vCenter Server 5 Role Permissions Required to Apply Host Recommendations?
I have a subset of admins to take care of specific VMs. The role created to give them access to the VM allows them to power off and power on the VMs. However, if we are doing some maintenance in the...
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 ArticleSSO registration failed while installing VMware vCenter 5.5 Error29113
Hi Friends, I have downloaded VMware vSphere 5.5. Last two days I was trying to install vCenter 5.5 but could able to do. Let me explain thoroughly. Domain Controller - dc.company.pri (192.168.0.100)...
View ArticleDeploying a template fails
I'm trying to export a VM running Server 2012 Datacenter from Citrix XenServer 6.5 into a VMware 5.5 environment. I've tried exporting as an OVA and an OVF template but they both fail with the same...
View ArticleVM disk space monitoring
I'm running vSphere 4.1, ~300 VMs, 12 ESXes and vCenter. Guest OS is mostly Windows 2003/2008. How can I keep track of disk space within my VMs in the easiest way? Is there a way to get a report from...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 Evaluation Licenses Expires before the 60 day Eval period
I recently downloaded the vSphere ESXi 5.5 evaluation ISO the vSphere Client .exe file and the vCenter Server 5.5.0b and modules ISO. I was able to install the ESXi on my HP Proliant DL360 G5 host...
View ArticleDomain Admin account lock out attempts coming from Virtual Center???
We changed our Domain Admin password a few days ago and now on our new Netcrunch monitoring platform we are being spammed by messages saying the domain Administrator account is being locked out from...
View Articlehow to extend a disk partition in vmware virtualserver
Hi all, i have enough space in datastore. so i shutdown my windows 2008 server and expanded the disk. but how can i extend a partition now from disk management. the option is greyed out. there is...
View ArticleIssues with Deploying a VM from template
I am having some issue deploying a VM from template with guest customization. I have not been able to find any answers on the web.Here is my setup: vSphere 5.1.0Build 1064983 1) Create a VM (WIN2K8R2)...
View ArticlePurging old tasks/events in VirtualCenter
I thought I would share this procedure I documented to purge old tasks and events in VirtualCenter. I initially opened a support case on this with Vmware because I wanted to get rid of the older tasks...
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Migrate virtual machine hangs "In Progress"
I have problem with migrating VMs between the hosts. The migration task hangs in status "In Progress", but never starts. When I look into events of VM, there is description "Migrating VM from...
View ArticleAMD 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 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 ArticleCreate alarm for NVRAM: write failed
Hey all, I am looking for some help with making an alarm for when some of our linux VMs go into read only mode. They sometimes spit out an error in the event logs that say NVRAM: write failed. I...
View ArticleVCSA 6 Joining AD breaks the VCSA
Hi all, I have followed the directions for joining VCSA 6 to AD to a "T", and noticed a couple strange things:When I click OK following the "Join Active Directory" step, there is no indication of a...
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Installing vcenter appliance is not an easy thing
Maybe it was firefox's block of flash, maybe there's a problem with the client integration plugin, but firefox keeps requesting to restart it due to the plugin being installed. Got a clean copy and...
View ArticleHow to perform Windows VCenter Upgrade with less or no issue at all ?
Hi, I have 24x VMware ESXi servers 5.1 Update 1 on HP Blade Servers managed by my Windows VMware VCenter VM that is currently on version vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1 (build 1064983 2013-04-25) as...
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 ArticleSome VMs not showing in vcenter
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...
View ArticleNetApp VSC 6.0 Plugin won't show up in WebClient 6.0
We recently updated our vSphere Server 5.5 to 6.0 and the NetApp VSC Plugin from 5.0 to 6.0.Now the Plugin won't show up in the WebClient as it did before the upgrade.Has anyone the same issue? Is...
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