
Could not allocate space for object 'dbo.VPX_BINARY_DATA'.'PK_VPX_BIN_DATA' in database 'VIM_VCDB' because the 'PRIMARY' filegroup is full. Create disk space by deleting unneeded files, dropping objects in the filegroup, adding additional files to the filegroup, or setting autogrowth on for existing files in the filegroup.
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Log Name:      Application
Source:        VMware VirtualCenter Server
Date:          16/08/2011 08:51:44
Event ID:      1000
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Description:
The description for Event ID 1000 from source VMware VirtualCenter Server cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:

[Ldap] Failed to save LDAP backup data to database: "ODBC error: (42000) - [Microsoft][SQL Native Client][SQL Server]Could not allocate space for object 'dbo.VPX_BINARY_DATA'.'PK_VPX_BIN_DATA' in database 'VIM_VCDB' because the 'PRIMARY' filegroup is full. Create disk space by deleting unneeded files, dropping objects in the filegroup, adding additional files to the filegroup, or setting autogrowth on for existing files in the filegroup." is returned when executing SQL statement "INSERT INTO VPX_BINARY_DATA WITH (ROWLOCK) (ID, DATA_TYPE, BIN_DATA, CREATED_TIME, CHANGE_ID) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)"
the message resource is present but the message is not found in the string/message table
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Can anyone provide another solution to this issue? We need to be able to perform a successful backup!

Any help or suggestions appreciated!

Ben

Hi All,

I recently moved our vCenter installation to another server "vCenterServer" from the original server "Win12-ban", I have left the database on "Win12-ban" and created a DSN on "vCenterServer" which tests successfully when connecting into the database from the "vCenterServer" database. When I originally set this all up it worked a dream, I was originally using my own domain account to start the service (rather than the local system account), but now none of these accounts will start the service. I really want to be using the local account as I want to be able to see performance stats within vcenter.

The error message I get when trying to start the service is:

Followed by this in the event viewer:

Task Category: None

The description for Event ID 1000 from source VMware VirtualCenter Server cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:

Error getting configuration info from the database

I have tested the DSN from the machine with vCenter installed and it tests successfully, which suggests there is a connection from the vCenter Server to the database, has anyone encountered similar issues?