Re: VMware Inventory server is down
what will be the impact if inventory server goes down , will I able to see the complete inventory of VMs/ datastore /networking etc.... in VC server or I have to repiair existing or need to install new...
View ArticleWeb Client remote console NULL
I am having a user with an issue where they are able to connect to vcenter and the VM console in the legacy vsphere client, but when connecting to the remote console via the web client the web client...
View ArticleRe: VMware Inventory server is down
Hello, Inventory Service is just a service for use by other tools. Does it have a DB, actually I am not sure. You may have to contact VMware for that one. If you installed the Inventory Service on...
View ArticleRe: If vCenter server Crash then what will be the impact
Hello, I would also make sure you have a backup of the Cisco VEM for the Nexus 1000V, if that goes away you run in the same issues for networking if vCenter goes away. This is one reason I place all my...
View ArticleRe: vCSA 5.5 OVA not setting FQDN and AD auth not enabled by default?
Sanjeeb is right, you need to add the AD domain name under "SSO-->Configuration-->identity sources" after logging on to the Web-Client as administrator@vsphere.lcoal user.
View ArticleHow do i stop Storage Monitoring Service?
Hi VMware exparts, I'm currently facing a problem with vCenter Management Webservice related issue. One of the vCenter management service, Storage Monitoring Service witch runs on tomcat is consuming...
View ArticleConverting Physical Machine Using IPv6
I would like to convert my windows 8 physical machine ESXi using IPv6 but don't know how to do that.
View ArticleRe: No message string to format object vim.option.OptionDef
This occurs if there are two concurrent calls to retrieve information from the same ESX/ESXi host. You may want to reference the VMware KB listed below. VMware KB: VMware VirtualCenter Server...
View ArticleBest practice for backup of vCenter Appliance and ESXi-hosts?
Hi, I have a new VMware-environment based on ESXi 5.5 and the vCenter Server Appliance. A couple of questions: What is the best-practice for running backup of the vCenter Server Appliance? I have set...
View ArticleRe: Best practice for backup of vCenter Appliance and ESXi-hosts?
Hi, you can use VMware VDP to backup your vCenter Appliance. It's included in essentials plus, standard, enterprise and enterprise plus licenses. I won't do backups of ESXi hosts. Restoring the backup...
View ArticleRe: Simple Alarm actions - shown in "Task & Events", but not working...
Any Update to this call.... I am having the same problem at the moment.regards
View ArticleRe: vCenter Server Appliance (SLES) out of disk space, service cannot start
Hi Bro, i have the same problem and i fix following this KB VMware KB: Increase the disk space in vCenter Server Appliance
View ArticleMigrate vCenter server back to machines hosts using vDS
I have an interesting delimna. I have a test environment with two servers running 5.5, both hosts are configured with virtual distributed switch (vDS), call this TESTEnvironment1. The vCenter VM...
View ArticleRe: authentication in vSphere 5.0 versus 5.1
Thanks, if I can figure out how I'll close this thread and start some new ones after I get a VCSA VM spun up in my virtual lab.
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.5 certificate replacement issue
I am experiencing the exact same problem. vCenter Server 5.5 installation is on a brand new VM running Windows Server 2012 R2. vCenter Server is also new. I've been following Derek Seaman's excellent...
View ArticleDid my Storage vMotion failed?
I'm doing a Storage vMotion to 3 VMs with the size of about 2TB each. During the migrations, the vCenter server having errors where it says "reconnecting". Once i can log in back to the vCenter, the 3...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.5 certificate replacement issue
HA! You did the same thing I did. Followed Derek's blog on PKI followed by his vCenter 5.5 blog. The problem is with using his CAPolicy.inf file. He has AlternateSignatureAlgorithm enabled which...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.5 certificate replacement issue
Thanks a million for the tip! So basically I have to tear down my whole PK? Meaning revoke Root CA cert and Sub CA cert and re-install both the Root CA and Sub CA with the updated CAPolicy.inf?
View ArticleVCenter Upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1 or 5.5 in linked mode
Hello We have V center configured in Linked mode with 3 sites and at present i am going to upgrade one of site with 5.1 so i wanted to know during the Vcenter upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1 is there any issue...
View ArticleRe: VCenter Upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1 or 5.5 in linked mode
You must remove the vCenter that you will upgrade from the Linked Mode group, because vCenter don't support Linked Mode configuration with vCenter in different versions, and after upgrade both (or all)...
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