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Host Profiles playing up in vSphere 5
Hi all, Ive recently upgraded about 200 hosts to ESXi 5 from ESX 4.1 and 2 vcenters 5 also.Ive noticed a problem with host profiles when it comes to storage, and wanted to see if anyone else has come...
View ArticleVCSA 5.5 U1 very slow?
I updates a ESXi server to 5.5 U1 yesterday and also updated the VCSA to 5.5 U1. Since then, when connected to the VCSA using the Vsphere Client, browsing any object is very slow. CPU usage for the...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Snapshot process Locks at 99% and kills all VM connectivity
Good Morning, I utilise the VEEAM B&R tool to back-up my VMware enviroment, the back-up process nightly largely goes without issue but when backing up certain VM's on various differnet days (there...
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance update and VMware Tools
I've just updated VCSA to 5.1.0.10000 Build 1065184. I had to uninstall VMware Tools first 'cause update failed with "VMware Tools cannot install because it appears that another installation ofVMware...
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance checking for update hangs
Hey all, I just wanted to update a vCSA appliance. Unfortunately it hangs in the status "Checking for aivailable updates..." as has no internet access. I changed the settings to CD-ROM updates,...
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vCenter Service Status - Database storage is running low.
vCenter (v5.5.0.2001466) Service Status alert - " Database storage is running low. Refer to VMware KB2078305 for details"I've looked at KB2078305 -- but it is generic SQL/DB troubleshooting tips.The...
View ArticleNewly deployed vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 failed to authenticate against AD...
I deployed a whole new VCSA 5.5 to test its new feature. System joined AD successfully, and I can see and add users into data center using Web client. But if I want to login as AD user, Web Client...
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VMware 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 ArticleVMwareVCMSDS unable to start, unable to connect to vCenter server
I have a vCenter server problem. It was working fine last week, this week I could not connect. I think it is a problem with VMwareVCMSDS, because in the vpx-xx.log files it was complaining about...
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Redirecting vCenter server to new SSO instance
I have a 2008 R2 5.5 vCenter server with SSO installed. I just built a new 2012 R2 5.5 U1 with a new SSO instance on it. All hosts are now migrated to the new 55 U1 server. The decision to build the...
View Articlevcenter 5.5 - adding domain users
I seem to successfully join my vcenter 5.5 server to my domain but for some reason I am not successful in adding domain users to the vcenter server. i'm attaching a screen shot where I try to add...
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Unable to start the vCenter / Management Web Services
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"...
View ArticleVCSA 5.5 U1 very slow?
I updates a ESXi server to 5.5 U1 yesterday and also updated the VCSA to 5.5 U1. Since then, when connected to the VCSA using the Vsphere Client, browsing any object is very slow. CPU usage for the...
View ArticleESXi host shows "not responding" in vSphere web console after 60-90 seconds...
I'm not sure where to go next with this, hoping someone can offer advice... This is a fresh install of vCenter 5.5 and an existing ESXi 5.5 server. I see my ESXi host and all details in the web...
View ArticleHigh memory usage on server - java.exe and tomcat.exe
Hello I have vCenter Server, vSphere Client, vSphere update manager, and vSphere web client installed on my server. I see that there are 3 java.exe processes taking up 2.3GB (all together), and...
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance (SLES) out of disk space, service cannot start
Hi everyone We had a scheduled maintenance window over the weekend while some work was carried out elsewhere in the building. As a precaution we shutdown the infrastructure that we we still keep onsite...
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance update and VMware Tools
I've just updated VCSA to 5.1.0.10000 Build 1065184. I had to uninstall VMware Tools first 'cause update failed with "VMware Tools cannot install because it appears that another installation ofVMware...
View ArticleCant connect to https://vcenter/sdk/vimService
Trying to run Dell's dpack by connecting to our vcenter server. I add our vcenter URL and after trying to connect I receive: "Failed to connect with the VMware VCenter Server...
View ArticleUpdate Manager patch repository
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...
View ArticlevCenter Inventory Services
Hi, I want to install the Inventory Services, but when I enter the password for admin@system-domain, I receive this message: The user hasn't got enough privileges to perform administrative actions....
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