vCenter 5.1 / ESXi's user login/logout logs
Hi, we're monitoring our vSphere 5.1 environment with Nagios. Most of the checks (cpu, memory, hardware, etc.) are performed against the hosts and not through the vCenter. The checks use a local user...
View ArticleVCenter Server 5.1 show migrated VM on old and new Storage
Hello, we update 2 vsphere 5.0 Hosts to 5.1 and the vcenter too. Now we connect new Storage to the vsphere Hosts and migrate some of the VMs on the new Store.(all of them have latest VMtools...
View ArticlevCSA 5.1 Performance tab overview shows "This program cannot display the...
I've got a vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 system setup, and I can't get the Performace tab overview to show up correctly. When I click on <Overview> I get a Internet Explorer looking page which...
View ArticleHost CPU - MHz, Host Mem - MB, and Guest Mem - % fields report a zero value...
Out of 10 Host 5 esxi host are not showing CPU/Host Memory performance states. All ten ESXi 5.1.0 hosts managed by vCenter Server 5.1.0Any suggestions on this.
View ArticleHow do I configure NIS as a vSphere 5.1 SSO identity source?
VMware claims (e.g., http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/Whats-New-VMware-vCenter-Server-51-Technical-Whitepaper.pdf) that NIS is supported on 5.1 as an SSO identity source. However, I can't...
View ArticleConcerns over upgrading vCenter Server from 4.1 to 5.1
I'm currently reading through the guide and how to upgrade vCenter Server in Chapter 4 of "vSphere Upgrade: vSphere...
View ArticleIssues with Deploying a VM from template
I am having some issue deploying a VM from template with guest customization. I have not been able to find any answers on the web.Here is my setup: vSphere 5.1.0Build 1064983 1) Create a VM (WIN2K8R2)...
View Articledownload link for vCenter Server Appliance (Linux)
Hi, I have the following situation: we bought this week VMware for our internal servers and would like to administer the VMs with Linux (and only with Linux). I downloaded...
View Articleclient closed, idle vcenter session remains
In vcenter I see idle sessions that I don’t believe should be there and I don't understand why. I’ve had users put in <inactivitytimeout>120</inactivitytimeout> in their...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 lab environment without AD
Hi guys, I am attempting to perform a sanity check of our vCenter 5.1 server to the most recent version of 5.1. To accomplish this I have created an isloated lab and cloned the production vCenter and...
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How to change time frame on vSphere Client Performance tab?
I'm not sure if this is the correct forum section to post this question. If not, please move to the correct one. In my vSphere Client Performance tab, it only shows this:Noticed the time is from...
View Articletwo hosts in cluster, vms in shared storage, when one host is down, vms show...
I have two hosts in a cluster using shared SAN storage for all VMs and data. Right now I noticed if one host is down, half the VMs show offline/disconnected (they were not running at the time)....
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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Need to Configure "Datastore usage on disk" Alarm as per Best Practice...
Dear Team, I HAVE NOTICED THAT ON ONE SAN DATASTORE FREE SPACE IS ZERO BYTES, BUT I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY ALERTS ON EMAIL, THAT ALERT GENERATED ON 7/5/2012. FOLLOWING IS THE SNAP HOW "DATASTORE USAGE...
View ArticleTest and periodic SNMP traps from vCenter?
According to vSphere Basic System Administration, section SNMP and vSphere, VMWARE-VC-EVENT-MIB, vCenter can send out SNMP traps for diagnostic purposes a) on requestb) on a periodic basis "The vCenter...
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:...
View ArticlePerformance Overview Tab Errors
I have vCenter server on a public IP address. Everything works fine except for the Performance Overview. After much fiddling I've made it work by adding a line to my drivers\etc\hosts file with the...
View ArticlevCenter Logs
Hi, I know this is a common one and not an issue as such. However - I'd like to remove/hide a particular task from the "tasks & events" log. We have a constant spew of 'map disk region' tasks which...
View Articlemoving OVF to new DataStore
I just exported a VM in OVF to my hard drive with plans to move the OVF to a new DataStore in another location. When I looked at the contents of the OVF folder that was created with the export i see...
View ArticleVMotion problem - 'device with remote backing'
When trying to VMotion from one ESX server to another, I receive this error: Unable to migrate from ESX1 to ESX2: Virtual machine is configured to use a device that prevents migration: Device 'CD/DVD...
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