Re: Upgrading vcenter 4.1 on Windows 7 to Vcenter 5.5
The way I see it you have two options: 1) Upgrade the existing machine to a supported Windows Server operation system and the then do an in-place upgrade of your existing vcenter 4.1 environment. 2)...
View ArticleVCenter 5.5 deployment
Hi,Deploying a new vCenter 5.5 from scratch for our new datacenter. VC is added to AD domain (for example tcgms.int) and the FQDN is shown as VCentername.<domain name>. During SSO install...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.5 SSO and a child domain as identity source
In the end I've found that setting it up the "long" way is the only way to get the child domain to stick. That way being choosing the other selection AD as a LDAP Server. This requires a lot more info...
View ArticleRe: VCenter 5.5 deployment
Any reason you're not going with the VC appliance? It is the future and a lot easier to manage than another windows server or two.
View ArticleRe: Upgrading vcenter 4.1 on Windows 7 to Vcenter 5.5
Go with VC appliance! It is a lot easier than the crazy VC on Windows. This will be a fresh "install", not an upgrade which I would honestly say would be a nightmare in your scenario. I've been using...
View ArticleRe: An error occurred while taking a snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual...
Hi ManjunathV, Let me provide more information. I was taken a VM backup using vSpehere WEB client from a RHEL 5.4 based VM. The backup failed due to the Quiesce error. That is why I try manual...
View ArticleRe: An error occurred while taking a snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual...
Here is the hostd.log of the ESXi: 2014-02-24T18:41:20.030Z [3D8C2B70 verbose 'Statssvc.vim.PerformanceManager'] HostCtl Exception in stats collection: Sysinfo error on operation returned status : Not...
View Articleflash and RHEL6 ?
All. Has anyone succeeded in connecting to a vcenter 5.5 appliance with a RHEL6 workstation? If so, what's the magic incantation and ritual keystrokes? Made the mistake of upgrading to esxi 5.5...
View ArticleRe: Domain credentials required when logging on
I think the issue has something to do with the vCenter server. If I log into the vCenter 5.10 server with my client (or log on locally) if I do not precede my userneame with my domain name I get a...
View ArticleRe: An error occurred while taking a snapshot: Failed to quiesce the virtual...
More tests reveal that if our application is shutdown, there is no problem taking a quiesce snapshot.
View ArticleRe: Domain credentials required when logging on
Hmm.. if you are using 5.1, then you have SSO and he behavior is expected..But your post earlier indicated that you had a pre 5.1 env(without SSO) 4.x VC doesnt have SSO and so you dont need the domain...
View ArticleRe: Upgrading vcenter 4.1 on Windows 7 to Vcenter 5.5
Hmm but you still end up needing a Windows server os for the other components like VUM,SRM etc. RegardsGirish
View ArticleRe: VCenter 5.5 deployment
Not clear on what you want to do here.. do you want SSO to pick up vrt..xxx.net as the FQDN? RegardsGirish
View ArticleRe: VCenter 5.5 deployment
vmruiz, we do not want to go VC appliance way due to business reasons. hence this is out of equationraog, to give you more background, we have lots of vCenter 5 deployments across DC's and this is the...
View ArticleRe: VCenter 5.5 deployment
You can add later on additional identity sources into your SSO.Add a vCenter Single Sign On Identity Source
View ArticleRe: VCenter database bursting
HonestlyI did not knowof this limitation, we will arrangeto move thedatabase toa SQLServerStandard. Thanks for the info!
View ArticleRe: VCenter database bursting
Just one more quick note. If you are using or going to use vSphere 5.5, you may want to consider using the vCenter Server Virtual Appliance, which - as of version 5.5 - supports up to 100 hosts and...
View ArticleRe: Domain credentials required when logging on
If 5.0 vCenter Server, LocalOS and Active Directory users are valid. When you try with just username , you are in fact logging through Local OS user of that vCenter Server machine. Please check your...
View ArticleVcenter storage question
Does Vcenter need to see all the attached storage that the hosts have access to? I tried googling it but couldn't find a definitive answer. Thanks!
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