Nexus 1000v migration tool - vCenter SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED
I've got a vSphere 5.5 environment with Nexus 1000v configured, which I'm tasked to upgrade to vSphere 6.5.Have anyone used the "MigrationTool_Nexus1000v_to_VMWare_VDS" tool that you can download from...
View ArticleAdd second host in vSphere Server?
Hello, i actually want to test the vmware-server. I use two esxi hosts and one vSphere Server. When adding the first one, all worked fine. But with the second I got a license error. Is there no...
View ArticlevCenter Upgrade from 5.1 to 6.0 with external SQL 2008 fails during schema...
We have:- vCenter 5.1 on Windows 2008 server- external SQL2008R2 SP2 We are trying to upgrade to vCenter 6.0 on the Windows server, but during the validation we get this error: "Source vCenter Server...
View ArticleWhen upgrading to 6.5 appliance do plugins upgrade also
Hey Everyone, When you upgrade your appliance and PSC from 6.0 update 2 to 6.5 are plug-ins upgraded (migrated) as well to the new vm? Do the plug-ins work after the upgrade. Thanks,Matthew
View ArticlevSphere Components Startup/Shutdown Order
I was just wondering as our vSphere environment gets more and more complex, using a variety of different vSphere products, if anyone has done a shutdown or startup order guide for the whole thing....
View ArticlevSphere 5.5 upgrade to 6.0 issues - spoiler alert, its a long read.
Hello associates, We are having a few issues with our upgrade from Windows 2012 based 5.5 vCenter installation to 6.0, if anyone has any valuable input we would be grateful. Still waiting on VMware...
View ArticleVCSA 6u2 check for updates fails using internet proxy
I am having this problem that if I use Check Updates -> Check URL I get the error "Download Failed." in the VMware Appliance Management Interface (VAMI)Internet Proxy is configured in VAMI. This...
View ArticleMove VMs from ESX 3.5 to 6.0
I have an older vSphere 3.5 I need to migrate machines to our 6.0 vCenter and 6.0 hosts. If I just shut down the VMs, copy the files to a datastore available to my vCenter 6 hosts, and add to inventory...
View ArticleBest practice vSphere 6.0 HA with two NICs
Hey, what is the recommended configuration when having two vmnics in total for vMotion and the management network together ?We have a vSphere Essentials Plus with three hosts and 25 VMs. One NIC for...
View ArticleMounting an ISO-Image with Web Client
I'm not able to mount an ISO image on the local hard drive within the vSphere Web Client 5.5. Is that even possible with the web client? I have two possibilities: connect with the CD drive of the host...
View ArticleUnable to make Span/Mirror port work
I have tried to span a port on my virtual switch to enable me to see all traffic crossing my physical network for security monitoring. I'm tearing my hair out in frustration! I am using vSphere ESXi on...
View ArticleUpgrading and Patching single host with 3 VM's and vCenter Appliance
I've been tasked with updating a host server to resolve an issue of a VM dropping off the network constantly. As the title suggests, this is a single host environment with 3 VM's and the vCenter...
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance is getting failed to update from version 6.0 update...
vCenter Server Appliance were getting failed to update from v6.0 update 1 to v6.0 update 3B. The error occurred after trying to stage files with the message: 'running test transaction, installation...
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vSphere5.1 Web client not working as the URL is with wrong name
We upgraded our vSphere from 5.0 to 5.1 seems like somewhere in the mid not sure for what reason it took a wrong URL while resgitering.Now when I'm opening the webclient it's giving me the error as...
View ArticleWhich VMWare Product
I have no experience with VMware and I am having difficulty finding the answer to this problem, I need to install a OVF file format in VMware and nothing else, I would want to install the VMware on a...
View Articlequestion about settings being preserved after upgrading
bare with me here as i'm new at this.We are fixing to upgrade from 4.1 to 5.5 (yea I know we aren't doing to 6 yet) anyways once we do the upgrade it will preserve all the vswitch settings in the exsi...
View Article2 PHYSICAL sites, 1 vCenter and its PSC per PHYSICAL site >>> 1 logical SSO...
I'm wondering how best to configure our vCenter environment. We only need 2 vCenters (external PSC model) for the entire US. Originally, I've been thinking that I'll install a first PSC, then point...
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How to take ESXI 6.0 to evaluation mode?
Hi, I have two servers and already registered ESXI 6.0 on both of them with the free permanent license which I got from VMWare website. Now I've installed Vcenter on a machine and trying to add host....
View ArticlevAPI Endpoint startup fails during PSC 6.0u2 to 6.5d upgrade
The 6.5d target VCSA instance fails to start vAPI service at 66% of stage 2, step 2 in installer.exe wizard from the VCSA .ISO at firstboot and my upgrade fails. Our topology is 2x 6.0u2 external PSCs...
View ArticleVM Migration advice needed for new virtualization deployment
Hello, I've been tasked with the upgrade of a datacenter infrastructure. Currently there are running 8 hosts (on ESX 5.1 U3) and ~140 VMs (with a Windows vCenter 5.5) that have been setup by my...
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