Re: Ask about database vcenter contain
vCenter database will be having all the details of the inventory and configuration that are made inside it. Even if the machine crashes you can install a new server, point it to the old database and...
View ArticleRe: vCenter Storage Monitoring Service Service Initialization failed after...
woop there it is!! Thanks. Did the same thing 5.1 to 5.5. Had to do the vcdb.properties fix for non-standard port and instance. But this was the key–service account.
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Permissions to Restart and Shutdown a ESX Host
hey everybody, we need to set the permission for a specific group of people to shutdown and restart the ESX host. We managed to get it working with the permission for "Maintenance Mode" under "Host...
View ArticleRe: Permissions to Restart and Shutdown a ESX Host
Hi Tobias, Welcome to VMware Community, So are the power options grayed out or does it tell access is denied on the web client?Can you paste a screenshot?
View ArticleRe: Login Active Directory issues for vCenter 5.5
This KB is applicable only for 5.1 Regards,Sree
View ArticleRe: Login Active Directory issues for vCenter 5.5
Does this happen with all the users from domain?. When the user logs in the SSO tries to fetch information of all the groups associated with the user. Some of the groups are not reachable which may...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.5 Appliance and AD authentication
Can you try log in as localos/root. As per the release notes, "In vSphere 5.5, vCenter Single Sign-On no longer supports multiple default domains. This might cause problems for users who attempt to log...
View ArticleRe: Vcenter Virtual Appliance 5.5 SSO
Localos should be present under the identity sources as the Inventory service does have a dependency on localos identity source. Regards,Sree
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Re: Login Active Directory issues for vCenter 5.5
Hi Welcome to the communities.Unexpected error don't say about specific problemFirst check all connectivity , port before proceeding any changes. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.
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Re: vCenter 5.5 Appliance and AD authentication
Hi Welcome to the communities.Seems communication problem with AD serverIt works till information saved in cache . The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.
View ArticleRe: Vcenter Virtual Appliance 5.5 SSO
I have resolved the issue. I partly think its down to DNS. However I did just re-install it and it seems to be working fine now. I have however come across a snag..We use vmware at work in a cluster...
View ArticleRe: Migrate between 2 VM Host
I’m also along the same line with those who proposed Quick Migration for you. I’ve used it previously for the similar cases and it always works as expected.All you need to do is to add two hosts to the...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.5 Appliance and AD authentication
Using my domain as default and using domain\user I get this error The authentication server returned an unexpected error: ns0:RequestFailed: Group was not found. GroupSID= ''.. The error may be...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.5 Appliance and AD authentication
good news all of a sudden the Active Directory (Integrated Windows authentication) worked and populated my domain automatically now everything is working
View ArticlevCenter Web Client and "Use the Customization Wizard to temporarily adjust...
Has anyone else noticed that the option to "Use the Customization Wizard to temporarily adjust the specification before deployment" that exists in the C# client when deploying a machine from a template...
View ArticleTraffic flow when cold migrating a vm
Hello Is this statement correct: "When I am cold migrating a (powered off) vm from one ESXi's local storage to another ESXi's local storage via vCenter, the traffic flow goes through the...
View ArticleRe: can't setup vmware center server appliance - fialed to initialize schema
I'm having the same problem. Deploying a second vCenter appliance at a second site and I have exactly the same message. I thought maybe it had to do with the latest build, but have tried 4 different...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 - Single Sign On - Two Sites - Stretched VLANs - Linked Mode
Hi, I have a question about vCenter 5,5 with SSO across two sites with stretched VLANs and desired Linked Mode ready for SRM 5.1.1 and I have reviewed Justin King's blog and watched VMworld session on...
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