Access to VCSA through SSH and/or local console is NOT working. Help!
Hello, It's been hours I try to connect to vcsa through ssh or even on the local console. It is activated on the DCUI of vcsa. My password is correct since I can access the DCUI but I can't access...
View ArticleVCSA 6.0 boots but services do not start
We are a small school with a small tech staff and no VMware experts, so I really hope someone can help us out. Our VCSA 6.0 was doing fine but recently rebooted after a power failure. I realized...
View ArticleCPU Utilization vs Usage
What's the difference in the CPU Utilization and CPU Usage metrics in vCenter? Both are an average rollup, measured in percent. Maybe it's the verbiage, but those two sound redundant. However, the...
View ArticleVCSA 6.0 appliance uses over 10 disks?
This is the first time I've used a VCSA appliance, and I just find it strange that I have 11 virtual disks assigned to this appliance. Is this a normal occurrence? Here's what I see when I got to...
View ArticleRescan storage ESXi 6.5 a long time
Hi guy, I have a system include vcsa 6.5u1 and Esxi 6.5When i rescan storage esxi then is slowi export log on esxi.See log below 2017-08-28T22:29:02.661Z cpu17:66276)NMP:...
View ArticleIncrease Disk Size Replicated VM
Currently using vCenter 5.0 VM Replication and SRM. I'm looking to increase the disk size on a replicated VM. When doing it I get the following error: Reconfigure virtual machine:Invalid or unsupported...
View ArticlevCenter 6.7 U3a Plugin Error
Hi all, I have upgraded the vCenter 6.7 U2 to U3a, but after that the plugin for vRops, vSAN in vCenter had failed and result in below error: Error downloading plug-in. Make sure that the URL is...
View ArticleMigrating/Upgrading Windows 6.5 to vcsa 6.7 fails at Starting VMware...
I migrated to external PSC to 6.7u3 before attempting to do the same for vCenter itself. I keep getting an error at Starting VMware Authentication Framework. The Error that comes up is: Failed to force...
View ArticleAuthenticationError: One or more certificates cannot be verified - vCenter 6.5
Hi,I am trying to configure automated backup of vCenter 6.5 server using API call and script. Everything looks ok from Script perspective however its always failing with error "AuthenticationError: One...
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance High Availability - passive DOWN
HiI'm currently testing VCSA HA in a lab and I am seeing the following situation.When I initiate a manual failover everything works fine and the Passive vCenter server becomes the active server and the...
View Article[Clustering] Single VM spanning across multiple physical hosts ?
Folks,Is it possible to allocate to VM more resources than single ESX host have in order to build single big VM out of many physical hosts?For instance I have two ESX hosts with 2GHz and 16 GB DRAM...
View ArticleMigrate virtual machine hangs "In Progress"
I have problem with migrating VMs between the hosts. The migration task hangs in status "In Progress", but never starts. When I look into events of VM, there is description "Migrating VM from...
View ArticleFailed to connect to endpoint (vCSA 6.5.0.22000)
Hello,need help solving a problem.On the start web page, the following error: "503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http20NamedPipeServiceSpecE:0x00007f7f000ab0e0]...
View ArticleVcenter 6.7 Installation problems
My installation of Vcenter 6.7 gets stuck at 60%. Below is the error I get: 503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http20NamedPipeServiceSpecE:0x00007fac1003efd0]...
View Articlevmware-vpxd service cannot start after importing Machine SSL certificate
Hi people, I have implemented vCenter Server 6 WEB appliance and tried to import self signed SSL Machine certificate, in order to access on vCenter web interface using that certificate for HTTPS....
View ArticleVCSA 6 install error - Supplied name not valid
When installing a second vCenter I keep running into the errors: 1. Firstboot script execution error.2. The supplied System Name vcenter-01.domain.local is not valid.3. If the supplied system name is a...
View Articleupgrade path from vCenter 5.0 to 5.5 or 6.5
Hi All, I have a vcenter 5.0 based on windows 2008 and there is a requirement to upgrade 5.0 to 5.5.. Can we upgrade directly to 6.0 or 6.5 ? Hardware Dell Power edge R900 & R720 Any insight into...
View Articleinstall vcsa 6.7 without a DNS
Hi Team, I'm trying to install vcsa 6.7 and I'm having issues with my DNS is there a way I can install without a DNS. I do have a DNS but when I'm in the server room I'm unbale to ping any machines its...
View ArticleUpgrade from 5.5 latest to 6.0U2m using migration assistant fails in pre...
Hello I have two vCenter Servers, Production and Recovery Site, both Windows boxes, apart of same SSO domain, in linked mode and both at the latest build of 5.5. I am trying to upgrade my recovery site...
View Articleweb console to VM - HTTP Status 500 - internal server error
I am unable to open the web console to a vm and getting this HTTP Status 500 – Internal Server ErrorType Exception Report Message An exception occurred processing JSP page [/webconsole.html] at line...
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