Upgrading vCenter Server Appliance 5.0 to 5.1 error
Hello,I am trying to upgrade our vCenter appliance from 5.0 to 5.1 and keep running into the following error: Error exporting DBThu, 06 Dec 2012 08:47:33 +0000 *** ERROR: Failed to execute command...
View Articlecan we add L5420 and E5649 CPU model Server in EVC enable cluster
Hi, In HA Cluster we have 2 ESXi 4.1 hosts and CPU model are L5420 and E5649, and I am not able to enbale EVC mode. Please suggest how we can enable EVC in my cluster
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VMware machines can't connect to the host OS
Hi all, For some reason my VMware machines can't connect to the host OS.All the VMware machines can ping each other, and the Host can ping allthe VMware machines but none of the VMware machines can...
View Articlerunning web access
HiI am trying to run web access service. I used the instruction in this page to start the service in vcenter server. I found how to start it.now i am trying to connect to the server and host.this is...
View Articlecpu1:4156 WARNING: PageRetire: 659: Number of user private MPNs selected for...
Hello All, I am starting to see some MPN warnings in my vmkwarning.log on one of my hosts. Has anyone else experienced these; I am thinking it could translate into a bad memory chip or some hardware...
View ArticleWhat features lost in View 5.2 if your don't have vSphere 5.2
Hello, We currently have View 5.0 running on vcenter/vSphere 4.1. We were looking to upgrade to View 5.2. In the View 5.2 reviewers document it recommends you have the latest vSphere 5.1 Update 1 to...
View ArticleRestart Physical vCenter 5.0 Server after power supply termination
Dear all, We are using a Physical vCener 5.0 server, with 3 ESXi servers and a EQL iSCSI SAN. Our vSphere SQL database is located in a VM. Last Sun, as the power supply of our floor need terminate for...
View ArticleCan't get VMware player to install in Ubuntu 12.04
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and trying to install VMware Player for Linux 32-bit.I have the file: VMware-Player-5.0.2-1031769.i386.txtI double click on it and it opens and starts to unpack?After...
View ArticleESXi 5.1U1 upgrade failure - OSError: [Errno 39] Directory not empty
Hello all- just attempted to update my ESXi server from 5.1 799733 to 5.1U1 1065491. During the upgrade the process hangs at 24% completion with the error message as above:OSError: [Errno 39]...
View ArticleWhy only 4 vmotions with 10 GbE?
I have a very curious situation...at one time, I am sure I was getting 8 live vmotions at a time when I would put a host in maintenance mode. Now I am only getting 4!We 4 H- BL 680c G7 blades...
View ArticleBrining a call out of suspension.
Hello everyone – I am currently after a existing solution or a workaround for brining a call out of suspension from an incoming email ? I have gone throug vsm-91-email-user-guide and found it of a...
View ArticleSLA Agreement Selection Priority: Is there any way of adding to the list of...
I’m not sure if I’m missing something obvious here, or we’re just trying to do something that isn’t possible, but here is our scenario: Our call centre staff take a call from an external customer....
View ArticleUsage meter not recording after vCentre upgrade to 5.1
We upgraded our vCenter servers to 5.1 and since then the usage meter (v3.0.2) has been unable to login. Message is: "A collection from x.x.x.x, begun at 2013-05-06 12:05:01, failed at 2013-05-06...
View ArticlevMotion stalls at 83% then times out
Two strange occurrences on a Sunday evening...I am never doing maintenance on a Sunday evening again...We have a cluster of 4 - HP BL 680c G7 blades. I am attempting to put hosts in maintenance mode...
View ArticleExporting VMWare Fusion Guest for Upload to Amazon EC2
I understand the basic steps in Amazon's [VMWare to EC2] guide, except for one problem : how do I convert my .vmwarevm to a .VMDK file? [Amazon's VMWare to EC2]:Using the Command Line Tools to Import...
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ESXi 5.1 and Importing a Fusion VM
I am in the process of moving several VMs created in VMWare Fusion 5 into ESXi 5.1, which I just installed on a Mac Mini Server. I am able to connect just fine via the Windows application installed on...
View ArticleAdd/update a license key with powercli script - standalone host
Does anyone know how to add/update a license key with powercli script. I can do it OK with LicenseAssignmentManager when connected to vcenter server, but i can't do it when assigning a free license...
View Articleesxcli - module parameters in kickstart script do not apply
I am deploying about a dozen ESXi servers using a kickstart script. I am attempting to set one of the parameters for the qla2xxx driver, in the firstboot section of the script, as follows: FirstBoot...
View Articlerunning web access service in vCLI
HiI need to run web access service for my ESXi 5.1 . I have downloaded and installed the VCLI as instructed in the link.now I have vCLI installed and I can access its command interface from start menu....
View Articlevmware player dependency on hal, policykit, consolekit
Is there going to be a new version of vmware player which does not have dependencies on these deprecated or dropped packages? It seems that vmware player will not run on some modern linux...
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