Error 1068 When trying to start vCenter Server Service
i am getting this Error 1068 When trying to start vCenter Server Service. Any Solution for this?
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 customization does not work
Here is what I have:- ESXi4.1- vCenter 4.1, brand new install- I created a new VM (Virtual Hardware v. 7, VMXNET3 NIC) which I am going to use as a template and installed Windows Server 2008 R2 from an...
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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 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 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...
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 5.5 Install - Error 1603
I keep getting error 1603 while trying to install vCenter 5.5. Please see the log === Verbose logging started: 9/23/2013 11:30:04 Build type: SHIP UNICODE 5.00.9200.00 Calling process:...
View ArticleSYSLOG collector in vSphere 6
Is the SYSLOG Collector in vSphere 6 discontinued? Up to vSphere vCenter Server 5.5 there was an option under vSphere Support Tools to "Install vSphere Syslog Collector".From the install screen of...
View ArticleLockdown mode is greyed out
I am using vSphere ESXi 4.1 on one of our hosts and we had some issues that we had to remove one host from our vCenter. Now when we are trying to add the host back again to vCenter its giving an error...
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...
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VMware VirtualCenter Server Service not starting
I've been fighting with this issue for a while now and haven't been able to find a solution - even with checking the posts on this forum. I am running VMware vCenter Server 5.1.0.32743 on a Windows...
View ArticlevCenter 5 Web Client Service does not start
After the installation of the Web Client Server on the vCenter Server (with no errors) the Web Client Service won't start. In the windows log following error is reported The vSphere Web Client service...
View ArticlevCenter Server 5.5 Getting Started (with 4TB VMFS datastores)
We have 9 physical server nodes/hosts and we're preparing to setup a VMware vCenter test lab (for learning/practicing with using vCenter Server) for performance evaluation, prior to making a decision...
View Articlevpxd consuming all memory -- vCenter slooooooow and cannot connect
As reported in http://communities.vmware.com/message/2020222 we are still experiencing the issue with vpxd consuming huge amounts of RAM and causing severe vCenter slowness. This has gotten much worse...
View ArticleHelp! Can not reset administrator password.
Hello. Can anybody help me, please. When i`m resetting passoword for administrator@vsphere.local in my Vsphere 6, i get such error: "VmDirForceResetPassword failed (5)"What am i doing wrong?For...
View Articlemultiple essentials plus licenses - Quick Q
hi there, I've been asked to setup vCenter for a company that's bought 2x essentials plus licenses (v5). The have 6 hosts so will I have to create 2x Virtual Center serversservers? I wasn't sure if the...
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:...
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 Articleerror 26002. Setup failed to register VMware vCenter Server to VMware vCenter...
Has anyone seen this error when upgrading vCenter Server from 5.0 to 5.1? The install process for Single Sign On and Inventory Service appeared to complete successfully, but we see this error when we...
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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