AMD vs Intel for ESXi Servers
Have been searching for real world comparisons between AMD and Intel processors in a VMware environment. I am currently running AMD opterons and have a chance to upgrade server hardware and I am...
View ArticlevCenter appliance 5 and SMTP Configuration
hi guys I setup the SMTP Server IPand Sender Account in my new and shiny vCenter Appliance 5 server SMTP Server: 192.168.1.xSender account: vcenter@mycompany.net now testing for the email alerts I get...
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...
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Esxi 5: Hardware monitoring service on this host is not responding or not...
Hello, Sometimes we have the phenomenon that when we open the Hardware Status Tab we can not see any information.In return I only get the following message:Hardware monitoring service on this host is...
View ArticleWindows License on ESXi
Hi,Apologies if this isnt the correct place for this. Basically we are trying to sort out our licensing on our ESXI Cluster We have 6 x ESXI Hosts with 4 Processors each (6 Cores) Im being told by...
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VM Memory Allocation & Usage
I have read a great deal of information as far as how memory is defined in VMware, but I am not sure what assumptions I can/should make when dealing with memory allocations, etc...Below is a shot of my...
View ArticlevCenter Server 5.5 rebuild process ?
I have vCenter server 5.5 and SQL DB server where vCenter Database are hosted. Suppose if my vCenter server OS crashed and now it is not recoverable. What I need to do rebuild my vCenter server ?If I...
View ArticleCannot open the disk Failed to lock the file
Error when attempting to share a disk across two vm's. I have two VM web servers and a shared disk for data, each web server has 20GB drives for OS and they share a 500GB drive for data. I will be...
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vCenter 5.1 does not see Host CPU Host Mem or Guest Mem on 4.0 hosts
Pretty much in the title. vCenter was upgraded back in September or so to 5.1, and there are mixed clusters running: 4.0 esx, 5.0 U1, and 5.1. On the 4.0 ESX hosts, we do not see the CPU/Host Mem or...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 SSO and a child domain as identity source
Hello, we have an Active Directory with 2 domain in the forest.One root domain "contoso.local" and one child domain "belgium.contoso.com" Only the child domain contains resources (users and...
View ArticlevCenter 5 install : Could not connect to DB with specified JDBC URL
I am trying to get vCenter 5 installed on Windows 2008 R2 severSql express 2008 R2 installedWhen I try to connect to install it I receive:Could not connect to database with specified JDBC URL I also...
View ArticleWindows License on ESXi
Hi,Apologies if this isnt the correct place for this. Basically we are trying to sort out our licensing on our ESXI Cluster We have 6 x ESXI Hosts with 4 Processors each (6 Cores) Im being told by...
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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 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....
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...
View ArticlePurge data from VCSA 5.5 postgres database (vpx_event & vpx_event_arg tables ) ?
Does anyone have any instructions for removing entries from the vpx_event & vpx_event_arg tables for the postgres database in VCSA 5.5? Due to someone's poorly designed monitoring scripts, we now...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 delay when opening vm console
Last week we updated our vCenter Server from 5.0 to 5.1. And since that moment we experience some delay while opening vm console windows.We used to have a black screen for about 1 or maybe 2 seconds...
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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 ArticleAn error occurred while communicating with the remote host
Hi community, I have a problem with my VC2.5 and ESX3.5. 50% of all actions results in "An error occurred while communicating with the remote host". The 2nd try mostly works, sometimes i have to do...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 SSO and a child domain as identity source
Hello, we have an Active Directory with 2 domain in the forest.One root domain "contoso.local" and one child domain "belgium.contoso.com" Only the child domain contains resources (users and...
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