Re: SSO High Availibilty
Thanks Bayu, yes we have HA, my concern is if SSO VM crash (BSOD, unable to boot , failed to repair) then how we will authenticate with VC. What will be the work around??? regardsMr VMware
View ArticleRe: Windows customization on ESXi 5.1 with a vCenter 5.5 failing
Customization works again normally with that patch (build 1900470). Great!
View ArticleRe: Windows customization on ESXi 5.1 with a vCenter 5.5 failing
Now that's what called a great fix! Attached new patch through Update Manager and deployed VM again from the template. No more annoying customization message! Cheers guys.
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 in linked mode & SSO
I'm planning to upgrade my two vSphere environments from vCenter 5.0 to vCenter 5.5 currently running in linked mode which are in two different geographical location .Even after the upgrade I plan on...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.5 in linked mode & SSO
You can read this blog on vCenter 5.5 SSO: Allow me to introduce you to vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 | VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs"The new architecture is based on a multi-master model where each...
View ArticleCan the Update Manager vci-intergrity.xml be recreated
Hi All, I need to recreate the vci-intergrity.xml file as it has been deleted. Is this do-able?
View ArticleProvisioned Storage incorrect when using RDMs
Hi all, I have a couple of virtual machines which are part of a Microsoft cluster. They have RDM's and are using physical bus sharing. The RDMs have been expanded by changing the size on the SAN,...
View ArticleRe: Provisioned Storage incorrect when using RDMs
This is most likely related to the RDM pointer .vmdk file which still contains the old size information. This is basically not an issue for a physical (pass-trough) RDM - except for the incorrect...
View ArticleFind all VMs connected to a specific ISO on datastore?
Hi, I'm unable to delete some ISO files on our datastores. I believe the issue is b/c some VMs are connected to it. How do I find out which VMs are connected to the ISO files? Thanks in advance, J
View ArticleMajor migration: Move vCenter from 5.1 on Windows 2008R2/SQL 2008 to 5.1 or...
In anticipation of the end of mainstream support for Windows Server 2008 R2, I want to migrate a vCenter installation to a whole new server and MS SQL server. It's a VM running in my host cluster. It...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 STD max vCPU limit
what is the max vCPU limit on windows 2008 R2 STD, ENT, ENT plus in vSphere 5.5. In VM i have increased the virtual sockets to 8 and cores to 1, from OS end i can see only 4 processor.
View ArticleRe: Windows 2008 R2 STD max vCPU limit
In this case you are most likely using the Standard Edition of Windows Server 2008 R2, which is limited to 4 sockets. The is a limitation in Windows rather than vSphere. What you can do however, is to...
View ArticleRe: Windows 2008 R2 STD max vCPU limit
... here's a nice Technet blog post regarding the Windows Server CPU support:...
View ArticleRe: Windows 2008 R2 STD max vCPU limit
This link talks about Hyper-v, but we are using vSphere 5.5.
View ArticleRe: Windows 2008 R2 STD max vCPU limit
Don't get confused with the "... with Hyper-V Enabled" addition for the mentioned server versions. What matters is the number of supported sockets for Windows itself. This is independent of whether or...
View ArticleRe: Find all VMs connected to a specific ISO on datastore?
Download the free RVTools and run it. Save the report to Excel and review the "tabvCD" tab.
View ArticlevCenter server crash
I have a single vCenter server with 4 data centers that has failed. Each data center has a 3 host cluster. If I am unable to resurrect this vCenter, can I build a new vCenter? Setup the same data...
View ArticleRe: vCenter server crash
1. Yes, you can build new vCenter. 2. Create new datacenter>>cluster & add existing hosts to new cluster. Once you add existing hosts to new cluster on new vCenter, these hosts will be...
View ArticleRe: Find all VMs connected to a specific ISO on datastore?
I agree with grasshopper. If you have less VMs, you can give a try manually (Yes, its cumbersome)
View ArticleOVF environment services by vCenter ?
I've run into something that surprised me, showing my lack of knowledge about some services provided by vCenter. Case in point, cisco has released a firewall virtual appliance (ASAv) which delivers as...
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