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vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 - Wizard/Config fails
This is my inital step into the Vmware world and it isn't going well. Downloaded the latest vCenter Server appliance 5.1.0.5100 and created a new VM in VMware Workstation 8.0.4. Started the VM and let...
View ArticleThe type initializer for threw an exception for...
When running VI Client 4 or 4 U1, on Vista SP1 x64, I get the following error message. The type initializer for threw an exception for 'VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.ClientsXml' threw an exception. and...
View ArticleLicensing page shows more Activated licenses than Capacity can handle
Home --> Licensing page shows more Activated licenses than Capacity can handleThis happened after I reinstalled the vCenter connected to a new remote DB which was created restoring the backup of the...
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How to access Web-Client admin-app on vCenter Server 5 Appliance?
Hello Everybody,as stated above I have troubles accessing the Web-Client admin-app on my vCenter Server 5 deployed via Appliance. as mentioned...
View ArticleWhats in the VirtualCenter database?
I did some research on this to better understand how VC uses it database. Below is the results of this if anyone is interested: What data is stored in the VirtualCenter database?[/b] As of version...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 and AD authentication issues
Hello, A little bit of intro: 1. VC5.1, SSO, Inventory and Web Client installed on a single VM (clean installation).2. MS SQL is installed as a separate VM3. During installation of SSO an AD connector...
View ArticleVCenter start fails after demoting Domain Controller
Hi. Instead of hijacking other one's thread having the same problem I decided to start a new thread, so sorry for double posting. After promoting a new DC and demoting the old one we have the problem...
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...
View ArticleAn error occurred while communicating with the remote host
Hi community, I have a problem with my VC2.5 and ESX3.5. 50% of all actions results in "An error occurred while communicating with the remote host". The 2nd try mostly works, sometimes i have to do...
View ArticlevCenter Inventory Service does not start
Hi, I have installed vCenter Server 5.0 U1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 that have all updates. When the part of the vCenter Inventory installation, it creates vCenter Inventory Service but it cannot start...
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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 ArticlevCenter 5 Web Client Service does not start
After the installation of the Web Client Server on the vCenter Server (with no errors) the Web Client Service won't start. In the windows log following error is reported The vSphere Web Client service...
View ArticlePorts 902 and 905
I've been capturing Virtual Infrastructure Client <> VirtualCenter Server <> ESX Server <--> Virtual Infrastructure Client network traffic lately to monitor the use of port 905 and...
View Articlewhere to check esxi host's uptime?
from vsphere client 4.1, where do i have to go to check a esxi host's uptime without going to terminal of the esxi host?
View ArticleVMware vCenter service stops with SQL DB size errors
Hi, We run VMware vCenter 4.1 with 3 ESX hosts, and 50 VMs. vCenter is running on Windows 2008 R2, with SQL 2005 Express SP2. Yesterday our virtual backup failed, saying it couldn't connect to the...
View ArticleHow do you move a VM running vCenter from one ESXi host to another?
How do you move a VM running vCenter from one ESXi host to another? I am running VMware vSphere 4.1 Essentials with a vCenter VM running on one of the ESXi hosts that I want to move to the other ESXi...
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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 ArticleWindows 2012 Server - Best practices for creating Template
On Windows 2012, has anyone created templates for this OS (VM)?If so, what services did you remove, disable or install or what tweaks did you do to create a "Base" template? Any ideas or suggestions?...
View ArticleInstalling CA-signed SSL certificates on vCenter 5.1 (Server or Appliance)
I recently upgraded my ESXi 5.0 hosts to ESXi 5.1 and they all kept the CA-signed SSL certificates I previously installed. I did a fresh install of vCenter 5.1 Server where the same box ran SSO,...
View ArticleSSO domain ID is does not match (vCenter Install/Linked Mode)
I installed vcenter 5.1 as VC01 using vcenter Sinple Install.. no problems.When I try to install my second vcenter, I install the SSO, Inventory Service, and when installing vCenter server,I select to...
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