Cannot start VMWare VirtualCenter Server service - error 1067
Hi.Our VC service has been running for about 2 months.Today I made a change the license file loaded on the license server.I restarted all the services, but now the VC Server service does not want to...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 - Hardware Status tab (No Data)
We are completing our migration in our TEST environment to our new vCenter 5.1 server. We have migrated our ESXi 4.0 U2 and 4.1 U2 hosts to vCenter 5.1. We are using the latest version of the HP CIM...
View ArticleError 29107 Upgrading vCenter to 5.1
I get the following error at the end of the vCenter upgrade/install while Registering with vCenter Single Sign On. What can I do to overcome this? Error 29107. The service or solution user is already...
View ArticleSrvc_StartService::vctomcat service NOT STARTED Error: 1068. VCENTER 5
getting following error when installing vcenter 5 .< VMware VirtualCenter-build-455964: 09/15/11 15:34:47 Srvc_IsServiceStatus::serviceStatus: 4 VMware VirtualCenter-build-455964: 09/15/11 15:34:47...
View Articlevpxd.exe uses up to 99% of available physical memory and prevents vSphere...
We have an issue with one of our vCenter servers using VMware vCenter Server 5.0.0.16964 This server is running on Windows Server 2008 R2 in a virtual machine with 4 vCPUs and 8 GB of memory. It...
View ArticleConfiguring SQL 2008 R2 Enterprise for vCenter Server 5.1
Seasons' Greetings to all. Kind of a newbie here. This is for my lab environment. I have always used the vCenter Server Simple Install option which also installs the bundled Microsoft SQL 2008 R2...
View ArticleError when loading VMWare vSphere Client
Hey guys, I'm a newbie to the VMWare world and have just experienced my first problem. My system was installed by a 3rd party vendor that, due to uncontrolable circumstatnces, is not accessible at...
View ArticleThe VMRC console has disconnected
Hi all, we are running vsphere 5.1 host and vcenter. since today i can't start console from vsphere client. I allways recieve this message: The VMRC console has disconnected.. attempting to reconnect.I...
View ArticleDatastore Browser Problem
Hi, i have the following problem: i get this error: "Datastore Browser-->Expected put message. GOT: ERROR" when i try to copy a .vmdk file using the datastore browser in VI 2.5. It seems as...
View ArticlevCenter server 5.1 upgrade issue
I am upgrading from vCenter 4.1 to vCenter 5.1 and I am attempting to just upgrade using my sql server 2005 express database (small environment). However, I am unable to get connected to the integrated...
View ArticlevSphere Performance Charts Only Showing Real-time data
Hi, Please can you help me understand why my vSphere client is only showing real-time data in the performance charts for some of my VMs. I can view historical data for some of my other VMs. I'm using...
View ArticleDatastore Usage on Disk alarm - Question
We have a few VMs with LUNs dedicated to them (i.e. SQL VMs), formatted with VMFS and each one containing one vmdk file taking up most of the space on those LUNs (approx 99%). Because of this, the...
View ArticleLimits for vCenter with SQL Express
If using the built in free MS SQL Express with vCenter then it is often said that this would limit the size of the environment to 5 hosts and 50 virtual machines. My question is if this is a "hard"...
View Articlecann't connect to vSphere using domain(Active Directory) accounts
Hi All, after few days I cann't connect to vSphere using domain(Active Directory) accounts.but it worked befor and nothing changed in AD.Connection is possible only with local users, where vCenter...
View ArticleFailed insertion of statistics - vSphere 4.1.0
Hello,I have a problem, when viewing the "events" shown in my vCenter I get the following error "Stats insertion failed for entity XXXX due to ODBC error".I get this error for a bunch of my ESX's. I...
View ArticleFailed to connect to VMware Lookup Service - SSL certificate verification failed
Hi everyone, just set up the new vCSA 5.1 but i'm getting an error when trying to login via Web Client/Browser. "Failed to connect to VMware Lookup Service...
View ArticleFile Transfer using vSphere
We have a VM that has been compromised with some malware and is now sitting with it's NIC cards disabled to cut it off from the network. We would like to get some log files off of it for analysis....
View ArticleError 25003. Setup failed to create the vCenter Server repository.
Hello, I am trying to install vCenter Server 4.0. When the installator tries to creator repository an error pops up: Error 25003. Setup failed to create the vCenter Server repository. I click OK...
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...
View ArticleSingle Sign On and AD users
hi guys all the time when I install vCenter I created a local group in my Windows vCenter Server "Virtual Adms" and I'd add all the users that needed admin access to vCenter and in vCenter I added that...
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