vCenter 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 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 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 ArticleVcenter (VCSA) update failed
Hello, i'm running the VCSA since a couple of months and tried to update it to 5.0 Update 1a...
View Articlepermissions in web client
I just upgraded to 6.0U1 and I'm running into some issues with the web client for some users (non-admins). This is a clean install of 6.0U1. My permissions are controlled via AD groups which I set on...
View ArticleSSO / vSphere Web client problem
Hi All,I have a vCenter 5.1 that was installed and configured before my time joining the company. The Single Sign On was installed and service is running. The Web client was not installed as part of...
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 Appliance checking for update hangs
Hey all, I just wanted to update a vCSA appliance. Unfortunately it hangs in the status "Checking for aivailable updates..." as has no internet access. I changed the settings to CD-ROM updates,...
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Migrate virtual machine hangs "In Progress"
I have problem with migrating VMs between the hosts. The migration task hangs in status "In Progress", but never starts. When I look into events of VM, there is description "Migrating VM from...
View Articleunable to logon to vcsa 6.0
Hi Guys, We have been running vCenter server appliance version 6 (version=6.0.0, build=2776510) in production for about 6 weeks now without issue. 2 days ago logons failed to the server. quick fix was...
View ArticlevSphere 6 and Platform services - "HTTP Status 404 - /psc"
So built a brand spankin new environment and I have both VM's vcenter (Server 2012 R2) and platform services Server 2012 R2). I'm trying to follow these instructions....vSphere 6.0 Documentation Center...
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...
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vCenter 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 6 'Empty Inventory' due to permissions
I have a fully functional, completely working vCenter 6 environment. Admin users can log in and see the entire inventory, as they're supposed to. However, I have a number of business users that need...
View ArticleVirtualCenter Server Service Not Starting Automatically
The system I have is VirtualCenter Server 5.1. I am running into an issue where the VirtualCenter Server Service will not start automatically during a reboot. After reading a few other threads I...
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template actions grayed out
Hi, Today I've found out that for one of my templates some of the actions are grayed out. I can successfully deploy vm from this template, however I can't convert it to vm, nor rename it, nor remove it...
View ArticleConnectivity issues to hosts over MPLS
Hello, We have been troubleshooting an issue that prevents our vCenter server from connecting to some of our remote hosts. This has impacted 2 different vCenter servers running 5.1 and 5.5 on Windows...
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 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 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:...
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