The VMware vCenter Inventory Service service terminated with service-specific...
Tried connecting into the web interface and it states it cannot connect to the inventory server. I see the service is stopped and when I try to start it, it fails. Error message in event log: The...
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...
View ArticleUnable to open console in vSphere Web Client after 5.5 upgrade.
We are unable to open the console of any VM through vSphere Web Client following the upgrade to 5.5 This goes for all user groups including administrators.When you right click on the VM to get the menu...
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 ArticleStart fresh with new vCenter 5.5 install vs upgrade?
I've been trying to get my vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 install to migrate to 5.5 OK, but it's giving me headaches. Some interface elements are missing, I can't get consoles to work, etc. That said,...
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 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 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 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 6.0 Install fails "The supplied system name is not valid"
I'm getting these errors when i try to install vCenter 6.0Firstboot script execution Error. The supplied System Name vcsa6.mydomain.com is not valid. Posts like this:...
View ArticleError when loading VMWare vSphere Client
Hey guys, I'm a newbie to the VMWare world and have just experienced my first problem. My system was installed by a 3rd party vendor that, due to uncontrolable circumstatnces, is not accessible at...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 AD Authentication Help
Hello, I was successfully able to install my vCenter Server 5.5. For identity sources I have vsphere.local as default but I have also set-up AD (Integrated Windows Authentication) under configuration....
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 ArticleHigh memory usage on server - java.exe and tomcat.exe
Hello I have vCenter Server, vSphere Client, vSphere update manager, and vSphere web client installed on my server. I see that there are 3 java.exe processes taking up 2.3GB (all together), and...
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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 ArticlevCenter Essentials, multi-site SSO/PSC, Enhanced Linked Mode
In vCenter 6.0 with Platform Services Controller 6.0, I realize that the new "Enhanced Linked Mode" is enabled by default when you join a 2nd PSC/SSO node to an existing PSC/SSO domain. This is great...
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 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 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...
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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