Re: Manually remove vSphere Client (ESXi 5.1) from a crashed vSphere Server 5...
Hi ZACAV, Thanks for the reply. Is locked down mode enabled on the hosts? Also what username are you logging into the hosts with? Are you using root or a domain account? When you say all options are...
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Hi, No they are not in lock down mode. Nothing is greys outed.When I try to increase the size of one of the HDs the error I get is:Access to resource settings on the host is restricted to the server...
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Building up a brand new VMware environment and attempting to setup the vCenter Server Appliance. It was successfully imported into a host, it runs, I can connect to it over the network on both 5480...
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hey what I mean is what that 4 way or 8 way represents?. ESX Admins group consists of admin rights by default but does it gets create automatically or should it be created manually after joining the...
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I've seen a similar issue, check in the task manager if there are multiple instances of "VMware Orchestrator", if yes kill one of the instances.
View ArticleRe: vSphere Licensing, ESX admins
8-way vCPU means each of your VMs can be configured with a maximum of 8 CPUs. When you add an ESXi host to AD, there is one default admin group: '<AD Domain Name>\ESX Admins' Read more about it...
View ArticleVCenter Migration - SSL Certificates
I am planning to move my VCenter 5.1a host following these steps. http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=5850444 In step 14 it states: If...
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I am having the same issue and have confirmed that I am using the correct Master Password. Looks like a support call is in order.
View ArticleRe: vMotion disables even though it is licensed
@a_nut_inGood catch. As a quick note, the license edition is Essentials Plus 4 (I removed the screenshot, because it contained the license keys) which indeed doesn't support svMotion. André
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Re: Manually remove vSphere Client (ESXi 5.1) from a crashed vSphere Server 5...
Sorry for the questions but had to know exactly what you were running into. Open an SSH session to the host and go to /etc/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.cfgBackup the file and then do a chmod 777 vpxa.cfg Edit...
View ArticleRe: VCenter Migration - SSL Certificates
The VM's would just show as disconnected with resource pools intact if the DB is intact. Are you using VC 5.1, though? Coz if you are, you can actually take a backup of your resource pools so that if...
View ArticleRe: Adding vCenter Server Appliance to AD
You can find a video describing a way to successfully setting up the appliance at vSphere 5.1 vCenter Virtual Appliance and vSphere Web Client Video Tutorial Series and avoid issues (including...
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In 2008 R2 I used an app called "windows enabler" to allow me to copy the modified profile to default users. I haven't tried using it with 2012 yet.
View ArticleRe: Very large VCI_PACKAGE_LOCALES table (Update Manager database)
Hello, I cannot find anything on how to purge the update manager database. I am using SQL express for this right now and needed to purge data myself. Below is a SQL script i used while logged into...
View ArticleVC MAC address issue - VC VM lost Network - suddenly lost network connectivity
Hi My VC server (virtual machine , 5.0) suddenly lost network connectivity, from the physical switch MAC address is not learned, if i changed the IP address as a test it is working !!!! (but there are...
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If you change IP address does it continue to work or communication is lost? Changing the IP address should not change the VMs MAC address - it will only change if the VM was powered off and restarted...
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Hi, I'm running through our hosts at the moment upgrading to 5.1 U1a and as I'm nearing the end I thought I'd have a look at Host Profiles. I understand the concept and I think I already know the...
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