Active vSphere.local sessions in vSphere C# Client
vCenter 5.5u2.Does anyone know why new active sessions are spawned when disconnecting old vSphere.local sessions in the vSphere C# client?Are there dependencies with SSO and or Plugins? Thanks.
View ArticleIs it possible to run vCenter 5.1 or 5.5 without SSO
Hello, My question is in the title : Is it possible to run vCenter 5.1 or 5.5 without SSO ? I don't want to install AD because I don't need of it. It was not necessary in vCenter 5.0 and I would like...
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 ArticleVirtual Machine Snapshot process Locks at 99% and kills all VM connectivity
Good Morning, I utilise the VEEAM B&R tool to back-up my VMware enviroment, the back-up process nightly largely goes without issue but when backing up certain VM's on various differnet days (there...
View ArticleThis host is currently being managed by the vCenter Server
I have ESXi v5 installed and was testing the vCenter Server software on a standalong server and connected up to ESXi5. I later blew away the server software to test something else. Now when I log into...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 NIC disconnected when converted from a template and started...
Hi, Have a very strange issue. I wanted to perform patching using a VCO workflow on both my Windows 2012 R2 template and Windows 2008 R2 templates. My Windows 2008 R2 template when converted and...
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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The problem of writing logs with the web client plugin under vsphere 6.0
I have developed a vSphere web client plugin under vSphere 6.0. In my plugin, I want to write logs using JAVA Logging to the directory c:\test\log\. At first, I ran my plugin on Windows Server 2008 R2,...
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 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 Articlehow to move templates between datastores
Hi there, I have 10 VM templates on a datastore and would like to move all templates to a different datastore. What is the Best way to move templates between datastores? Thanks.
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 Server Appliance update and VMware Tools
I've just updated VCSA to 5.1.0.10000 Build 1065184. I had to uninstall VMware Tools first 'cause update failed with "VMware Tools cannot install because it appears that another installation ofVMware...
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...
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 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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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...
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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 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 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...
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