vCenter with 10000 hosts
This is mostly for design planning. We do not have 10000 hosts but designing for scalability is always important and we do have a need for almost 1000 in the next few years. Assuming we have:HA vCloud...
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 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 ArticleCreating a RHEL Linux Cluster on vSphere 5
Hi Is it possible to cluster RHEL linux VMs on vSphere V5 ESXi hosts? I have some RDMs which I can add to 1 VM, but they aren't visible to add to the other VM. These RDMs are the shared storage that...
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance update and VMware Tools
I've just updated VCSA to 5.1.0.10000 Build 1065184. I had to uninstall VMware Tools first 'cause update failed with "VMware Tools cannot install because it appears that another installation ofVMware...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 - Single Sign On - Two Sites - Stretched VLANs - Linked Mode
Hi, I have a question about vCenter 5,5 with SSO across two sites with stretched VLANs and desired Linked Mode ready for SRM 5.1.1 and I have reviewed Justin King's blog and watched VMworld session on...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1.0U1b update to 5.5 fails (Error 1603)
I keep getting errors while trying to install vCenter 5.5 Single Sign-On which results in a rollback.I tried it with Simple Install and Custom Install.I already tried to delete the CIS Folder and...
View ArticleUpgrading vCenter to 5.1, certificates expired
I'm running vCenter 4.0, and in the middle of doing an upgrade to 5.1 (using the separate installation method). So far Single SignOn, WebClient, and Inventory Services were installed fine. While...
View ArticleJDBC error upgrading vCenter to 5.1
I searched high and low, went through all the previous posts I could find, but can't get past this pesky JDBC error while upgrading the vCenter 5.0 to 5.1. The SSO bit went without any issue, but this...
View ArticleWith Safari 7.0 on Mavericks HTML5 Console does not open anymore
Hi, since upgrading my Mac Air to Mavericks I have problems with the included Safari 7.0 Browser: When I click on console in the web client the HTML5 console does not open anymore. No new tab is opened...
View ArticlevCenter 5 install : Could not connect to DB with specified JDBC URL
I am trying to get vCenter 5 installed on Windows 2008 R2 severSql express 2008 R2 installedWhen I try to connect to install it I receive:Could not connect to database with specified JDBC URL I also...
View ArticleStorage service is not initialized
vCenter5.1 and all esxi5.1 servers - no upgrades, all fresh installs. I get a "Storage service is not initialized, please try again later" when i click on the storage views tab. The sms logs are full...
View ArticleTraffic flow when cold migrating a vm
Hello Is this statement correct: "When I am cold migrating a (powered off) vm from one ESXi's local storage to another ESXi's local storage via vCenter, the traffic flow goes through the...
View ArticleVUM Scan Host - The host returns esxupdate error codes: 10
Morning everyone, I've been struggling to nail down this error 10 code that I'm getting on all of my hosts (3 ESXi in total). Everywhere i look it tells me that I'm running low on space but when I...
View ArticleMigrate between 2 VM Host
I have a Windows 2003 server running on one VM host and wants to migrate to another VM Host. It has 600 GB data and wants to lower the downtime. And we don't have VMotion. Does any one have a fast...
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vCenter 5.5 Installation failing.
Hello Guys, It's a brand new server with Windows 2008 R2 installed from scratch with all updates. vCenter Single Sign-On, Web Client, and Inventory Service gets installed with no issues but during the...
View ArticleCannot use "Launch Console" from the VMware Web Client on a Mac
I recently upgraded my vCenter Appliance and my ESXi host to 5.5. When I did that i noticed I could now install the client integration plugin on my mac. It is nice that I can upload files from my...
View ArticleHaving issues adding ESXi host to vCenter Server Appliance
I've been spending lots of time working on the new vCenter 5.1.0A. I have two vCenter environments in my test and dev. vCenter1 = Windows 2008 R2 vCenter server. It has local domain Microsoft CA self...
View ArticleWeb client not working after Simple Install option for vCenter Server 5.5
I'm trying to get into the web client after a fresh install of vCenter Server 5.5. When I go to the url of http://vcenterservername/ it brings me to the page to log into vSphere Web Client. When I...
View ArticleCannot Register vCenter Server
Hi Experts, I tried to register a vCenter Server through vSphere Web Client Administration Tool and got the following error mesages: VMware ESX and VMware ESXi servers are not supported with vSphere...
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