Why does template customization make the NIC disconnected??
I've been testing template customization with a Win2k3 Enterprise 'gold' template.Every time I deploy from this template, the newly created VM does not have its NIC set to connect at power on.How do I...
View ArticleHow can I view older logs tasks/events
Im unable to view beyond the one page VC2 gives me on tasks and events. How can I view older records ?
View ArticleError on vCenter com.vmware.sps.fault.qsconnectionexception
Hi all;I get an error such as the appendix on vSphere Server. I ran into this error expanding the datastore. But on the virtual machines running normally comes at a time of error. Do not have a...
View Articlevcenter default alarms - Health Status
Can anyone please describe to me what the difference is between Health Status Changed and Health Status Monitoring? They both seem to be alerts for vCenter "service". Any help greatly appreciated....
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 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 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 ArticleHow do you move from Windows vCenter to VCSA?
This seems like a tricky proposition especially when Distributed Switches are involved. So is there a way to move reliably to VCSA from vCenter 5.5 using MSSQL?
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 ArticlevSphere Web Client - Do not have access to a vCenter Server 5.1 system
Using vSphere Web Client 5.1Trying to access vcenter 5.1 server Logged in as admin@system-domainNo vcenter server listed.Suggested troubleshooting steps:Verify that the vCenter Server system was...
View Articlethe server could not interpret the client's request - 503 error vmware 5.1 -...
When I click this Storage View<tab> from within vSphere client, I get this error all the time....anyone know a fix for this? The server 'my.host.name' could not interpret the client's request....
View ArticleBest configuration with distributed vSwitches and LACP
Hello everybody :-) I'm struggling trying to find and understand what would be the best configuration for my system (and of course to learn from it)...Considering the fact that I have : * A Cisco SB...
View ArticleError 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 ArticleHow to Export List of VM Inventory from Web Client 5.5
Hey Everyone, In the windows client we can click on a cluster, goto VM tab and then export CSV / excel format. Is there a way to accomplish this same task in the Web Client? Thank you for your help,...
View ArticlevCenter HA Issues?
Hi Guys, I am hoping someone can help me... I have a very small ESXi deployment. I have installed vCenter (5.5 u2) as a VM using the packaged MS SQL Express version. I was testing for HA type failures,...
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:...
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DRMDump file not getting zipped
So my vCenter ran out of room on C. On some investigation, the drmdump folder was 50GB!!!!! Upon futher investigation it seems only on of the cluster folders is the culprit. Every other cluster folder...
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 6 - root password problems
Hi vSphere community, We are seeing some odd behavior with the vCSA and the root account's password. Basically the root password is changing or becoming locked out regularly. We've followed the KB to...
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 ArticleWill downing one of my three hosts cause problems in vCenter?
I need to update the controller firmware on my three hosts. The only production server VM that we currently have has a very small maintenance window. If I shut down all VMs on one host can I then shut...
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