vSphere SSO 5.5 and multiple AD domains
We have just built out a new 5.5 environment and I am working on the SSO portion. Currently our SSO server is in a sub domain of our primary domain (subdomain.company.net), all our users AD...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 Web Client shows incorrect inventory
I upgraded my vCenter to 5.5 from 5.1 and it works except the Web Client has incorrect inventory data. It is missing some VMs and has some ghost VMs that don't actually exist. There aren't any error...
View ArticleVsphere client could not connect to vcenter
An error occured login to vcenter the following error occured "Vsphere client could not connect to vcenter,An unknown connection error occured.The request failed because of connection failed (unable...
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VMware vCenter Server 5.1.0 Update 1c へのアップデートでエラー1721で失敗する
お世話になります。今回、vCenter5.0からvCenter5.1u1cへアップデートを行いましたがvCenterのインストールの最後のところで下記のエラーで失敗してします。どなたか、解決策をご存知の方はいらっしゃいませんでしょうか？※SSOおよびInventory Service は、正常にインストール完了...
View Articlehow many vCenter I need for 2 sites
I have two sites over fiber WAN. Main and remote. Currently my vCenter manages my main office hosts. I am planing to add some hosts at a remote site.Should I install a second vCenter or should I...
View ArticleCould not start vCenter Server appliance
Hello, we have been using vCenter server (5.0 and 5.1) on Windows Server 2003 for a long time. Now, with vCenter Server 5.5 there is a need for Windows Server 2008 64-bit and accompanying database...
View ArticleSolution: How to install vCenter Server 4.1 on Windows 7 (Vista) 64-bit
Warning: This hacking is not supported by VMware !!! 1/ extract iso image of vCenter (e.g. in 7zip) to any folder in destination machine2/ download application for editing msi file and installe.g....
View ArticleCan't use Remote Console in Web Client: "SSL verification failure for...
I'm brand new to vSphere 5.5. I just upgraded a 4.1U1 install and everything went well. However, now that I'm trying to work with the web client, I can't actually connect to any of my VMs via the...
View ArticleSDRS Runtime rules I/O Latency
I've noticed datastores clusters in the environment I'm supporting with I/O thresholds set below the 30ms default. I'm looking into why this was done but, most of the recommendations I have seen are to...
View ArticlevCenter Appliance 5.1 - Cannot verify the SSL Thumbprint
Hi, i have installed a vsphere environment with two vsphere ESXi 5.1 hosts and a vCenter Server Appliance 5.1Recently a strange issue has shown up. Randomly both hosts became disconnected from vCenter...
View ArticleHost Profile Noncompliant
We are experiencing an issue where our Host Profile fails in our ESXi 5.0 environment. One of the configuration settings is Advanced Configuration Option > Annotations.WelcomeMessage. We have it set...
View ArticlevCenter appliance 5 and SMTP Configuration
hi guys I setup the SMTP Server IPand Sender Account in my new and shiny vCenter Appliance 5 server SMTP Server: 192.168.1.xSender account: vcenter@mycompany.net now testing for the email alerts I get...
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 ArticleVDP appliance don't show up in VCenter Web Client
Hi, Our VDP server had some DNS problems. After we solved them, we've found there is no way to manage the appliance through VCenter WebClient. Though the VDP plugin is installed there, our VDP...
View ArticleRecovering vSphere management after vCenter crash
vCenter server hardware has failed and two vSphere server are still associated with that server. Looking to disassociate both servers with the old vCenter and establish a new connection with the new...
View ArticlevCenter Appliance 5.1 Active Directory no longer functioning
I had a vCenter appliance in my home lab running 5.0 and I had AD working just fine. I upgraded to the 5.1 appliance according to the documentation and now it seems that my AD integration isn't...
View ArticleDRS Question
For the first time in 5 years I noticed that DRS is acting strange and was curious if it warrants opening a ticket with support. Out of the blue it started vmotioning VM off of one Host on to the...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1B installation - Error 20010. Failed to configure LookupService
Hello, After my upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1 went horrible, I decided to just start everything from scratch and follow VMware's recommendations to a T with the latest installer. Turns out that the 5.1B...
View ArticlevCenter Update (DB is mirrored & SSL questions)
Hi, vCenter is currently 5.1.0a and I will be upgrading to 5.1 Update 1b. 2 Questions if I may: The vCenter DB is part of a SQL mirrored setup. Prior to upgrading is it recommended that I break that...
View Articlevcenter appliance - compatible with ANY additional VMware products? SRM, for...
And if not - if any product that ever needs to "plug-in" to vCenter is just not going to work with the appliance - then, hmmmm .....
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