Re: vCenter 5.1 AD group membership resolution
Hi, This is a Limitation in Vcenter 5.1 environment. It supports only 500 groups, It queries in first 500 groups only. Disclaimer: I can not proove at the moment, But i faced the same issue and we used...
View ArticleRe: vCenter Server 5.5 fails to start after server reboot
In our case, we ended up rebuilding the VCENTER and migrated everything over to the new system. The P2V that was giving issue however in our case was on Windows 2008 R2.
View ArticleRe: vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 U1 (vApp settings lost when removed from...
anyone have any input on this? not losing vApp settings after importing an .ovf/.ova, and then removing/readding it to inventory?
View ArticleRe: VM shows alert icon with no alarms triggered
This is a valuable thread as I have found myself digging this out twice before. As govandsinjari states below you can do this method from within the vSphere C# client or you can also perform the same...
View ArticleRe: vCenter Server Service Wont Start after P2V
In this case, we ended up rebuilding the vCenter and migrating everything over. Wish had better update but in the end thats what was done. ThanksBostonTechGuy
View ArticleCatch-22 - how does one edit the vcenter server VM if you have already...
Once you update a VM to VMX-10, you can no longer edit the settings of the VM using the Windows vSphere client - you have to use the vCenter Web client. But what if your vCenter server needs more RAM?...
View ArticleRe: Catch-22 - how does one edit the vcenter server VM if you have already...
After talking to some of my co-workers, sounds like something that might need to be done with a PowerCLI script. Is that the correct solution? NK
View ArticleCan someone verify this setup / make suggestions?
Can someone verify this setup is correct, and make suggestions on improvements? Hardware:2x HP DL380p Gen8 Servers1 CPU each, 10 Cores, 2.2 GHz32 GB Ram each8x Gbps NICs 2x HP Procurve 2920 24-port...
View ArticleRe: Catch-22 - how does one edit the vcenter server VM if you have already...
Several options actually: VMware KB: Downgrading the virtual machine hardware version in ESX/ESXi VMware KB: Editing virtual machine settings fails with the error: You cannot use the vSphere client to...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.1 AD group membership resolution
If vCenter Server is at least 5.1 U1 you might want to look into the following. VMware KB: Supported vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 configuration and interoperability with vSphere 5.1 SSO 5.5 lifts some...
View ArticleRe: Redirecting vCenter server to new SSO instance
VMware KB: Re-pointing and re-registering VMware vCenter Server 5.1 / 5.5 and components Note that you will need to point the Inventory Service as well, and then also reregister vCenter to the...
View Articledatastore clusters and i/o control
I have an EqualLogic array and if I understand the docs correctly, they say to disable storage i/o control in VMware and let the SAN handle it. Suppose I present multiple luns from the EqualLogic to...
View ArticleRe: datastore clusters and i/o control
Yes you can do that. But keep in mind that Storage IO Control and IO Load Balancing (IO Metrics from SDRS) are different when it comes to enforcement. SIOC is per datastore and it enforces right away...
View ArticleRe: datastore clusters and i/o control
No if you want SDRS need to leverage SDRS IO load balancing for that particular datastore, then you need to UNCHECK that option (which is enabled by default when you disable SIOC), once you uncheck, it...
View ArticleRe: datastore clusters and i/o control
Just wanted to thank both of you for your answers and clearing things up.
View ArticleRe: Week long headache with CA signed certificates on VCSA 5.5
I believe that if you follow this article you will be able to replace your bad certs: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2057223 If...
View ArticleRe: Help with Host/Datastore re-assignment
I basically agree with vickyvision2020 that SAN administration - unpresenting old LUNs and presenting the new ones - is required. However, there may be more you need to do than this. Depending on the...
View ArticlevCenter Server 5 Foundation HA
Hello, If you have licensign of vCenter Server 5 Foundation and ESXi Standard, Do you have High Availability? Thanks,
View ArticleRe: vCenter Server 5 Foundation HA
Hi. yes you have HA. It's licensed in esxi standard. The vCenter foundation only limits your number of esxi hosts you can manage ( 3 hosts ) RegardsTim
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