Re: vCenter 5.5 SSO and a child domain as identity source
Add the domain over LDAP.Set LDAP source as default domain. Tried & tested
View ArticleRe: "Disconnecting" a managed host from vCenter Server: practical application?
Here is what I use the disconnect button for: I have an old vCenter 4 install with 10 ESXi 4.0 hosts, I have now built a vCenter 5.5 system and need to migrate to this vCenter but I cannot have any...
View ArticleHow datastore are selected by vcenter for Datastore heartbeat?
Guys,Hope all is well. I have a doubt on this. What if all of my datastores are shared among all the host in a cluster. What if I am having a combination of iscsi, RDM and FC in my cluster? How vcenter...
View ArticleHow to troubleshoot if DAVG value is high?
Hi Guys, Can anyone suggest me the steps or a workaround to mitigate situations with high DAVG value. KAVG value is under limit. Many Thanks.
View ArticleRe: How to troubleshoot if DAVG value is high?
When Davg is high, you have a lot of factors to look at, and tweak. Hope this link helps. DAVG | VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs Thanks,Avinash
View ArticleTeaming doubt
Guys, Suppose if I have 4 VM's sitting on an esxi host. For an instance consider VM1 and VM3 is communicating with Vmnic0 (active) and VM2 and VM4 with Vmnic1( active). Since it is an active-active...
View ArticleRe: Teaming doubt
Hey, if my memory is correct the load will not be balanced automaticly when vmnic0 comes back up. The VMs will stay at vmnic1 since the vmnic is chosen when the VM powers up or is transfered to the...
View ArticleRe: How to troubleshoot if DAVG value is high?
High DAVG refers to storage latency.You can get more info fromVMware KB: Troubleshooting ESX/ESXi virtual machine performance issues -SatyS
View ArticleRe: Replace vCenter Server 5.5 SSL certs using vC-CAT fails
Hi.We have the same problem.Do you have a solution for this problem?
View ArticleRe: How to troubleshoot if DAVG value is high?
Hi, In addition to the links that have been shared, I will isolate this DAVG with a specific controller/SP and then check the CPU utilization of the controller & the disk utilization of the...
View ArticleRe: How to troubleshoot if DAVG value is high?
Thanks all for the response, I will isolate this DAVG with a specific controller/SP and then check the CPU utilization of the controller & the disk utilization of the attached disk shelves. Also...
View ArticleRe: Replace vCenter Server 5.5 SSL certs using vC-CAT fails
I have not. And because it's my home lab, I'm not able to open a support case; at this point, I'm looking at rebuilding vCenter from scratch (after backing-out all my VDS configurations--meh).
View ArticleRe: How datastore are selected by vcenter for Datastore heartbeat?
Hi, Sorry for the previous reply. You can find more information about how datastore heartbeat works from Duncans blogs HA Architecture Series - Datastore Heartbeating (3/5) - Yellow Bricks -f10
View ArticleRe: How to troubleshoot if DAVG value is high?
This is a tough one Let me try it anyway. I dont thnk that you can get the controller/SP information from ESXi shell/command or GUI. What you would need in this scenerio is a plugin from your Storage...
View ArticleRe: vCenter Upgrade w/ Linked Mode
Closing this out, my answer it to remove the link between VC's and then perform upgrades using multiple single sign-on instances in different locations and after both sites are upgraded link them back...
View ArticleRemove a datastore from an old Host webclient
So I followed the following document to remove the datastores from an ESXi Host that had failed Unable to remove a datastore from the vCenter Server 4.x / 5.x inventory (1026661) It removed the...
View ArticleRe: Remove a datastore from an old Host webclient
It should have synced on the web client too. May be webclient is not refreshing the inventory. Can you reconnect and see if its gone?
View ArticleRe: The VMRC console has disconnected.. attempting to reconnect
While that is a valid workaround, I would rather have a solution to the root cause as to avoid this issue altogether since it is quite disrupting when in the middle of working on a task. It appears to...
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