Re: vCenter Server Appliance checking for update hangs
I tried a few things in my lab (which however is already on v5.5 U1a). If the update URL cannot be resolved (i.e. no DNS entry found) an error message shows up after a few seconds and the Check Updates...
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Hey André, thanks, good idea, I'll try the local hosts entry on monday. It's version 5.5U1. I'll look up the build number on monday. Tim
View ArticleRe: vCenter Server Appliance checking for update hangs
Hello Tim, my second thought...if vCSA is stuck at checking for updates from "external" sources (stubborn to use URL source) it might be worth a try configuring itfor zipped update bundle (Use...
View ArticleRe: VCSA 5.5 Hostname Change Problem
The recommended fix in the KB did not work for me. I tracked this to bad error checking in vami_set_hostname. The boot problem could be fixed with a one-liner in /opt/vmware/etc/init.d/vaos, but other...
View ArticleSSO 5.5 HA questions
Hello all.I got some problems while trying to configure SSO HA.I have 2 vms with primary and secondary nodes of SSO and vm (debian7) with apache 2.2 as load balancer. Load balancer config taken from...
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Also i dont get part about Step 6 in http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2033588 there is notes:Entries for these SSO...
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VC 5.5.0 (1476327) and Profile Driven Storage / java / high CPU load
Hi all, back from weekend I found our VC vm nearly unoperatable. We recently updated from VC 5.0 to VC 5.5.0. Our ESXi servers are still 5.0 U3.I found the cause in TaskManager, a java.exe with all...
View ArticleRe: How to add an ESXi 4.1 in a vCenter 5.5?
Hi OminousPrime In fact, it's so: You can't manage an ESXi 4.1 host with a vcenter5. The only way I found was configure another ESX 4.1 (not an ESXi free) with an evaluation license. You can manage...
View ArticleRe: VC 5.5.0 (1476327) and Profile Driven Storage / java / high CPU load
It could be vFRC, if you have it enabled: VMware KB: VMware vCenter Server consumes most of the CPU, memory, or disk I/O after enabling Virtual Flash
View ArticleWhats the status the bug issue with vFRC and high CPU/RAM?
Anyone whats happening with KB2072392? We upgraded our Enterprise licenses to Enterprise Plus to utilize vFRC. We haven't been able to use it for over two months and no word yet from VMware Support......
View ArticleRe: Share templates between vCenter servers
We were able to achieve the sharing of templates between our primary and DR site by creating them on an NFS share that is mounted on the primary production environment and is replicated via our SAN to...
View Articlehost memory usage
A ESXi 5.0 host usage is 17 GB / 38 GB but on cluster's host tab, it shows that particular host "% Memory" value is 72. Which one is correct? How is this value calculated? vCenter 5.0 is on Windows...
View ArticleAuthentication to vSphere web client using smart cards
Hello everybody, I'd like to authenticate to vSphere web client using smart card logon. Is that feature supported in vCenter 5.5? If so, how can I enable it ? Thank you very much !
View ArticleRe: vCenter Server 5.5 fails to start after server reboot
@str1k3er: Can you show me about detail checking steps for VM snapshots? how did you find out the snapshots when VC service wasn't running? Or did you connect to ESXi host directly to checked? I'm...
View ArticleDatastore Cluster move to a new vcenter 5.5 - steps?
Designing a plan to move exisiting 5.1 environment to a new 5.5 vcenter server. I have a Datastore Cluster that I would like to move into the new vCenter. I have SDRS rules setup. How do I move the...
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Any thoughts guys ? Thanks !
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Re: How to add an ESXi 4.1 in a vCenter 5.5?
You can definitely manage ESXi4.1 hosts on your vCentre5.5 I am doing this on my test environment at the moment...Although managing the Classic ESX4.1U2 Check VMware Product Interoperability...
View ArticleRe: How to add an ESXi 4.1 in a vCenter 5.5?
Yeah, I have been reading conflicting reports so I just ended up setting up my own test environment (much much smaller than our current one though) and have also reached out to VMware to get a little...
View ArticleDatabase problems?
Hi, I recently upgraded from 5.0 to 5.5 U1 (including the heartbleed bug patch) and am having what I believe are database issues. All services start and I am able to connect via the vSphere client and...
View ArticleRe: How to add an ESXi 4.1 in a vCenter 5.5?
You can manage an ESX 4.1 host with vcenter 5, but not an ESXi 4.1. That's the problem.
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