using the VMware Infrastructure Client through a proxy
Hello, Can the VI Client (2.5) be setup to access the VirtualCenter through a (http) proxy server ? I may have overlooked something, but I can't find the information in the doc. Is there magic keywords...
View Articlevcdb_table_cleanup_mssql.slq
Anyone seen any issues with this script? I am going to run this to to cleanup up my SQL tables for my VC database. I have one table dbo.Vpx_Hist_Stat1 which is like 17GB. This is why It appears that I...
View ArticlePast Day stats rollupVirtualCenter SQL job failing
Hi, Since upgrading to vCenter 2.5 U4, we keep having problems with the Past Day stats rollupVirtualCenter SQL job. It keeps failing with the following error: Log Job History (Past Day stats...
View ArticleSecurity Warning(s) on vSphere Client Connection?
Every time a vSphere client connects to the server two security warnings are displayed (see the attached image). Clicking View Certiface allows you to "install" the certificate, but always leaves you...
View ArticleCall "UserDirectory.RetrieveUserGroups" for object "UserDirectory" on vCenter...
Hello when I try to insert permissions into my VCenter I get following Error when I try to search a User Call "UserDirectory.RetrieveUserGroups" for object "UserDirectory" on vCenter Server...
View ArticleHow to remove VI3 license server from vSphere 4?
Hi all, In the license administration of our vSphere 4 environment I have still listed the old VI3 license server. Since we do not use it anymore (anything was upgraded to vSphere 4 a long time ago) we...
View Articlenot enough storage is available to process this command
I have a VMFS storage that I was not able to add into my ESXi host thru vCenter which is resolved by adding it directly into my ESXi host with the VI client. After I done this, I proceed to enable HA...
View Articleexport virtual center privileges?
Hello all,I'm sure there's an easy way to do this, but I haven't been able to find it-need to export a list of all VC privileges, not just the ones currently assigned-Thanks.
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Solution to full transaction log for database VIM_VCDB
Hi, after having struggled to solve the reason for above error-message over the past weeks, i want to share my experience and the solution. The information to (really) get rid of the well known error...
View ArticleUpdate Manager patch repository
Does anyone know of a way to remove/delete old patches from the patch repository in Update Manager ? I'm running all ESXi 4.1 and I want to remove all the old ESX 4.0 patches, and other os patches that...
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Esxi 5: Hardware monitoring service on this host is not responding or not...
Hello, Sometimes we have the phenomenon that when we open the Hardware Status Tab we can not see any information.In return I only get the following message:Hardware monitoring service on this host is...
View ArticleUnable to create VM in NFS Based Datastore.
Hello, We have ESX 4.1 & VC 4.1..i have added 2 NFS based Datastore & 1 VMFS based Datastore, i 'm able to create VM in VMFS based datastore. But not able to create VM in both NFS based...
View Articlecan't setup vmware center server appliance - fialed to initialize schema
upon deploying the appliance, and re-deploying it about 10 times i give up. I've ssh'ed in and poked around with postgres (i'm a mysql & linux admin professionally, I am not strong with postgres)...
View ArticlevCenter Upgrade - Uninstall Inventory Service
Hey There, I'm trying to update the vCenter Server from VMware 5.0 (without U1) to 5.1.I could install the SSO service without problems, when installing the inventory service the installer detects the...
View ArticleRecommendation on VMware snapshot disk space requirement
Hi, I have a VM with size 350GB and i have the Datastore LUN with size 500GB. My requirement is I have to take a snapshot of this VM. I want to know what is the minimum free space which is required to...
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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 ArticleESXi 5.1 host disconnect from vCenter randomly
Hi, My ESXi host disconnect from vCenter randomly and they didn't reconnect automaticaly,I dont' know what is problem!But they will disconnect when host is under pressure!Anyone has same experiences?
View ArticleAdding vCenter Server Appliance to AD
Building up a brand new VMware environment and attempting to setup the vCenter Server Appliance. It was successfully imported into a host, it runs, I can connect to it over the network on both 5480...
View ArticleExcessive vCenter Events Log Problems after updating to latest HP management...
Hi, Note really a vcenter problem, more of a HP problem I suspect. I have recently applied the following HP VIB's to resolve the issue of the filling of the / volume with the file /var/log/hpHelper.log...
View ArticleBest Practices for vCenter 5.1 with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
I am looking for a best practices, or really any documentation on configuring vCenter 5.1 with a SQL Server 2008 R2 database. I see that SQL Server 2008 R2 is supported but that's about it. Any help is...
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