Alarm for loss of connection of dvUplink?
Hi, is there a way to define an alarm which triggers, if one of the physical adapters (which is configured as an dvUplink of a DVS) of a host loses his connection? I have a DVS with 2 active...
View Articlevmware.log files
What is the deal with the VMware.log files being so big? Is there a way to "shrink" these? Also why are they various log files within the same folder per VM?
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...
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template actions grayed out
Hi, Today I've found out that for one of my templates some of the actions are grayed out. I can successfully deploy vm from this template, however I can't convert it to vm, nor rename it, nor remove it...
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 ArticleMove into resource pool Cannot complete operation due to concurrent...
Hi Everyone I have three hosts on my vcenter, however I can't seem to move any VMs into a resource pool as I get the following error(for example): Move into resource pool SALES Cannot complete...
View ArticleStart fresh with new vCenter 5.5 install vs upgrade?
I've been trying to get my vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 install to migrate to 5.5 OK, but it's giving me headaches. Some interface elements are missing, I can't get consoles to work, etc. That said,...
View ArticleSSO 5.5 upgrade fails, from 5.1.0
Trying to upgrade VCenter to 5.5 - when upgrading the SSO portion, get an error saying that the VMware KDC service failed to start - verify that you have sufficient privs, etc. it is installing as...
View ArticleVMware Tools Status "Out of Date"
Dear Team, In vcenter server inventory list, VM Tools status is displayed as "Out of date", just want to know what does it mean (vmware tools functions will work or not), regardsMr VMware
View Articlevcenter default alarms - Health Status
Can anyone please describe to me what the difference is between Health Status Changed and Health Status Monitoring? They both seem to be alerts for vCenter "service". Any help greatly appreciated....
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance - no web interface on port 5480
Dear VMware Community!I don't have any web interface after install. Could you help me to solve this issue?I installed successfully VMware-ESXi-5.5.0, and then downloaded and deployed...
View Article"vCenter does not support hosts of this type (VMware ESX Server 3i 3.5.0"
Hi people. I'm having a strange issue with my new vCenter Server Appliance (v5.5). When I try to add ESXi 3.5 hosts I get a message from vCenter saying that this version isn't supported. Adding 5.1...
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...
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Vcenter (VCSA) update failed
Hello, i'm running the VCSA since a couple of months and tried to update it to 5.0 Update 1a...
View ArticleDisable Snapshots For Individual VMs?
Hello Everyone, Is it possible to disable snapshot support for individual VMs, perhaps via an advanced setting for it? Or is the closest solution to put all its virtual disks in independent mode?...
View ArticleCan unused vCenter database indexes be removed?
I searched the forum and haven't seen this discussed. We are seeing that many indexes on all of our vCenter databases are apparently unused. The indexes have 300-plus million writes (in some cases) but...
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VCSA Upgrade 5.0 to 5.1 Problem - host list empty
Hello, I'm upgrading from VCSA 5.0 to 5.1.I folled this http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2033990 KB Instructions.At step 14, after the trust is done I should get a list with all managed Hosts, but all I get is...
View ArticlePurging old tasks/events in VirtualCenter
I thought I would share this procedure I documented to purge old tasks and events in VirtualCenter. I initially opened a support case on this with Vmware because I wanted to get rid of the older tasks...
View ArticleWhy can't I vmotion between Virtual Center datacenters?
Can someone explain why I'm unable to vmotion between VC datacenters (not physical) when the same storage/networking is in place on the hosts in each datacenter? Thanks Jon
View ArticleAuthentication failure in vCenter logs.
We have a problem currently where a user account from a person that has left the company is trying to authenticate every 5 minutes to vCenter. The problem is the logs doesn't show you where the account...
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