vCenter 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...
View ArticlevCenter 6.0 U1 - Replace machine SSL certificate, VMware Component Manager...
I have installed an external PSC (6.0 U1) and have attempted to replace the machine SSL certificate with a custom certificate from our CA I have tried using both the certificate-manager CLI and the new...
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 ArticleCould not start the vmware virtualcenter server service on local computer....
Good afternoon. We've seemed to develop a problem with one of our servers running Virtual Center that prevents us from logging in with VSphere. Windows gives the following error: Windows could not...
View ArticleVMware 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 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 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 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 ArticleCannot launch vSphere 6.0 Web Client
I just upgraded our vSphere to 6.0, including vCenter and ESXi.Everything is fine, but the web client has little problem.On my Windows 7 computer, web client works fine.However, on my Windows Server...
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 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 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 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 ArticleUnable 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 ArticleWeb Client connection problem
Hi,I got problem that Web Client is not able to connect to vCenter. It is showing message: HTTP Status 404 - /vsphere-client/...
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 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 ArticleAn error occurred while communicating with the remote host
Hi community, I have a problem with my VC2.5 and ESX3.5. 50% of all actions results in "An error occurred while communicating with the remote host". The 2nd try mostly works, sometimes i have to do...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 does not see Host CPU Host Mem or Guest Mem on 4.0 hosts
Pretty much in the title. vCenter was upgraded back in September or so to 5.1, and there are mixed clusters running: 4.0 esx, 5.0 U1, and 5.1. On the 4.0 ESX hosts, we do not see the CPU/Host Mem or...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 certificate replacement issue
I'm having problems getting the self signed certificates for vCenter v5.5 replaced with Enterprise CA certificates. I am using the certificate replacement tool from VMware. The SSO certificate is...
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