vCenter Server Service is not starting
I have performed all the changes to migrate the vCenter Server database from SQL Express to full SQL Server following the Knowledge Base ( that is posted by VMware ) its URL is mentioned here for...
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 ArticlevCenter Server Appliance 5.1 - Wizard/Config fails
This is my inital step into the Vmware world and it isn't going well. Downloaded the latest vCenter Server appliance 5.1.0.5100 and created a new VM in VMware Workstation 8.0.4. Started the VM and let...
View ArticleCannot open the disk Failed to lock the file
Error when attempting to share a disk across two vm's. I have two VM web servers and a shared disk for data, each web server has 20GB drives for OS and they share a 500GB drive for data. I will be...
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 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 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 Articlevcsa or vcva (Linux appliance) will not start - file system has errors
So I have the vCenter linux appliance latest version (5.1U1) but I have seen this before on earlier releases too.On the console I have errors like below=========================================fsck...
View ArticlevCenter 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...
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There is no Licensing part in web client
I have installed a new vSphere 6 environtment.with external Platform Services Controller. There was no error or warning during the installation. But, when I connect to the vCenter server with the Web...
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vCenter 5.5 Installation failing.
Hello Guys, It's a brand new server with Windows 2008 R2 installed from scratch with all updates. vCenter Single Sign-On, Web Client, and Inventory Service gets installed with no issues but during the...
View ArticleVcenter appliance host sensor errors
I am running a vcenter 6.0 appliance. Some time in the last week, the vcenter appliance stopped updating the three individual host's sensor data. If I click on "Reset sensors", this error pops up:"The...
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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 ArticleHost 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 Converter 4.2.0 - Unable to contact the specified host.
Hi, I've searched all over the internet and been working with VMware tech support, but I am unable to find a solution. I am running vSphere 4.1 on Windows 2008 R2 and all is working well, except I am...
View ArticleVMware vCenter and Windows Server 2012 (Server 8)
Hi,I just installed vmware vCenter Server on Windows Server 2012 but Vmware services not started so I cannot connect to the vcenter via vClient.When I try to start VMware services manually I get an...
View ArticlevCenter Storage Monitoring Service Service Initialization failed after...
I recently upgraded from vCenter 5.1 to 5.5. After the upgrade I began to get health warnings for the VMware vCenter Storage Monitoring Service that say "Service initialization failed". I have rebooted...
View ArticleUnable to change vCenter 6 web client (or SSO?) URI
Hi there, I have upgraded my Windows vCenter 5.5 to version 6. I accessed the VC by going to https://vc.domain.com, after upgrading to version 6, it redirects me after clicking on "login to web client"...
View ArticleAdding VCSA 6.0 to domain fails
Hi Guys, Hopefully something you can assist me with to stop me from ripping anymore of my hair out For the last few days, I have been trying to add our VCSA to our domain so that I can setup the SSO...
View ArticlevCenter 6 DRS-available memory resources error
I have a case open with support on this but I wanted to see if anyone else has run into it. We upgraded from ESXi 5.0/5.1 with vCenter 5.1 to ESXi 6 and vCenter 6. After the upgrade, DRS has started...
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