vCenter 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 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 ArticleInternet Explorer 11 and vCenter 5.5 web client
I am testing in preparation to upgrade vSphere from 5.0 to 5.5. One thing I have noticed is the web client seems to have a problem with IE 11. I get this message in a bar at the top of the browser:...
View ArticleExport VM to OVF fails with timeout
Hello everyone, I try to export VM to OVF located to local disk hit an error "Failed to Export Virtual Machine: The Operation has Timed Out." Repro ENV:VM size: C disk 2TB with 200GB used,D disk 2TB...
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...
View ArticleVCSA upgrade from 5.5 to 6.0 fails on migration step. Failed to obtain log...
After spending time getting a DNS server running in the lab at home I end up stuck here. I'll probably just skip the upgrade and re-install the new version, but on the off chance there's an easy fix to...
View ArticleHow To edit the Welcome page for vceneter 5.5 ?
Hello, i need some help plz. after installing vcenter 5.5 and open ip in browser i saw the home page for vcenter server and i want to edit this page ? i have searched on the server but i don't know...
View ArticleNew ESXi vCenter install
New to the VMware server system, have used workstation many times before but this is a different game. Our company is moving to virtual, we purchased a new server which is now set up with ESXi5.5. I...
View ArticleI have been recently experiencing issues with some critical vms losing nic...
my cluster is 16 x bl460c g7 blades in a c7000 enclosure & is usually v stable. esxi 5.1 I have reconfigured HA on all blades.
View ArticleExport VM to OVF fails with timeout
Hello everyone, I try to export VM to OVF located to local disk hit an error "Failed to Export Virtual Machine: The Operation has Timed Out." Repro ENV:VM size: C disk 2TB with 200GB used,D disk 2TB...
View ArticleDistributed switch problem
I am configuring a new VMkernel distributed switch and trying to add a new vMotion virtual adapter. I input the correct IP address information and received the error - “Call...
View ArticlevCSA 6.0: Bad URL displayed in "pi shell" disclaimer
Greetings, I enabled the bash shell in the vCSA 6.0 appliance, and each time I start it using "pi shell" the following disclaimer is printed: ---------- !!!! WARNING WARNING WARNING !!!! ----------...
View ArticleWeb Client throws Error #2032 when accessed through any sort of reverse proxy...
I've been trying to publish the Web Client through our SSL VPN which has a nice workspace to publish web links. Unfortunately, something in the vSphere web client breaks very badly if you do not...
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...
View ArticleMove VMs to folders in Hosts and Clusters view?
I'm testing out Veeam Backup and Replication and have noticed that it creates replicas and adds them to the vSphere inventory with a name such as VMname_replica and things are going to start to get...
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 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...
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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 ArticlevCenter server suddenly stops working
Hi all, Every once in a while (about 2 times a week) vCenter service stops with the following error in event viewer: Faulting application name: vpxd.exe, version: 5.0.0.29542, time stamp:...
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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...
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