Upgrading from 5.1 to 5.5, question about host upgrade with SAN
In the past when doing Host upgrades using the Update Manager tool, I never disconnected my iSCSI or SAS SANs from the Host before the actual upgrade, done this countless times and everything worked...
View ArticleUpgrade of vCenter Appliance 5.1 to 5.5 fail with "500 Cannot connect to...
Greetings from Singapore.I've been trying to upgrade a vCenter Appliance 5.1 to 5.5. I hit the error as shown in the attached screenshot. Consulting google, kb.vmware.com and socialcast does not seem...
View ArticleInstalled ESXi 5.1 update 1 but build #remains at 1065491 after reboot - why?
Hoping someone can point in the right direction here. I installed Update 1 onto my client's ESXi 5.1 server on the weekend via SSH, got no errors, but the reboot required response. Rebooted the host...
View Articlevcenter doesnt start after upgrade from 5.1 to 5.1 U1b (SSO fail)
hi we have upgrade from vCenter Server 5.1.0a (build 880146) to vCenter Server 5.1. U1b and now vcenter service doesnt start this is the log: 2013-10-21T10:58:40.221+02:00 [02800 info '[SSO]']...
View ArticlevCenter Web Client 5.5 with vCenter 5.0
I had been running web client 5.1 with vCenter 5.0 with no problems. After having to rebuild the server web client was running on, I decided to install 5.5. The 5.5 installation completed with no...
View Article5.1 or 5.5 want boot after successful install.
Trying to install 5.1 or 5.5 on a Lenovo M78. I put a compatible network card and it install with no error. Then I reboot the computer and get Error 1962 No operating system found. I found this on...
View ArticleNew HA cluster - EVC Mode?
We currently have (2) DELL R710 host servers running ESXi vSphere Essentials Plus 5.1 U1. Each host has dual quad core Intel Xeon E5620 processors. they are NOT currently clustered and EVC is NOT...
View ArticleWhat is the best practice for block sizes across several layers: Hardware,...
The example below is not an actual configuration I am working with, but should get the point across. Here is my example of what I am referring to as a layer: (Layer1) Hardware: Hardware RAID...
View ArticleError When Installing SSO 5.5 On New Machine
I have been trying to install VMware vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5.0 from VMware-VIMSetup-all-5.5.0-1312299.iso, and like some others I am having trouble. I am installing on a brand new Windows Server...
View ArticleOpen stream issue
Hi, We develop softwares and we use a VM to be our tester server. Everything works perfect, except when we use a PHP function to get content from a URL. The function is file_get_contents.It works when...
View ArticleUpgrade 5.1 to 5.1 Update1 - with different OEM image?
Hi - I currently have ESXi 5.1 (original VMware image) installed on my HP DL360 G7 servers. I would like to upgrade to 5.1 Update 1 but now using the OEM customised HP ESXi image as provided by HP Can...
View ArticleSSO only in VCSA and Linked mode
Hi, As we run linked mode today in vCenter 5.0U1 would be nice to preserve it to avoid users confusion if possible. I am aware that Linked mode is not supported if you run the VCA with all services...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 U1 strange build number - 1364037
I have just upgraded by vCenter from 5.1 to 5.1 Update 1 following the recommended procedures. The strange thing is that the build number is now shows is not what is expected and also does not show on...
View ArticleProblem booting VMWare Vsphere 5.5 USB Installer on HP ProLiant DL360 G8
Howdy,I am not sure if this is an HP issue or a VMWare USB installer issue but I wanted to throw this out here in case anyone had any ideas or knew of a solution. I've already searched the web quite a...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 Install Emulex 10GBit NIC Driver
I'm trying to setup up vSphere for the first time and I'm having a problem install ESXi on a host. The default ESXi doesn't seem to come with the drivers for my 10GB ethernet NIC's from emulex. I...
View ArticleHow do I configure Auto Deploy stateful installs to SAN boot LUNs?
Hi. We want to use Auto Deploy for deploying ESXi hosts to SAN boot LUNs, but I can't find any information on what to put in the "Arguments for first disk" field in the Host Profiles after selecting...
View Article.scexe on SSH toESX5i
We are trying to update local disk firmware on a 5i host to recify a boot error message. The server hardware is HP Proliant DL585. There is a upgdate from HP called cp019264.scexe. We are trying to...
View ArticleUpgrade ESXi 5.0 Host w/ vCenter on it
Hi folks, forgive me if this is the wrong place. Finally getting around to updating and patching my three ESXi 5.0 hosts with update manager. Pretty easily I was able to update two of my hosts with...
View Articlevsphere upgrade options - vcenter to 5.5 but hosts to 5.1?
Curious about how everyone would feel about the following upgrade scenario: Currently at 4.1 u3. The ESXi hosts using a hardware HBA for iSCSI, and that HBA is not certified (yet, I presume) for 5.5:...
View ArticlevSphere 5.0 U1 to U3
I have vSphere (and Update Manager) running v5.0 U1 with no issues right now. I want to upgrade to U3 that just came out (we're not ready to make the leap to 5.5 yet and see no point in going to 5.1...
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