vmfs growing
Hello all,We have a vcenter server 4.1; running on two physical servers and total of 4 virtual windows machines (Windows Server 2008 Ent 64-bit). We have setup DRS.I have noticed that VMFS disk is...
View ArticleESXi hosts are split in DRS cluster
Hi all, I'm going to explain this as well as I can... In the case that i'm not being very clear, please fell free to ask me more questions. Here is the scenerio: 1) I have an IBM H Blade Chassis that...
View ArticleUnable to get alarm email alerts
Hi All, I have configured the details of my SMTP Server and sender email account in vCenter, i have created a new alarm for VM's Power off (whenever a VM gets power off i should receive a mail) in the...
View ArticlePerformance data missing on one of three ESXi hosts
We are newbies only having our VMware installation since early May. I noticed that one of our hosts and, subsequently, all the VM's on the host do not show performance data except in real time....
View ArticleHA Disabled
Hi, I have created a new vCentre 4.1 environment running 2 x 4.1 ESXi servers, I have turned on HA and DRS however I get the following error Failed to increase memory reservation and limit for host...
View ArticleFresh Install - vCenter Service Status and Hardware Status plugins in vSphere...
Fresh install of vSphere Server 4.0 with vSphere client. Separate SQL 2005 DB. 2 plugins are not working,disabled with almost identical error msgs stated directly in the Plug-In Manager. 1.)...
View ArticleDeleting a huge 500GB Snapshot ...datastore run out of space
Hey guys, So I deleted a huge 500GB snapshot and i thought I had enought space on the datastore to do it`s thing .... Now I am currently out of space on that datastore... what now ? would the snapshot...
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 Article"501 Not Implemented" error on vCenter plugin
Background: So i am running vCenter 4.1.0.345043, with a pair of ESXi 4.1.0.348481 hosts. the storage is a Dell MD3000i iSCSI storage array. i have thus far used the Dell MD Storage Manager to set up...
View ArticlevCenter Server Service Starts Then Stops
All of the sudden the vCenter Server service has stopped on the vCenter Server box. When we start the service, it immediately stops. We have tried restarting the box as well, but still get the same...
View ArticleInvalid VM
Hey Guys, So this VM was running on ESX9 and turn it off then moved it while off to ESX15. When tried to bring it up got error cuz it can`t lock the file etc.So moved it back to ESX9 but it comes...
View ArticleESXi network/past day empty on vCenter 4.1
Hello there, I'm running ESXi 4.1 hosts and vCenter 4.1. I just noticed that the Network/Past Day/Week/Month are empty. If I select real-time I see data and the counters below the chart show...
View ArticleHow to define certain virtual machines to not startup after cluster failure?
Hi, Im looking for a way to define certain virtual machines to not startup after a compleet cluster failure. A scenario where this might happen is a compleet power outage. The reason for not wanting...
View ArticleHow to Start/Use vCenter Server?
Hi guys, to start off I would like to apologize for posting such a easy question to most of you but it seems that this question could not be answered by most of our staffs here. For starters I have...
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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...
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Vsphere Web "web client is not authenticated to vmware inventory service -null"
Hi All, I have issue with Vsphere Web client login. "web client is not authenticated to vmware inventory service -null" when i am trying to log in my virtual center via web client it giving be above...
View ArticleUpgrade VC 4.1 to VC4.1 update1
I have to upgrade my VC 4.1 to VC 4.1 update 1, my VC is currently running as a VM - server 2008 R2 at a ESX 4.1 build 260247. Can you please provide the step y step guide and as well precautions for...
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vCenter Server 5.1 fresh install w/off box MSSQL database
Hi all, Looking for some advice on the best way to handle a fresh install of vCenter Server 5.1 using an off-box MSSQL database. Have done some searches and watched a few of the videos that are out...
View ArticleRebuilding a VCenter already assigned to a cluster
I have a previous 2 node cluster. The vCenter for this has completely died and unrecoverable. Am I going to be able to rebuild a vCenter and attach it to the current cluster without losing the hosts on...
View ArticleThe vmrc console has disconnected solution
Good morning everyone!I have the following error, the VMRC console has disconnected, I tried several solutions and no success! One was to open the task manager and terminate instances from vsphere...
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