Backup on NFS Share - questions
Hi,Just have a few question about my backups: Backup Scenario Source: Windows Server 2008 R2 Virtualized on VMware 5.1. C: Disk is "System" D: is "Data". D: size is 1 TB. Purely a File Server.Target:...
View ArticleRe: VCenter 5.1 Migration Strategy?
I'd like to know this as well. The only thing I've been able to find so far is this article:...
View ArticleNTP Time Config
Recently had an issue with a ESXi 5 host syncing. The host was in production for a few weeks. We had NTP configured to point to a Windows domain controller.Yesterday we were not able to start RDP...
View ArticleRe: VCenter 5.1 Migration Strategy?
I forgot about the adam database. I think migrating it using the process below should work. I think it would just need to be done as a last step before starting the vcenter services on the new server....
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Need Help..problem booting up VM in HA cluster..
Hi Experts. We landed up in a strange bizarre scenario. Few of our VM complain to power-up in an HA clusterQuick lookup for vmware KB pointed me to...
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Re: Need Help..problem booting up VM in HA cluster..
forgot to add.. those VM's which complained to power on had memory and CPU reservations alsoi don't want to reduce the reservations to zero and power them up. -Sr
View ArticleRe: vCenter Statistics Interval and Logging Options
Appreciate the reply and the note about Chargeback. We don't use it but hadn't considered it.
View ArticleRe: Host Profiles playing up in vSphere 5
I had same similar kind of issues while configuring vSphere 5.1 on Cisco UCS blades but fix for the following errors is not updated in VMware KB article. Refer this blogpost for the fix with...
View ArticleRe: Need Help..problem booting up VM in HA cluster..
Are you sure you need reservations (i.e. you are overcommitting resources)?Unless you already did, take a look at http://www.yellow-bricks.com/vmware-high-availability-deepdiv/ which explains the...
View ArticleConverter 5.1 - Unable to detect disks or volumes on the source machine. Make...
Hi, I'm trying to convert a RHEL 6.4 virtual machine on KVM, pretending this is a physical system during conversion.After a while the conversion stops with the message "Unable to detect disks or...
View ArticleVcenter SQL Server Backup
Hi,I am trying to backup db on Vcenter using my domain admin id which is also in local admins on Vcenter server but its giving me access deniced error , Even i cant not access VC DB from Management...
View ArticleRe: Need Help..problem booting up VM in HA cluster..
thanks A. P i will go through the link yeah.. reservations part.. I will have to check back again.So if i make the reservations zero. will ESX handle the CPU and MEM for these VM. Will VM/Apps be...
View ArticleRe: Need Help..problem booting up VM in HA cluster..
It actually depends on the host's/cluster's resources. If the resources are sufficient, your VM's will get all resources they need. Only if resources are low, a reservation may make sense. In such a...
View ArticleAlarm repeatedly triggered
Hi I am doing this on vCenter 5.1 U1. I have modified the default lost network connectivity/redundancy alarms to send me an email repeatedly (15 min) when status goes from yellow to red.I also...
View ArticlevSphere Licensing, ESX admins
In vSphere 5 licensingwe see 8 way, 32 way CPU model for virtual environment. What is this represents? How the ESX admins group exists? If doesn’t exist then are we allowed to create manually?What is...
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Hi, 1.8-Way vCPU for Standard license32-Way vCPU for Enteprise license64-Way vCPU for Enterprise Plus license 2.You can create as many groups as you like in your directory ( LDAP / ADS / Local ) and...
View ArticleInventory Service registration with SSO fails after certificate exchange
Hi, I''ve installed vCenter 5.1 Update 1 on a fresh Windows Server 2008 R2. For this I've followed the description to replace the self-signed certificates by CA-signed ones (see...
View ArticleRe: Vcenter SQL Server Backup
domain authentication and SQL authentication are two different things. If your domain account is not member of the group that has access to the SQL database, then you won't be able to log in. Have...
View ArticlevCenter Performance charts
Hello,i've recently migrate my vcenter db from mysql express to mysql standard on a dedicated vm. Now part of my graphs are "corrupted". for example i can't see nothing in Performance - Advanced - CPU...
View ArticlevCenter System Change SSO
I was just curious if anyone knew if the bug identified in this kb VMware KB: After making a change or restarting Single Sign On server system, vCenter Server 5.1.x fails to start has a clever work...
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