Re: How to clean up a failed Vcenter 5.5 install of a second vCenter server...
First off, thanks so much for the clear, concise, truly excellent answer. I did have one question: "If the second vcenter also has its own SSO installed on the same machine and the second SSO was...
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I dont think you have an option without support ticket at the moment, without this clean up just need rename the SSO machine.SSO just pulls the information from AD, not writing anything to AD,...
View ArticleIn vcenter, Under Targets, in Dynamic Discovery all the buttons are greyed...
Dear all, I am working on vsphere 5.5, working through webclient, I have added software iscsi adapater, I have configured VMkernel Network adapter in vswitch0, but when I am trying to add target server...
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To troubleshoot this symptoms and get more information about how to configure software for iscsi please check this KB : VMware KB: Configuring and troubleshooting basic software iSCSI setup Let me...
View ArticleRe: Move vCenter database
Please check VMware KB: Moving the vCenter Server SQL database
View ArticlevCenter SSO 2.0 mmc snap-in diagnostic tools
Hello! In different vSphere 5.5 preview articles I heard about management tools, that should be included in vSphere 5.5 GA release. Some weeks ago I successfully upgrade my infrastructure to 5.5 RTM,...
View ArticleRe: Move vCenter database
Hello, I already tried this and there is no way to restore the database as there is a compatibility issue. I want to move a database from SQL Server 2008 R2 Express to SQL Server 2008. See the error...
View ArticleRe: vSphere Web Client - Do not have access to a vCenter Server 5.1 system
This helped for me too. In mentioned table (dbo.VPX_ACCESS) there was just one user. I had to login with this user. The only one with permissions to vcenter server. And then in classic vsphere client I...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.5 Web Client shows incorrect inventory
Same issue, just a little more infomation to add to the thread. I have replaced the default certificates on my vCSA 5.5.0.5101 build 1398493, so when I attempt to re-regeister the inventoryservice it...
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...
View ArticleRe: vCenter server suddenly stops working
Hi, We have encountered the same problem with SQL as the database. Would the above solution(removing limitation on DB) will work here as well?? Thanks in advance..
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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 ArticleRe: VCSA Upgrade 5.0 to 5.1 Problem - host list empty
Hey all, After I cancelled the Upgrade, renamed the new VCSA to something more useful and changed the IP to static. I was able to proceed with the upgrade. Cheers,Alex
View ArticleRe: Move vCenter database
"Can I create a brand new database and connect the vCenter to it?"Not if you want to lose all the data in the tables there. Just curious, is this a huge setup with lots of rules/customizations? If not,...
View ArticleRe: vSphere 5.5 install on second server fails at CustomAction...
hmm.. why not reuse the first SSO? Also what option did you choose while installing on the second machine? new site/new server in existing site? RegardsGirish
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Re: Move vCenter database
I don't mind losing all the perforamance data. There is not that much rules/customizations, but we use distributed vswitch. Can it be an issue if a create a new database? Regards,
View ArticleRe: Cannot add host to vCenter server because datastore is shared with an...
Reinstalling ESXi 5.5 on the host was the only thing I tried that resolved the issue. ESXi had gotten hosed up at some point, because I couldn't even get a keyboard hooked up to the concole to work....
View ArticleRe: Move vCenter database
Hi, Of course it is an issue. I do think your operation is : moving ESXi hosts from one vCenter to another. I think that, if migrating from 2008 R2 Express to 2008 Standard is that important for you,...
View ArticleRe: Unable to connect to vcenter, vmware sso service failed to initialize...
Hi, Did you ever try to connect with you web browser to https://vca1.vmcolours.com:7444/lookupservice/sdk and check the result ?Did you check the service status in your appliance admin page...
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