vCenter 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 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...
View ArticleWhat permissions are needed to deploy from OVA/OVF
Our environment is vCenter 4.1 U1 and ESXi 4.1 U1. We have a multi-tenant Lab environment where users are isolated with separate Resource Pools and separate VM, Storage, and Network folders. The users...
View ArticleCannot see Hardware Status of Host ESXi 5.5 anymore in Web client 5.5.
Hello, I can no longer see the Hardware Status of the Host ESXi 5.5 using the web client. I can however see it under Health status using a direct connection to the host using vSphere client.If I...
View ArticleEvent ID 7024 - The VMware VirtualCenter Server service terminated with...
I am currently running VC 2.5 virtualized. WIndows 2003 SP2 with SQL Express 2005. Everytime I reboot the server I received Event ID 7024 - The VMware VirtualCenter Server service terminated with...
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 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 5.5 constant login failures with Identity Management Service
I recently changed a domain account password and now on the vcenter server there are constant login failures that reference the VMware identity management service. The service is logging in as 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 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....
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Datastore Space Utilization - 'Other' File Types
Hi, All. We have a SATA FC LUN, presented to 3 x ESX 4.1 hosts and 1 x ESXi 4.1 host (all fully patched) from an IBM DS4800 SAN. We wanted to provision some new test VMs and noticed that the...
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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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 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 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...
View Articlevcenter 6.0 web client - hangs when logging in with scrolling bar....
vCenter Version: 6.0 Build 2776511OS Type: Windows 2012 R2 I fired up the lab today and when I try to log into my vcenter web client, the login hangs with the blue/light blue barber shop pole/bar...
View ArticleWebclient browsing problem with multi-site PSC & VCS implementation
Hi all, I just deployed a brand new VC6 environment which consist from two sites. I wanted to implement separate VC Server + External PSC instances at each site where the PSC's are sharing a common...
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 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...
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